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Two months have passed as the days grew darker at Hogwarts. Devon, Harry, and Ron looked for any other clues as to the identity of the monster, but they kept running into dead ends. Their only clue was that the monster was born in the castle, but that was all they had left to go on.
Feeling hopeless and lost, the Keyblade Wielder and two wizards visit Hermione in the hospital wing. Next to her bed on the left was a vase of flowers that had wilted away over the past months. Devon takes out the dead flowers and replaces them with new ones, throwing the old ones into a metal bin as garbage. Devon sat down on the right side of Hermione's bed, Harry stood next to him on his right, and Ron stood on the other side. Each of them held a sad expression.
"Wish you were here, Hermione. We need you. Now more than ever." Harry says
Devon places his right-hand on Hermione's frozen left-hand and caressed it gently. He was the last one to see her just before she was attacked. And seeing her petrified now made him feel really guilty. As he stared at her frozen form, Devon remembers their last conversation the day of her attack.
(Flashback - Two months ago)
On the day she was attacked, Hermione stood with Devon in the Gryffindor common room, planning the next step of their investigation. Devon paced back and forth around the room with his hands in the pockets of his pants.
"Without Tom Riddle's diary, we're stuck in a rut. We need to find out what exactly the monster is, and how we can stop it." Devon says
"I'll try and look through the library. There should be something there that should help." Hermione says
"Right." Devon says
Devon places his right-hand on Hermione's shoulder, causing her to blush slightly.
"You go look through the library. See if you can find anything more about the monster. I'll go see if Alura and her sisters know something. I'll catch up with you later." Devon says
Hermione smiles and nods her head.
"Right. Leave it to me." Hermione says
Devon nods his head and heads out of the common room.
(Present time)
Devon held his hand over Hermione's as he stared down at her.
"I shouldn't have left her alone. It's my fault Hermione's petrified. Without her, I'm not sure we'll be able to solve this mystery. If only we had another clue..." Devon says in his thoughts
Suddenly, the Keyblade Wielder felt something tightly clutched in Hermione's hand. It was a torn piece of paper, crumpled up in a ball.
"Hey, check this out." Devon says
Devon takes the paper from Hermione's grip and unfolds the paper to examine it.
"What's that?" Ron asks
Devon's eyes widened and a surprised expression came upon his face. The paper in his hands was actually a torn page from a book in the library. Looking down at the paper, there was information written about the monster that dwelled within the Chamber of Secrets. It's identity and everything about it was all recorded here! Finally! This was the breakthrough they had been searching for. This was the answer to all their questions.
"Harry, Ron, this is why Hermione was in the library the day she was attacked." Devon says
Devon stands up onto his feet and turns to Harry and Ron.
"Come on! Let's go!" Devon says
With new evidence being brought to light, the three boys head out of the hospital wing.
Devon, Harry, and Ron walk through the corridors together, reading what was on the torn page.
"Of the many fearsome beasts that roam our land, none is more deadly than the basilisk. Capable of living for hundreds of years, instant death awaits any who meet this giant serpent's eye. Spiders flee before it..." Devon reads
The Keyblade Wielder turns to the two wizards.
"Guys, this is it! The monster in the Chamber of Secrets is a basilisk." Devon says shaking the page in his hands
"That's why I can hear it speak. It's a snake." Harry says
"Yeah, but how is it Devon can hear it too? It's not like he can speak Parseltongue." Ron asks
Ron turns and looks at Devon.
"Can you?" Ron asks
"No, Ron. I'm not sure how I understand it or why, but it's not really important now. At least we've finally learned what the monster is." Devon says
"But if it kills by looking people in the eye, why is it no one's dead?" Ron asks
Devon places his hands on his waist in thought while Harry looks down. Then, the boys looked over at the nearby window on their right, seeing their reflection. It was then they realized...
"Because no one did look it in the eye... not directly, at least." Harry says
Devon, Harry, and Ron continue down the corridor, putting the pieces together as they went over each victim.
"Alright. Let's put the evidence together. Colin saw it through his camera. Justin... Justin must've seen the basilisk through Nearly Headless Nick. Nick got the full blast, but he's a ghost. He can't die twice." Devon says
"And Hermione... had the mirror. I bet anything she was using it to look around corners in case it came along." Harry says
"And Mrs. Norris? I'm pretty sure she didn't have a camera or a mirror." Ron says
The boys think back to Halloween night when Mrs. Norris turned up petrified. True there was no camera or mirror for her to see the basilisk's reflection, but there was one thing that did, which also had a reflective surface.
"The water." Harry says
"That's right! The water! There was water on the floor that night. She must've seen the basilisk's reflection." Devon says
"'Spiders flee before it'. It all fits." Harry says
"Right. When we found Mrs. Norris and Justin, there were spiders fleeing after each scene. They knew that the monster was around. And I bet with their vision, they would've seen the basilisk and died from it's gaze. That's why they're afraid of it." Devon says
"But how's the basilisk been getting around? A dirty, great snake, someone would have seen it." Ron asks
"Hermione's got an answer for that too. It's right here." Devon says
Devon points down to the bottom-right corner of the paper with his left-hand. Only one word was written on it: 'Pipes'.
"Pipes? It's using the plumbing." Ron says looking up and around
"Remember what Aragog said about that girl 50 years ago? She died in a bathroom? What if she never left?" Harry asks
Ron stares at Devon and Harry as the realization hit him.
"Moaning Myrtle." Ron gasps
Suddenly, McGonagall's voice echoes across Hogwarts through the school's PA system with an urgent message.
"All students return to their house dormitories at once. All teachers to the second floor corridor immediately."
Devon, Harry, and Ron shared concerned glances with each other and they run down the corridors to investigate.
On the second floor, Professors McGonagall, Snape, Flitwick, Sprout, Madame Pomfrey, Mr. Filch, and the other Hogwarts staff hastily made their way down the corridor as they found another bloody message on the wall. Devon, Harry, and Ron arrive in the corridor on the other side and peek around the corner.
"As you can see, the Heir of Slytherin has left another message. Our worst fear has been realized. A student has been taken by the monster into the Chamber itself." McGonagall says
A troubled look formed on McGonagall's face as she held her hands together, fearing the worst.
"The students must be sent home. I'm afraid this is the end of Hogwarts." McGonagall says
Soon, Lockhart arrives in the corridor from the right with a charming smile on his face.
"So sorry. Dozed off. What have I missed?" Lockhart says
"A girl has been snatched by the monster, Lockhart. Your moment has come at last." Snape says
The smile on Lockhart's face quickly went away as his expression changed from pride to confusion.
"My... moment?" Lockhart asks
"Weren't you saying just last night that you've known all along where the entrance to the Chamber of Secrets is?" Snape asks
Lockhart stares at Snape with a crestfallen expression while Devon was practically fuming by what he just heard from the Potions Master.
"What? He knew where the Chamber of Secrets was all along and did nothing? Oh, that tears it! Lockhart is so dead!" Devon whispers flabbergasted
"That's settled. We'll leave you to deal with the monster, Gilderoy. Your skills, after all, are legend." McGonagall says
Lockhart nods his head with a smile, seemingly agreeing to the task.
