Title: Sudden Changes

Author: Darkalli

Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter

Warnings: Slash, au, incest, violence, language, self mutilation.

Pairings: HP/SS, DM/BZ, RL/LM, FW/GW

The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil, is for good men to do nothing – Edmund Burke

Chapter Eleven: Organising an Army

It was Six O'clock in the morning and instead of getting ready for a jog, Harry was getting dressed to go out. He was planning to sneak out of the castle at a time that no one would notice. He needed to peak with Salazar, the more he knew about the Chamber of Secrets, the better. And what better way to find out information then to go to the man who created it.

Once he was fully dressed, Harry grabbed his invisibility cloak as well as his map and snuck out of his dorm room. Once he reached the portrait, he placed the cloak on and checked the map. Seeing that his path to the humpback witch on the third floor was clear of anyone, he walked out of the common room.

He was going this way because if he tried to use the front doors then the wards that activate after curfew, (which had only been added in the past year), would alert the headmaster and he would be caught. The wards were placed up to prevent any student from leaving the castle, unless for detention, after curfew. It also prevented people from gaining access to the castle as well.

Apparently a third year student had found this out the hard way the previous year and had to serve a weeks detention with Filch. Not the best way to spend your spare time I can assure you.

After walking through several secret passages, Harry finally made it to the third floor where the statue of the Hump Back Witch was. Double checking to make sure that no one was coming, Harry said the pass word and the witch moved forward. Once he was in the tunnel, he said the password to close the opening and then lit his wand with a Lumos and started to walk towards the exit which came out in Honeydukes cellar. After making sure that he was alone once he left the shop, Harry apparated away to his home.

The house was very quiet when he arrived, and it didn't take him long to get to his Potions lab where the portrait hung. After he lit the sconces on the walls around the room, Harry walked over to the portrait and roused Godric and Salazar from their slumber. Why portraits needed to sleep was beyond him.

"Harry, what are you doing back so early? It's not the holidays yet, is it?" Godric asked when he spotted his heir.

"No, Godric it's not the holidays yet. I came here to ask Salazar something." Harry replied as he pulled up a stool and sat on it.

"What is it that you wanted to know?" Salazar asked.

"The Chamber of Secrets, I need to know everything about it."

"What exactly do you want to know?" Salazar asked as he comfortable inside the frame.

"Well, I went down into the Chamber yesterday and found that the Basilisk that I killed in my second year was perfectly preserved. I wanted to know what types of spells were placed on the Chamber so that I can strengthen what ever spells need it." Harry explained.

"You killed my Basilisk?" Salazar nearly shouted.

"It was being controlled by Voldemort and not to forget the fact that it was trying to eat me." Harry said indignantly.

"How was she being controlled?" Salazar asked.

"Voldemort is a Parselmouth, he found out about the Chamber when he was in school and he opened it. He ended up killing a student but when he found out that the school would be closed down, he blamed the whole incident on the Grounds Keeper and never opened the Chamber again." Harry explained to the two Founders. "In my second year at Hogwarts, Ginervra Weasley was given a diary which belonged to Tom Riddle who was in fact Voldemort and he possessed her body and forced her to re-open the Chamber. Students kept turning up petrified because they had only seen the Basilisk reflection; the teachers were threatening to close down the school again. I was being blamed for opening the Chamber because it was found out that I was a Parselmouth as well when Draco set a snake on me during Dueling club. Anyway, Ginervra ended up being taken down to the Chamber and Weasley and I went down to get her because we figured out that the entrance was in the girls' bathroom."

"Then what happened?" Godric asked, he always liked a good story.

"Well we ended up going down with the Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher, who was an absolute moron, and he tried to obliviate us by using Weasley's wand, it backfired and he caused a cave in. I ended up going on by my self and I came across the actual Chamber and saw Ginny lying on the floor as pale as anything, I ran up to her and that's when Voldemort came out, we talked, he said some shit about Dumble's and then he set the Basilisk on me. Fawkes clawed its eyes out and I stabbed it through the head and ended up with a fang in my arm, Fawkes cried on the wound and it healed."

"My Basilisk wasn't meant to be used to hurt people, she was my pet. The Chamber was her home and she protected my belongings from unfriendly people. It's called the Chamber of Secrets because it was my sanctuary, my place to go when I wanted to escape. Tom Riddle misused that power and I am glad that he is not my heir." Salazar told Harry.

"What do you mean? Everyone knows that Voldemort is your heir," Harry said.

