Ok my second story! And don't worry; Change Of Life will be updated soon. Just as soon as I get my creative butt working on chap 7 and I will soon. Hopefully
But ok enjoy the new story and do not think on the title b/c it will be eventually explained. I hope. I don't even know...sad really….
Ok we all know how the disclaimer works, so yah I don't own HP blah but I own Lady Rache, and her family and I don't own any name from the Sevenwaters Trilogy (Which is an awesome book series. I suggest u read them)
Ok peopleThis is normal speech
This is a vision
This is a thought
This is raven speech
This is the weird voice
This is Parsaltongue SsSsAs for the songs on last chapter:
They were (In the order they were "Played")
Papa Roach- Last ResortLinkin Park- With You
SR-71- TomorrowSeether- Fine Again
T.A.T.U- Show Me Love
Chapter 18: Chamber of Secrets
((" All students will please report to their common rooms. All Staff, please meet in the staff room."
" Dad, what could it be? Could it be another attack?" Anne asked him, worry overcoming her eyes.
" I don't know, love, but get back to the dungeons, now!" Severus looked down at her and saw that she was tense.
" Don't worry. I am sure it's nothing." He kissed her forehead and ran off to the staff room, while Anne had a very different direction then the dungeons.
Anne turned and headed off towards the Gryffindor tower.
She was halfway there when she ran past the third floor corridor. There was a new shining on the wall. Anne walked forward and felt her heart clenched when she saw what was written.
Written in blood under the message from Halloween were eight words, shining bright in the flickering candlelight:
Her body will lie in the chamber forever))
Anne was hyperventilating as she read the words over and over before turning around and running the rest of the way up to Gryffindor tower.
Anne said the password and flew into the common room to see Harry and Ron standing there. Ron had a piece of paper in his fist and they were staring at her.
" Anne, what's wrong?" Harry asked, moving forward.
" Who Harry?"
" What are you talking about?"
" Who was taken into the Chamber?"
" Oh, it was… it was Ginny."
" What? Ginny?" Anne gasped as she collapsed into a nearby chair.
" What's it to you, Snape? What did she mean to you?" Ron snapped at Anne.
" She was my friend, Ron! And I care about what happens to my friends!"
Anne snapped back, standing up, eyes glowing fierce with a dark auburn-ebony flame.
" Anne, Ron calm down! We have to figure out what the monster is and where the chamber is." Harry said, stepping in between the two.
" Harry, I know where the chamber is and I know what the monster is. I just don't know how it's getting around the school." Anne said, sitting back down.
" Anne, what is it?" Ron asked, not caring it was Snape's daughter he was talking to now.
" It is a basilisk and the chamber is in Moaning Myrtle's bathroom. Think about it that is right next to where Mrs. Norris was petrified and the monster being a basilisk would explain why only Harry and I could here it. Because it is a snake and Harry is a Parsalmouth and I can understand every animal on the planet. But, how it is going around I don't know." Anne answered, her hands on her temples, eyes closed.
" Surely someone would have noticed an flipping big snake wandering the school." Ron whispered.
" Pipes! Pipes, Ron! That's what Hermione meant when she wrote that on the paper!" Harry exclaimed.
" What paper?" Anne asked, looking up.
" Before Hermione was attacked, she told us she had figured something out, but as usual she didn't tell us what. After she was attacked, we visited her and in her fist was this." Harry said, taking the paper from Ron and handing it to Anne.
Anne took it and read it to herself. It was all about basilisks and written across the top was the word 'pipes' written hurriedly.
" What are we gonna do?" Ron asked.
" Tell Professor Lockhart. I mean, he did say he knew where the chamber was and what was in it. So lets give him this info." Harry said, smirking at Anne.
Anne stood up.
" Yah, lets take the info to that pathetic man."
They were standing in Professor Lockhart's doorway and were surprised to see him packing in a hurry.
" You're leaving? Now?" Harry asked, anger growing.
" Yes, I am afraid a important business call." Lockhart answered.
" No, you're leaving because you were lying the whole time." Anne said, glaring at him. " And, Professor, we know where the chamber is and what the monster is."
