Harry Potter is in his second year of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and
Wizardry. He is visited by a house-elf named Dobby and warned not to go
back to Hogwarts. Harry ignores his warning, and returns. He is still famous,
although still disliked by Snape, Malfoy, and the rest of the Slytherins. But
then, strange things start to happen. People are becoming petrified, and no-
one knows what is doing it. Harry keeps hearing a voice.. a voice which
seems to be coming from within the walls. They are told the story of the
Chamber of Secrets. It is said that only Salazar Slytherin's true descendent
will be able to open it. Harry, it turns out, is a Parsel-tongue. This means
that
he is able to speak/understand snakes. Everyone thinks that it's him that
has
opened the Chamber of Secrets because that is what Slytherin was famous
for.