Third Person point of view~

Harry was walking along the hallways, discussing with Ron their latest discovery. "The Monster in the Chamber of Secrets is a Basilisk! It makes sense, 'spiders flee from it'. Hermione figured it out."

"How has a big snake like that been getting through the school? You'd think someone would have noticed."

"Hermione figured that out too." The ravenette pointed to a word written on the page he got from the petrified witch.

"The pipes?!"

Just then an announcement came over the halls.

"All students report to your dormitories at this time. All teachers report to the second floor corridor, immediately."

The Gryffindor boys turned to each other, nodded and went to the corridor.

All the professors' available ran to where McGonagall said and found another message written in blood.

"As you see, the heir of Slytherin has left yet another message." McGonagall sounded defeated.

Ron and Harry had just arrived to the scene, they hid down the corridor and listened in on the conversation. Minerva continued, "Two students have been taken by the monster into the Chamber." She was heart-broken. "We have to send the rest of them home, Hogwarts is no longer safe."

"Professor McGonagall! Professor Snape!" The teachers looked down the hallway and saw Fred and Sam running towards them, Bella at their heels. In her hands, Sam had Bambi's robe. When they got closer Snape was the first to speak up, "What are you two doing here? You were supposed—"

"I can't find Bambi anywhere, and she left her wand behind. She'd never leave it behind! And Bella can't track her." She gestured to the young pup, who whimpered, looking at the wall that contained the writing.

The older witch stepped forward with a solem face. "Ms. McCarthy—"

"What did I miss?" Gilderoy Lockhart asked, walking in as if he feared nothing.

"Two girls were snatched by the monster, Lockhart. This looks to be your chance." Severus sneered at the arrogant man.

"What?"

"Weren't you saying last night that you knew all along were the entrance to the Chamber of Secrets is?"

The man was silent.

"Well, then," McGonagall said, "Looks like we'll leave it up to you Mr. Lockhart."

More silence from the man, then he finally spoke.

"Ah, yes, well. I guess I will…get ready then!" He left swiftly.

As some of the other professors left, Madam Pomphrey turned to Professor McGonagall, to ask, "Who were the two students that were taken, Minerva?"

With a heavy heart, she sighed and answered, looking at the couple, "It was Ginny Weasley and Bambi McCarthy."

Sammy gasped as she heard the names of her younger sisters. She turned to Fred and hid her face in the crook of his neck. He held her tight, rubbing her back. Harry and Ron were stunned.

Minerva put a comforting hand on the girl's shoulder and led them back to their dormitories. Snape lingered for a while, looking at the message with a grimace and left himself.

The boys came out of hiding then, Ron reading the message aloud, "'Their Skeletons will lie in the Chamber forever.' What do we do now Harry?"

The young wizard turned to him and said with determination, "We're going to find the entrance to the Chamber and rescue them!"

With both in total agreement, they raced off to go find Lockhart, so they could save the girls.

Bambi's P.O. V~

I awoke in a dark underground, surrounded with water and Snake statues.

"W-where am I?"

"Why, in the chamber of secrets, silly girl." I sat up looking to find a boy standing in the middle of the room. He looked to be around the same age as my sister.

"Who are you?" I asked, I didn't trust him. He had a sinister look to himself.

"I am the memory of the heir of Slytherin. I was known as Tom Marvolo Riddle, but I think you would know me better by my other name…"

He smirked at me as I made to push myself back. I felt my hand bump into something and I turned. It was Ginny!

I turned around completely to shake the redhead, "Ginny?!" I felt her hand, it was ice cold.

"She's not dead, well…not yet at least." Tom chuckled. I turned to glare at the man.

"Who are you!"

His smile turned sinister again and he glared back at me tenfold, "That's no way to talk to the Dark Lord, Little girl."

I gasped in realization. That was why Tom Riddle sounded familiar to me, it was the original name of Voldemort!

He came closer to me, I tried to get up and run but I couldn't feel my legs. He grabbed a hold of my arm and dragged me to him. His face was inches away from mine.

"…Let's see now. I could just kill you now." I struggled to get free but that resulted in the boy grabbing my other arm and pinning me to the floor.

"But then it would be a waste to be rid of such an…enticing creature." I turned my face away and shuddered as I felt his breathe on my neck. I prayed to whatever deity existed to save me from this nightmare. Just then I felt him release my arms and move away from me,

"Well, looks like the golden boy has arrived. I'll play with you later, dear."

He held his hand over my face and I felt my eyes growing heavy. Soon I was knocked out, again.

I awoke quite quickly, I heard lots of heavy breathing. I got up slowly and looked over, Ginny was awake!

"Bambi?"

I turned around and saw Harry. He was covered in dirt, sweat, and blood. I looked down at his arm and noticed it was bleeding and looked infected.

"Harry, you're hurt!" I crawled over to him and made to grab his injured arm.

"Bambi?" I heard the shy voice of Ginny ask, I turned to her and smiled gently.

"I'm glad you're okay Ginny."

She sat up and looked dejected, "It was me. I opened the Chamber of secrets. I didn't mean too, Riddle made me!"

I shook my head and placed a reassuring hand on her shoulder, "It's okay Ginny. We forgive you. And like you said, you didn't have a choice."

"Bambi, Ginny, you two should get out of here." Harry told us "Go and find Ron, he'll get you out of here safe."

"What about you?" I asked the frail boy.

Before I could get an answer, the shrill cry of a phoenix pierced the air. It flew through the tunnel and landed next to Harry. It seemed concerned about the injury as well.

"You did great, Fawkes… I just wasn't fast enough."

The bird leaned over the infected area. Soon tears fell from its eyes landing on the surface, healing the injury instantly. Once it was gone, Harry turned his arm saying, "Of course, Phoenix tears have magical healing powers."

He turned to us and smiled, "Don't worry girls. It's over now, it's all just a memory."

With that we met back up with Ron and an Obliviated Lockhart and got out of the Chamber, with help from Fawkes.

~Dumbledore's Office~

"While I commend your bravery, you boys realize that in the past few hours you have broken nearly a dozen rules." The headmaster said looking at the two Gryffindor students. I stood off to the side, biting my lip.

They answered, "yes sir."

"There is compelling evidence to have you both expelled… therefore, I see it only fitting that you both receive…an award from the school for services."

Ron and Harry looked at each other smiling, to the man and then over to me. The elder wizard got up from behind his desk.

"Mr. Weasley, if you could have an owl deliver these release papers to Azkaban. I believe we want our gamekeeper back." He gave Ron the message and patted the boy on the back. Once the redhead left, Dumbledore turned to the young hero.

"Harry, first, I would like to thank you. You had to of have great loyalty, for Fawkes to come to you…and second, I sense that something is troubling you."

Harry looked to the old wizard, "Well, you see sir. I couldn't help but notice certain similarities between me and Tom Riddle."

"I see, well, I believe that when Lord Voldemort gave you that scar that night, he might have transferred some of his powers to you; of course, not intentionally."

Dumbledore had retreated back to behind his desk.

"Then the sorting hat was right. I should be in Slytherin."

I walked over to the boy and placed a hand on his arm, "That's not necessarily true, Harry. You might share some qualities with Voldemort, but that doesn't make you the same person… you're the bravest person I know."

Just then the door opened to reveal Lucius Malfoy. Behind him was a scared house elf.

"Dobby?"

"So it's true. You have returned." The blonde sneered, pushing Harry out of the way as he advanced toward the man.

"When the governors' learned that Arthur Weasley and Brenden McCarthy's Daughters had been taken into the Chamber, they saw it fit to summon me back."

"Ridiculous…" He muttered under his breathe.

"What's ridiculous, is the fact that you had to threaten these people's families in order to get them to agree to suspend Professor Dumbledore in the first place." A voice projected from the top of the stairwell in the Wizard's office.

Walking down was a slim, older woman with long, wavy ginger hair. She wore a blue, button up top and dark flared blue jeans with black moccasins. Her eyes were a bright blue in color and had a heart shaped face. She nodded toward me and winked. I smiled at the woman. She turned to Lucius and continued,

"Quite frankly, its petty. Don't you agree?" She gave a smirk. This caused Malfoy to become furious.

"How dare you! Who do you think you are?!"

The woman walked over to me, saying, "Well, now I do believe that…" she placed her arm around me, giving a side hug and finished, "…I am this young girl's Mother." She smirked and held her hand out to Malfoy Senior.

