~EDITED~
Chapter 20
When he came out the other side, he landed onto a skeleton which promptly shattered into several pieces. "Lovely decor," Harry murmured before standing up and walking in. He was in a giant chamber of some kind, and eventually after half a minute of walking, he came to a wide, open space with a gigantic bearded head at the back.
"Slytherin's nutsack," Harry swore, "This place is massive." His eyes roamed the chamber for a while before he saw a passed out red-headed girl on the floor, clutching a small book that was opened on a blank page. "Wake up! Wake up!" Thomas was shaking her violently, and she stirred slightly. She opened her eyes weakly and suddenly they snapped open. "Look out!"
Ginny Weasley opened her eyes weakly, her head pounding. She had been blacking out recently, always covered in blood when she woke up. She knew it was all because of that stupid diary but she could never tell anyone about it. It was as if Tom had been physically stopping her from doing so. She felt like a fool for trusting Tom and she had to stop this- she needed to get rid of the diary.
Someone was shaking her strongly and she finally forced her eyes open, coming face to face with Thomas Potter, but before she could throw him off of her, she saw the snake coming to attack them both. "Look out!" she yelled,
They rolled over each other and came to a stop a few feet away- Ginny had been knocked out by the sheer effort it took her to do this, and the diary she'd been holding had seemed to come alive. The snake had buried its head in the floor and was slowly getting its head out, leaving giant cracks and splintering the pristine marble. "Stay here," said Thomas and he got up and faced the snake, making sure to focus on the body not the eyes.
"Isn't she magnificent?" asked a cold, high voice. Harry turned around and behind him was a roughly 16-year-old boy, slightly faded but not transparent like a ghost. "Stay," he hissed and Harry realised he was talking to the basilisk behind him.
"Who are you?" Harry asked bringing out his wand and pointing it at the figure's face. And he came to view and he could see Thomas looking at him with wide eye.
"Me?" The figure laughed heartily, bringing out a thin wand that Harry assumed was Ginny's. "You really should know, Hadrian Potter, being the brother to the idiot that vanquished me. I am Tom Marvolo Riddle!" Harry looked on confusedly, still unsure who this figure was. It couldn't have been Voldemort since he thought Thomas was the boy-who-lived. "Still unsure? Let me show you!" He raised his wand and flaming letters appeared in the air- TOM MARVOLO RIDDLE. He flicked the stolen wand and the letters rearranged to form I AM LORD VOLDEMORT.
"You're Voldemort?" Thomas stepped back in shock, Harry deciding to roll with the fact that he thought Thomas was the boy-who-lived and it would be better that Ginny didn't realise he was the boy-who-lived.
"Well, not quite. I put a part of my soul in this diary so that it could carry out my bidding once I left this school. It's what keeps me alive and has been possessing Ginevra here and she's been calling on the basilisk to attack and rid the school of the muggleborns. I'm the memory of the original Tom Riddle that attacked the muggleborns," he snarled, pacing comfortably around the chamber.
"Did you honestly think that I would use my filthy muggle father's name? I really thought Albus Dumbledore would help you. Looks like you both are not on his list of priorities."
"I don't need - " began Harry but was cut off by a flash of fire and a song. The song was melodious, and it lifted Harry's spirit. A red and gold phoenix came over, tossed Harry an old hat and flew over to rest on his shoulder.
"Fawkes?" asked Harry bewildered.
Riddle laughed loudly. "Are you happy now, Harry? Is this what Dumbledore sends his great champion? A song bird and the old sorting hat; how pathetic"
"Now you two will die." He turns and walks toward the statue and stretches his hand out.
:SSalazar SSlytherin the greatest of the Hogwartss four.: Voldemort hisses and the mouth opens and the two brother's eyes widen when they see the basilisk come out.
Harry looked down, and indeed, it was the school sorting hat, old and battered as always. There was no way whatsoever Dumbledore could have sent Fawkes; the old man would have rejoiced at seeing Harry dead. But why did Fawkes bring him the hat?