"He's my sister's heir. She married into the gaunt family; they had Parseltongue abilities because our father had them. If Tom Riddle was my heir then this portrait would have been in the Gaunt vault not yours. Where he got the idea that he was my heir from is beyond me, but he is smearing my good name into the mud and I will have no more of it." Salazar said passionately.

"I'll make sure that people know about it, the Slytherin's deserve a good name. Dumbledore has made sure that the other houses despise Slytherin and I plan to make them better then the rest. That's another reason why I want to know about the charms and spells put up, I plan on training a lot of the Slytherin's who don't follow Voldemort and the only place that no one else can access is the Chamber." Harry told them.

"Alright, do you still have my chest?" Salazar asked his young heir.

"Yes."

"Get it and bring it here."

Harry got up from the stool and walked over to the far corner in the room, the chest lay in the dark corner untouched since Harry retrieved the spells and Potion notes during the summer. He picked the trunk up and carried it back to where he was previously sitting, after placing it on the floor he re-took his seat and waited for more instructions.

"Open it up and take everything out of it." Salazar told him. Once Harry did as he was told, he looked to Salazar for further instructions. "Place your right index finger in the top right corner and your left index finger in the bottom left corner, and then push down with both fingers at the same time."

Harry did as asked and once he pushed down, the bottom of the chest opened up to show a secret compartment that no one would know was there unless told. In the bottom was a thick, black leather bound book with Salazar's Journal written in emerald ink on the front. Harry looked up at the portrait questioningly.

"It has everything about the Chamber written in it, it's in Parseltongue so you only have to worry about Voldemort finding it. It has other things in it including the various charms, spells and Potions that I created that I wanted no one else to know about. I expect you to treat that book well." Salazar explained.

"I promise, thank you." Harry said as he looked at the book he held in his hands, it was over a thousand years old and it was now his. Severus would probably like the Potions and he knew that Draco would love to know about the Charms. To Hermione's consternation, Draco was top of the class in Charms.

"Shouldn't you be at school young man?" a voice said from the doorway. Harry spun around and spotted Remus standing in the doorway with his arms crossed and an upset look on his face.

"Don't worry Remus, I'm headed back now. I just needed to talk with Salazar about something important. I'm just going to put all this stuff back away and then I'm headed back." Harry said reassuringly to his godfather.

"Well good. I'll see you on Saturday." Remus said and then he walked back out, he was hungry and Lucius was still asleep so he could have breakfast made and then treat his Mate to breakfast in bed.

Harry sighed with relief and then started to pack everything back into the chest. Before he walked out the door, Harry turned back around to ask Salazar a question.

"Before I forget, are there any other entrances to the Chamber of Secrets other then the one in the sinks?"

"Yes there is, just walk to the end of the stalls and there is a blank wall. You will need to find the small picture of a snake and then ask it for entrance. The wall will open up and reveal a stair case that leads down into the chamber itself. You will need to light the first sconce on the right of the staircase and the rest will light afterwards." Salazar replied.

"Thanks, that will make it easier then trying to get everyone to jump down that tunnel. I swear Slytherin's are so vain." He said goodbye to Godric and Salazar after saying thank you again and then he left the way he came. Once in the Apparition chamber he apparated back to Hogsmeade. Hopefully no one noticed him missing.

When Harry returned to Hogwarts it was Eight O'clock and most of the early rising students as well as all the teachers were up and walking about the school heading for breakfast. Harry had a harder time in returning to his common room then he did leaving it. When he did enter, he saw that quite a few upper years where up and about getting ready for the day. He needed to speak with Draco so he went into the dorm room that he shared with his friends and saw the one he was after still asleep in his bed.

Harry crept silently up to his friend's bed and just stared at him for a while, he was trying to think of a good way to wake him up. Last time he woke Draco up he got hexed so he needed something that would work without him having to get close. Just then an idea came to him and he stepped as far away from the bed as possible before he waved his hand a bucket full of freezing cold water floated over the young blonds' sleeping head. With a smirk on his face, Harry flicked his wrist again and the bucket tipped the contents on the blonds' head.

"ARHHHHHHHHHH!!!" Harry bent over laughing at the girly screech that came from the blonds' mouth. When the water had landed Draco had jumped out of the bed screaming bloody murder.

"I'm going to kill you, Potter. You have until the count of five to run." Draco said as he looked at the culprit behind his sudden soaking and drew his wand.

