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[[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Characters/Minerva McGonagall|Professor McGonagall]] reminds students that exams are starting next week, which apparently catches everyone by surprise. Considering the serious situation, it seemed unlikely that exams would be held. Three days later, it is announced that the [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Magic/Mandrake|Mandrakes]] are ready to be harvested, and the Petrified victims will be revived that night. [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Characters/Ginny Weasley|Ginny]], who appears somewhat upset, apparently has something important to tell Harry and Ron, but [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Characters/Percy Weasley|Percy]] arrives after a night's patrolling, and interrupts, causing her to run off. Ron is angry, believing Ginny may have wanted to tell them something about the Chamber of Secrets, but Percy claims it had nothing to do with the Chamber, and deflects further questions.
While the mystery may possibly be solved with [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Characters/Hermione Granger|Hermione's]] revival, Harry still wants to see Moaning Myrtle. An opportunity arises that morning: as [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Characters/Gilderoy Lockhart|Professor Lockhart]] escorts students to [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Magic/History of Magic|History of Magic]] class, Harry and Ron suggest there is no need to guard them any longer as Hagrid has been arrested. Lockhart agrees and goes off to take a nap. Harry and Ron head for Myrtle's bathroom, but Professor McGonagall intercepts them. Harry lies smoothly, saying they had intended to visit Hermione in the hospital wing. Touched by their apparent concern, McGonagall grants permission, which forces them to actually go to the infirmary. While there, they find a torn-out book page clutched in Hermione's petrified hand describing [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Magic/Basilisk|Basilisks]].
Harry and Ron sprint to the staff room to report their findings to Professor McGonagall but find it empty. An announcement rings out ordering all students to their Houses and summoning the faculty to meet in the staff room. Harry and Ron hide so they can overhear what has happened. The staff arrive, and McGonagall reports that Ginny Weasley was taken into the Chamber. Lockhart arrives belatedly, and, after he is briefed, the other teachers challenge him to back his boasts by opening the Chamber and defeating the Monster. He excuses himself to go to his office and "prepare". Having gotten rid of him, the remaining instructors plan how to inform the students and discuss the school's future.
Harry and Ron rush to Lockhart's office to share what they know, but find him hastily packing. He confesses that he never actually performed the feats in his books. Rather, he took credit for other witches' and wizards' accomplishments, and erased
Myrtle reveals that when she was a student, she went into the washroom to have a bit of a cry. Hearing a boy's voice, she looked outside the cubicle and saw big yellow eyes—then she died. She points to one particular basin. Harry addresses it in [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Magic/Parseltongue|Parseltongue]], and it opens to reveal a vertical shaft. Ron and Harry push Lockhart down it first, then follow. At the bottom of the shaft, they discover a giant snake skin on the ground. Lockhart pretends to faint, and as Ron approaches, he grabs Ron's wand. Lockhart says he will tell everyone that he defeated the monster, using the snake's skin as proof, and that Harry and Ron were tragically rendered insane upon seeing Ginny's dead body. He casts a memory charm, but Ron's broken wand backfires and explodes, erasing Lockhart's memory and causing the ceiling to collapse. Harry and Ron are unhurt, but the fallen rubble separates them. Harry leaves Ron to clear the rock fall while he explores the tunnel further ahead. Finding a door engraved with shimmering serpents, he opens it by speaking Parseltongue.
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