"Aurora..." Alex said. He was mad. Not mad like he was going to punch me, but mad at himself; like he couldn't stop me. "Aurora no! I knew you would get cursed! Get out of there!" Back to the present day: I had to look in that diary again. I was getting sort of attached to it. I ignored Ginny, who was getting stranger each day, and read it again. "Hello Rora. Fancy seeing you here again." Tom said. "Hi Tom. Could you tell me about the Chamber of Secrets? And Horcruxes too, if you please." I said in a rush. If anyone ever found me doing this, I would be dead meat. Theo had already lectured me about the diary, but I still needed more. I needed more time too. The time spell! To pause time between the realm only lasting as much as the person's power! "Tempus" I whispered. "Well, I would ask why, but with the friendship you've brought me, I guess I owe you something. The Chamber of Secrets was made by a descendant of Salazar Slytherin. It was used to lure muggle-Borns in and kill them immediately. It was also used on blood-traitors and squibs. Horcruxes are a very powerful dark magic, used as many pieces as possible of someone's soul; making it impossible to kill them unless someone killed each one. It is very hard to do so, so, as many wish to make 1000 Horcruxes, the human body is only able to make 7. And if someone decides to make a Horcrux, they will have to give away part of their soul, making them a different person then they were before." He said thoughtfully. "Okay." I breathed. That had answered all my questions for days. Wait! Wasn't Harry Potter trying to find out who opened the Chamber of Secrets. Wait... "Tom, are you a ghost?" I wrote, messy "No." "Tom, are you living?" "No." "Tom..." I breathed. If this was real... "Are you a Horcrux?" At that moment time started again and the bell rang. I put the diary and ran as fast as I could to DADA. sweating and on the brink of crying. Theo knew exactly what was going on.