"Very well. Uh, I'll be in my office getting... Getting ready." Lockhart says
Having said that, the celebrity wizard goes back the way he came, heading for his classroom.
"Who is it that the monster's taken, Minerva?" Pomfrey asks
"Ginny Weasley." McGonagall says
Devon, Harry, and Ron shared horrified expressions after hearing what McGonagall said. The basilisk took Ginny into the Chamber of Secrets? Soon, the Hogwarts staff leave the corridor while the three boys gazed upon the message that was written on the wall. Ron read the message in a quiet, horrified voice.
"Her skeleton will lie in the chamber forever." Ron reads
Ron stares at the message with a pale look on his face. His own sister was in danger.
"Ginny..." Ron gasps
Devon stares at the message as he thought of Ginny dying in the Chamber. A determined expression formed on his face and he shook his head, gripping his right-hand into a fist. There's no way he's letting that happen to her. It was clear now what he and his two wizards friends had to do. They have to venture down to the Chamber of Secrets and save Ginny from her grim fate.
"The hell she will. Come on." Devon says
Devon moves out into the corridor followed by Harry and Ron as they set out to find Lockhart. If he knew where the Chamber was, then he can lead them to it.
The Keyblade Wielder and two young wizards enter the Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom and quickly move across to Lockhart's office.
"Lockhart may be useless, but he's going to try and get into the Chamber. At least we can tell him what we know." Harry says
The three boys head up the stairs and enter Lockhart's office, going over to see the celebrity wizard.
"Professor, we have some information for you." Harry says
The heroes look over at Lockhart and saw him quickly packing all his flashy clothes into his trunk before he closes it, turning to face them. They glanced around the office and saw that all his stuff was packed.
"I'm sorry. Are you going somewhere?" Devon asks
"Uh, well, yes. Urgent call. Unavoidable, uh... Got to go." Lockhart says
So that was it. He was running away. He was a coward. Devon, Harry, and Ron stare at Lockhart with flabbergasted expressions.
"What about my sister?" Ron asks
"Well... um... As to that, most unfortunate. No one regrets more than I." Lockhart says
"You're the Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher. You can't go now." Ron says
"Well, I must say, when I took the job, there was nothing in the job description about-" Lockhart says
"You're running away? After all that stuff you did in your books?" Harry asks
"Books can be misleading." Lockhart says
"You wrote them!" Harry says
"My dear boy, do use your common sense! My books wouldn't have sold half as well if people didn't think I had done those things!" Lockhart says
Finally, the truth was out. Lockhart was never a true wizard. He was nothing more than a liar and a con artist. Everything he had done in his books were all lies.
"So you admit it! You're a fraud! Nothing but a con artist who's been taking credit for what other wizards have done! I knew there was something odd about you! All those so-called 'feats' you claimed to have done. All lies!" Devon yells pointing his right-hand at Lockhart
"Is there anything you can do?" Ron asks
"Yes. Now that you mention it. I'm rather gifted with memory charms. Otherwise, you see, all those wizards would have gone blabbering, and I'd never have sold another book." Lockhart says
The fraud wizard turns and goes to pick up his wand.
"In fact, uh, I'm afraid I'm gonna have to do the same to you." Lockhart says
Just as Lockhart turned around, the head of Soul Calibur was pointed at his neck as Devon held his Keyblade against him. Harry and Ron had their wands drawn and pointed at Lockhart, standing alongside Devon.
"Don't even try it, Lockhart. Put it down." Devon says
Lockhart puts his wand down on his desk as Devon kept his Keyblade on his neck.
"You're going to help us get Ginny Weasley back whether you like it or not, and then you're going to admit to the Wizarding World of what a fraudulent scumbag you are. Now, let's go." Devon says
Devon heads out of the office, leading first while Harry and Ron drag Lockhart along with them, keeping their wands aimed at him. Their next stop: Myrtle's bathroom.
Myrtle was hovering around above the stalls, moaning and crying in her loneliness when she heard footsteps.
"Oh, who's there?" Myrtle asks
Myrtle looked and saw that it was Devon, Harry, Ron, and Lockhart. Once she saw the Keyblade Wielder and wizard boy, she smiled.
"Oh, hello, Harry. Hello, Devon. What do you want?" Myrtle says
"To ask you how you died?" Harry asks
"Oh, it was dreadful. It happened right here at this very cubicle. I'd hidden because Oliver Hornby was teasing me about my glasses. I was crying... and then I heard somebody come in." Myrtle says pointing down at the cubicle she was hovering over
"Do you know who it was?" Devon asks
"I don't know. I was distraught!" Myrtle says
Devon held up his hands in defense.
"Okay, okay. So what happened next?" Devon asks
"They said something funny, a kind of made-up language, and I realized it was a boy speaking, so I unlocked the door to tell him to go away, and... I died." Myrtle says
"Just like that? How? Do you remember anything else?" Devon asks
"I just remember seeing a pair of great, big, yellow eyes..." Myrtle says
Myrtle points over to the column of sinks with her right-hand.
"...over there by that sink." Myrtle says
The four turn to the column of sinks while Myrtle floated away. Harry approaches the sink and turns the tap, but no water came out. Then, he noticed something on the right-side of the handle. It looked like a symbol. It was a snake carved into the metal. Harry glances back at the column of sinks and the realization hit him. This was the entrance to the Chamber of Secrets.
"This is it. This is it, guys. I think this is the entrance to the Chamber of Secrets." Harry says
"Say something. Harry, say something in Parseltongue." Ron says
Staring down at the snake symbol, Harry speaks in Parseltongue, commanding the entrance to open.
"Hësh gassa." Harry says in Parseltongue
A deep rumbling sound is heard and the top to the column of sinks slowly rises up into the air. Then, the sinks spread apart and drift away from each other, revealing a large hole in the floor. Devon, Harry, Ron, and Lockhart watch in amazement as they back away. The sink infront of them slides down into a space in the floor and is covered by a grate, which slides over it.
"Wow. All this time, it was right under our noses." Devon says
The four step up to the hole and gaze down at it. The hole was actually a large pipe, big enough for a man to fall into. Lockhart steps back and chuckles nervously.
"Excellent, Harry. Ah, good work. Well, then, I'll just be... There's no need for me to stay." Lockhart says
The fraud wizard quickly turns to make a run for it, but was stopped by Devon, Harry, and Ron as they catch him.
"Oh, yes, there is." Harry grunts
The three boys push Lockhart back towards the large hole, causing him to stumble backwards.
"Aaahh!" Lockhart yells
Lockhart catches the two sinks with his hands, saving himself from falling into the hole. Harry and Ron aim their wands at Lockhart while Devon summoned his crystal Keyblade and points it at him.
"You first, Lockhart." Devon says
"Now, boys, what good will that do?" Lockhart asks
"Better you than us." Ron says
"Um, but..." Lockhart says
Lockhart hesitantly nods his head, knowing he had no choice since he was out skilled and outnumbered.
