1. THE BETRAYAL

Disclaimer : I don't own Harry Potter.

A/N : Harry is 1 year older than Eric in this story. Charles and Dorea Potter did not die in the death eater raid on potter manor. In that raid reinforcements arrived very quickly, so the Potter manor was unharmed. In this fanfiction Instead of Lily and James Potter dying on the Halloween in 1981 Dorea Potter died. Both Eric and Harry received blood protection after her death. In fanfiction I am using the fact that ΒΌ soul remains with the recipient of the blood protection(soul doesn't fractures and makes a Horcrux, it's more like it gets copied) . Harry was sorted in Slytherin while Eric ic was sorted in Gryffindor . In Eric's first year, the Philosopher's stone was stolen so Dumbledore had to use a replica. Enough information for the moment! Enjoy and forgive me for any mistakes!.

In the dark and gloomy Chamber of Secrets, there was a body was crawling towards water. Many will wonder why someone was crawling on the floor. Well, his name is Harry Potter, the first son of James Charles Potter and Lily Potter nee Evans, as well as the brother to the famous Eric Potter, "The Boy Who Lived". On October 31, 1981, Lord Voldemort attacked the Potter residence at Godric's Hollow. The Potter residence was under the Fidelius Charm with Peter Pettigrew as their Secret Keeper. But Peter Pettigrew was also a Death Eater, so as soon as he received the position of Secret Keeper, he told Lord Voldemort the location of the Potter house. When Lord Voldemort attacked their home, Lily and James Potter were attending a Ministry ball and only Dorea Potter was at home to babysit the children. No one knows what happened in there, but the outcome was that Lord Voldemort was vanquished and Dorea Potter was killed. Both children were left mostly unharmed, with an 'L' shaped cut on the forehead of Eric while Harry had a lightning bolt shaped cut on his chest. The next day, Eric was hailed as "The Boy Who Lived" while Harry was forgotten.

'Damn, looks like my luck has run out. But I have to do this...' Thought Harry.

He reached forward and picked up a black diary. He tried to sit down but promptly fell and almost passed out due to pain. After a couple of failures he was successful in sitting down. He picked up the diary and thought about how he reached this situation.

-FLASHBACK-

Harry was moving towards the dungeons in deep thought. He was one of the main suspects in opening the Chamber of Secrets after being proven to be a Parselmouth during the dueling club. Today, a student had been taken to the Chamber, and due to his status as a Slytherin and a Parselmouth, he was once again made a prime suspect; even though he had been in the Great Hall when Ginny Weasley was taken.

'Looks like I am going to be made into a scapegoat for this whole Chamber debacle,' thought Harry.

"Harry!"

His neck snapped towards the direction of the sound so quickly that he almost received a whiplash.

"Harry , thank Merlin we found you!" said Lily Potter. James Potter was standing beside her trying not to sneer at him, though it was a losing battle, and his sneer was getting more pronounced by the second.

Harry, on the other hand, was trying to say something but his mouth had stopped working and his brain was going trying to reboot itself. After getting himself under control, he thought about whether or not to kill these imposters. But he decided that they are not imposters, as everyone knows that his parents hate him, so no imposters would act like this. The Lily and James Potter he knows haven't called him son or called him by his name for about 5 years. And last time they were face to face, James Potter was using the Cruciatus curse on him for being sorted into Slytherin. And he hated them both for neglecting and abusing him. But even with all the hate in his heart, he couldn't help but try to gain their recognition and make them proud. And after hearing Lily Potter call him by his name, he couldn't stop the tears from gathering in his had stopped calling him by his name or 'son' years ago.

"Yes mum, do you need anything?" asked Harry.

James and Lily Potter exchanged a look and James moved forward and placed a hand on his shoulder. "Son, I know that we neglected you in past and said hurtful words to you after your sorting in Slytherin. We are very sorry for that, but you are still family. And I hope you consider us family too."