" I am sorry. Ms. Snape, but I can't go down there." Lockhart said, stopping to look at her, surprised to see two wands and a fist full of flames pointed at him.
" If you will follow us, professor." Anne said, smirking as she turned and knew that the man was following, no longer armed with his wand, but guarded from the back by Ron and Harry.
Anne had talked to Myrtle and told the others how she had died.
" Big, yellow eyes? That is the way the basilisk's eyes are described." Ron said, looking over at Harry.
" Yes, Ronald, I know. Harry, come here." Anne said, while examining the sink that Myrtle had pointed out.
" What?" He asked, stopping by her.
" Look at the handles on this sink. They have snakes carved on them and they don't run. I have a feeling about something. Tell it to open, in parsaltongue."
" Anne I don't.."
" Harry! Just do it, please!" Anne yelled, tears pricking her eyes.
" The sooner you do it, the sooner we are to helping Ginny."
Harry nodded and looked at the handle.
" Open."
" English." Anne said, shacking her head.
Then Harry glared at the sink and in a low hissing voice, he whispered the words, but only Anne could hear him.
At once, the sinks jumped back and Ron and Lockhart were staring at them.
" Come on." Anne said, jumping down into the hole, not noticing the conflict above.
" Well, you don't need me anymore." Lockhart said, moving towards the door.
" Where do you think your going? You said you knew how to take care of the monster. Come on, do your part, professor." Harry said, glaring at the man, before jumping in after Anne.
" I am not going down there." Lockhart said before being roughly pushed forward and fell into the darkness, shortly followed by Ron.
When Lockhart hit the ground he looked up to see Harry pointing his wand at him and Anne holding a couple fingers of flames.
" Get up." Anne said, grabbing hold of his arms and pulled him up, just as Ron came crashing down.
" Ron, you ok?" Harry asked.
" Yah." He answered, quickly getting up and joining his wand with Harry's and was pointing it at Lockhart's head.
They set off walking when they came upon the skin of the snake.
" Jesus, what is that?" Lockhart squealed.
" It's the basilisk's skin. Must have just recently shed. I would saw the skin is about thirty feet. Keep in mind the skin stretches, so the old skin could have been thirty-five, forty feet long. I would say, the snake is now at least 45 feet long." Anne said, examining the skin. She heard Ron gulp and sneered.
They walked on for a while, until Anne had a question.
" Professor Lockhart, why is it you didn't destroy the creature before if you knew where it was?" She asked, turning around.
" Well, I… I…." He seemed reluctant to answer.
" Could it be that you have been lying this whole time and aren't even who you say you are? You stole other people's adventures and deeds and wiped their memories so they couldn't tell on you!" Anne was glaring at the man and Ron had moved in front of him, glaring as well.
" Well, aren't you the smart one? Guess you are your father's daughter." Lockhart said, sneering.
Anne grinned.
" Damn right. I am my father's daughter."
In a quick, sudden movement, Lockhart lurched forward and grabbed Ron's wand and was holding it out so it could hit them all, no matter what the spell.
" Now, I can't let you three wander about knowing my secret. So now, I will just wipe your minds and then I will take care of the beast." He raised the wand (which was being held together with Spello-tape because it had been broken when the Whomping Willow had 'helped' crash the Weasley's flying car at the beginning of the year.) and yelled: " Obliviate!"
There was a loud crash and the wand backfired and sent Lockhart and Ron sprawling back one way and Anne and Harry the other way.
Then parts of the ceiling came down and created a sort of wall in between.
When the smoke cleared, it was clear that Ron and Lockhart would not be coming through, but they could make a hole so that the others could back through.
" RON! Ron, you ok?" Harry called out through the hole.
" Yah, but I don't know about Lockhart though. He seems a bit loopy." Ron called back.
" Well, what did you expect you bloody bastard, he just got his memory wiped." Anne whispered, standing up.
" Harry, come on lets go on. Ron can make a hole big enough for us to get back through, but we need to go and get Ginny."
Harry nodded and told Ron that would be back soon.