"Harry do something I don't want to die" Thomas asks him
"Wait" Harry told him
Harry closed his eyes and extended his senses. He then twirled his wand and started attacking Riddle with several curses. He could feel the Basilisk moving towards him. He took the Sorting Hat and placed it on his head for all the help it could do. Why did Salazar keep a Basilisk in a school? It made no sense! He founded Hogwarts to protect magical children from the muggles. So there was no way he would use it to kill the students of the castle, muggleborn or not. It was his job to protect the students –
Protect. That was it! Salazar did not raise this Basilisk to kill the students, but rather to protect the students in case the muggles ever invaded the castle. It was probably the final backup plan, in case all was lost. The snake had been here for more than a thousand years; it must be confused as to who really was the enemy.
"Oh Salazar, your effort into protecting the school turned out to be your undoing. What was supposed to protect the castle is now the cause of its destruction" thought Harry. He slowly got up, his body shaking. Several bones all over his body were clearly broken, so he quickly used a numbing charm on them so that it couldn't distract him.
"Thank you for believing in the true legacy of Salazar Slytherin, Lord Hogwarts and not believing in the twisted version of history. You are truly worthy of being the Heir of Gryffindor. Godric would be proud of you" said the Sorting Hat in Harry's mind. The next second, Harry felt something very hard and heavy hitting him on the head, which almost knocked him out. He pulled the hat away from his head, only to grab a handle. He pulled on it to grab a gleaming silver sword probably four feet long, its handle glittering with rubies the size of eggs.
:What iss thiss? I ssensse my master.: The basilisk hisses shocking the three.
:What do you mean?: Riddle asks.
:I ssensse my master.: The great snake says.
"Why aren't you two dead or petrified?" Voldemort asks shocked at seeing the two brothers still alive and moving.
:Can you tell who your masster iss?: Harry hisses surprising Voldemort.
:Yess I can.: The basilisk says.
:Then go to your masster.: Harry hisses. The basilisk slithers up to harry and bows its head to Harry shocking the three.
:Hello masster.: The basilisk says.
"What! How!" Riddle screams.
:What iss your name?: Harry asks.
:My name iss Ssalina.:
:SSalina stay here and protect Thomas and Ginny: Harry says.
:Yess masster.: Salina says.
"No! No! Stay back you beast!" shouted the figure before he raised his wand. "Guess I'll have to kill you myself," he hissed and a pale green light shot out of the borrowed wand towards Harry who dodged it.
"Confringo!" Harry yelled, a blue light shooting out his wand into Riddle's chest. He made no effort to block it and it passed through him, hitting the floor. "Confringo!" Harry yelled again and the same thing happened.
"Don't you understand? It's futile fighting a memory!" Riddle leaned his head back and laughed maniacally. "Now it's my turn," he snarled and flung a killing curse at Harry which he barely managed to dodge.
Harry ducked under the second one, his mind working furiously on how to defeat Riddle. What had he said- the diary keeps him alive. Harry saw the diary that lay half open in Ginny's unconscious hand and he slid on the floor, dodging another killing curse and grabbed the diary and with all his power pushed the sword inside the diary full on and the horcrux disintegrated into ashes, along with Riddle who died with a horrible screech.
"It was that easy," Harry said panting slightly.
"Wait that was amazing" Thomas said smiling and sighing in relief
It was that time that Ginny woke up.
"Where am I?" She asks.
"You're in the Chamber of Secrets Miss Weasley." Harry says and she pales. She turns and sees the two brothers.
"Thomas! Tom was using me." She says.
"He's gone now. Never to come back." Thomas says. But Harry thinks otherwise as he thinks about what he saw and how it compared to last year. Salina watches as her eyes are closed.
"Thomas head back to the others and tell them to return to the bathroom. I'm going to talk to Salina. Fawkes will help you" Harry says.
"Okay." Thomas says. He helps Ginny up to her feet and they leave the chamber in a flash
:SSalina how can I unpetrify thosse that have been petrified?:
:They sshould be unpettrified in a week and masster I would like to be your familiar.: Salina says shocking Harry.
:Okay. How do we do thiss?:
:I have to bite you.: Salina says. Harry hesitantly puts his arm forward. Salina lowers her head and bites Harry's arm. Harry grits his teeth to keep from screaming from being bit. A minute later the two flash blue as the bond has completed.
'There I am now your familiar.' Salina says through the bond.
'Okay you are to stay here until you hear something different from me.'
'Yes master.'