"Obviously. Yes." Lockhart says
Lockhart turns and faces the hole as he prepared to jump, staring down at the darkness. However, he hesitates and glances back at the boys over left-shoulder.
"Sure you don't want to test it first?" Lockhart asks
"Well, that's what you're for." Devon says
Devon pushes Lockhart forward with his left-hand and he falls down into the large pipe.
"Whoa!" Lockhart yells
Lockhart disappears into the darkness of the hole and his voice echoes all the way down. A couple seconds later, a crashing sound is heard. Then, the three boys heard Lockhart's voice as it echoed from deep below them.
"It's really quite filthy down here." Lockhart says
"All right. Let's go." Devon says
"Oh, Harry? Devon?" Myrtle calls
The three boys glance up at their left at Myrtle as she hovers above them.
"If you die down there, you're both welcome to share my toilet." Myrtle says
The student ghost giggles while Devon, Harry, and Ron stare at her with awkward looks on their faces.
"Um... Thanks, Myrtle." Harry says
Focusing back to the task at hand, the Keyblade Wielder and two young wizards turn back to the pipe as they prepared themselves. Devon jumps in first, followed by Harry and Ron as they head down, disappearing into the darkness.
The three boys slide down the slippery pipe, weaving left and right as they turned. Soon, they slide around to the left and fall out into a bony pit where Lockhart awaited them. Devon, Harry, and Ron rise up onto their feet and aimed their weapons at Lockhart to keep him from running away. Then, they glance down and saw that they were standing over dozens of rat bones, which crunched under their feet.
"Ugh." Ron says in disgust
"Now, remember, any sign of movement, close your eyes straight away." Harry says
"And don't open your eyes. No matter what." Devon says pointing with his right-hand
Devon searches around for a way out of the pit and soon found it in the form of a large pipe behind him as he turned to the right.
"Let's try this way." Devon says
Devon and Harry climb up into pipe while Ron kept his eye and wand on Lockhart.
"Go on." Ron says
Lockhart moves up and follows Devon and Harry with Ron as they proceed onward into the chamber. The heroes follow the pipe and come into a cavernous corridor where they noticed something sprawled out along the ground. It appeared to shedded skin. A snake's skin, which was large and incredibly long. Devon and Harry walk along the length of the snake skin while Ron and Lockhart stared in shock and surprise.
"What's this?" Ron asks
"It looks like a... snake." Lockhart says
"It's a snakeskin." Harry says
"Big one by the looks of it." Devon says
"Bloody hell. Whatever shed this must be 60 feet long. Or more." Ron says
Overwhelmed by the sight of the snake skin, Lockhart faints and collapses onto the ground. Devon and Harry glance over upon hearing Lockhart's collapse while Ron looks at them with a sarcastic expression.
"Heart of a lion, this one." Ron says in a sarcastic tone
Suddenly, Lockhart quickly snatches Ron's wand from his hand and gets back up onto his feet, aiming the wand at the three boys. He didn't really faint. He feigned it.
"The adventure ends here, boys, but don't fret. The world will know our story. How I was too late to save the girl, how you three tragically lost your minds at the sight of her mangled body." Lockhart says
The fraud wizard turns and sets his sights on Harry, aiming Ron's wand at him.
"So... You first, Mr. Potter. Say goodbye to your memories." Lockhart says
Harry and Devon stood where they were and braced themselves. As he stared at Lockhart, Devon remembered that he was holding Ron's broken wand. A smug expression formed on his face. Lockhart was about to get what he deserved. Soon, Lockhart waves the broken wand and casts his spell.
"Obliviate!" Lockhart chants
A green light travels up along the damaged wand, but the Spellotape around the broken half causes the spell to backfire, sending Lockhart flying backwards into the cave ceiling. The cave starts to shake and rumble as Devon, Harry, and Ron glance up and around. Suddenly, the ceiling collapses and dozens of rocks fall down, causing a cave-in. Devon and Harry jump and dive away, covering their heads with their hands while Ron quickly jumps back. Soon, everything settles down and the area is filled with clouds of dust. Ron coughs from the dust and calls out to his friends.
"Harry! Devon!" Ron calls
On the other side, Devon and Harry rise to their feet and rush over to the rocks, peeking through a small space.
"Ron!" Harry exclaims
"Ron, are you okay?" Devon asks
"Yeah. I'm alright." Ron says
Lockhart recovers from his spell and pushes himself up. Sitting upright, he looks up at Ron with a confused expression.
"Hello. Who are you?" Lockhart asks
"Um... Ron Weasley."
"Really? And, uh, who-who am I? Lockhart asks
Ron looks back at Devon and Harry and tells them what happened.
"Lockhart's memory charm backfired! He hasn't got a clue who he is!" Ron says
"It's an odd sort of place, this, isn't it?" Lockhart says
The now amnesiac wizard picks up a rock and holds it up in his right-hand before glancing back up at Ron.
"Do you live here?" Lockhart asks
Ron takes the rock from Lockhart's hand and stares down at him.
"No." Ron says
"Really?" Lockhart asks
Using the rock, Ron whacks Lockhart in the head, knocking him out as he falls back onto the ground. After dealing with Lockhart, Ron turns back to Devon and Harry.
"What do I do now?" Ron asks
"You wait here and watch over Lockhart. Try and shift some of these rocks so we can get back through. We'll go on ahead and look for Ginny!" Devon says
"Okay." Ron says
Forced to go on without Ron, Devon and Harry climb down from the rocks and continue onward, heading further into the cavernous corridor. Devon summons his Soul Calibur into his right-hand and Harry takes out his wand, readying themselves for whatever comes next.
Devon and Harry soon come across a heavy steel hatchway door with seven snake-shaped locks on it. This was the door to the Chamber of Secrets.
"That's a big door. The chamber must be through here." Devon says
Devon looks over at Harry on his left.
"Harry, you know what to do." Devon says
Harry nods his head in understanding and the two boys glance back at the steel door. Staring at the door, Harry spoke to it in Parseltongue, commanding it to open.
"Hësh gassa." Harry says in Parseltongue
A metal snake slithers out from the bottom of the door and goes up and around the door's edge while the seven snakes slither backwards. The door swings open to the left, and the two boys cautiously stepped through the entrance with their weapons tight in their grip. At the end was a metal ladder. Devon and Harry climb down the ladder and stepped forward as they gazed upon the Chamber of Secrets.
The chamber had a green hue to it's stonework. Eight snake heads lined along the wet hallway. And up ahead was the chamber, a giant hall which contained a large pool of water and a gigantic head of Salazar Slytherin.
Devon and Harry looked into the chamber and were horrified by what they saw. Up ahead was Ginny Weasley, lying on the cold, wet floor on her back, appearing motionless in a near death-like state.
"Oh, no..." Devon gasps
"Ginny..." Harry says
Devon and Harry quickly run across the long hallway, making their way over to Ginny. Devon de-summons his Keyblade while Harry drops his wand as they kneel down to Ginny, fearing the worst.
