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Chamber
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
In her second year,[HP2] Hermione has a crush on the handsome new Defence
Against the Dark Arts teacher, Gilderoy Lockhart.
The nasty and extremely rude term for Muggle-born witches and wizards, "Mudblood,"
is introduced in book 2 when, after Hermione insinuates that Draco Malfoy bought
his way onto the Slytherin Quidditch team instead of having any real talent for
the sport, Malfoy retaliates by calling her a "filthy little Mudblood."
Hermione brews Polyjuice Potion, a very advanced potion, so that she, Harry and
Ron can discover if Draco Malfoy is the Heir of Slytherin. While the
correctly-brewed potion produces the desired effects on both Harry and Ron,
Hermione finds that she has accidentally added a cat hair to the potion instead
of one of Millicent Bullstrode's, her intended target. Her face becomes furry,
and she grows a tail, though, as the Polyjuice Potion is not intended for animal
transformation, she does not turn fully into a cat. It takes her over a month in
the hospital wing to rectify her error.
Hermione later correctly identifies the creature hidden inside the Chamber of
Secrets to be a basilisk, although she herself is petrified before being able to
alert the school. However, both she and the other victims are eventually revived
after Harry defeats the basilisk.
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