"Henriette McCarthy, at your service. Actually, you should have known that already, since I am your boss."

Malfoy opened and closed his mouth like a fish out of water. My Mother put her hand down and asked, "Something wrong, Mr. Malfoy. Cat got your tongue?"

I bit my lip to keep from laughing as I saw the small smirk on my mother's face. I had a case of déjà vu.

Malfoy glared at the both of us.

"How cute; like mother, like daughter, huh?"

He turned to the house elf, "Come, Dobby. We're leaving."

With that they left. My mother left my side and walked over to Harry.

"You must be Harry. Bambi's talked about you and the others ." She had a soft smile, and raised her hand for him to shake.

"As you heard I am Bambi's mother, Henriette. You can call me that, or Mrs. McCarthy. Whichever is fine. My husband and I personally would like to thank you for saving our daughter." She placed a hand on the frail boy's shoulder, "If you need to get away from your muggle relatives, our home is always open."

Harry smiled up at the woman, "Thank you, ma'am."

Harry then turned and asked Dumbledore, "Sir, might I have that for a moment?"

He gestured to the diary. Dumbledore let him have it. I was slightly confused when he took off his shoe and sock, placing the article of clothing in the diary. He put his shoe back on and left the office.

"The boy's smart." I heard my mother say.

I asked her, "Why's that?"

"If he's planning on doing what I think he is…he's going to trick Malfoy into freeing his house elf."

"Oh!" I smiled, understanding now. With that we bid Dumbledore a goodbye and left his office.

~The Great Hall~

That evening we were all enjoying the feast. Many of the people who had been petrified were returned to normal and dining with us again. There was one familiar face I hadn't seen yet. I felt a tap on my shoulder and turned to Luna, she smiled and gestured to behind us.

"Hermione's over there if you want to see her."

At this I perked up and turned around. Sure enough the brunette was standing there with the boys. I jumped up and ran over, "Hermione!"

She saw me and grinned, giving me a hug. I grabbed her hands as we pulled apart, "So glad to have you back, Mione!"

"It's good to be back!"

Just then Professor Dumbledore stood up, everyone quieted down. The trio sat at the Gryffindor table, Harry gestured me to sit there at the moment, so I did between him and Ron.

"I first would like to thank Professor Sprout and Madam Pomphrey for the Mandrake juice that has successfully been administered to everyone who had been petrified."

A round of applause was given to them.

"Also, in light of recent events, I would like to give the school a treat. All exams…have been canceled."

Everyone cheered loudly for that, except Hermione.

Just then the double doors opened to reveal Hagrid who walked in. "Sorry I'm late."

Everyone was silent. He continued his way down the aisle, "The owl that delivered my release papers, got all lost and confused. Some ruddy bird called Errol."

I snorted as that was Ron's owl. He turned and looked at Professor Dumbledore with a sheepish look. The headmaster nodded, giving a small grin. The half-giant made his way down and stopped in front of where we were sitting.

"I want to thank you Harry and Ron and Hermione too, of course. If it hadn't been for you three, I'd still be you-know-where…so I'd like to just say thanks. Also Bambi, thank you. I overheard that it was your mother who had signed the release papers, so thank you."

Harry was the first of us to get up, "There's no Hogwarts without you, Hagrid."

He gave the friendly giant a hug. I got up smiling, "Me too!"

After Harry moved, I gave the man a big bear hug, to which he lifted me off the ground.

The room started in a slow applause and soon the whole hall was filled with cheers. Everyone crowded around Hagrid applauding, shaking hands with a few of them. I turned towards the professor table, where everyone was standing. I noticed Professor Snape and made to push myself through the crowd. Once I was free, I ran up to the table.

"Professor Snape?" The mentioned teacher was slightly surprised but came around the table to me, "Yes, Ms. McCarthy?"

With that I stepped forward and gave the man a hug. I felt him stiffen up at the touch, "I wanted to thank you for all you've done for me these recent few months, it was very kind of you." After a couple minutes I felt him place a hand on my head.

"…You're welcome, Ms. McCarthy." I pulled away to look up at the potions master and saw a small smile. I looked over to Professor Dumbledore, who gave me a wink and smiled. I grinned.

And with that came the end of Second year, hopefully third year won't be as crazy.