"Zephyr!" Harry yells. A white phoenix appears in a ball of white flames. She trills as she lands on his right shoulder (The same Pheonix who was given to Harry by his Grandmother). "Take me to the second floor girl's bathroom." Harry says. He vanishes in a ball of white flames. He appears as Daphne, Tracey, Rigel, Draco, Blaise Thomas and Ginny reach the top of the stairs.
"Harry." Thomas says once he sees his brother. Harry steps towards the sinks.
But before he could talk anything a figure rushed and launched herself into him it was Daphne
"Idiot how could you go alone without any help" she tells him as he places a hand on her back and accepts the hug
"I am really fine Daph now come on lets leave" Harry tells her but Rigel and Draco starts to whistle at which both blush but Harry turns towards the sink and
:Closse.: Harry hisses and the sinks slide flush against each other and the top lowers onto the sinks.
"There it is now closed. Let's get out of here and take Ginny to the hospital wing." Harry says. The eight students leave and walk into the hospital wing and everyone looks up.
"Ginny!" Her parents yell running over.
"Where have you been?" McGonagall asks.
"I was in the Chamber of Secrets." She says shocking everyone.
"How are you here?" Madam Pomfrey asks.
"The Potter brothers came and rescued me." She says.
"You know where the entrance is?" James asks his sons as he and Charlus stare as well as the others.
"Harry found it. It is in the second floor girl's bathroom." Rigel says.
"What was the creature?" Sirius asks.
"A basilisk that is 80 feet long." Harry says and all pale.
"Wait. How are you alive if you know the length?" Dorea asks pale.
In answer Harry rolls up his shirt sleeve and everyone is horrified to see the bite mark.
"Mr. Potter! How are you alive! There is no cure for basilisk poison!" Madam Pomfrey shouts. Dorea was sobbing her heart out as Charlus embraced her in a hug.
"It's because the basilisk bonded with me. She deemed me worthy and now is my familiar. No need to worry grandma, I am immune to Basilisk venom now " Harry says and he hugs his Grandmother who had calmed
"You have an 80 foot basilisk for a familiar?" James and Lily ask their oldest son.
"Yes. And the entrance has moved. When I sent Thomas ahead with Ginny to meet up with Tracey and the others, I moved the entrance and only I know where the entrance is." Harry says, shocking everyone.
"Thank you..."
"For saving..."
"Our sister." The twins say. The twins and Mr. Weasley are the only ones who do not hate Slytherins.
"Thank you Mr Potter, " Arthur Weasley says.
"You're welcome. I may be a Slytherin, but I care about all the students." Harry says, shaking Arthur's hand. The Weasley's leave
"When will they be unpetrified?" Dorea asks Madam Pompfrey. Before she could speak, Harry did.
"Salina said that in a week they will be unpetrified." Harry says.
"Salina?" Dorea and Lily ask.
"Salina is the basilisk." He says shocking everyone.
But before anyone could talk Harry turns to Charlus and tells
"Grandfather can we talk it's a important matter and yes James can come" Harry asks
"Yes sure; James" Charlus tells and James just follows his son and Father
They go to an empty classroom where Charlus raises an privacy ward and speaks
"Now tell me Harry what's it spill it out" Charlus asks Harry
Harry raises his hand and Gryffindor sword comes to his hand and he hands the sword to Charlus who looks confused but after he takes a close look on the sword his eyes were wide open
"Har...ry is this real" Charlus asked in a shocked tone
"yes I also was shocked I think sorting hat can answer our questions it as it only gave it to me" Harry answered honestly
"wait what's happening here can anyone tell me please"James asks confused
Charlus hands the sword to James who then sees the sword and his eyes are also wide open.
Harry takes Charlus and James to a chamber of secrets where a sorting hat was waiting for them which Harry had left there and promised to return soon.
As soon as they were about to ask anything the hat starts talking
"When Geraldine Gryffindor and Alan Potter had a son, Godric was in a dilemma" said the Sorting Hat, suddenly. "He didn't know whether to pass on the Gryffindor family titles and fortune to his grandson. He knew that gold really did not matter much to the Potters as they had so much of it themselves, so he finally decided that he would not give it immediately. It would only pass on to a child of the Potter family who embodied what Hogwarts represented."
