TSS: Chapter 29: Two More Pieces Left to Fall

> *"It would all work, just as she had planned so many months ago. Now, not even Albus Dumbledore stood in her way.*
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> *Yes, all had and would continue to go according to plan. It always did."*
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— Emily and her humble thoughts about her planning capabilities.

## Summary:

Harry delves into the Restricted Section looking for knowledge. Daniel Selwyn plans his revenge and then starts acting on it. Charlus receives an ominous message. Emily has a very high opinion about the quality of her plan. Harry officially reaches level three of Occlumency.

## Plot:

**April 2nd, 1993:** In the middle of the night, Harry is in the Restricted Section of the Library looking throughout the books for questionable and powerful magic, and for some spell that would allow him to learn more about the nature of the Marauder's Map. Since finding the map, he has come to the realization that he did not know as much of the castle as the liked to believe. That feeling only intensified when he ended up noticing a secret passageway leading to the Restricted Section, thus bypassing the wards.

**April 11th, 1993:** In the Speaker's Den, Harry laments that Charlus decided recently to start being subtle, thus prohibiting him from learning what Charlus found out, some time back, during his nightly venture into the Forbidden Forest.

**April 16th, 1993:** In an abandoned classroom, a pale boy with dark hair is surrounded by his conspirators — with Marcus Jugson, Alex Jugson's older brother, being one of them — whilst planning to take extreme measures to deal with some irritating problems.

**April 20th, 1993:** After another training session, Harry and Charlotte talk about Harry's emotional breakdown from a while back in the Speaker's Den. She reveals that Zabini imposed the Sanction on them all, thus stopping her from revealing what she learnt whilst rebuilding his Occlumency 'shields', and that her grandfather, even though Neutral, has reasons for detesting Voldemort. As a closing thought, Charlotte assures Harry that neither her, nor his friends, judge him for holding his secrets.

**April 21st, 1993:** Returning in the evening to Gryffindor Tower from another training session with Lockhart, Charlus notices a piece of parchment on his bed that contains a taunt from the Heir of Slytherin — a taunt about him running out of time to do anything to stop them. Upon finishing reading the message, it bursts into flames leaving Charlus confused about the text's meaning, while hoping that either Hermione or Dumbledore would be able to make sense of it.

In the kitchens, a pale figure covered by a hood meant to obscure their face, finishes stunning and memory charming all the house-elves with the exception of one. They then place the lone remaining one under the Imperius Curse.

In the Chamber of Secrets, Emily inspects a lunar calendar, noting that there will be a full moon on June 4th. She reminds herself that she has plenty of time to ensure the failing of the next piece and the placement of the final pawn right into her open arms.

**April 22nd, 1993:** At the end of another training session, Grace declares Harry a level three Occlumens. On the way back to the Slytherin Common Room, Harry gets ambushed by three of Selwyn's stooges, and right before he could make an exit he is hit with a curse and levitated off the ground.

Some minutes earlier, Charlotte burst into the Slytherin Common Room after outrunning some people who had just tried to ambush her. There she is met by Daniel Selwyn whom she initially accuses of being the Heir of Slytherin, until figuring out that he was actually the one behind Mulciber's and Jugson's actions from earlier in the year. In turn, he reveals that his actual grudge is against her sister, and Charlotte suffering is just a means to an end — that is, him talking revenge for her taking the top spot in Slytherin some years back. He then proceeds to curse her, and eventually he manages to hit her with the Cruciatus Curse, thus rendering her unconscious.