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# Harry: "But he's Riddle! He was Head Boy and even won the Special Services Award! Maybe he enchanted the diary after leaving school. Come on, Orli, don't you want to know about the Chamber of Secrets?"
Harry's frustration was evident.
## Orli: "Let's test it first, to figure out what this diary actually does."
Orli remained firm.
## Orli: "At the very least, we need to assess how dangerous it is."
# Hermione: "I agree with Orli."
Hermione took Orli's side, picking up a quill and cautiously writing a line in the diary.
# Hermione: "I am Ron Weasley."
The ink vanished from the page, only to reappear moments later with a new line:
# Tom Riddle: "Are you sure your name is Ron, Miss?"
Hermione and Orli exchanged uneasy glances, their expressions tense.
# Hermione: "Can you hear us? Or see us?"
Hermione quickly wrote.
# Tom Riddle: "Unfortunately, no. I can only read what you write, but I can usually infer what the writer looks like. And clearly, there aren't many girls named Ron. Perhaps your name is Ronnie?"
# Hermione: "How do we know you're not lying?!"
Hermione's skepticism persisted as she continued to write.
# Tom Riddle: "This diary has no eyes or ears, Miss Ronnie. So no, I truly cannot hear or see you."
Riddle's patience seemed endless.
Orli still felt uneasy, but before she could decide on the next step, Harry snatched the diary from her hands.
# Harry: "Alright, Hermione, how much longer are you going to test it?"
Harry, the one most influenced by the diary, was visibly impatient.
# Harry: "We need to ask about the Chamber of Secrets now."
He grabbed the quill and wrote:
# Harry: "Do you know anything about the Chamber of Secrets?"
Riddle's response came swiftly. His handwriting grew frantic, as if he were eager to share everything:
# Tom Riddle: "Of course I know about the Chamber of Secrets. In my time, they said it was just a legend, something that didn't exist. But that was a lie. In my fifth year, the Chamber was opened. The monster inside attacked several students and even killed one. I caught the person who opened the Chamber, and they were expelled. But Headmaster Dippet, ashamed of what had happened at Hogwarts, gave me a medal as a reward and warned me not to speak of it. They officially claimed the girl's death was an accident."
# Harry: "Who was it? Who opened the Chamber back then?"
Harry's eagerness to write nearly caused him to knock over the ink bottle.
# Tom Riddle: "It was Hagrid. Rubeus Hagrid."
Riddle's reply was immediate.
# Hermione: "That's impossible!"
Hermione quickly wrote back.
# Tom Riddle: "Headmaster Dippet can vouch for it. I have no reason to lie. You can always look into the reasons for Hagrid's expulsion or consult Headmaster Dippet's portrait."
Riddle's answers remained calm and precise.
The small classroom fell into a heavy silence. It wasn't until Riddle's words faded from the page that Hermione hesitated to speak:
# Hermione: "Maybe Riddle made a mistake? Perhaps someone else opened the Chamber…"
# Ron: "But it all adds up, doesn't it? We know Hagrid was expelled, and he's always had a thing for monsters…"
Ron muttered, troubled.
# Harry: "Hagrid even tried raising a dragon named Norbert in his hut last year, not to mention Fluffy, the three-headed dog. If there really is a Basilisk in the castle, Hagrid would probably think it's cruel to keep it locked up for a thousand years…"
Harry said, his tone weary.
## Orli: "Would you seriously trust a mysterious diary over Hagrid?!"
Orli's voice was sharp with anger.
# Harry: "Of course I trust Hagrid. He'd never intentionally hurt Moaning Myrtle. Maybe he just wanted to let the Basilisk stretch its legs and forgot to give it a pair of sunglasses."
Harry sighed.
# Harry: "But we should still try to confirm it by finding Headmaster Dippet's portrait. Hopefully, it's not just hanging in the Headmaster's office…"
Before Harry could finish, a sharp clatter echoed from the hallway, as if someone had accidentally knocked over the suit of armor by the door.
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