Once Professor McGonagall was gone Harry glanced around at everyone. Remus and Tonks were off to the side talking in hushed tones to each other, Ron was helping his Mom bandage younger kids that had been hurt, Hermione was with Fred and George, Ginny was with Neville curled up against his side (they'd both known since before he left that what they had felt for each other was just a crush...a crush that was gone. Now they were just really good friends that cared about each other), Percy was talking to Arthur with tears streaming down his face, Bill was hurt but it looked like he would be ok, the Creevey brothers were laying side by side on hospital beds both hurt more than they ever should have been, Seamus did have second degree burns, Dean was sitting beside a bed were Luna was asleep with her eyes bandaged; they would all be ok, but he had to do something to keep it that way. Then his thoughts turned to all those that had died because of him: his parents, Cedric, Sirius, Mad-eye, Dumbledore, Dobby, most likely Hedwig, Bathilda Bagshot, and who knew how many more if he didn't stop this now. He closed his eyes, to everyone else it would most likely look like he was asleep, and felt for the connection between him and Riddle. Once he hit the connection he was jerked into a memory though unlike Sirius this one felt more real.
"Ah, Harry I wondered when you would wake up and seek me out. I have someone here that you might be interested in helping." Tom sneered and when he looked down Harry saw a tortured Severus Snape. Harry couldn't really talk like Riddle could through the link, but he flashed a memory of Snape killing Dumbledore through the link.
"Well let me show you what I found from this traitor's memory." Tom sniped and Harry saw a memory of Dumbledore already dying and making Snape promise to kill him so Draco wouldn't have to and so he wouldn't wast away to nothing. Riddle looked back down and Harry knew that, that particular memory wasn't a fake. Professor Snape was covered in blood and as Riddle kicked him a slight groan escaped his lips.
"Harry...don't." Severus croaked and Riddle sent a crucio toward the injured man.
"Silence, he will come if he doesn't want me to kill his friends. You have an hour to come to the forbidden forest or I'll start with this traitor." Riddle growled and kicked Snape again. Harry pushed forward a memory of saying stop.
"So you do care about the traitor once you know the truth...then you better get here or I'll torture him into insanity like what happened to the Longbottoms." Riddle threatened and the connection broke. Harry supressed a scream and then sat up. He had a lot of work to do before anyone realized what he was up to.
"Winky." Harry called softly and Winky popped into the hospital wing moments later.
"Master Harry Potter called sir?" Winky questioned looking expectantly at the boy. One thing she had promised Dobby was that she would always look after Harry Potter.
"Would it be possible for you to go to the Chamber of Secrets and set it up as a hospital wing even though you cannot speak parseltongue?" Harry questioned and at Winky's exhuberant nod he released a breath he hadn't known he was holding.
"Good, after you do that could you perhaps ask the other house elves if they would assist you in apparting people to the Chamber of Secrets? I need to know that everyone is safe. All the house elves have to do is be here when I call people behind the curtain." Harry explained and Winky nodded again.
"Winky and Hogwarts house elves would be happy to help Master Harry." Winky smiled and then popped away. Harry nodded to himself and then decided it would be best to get people his age out of here first.
It would be too suspicious if every adult started to disappear and the adults would notice each other gone sooner. He hadn't told anyone, not even Ron and Hermione, but he had ventured down to the Chamber several times after second year. It wasn't that he didn't trust them, he trusted them more than anyone else, but he needed a place to keep them safe. Somehow even at the young age of 12 he had known one day something like this would happen. He'd discovered several things about the Chambers and that like the Room of Requirement it also could be altered. The only catch was that the person had to speak parseltongue to make the changes. Inside he had crafted another Hogwarts House of sorts with beds and a common room, but he had a feeling Winky could change part of it into a hospital wing. Moments later the elf of his thoughts appeared along with several other younger elves that he'd seen in the kitchens.
"Winky and the others changed what was the common room into a hospital wing and made the rooms up the stairs into hospital rooms for privacy." Winky informed dutifully and Harry smiled.
"Thanks Winky, ok I need you guys to make yourselves invisible and as soon as the person I call back her appears one of you need to grab that person and take them to the Chamber. They won't be able to get out without being able to speak parseltongue so they'll be safe. Then I need you to come back so I can continue to get people out of here." Harry explained and the elves nodded, eyes wide with excitement and a bit of fear. Bracing himself Harry scoped out the others and then nodded to himself.