The hat continued "The only way for any Potter to claim the Gryffindor title and fortune, as you know, is to find his legendary sword. That much is known to the Potters, considering they have been searching for it for the last thousand years; but what you didn't know was that it wasn't a game of hide and seek. Godric entrusted me with the sword and told me to present it to someone of his blood who I felt was worthy. I have sorted generations of Potters into all four houses of Hogwarts. Many of them were exceptional, I had a mind to give the sword to your grandfather Charlus or even I was about to give it to William Potter ,but I waited until you came to the castle. You're immensely loyal to your family and to your familiar; you're very intelligent and think logically to solve a problem to arrive at a solution that could help everyone; you're very brave and honorable to have accepted the destiny of your life and enter the chamber knowing that you might not make it out alive; you're cunning and ambitious, and while you use opportunities which are presented for your own gain, you deeply care about your magical brethren and use those opportunities to help them. You truly believed that Salazar could not have been evil, and that was what made me finally choose you. You are unique, Hadrian Potter. I have never encountered anyone like you before. You are truly worthy of bearing Godric's family name. Welcome back, Lord Gryffindor. I think I have answered all the questions you might have now it's my time to leave" with this the hat vanished
Charlus stood there thinking something
"I am proud of you Harry you have done something that any Potter couldn't do from nearly 1000 years"Charlus smiled at Harry
"yes Harry I am proud of you too" James smiled at him
Harry just smiled at both of them
"But Godric will surely be rolling in his Grave when he hears his heir is in Slytherin" James tell when all three of them starts laughing
"Now jokes aside now tell me what happened in here" James asks his son seriously
"I will show you once we are home or in great hall" Harry smirks and calls Molby Potter head elf and hands her the sword and tells her to keep it in high security vault in Potter Castle
Charlus and James both smirk and all three return to hospital wing as Harry did need rest
They spent the entire day in the Hospital Wing. Harry acted as though he was still unconscious so when Dumbledore came to question him, he was asleep. Thomas was taken home till evening by his that evening, a reluctant Madam Pomfrey let Harry go to the Great Hall for dinner after he promised that he would come back to the Hospital Wing that night to sleep. As Harry and his group entered the Great Hall during dinner, the hall went deathly silent. The six of them, without a care in the world, sat at the very end of the Slytherin table and proceeded to eat dinner. They had chosen this particular spot because it was the best spot from where the memory could be shown to everyone.
Then suddenly the questions started.
"Is it true you went into the Chamber of Secrets, Harry?"
"How did you rescue Ginny Weasley?"
"Is it true you like her?"
"How big is the chamber?"
"What's the monster that lives there?
All of them in the hall waited with bated breath as Harry slowly got up to face all four houses and the teachers as well. "This has gone on long enough. I may be very patient, but I've even reached the end of my tether . You all want to know what happened down there right? Very well, I'll show you. Toby"
The elf popped into the hall next to him. He idly heard a small shriek from Granger but didn't pay much attention. "Toby, could you please bring me my Pensieve? The large one" he said.
Toby snapped his fingers and a Pensieve appeared next to Harry, suspended in thin air. Harry pointed his wand at his temple and pulled out a strand of silvery white substance and put it in the Pensieve. That's when Dumbledore decided to butt in. "No, I forbid this! Mr Potter, let us go to my office. We can discuss what happened there" he said.
Harry shook his head and said "You deliberately accused my brother of causing those attacks, Headmaster, along with the entire student body and most of the staff. I'm not going to take the attacks on my family lying down. If you want to know what happened, this is your only chance. I'm not going to explain myself again nor am I handing you my memory."
Dumbledore looked furious. But before he could object, Harry tapped the various runes on the Pensieve. The device would now work like a projector, showing the three-dimensional view of the incident, along with the sounds. He cast a sonorous charm on it so that everyone could hear it. And so the memory began.
The entire student body and staff of Hogwarts watches Harry enter the bathroom on the first floor and ask Myrtle about entrance; him examining the tap and hissing at it in parseltongue. Many gasped at the fact that Harry indeed was a parselmouth, but they were too enthralled in watching the memory to voice out their accusations. They watched Harry proceeding down the stone tunnel; of him illuminating the giant snake skin where many of them gasped; him finding the wall with two serpents and hissing to it for it to open; him walking into the large chamber and telling Ginny Wealsey to wake up; him meeting Tom Riddle; They watched as Riddle explained that he was controlling Ginny Weasley the whole time; about how he got Hagrid expelled and finally he revealed himself as Lord Voldemort.
