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Another episode, another attack at Hogwarts! Join us as we enter the pages of a secret diary, get treated to a special Valentine's Day by Professor Lockhart and witness an epic showdown in Hagrid's Hut between Dumbledore, Lucius Malfoy and Cornelius Fudge! All as the threads between Chamber of Secrets and Half-Blood Prince continue to grow stronger!\n\n\n\n\nMain Discussion #1: Chamber of Secrets, Chapter 13: The Very Secret Diary\n\n7-Word Summary: Memories are misleading within Riddle\u2019s secret diary\xa0\n\nDon't touch that book! Ron provides some important wizarding world advice to his best friend.\n\nHarry, Ron and Hermione begin to connect the dots between The Chamber of Secrets opening 50 years ago and Tom Riddle being at Hogwarts 50 years ago... they just draw the wrong conclusion!\n\nHarry notes it was "almost as though Riddle was a friend he\u2019d had when he was very small, and had half-forgotten.\u201d Is this our first introduction to the Horcrux connection?\n\nCould Tom Riddle have killed Harry by trapping him inside the diary?\n\nConnecting The Threads: memory alteration and manipulation are integral plot points in Half-Blood Prince!\n\nMain Discussion #2: Chamber of Secrets, Chapter 14: Cornelis Fudge\n\n7-Word Summary: Hagrid receives terrible news about leaving Hogwarts\n\nHarry, Ron and Hermione are surprised to learn it was Hagrid who opened the Chamber of Secrets, but they\u2019re not really surprised, are they?\n\nAs Hermione begins to piece things together, why doesn't she seek out a professor?\n\nHermione is petrified and Tom Riddle's Diary is stolen! But whose the culprit?\n\nCheckout \u201cA Very Secret Diary\u201d by Arabella, which details Ginny Weasley\u2019s interactions with the diary for her entire first year! Note: this is intended for a mature audience.\n\nWould the Invisibility Cloak prevented Harry & Ron from being killed by the basilisk?\n\nSo many questions surround Hagrid's arrest, first and foremost... WHERE'S THE ACTUAL EVIDENCE? Do any alternatives exist for Minister of Magic Cornelius Fudge?\n\nMuch like Half-Blood Prince, Dumbledore leaves the school (in absolute chaos), with Harry shouldering the burden of solving the mystery!\n\nNext week: We dive into Chamber of Secrets, Chapters 15 & 16!\n\nQuizzitch: Who escorts the Gryffindors to their Herbology lesson?\n\n\nSupport the show! There\u2019s much more MuggleCast waiting for you on Patreon! Benefits include Bonus MuggleCast, early access to each episode of the show, ad-free episodes, access to our recording studio, an exclusive Discord and Facebook group, you\u2019ll become a member of the MuggleCast Collectors Club, and at the Slug Club level you\u2019ll receive a physical gift every year!\n\n\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices