Chapter 21

Harry stood before the large sink barking out a command in parseltongue, "OPEN!"

It took no time for the barriers to split apart and allow him access down into the chamber of secrets. He took a deep breath as he took a last look at the bathroom, with the eerie feeling that it was the last normal place he would ever see.

When he dropped down he instantly fired cushioning charms blindly towards the ground to prevent him from harming himself and when he took to his feet he began marching through the tunnel in hope of getting the drop on his enemy. His nerves were not helping as he could see the skin shed of the basilisk through the tunnels that he was forced to navigate through. When he finally came to the end of the tunnel system, to the last door, he thought his heart was going to beat out of his chest. He spoke his last command and when the door slithered apart, he stepped into the infamous chamber that no more than ten people had ever walked in.

When he took in the great snakes statues he was momentarily in awe. Salazaar Slytherin his ancestor built this chamber to one day release the beast and purge the muggleborns, or magical filth of the school. The fact that it was being abused by his own father's soul was disgusting him more and more by the second. However that was nothing compared to the disgust he felt when he saw his friend Susan suspended in air against the hole in the wall that undoubtedly led to the basilisk nest. He immediately ran up to her throwing all caution against the wind, firing rapid fire counter curses to whatever was holding her up. When she slid down the wall Harry gently caught her and felt for a pulse that was clearly weakening by the second. He took in deep breaths as he feared for his friends life.

In a instant a voice came from behind him, "She isn't dying, merely fading."

Harry whirled around pointing his wand at the young man that stood before him. What he saw however shocked him. His father at merely the age of seventeen stood before him, with not a scrap of facial hair, but he did however have the same smooth brown hair that he had today, his eyes weren't red yet however, they were a simple brown. Harry could feel the aura coming off the man regardless, but it wasn't the same as his fathers now. Harry smiled at the man, "Hello father, I was hoping to meet you here."

The man recoiled slightly, "Father? Your my son?"

Harry nodded, "Harry James Riddle. You adopted me when I was four. I am a descendant of Godric Gryffindor and you sensed my power, raised me as your own and now as your equal. I am merely however a general in your armies of thousands."

Tom Riddled looked befuddled by this change of events, "That can't be. Greengrass told me that I was losing the war, and that I needed to release the beast of Slytherin to-"

"That is quite enough My Lord."

Harry and the young Dark Lord both turned to see Daniel Greengrass standing their with a wicked smile on his face. Harry growled, "What have you done?"

Daniel merely held his smile as he removed the black journal of his father that contained a piece of his soul, "I am controlling your father. I have been feeding him lies for four months now and he has bought every single one of them. I convinced him to poison the mind of Susan Bones, to send the basilisk out at the perfect time to get your friends. I managed to override the confundus charm on them that gives you the addictive and make them much stronger so I could seduce Ms. Bones with powerful dark magic."

Harry spat, "And you thought you would get away with this?"

The man laughed maniacally, "Oh goodness no. My time has come tonight, however not before yours and your pureblooded whore. I have seen her feelings, I have seen yours as well. I know that you care for this girl very deeply, you may even be in love with her. It was a shame I couldn't kill my slut of a niece, but I have made sure she would be taken care of."

Roaring in response Harry pointed his wand at him, "I will kill you a million times over for this. CRUCIO!"

The young Dark Lord attempted to fire curses at Daniel with Susan's wand, but suddenly a flash of Green flew towards Harry instead of Daniel. Harry looked at his father in confusion, but the man looked at Harry in fear instead, "I can't help you Harry, he is the master of the Horcrux. If you really are my son, you will be able to beat both of us. Don't give up, I can't control my magic."

Harry immediately was forced on the defense as two spells were thrown at him simultaneously, throwing up a monster shield that covered him head to toe he could do nothing but worry. He had to keep shielding until he found a brief chance to respond with great fury, "Sectumsempra, Wadi Wasi, Avada Kedavra!"

The green light barely missed the middle Greengrass brother, while his Wadi Wasi connected with his father affecting his spirit form momentarily allowing him to onslaught Daniel, without even saying the words the cruciatas flew at Daniel Greengrass hitting him three times. The screams of pain were echoed by laughter as the mad man cried out, "Its to late Riddle, say hello to the monster of Slytherin, though I hear you have already met her once."

