TSS: Chapter 31: The Falling of Pieces, Part II

> *“So the goal is then to hope the Heir keeps the students alive over the summer and to send everything the Ministry has at the school at some point in July before the announcement is ever made?” McGonagall nodded, and Snape sneered. “Has the Wizengamot failed to notice the holes in that plan? Or maybe chasms would be a more apt term? Chasms so vast they put even Potter’s ego to shame.”*
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— Severus Snape, never failing to share his never ending faith in Charlus Potter.

## Summary:

The Unspeakables decide to intervene at Hogwarts. Harry revels some of his secrets to his friends. Grace and Harry continue their Occlumency lessons. The Wizengamot votes in a closed-doors session. Grindelward receives an unexpected visitor in the form of Albus Dumbledore. Ares reveals herself to Harry as the Heir of Slytherin before capturing him.

## Plot:

**May 29th, 1993:** In the Department of Mysteries the Unspeakables are discussing the disappearances at Hogwarts. They are in agreement that the Heir of Slytherin is waiting to take a seventh student before proceeding with their plans, most likely a ritual, even though they are unable to ascertain which. To be able to investigate in Hogwarts, they decide to claim to the Ministry — at the suggestion of Saul Croaker — that Chaos Magic is involved.

The same night, in the Speaker's Den, Harry thinks about the latest disappearance caused by the Heir of Slytherin, and how, most likely, it was a warning shot from the Heir that they have become aware of his meddling. Eventually, he decides to confide in his group of friends and reveal the ring, necklace and Marauder's Map. The group also starts patrolling in pairs some of the suspicious areas from the castle.

**May 30th, 1993:** In the evening, after another Occlumency session, Grace tells Harry that now he is ready to start learning about thought streams, a third level Occlumency subskill. She describes what they represent whilst pointing that she would be impressed but not surprised to manage it by Halloween. Before parting ways, Grace ensures that Harry will be careful in his pursuit of the Heir of Slytherin.

Around the same time, in Gilderoy Lockhart's office, after another training session, Charlus and Lockhart have some words. The professor informs Charlus that, unless the curse of the DADA position is miraculously removed, then this would be their last session. As parting words he encourages the boy to focus on the theoretical aspects of his classes as well, as they are also of great importance.

**May 30th, 1993:** Around midday, Crouch Sr. who was presiding over the Wizengamot following Albus Dumbledore's sabbatical, is able to call to a vote the proposed motion. In the end, it passes, even though just barely.

That night, in the Chamber of Secrets, Emily is pacing in her newly acquired body. She is thinking about how close her plans in gaining a new body are, and how, when acquired, she will be able to think without the constraints of the single-minded compulsion that has been imposed upon herself by the diary.

Around the same time, Harry sneaks into a Staff Meeting. There he finds out the the Wizengamot voted in a closed-doors meeting, for Hogwarts not to reopen for the next academic year if the Heir of Slytherin is not apprehended.

**June 3rd, 1993:** In the evening, in his office, Crouch Sr. opens a letter that he received from the Department of Mysteries.

**June 4th, 1993:** In the evening, Gellert Grindelward is visited in his cell by Albus Dumbledore.

Around the same time, at Hogwarts, on the second floor corridor, Harry is looking for clues alongside Ares. At some point, Ares makes her move, revealing herself to be the vessel for the Heir of Slytherin, defeats Harry in a short lived duel and uses Legilimency to simply take control of his bodily functions and render him unconscious.

## Characters Introduced:

Gellert Grindelward.

Blood.

Soul.

Mind.