Harry gave an un-dignified squeak before hightailing it out of the dorm room. He ran through the common room with Draco hot on his heels firing hexes at him, Harry never once stopped laughing. There was nothing like having an irate blond chasing you around early in the morning.

Monday came rather quickly and Harry decided that it would be a good time to write up the letters to the Slytherin's that they wanted to attend the meeting. Harry, Draco, Pansy, Blaise and Theo had spent most of their lunch period writing up rough drafts of what they wanted to send. There was a lot of arguing going on and it was a surprise that they had actually come up with a suitable letter before the end of lunch.

"Okay, I think that this will do." Harry told the group as he read over the final product.

To (insert name),

I am writing to you in regards to Defensive and Offensive training in the Dark Arts as well as hand to hand combat. This private invitation is only going out to those who have refused to get the Dark Mark or have no intention of joining Voldemort and his rank of Death Eaters.

I wish to commemorate you for not taking the Dark path, hopefully with this program I and you can bring a good reputation back to the name of Slytherin. It is always best to choose what is right rather than what is easy.

I look forward to hearing your reply to this letter. If you are not interested in what I have to offer then I stress the need for silence on this matter and request that you burn this letter immediately. If you do choose to take me up on this offer then turn up at the Second Floor disused girls bathroom at Two O'clock this following Saturday.

I ask for your discretion and that you speak to NO ONE about this letter. You shall find who your true friends are on Saturday. If you have questions before you decide what to do, then please turn up and they will be answered.

Sincerely Harry J Potter, Lord Potter, Lord Black and Lord Slytherin. The-Boy-Who-Shall-Defeat-Moldy Shorts.

P.S: Those of you who have decided to not attend will have your memory of this letter erased once you burn it. Sorry for the drastic measures, but I can not risk old Dumblefuck finding out about this little project of mine.

"Not bad. Hopefully it will get the message across." Blaise told the others.

"Let's hope so." Draco intoned.

Harry was walking to the Great Hall for lunch on Tuesday afternoon when he heard a whispered voice and then felt a spell hit him. There was then a little voice in his head that sounded strangely like Dumbledore and it was telling him that he had to talk to the Headmaster and to tell him everything that went on over the holidays.

It was a couple of minutes before Harry realized that the old fool had cast a compulsion spell on him, what the Headmaster failed to remember was that Harry was able to throw off the Imperius curse. A compulsion spell would be easier to throw off.

While Dumbledore kept the spell up, Harry weaved an invisible web around the spell so that it would be easier to dismantle latter. He was never so happy for the Occlumency and Legilimens lessons that Snape made him take during the summer then he was then. Harry didn't even know how long he was under the spell for, but when Dumbledore had finished and then slunk back into the shadows and away from Harry, he looked at his watch and noticed he was a good twenty minutes late for lunch.

With a dark scowl marring his face, Harry picks up his stride and walks into the Great Hall. Dumbledore had gone too far and Harry was pissed. It would be a cold day in hell before Harry did what Dumbledore wanted him to do.

When Harry got to the Slytherin table, his friends started to ask him what had taken him so long. Harry didn't reply because he was currently trying to destroy the compulsion charm. When he finally did destroy it, he looked up to see his friends looking at him with worry written all over their faces.

"What was that all about?" Draco asked.

"I was on my way here for lunch when that stupid old fucking fart cast a compulsion spell on me. He wanted me to go to him and tell him everything that went on over the summer break as well as follow all of his commands from now on. What he failed to remember was that I was able to throw off the Imperius curse in fourth year and with the Occlumency training I received from Severus this summer, I was able to form a sort of bubble around the spell. That's why I didn't answer you when I first got here; I was getting rid of the spell." Harry told them in a low whisper, he knew Dumbledore was watching him.

"That stupid fuck, what exactly does he hope to accomplish by casting spells on you?" Pansy harshly whispered.

"I don't know, but I would love to see the look on his face when he finds out the spell didn't work." Harry replied with a smirk.

Severus Snape was an unhappy man. He was woken up at Three O'clock in the morning by that damnable headmaster just so he could listen to the old fool rant on about how Harry had fought off the compulsion charm he had cast. With growing respect towards the former bane of his existence, Severus settled down to mark some essays that he had assigned to his fourth year Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw class. There was no way that he could go back to sleep now.

Harry woke up bright and early on Wednesday morning; he planned to take his friends and Severus down to the Chamber that day. They would go after dinner when everyone else would head off to their rooms. Harry was glad for the information on another entrance to the Chamber because he knew how vain his friends were, it would be very difficult to try and persuade them to jump down a slimy tunnel.

