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Chapter Two

Request into the chamber

It was the 29th of may in what should have been Harrys second year, Dumbledore was walking to the door of a large manor, the manor was the potter family manor. Dumbledore knocked on the door with urgency hoping he would get an answer it was still early in the day but not so early that people would still be asleep. The door opened and there stood Severus Snape Dumbledore hadn't seen Snape for some time not since Harry was first allowed to leave St Mungo's, he was pleased to see Snape looked well and well rested.

"Good morning Albus this is a surprise, what can I do for you?" Snape asked

"Severus, may I come in side I have urgent matter to discuss with you I don't need anyone listening in." Dumbledore said the twinkle that normally laid in his eyes was not there Snape knew that this was a series matter from that fact alone so he let the man in and they walked to the dining room where Harry was sat eating his breakfast, Harry remained silent knowing it would be rude to talk while eating.

"Severus I'm sure you have heard the news what's happening at the school at this time and that Lucius saw to it that I was suspended from being headmaster." He said "I need your help well Harrys actually I think I know where the chamber is but I need his gift to get in it will only open to a parselmouth so I need your help."

"Why would I risk Harry to get into the chamber it's not as if any students have been killed, he has been through too much already I must keep him safe and teach him what I can." Snape stated holding his eyes to Dumbledore's.

"Severus please I know you want to protect Harry, so do I but I girl was taken into the chamber we are afraid she will never come back, she's a first year Slytherin I know you still care for your house and those within it so please help." Dumbledore pleaded which was something Snape had never seen the man do before.

"Uncle Severus, I think we should help it's the right thing to do all we have to do is open the chamber we shouldn't be in any real danger I know what you are going to say that's my father in me speaking but Dumbledore helped me so much with paying for my care it's the least we could do." Harry finally had got the courage to speak.

"Harry, we need to keep you safe what if you condition return?" Snape asked he spoke softly to Harry a way Dumbledore has never seen Snape talk to anyone.

"We were told there was no risk of that your argument falls flat uncle besides you agreed I could go to Hogwarts next year so I'm sure a visit now wouldn't hurt." Harry smiled at Severus after he finished.

"Your just like your mother I could never win an argument against her either, ok let's go you can explain everything on a way." Snape said as he got up from his chair.

Harry, Snape and Dumbledore left Potter manor for Hogsmeade when they arrived there Dumbledore gave them a run down on all the information he had gathered about the chamber and its location, he told them how it had been opened before and how writing was left on the walls this time around he also told them what he suspected the creature was his main clue being all the roosters mysteriously being killed, Harry gasped when Dumbledore said it was a Basilisk. Soon they arrived and the castle and to where Dumbledore suspected the entrance to be.

"Here we are I think we will find the entrance in the girls' bathroom as it turns out it was once Salazar's private quarters but was repurposed many years ago." Dumbledore told them as they stepped in. "I suggest we split up and look around for anything of interest"

All three started looking around the room when harry saw a ghost pop out the stall "What are you doing in here." The ghost asked in a very snappy voice.

"Myrtle this is Harry he is helping me look into the incidents that has took place perhaps you can help us did you see any one come in here earlier today or last night." Dumbledore said saving Harry the awkwardness of having to explain why he was in the girl's bathroom.

"Oh, hello headmaster now that I think about it I girl did come in here she was very rude told me to soak my head down the toilet then stormed to the sinks." The ghost said as she busted out into tears.

Harry stepped over to the sinks and could feel his attention being pulled towards one faucet in particular when he got closer, he saw a snake was in carved into it, Harry realized what this meant and focused on using his gift he then hissed "Open"

Dumbledore watches as the sink begins to shift and slide into the floor revealing a large pipe going into the ground Dumbledore walked towards the edge and shot a ball of light into the pipe he watches as it went down. "It would appear we need to take the pipe down do not worry I suspect it will be much like a slide" and with that he dropped down into the pipe. Harry and Snape looked at each other and nodded soon they both made their way down the pipe giving each other enough time to prevent collision at the bottom.

When they reached the bottom, they found themselves in a wet slimy cave them skeletons of rats and other small creatures laying all over the floor them smell was horrid but they paid no attention to it and continued their journey through the cave when they found a giant skin from the basilisk.

"This is by far the largest basilisk skin I have ever seen not that I have seen many as they were thought to be extinct hundreds of years ago." Dumbledore informed them as they continued past the skin.

Eventually they found themselves outside a vault door except the door seemed to be using metal snakes to lock itself shut Harry once used his gift to open the door and they were careful to walk through at the same time to make sure they were not separated from each other. When they passed through, they found themselves in a large chamber with water around them and a path going forward towards a large statue of a face and in front of it laid a young girl wearing school robes. Harry couldn't help but let his instincts take over and he rushed to her side dropping his wand when he went down on one knee to check on her.