With that Daniel used his wand to fire one last unknown spell as the cruciatas curse washed over him again repeatedly. Harry watched as the spell hit his ghost of a father and the young Tom Riddle turned towards the Slytherin statue and spoke in parseltongue, "Awaken great Queen, I need your assistance."

Harry watched in terror as the snake hole opened and the head of a fifty foot basilisk came slithering out. At first Harry turned to watch as Daniel Greengrass laughed himself into a painful insanity once again, but then the monster of Slytherin and the heir to two of the founders of Hogwarts stared each other down. Harry tucked his wand into his back pant leg as he drew his two swords and stepping into a fighting stance, this was the time to be a swordsman not a wizard. His magic was of no use against such a noble creature.

Harry will never recall who rang the bell to start the fight, but suddenly he was in the air leaping from side to side dodging the coils of the basilisk. He wasn't sure if you could honestly call it a fight for the first two or three minutes as it was more of a dance. Neither landed a solid strike, but both were using extreme effort to get the better of one. That was until Harry ran out of luck and got smashed by the tail crushing his armor into his skin. Harry slid across the floor, feeling at least one rib crack, not break, but crack. The real pain however came when he impacted against the wall. Nothing broke, but he did manage to hit his head. The ghost of his father however seemed to be watching silently, clearly unable to talk any longer while, Daniel Greengrass continued to laugh madly. The beast then charged Harry from across the room taking a mighty lunge. Harry had one last hope, a whim, that if he was wrong it would cost him his life. He took a deep breath as he could see the basilisk open up his fangs mere feet from him, but then he apparated ten feet above where he had been sitting, forcing the basilisk to run face first into the wall. The creature was clearly dazed, but dazed turned to panic when Harry landed with a mighty scream slamming both swords into the snakes skin. The creature roared in pain and bucked itself hard against the wall causing Harry to slip, but thankfully taking his swords with him.

He was once again in his fighting stance that made him question if he was going to kill this monster. The beast charged again, but Harry now had the strategy of apparation on his side. The wards clearly didn't work this far under the school, and Slytherin very well may have made it that way for good reason, he would never know, nor was it important, it was only important that it worked. He managed to stab the creature several more times, before it adapted to his fighting tactics, when he apparated for the fourth time, the creature slid its whole body out of the way causing Harry to land painfully on the ground. One sword went into the concrete with the amount of power he put it in with. He tried to pull it out, but he had no success. He was then down to one sword. The beast had circled him with his coils, but Harry was preparing to apparate again, he needed a second though. His magical core was running dangerously low from his fights of the day. When the snake clenched its coils, he almost died as they compressed together, but he apparated out just in time. He was back in the center of the room again looking at the snake, "Come on is that the best you got, you son of a bitch COME ON!"

"While I agree with your sentiment Harry, if you didn't want my help you could've just said so."

Harry whirled around to see the most powerful wizard alive standing in full battle regalia and his wand in hand. The site of the man made Harry want to break down and cry, but now was not the time, "Father, so nice of you to join me. And what I really mean by that is, thank God you are here I need help. This damn thing is invulnerable!"

The Dark Lord strode to his side, "Nothing is invulnerable my son. We must simply find a way to kill it. I have a few ideas, but we must act quickly. Regulus is assembling his armor, while Augustus, and Severus are gathering swordsman to help us with this little problem."

Harry nodded, "I need to give it the finishing blow father, I have to do this."

"Of course son, I am simply going to help you with the means to do so. I am going to hold the creature down, but I need you to wear it down while I prepare the magic of Hogwarts for a blast of power. From there you may slash his teeth open then impale it right through the roof of its mouth, straight into the brain cavity, it will not survive that."

Harry shook his head, "Sounds easy enough."

"It won't be."

"Naturally."

"GO!" The Dark Lord commanded.

Harry sprinted forward as the beast came towards them. Harry felt a renewed vigor of adrenaline pump through his body knowing his father was here to save him. He dodged the venomous fangs of the basilisk as he took multiple swipes at its face in passing, with skill only his father could bring out in him. He had to prove himself. He had to keep fighting. For himself. For his father. For his friends. For his inner circle. For Mandy.

