Magical Theory, a Harry Potter podcast

Turn to Page 306, The Heir of Slytherin. Today’s lesson is called Nearly Immortal. The chapter begins with Harry nervously entering the Chamber of Secrets, prepared to close his eyes if the basilisk appears. He comes across Ginny’s unconscious body, and while trying to rouse her he encounters a strangely blurry Tom Riddle who declares that Ginny won’t wake and steals Harry’s wand. As Harry tries to comprehend what is happening, he manages to provoke Tom Riddle into revealing that he coerced Ginny into all sorts of actions over the year, culminating in having her take herself down to the Chamber. He tells Harry that the diary has been the medium through which he has intertwined his soul with Ginny’s, and that he is finally about to subsume her entirely. Riddle also declares that Ginny is merely a pawn in his new goal: to confront and destroy Harry, whom he is obsessed with...because he, Tom Marvolo Riddle, reveals, “I am Lord Voldemort.” During Riddle’s diatribe, Harry defends Dumbledore and declares that Ridd