"Ginny. Oh, please don't be dead. Wake up, wake up. Please wake up." Harry says
"She won't wake." A male voice says
Devon and Harry look over to their left and they saw a figure step out from a dark cave. It was Tom Riddle. But how was he here? The mysterious student held a calm expression as he approached the two heroes.
"Tom. Tom Riddle." Devon says
"What do you mean she won't wake? She's not...?" Harry asks
"She's still alive, but only just." Tom says
"Are you a ghost?" Harry asks
"A memory preserved in a diary for 50 years." Tom says
Devon and Harry turn back to Ginny and the Keyblade Wielder places his right-hand over her left-hand. She felt cold as if all the warmth of her body had left her.
"She's ice cold! Ginny! Ginny!" Devon exclaims
While Devon and Harry were busy trying to wake Ginny up, Tom lowers down and picks up Harry's wand.
"You've got to help us, Tom. There's a basilisk." Harry says
"It won't come until it's called." Tom says
The Keyblade Wielder and wizard boy glance back at Tom as he said this and they slowly rose to their feet as they turned to face him with suspicion.
"How do you know that?" Devon asks
The two boys soon noticed that Tom was holding Harry's wand in his hands.
"Give me my wand back, Tom." Harry says
"You won't be needing it." Tom says
"C'mon, Tom. We've got to go! We've got to save her!" Devon says
"I'm afraid I can't do that. You see, as poor Ginny grows weaker, I grow stronger." Tom says
Devon glances down at Ginny and he saw Tom Riddle's diary resting on her chest under her left-arm. Once he saw that, the realization hit him and he glances back at Tom, shaking his head in denial.
"No... You don't mean that-" Devon says
"Yes, Devon. It was Ginny Weasley who opened the Chamber of Secrets." Tom says
(Flashback)
Ginny stood before the entrance to the Chamber of Secrets as it opened before her in Myrtle's bathroom, the same way it did for the heroes. Then, she stood in the corridor on Halloween night where Mrs. Norris was found, writing the ominous message with her right-hand in blood from the school roosters. She appeared to be in a trance as held a blank expression and her eyes also blank, not blinking once. Everything was wavy and disorienting as Tom Riddle explained the plot to Devon and Harry.
"No. She couldn't. She wouldn't." Harry says in denial
"It was Ginny who set the basilisk on the Mudbloods and Filch's cat. Ginny who wrote the threatening messages on the walls." Tom explains
"Why?" Harry asks
"Because I told her to. You'll find I can be very persuasive. Not that she knew what she was doing. She was, shall we say, in a kind of trance." Tom says
Ginny stares down at the diary, looking even more hypnotized. Then, on the night that Devon and Harry found the diary, Ginny runs into Myrtle's bathroom, runs into the stall, and throws the evil object into the toilet.
"Still, the power of the diary began to scare her, and she tried to dispose of it in the girls' bathroom..." Tom explains
(Present time)
"...and then, who should find it but you two? The very people that I was most anxious to meet." Tom says walking to the left around the boys pointing Harry's wand at them
"But why did you want to meet us?" Harry asks
"I knew I had to talk to you, meet you if I could, so I decided to show you my capture of that brainless oaf, Hagrid, in order to gain both your trust." Tom says
"Hagrid's our friend." Harry says
"You framed him, didn't you? All those years ago? You made the school believe that he was responsible for the death of Myrtle when instead it was you." Devon says
"It was my word against Hagrid's. Only Dumbledore seemed to think that he was innocent." Tom says
"Of course he did. And I bet Dumbledore saw right through you." Devon says smiling
"He certaintly kept an annoyingly close watch on me after that. I knew it wouldn't be safe to open the Chamber again while I was still at school, so I decided to leave behind a diary, preserving my 16-year-old self in it's pages, so that one day, I would be able to lead another, to finish Salazar Slytherin's noble work." Tom says
"If by 'noble work', you mean the cruel prejudice of Muggle-borns? Purging them from Hogwarts so that only Pure-bloods would be left?" Devon says
"Well, you haven't finished it this time. In a few hours, the Mandrake draught will be ready, and everyone who was petrified will be all right again." Harry says
"Haven't I told you? Killing Mudbloods doesn't matter to me anymore. For many months now, my new target has been you two. How is it that a baby with no extraordinary magical talent was able to defeat the greatest wizard of all time?" Tom says
Tom brushes Harry's bangs away with his wand, revealing his lightning bolt-shaped scar on his head.
"How did you escape with nothing but a scar while Lord Voldemort's powers were destroyed?" Tom asks
"Oh, I bet you're just dying to know, aren't you?" Devon says
"Why do you care how I escaped? Voldemort was after your time." Harry says
"Voldemort is my past, present, and future." Tom says
Turning around and using Harry's wand like a magic pen, Tom writes his full name in flaming, fiery red letters, which floated in mid-air:
Tom Marvolo Riddle
He then waves his wand hand and the letters rearrange themselves into forming a sentence, an anagram that read:
I am Lord Voldemort
Devon and Harry stare at the anagram in shock, then turn back to Tom Riddle, realizing that he was the evil dark wizard they had confronted in their first year at Hogwarts.
"You... You're the Heir of Slytherin." Harry says
"You're Voldemort. Son of a gun..." Devon says
"Surely, you didn't think I was going to keep my filthy, Muggle father's name? No, I fashioned myself a new name. A name I knew wizards everywhere would one day fear to speak when I became the greatest sorcerer in the world, and when I become a trusted ally to the Dark Lord of the Shadows, Makuta Teridax, soon to be the most powerful being of all time throughout every corner the Universe." Tom says
"Albus Dumbledore is the greatest sorcerer in the world." Harry says
"Dumbledore's been driven out of this castle by the mere memory of me." Tom says
"You're wrong, Tom. Albus Dumbledore will never be gone, not as long as those who remain are loyal to him. Like me and Harry. As long as we're here, there will always be hope for the Muggle-borns who are victims to your sick prejudice! The Wizarding World we believe in is one where everyone, whether you're Pure-blood, Half-blood, or even Muggle-born, can live together as equals and share in it's magic." Devon says
Suddenly, a bird's cry sounds off in the air, echoing throughout the Chamber. Devon and Harry turn around and they saw a now grown up Fawkes flying in to their aid with something in his talons.
"Fawkes?" Harry says
The red phoenix swoops down and drops his cargo. Harry catches it and he, Devon, and Tom Riddle duck down as Fawkes flies overhead, looping around to the right, going back the way he came. Devon and Harry glance down at what was in Harry's hands. It was the Sorting Hat.
"So, this is what Dumbledore sends his great defenders? A songbird and an old hat." Tom says
Tom turns and approaches the giant head of Salazar Slytherin and stretches his left-hand toward it, speaking in Parseltongue.
"Ssshlass angathass sselitheyn. (Speak to me, Slytherin, greatest of the Hogwarts Four.)" Tom says in Parseltongue.
The mouth of Slytherin's head slowly opens and Tom Riddle turns to face Devon and Harry.