When Tom Riddle entered the scene, Dumbledore's eyes went wide. He couldn't afford Tom's real nature coming out; then his plan to reform him would be futile. Dumbledore got up and pointed his wand at the Pensieve which was positioned at the other end of the hall, when his wand suddenly went flying from his hand, but landed on the table in front of him. He gasped! The Elder Wand! He turned to find Harry Potter standing near the staff table with his wand in hand. No one else had noticed what the boy had done as they were all too enthralled by the memory. Albus immediately took his wand and felt it. Nothing! The blasted boy had just robbed him of his power by becoming the master of the Elder Wand! What to do?
There were gasps and screams as they realised that it was Voldemort himself who was attacking them. There was complete silence as all of them were in disbelief when Riddle announced that he was a half blood, and a son of a muggle.
They all watched with fascination the duel that took place between Harry and Riddle. McGonagall and Dumbledore, both Transfiguration teachers could not help but admire the duel once it shifted to Battle Transfiguration. The fact that a second-year student was able to perform Transfiguration that NEWT students struggled with was staggering. When Harry finally hit Riddle with the daggers, there were cheers, but it was short lived as Riddle boasted that he could not be defeated.
They saw Fawkes, the phoenix, arrive with the Sorting Hat. Some of them paled when Harry mentioned the word 'Basilisk'.
When the school population saw the size of the basilisk, many screamed in terror. They watched anxiously as Harry duelled with Riddle. Then suddenly, they saw Harry lift the Sorting Hat, and from its depths came a long, ruby encrusted sword. Dumbledore's eyes went wide when he realised what it was; he had read about it and knew that Harry had just pulled the legendary sword of Godric Gryffindor out of the hat. This was not good at all!
There were more gasps when they saw the Basilisk calling Harry its master and taking orders from Harry stabbed the diary with the sword and Riddle disappeared, people stood up and started applauding and cheering loudly.
Finally, the entire school was stunned into silence when Harry revealed the sword to be that of Godric Gryffindor. When the Sorting Hat explained about Godric's plan in regards to his family fortune and titles, many were staring at Harry with their mouths open in shock when they realised that they were accusing the true, blood relative of Godric Gryffindor to be the Heir of Slytherin.
Harry took the memory and returned it to his mind. He turned and saw that Toby was still there, so it looked like he'd seen the whole thing. He nodded to the elf who snapped his fingers and disappeared along with the Pensieve.
"I, Hadrian James Potter, do hereby swear on my magic that the contents of my memory I've shown here are indeed true. This I swear, so mote it be!" said Harry quietly. There was a flash of light, signifying the oath taking into effect. The tip of Harry's wand glowed, signifying that he indeed showed them the truth and that had not lost his magic. Dumbledore was white as a sheet.
"Whoever leaked the information about my Brother and me being a parselmouth was correct" said Harry finally to the silent Great Hall. "I had been hearing voices moving around the castle, talking about killing. I figured it out it was parseltongue I didn't react but today I followed it" he said.
"What about the basilisk calling you Master you are the heir of slytherin you are evil" Sneered Ron Weasley at which everyone nodded
"Yes he is evil she should be sent to Azkaban" told Theodre Nott
At which Harry raised his hands showed his Heir rings to everyone in the great hall everyone Gasped as the say 3 rings one with Potter crest other with Gryffindor and other with Slytherin"
"Yes I am Heir of Slytherin do you think I would have saved your sister if I was evil" Harry pointed towards Ron
"Yes and about sending my Grandson to Azkaban lets see who sends him and Mr Nott there is no law that being heir of slytherin is a crime" told a voice from entrance of great hall when everyone turned they saw Baron Charlus Potter and Potter family together except Dorea and Rosy they entered the great hall they could see Theodre Nott pale as he realised he had talked about Potter scion Nott family presently may lead part of dark faction and have minister in their pocket but Potter family influence was untouchable.