They walked awhile until they came upon a pile of bones.
" Rats." Anne whispered. Harry nodded.
"All the things she said
All the things she said
Running through my head
Running through my head
Running through my head
(Running through my head)
All the things she said
All the things she said
Running through my head
Running through my head
(Running through my head)
This is not enough
I'm in serious shit, I feel totally lost
If I'm asking for help it's only because
Being with you has opened my eyes
Could I ever believe such a perfect surprise?
I keep asking myself, wondering how
I keep closing my eyes but I can't block you out
Wanna fly to a place where it's just you and me
Nobody else so we can be free
Nobody else so we can be free
All the things she said
All the things she said
Running through my head
Running through my head
Running through my head
(Running through my head)
All the things she said
All the things she said
Running through my head
Running through my head
All the things she said
All the things she said
(All the things she said)
This is not enough
Ya Soshla S Uma - Ma!
This is not enough
All the things she said
All the things she said
And I'm all mixed up, feeling cornered and rushed
They say it's my fault but I want her so much
Wanna fly her away where the sun and rain
Come in over my face, wash away all the shame
When they stop and stare - don't worry me
'Cause I'm feeling for her what she's feeling for me
I can try to pretend, I can try to forget
But it's driving me mad, going out of my head
All the things she said
All the things she said
Running through my head
Running through my head
Running through my head
All the things she said
All the things she said
Running through my head
Running through my head
All the things she said
All the things she said
This is not enough
This is not enough
All the things she said
All the things she said
All the things she said
All the things she said
All the things she said
All the things she said
All the things she said
All the things she said, she said
All the things she said
All the things she said
Mother looking at me
Tell me what do you see?
Yes, I've lost my mind
Daddy looking at me
Will I ever be free?
Have I crossed the line?
All the things she said
All the things she said
Running through my head
Running through my head
Running through my head
All the things she said
All the things she said
Running through my head
Running through my head
All the things she said
All the things she said
This is not enough
This is not enough
All the things she said
All the things she said
All the things she said
All the things she said
All the things she said
All the things she said."
They walked off and soon came upon a door with snake carvings.
" Harry." Anne said, jerking her head towards the door.
Ss Open Ss
The doors opened up into a room that held a giant carving of a man's face. That face looked very familiar to Anne.
" Wonder who the face is." Harry said, stopping by Anne.
" That's it! It's Salazar Slytherin! I should have known, I mean it is his chamber." Anne said, a smirk crossing her face.
Harry's sudden movements caused Anne to startle.
" GINNY!" He screamed.
Anne followed him until he came upon Ginny.
" Ginny, come on! Come on, wake up!" Harry yelled, shacking her limp form.
" She won't wake, you know." Said a new voice behind them.
" Tom… Tom Riddle? What are you doing here? Look we need to get out of here. There's a basilisk and it could be back any moment!" Harry yelled to the semi-solid figure.
" The basilisk won't come until it's called." Tom said, glancing down at Anne.
" What do you mean? How can that be?" Harry asked, glancing from Tom to Ginny.
" It means that he has been the one setting the snake on the school. He is the heir to Slytherin." Anne said, standing up.
" Almost, but no cigar, Ms. Snape. It was Ginny who opened the Chamber and sent the monster inside on the mudbloods of Hogwarts." Tom said, sneering at Anne.
" With a little help of course. What are you, Tom? Your not completely solid, so your not alive or not human." Anne asked.
" A memory. Ginny has been writing in my diary for months and I have been drawing power off of her pain and sorrow. She has written so much about you, Harry Potter. I just had to meet you, so I had her throw the diary away in the toilet, knowing Myrtle would complain. Somehow I knew that you would eventually get it. And to earn your trust, I showed my heroic capture of that stupid oaf Hagrid." Tom answered, sneering at Harry.
" YOU FRAMED HAGRID!" Harry yelled.
" Yes, and it was so easy to blame him, what with him raising that giant spider in that cupboard. All I had to do was make it look like the spider did it and then I was in the clear. Too bad that I couldn't open the Chamber again, because that old, coot Dumbledore was watching me more closely. But what I want to know is how you, Harry Potter, defeated the greatest wizard of all time?" Tom snarled at Harry.