"Let's match the power of Lord Voldemort, Heir of Salazar Slytherin, against the famous Harry Potter, and Devon, the Legendary Keyblade Wielder." Tom says
A deep growl is heard and the tip of the basilisk's snout emerges from the darkness of Slytherin's mouth. Devon and Harry stare with widened eyes and they quickly turn and run for it with Harry tossing away the Sorting Hat, heading down the walkway. The basilisk slithers out into the pool of water and looks over at Tom Riddle on it's left, awaiting his command.
"Ssavai hathess. (Kill them.)" Tom commands in Parseltongue
Tom turns and looks back at the two heroes as they flee.
"Parseltongue won't save you or the Keyblade Wielder, Potter. It only obeys me." Tom says
Setting it's deadly sights on Devon and Harry, the basilisk slithers after them. The two boys continued running down the hallway, keeping their eyes forward and not back at the monster. Suddenly, they both trip on the wet, slippery stone floor and they fall forward onto their stomachs. Harry's glasses fall off his face and he feels for it with his right-hand. Devon picks them up and gives it to Harry, who sets it back on his face. Then, they both shut their eyes and cover their heads, hearing the basilisk's growls as it comes up behind them, rearing it's head to attack.
Before the basilisk could strike, Fawkes' cry is heard as he flies back into the chamber, coming to the aid of the Keyblade Wielder and wizard boy once more. Fawkes flies up to the basilisk and began pecking and scratching the giant snake's golden eyes with his beak and sharp talons, destroying it's fatal gaze. Devon and Harry look up and saw their shadows on the stone ceiling, watching as Fawkes attacked the basilisk.
"No!" Tom yells
The basilisk soon shakes Fawkes off it's head and shrieks loudly as it's vision was ruined.
"Your bird may have blinded the basilisk, but it can still hear you." Tom says
Devon and Harry rise to their feet and stare up at the basilisk as it shrieked and threw it's head around in agonizing pain, not having to worry about dying or being petrified from it's gaze anymore. The two boys step back and their footsteps give away their position, causing the basilisk to look directly at them. Devon moves infront of Harry and summons his Keyblade: Soul Calibur into his right-hand.
The giant serpent rears it's head back and lunges forward at the boys with it's large, sharp fangs. Devon quickly holds up his crystal Keyblade and it glows with it's benevolent light, creating a spherical barrier of blue light with transparent white hexagonal panels around himself and Harry. The basilisk strikes the barrier and clamps it's jaws around it to devour the boys, but the barrier holds off against the monster's incredible strength. Rearing it's head back, the giant serpent lunges at the barrier again, but it disperses and unleashes bright splashes of light that forced the monster back, causing it to shriek in pain.
"Go!" Devon shouts
Devon and Harry head right across the water between two snake heads and flee into the pipeline on their left, dodging the basilisk as it lunges at them, only to miss as it destroys a stalagmite instead. The two heroes run through the large pipe while dozens of rats scatter at their feet. Then, they turn to the left and run into a dead end with metal bars blocking their way.
"Oh, crud! Dead end!" Devon exclaims
Devon and Harry pull on the bars to see if they can free them from it's slots, but they didn't budge.
"Quick! Let's go back before-" Devon says
Just as Devon and Harry turn around, the basilisk slithers into the pipe and turns to face them. Smelling that they close, the large serpent growls and opens it's mouth, revealing it's long, sharp fangs. The Keyblade Wielder and wizard boy were trapped with their backs against the metal bars. The basilisk slithers closer and closer until it was inches away from killing the heroes. Harry reaches down for a rock at his feet with his left-hand and acting quickly, he throws the rock past the basilisk and into the pipe. The rock clatters loudly and it's sound echoes throughout the chamber, causing the basilisk to stop. Attracted to the sound, the large serpent backs up and slithers away. Devon and Harry quietly step out and watch cautiously as the basilisk goes into another pipe on the right with it's tail disappearing out of sight.
Once the giant serpent was gone, the Keyblade Wielder and wizard boy run out of the pipe and head back into the chamber. They rush over to Ginny and kneel down to her. She looked much more paler and felt more colder than she did earlier.
"Yes, boys, the process is nearly complete. In a few minutes, Ginny Weasley will be dead, and I will cease to be a memory. Lord Voldemort will return..." Tom says holding up his left-hand
A dark aura starts to envelope Tom Riddle as he gazes down at Devon and Harry.
"Very. Much. Alive." Tom says
"No! Ginny!" Devon exclaims
Suddenly, the basilisk emerges from the pool, shrieking and roaring loudly. Harry looks over at the Sorting Hat and saw something materialized inside it from out of thin air. It was a magical sword made of pure silver and egg-sized rubies in its hilt. The Sword of Godric Gryffindor. Harry runs over to the sword and pulls it out of the Sorting Hat as he and Devon make their stand against the basilisk.
Devon pulls his right-hand back and hurls Soul Calibur at the basilisk. The crystal Keyblade lands a direct hit to the evil monster's head and splits into spiraling beams of light that fly off, home in on the large serpent, and crash into it with multiple explosions. Calling his Keyblade back to his hand, Devon aims at the giant serpent and fires a stream of blue electricity, which briefly paralyzes the basilisk, electrocuting it with powerful energy. The monster shakes off the attack and lunges at Devon with it's sharp fangs. Devon quickly jumps to the right, dodging the huge jaws of the basilisk, and counters with a left slash to the snake's face, swinging Soul Calibur with both hands. He then delivers a right downward slash and a backflip slash to giant serpent's head.
Harry steps in and lends a hand, attacking with the Sword of Godric Gryffindor. As Devon strikes the basilisk with his Keyblade, Harry swings the silver sword with both hands, cutting the other side of the monster's face with a right slash. He then follows up with an uppercut slash, striking under the basilisk's chin, and a left and right slash.
The basilisk rears it's head back and lunges forward, spewing a large green glob of poison from it's mouth at Devon and Harry, who dodge the attack, jumping away from the poison as it hits the floor. Devon leaps up at the giant serpent and hits it with a somersault slash, striking it's head four times. He then follows up with eight spinning slashes, whirling forward and backward as he swings Soul Calibur, enveloped in light, with four left-downward and four left-upward slashes, leaving trails of blue light in his wake. The basilisk tries to bite Devon with it's jaws, but he falls back down and swings his Keyblade left and right, launching three crescent blades of blue-white light at the monster, each landing a hit to it's head.
The two boys jump back as the basilisk lunges at them and they run over to the right-side of the statue of Salazar Slytherin and climb up, dodging the basilisk as it lunges at them three times. Luring the giant serpent to the top of the statue, Devon and Harry swing their swords left and right at the basilisk, attacking together with fierce strikes. The evil monster lunges at the two boys, knocking them both over with it's large head.
"Gaaah!" Devon and Harry exclaim in unison
The Keyblade Wielder smashes into the chamber wall on his back and falls forward onto the statue while the wizard boy falls and rolls to the left. Soul Calibur falls from Devon's grip and falls onto the statue with a loud clattering sound. Harry pulls himself and sat upright, recovering from his fall. He looks over at his right at Devon, who was still dazed from the attack as he slowly pushing himself up with his arms, groaning as he tried to recover.
