It is believed that Salazar Slytherin, one of the school's founders, created the Chamber after a dispute with fellow founders on admitting Muggle-born students. Soon after, Mr Filch's cat, Mrs Norris, is found petrified, along with a bloody warning scrawled on a wall: "The Chamber of Secrets has been opened. Harry is the only one who hears a strange voice emanating from the castle walls. Harry learns that some in the wizarding community disdain Muggle-born wizards like Hermione, believing pure-bloods are superior. They fly in Mr Weasley's car to Hogwarts, crashing into the Whomping Willow on school grounds and damaging Ron's hand-me-down wand. At King's Cross station, Harry and Ron are unable to enter Platform 9¾ and miss the Hogwarts Express. They run into Hermione Granger and meet Lucius Malfoy, father of Harry's nemesis Draco, and also Gilderoy Lockhart, a conceited autobiographer and adventurer who is the new Defence Against the Dark Arts professor. Harry and the entire Weasley family travel to Diagon Alley for school supplies. Ron Weasley and his brothers, Fred and George, arrive in their father's flying Ford Anglia and rescue Harry, taking him to the Weasley home. The Ministry of Magic immediately sends a notice accusing Harry of performing underage magic and threatening dismissal from Hogwarts. A furious Uncle Vernon locks Harry into his room in retaliation. Harry refuses, so Dobby magically ruins Aunt Petunia and Uncle Vernon's dinner party. He warns that Harry is in danger and must not return to Hogwarts. While spending the summer at the Dursleys, twelve-year-old Harry Potter is visited by a house-elf named Dobby.
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