" What's it too you?" Harry yelled.
" Don't you get it, Harry? He is Lord Voldemort. Younger version, but still him. Tom Marvolo Riddle. Thought I recognized that name. Your half muggle and yet you attempt to rid the school of muggle-born witches and wizards? No wonder you are considered crazy." Anne sneered at the memory of a man.
" Enough! Lets see how the famous Harry Potter and his little sister fare against the great Lord Voldemort, heir to Salazar Slytherin!"
Tom turned toward the statue and began to speak to it.
Ss Come, come and kill! Obey and kill these Weaklings! Ss
The mouth of the face began to open until it was wide enough to allow the basilisk through. One look at it and Anne knew that it had been here far to long.
" Harry, I may have been off with my calculations." Anne whispered as the basilisk rose fifty feet into the air.
" I see."
" Harry what are we gonna do? The scales are very hard to penetrate with magic and…. and… oh gods. I don't know what to do." Anne fell to her knees and stared up at the giant snake.
A loud, angelic voice filled the air and Fawkes was there and she dropped the sorting hat on Harry's lap. Harry just stared at it.
" Is that the best the old man can do? A bird and a dusty old hat?" Tom laughed.
Fawkes flew up and after a few minutes of circling, he had poked both of the basilisk's eyes pecked out.
SsWhat are you waiting for? You can still smell him! KILL HIM! Ss
The snake was thrashing violently and while Anne sat there trying to figure out how to kill the snake, it took off after Harry into the other opening that where all over the chamber.
" Harry?" Anne asked, standing up.
That was when Harry came running out of one of the opening, opposite of Anne. That was when a large shadow appeared over Harry's shoulder.
" Harry!" Anne yelled.
Harry looked up and saw that she was looking over him and turned around just as the basilisk came down and his fang broke off in Harry's arms. Harry crumbled down while screaming in pain.
Anne launched across the floor to where Harry was. She gathered his head in her lap.
" Harry, Harry can you hear me?" Anne whispered to him, brushing his hair from his eyes.
" Anne? I don't feel warm. So tired." Harry closed his eyes and Anne felt his heartbeat slow.
" No, no Harry! HARRY NO! You can't leave me!" Anne looked at him with blurry green eyes. " Big brother, no you can't leave… you just can't." Anne's face was strewed with tears.
"The words have been drained from this pencil
Sweet words that I want to give you
And I cant sleep, I need to tell you... goodnight
When we're together I feel perfect
When I'm pulled away from you I fall apart
All that you say is sacred to me
Your eyes are so blue, I can't look away as we lay in the stillness
You whisper to me, Amy, marry me, promise you'll stay with me
Oh you don't have to ask me, you know you're all that I live for
You know I'd die just to hold you, stay with you
Somehow I'll show you that you are my night sky
I've always been right behind you
Now I'll always be right beside you
So many nights I've cried myself to sleep
Now that you love me I love myself
I never thought I would say that
I never thought there'd be you"
Harry's head dropped and he was barely breathing. Anne kissed his head and stood up and glared at Tom.
" You…. YOU SON OF A BITCH! I will make you pay!" Anne screamed, her eyes going pure black.
Her feet began to hover of the ground as she summoned both her Fire and Air elemental powers.
"Let the bodies hit the floor
Let the bodies hit the floor
Let the bodies hit the floor
Let the bodies hit the floor
Beaten why for
can't take much more"
Anne was soon surrounded by black flames and was firing at the Basilisk.
" Die. Die. DIE!" Anne was firing fireball after fireball at the snake.
"One - Nothing wrong with me
Two - Nothing wrong with me
Three - Nothing wrong with me
Four - Nothing wrong with me
One - Something's got to give
Two - Something's got to give
Three - Something's got to give
Now
Let the bodies hit the floor
Push me again
This is the end
Skin against skin blood and bone
You're all by yourself but you're not alone
You wanted in now you're here
Driven by hate consumed by fear
Let the bodies hit the floor"
With one giant arrow of flame shot through the heart, the basilisk fell over dead not far from Harry. Anne turned her attention to Tom.