"Ohh... Uhh... Ngh..." Devon groans
Unfortunately, the Keyblade Wielder's groans attracted the basilisk as it turns it's gaze directly at him. The large serpent lets out a hiss and a deep growl and rears it's head back, preparing to attack, much to Harry's shock and horror.
"Devon!" Harry exclaims
Harry grabs his sword on his right and quickly got up to his feet, rushing over to Devon as the basilisk lunges at him with it's fangs. Moving infront of his best friend and throwing his full weight behind the sword, Harry thrusts the sword at the basilisk, stabbing through the roof of it's mouth and it's brain. The sword's tip emerges through the top of the basilisk's head, covered in red blood. Devon recovers from his daze and looks up at Harry and the basilisk as he saw what happened. The giant serpent lets out a loud shriek of agony as it felt the steel blade pierce it's head. Harry cries out in pain himself as he yanks his sword arm away from the monster.
"Aaah!" Harry yells in pain
Harry's arm was filled with searing pain. Glancing down, Harry saw why. One of the basilisk's fangs had pierced his arm and splintered away in the process of the killing blow. It's toxic venom was now coursing through his veins, poisoning him. Harry removes the fang from his arm as Devon grabs his Keyblade and rises up to his feet, joining his side.
"Harry. You alright?" Devon asks in concern
"Yeah. I think." Harry says
Devon and Harry turn back towards the basilisk and watch as the large serpent flailed around, shrieking in agony. Soon, the evil monster falls over on it's back and it's massive weight crashes down onto the floor with a loud thud that echoed throughout the entire chamber. It's reign of terror was finally over.
Tom Riddle stares down at his now dead pet monster with a calm expression, not upset about the loss at all. He then looks over at Devon and Harry as they climb down from the head of Salazar Slytherin. They walk around the basilik's dead body, panting for air as they were clearly exhausted by the battle, and stood to face the young dark wizard with their weapons in their hands.
"It's all over, Tom! Your pet basilisk is dead, and you're finished! Your vision of a Pure-blood Wizarding World is never coming true! No more innocent wizards or witches will suffer from your cruelty!" Devon says pointing Soul Calibur at Tom
"Fool. This changes nothing." Tom says
Harry groaned in pain from the basilisk's venom and he loses his grip on Godric Gryffindor's sword as it falls to the floor with a loud clang. Devon looks back at Harry on his right and watches in shock as he falls down on all fours.
"Harry!" Devon exclaims
De-summoning his crystal Keyblade, Devon kneels down to Harry and inspects his arm. The poison was visible in Harry's wound as it spreaded from his arm to his entire body, appearing as forked lightning as it darkened his veins, turning them black.
"Oh, my God..." Devon gasps
"Remarkable, isn't it? How quickly the basilisk venom penetrates the body? I suspect you only have a minute to live. You'll be with your dear Mudblood mother soon, Harry." Tom says
Devon and Harry look over at Ginny as the Keyblade Wielder places his right-hand on her chest. Her heartbeat was very slow and it was getting slower by the minute.
"Ginny..." Devon says with sadness in his voice
"Funny. The damage a silly little book can do, especially in the hands of a silly, little girl." Tom says
Devon grips his right-hand into a fist as his blood boiled. How dare he call Ginny silly. She was an innocent little girl and his friend. When he wanted Ginny to start her first year at Hogwarts, he didn't want it to be like this. He wasn't going to let her life end here. Not now. Not ever. He was going to make Tom Riddle pay for what he's done to Ginny.
"Ginny... is not... a silly girl!" Devon growls
Devon glances up at Tom Riddle with fire clear in his eyes as he stared at him with an angry expression.
"She's a great witch and a good friend, and you used her! I won't let you ruin Ginny's future! I won't! You're gonna pay for your crimes, Tom! You're gonna pay!" Devon yells
The Keyblade Wielder grabs the diary from under Ginny's arm and sets it down onto the floor, opening it up flat.
"What are you doing?" Tom asks
Grabbing hold of the basilisk's fang with his left-hand, Devon kept his gaze on Tom as he stares him straight in the eye.
"Erasing a Riddle." Devon says in a low voice narrowing his eyes
Tom's eyes widened in shock as he realized what Devon was about to do and he tries to stop him.
"Stop! No!" Tom yells
Glancing down at the diary, Devon plunges the basilisk's fang down on the left-section of the evil black book, stabbing into it's pages, which starts to bleed with black ink. Tom Riddle's chest cavity is ripped open with light, causing him to stop and glance down at his body. Devon glances up at the evil student to see what was happening. The light gets bigger and brighter as Tom glances over at Devon, growling in anger. He goes to stop the Keyblade Wielder, but he stabs the book again in the other section. More gaping holes of lights appear on Tom Riddle's body and he screams in agony. He clutches his face with his right-hand as the light spreads, destroying his mouth and eyes. Closing the diary, Devon prepares to finish Tom off when Harry takes hold of the basilisk's fang with his left-hand, causing Devon to look at him. Harry nods his head and Devon nods back.
"Together." Devon says
With both of them holding the basilisk fang, Devon and Harry stab into the diary for a third and final time through the cover, finishing Tom Riddle off. The evil student screams as his body is destroyed with the light shining brightly across the entire chamber.
"Nooooooo!" Tom screams
Devon and Harry shield themselves from the light using their arms and watched as the memory of Tom Riddle was destroyed. His body explodes and the evil dark wizard vanishes from the Chamber of Secrets. As soon as Tom Riddle was gone, Ginny immediately stirs awake as her head turns straight and she gasps, recovering from her near-death experience as the life that Tom stole returned to her. She pulls herself up and sits upright.
"Ginny..." Harry says
"Harry... Devon... It was me. But I swear, I didn't mean to. Riddle made me. And..." Ginny says
"It's alright, Ginny. It wasn't your fault." Devon says
Ginny looks down at Harry's arm and noticed his poisoned wound.
"Harry, you're hurt." Ginny gasps
"Don't worry. Ginny, you need to get yourself out. Follow Devon out of the Chamber. He'll lead you back to Ron." Harry says
"Forget it, Harry! There's no way we're leaving you down here to die!" Devon says shaking his head
Fawkes' cry is heard and the red phoenix flies down and lands down in the chamber, walking up to Devon, Harry, and Ginny.
"You were brilliant, Fawkes. I just wasn't quick enough." Harry says
Fawkes lowers his head down to Harry's arm and he weeps over it. His thick, pearly tears falls from his eyes onto Harry's arm and they heal his poisoned wound. The blood washes away, the pain vanished, the poison was cured, the skin was mended, and the wound shrinks away until it was sealed up. Devon, Harry, and Ginny stared with widened eyes in amazement. It was then that Harry realized...
"Of course. Phoenix tears have healing powers." Harry says
The wizard boy looks up at the red phoenix and smiles.
"Thanks." Harry says
Devon smiles as well, relieved that Harry has been saved by Fawkes' tears. He places his hands on Harry and Ginny's shoulders, causing them and Fawkes to look towards him.