"Why did you change your mind? The last time you talked to me was when you were using Cruciatus curse on me," asked a suspicious Harry.

"We were looking at our past actions and decided that we made a huge mistake by neglecting you. So we decided that we will try to mend the bridge between you and us. Believe me, Harry, I am very sorry. Please forgive me, son." Lily Potter begged.

Harry started crying and his heart was beating at a very fast pace with joy after finally being accepted into the family. Whatever hate and resentment that he had for his parents was suppressed by the love he felt for them after they apologized to him.

"It's okay dad, mum, I will always consider you as family," said a very emotional Harry.

James Potter had to work extra hard to use his Occlumency to suppress the sneer on his face. Then Lily Potter started crying and mumbling about having only one son at a time and cursing fate for being so unfair. Harry was only able to pick up the words "Eric" , "chamber" and "die" . It didn't take very long to him to come to the conclusion that Eric had gone into or was going into the Chamber of Secrets. Even if he hated Eric, he was not going to let him die after finally being accepted into the family.

"Dad, what happened to Eric? Is he alright?" asked a very concerned Harry.

"He is alright, son, but he has sworn on his life and magic that he will enter and save Ginny. But only a Parselmouth can enter the Chamber, and sadly, he is not a Parselmouth. He is going to die as soon as Ginny dies." James explained. Then he too, started to cry about Eric having to die due to his foolishness.

If Harry was in his right state of mind he would have been able to connect the dots and come to the conclusion that they were lying. The timing of this whole situation was very inconvenient. And there was no way Eric would have made such a vow to save his fangirl. It was also strange that James and Lily Potter were spending time with him, their hated Slytherin son, instead of their beloved son. But sadly, after reaching his lifelong dream of being called "son" by his mother and father and being accepted into the family, he was not thinking clearly.

"Don't worry dad, I am a Parselmouth and I should be able to open the Chamber. I will help him to fulfil his vow. Do you know where I can find Eric? We don't have much time," questioned Harry.

"Yes yes, we don't have much time. Meet Eric in 30 minutes at the second floor girl's bathroom. Go, boy, go! What are you still doing here!?" James shouted.

Harry was momentarily stunned by the change in his father's attitude and then thought that it was due to Eric being in danger. He ran towards the dungeons, and when he reached the Common Room gate he gave the password and ran towards his room.

In Slytherin, all second years and above have the choice to live in the dorms or have their own rooms. The social standing in the House can be seen by the state of one's room. At the moment, Alistair Crow was the unofficial leader of Slytherin. His room was the most expanded and luxurious room in Slytherin. Even though he is from a minor Pureblood family, he is bribed a lot to help in solving intrahouse matters. This year, Draco Malfoy bribed Alistair with an expensive carpet and couch for getting him onto the Slytherin Quidditch team.

Harry's room consisted of a comfortable bed, a couch, a study table in a corner, and a small bookshelf. Overall, his room lacked any extravagant decorations but gave a homely feeling. Harry quickly collected the things he thought were necessary for his trip to the Chamber. He took a healing and pain relief potion that he had nicked from the hospital cupboard. He also took his invisibility cloak that his grandfather had bought him. His mind wandered towards his grandfather, Charles Potter.

His grandfather was the person he loved and respected the most in his life. Ever since his parents started neglecting him after Eric was named "The Boy Who Lived" , his grandfather took it upon himself to raise him. After the death of his grandmother, Dorea Potter nee Black, on that fateful day, his grandfather's health started to deteriorate. Charles lost his will to live but after seeing James neglecting Harry, his grandfather decided that he would not die before raising him and a giving House Potter a proper heir; he wouldn't let Dorea's sacrifice go to waste. According to the doctors his grandfather wouldn't live for more than 3 more years.

He stopped his daydreaming and decided to concentrate on the current situation. He decided that he had all things he would need in the Chamber of Secrets. He put all the things in a backpack and put it on, but as he was about to open the gate, a stray thought struck him. He quickly put the backpack on the bed and locked his room and quickly put up a proximity sensor ward. He pushed his bed to the side and started to tap a sequence on the stone floor. After about 20 taps, there was a low clicking sound and he pushed a stone to the side.