" Your snake is dead, Tom. What makes you think that I will not kill you?" Anne said, dropping in front of Tom so that she was only a few feet of the ground, the air whipping her hair around, her eyes a deep green.
" You can't kill a memory, you fool." He answered.
"I am the son and the heir
Of a shyness that is criminally vulgar
I am the son and heir
Of nothing in particular
You shut your mouth
How can you say
I go about things the wrong way
I am human and I need to be loved
Just like everybody else does
I am the son and the heir
Of a shyness that is criminally vulgar
I am the son and heir
Of nothing in particular
You shut your mouth
How can you say
I go about things the wrong way
I am human and I need to be loved
Just like everybody else does
There's a club if you'd like to go you
Could meet somebody who really loves you
So you go, and you stand on your own and
You leave on your own and you go home,
And you cry and you want to die.
When you say it's gonna happen "now",
When exactly do you mean? See I've already
Waited too long and all my hope is gone
You shut your mouth
How can you say
I go about things the wrong way
I am human and I need to be loved
Just like everybody else does"
" No, you can't kill a memory, but you can destroy its home item. Thus destroying the memory. ACCIO DIARY!" Anne screamed the spell and the diary flew into her hand.
" NO! Don't!" Tom screamed as he lunged for Anne, but he wasn't solid so he slipped right passed her as she summoned the fang that went into Harry's arm.
She put the book on the ground and drove the fang into it. At once, black blood flowed from the diary. Tom screamed and disappeared.
Anne turned to Harry and saw Fawkes over his arm and was crying.
" Of, course. Phoenixes have healing tears!" Anne whispered as she ran over to Harry, who was looking up at her.
" Harry, your ok!" Anne said while throwing her arms around him and she felt him hug back.
" Yah. Fawkes healed the wound. I forgot that they had healing tears. The poison is all gone. But what you did, that was awesome." Harry said after she pulled back.
" Anne? Harry?" came a small voice behind them.
" GINNY!" they said at once, both jumping up and running to her small form.
" Oh, guys I didn't mean to do all that stuff! Riddle made me do it!" Ginny said in a small voice, tears running her face.
" We know, we know. Don't worry. Riddle is gone." Anne said, pulling her into a hug.
They walked out and came back up to the hole.
" Ginny!" Ron yelled.
" Ron." Ginny said, running forward.
Ron pulled her through the hole, followed by Harry and then Anne came through.
" Ok, how do you suppose we get back up there?" Harry asked, looking up the hole that leads to the bathroom.
" Who's the pretty girl?" Said a slightly loopy voice beside Ron.
" I am off limits." Anne said to Lockhart.
" Funny name." He said.
" OK, I know how to get us out of here. Harry hold on to my arms. Ginny, hold onto Harry's, Ron you hold onto Ginny's but you have to hold on to Lockhart as well." Anne said, drawling from her already weakened power.
Once everyone was set, Anne summoned on her Air abilities and somehow got the five of them out of there and back into the bathroom.
Anne fell down against the now closed sinks and caught her breath.
" Harry, take Ginny Dumbledore. I am sure by now, that Mr. And Mrs. Weasley are there. They are most likely out of their minds with worry." Anne said, moving towards the door.
" And where are you going?" Harry asked.
" To the dungeons. I was supposed to go there right away, but I had to know what was going on. He is probably so worried that he might throttle me for leaving, and then he will put me to bed. That man loves me and I am about to find out just how much." Anne responded, grinning as she walked out.
Anne was almost to the door to Severus's quarters when the door opened and she heard him before he saw her.
" I don't know why I am even bothering to wait here anymore. She is probably in Gryffindor Tower…" He stopped when he saw Anne leaning weakly against the wall, breathing hard, her hair in dismay and her eyes expressing exhaustion.
" Anne?"
" Dad." Anne answered, walking towards him, stumbling over her own feet, falling down onto her knees.