Harry got dressed and headed out of the castle. He spent two hours jogging around the lake and then headed back into the castle to take a shower before heading down to breakfast. His first subject was DADA with the Gryffindor's, when he entered the room the Weasel and Granger didn't look too happy with him.

'I wonder if the old fool told them about that compulsion charm he tried to cast.' He thought to himself as he took a seat in the back with Draco.

They were currently studying the Dark Arts and how to protect against them. With Voldemort at large, they needed to know everything that would help them if they were confronted by Death Eaters. Harry had to admit that the teacher they have is a lot better then their other ones, well except for Remus.

Next up was Transfiguration and they were finally going to take the Potion that would show the form they would take if they could become Animagi.

"Alright class, it is time to take your Potions. Professor Snape has given me some that his seventh year NEWT classes made. I will go alphabetically through the list and as I call your name you are to drink your Potion." Professor McGonagall said as she handed out the vials of Potion.

As McGonagall read through the list, each student drank their Potion to reveal their Animagus form. When it got to Granger

As McGonagall read through the list, each student drank their Potion to reveal their Animagus form. When it got to Granger it showed her form to be that of a dull brown owl, but nothing compared to what Weasley's was. Draco had the form of an elegant Hawk, with storm cloud eyes. Theo was a black cat with Amethyst eyes, Pansy was a black Labrador. Harry's form turned out to be that of a King Cobra that reached a good ten feet in length, a lot of the Gryffindor's screamed as the vision of the snake slithered along the classroom floor. Blaise ended up being a small Wandering Garter Snake.

Weasley on the other hand had a form so funny that the entire class couldn't control the fits of hysteria that struck when his form showed. Even McGonagall could help a smile showing on her face. Ronald Weasley had the form of an Ass, Donkey. Ronald Weasley was a Mule. It was a very eventful class.

Wednesday night found Severus and his Slytherin students, minus Harry, waiting in the second floor girl's bathroom for Harry to arrive. They were going down into the Chamber to set up for Saturday, and Severus hoped to get some more ingredients from the dead Basilisk. It was going on half past nine when Harry showed up at the bathroom, and he looked about ready to rip someone's head off.

"Let's go, before I kill a couple Gryffindor's." Harry said as he walked over to the wall Salazar told him about.

The others didn't comment on what Harry said and followed him. They were curious and they really wanted to go down into the Chamber that was built by their house founder. Harry stood in front of the searching for the little snake that he was told would allow him access to the other entrance.

"What are you looking for?" Draco asked as he stood next to his friend.

"A little snake, I was told that it was the way to get in." Harry replied absently.

"I thought you had already been in the Chamber?" Pansy asked.

"I have, the sink is the entrance that was created for the Basilisk. Behind this wall is a stairwell that will lead us directly to the chamber. Unless, you all want to go crawling around in slimy tunnels?" Harry replied.

The others didn't answer; instead they all moved closer to the wall and started to look for the snake. Five minutes later, Theo called out that he had found it and the others walked over to him. Harry saw the snake and asked the others to stand back, once they did what he asked he stood in front of the wall and hissed at the snake.

"Open Up!" Salazar had explained to Harry that because there wasn't anyone else who could speak Parseltongue, he didn't need such a complex password. Hence why all the doors in the Chamber opened up with a simple hissed 'Open Up'.

A faint glow came from the wall before the bricks started to shift like the archway to Diagon Alley. Once the archway had opened fully, they all looked into the dark tunnel. Harry took out his wand and lit the sconce at the top on the right, they all watched fascinated as all of the sconces leading down the stairs lit up one after the other. In single file, they all followed Harry down. They were walking down for a good twenty minutes before they came to a door. This one wasn't protected by a password, Harry pulled on the handle and the door swung forward.

The door opened up into an anti-chamber, it was a circular room and it had a green slime on the walls that Harry didn't even want to know what it was. He walked over to the only other door in the room and opened it.

"Welcome to the Chamber of Secrets." Harry said and then walked through the door as the others followed behind him.

The Slytherin's looked around the Chamber with awe written across their faces, this was all created by one of the Founders of Hogwarts. The very man whose name was being slandered by prejudiced Wizards and Witches. Just being in the Chamber was like a dream come true for them.

They spent a good twenty minutes looking around in the main chamber. Harry could see Severus looking around for the Basilisk and thought that it would be best to tell the man where it was before he turned the place upside down in his search.