"That's right. It's over now. Nothing more than a memory." Devon says
Suddenly, the sound of a dark corridor opening fills the air, causing the Keyblade Wielder, wizard boy, and young witch to look around in alarm. Then, they glance over at the long hallway where they saw Young Xehanort standing not too far from them. Devon rose up to his feet and stood infront of Harry and Ginny.
"Why are you here?" Devon asks
"You think that you're troubles with Tom Riddle are over? That it's nothing but a memory? Well, I can assure you that it's just the beginning. Memories, the worst kind, can leave a long lasting impression on a person. Wouldn't you agree, Devon?" Young Xehanort says
"What are you playing at?" Devon asks in a serious tone
"Memories can fade and change through time. Fragments of your past lies scattered in the dark, and you're left blindly scrambling to pick up the pieces." Young Xehanort says
"Skip the mind games. You don't know anything about me." Devon says
"On the contrary, I know much about you, Devon, and your life before your arrival on Destiny Islands. The son of Shara and Ducar. Born in the light of the Celestial Realm. A precious child loved by many. That was... until that fateful night when the Celestial Realm was invaded by Lord Thanatos and his army of darkness. When everything was stolen from you. A young boy, five years of age, who's life as a Keyblade Wielder was shattered before it even began. Your friends taken, your home destroyed, your parents murdered. Such pain and loss can deal a devastating blow to the heart." Young Xehanort says
"You trying to feel sorry for me? Cause that's a funny way of showing it." Devon asks
A smirk forms on Young Xehanort's as he stared at Devon.
"Hmph. I will admit, you've already come far on your journey..." Young Xehanort says
Young Xehanort stretches out his right-hand and his Dark Keyblade: Time Watcher appears in a flash of darkness.
Time Watcher was a Keyblade of darkness predominantly colored in different shades of blue and was decorated with elaborate, spiked shapes. The tip was modeled after a stopwatch, while the teeth were diamond-shaped spikes connected by a black web structure. The Keychain shares the time theme represented in the blade, with an hourglass as its token. Its shaft resembled ethereal blades, same as the blade with it's neon like glow. The Keyblade also had demonic wings at the beginning of the shaft, a demonic horned head at the tip, and the Gazing Eye.
"...but you still have a long way to go. I am here to see how strong you've become." Young Xehanort says
Seeing as he had no choice, Devon summons Soul Calibur into his right-hand and steps forward into the long hallway to face the mysterious Keyblade Wielder. A magic hexagonal barrier forms behind Young Xehanort and Devon, separating him from Harry, Ginny, and Fawkes as they watched from the other side. Young Xehanort spins his Dark Keyblade around and brought it up over his right-shoulder, getting into his stance, while Devon spins his crystal Keyblade around his body and brings it back infront of him, holding it with both hands as he got into his stance.
Young Xehanort strikes first by leaping forward with two wide-sweeping slashes, spinning around and swinging his Dark Keyblade left and right. Devon quickly jumps back, dodging both strikes, then leans his whole body to the left, evading Young Xehanort as he thrusts Time Watcher forward in an attempt to stab him, missing Devon's chest by inches. Devon spins around and tries to counter the attack with a reverse roundhouse slash, but Young Xehanort blocks against his blow, putting the two Keyblade Wielders in a blade lock. They both struggled for a brief moment before Young Xehanort teleports away, leaving behind an afterimage of himself. The mysterious young teen reappears in the air and dives down with a somersault slash towards Devon, who jumps over to the right, dodging the attack. He continues his attack, diving down at Devon with four more somersault slashes, while he jumps and rolls out of the way. On the fifth dive, Devon jumps up to meet Young Xehanort and holds Soul Calibur infront of him, surrounding himself in a spherical barrier of light to block his attack. Upon contact, the barrier disperses in a flash of light, knocking Young Xehanort to the ground.
Pushing on the offensive, Devon attacks Young Xehanort with some strikes of his own. First, he delivers a downward slash, a right slash, and two spinning slashes, swinging Soul Calibur left and right, both strikes landing three hits each. Next, he delivers a left-downward slash, an uppercut slash, which knocks Young Xehanort into the air, then jumps up and smacks him back down to the ground with an right-downward slash with his Keyblade raised over his left-shoulder. Young Xehanort backflips and lands crouched down on the floor. Devon runs across the hallway and propels himself forward at Young Xehanort with a sliding dash, bringing Soul Calibur over to his left-side as he prepared to strike him while he was down. But just as he reached him and swinged his Keyblade, Young Xehanort teleports away, leaving behind another afterimage.
Young Xehanort reappears behind Devon, near Harry, Ginny, and Fawkes, and transforms his Dark Keyblade into a long whip. Keeping his distance, he swings his glowing whip at Devon from long range, catching him off guard. Just as the young teen turns around to face his opponent, the whip wraps itself around Devon's legs and Young Xehanort pulls back on his whip, tripping him over and causing Devon to fall onto his back.
"Aah!" Devon exclaims
With the Keyblade Wielder now in his grip, Young Xehanort raises his whip, lifts Devon up into the air, and slams him back down onto the floor, landing hard on his back.
"Gah! Aaah!" Devon yells in pain
The mysterious Keyblade Wielder repeats his attack three more times, slamming Devon once onto the floor before throwing him against the transparent barriers on the sides, sending him left and right, while Harry and Ginny watched in shock.
"Devon!" Harry exclaims
On his fourth lash, Young Xehanort throws Devon back across the hallway. Devon tumbles and rolls across the wet floor until he flips over and stops flat on his stomach. Devon winces his eyes and grunts in pain.
"Gnh!" Devon grunts
"Really? Is that it? Is this really all you can muster? I would've expected more from the so-called 'Legendary Keyblade Master'. That is, if you ever achieve that title." Young Xehanort taunts
Devon pushes himself up and lifts his head up, giving Young Xehanort a serious stare. Rising up to his feet and fighting the pain, he holds Soul Calibur in his right-hand and grips his other hand into a fist as he faces the silver-haired teen.
"You want more? You got it." Devon says
Young Xehanort swings his whip at Devon again, attacking with five whip lashes. Devon leans his body left and right, dodging the first three lashes, then ducks down low and spin-flips over the fifth. Young Xehanort swings his whip three more times, launching crescent-shaped waves across the hallway. Devon holds out Soul Calibur horizontally infront of him and generates another spherical barrier, blocking the waves as they bounce off. Dispersing his barrier, Devon aims his Keyblade at Young Xehanort and shoots 20 white shooting stars, sending them careening through the air. Young Xehanort stood where he was and remained calm as the projectiles homed in on his spot. Just as they were about to hit him, the mysterious Keyblade Wielder stretched forth his left-hand and uses his manipulation over Time, stopping the shooting stars only inches away from him and causing them to disintegrate. Raising his Time Watcher up in his right-hand and pointing it at Devon, Young Xehanort fires 20 dark projectiles across the hallway. Devon stood his ground and deflects the dark projectiles with Soul Calibur, holding it up, down, left, and right, spinning his crystal Keyblade around between regular and inverted angles.