"She's alive" he said "but her breathing is very slow like its slowly stopping, please wake up where her to rescue you." He said to the unconscious girl.

"She won't be waking up any time soon or ever again she has been a very useful puppet however" came a voice from the side of Harry, Harry went to grab his wand but it was no longer there.

"Tom impossible how are you here and as your teenage self." Dumbledore's voice came from half-way down the path.

"I didn't expect you to find me Dumbledore." Tom said when suddenly a shield surrounded Dumbledore. "Try as you might but you won't be able to escape that I will deal with you after I have regained my power and dealt with this boy, now tell me what is your name" Tom demanded.

Dumbledore tried to stop harry from replying but harry didn't seem to hear him.

"My name is Harry, Harry potter so you were the one behind the attacks." Harry said not taking his eyes of Tom.

"The boy-who-lived how wonderful this will save me some time I no longer have to hunt you down as you have come to me; you see Potter I want to finish what I started now how about I introduce you to my friend." Tom said

"What do you mean what you started I've never even heard of you before." Harry told Tom

"I but you have just not with my filthy muggle fathers name you see Harry I am lord Voldemort." Tom said then he hissed out "you may have survived the killing curse but you won't survive a killing glaze"

"I just won't look it in the eyes I defeated you as an infant when you were at the height of your power, I'm sure I can defeat a shadow of yourself." Harry hissed back to a stunned looking Tom.

"So that's how you entered you are a parselmouth to how interesting no matter you will be dead soon as well as this girl she has outlived her use." Tom hissed then turned to the stone face and continued "Speak to me, Slytherin greatest of the Hogwarts Four."

When he had finished, the statues mouth started to open and a hissing sound was released from within. Harry shot his eyes to the floor and started to panic how was he going to defeat a basilisk without a wand when he was about to run a weird music filled the chamber and it was revealed to be coming from a phoenix that was flying toward Harry holding a hat, when it got just above Harry it realized the hat from its talons dropping it In front of Harry, Harry reached down and picked it up giving the hat a curious glance over.

"The sorting hat is that really the only thing Hogwarts can give to a student it desperate need come great serpent of Slytherin but do not kill I want to watch the boy put on the hat and his hopes shatter." Tom laughed out

Harry heard the basilisk slither next to Tom waiting for what would come next. Harry looked it the hat hoping he was missing something, but he could only see just an old hat. Harry brushed the dirt off the hat and then slowly and nervously slipped it on his head, he could feel a strange sensation come over him but he didn't know why. It was because the hat was glowing and then four glowing blue orbs shot out going past Harry's eyesight so he knew what had happened the orbs floated down to the floor and harry watched as four pairs of ghostly legs appeared where the orbs where.

"What type of magic is this no matter I won't give you a chance." Tom said with panic behind the anger in his voice then he hissed "kill the boy." However, nothing happened.

"I have frozen the snake for now but it will move again soon, I am Salazar Slytherin." Spoke the first ghost. "You boy have been presented us in your time of need we will stay till the problem is solved then we will disappear again, don't worry it's safe to lift your head we froze the basilisk as it blinked."

Harry was unsure but lifted his head slightly still keeping the serpents head out of his vision when Tom spoke "Why would you help the buy this is obviously a trick I'm completing your will of purging the school of mudbloods."

"I was wrong they can offer great things I took my hatred for muggles out on muggle-born children when I should have accepted them into the school but that doesn't matter now, Harry each of us the founders of Hogwarts will give you a helping hand tonight my blood runs in your veins however I can't give you power over my serpent as its tied to Toms family's line and won't answer to an old ghost, but I can blind the snake for you so you won't have to fear its gaze" Salazar said and as he did a pop was heard and blood dripped from the serpents eyes.

"Old man you are a fool the basilisk will easily heal its eyes in to time you attempt was in vain." Tom spat.

"Tom do you really think he wouldn't know that he has nullified the healing effect you are the fool, ah forgive me it's been so long since I have spoken as an individual where are my manners, I am Godric Gryffindor. Harry to you I give my sword although you may not be sorted you are a true Gryffindor as you carry my blood so does most the wizarding world I guess it's been so long that most do carry one at least of a founders bloodline you however carry two, that is all I have to say I'm quite interested in seeing this play out you don't get a lot of entertainment being a collective conscious as a hat, oh it appears I'm rambling sorry I will turn you over to Rowena next." The only other male ghost said he carried much pride in his voice. When he was done harry felt weight added to his waist and saw a sword in its sheath attached to him.

"Now I will grant you a little knowledge which will go a long way the serpents scales are too thick for the sword to defeat it that way you must find its soft tissues also another tip Helga will assist you after your fight now prepare yourself the serpent will be free in five, four, three, two, one, now!" Rowena informed Harry.