This secret storage was the work of more than 15 hours of visiting libraries and reading different tomes related to secret storages. In the storage there was a blood red stone sitting on a silk cloth. Harry was momentarily stunned by the beauty of stone and then shook his head to clear his thoughts. No matter how many times he saw the stone, he was always stunned by the beauty of it. Harry placed the stone in the lower pocket of his robe. It was charmed to be invisible to others and was protected by a password in Parseltongue. He was taking the stone with him because of its healing properties. He still laughed sometimes after remembering how he unknowingly stole the stone.

Last year, he had been planning to take revenge on Dumbledore for ruining his childhood by encouraging his parents to neglect him, by saying that Eric needed all the love he could get; going as far as to suggest dropping him off at the Dursleys. It was thanks to the timely intervention of his grandfather that saved him from it. When he reached the front of the mirror after passing all the traps-which were ridiculously easy-he thought that the mirror was the item Dumbledore was hiding, so he quickly shrank it. It almost drained him to shrink the mirror, which confirmed his theory that the mirror was the item that Dumbledore was hiding. He decided to show the mirror to his grandfather and ask him about it. He went to the Potter manor using Snape's floo. When he showed the mirror to his grandfather, he had tears in his eyes after looking at it. He explained that the mirror showed people their deepest desires. When Harry looked in the mirror, he saw his parents looking at him with love and pride in their , his reflection put a blood red stone in his pocket, which he had somehow missed. Just like his reflection, he felt a weight in his pocket, and when he pulled it out of his pocket in the plain view of his grandfather, a gasp escaped from the lips of his grandfather.

This had led to a lengthy discussion about the stone. Charles explained to him that the only way the Flamels would part with the stone was if they were dead. His grandfather also refused to take a dose of the elixir of life, saying that he refused to let his wife wait any more in afterlife. It was decided that the best place to hide it would be in plain sight.

The proximity ward alerted him that someone was coming. He quickly put everything in place. There was a knock on the door.

"Come in," called Harry.

The door opened and revealed Daphne Greengrass, the ice queen of Slytherin, in all her stunning glory. It was a common occurrence, as Daphne was a regular visitor to his room. She used his room as an escape from all the leering boys and the useless gossiping of girls. She was his only true friend in the Slytherin house. She had dirty blonde hair and stunning blue eyes and a nice figure, even at the age of 13. His 3rd year fellow Slytherin was one of the most wanted girls in the school. She had started using her ice queen mask and coldly rejected all the advances made on her from the start of the term. She even cursed a Ravenclaw 5th year with some type of dick freezing and shrinking curse when he tried to grope her ass. After that incident, the male population maintained their distance from her, with the exception of Harry. People still thought of her as a forbidden fruit and were betting on who would get to taste it first.

"Hello, Daph." greeted Harry.

Daphne entered his room and sat on the bed. She started looking around as if she were searching for something and then locked her eyes with his.

"What?" Snapped Harry, not liking the way she was looking at him.

"Don't be such a jerk, Potter." Daphne remarked. "You shouldn't be rude to your guests."

Harry took a look at his watch and sighed. 'Eleven minutes left.'

"What do you want, Daphne? I have to be somewhere in 10 minutes," said Harry.

"What are you going to do, Potter? Please tell me you are not going to try and rescue the Weaslette," a concerned Daphne questioned.

"How did you come to this conclusion, Daph? I am only going to meet with someone." Harry was stunned. How did she reach that conclusion? Unbeknownst to Harry, Daphne had watched the whole confrontation between him and his parents. She was very suspicious of their actions and was getting a very bad feeling about it.

"So you're not going into the Chamber of Secrets? And don't lie to me, Potter, or I will show you why the students are calling me ice queen," threatened Daphne, while twirling her wand.