"Dumbledore I am here take my grandson Thomas home till the exams to heal him from the mental trauma he has suffered because of your school students" Charlus told Dumbledore
"Lord Potter i allow Thomas to go home and i apologise for our students behaviour" Dumbledore told
"Yes then we are done and everyone should be thankful that my grandsons that they saved the school by risking their life for which i am sure their Grandmother is waiting for them to return home " Charlus told smiling at which Harry paled hearing he had to face his Grandmother
"Yes I believe 100 points for both Potters would be good and 50 more points for Mr Potter in Slytherin for saving lifes by staking his own life" Snape told smiling
"you must Severus Snape Grandson of Lucas Prince" Charlus said remembering his old friend
"Yes sir" Snape replied nervous after the mention of his Grandfather
"I was planning to meet you soon. I wish to talk to you about an important matter which cannot wait and it's quite urgent" Charlus told him at which Snape nodded and led Charlus to his office.
Here James and Lily were about to leave but were talking to Harry whose attention was brought back by dumbledore
"That was very good and Noble of you Harry" said Dumbledore. "Now return the artefact to Hogwarts. I'm sure it will make a fine addition to the wall in the Head's office."
Harry raised an eyebrow. He knew what Dumbledore was talking about, but was he really that stupid? Hogwarts and the families of the Founders were separate entities. Even if he was the Heir of Gryffindor. Besides, the sword was Potter family property or the Gryffindor family's personal property . No one could take it away from him; not the Hogwarts Headmaster or the Ministry of Magic.
"What are you talking about, Headmaster?" asked Harry calmly.
"The sword, Harry" replied Dumbledore testily. "Gryffindor's sword. It belongs to Hogwarts, so return it."
"What makes you think the sword belongs to Hogwarts?" asked Harry, his eyebrows raised.
But before Dumbledore could say anything, Hermione Granger who was silent this whole time, spoke up. "It says so in Hogwarts: A History that it is Godric Gryffindor's legendary artefact. Since he is one of the school founders, it belongs to the school" she said self-importantly. "So, you should return it to the Headmaster"
Harry snorted and said "Hogwarts: A History is the most biassed book I've ever read in my life. If you want facts, Granger, read the Hogwarts By-Laws; they're at least accurate and not speculation. I'm pretty sure as you know Headmaster, the school and the founding families are separate. Just because Godric was one of the founders does not mean that all his assets belong to the school. Hogwarts cannot touch any money, property or artefacts of the founders. The sword is the rightful property of the Potter family, and no one can dispute that. If you have any questions about those laws, feel free to ask the Sorting Hat." Saying that, Harry and friends left the Great Hall.
"Headmaster now if you feel House Potter should hand over the sword to Hogwarts you can take the matter to wizengamot i will be happy to face you there" James interrupted sternly and left with his family
Dumbledore stormed out of the Great Hall, furious that his plans for the year had fallen to pieces.
Next Day
Harry and his group were busy talking about the chamber they did want to see. It was decided Harry would take them to the chamber when they would be free or perhaps the weekend.
Next day Harry decided to explore more in the private study of Salazar slytherin which he had got to know after talking to Salina so he went near the statue and he hissed at the huge statue "~ Reveal your secrets to the true Lord Slytherin, ~" . The eye of Slytherin sunk back into the stone showing Harry a doorway. Harry climbed the statue and stepped into the eye socket, into Salazar's study he could feel Blood wards there in the room.
It was a small circular room, with bookshelves curving around with the wall from floor to ceiling. Harry glanced towards some of the titles and was suitably impressed by the ancient times within the room. From floor to ceiling was first edition copies of thousand-year-old texts, some of which were undoubtedly thought to be lost to the wizarding world. The subject matter was as diverse as anything he could think of too, with books written by the founders themselves such as The Subtle and Delicate Art of Transfiguration Volumes I – IX by Godric Gryffindor or The Complete Compendium of Battle Casting and Parselmagic explained by Salazar Slytherin.
Harry continued his perusal of the room and moved towards the ornate desk that stood proudly in the centre of the room. When he opened the drawers of the desk he saw 2 Ring boxes in the desk with personal letter from Salazar slytherin when Harry opened the ring box he saw rings in each box it was Heir and Lord ring when he saw the crest he couldn't believe what he saw it had the crest of the family which was known as Darkest of Dark family it was crest of...
TBC
Review please second year done I had been working on all the 3 chapter from long time so posted it on single day