Harry fought like a man who was trained by the gods of war themselves. He had never struck with such speed, never fought with such power. He dodged and weaved striking everywhere he could. He was not going to go down without a fight.

After a few moments of fighting, the Dark Lord screamed, "HARRY MOVE!"

Harry suddenly apparated behind the Dark Lord as he fired off a power Harry had never seen before. It was solid black as it hit the creature it let out a piercing scream, but then it froze. The Dark Lord then shouted, "Go Harry you have six seconds."

Harry screamed as he felt his magic make a final push, he seemed to be apparating every step he took, and every step he took the concrete smashed as the power fell off him in each step. When he made it to the beast however he was to late. The face of the beast was moving, but that didn't stop him. He slashed out cutting off the bottom teeth and then forced his blade straight into the mouth of the creature with a triumphant scream. The beast even roared slightly and attempted to clench its jaws. It may not have been successful, but it was enough to clench down onto Harrys arm injecting him straight with basilisk venom in the shoulder. Harry screamed in pain, while the Dark Lord screamed his name.

The creature fell to the ground and when his body went limp, so did Harry's. The man known as Lord Voldemort was at his side in no time crouching next to his son cradling his body, "No, Harry, stay with me. You did so well. You killed it. You avenged your friend. Severus told me everything. She was avenged son, you can be at peace. You just have to fight the venom. I can save you."

Harry moaned, "No one has ever survived basilisk venom father, you know that as much as me."

"You survived the killing curse you can survive this to. When have I ever failed you?"

Without hesitation Harry whispered back, "Never."

"Then don't move this is going to hurt."

The Dark Lord waved his wand over the venom and Harry felt as if a hot blade was being pressed against his wound, but then the pain was coming from inside his body as he let out a feral scream. The pain was so great it felt like the cruciatas was underneath his nerves. It was unlike anything he had ever felt. He felt blood leaving his body, and when he opened his eyes he wished he never had. His father and he were in a evil dark circle like dome that encased them. His father was in a deep mediation, and he could see some type of vial liquid coming out of him. He was in so much pain, he could barely comprehend it. Then for a moment he felt a reprieve, as if it was over the pain restarted as all the liquid with now a golden tint shot back into his body. He couldn't even scream the pain was so great, he didn't understand how he didn't black out, but had a feeling that the ritual would kill him if he went unconscious.

When the pain subsided the black circle did as well. The last thing Harry remembered seeing was his father hovering over him and then blackness overcoming him.

As soon as Harry awoke he knew immediately that he was in the hospital wing for the first time. He groaned knowing that he had passed out after the fight with the basilisk, but couldn't help smiling knowing he had survived the fight with his fathers help. He then remembered the basilisk venom entered his arm, so he panicked looking over his medical cloth on his skin to see a nice deep scar around the wound. Harry sighed knowing that he now had another scar to show the trials of his life.

Taking a deeper observation of the room he noticed it was rather empty. Harry thought this was strange thinking at least one of his friends would be at his side when he woke up. When he tried to stand up though he realized that he was chained to the bed. Harry looked at the things in confusion then laughed as he waved his over the magical handcuffs and they slid right off. Harry flexed his wrist trying to comprehend the stupidity of these wizards that simple magical handcuffs would hold him. Suddenly however many armed men came into the room at once pointing their wands at Harry. Harry stared at them in awe holding his hands in the air, "What the fuck are you all doing? Going to kill the man that saved Hogwarts, brilliant!"

"Mr. Riddle sit down, you are under arrest at the moment." The lead African Englishmen said.

Harry raised an eyebrow, "Am I really for what?"

"The murder of Daniel Greengrass and the abduction of Susan Bones."

Harry laughed, "So that is what the old man has cooked up. Where is my father Tom Riddle?"

"Your father was placed under arrest for trespassing on Hogwarts ground. Now sit down before we open fire!"

Harry's jaw dropped in shock, "Are you serious?"

The man Harry now knew as Kingsley Shacklebolt stepped forward in a hard step, "Dead serious, if you don't sit down I will sit you down son."

The son of the Dark Lord growled, "You think you can threaten me, you son of a-"

"Harry!"