Harry paled and started stuttering. "H..hold on, yes, I am going to the Chamber of Secrets. I am the only person who can open the Chamber."

"No! I am not letting you go to the Chamber-you don't even like Weasleys. Why are you even going there? What if something happens to you down there?" demanded a very concerned Daphne.

Harry became speechless from her open concern about him. "Daph, I am not going there alone. I will have Eric with me. I will be alright, Daphne. Trust me on this, okay? I'll be back in one hour." Tried Harry.

"What?! You are going with that bastard? I won't allow you to go there alone with him."

Harry placed a hand on her cheek and caressed her flawless skin. Daphne unconsciously leaned into his hand and snuggled in it.

"Daphne, I will be careful down there. I have to go now. I will be back in an hour," said Harry.

"Swear it."

"Huh?"

"I said, swear it that you will be careful down there and come back," ordered Daphne.

"Fine. If it helps you to let me go, then I, Harry James Potter, swear on my life and magic that I will be careful in the Chamber of Secrets and will come back alive; so I swear, so mote it be." There was a flash of light, showing the acceptance of the vow.

Suddenly, Daphne threw herself on him and kissed him on lips. Before he could kiss her back, she pulled away and winked at him.

"You will get more if you come back all right from that Chamber. And if you don't, I will castrate you." Daphne said with a sweet smile on her face, and was that an oni mask in background? Weird.

After that, everything passed in a blur, and when he reached the second floor bathroom, Eric was already there by himself. He explained that the professors and their mum and dad were trying to stop the Minister from closing Hogwarts. So only the two of them would be doing the rescue mission. When the two reached the main chamber after opening both doors of the Chamber, they found Ginny Weasley lying on the floor with a shadow of a 16 year boy standing over her. After the shadow gloated a bit, they found that the shade was of a 16 year old Tom Marvolo Riddle, also known as Lord Voldemort. Luckily, the shade was not strong enough to use a wand, so Eric quickly picked up the diary. But before they could do anything else, Tom called for Salazar Slytherin's basilisk. Eric almost fainted after hearing the sound of the basilisk. He tried to throw the diary and run away, but before he could do so, his leg slipped on the wet floor of Chamber and he fell down. There was a loud crack and blood started to pour from Eric's nose and fell onto the diary. Lord Voldemort's ghost suddenly started to become corporeal at very fast speed.

"Eric Potter, return my diary back to me, or I will kill you!" roared Tom Riddle.

Eric started to cry and threw the diary back at Tom Riddle's feet, saying "I don't want anything that's yours. Please, please, don't kill me." Suddenly, there was huge cry of pain from Eric, and some kind of black mist came out of his "L" shaped scar and flew into the diary.

Harry was momentarily distracted by the black mist and the basilisk used it as an opportunity to attack him. Harry accidentally turned around and saw the basilisk lunging at him. Yellow eyes locked with green eyes. Both Harry and the basilisk paused for a second and then Harry tried to dodge the basilisk. But the basilisk was very fast and one of its teeth sunk into his palm. There was a moment of silence in the Chamber and then there was a cry of pain from the shade of Voldemort and it collapsed upon itself. The amount of magic released from the shadow was enough to knock Eric away from the basilisk. Harry, on the other hand, was suffering from pain worse than the Crucio James Potter had used on him 3 years ago.

After seeing that Tom Riddle's shadow was destroyed, the basilisk went back to its lair. Harry was whimpering from the pain of his body dissolving from the inside out due to basilisk venom. There was a cry from a phoenix and Fawkes flew into the chamber. Fawkes landed on Eric to check if he was all right, and cried on his lips. Two tears fell into Eric's mouth and after a few seconds, he started groaning. Then, Fawkes did the same thing to Ginny .

Finally, Fawkes sat on Harry's hand and saw the wound. Fawkes was looking indecisive on whether or not to cry. Harry knew that the only proven cure to a basilisk's bite was phoenix tears. He was stunned by the phoenix's reluctance to heal him. He was in too much pain to speak properly, so he quickly opened the two vials he had brought with him and drank them. He was in too much pain to even complain about the horrible taste of the potions. He felt a bit of pain diminishing but he knew it would only be temporary.

