Once in the common room, Edmund saw Ginny settling up on a sofa near the fireplace. He joined her, choosing another seat, and waited for the students to leave, one by one. Once they were alone, she finally talked to him.

"It's you, isn't it?" She asked.

He nodded.

"What are you doing here?" She asked again. "Why are you really here?"

"We have come to save a life. A very precious one. Is the diary hidden?"

"Yes."

"Where is it? I know you gave it to your brothers."

"How do you know that?"

"You told me. In the future."

The ginger girl gave him a long look, and then decided she trusted him.

"Do you need it now?"

"If possible, yes."

"Wait here."

And she disappeared out of the common room, only to come back fifteen minutes later. She was holding a black leather book. As she was about to give it to him, she suddenly seemed to hesitate. He noticed her pupils were flared.

"Ginny..." he called. "Ginny, you can trust me."

The young girl came back to herself, and gave him the diary.

"I'm sorry." she said. "I don't know what happened."

"I do. It's not your fault. Its magic is very powerful."

"How does it not affect you?"

"I've had some practice. You have been possessed by Voldemort, I was seduced by the White Witch."

He saw her shiver, and apologized.

"Are you saying He's in there?" She asked in a low voice.

He nodded.

"This is why we have to destroy it. You should go to bed, now. I'm gonna try to get some sleep."

And on these words, he left to join his group. He found out everyone was waiting for him. He gave Hermione the diary, which she locked up in a lead box.

"What's that? "Lucy asked.

"Very dark magic." Hermione replied. "It's a piece of the Dark Lord's soul."

"How did Harry destroy it in your past?" Young Edmund asked.

"He stabbed it with a basilisk's fang, in the chamber of secret. I don't know much more, though. I was petrified, at the time."

"So the question is: did Harry kill the basilisk in this world?" Ed stated.

"Yes, he did." Susan replied.

They all turned to her.

"How do you know?" Peter asked.

"He told me during dinner. In a desperate attempt to seduce me, I think."

"Then how do we get rid of this thing without putting the focus on us?"

"Well, if Harry did kill the basilisk, then he must have used Gryffindor's sword." Hermione said. "Which must be in Dumbledore's office. The venom has been integrated to the sword."

"That settles it, then." Glozelle declared. "Tomorrow, you will give me this box, and I will bring it to him."

"Don't mention it in front of anyone else." Hermione advised. "Don't trust anyone. Lord Voldemort has a spy in Hogwarts. Make sure you're alone with Dumbledore."

And that's how, on the next evening, Glozelle gave them the diary back. It was pierced by a large hole, and the pages looked like they were burnt.

"This thing screamed when we killed it." he said in a casual tone.

Hermione thanked him and put the book in her bag.