A new voice entered from behind the aurors charging forward towards his godson. Harry smiled widely at the site of his godfather as he was picked up and swirled around. The green eyed prince groaned in pain as Regulus laughed, "Gave us all quite a scare there lad, are you alright."

Kingsley roared, "Professor Black you will step away from my prisoner and leave this room this instant."

Regulus Black whirled around on the man, "Do you have a court order from the Wizengamot?"

The aurors behind the large black man shifted uncomfortably while Kingsley glared, "I don't need one to detain this kid for forty eight hours."

Regulus looked at his watch, "Why do you think I am here? You put those hand cuffs on him at 10PM two nights ago, it is now 10PM and he was under arrest for forty eight hours, you are to either charge him with a court order, or get out."

Kingsley suddenly looked uncomfortable, "The headmaster wished for him to remain under custody."

"I didn't aware that the headmaster controlled the courts to issue warrants. Unless you wish to see a civil rebellion breakout with many minors attempting to overthrow three under powered aurors that can barely do their job right I suggest you not only get the fuck out of my site, but to quit your damn jobs this instant!"

One of the men took a threatening step forward but Kingslety put an arm in front of his shoulder, "He is right, we have no evidence outside of the headmasters word, for now Mr. Riddle cannot be charged without a court order that we will get. You did abduct the our bosses daughter who is the head of Department of Magical Law Enforcement."

Regulus gave them a mock salute, "Then we will see you ass holes in court, good day."

With that the three aurors walked out. Harry then hissed out, "What the hell is going on?"

Regulus gave him a grim look, "Your father was drained from his power saving you the other day. The headmaster placed him under arrest and is pressing trespassing charges. He is also trying to pin the whole thing on him. However enough Wizengamot members threw a fit over the ordeal so now he gets a full criminal trial in which the entire Wizengamot will sit on. Where we hold controlling interest. They will not be able to hold him for much longer. We didn't want to cause uproar by letting him break out however so he is just biding his time till tomorrow. You however were put under an elaborate hoax of where you killed Daniel Greengrass and abducted Susan Bones where you had your way with her."

"And people bought this?"

"Some, however the signs that Susan Bones was raped are obvious and clear. She is still unconscious, however you know magic can run certain test on certain things, and it was unquestionable. She will be okay though, if she ever conquers the dark magic that lingered with her. The doctors along with her aunt does believe in time she will make a full recovery while the other petrified victims have yet to be awoken."

Harry sighed, "And the diary?"

Regulus paused sadly giving him an look of pity, "Your father used it to save you. He infused part of his soul with the dark magic of basilisk venom. I wish I had seen it, the Dark Lord must have used incredible magic."

Harry suddenly felt conscious and went straight for his neck to safely feel Slytherin's locket on it, alive (literally) and well. He took a deep grateful breath, "At least the locket wasn't destroyed, I should've taken it off before I went down there I could've costed my father two pieces of his soul, its bad enough I cost him one."

Regulus put a hand on his shoulder, "You didn't cost him anything Harry. IF the Dark Lord didn't love you then he wouldn't have saved you. You have touched him in a way no one else has ever done. He saved you because he wanted to, not because he had to.

Harry nodded feeling a bit of pride, "So whats the move?"

"You went down on a Friday night, its now Sunday night, you won't have classes tomorrow, which I am sure will displease the headmaster to no end. For now you should get some rest. I only came in to banish the aurors, I didn't think you'd actually be awake. But I will stay here to make sure nothing happens to you through the night."

Harry accepted this and offered his arm to Regulus, "Thanks for looking out for me Reggie."

Regulus grinned, "Sure little Riddle. Get some sleep, tomorrow we have court with your father, and we are going to go visit Susan Bones, something tells me you will be the only way to wake her. With your fathers horcrux. Don't worry, it shouldn't harm your father, but it could be quite an interesting experiment that I look forward to testing."

"Goodnight Godfather."

"Goodnight Harry."

(A/N) Well that was fun to write. I hope you all enjoyed the action as much as I did writing it, we have a very interesting next few chapters ahead. I just finished up chapter 30, so I am still ahead. Reviews are really low sadly, but hopefully we can still change that. So I hope you enjoyed and please review!