"What happened, Fawkes? Don't you want to save me?" asked Harry. Fawkes bobbed his head up and down.

"Then, did Dumbledore order you not to save me?" Harry asked, even though he already knew the answer. Only a direct order from the master could stop a bonded phoenix from saving a "light" wizard like himself. Fawkes cried mournfully but still bobbed his head up and down. Suddenly, he started to cough up a lot of blood. Fawkes suddenly flew up onto his hand and cried a few drops of tears into the wound and then cried few drops into his mouth. He immediately felt relief. Then he started to laugh.

"Thank you for trying to make my death as painless as possible." Harry said. Fawkes continued to sing mournfully. Eric woke up at that moment. He stood up and went near to where Harry was lying.

"Looks like you are dying, Harry." Eric said with barely hidden glee.

"Yeah bro, looks like I will never be able to dine with the rest of my family," said Harry. Tears were falling freely for losing the chance to finally be one with his family and starting a relationship with Daphne.

Eric suddenly started to laugh and Harry was stunned by the joy in the laugh of his brother. Eric bent on his knees and explained, "Poor big brother wanting to be one with our family. Ha! As if we would allow you to be one of us, dark scum!" He kicked Harry in the stomach. Harry cried out in pain. Eric continued, "It was all part of the plan. Mom and dad crying in front of you was part of it too. You were never going to leave the Chamber alive."

"But why? And what about me being the only one able to open the Chamber? What about your vow? What do they gain from killing me?" asked Harry. His emotions were in turmoil. He was unconsciously releasing a huge amount of magic in the air, making it even more saturated with magic.

"They lied. I never took any vow. And about being only one able to open the Chamber, well, I can do it too. 'Open.' Weird, I can only say 'open' in Parseltongue. After seeing some of our memories, Dumbledore decided that the diary was controlling Ginny, but the Minister and the public would have never believed it. Poor Ginny would have been sent to Azkaban. My parents could not let an innocent suffer, so they decided to sacrifice you for the Greater Good. I will once again be called a hero for protecting Ginny, while you will be called the dark brother. Come on Fawkes, let's go!"

Fawkes gave Harry one last look and bowed his head, flying away while carrying both a still unconscious Ginny and a triumphant Eric out of the Chamber.

- FLASHBACK END-

Suddenly, another thought hit him like a ton of bricks in the head and he forgot all about destroying the diary. He reached into his lower pocket and said "love". He pulled out the Philosopher's stone and thought about how he could get water for making the elixir. Finally, he decided that blood would have to do in the place of water. He poked his wound and blood started to ooze again in huge amounts. After placing the stone directly above his wound so that the blood would be in proper contact with the stone, he brought it towards his mouth. He forgot about the fact that the blood was mixed with phoenix tears and basilisk venom. Together with the Philosopher's stone, it formed the most powerful healing and purifying potion known to man. As he was placing it above his mouth, a lot of blood fell on the diary which he had placed on his lap. Even with the potion in his mouth he felt like he was going to die. He fell on the floor and his last coherent thoughts were, 'I don't want to die and I will live'. Suddenly, all the extra magic that had been saturating the air started to get sucked into the diary and into him. There was a huge golden flash and then he knew no more.

A/n : this is my first story so please follow and review. First chapter is a bit rushed and there is a lack of dialogues, the main reason of this is i really wanted to start the main story line. The next chapter of story will start after the end of 3rd year for eric or 4th year for harry. so i am skipping the whole POA as james potter is alive so sirius won't go to Azkaban and Pettigrew has no reason to go to the confusing things like the horcrux, Eric still able to speak open in parseltongue after getting the horcrux extracted, Reaction of students, and Basilisk will be explained in next chapter. DON'T FORGET TO DROP A REVIEW.