"I moved it."

"Hmm?"

"I moved the Basilisk carcass; it was kinda in the way so I moved it to its burrow. Come on, I'll take you there." Harry said as the Potions Master turned to look at him.

Harry turned around and led the way towards the statue of Salazar's head, Harry said the password for the mouth and it opened up. Harry then lead Severus into the Basilisk's old Chamber while the others continued to look around the Chamber. The look on Severus' face when he saw the sheer size of the Basilisk was like that of a kid in a candy store. Harry just smiled and left the man to gather as much ingredients as he could get.

It was an hour later that they all finally ended up in the Training Room, they needed to clean up the equipment and make a list of things they needed that the room didn't have. The equipment that they did have in the room would help greatly in their spell training but they needed something for the more physical side.

The room currently consisted of a raised platform in the center of the room that was for dueling. There were dummies lining the back wall and one of the side walls was padded so impact wasn't so bad. There were swords and other weapons lining the other wall and Harry was glad that Severus knew how to use most of them; it was forced upon all Pure Blood Wizards from a young age.

They made plans for Harry to go into Muggle London and buy some Muggle exercise equipment. To be able to keep up with the Death Eaters, the young Witches and Wizards would need to be physically fit. Supplying the room with Muggle equipment would help with that.

They cleaned out the cobwebs and dust in the room and then Harry lead them back out of the Chamber and they all headed back down to the Dungeons. Seeing as it was well past curfew, Severus walked them to the entrance of the Slytherin common room. Once they were safely inside, Severus turned around and walked back to his private rooms. It was a rather adventurous day and Severus was glad that he got to spend most of the night with Harry. He may never get a chance with the young Wizard but he was determined to spend as much time with Harry as he could before he graduated.

On Saturday, Harry spent three hours in downtown London shopping for exercise equipment. He had paid for it all and had all of it shrunk and stored in the inside pocket of his leather jacket, he had to sneak back into the school so that he wouldn't get caught. Thankfully Severus was covering for him and would tell any one who was looking for him that he was in the Potions classroom working for extra credit.

Once Harry entered the castle he headed straight for the Chamber of Secrets, he only had two hours to prepare before he had to go to Hogsmeade to meet with Lucius, Remus, Fred and George. Harry was hoping to sneak them in through the secret tunnel under Honeydukes.

By the time Harry finished setting up the training room he was only left with twenty minutes to get to Hogsmeade. With his map and cloak in hand, Harry walked to the statue of the Humpback Witch and then walked down the tunnel leading to Honeydukes. Harry only had to wait a couple of minutes before Remus and Lucius Apparated to the location that they had agreed to meet at.

"Harry! It's good to see you cub." Remus said as he pulled Harry into a hug.

"Missed you too Remus." Harry replied when they pulled apart. "It's good to see you too Lucius."

"Like wise. Where is Draco?" The blond aristocrat asked.

"In the castle, we thought that it would be easier if he stayed there incase anyone came looking for me." Harry replied as he transfigured a couple of rocks into seats, they had half an hour before the twins showed up.

"Alright, how long do we have before the twins arrive?" Remus asked as he sat down next to Harry.

"They said that they would be arriving at half past, I hope they show up on time because the meeting with the students starts at two." Harry replied.

They sat their talking about what had been happening over the past two weeks. Lucius and Harry had to restrain Remus when Harry told them about the compulsion spell that Dumbledore had set on him. Both of the men laughed when Harry described Severus' reaction to the Basilisk ingredients. As well as when he told them about how he woke Draco on Wednesday morning.

Harry was just telling them about what he had spoken to Salazar and Godric about when Fred and George turned up.

"Hey guy's."

"Harry, mate. What's been happening?" Fred asked as he hugged Harry before George pulled him into a hug.

"Nothing much, we don't have much time. I'll tell you everything after the meeting, right now we have to get back to the school. The meeting starts at two and we have to meet up with Severus, Draco and the others." Harry told them.

They all got up and headed back towards Honeydukes, they had a long afternoon ahead of them and a lot to do. Hopefully they wouldn't get caught, Dumbledore would be rather unhappy.

A/N: YAY!! I finally finished. This is my longest chapter yet, hopefully I will have the next up by next weekend. I've put a hold on my other stories because right now I have so many ideas for this one that I can't concentrate on my other ones. I hope that you enjoy this latest installment and I look forward to your reviews.