Chapter 34: Saved
I slid down a long dark tunnel till I hit a cold stone floor. It was very dark, but as my eyes got used to that, I could see a long, dry snake skin. But I barely had time to take it in before I heard a childish scream and Lockhart hit the floor with a thud. After him came the twins, Harry and Draco, the last two still trying to pierce each other with their glances. I rolled my eyes. We didn't have time for that. We kept walking straight until…we saw another snake skin and Lockhart screamed.
God, that man was such a coward. Anyway, his scream made the already unstable ceiling break and he got traped on the side of the tunnel where we came from along with the twins. Seeing himself locked there, he picked up his broke wand.
"Well, at least we can start. I won't let anyone ruin my reputation. Say goodbye to your memories boys…OBLIVIATE!" unfortunately for him, the spell was shot from the other end, and he was thrown back.
"What happened? Hi. I'm Gylderoy, mum says I shouldn't talk to strangers, but you seem good."
"Fred, George, what happened?"
"The spell backfired and…"
"…he erased a lot of his memory."
"Alright, then well go and save Ginny. You should try and unblock the way."
"Think you can stop the other…"
"…two from killing each other?"
"I'll try."
As they started moving the rocks from the path, the three of us left and continued walking straight, a deafening silence surrounding us.
After some time, we arrived in front of a big solid rock wall with a round iron door. The door had five snakes in the middle. Well, it was now or never.
"Open"
The heavy door opened and we entered the room. It was dark and the air was heavy, snake statues around the rectangular room. On the other end there was a huge statue of a head of a man.
"Who's that ?" I asked
"It's Salazar Slytherin. He wasn't such a beauty as I am. "
I chuckled.
"You know, you can talk aloud."
He eyed Harry with clear disgust as I rolled my eyes.
"Well, we don't have time for your couple therapy now, we have to save someone."
They looked at me surprised and Harry started:
"But why...how do-"
"Stop it now! We will have time for that after and if we ever get out of here ALIVE. God, you two are like two year olds. I'm not your nanny! So stop fighting already and let's find Gin so we can get out of here!!"
"Ok ma'm" they replied with small voices.
As we looked through the Chamber more carefully, we saw a small body in front of the head statue near a little object that was covered in a faint light.
"Ginny!"
I run over to her with the boys following me. She was very pale and her lashes looked frozen. I put a hand on her neck. She was freezing cold. She probably has been there for a few hours. The shining object was in fact the diary that emitted electricity. I flinched a little when a bolt of electricity came near me from between its yellowish pages.
"What? Is everything alright?"
"Huh? You two boys don't see it ?"
"See what ?"
"Never mind, let's go. Ginny, wake up, come on !"
"She's not going to wake up. Not now, nor ever. Me, on the other hand, I'm more alive than I've been in fifty years."
We turned to the boy that spoke. He looked like he was about 16 or something. His black, short slightly curled hair fell a little over his forehead, accentuating his firm jawline. He was dressed in Slytherin robes. The green trim was complimentary to his pale skin and dark eyes. I would've said he was beautiful, if only I wouldn't have known who he was.
"Tom..."
"You? Who are you more exactly?"
"Well, I-"
"Wait, I remember..."
I got goosebumps that moment
"...you're the girl who got petrified. Well, this girl is going to die soon, and I have a world to take over, so let's cut it short. You're not gonna make it out of here"
As he spoke, the mouth of the statue opened and the Basilisk got out.
We ran around the room, distracting him, before Fawkes, Dumbledore's phoenix made his appearance. He got the Basilisk's eyes out and let the sorting hat at Harry's feet. I didn't have the time for him to figure it out.
"Harry, wish for help!"
He did as I said and got a sword out of the hat. As I and Draco distracted the snake, he stabbed it. But we still had to handle Voldemort. I took one of the fangs form the serpent's mouth and stabbed the journal with my whole power. An electric shock went through my whole body and the last thing I saw was Tom dissolving into a spectrum of light and Ginny waking up as I fell again into unconsciousness.
A/N: I know I repeated "we don't have time" like ten times, sorry for that. Hope you liked the chapter. Thanks for the support and Merry Christmas again.PLEASE REVIEW
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