Disclaimer: This story is based on characters and situations created and owned by JK Rowling, various publishers including but not limited to Bloomsbury Books, Scholastic Books and Raincoast Books, and Warner Bros., Inc. No money is being made and no copyright or trademark infringement is intended.

A/N: Okay this is the second chapter to "The Camber and Beyond" This should be the last chapter that I write that follows the book and movie. I'm not sure if I'm going to split this up into two different stories yet. I might just have this one go on till the end of the summer after the second book and then have a sequel that starts out after the 5th book and just have Harry remember things that I want to mention from books 3-5. Anyways I still have a while before I have to decide but I value your input and would like you the readers help me decide what to do. So in your reviews just put if you want 2 different stories or one continuous story. Thanks for reading and be sure to review.

Jon

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

The Chamber and Beyond

Ch.2

Saving Ginny

The door swung open and Harry slowly entered, cautious to be on the look out for the basilisk. Scanning the chamber looking for any signs of movement his gaze landed upon a still figure lying on the cold chamber floor. Harry's heart skipped a beat as he was filled with dread. 'No please don't be dead.'

He sprinted over to Ginny and started shaking her. "Ginny common wake up...please wake up...please..."

While Harry was trying to rouse Ginny, his wand forgotten on the floor beside him, a lone figure stepped out of the darkness. (Crap... I just realized I never talked about Tom Riddle in the first chapter, oh well you all know who he is, and if you don't know just read the book or watch the movie)

"She won't wake" said Tom as he approached them and picked up Harry's wand.

"You don't mean she's...dead" said Harry a look of panic and remorse crossing his features.

"No she's still alive, but only just" said Tom

A glimmer hope crossed Harry's features. "Then we've got to get her out of here, we have to save her."

"I'm afraid I can't let you do that." said Tom as he looked down at the crumbled form of the girl lying on the floor. "You see as poor Ginny Weasley grows weaker I grow stronger."

Harry didn't understand. "But the basilisk-"

"It won't come until its called." Tom cut him off.

Harry was beginning to understand what was going on here. He looked around for his wand and then noticed that Tom was twirling it between his fingers. Harry slowly stood up never moving his eyes off the man in front of him. "Give me my wand Tom." said Harry.

"You won't be needing it." said Tom with malice in his eyes but a cool, indifferent, facial expression.

"It was you... your the heir of Slytherin. We'll your plan didn't work, in a few hours the mandrake drought will be ready and everyone that has been petrified will be alright." (Again if you don't know what I'm talking about then read the book or watch the movie)

Tom chuckled a little. "Haven't I told you?" He said in mock absent mindedness. "Killing mudbloods doesn't matter to me anymore. For many months now my new target has been you."

Harry was shocked. "Me?"

"Yes, how is it that a mere child, with no extraordinary magical ability, was able to defeat the most powerful wizard alive? How did you survive while Lord Voldemort's powers were destroyed?!" Yelled Tom in both Rage and confusion.

Harry was taken aback. "Why do you care how I survived? Voldemort was after your time."

"Voldemort is my past, present and future." sneered out Tom.

Harry was shocked beyond belief. "You... You're Voldemort."

"That's right. Now let's match the power of Lord Voldemort, heir of Salizar Slytherin, against the famous Harry Potter." A sudden hissing sound came from Tom. A hole in the wall opened up and a giant snake came slithering through. Tom turned to the snake and started hissing at it. Harry took off running down the chamber being sure not to look the snake in the eyes knowing that he would die instantly if he did.

Tom yelled after him as he ran. "Parsletounge won't save you now Potter, it only answers to me!"

Suddenly a soothing melody flooded the chamber as Fawkes (Dumbledore's phoenix) entered the cave holding the sorting hat in its claws. It flew over towards Harry and dropped the sorting hat at his feet while it attacked the basilisk. Fawkes blinded the basilisk by scratching out his eyes and effectively ended the possibility of dieing by its penetrating stare.

Harry looked down at the sorting hat that was lying at his feet and noticed something inside of it. Harry reached down, grasped it, and pulled it out of the hat. It was a magnificent sword. It had a shinny steel blade with a silver handle with rubies laid into it.

Harry turned around and faced the basilisk holding the sword out in front of him. The basilisk opened its mouth ready to strike. Harry stood his ground as it lunged at him. right when it was about to bite down on him; Harry thrust the sword up through the roof of its mouth and through its brain. The Basilisk full over dead as Harry withdrew the sword from the beast.

As Harry looked at the dead monster he noticed a sharp pain in his right arm. Looking down at it he saw a long pearly white fang sticking out of his arm. He ripped it out of his arm as he slowly made his way back over to Ginny and Tom. He collapsed onto the ground in front of Ginny feeling incredibly dizzy. Then he noticed Tom speaking.

"Incredible isn't it? How quickly the venom of the basilisk invades the body. I'd guess that you had little over a minute to live." Tom said with a smirk on his face. Harry looked over at Ginny and noticed the diary in her hands.

Tom saw where Harry's gaze landed and started speaking. "Its funny the damage a silly little book can do, especially in the hands of a silly little girl."

A thought occurred to Harry ha griped the fang that he still had in his hand. He grabbed the diary and pulled it towards him and pierced it with the fang. Instantly ink started to squirt out of the pages as it was destroyed by the venom. The figure of Tom Riddle vanished before Harry all the while screaming for him to stop. Next to Harry, Ginny began to stir. She opened her eyes and looked at Harry. Harry heaved a mental sigh of relief at her being ok.

"Harry I'm so sorry, it was me but I swear I didn't mean to do it. Riddle made me." Ginny said super fast while tears welled up in her eyes. Her gaze traveled to Harry's injured arm. "Oh my God, Harry your hurt."

"Its just a scratch." said Harry unconvincingly. "Listen Ginny you have to get out of here. Follow the chamber and you'll find Ron." 'At least I was able to save her, even if I'm going to die here.'

Just then Fawkes came over to Harry. "You were brilliant Fawkes, I just wasn't quick enough."

The Phoenix laid its head against Harry's arm and began to cry. Harry watched as the tears fell and landed on his wound. In front of his eyes the wound began to heal and the affects of the venom began to dissipate.

"Of course, Phoenix tears have healing powers." (Again if you're confused read the book or watch the movie) Said Harry happy that he was no longer going to die. He turned back to Ginny with a heart warming smile on his face. "It's okay Ginny, everything's going to be alright."

They fallowed Fawkes back down the chamber and met up with Ron and Lockhart. The grabbed onto Fawkes tail as he carried them out of the chamber and back up to the castle.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

A/N: Finally. I'm done with all the recapping of the story. I cut a lot of stuff out of this chapter because I really just wanted to get it over with so I could write my own stuff. I intend for the next chapters to be longer then this one. anyways thanks for bearing with me through this recap. I know some of you were bored reading stuff over again that happened in the book but now you get to read what I want to happen from this point on. Thanks for reading and be sure to review.

Jon