A month had passed since the start of term, yet there was not a shred of news about the Chamber of Secrets. Life was as peaceful as if nothing could ever happen. To be precise, it was the calm before the storm.
Lockhart, serving as the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor, often liked to keep Harry after class to help him sort through his signed photographs and the like. Harry complained about this to Alistair and the others quite frequently.
"I honestly don't see what's so great about Lockhart," Harry Potter grumbled. "If I'd known it would be like this, we should have had Sirius come teach Defense Against the Dark Arts instead."
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