As she was counting down Harry wasted no time and went behind the serpent knowing this would make it hard for a swift strike on him, Tom could only look on in horror about how his plan to kill harry was quickly falling apart he could only watch hoping the serpent would be able to deal with a child even if blind. When the serpent was freed, it swung out its side knocking down harry and hissed in pain only now feeling its eyes had been popped, this only delayed it for five more seconds before it turned to harry with the thick blood dripping from its eyes. Then Harry realised something there was only to places the Serpent didn't have scales its eyes and its mouth.

"Hey stupid I'm right here come and bite down on me." Harry hissed knowing he only had one chance.

"How pitiful he realised you can't win and are giving up very well, eat him." Tom hissed laughing wickedly.

The serpent slithered to harry clearly wanting to saver such an easy kill it opened its large fang filled mouth as if it was taunting Harry to step in, Harry smiled at this knowing that either the founders where at play or something much more powerful he stepped forward and drove the sword up into the serpents' mouth at the tip of the blade pieced the roof of the serpents' mouth, the serpent snapped its mouth closed killing itself in the process but mangling Harry's arm with many holes. Harry had little choice but to rip his arm free screaming at the agony he felt he looked down at his arm to see it soaked in blood with flesh torn apart and bone exposed, his stomach couldn't handle the sight and he threw up his breakfast.

"NOOO!" Tom shouted as he watched the sword enter the serpents' mouth then he chuckled at what happened to Harry. "You may have killed it but it will have cost you your own life I only wonder what will kill you fist the blood loss of the venom unfortunately I doubt you will live to see me true power what a shame."

"No Tom I will do what I can to stop the blood loss and venom taking his life he still has a task to finish Helga give him it now." Godric said

He returned into an orb and went into Harrys mangled arm stopping the blood from leaving his arm, Harry's arm was glowing letting him know that Godric was there holding it for now. Helga looked at Harry not saying a work and presented him with a book she chucked it to harry and he caught it glancing at the name written on the cover T M Riddle.

"It's too late I'm afraid Harry even with their help keeping you alive in that state, you can't save her even with my diary you can't destroy it and even if you could you would hill her in the process as to much of her magic and her soul has gone into me and if you do destroy it in the name of the greater good you will find that I can still rise in this form and cause damage just not as I planned after all my body is now solid isn't that right Rowena." Tom said looking at the ghost she only nodded "Why don't you focus with you own eyes and see the connections Harry watch as I take her life."

Harry felt tears run down his eyes, he couldn't save her he was to late she would die and Voldemort would return then he saw a black line come from the book and go to Tom it was very faint as if there was little left to take out the book then another appeared from the book to the girl this had no current to it, it was still and empty and finally a third on the same colour as the girls hair appeared showing her connection to Tom and how her power and should was feeding into him. Harry couldn't take this he closed his eyes trying to avoid it when he had words come to his head not just words but an incantation it wasn't in English it was in parseltongue Harry repeated this out loud not knowing what he was saying but just praying it meant something.

"What are you saying I know your speaking parseltongue but why can't I understand you!" Tom shouted in fear walking over to Harry.

Harry didn't answer he just continued his chant when lines appeared from him connecting him to the diary, Tom and the girl. Harry smiled realising what he had done he connected himself to the resurrection he had a way to stop it and he concentrated on the lines to Tom and the diary pulling through the lines he watched as the flow changed the connection between Tom and the Diary went blank showing no power being transferred and the line between the girl and Tom's flow reversed the girl seemed to be getting something back from Tom.

"STOP!" Tom shouted "this is impossible you can't be doing this how can you connect yourself to me and my…"

Tom was cut off by his screams of agony then Harry looked over to the girl and saw her stir she screamed in pain something wasn't right and Harry didn't know what.

"You must give her some of your magic to stabilize herself or her magical core will implode with such power it will kill her or leave her a squib, but only your magic, do not get distracted as I do not know what the results will be if anything else goes to her" Rowena tolled harry.

Harry started to send his magic to her and she stopped screaming but harry knew he had to keep going he knew there would be some type of sign when it was enough all he was doing was concentrating on sending his magic to her, Tom and the diary seemed to be pouring into him on its own, harry just kept thinking to him-self give her my magic only my magic, wait why just my magic what else could I send wait I'm getting distracted just my magic he thought. A few minutes past when the tom imploded on himself and explosion of pure magic force was released sending Snape and Dumbledore flying back and knocking them out. Harry felt a strong force fill his body but after it settled, he could feel how much he had drained his magic.

The girls' eyes opened soon after the explosion the first thing she saw was a boy's face over her the boy's face was coated in blood and dirt. "I'm sorry this is all my fault I opened the chamber, wait what happened to your arm whys it glowing is that bone." She said soon emptying her stomach on the floor.