" ANNE!" Severus yelled out, catching her before she connected with the ground.
" Sorry, I didn't come down right away, but I had to now what was going on. We got Ginny out and stopped the basilisk. But I used up too much energy and I am really weak." Anne collapsed against him and was instantly asleep.
Severus picked her up and carried her into her room and placed her on her bed. He tucked her in and sat there for a while before kissing her head and walking out.
" Anne, come on wake up. You gotta eat." Severus said, gently brushing the hair from her eyes.
Anne moaned and slowly opened her eyes.
" Oh, how long have I been asleep?" She asked, looking at her dad.
" Couple days. Here, drink this." He put a vial in front of her face.
" What is it?" Anne asked, taking the potion.
" An energy restorer." Severus said.
" Ok." Anne gulped the potion down and felt a tingling all over.
She sat up and grinned at Severus.
" Thanks dad."
" Your welcome. I was told to pass on a message." He said, brushing more stray hairs out of the way.
" What?" Anne asked, leaning into his touch.
" I was told to tell you that Mr. And Mrs. Weasley are eternally grateful for your help in getting Ginny back." He said, getting up and bringing a tray over.
" Oh, bacon, pancakes, sausage. Oh I am so hungry." Anne dug into the food and fell back a few minutes later, a smile plastered on her face.
She closed her eyes and saw Harry on the floor of the Chamber dying. Her eyes snapped open again, in a cold sweat.
" Anne, what is it?" Severus said, moving the tray back before sitting down.
" Just an image, from the battle in the chamber." Anne said, leaning against him.
After a few minutes, Anne sat up.
" Dad, can I have a few minutes alone to freshen up?" Anne asked.
" Yah sure." Severus kissed her forehead and walked out, closing the door behind him.
Anne walked over to the mirror and stared into it until the surface became distorted.
' You cannot expect me to undertake a vision anymore for the next three weeks. I need some peace in my mind. So please stop.'
The images swirled and stopped, going back to the way they were before.
" Good. I need peace." Anne said, before moving to the closet to change.
She sang as she went about, drawling the attention of the people in the study and the one in the lab.
"The amount of pills I'm taking, counteracts the booze I'm drinking
and this vanity I'm breaking, lets me live my life like this
and well I find it hard to stay, with the words you say
Oh baby let me in
Oh baby let me in
Well I'll choose the life I've taken, never mind the friends I'm making
and the beauty that I'm faking lets me live my life like this
And well I find it hard to stay, with the words you say
Oh baby let me in
Oh baby let me in
And you can cry all you want to, I don't care how much
You'll invest yourself in me, we're not working out (we're not working out)
We're not working out (we're not working out)
And you can't touch my brother and you can't keep my friends
and we're not working out, we're not working out
This time I mean it, never mind the times I've seen it
Well I hope I'm not mistaken by the news I heard from waking
and it's hard to say I'm shaken, by the choices that I make
and well I find it hard to stay, with the words you say
Oh baby let me in
Oh baby let me in
Well I'll choose this life I've taken, never mind the friends I'm making
And I get a little shaken, because I live my life like this
And well I find it hard to stay, with the words you say
Oh baby let me in
Oh baby let me in
And you can cry all you want to, I don't care how much
You'll invest yourself in me, we're not working out,
We're not working out
And you can't keep my brother, and you won't fuck my friends
and we're not working out, we're not working out
This time I mean it, never mind the times I've seen it
Never again, never, never again
(and you can cry all you want to, I don't care how much you'll invest yourself in me)
ne.. never... never... never again
(and you can cry all you want to, I don't care how much you'll invest yourself)
ne.. never... never... oh baby let me.. oh baby... oh baby
Oh baby let me in
Oh baby let me in
I'm knocking let me in
Oh baby let me in
Oh baby let me in
I'm knocking let me in
Oh baby let me in
Oh baby let me in"
" Anne, we need to talk." Said a voice from the doorway.
((A/N: ok the big chapter! Hope you liked it. Sorry about the cliffy, but my ass is hurting and I really want to go to bed. Hope you like and the end of school will be soon!))