Hello again! I am back! Hope you guys are enjoying the story, I know its not the best but I'm trying.
Enjoy Chapter 3!
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Harry woke up and yawned, stretching widely. The rubbed at his eyes tiredly then reached over to the nightstand to retrieve his glasses and wand. The slowly got out of the bed and put his pyjama bottoms on as she only sleeps with his boxers on. He left the room and knocked on Aliix's one to wake her up. "Aliix? Wake up. Aliix?" He entered the room and what he saw shocked him; Aliix was writhing around with her middle half of her body in the air and her mouth was open in a silent scream. "Aliix!" Harry quickly ran to her side and shook her hand, hoping to wake her up, "Aliix! Ali, wake up!" Aliix gasped hard and fell back to the bed. She opened her eyes and recoiled in shock; they were a deep shade of crimson, just like Voldemort's and her skin was a sickly pale.
"Harry," she croaked, "Look in my jacket from yesterday and take out the potion with that's red with green balls at the bottom" Harry was frozen, he didn't react or anything. "HARRY! NOW!" She bellowed. Harry quickly ran to where her jacket was and looked around for the potion. As he was doing so, Aliix started writhing again and this time screamed loudly, and started scratching at her arms, legs, neck.
Harry uncorked the potion and poured it down her throat. Aliix swallowed and lay still for a couple of seconds. "Aliix?" Harry asked quietly. Aliix gasped and sat up, then started crying."Harry…" She sobbed and crawled into a little ball. "Aliix, come on, lets take you to Madam Pomfrey., she's the school healer."Aliix shook her head and buried deep under her covers. "I-I can't let anyone see-see me like this…"
"Ali, please, I'm scared for you." Aliix looked up to see Harry had his arms outstretched. Aliix thought for a second then nodded. Harry picked her up and quickly ran to the Hospital Wing.
As soon as he got there, he shouted, "Madam Pomfrey! Madam Pomfrey!" Aliix had passed out along the way to the Hospital Wing. Madam Pomfrey ran to where Harry was shouting and calmly asked, "Mr Potter, what is the problem?" Harry quickly explained what happened then Pomfrey took Aliix out of his arms and lay her on the bed. She quickly done some spells to see what happened to her but to no avail. She didn't know what was happening for once.
-x-x-x-Aliix groaned as she slowly woke up. She opened her eyes then quickly closed them again as everything was bright. She took a few deep breaths then opened her eyes again and sat up slowly. A few seconds later, Harry burst in, as the curtains were shut, followed closely by Snape, Headmaster Dumbledore, Pomfrey and all Head of Houses. Aliix groaned and turned over, not being able to look them in the eyes.
"Miss Riddle, will you tell us what happened?" That was sighed and shook her head, then whispered, "You'll hate me and want to kick me out of the school…"Snape quickly sat on the chair closest to her and took her hand, "Please Aliix," He said, "Tell us what happened. Harry looked at Snape's face and was shocked; For the first time since he's ever been at this school, Snape let down his mask and let his emotions show. He was worried. Snape… Was worried…
Aliix sniffled and sat up higher looking at the bed sheets, "Are you sure?" She asked in a broken whisper?There was nods all around and Harry quickly took Aliix's other hand. Aliix smiled gratefully, then started talking in a monotone voice.
"I was born to Bellatrix Lestrange and Tom Riddle, otherwise known as Voldemort to you and Daddy to me. From the moment I was born, Bellatrix was the only person to look after me. Of course, Narcissa Malfoy and Andromeda Black, now known as Andromeda Tonks, looked after me too, but it was mostly Bellatrix. Father never took any notice in me until I was 1, that is." Aliix sighed then carried on, looking away from everyone, "Once I turned 1, Father he… He took me away from Bellatrix and done a blood adoption spell on me, so I could only look like him, before he turned to Voldemort that is, and gave me other looks that he thought would suite me. Then he started caring for me, and the House Elves' did too. He made sure Bellatrix could never look after me again and even cursed her when she tried… Then, that same year, he… he marked me…" She lifted up her sleeve and there, as dark as night, was the Dark Mark. There was gasps all around and Aliix hastily pulled her sleeve back down.
"It hurt. That was the only thing I remember, the pain. I remember writhing around and screaming and crying, hoping it'd stop but it didn't . He wouldn't even look at me… After about 30 seconds, he took the brander away and put some sort of powder on top, I don't know what it was but, since that day, my life has never been normal. I know what your thinking, being the spawn of Voldemort, your life would have probably been deadly from the start but it wasn't.
"Then, a couple months later, Harry defeated him when he was just a boy and that made Father into a baby form and he never looked after me again, it was always the house elves' or the nanny's that appeared at our house. When I was 6, I finally understood what the powder was for…" Aliix took a deep breath then carried on, in a broken voice,
"It was so he could possess me. He could take over my body for long periods of times, and use me so he could still have his death eater meetings. It was horrid. I had crimson eyes like him and id go a sickly pale and my nails would turn into claws. That's what happened to me this morning. He tried to get into my body but since Harry woke me up, he didn't get very far. When he takes over my body, I go through a kind of ritual, it called the corpus amissio ritual, which means body loss. The first step is he does a spell and I have no idea what the spell is, he's never told me. Then, he kind of passes out, and his soul, well what's left of it anyway, comes into my body. Once that is done, I feel the worst pain imaginable, its worse then the Crusiatus Curse, and I writhe around and scream, and my body gets lifted by an unknown force and my eyes turn crimson. Once that's done, I start scratching myself until I bleed. I don't know why I do it, but I think its because I've got an unhealthy soul inside me. Luckily, Harry woke me up before the last step was taken, which is my mind, he takes over it so, even though its still me on the outside, its not me inside." Harry smiled a little at Harry who, thankfully, smiled back and kissed the back of her hand softly.