"Listen to me it wasn't your fault go to those two men see if you can wake them, they will help you, I don't think I will make it out of here." Harry said after he shifted his arm out of sight.

The chamber was then filled with the phoenix song again this time it sounded sad but had few happy notes near the end. Harry lost to much strength and the ghost of Godric left his arm as he collapsed to the floor. The phoenix landed on Harry's chest and looked at his arm with sad eyes it then cried onto Harry's arm, if the girl had been able to look at his arm, she would have seen the bones shift around and the splinters heal and his skin move where it could and regenerate where none was left then after his arm was completely healed Harry let out a gasp of air and sat back up.

"It appears your task is complete we will be off I doubt you will see us again but even I don't know everything like just how strong phoenix tears are, you was given a wonderful gift its rare a phoenix cries I can count how many times on one hand, oh and don't worry those men are fine they will wake up to take you out of here shortly and Harry just to let you know you didn't only give her your magic but I can't see or feel any changes in either of you so you should be fine." Rowena said then she and the rest of the founders' ghosts went back into the sorting hat which chose that time to fall of Harrys head.

"I'm sorry but I don't recognise you from school can you tell me your name so I can thank you properly." Came the girls voice it was a quiet voice that seemed shy.

"Oh, right well um I'm Harry, Harry Potter and you are?" Harry replied nervously this was the first time he had spoken to someone round his age and she was also well just that a girl.

"I'm Ginny, Ginny Weasley, wait hold on H-Harry P-Potter as in the-boy-who-lived?" she asked as she started to turn red Harry only nodded if he wasn't covered in his blood Ginny would have seen him blush as well.

"I'm sorry I can't believe I almost got you killed I've always wanted to meet you and now I have you probably hate me I know I would my family probably will hate me to I caused so much all thanks to that Tom I was so stupid I-I-I…" she then burst into tears unable to finish her sentence.

Harry didn't know what to do so he did the one thing Snape would do for him when he was getting help, he wrapped his arms around her and pulled her into an embrace to comfort her.

"No, I don't deserve you being nice not after what I did, I don't even know how to talk to you, you survived you know who everyone knows no-one survives when he decides to go after him." She said holding back her sobs with all her strength.

"We'll all I can say is you are part of that club now to you survived him as well." Harry said not realising that she was clueless.

"What do you mean I never had him after me." She said so confused by what harry had told her that she stopped crying.

"Um how do I explain this I know I will tell you the story of what happened when I got here." Harry said then he went on to explain just what happened with the ghosts and the basilisk and lastly Tom.

"Well, um, thank you Harry, you don't even know me. I will tell u a bit of how I ended up here. So, I got the diary and was writing in it lots of um, personal stuff then my life was turned around when I got sorted into Slytherin when all my family is in Gryffindor, so I started written more in it that's when I started to black out and become agitated all the time, I even upset the only friend I had because of it she's gunna hate me forever like my family will." Ginny went on then bursting into tears once again.

"Hey listen to me, I bet your family will smother you when you see them, they will have been so worried about you, and um as for your friend I'm sure you will make up as she will understand that's what friends are for right, well I think I don't really know I haven't um never mind." Harry said stopping himself from revealing that he had no friends but it was too late Ginny had caught this.

"What!" she shouted "I'm sorry that was rude of me I will be your friend if you want."

"Really I've never had a friend before I don't know how to I will probably be a terrible friend." Harry stated sadly

"Impossible besides I really want to know Harry Potter my hero the basilisk slayer the real Harry I mean erm" Ginny face matched the same colour as her hair and she quickly hid her face.

"Ok here since I know your secret well bits, I will tell well show you one of mine not many people know this please don't tell." Harry said when Ginny looked up at him, she saw his hair change from black to green to the same colour as hers then back to black again.

"you're a meta um what was the name." Ginny said excitedly

"A metamorphmagus that's how I've been able to go out without being noticed although it had to stop when it was found out uncle Snape was looking after me as people would be suspicious." Harry said he was very happy he could show it off to someone.

"Wait so it's true you live with the old potions master, but I heard well um, never mind." Ginny quickly backtracked not wanting to upset her new friend.

"Don't worry he told me about everything." Harry told Ginny "I thought they would be up by now let's just talk while we wait if you tell me more about the incident, I will tell you what happened to me which is why I haven't been at Hogwarts." Harry said

"Deal" Ginny said

Ginny then went into detail about the events around the school she had caused and how her brother the youngest one was being a prat to her about her house and how even her house mates hated her. After Ginny finished telling Harry all about her year from hell Harry went on to tell her about why he wasn't at Hogwarts Ginny was shocked to learn about Harry's relatives as he ladled them abusing him. Soon the topic went into light conisation about the good they had both experienced.