Harry tells the snake to stop going after one of the students but not realizing he's speaking to it in Parseltongue which is a snake language. The ability to speak to snakes is one of the things Salazar Slytherin was able to do he is a founder of the school and people think he was the one that opened and created the Chamber of Secrets. None of the other kids can understand Parseltongue because it’s not a common gift in Hogwarts and after what happened people are becoming a little scared of Harry because they think that Harry was the one encouraging the snake to attack Justin because he is not a pure-blood wizard. The whole school starts to believe that Harry is the Heir of Slytherin and that Harry was the one to open the chamber which makes most people want to stay away from …show more content…
Harry commands it to open in Parseltongue, and the sink opens to reveal a tunnel to the Chamber of Secrets. Professor Lockhart tries to cast a curse with Ron's broken wand and instead it backfires on him and he is hit with it getting amnesia. The force of the hex collapses the tunnel making Harry trapped on one side of the tunnel facing the Chamber, while Ron and Professor Lockhart are on the other. Harry continues alone.
Harry finds Ginny unconscious with Tom Riddle near her. Tom explains that he has been using his diary to gain control of Ginny. He is able to take physical form because he is feeding off Ginny's soul. Tom forced Ginny to go into the Chamber in order to lure Harry to him. He wants to know how Harry was able to defeat Voldemort since Harry was just a baby and Voldemort was the greatest wizard. He knows all of this because he is