Dumbledore cleared his throat and everyone's eyes turned towards him. Dumbledore seemed lost in thought then looked at Aliix regretfully and asked, "What happens when he takes over your body Miss Riddle?"Aliix looked uncomfortable with the question but answered anyway, "He goes around acting like me, pretending to be me, until he gets enough information to sustain him. But, Headmaster, please you have to understand, I don't let him in, I hate it, it makes me feel so dirty and disgusting and I'm not myself when it happens.""Oh, it's quite alright Aliix, I understand. But it's a lot to take in and I am forever grateful that Harry did wake you up as Merlin only knows what could've happened if he didn't."
Aliix nodded and looked down again, hating the person she was. "Severus, do you think that maybe you can make a potion that could repel Voldemort's soul from entering young Aliix's body?" Mcgonagall asked."Yes, of course, Minerva," Snape answered, "I shall get to it right away." Snape kissed the back of Aliix's hand, which made her blush, and he quickly left the room. Around them, the adults were talking so Aliix moved right to the edge of the bed and tugged Harry's hand.
"Harry? Sit with me please?" Aliix asked.
"Of course," Harry replied and took off his shoes then got into the bed and pulled her close, "You're my best friend after all."Aliix looked at Harry and smiled wide, "Really? Even after everything you've heard about me?""Always. You're a better friend then Ron anyway, he was always a prick to me, especially in 4th year," Harry said bitterly."Oh yeah! You won the Triwizard Cup!"Harry nodded then pulled Aliix closer and she cuddled into him. After a few minutes silence(The Professors put a silencing spell around them so we couldn't hear what they were saying), Aliix said, "Harry, you know your gay right?"
Harry recoiled in shock and said, "What?" How would she know, he thought, did I make it that obvious when Ginny said she didn't want me to touch her and I couldn't care less?
Aliix giggled and played with his hand, "Yeah, you are. It's kind of obvious really, you let me snuggle into you and you hug me and wrap your arms around me, but its not in the kind of way that a boy would hold a girl they like, it's the way that says 'This girl is my best friend and I love her very much so if you hurt her, you will face my wrath!'" They both laughed then Dumbledore cleared his throat and looked at Aliix.
"Miss Riddle, since Harry made sure the Corpus Amissio Ritual didn't carry on, does that mean that you will be free from his soul for the rest of the day?" He asked.
Aliix nodded, "Yeah, it takes a lot of power and energy to do this once, let alone nearly everyday. If I'm lucky, I will be free from his broken soul for the rest of the week.""His soul is broken? What do you mean child?" Mcgonagall asked."What I mean is that Daddy cut his soul into pieces, 7 if you wanted to know, and made them into Horcruxes." At this, everyone, except Harry, who didn't know what they were and Dumbledore, whose eyes widened, spluttered in shock but Aliix raised her hand, "Don't worry about hunting for them either, I already took care of them and destroyed 4, since Harry already destroyed his Diary in second year. The remaining ones that I destroyed were Marvolo Gaunt's ring, a Slytherin locket, which was inherited by Merope Gaunt Riddle, the Hufflepuff Cup and Rowena Ravenclaw's Lost Diadem."
"How did you find all these, Aliix?" Professor Sprout asked."Well, when I was fourteen, when Father took over my soul again, I did something which made me enter his mind. It wasn't Occlumency, it was something entirely different. And when I got into his head, I found out where they were all hidden. One was hidden here, in the Room of Requirement. I don't know how but that night, I dreamt about the Diadem, and when I woke up the next day, it was on my nightstand. So, the same day, I destroyed it."
"How do you destroy a Horcrux?" Harry asked."Well, you can't use a spell or curse, because those are very weak, while a Horcrux is something that's very powerful. A Horcrux must suffer damage so severe that repair through magical means will be impossible. Another way is administering basilisk venom to the Horcrux, but the only cure is Phoenix tears, which is extremely rare. And of course, a Horcrux can also be magically undone if the creator goes through a process of deep remorse for the murder that has been committed, but by doing that, you die as the remorse is deeply excruciating. And we all know Father can't feel remorse."
"Miss Riddle, you said there were seven Horcruxes, but you only named five that were destroyed, what about the other two?" Flitwick asked.
Aliix bit her lip and looked away, "Well, the remaining two I can't destroy…""Why's that Ali?" Harry asked, and stroked her back reassuringly."Well, because one is Nagini, his stupid pet snake; Don't get me wrong, I love snakes, I just hate his one, and the other is…"
Before Aliix could finish the sentence, Dumbledore raised a hand and said, "I think Miss Riddle should get some sleep now, she's had a very long day, don't you think?" Everyone nodded, except Aliix who looked curious as to why her Headmaster wouldn't let her finish.
"Harry, what time is it?" Aliix asked Harry, once all the teacher left the done a tempus charm then answered, "Our last lesson is just starting now, you've been asleep for ages, I've been so worried." Harry frowned sadly, finally showing his emotions.
"Oh Harry, honestly, what you done, waking me up, was good, and me sleeping was a great sign, I could have gone into a coma instead…""What?! When were you going to tell me that if I wake you up in the future, you could probably die?" He jumped off the bed, looking at Aliix in anger."No, Harry, please, I wouldn't die, I'd just be in a coma for a couple of days…" "Yeah, with everyone thinking you'd die! What, don't you trust me enough to tell me, is that it? No, you know what, forget it I don't care, I'm going to my lesson, I'll see you in our dorm later." Harry walked out of the Infirmary, not noticing Aliix's broken expression behind him.
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Sorry for taking so long with this! I was on holiday in Devon and couldn't take the laptop! Please be calm, I'm starting the next chapter now!
Meliza xo
P.S, if there are any faults with the Latin on this, tell me please! Thanks.