"Try and dodge this!" Devon says
Using Flowmotion, Devon flies toward Young Xehanort with Soul Calibur drawn over to his left-side, poised to attack. He closes distance with the mysterious Keyblade Wielder in less than two seconds and strikes, delivering four right spinning slashes. He then follows up with a downward slash, a left slash, a reverse roundhouse slash, a thrusting strike, a leaping uppercut, knocking Young Xehanort into the air, and finishes with a diving kick using his right-foot, which left a sparkling trail of blue-white light in it's wake, sending him back down to the ground.
Changing Time Watcher into a whip again, Young Xehanort jumps away with a backflip and swings his whip two times, sending racing waves along the ground. Devon jumps over to the left, dodging the first wave, then spin-flips to the right over the second wave. In retaliation, Devon aims Soul Calibur at the mysterious young teen and shoots a beam of light at him, only to be blocked as Young Xehanort held up his left-hand. Teleporting up into the air, Young Xehanort swings his Dark Keyblade and launches a fiery X-shaped wave at Devon, who jumps and rolls over to the left, dodging the attack. Then, Young Xehanort summons three fiery vortexes around himself and sends them toward Devon. The young teen jumps left and right, dodging the flaming tornadoes as they move past him. Waving Time Watcher over his head from left to right, Young Xehanort summons nine diamond-shaped ice shards and launches them at Devon with a thrust of his left-hand. Devon counters the magic attack with some magic of his own, swinging Soul Calibur and launching nine fireballs at the ice projectiles. Both fire and ice hit and cancel each other out. Young Xehanort leaps forward at Devon, moving aggressively to attack him, while the young teen braces himself. But just as he reaches him, he teleports away, confusing Devon. He then teleports around the Keyblade Wielder to confuse him even more while he stood his ground, wondering which direction his opponent would strike. On his fifth teleport, Young Xehanort reappears infront of Devon and swings his Dark Keyblade down on him, only to be blocked as he quickly held his crystal Keyblade horizontally infront of him. Shoving Devon back, he follows up with a right slash and a left slash before slamming Time Watcher into the ground, unleashing a small wave of energy. Devon parries both strikes and jumps back, dodging the energy wave released near his feet. The Keyblade Wielder runs toward Young Xehanort, raising Soul Calibur over his right-shoulder, and takes a swing at him. Young Xehanort blocks against the blow and the two Keyblade Wielders were put into a blade lock. It was only brief as Devon shoves Young Xehanort back and delivers an uppercut and downward slash before slamming his crystal Keyblade down onto the ground, summoning a large column of light which blasts the mysterious Keyblade Wielder back.
Now, it was Devon's turn to strike. Shrouding himself in light, Devon rushes at Young Xehanort with a charging strike, hitting him in the chest with a right slash. Next, he warps around in flashes of light and attacks him from all directions with eight thrusting strikes. Then, he reappears above Young Xehanort with Soul Calibur raised over his head and slams his Keyblade down into the ground, summoning several columns of pure light around him, blasting Young Xehanort back. But he wasn't done yet. Devon dashes forward at Young Xehanort and charges into him, summoning three light crystals which revolve around him, adding onto the attack. Then, he delivers four left-upward spinning slashes, and a reverse roundhouse slash, knocking Young Xehanort back even further.
Young Xehanort catches himself and backflips onto his feet. He looks over at Devon with an amused expression. He held up well against him so far, but he had one final trick up his sleeve. He raises his left-hand up and brought his middle-finger and thumb together.
"Time stop!" Young Xehanort says
Snapping his fingers, Young Xehanort summons a giant dark blue clock, which appears on the ground beginning at 12:00. The clock starts ticking and counts down with it's long hand slowly moving with it's rotation as the clock's ticking echoes throughout the Chamber of Secrets. Standing in the center of the clock, Young Xehanort hovers in the air and surrounds himself in a clock similar to the one shown on the ground. If Devon doesn't defeat Young Xehanort before the rotation was complete, time would rewind and the entire battle would start back at the beginning.
"You shall wander forever in the sands of time!" Young Xehanort says
Devon moves to attack the mysterious Keyblade Wielder to stop him from rewinding time, but two clones of Young Xehanort appear and block his path, wielding blue ethereal dual blades.
One of the clones transforms his dual blades into a spear and dashes forward at Devon with a spinning slash and a thrusting strike. Devon jumps back twice, dodging both attacks. Then, the other clone moves in and swings his ethereal blades at the Keyblade Wielder, attacking with twelve quick slashes. The young teen parries the glowing blades with his crystal Keyblade, and swings Soul Calibur with a left slash, knocking him aside. He then focuses on the other clone, attacking him with a downward slash and a roundhouse strike.
Devon looks over at the clock and saw that the hand was now at 2:00. He rushes for Young Xehanort when his clones teleport infront of him and block his path again. Both clones swing their ethereal blades and launch several X-shaped waves at Devon, who evades the attacks, running around the sides and jumping out of the way. Then, they surround themselves in fiery vortexes and chased down the Keyblade Wielder. Devon runs back down the hallway, heading for the entrance to the Chamber of Secrets. As he ran, Devon looks behind him and he saw the two clones closing in on him. Then, he looks ahead of him and saw that he was approaching the magic barrier. Seeing that gave him an idea and he picks up speed, heading straight for it. Once he reaches the barrier, he jumps and kicks off it, flying over the clones, landing behind them.
The clock was now at 4:00 and Devon runs to stop the time and Young Xehanort. Several blue orbs appear infront of Devon and in sequence of three they shoot twelve spears of energy at him. Devon jumps, blocks, and evades the spears and keeps running. A meteor falls down from above, causing Devon to slide to a stop. He looks up and saw several meteors appearing out of dark portals and heading straight down towards him. Moving fast, the Keyblade Wielder evades the meteors, jumping from side-to-side as he kept running towards Young Xehanort.
Now, the clock was at 7:00. Devon was about to reach Young Xehanort when two glowing whips lasso themselves around the Keyblade Wielder from behind, binding his arms and body together and pulling him down to the floor. It was the clones, who both had their whips stretched out to Devon. Retracting their whips, the clones slowly pull Devon closer to them while he struggled to free himself. Eventually, after several seconds of struggling, Devon manages to free his right-hand and he stretches it out towards Soul Calibur, which he had dropped from the surprise attack. The crystal Keyblade disappears in a flash of blue light and reappears in the young teen's hand. Just as he was pulled towards the clones, he cuts himself free from his binds, rolls backwards onto his feet, and turns to the silver-haired clones, cutting them both down with a wide-sweeping right slash.
Turning back to the clock, it was now at 9:00. Devon runs back towards Young Xehanort, when the clones teleports infront of the Keyblade Wielder for a third time and they both shoot a beam of darkness at Devon, ensnaring him in a web of dark energy. Devon looks around at the dark web, then closes his eyes as he concentrates. Crossing his arms, he channels the light through his body and charges up with pure energy. Soon, he thrusts his arms out and unleashes a telekinetic blast of light, dispelling the dark web and disintegrating the two clones into oblivion.
Devon looks over at the clock and saw that it was now 11:00. The battle was getting dangerously close to resetting as the long hand was down to the final ten seconds. He had to act fast. With his path now clear, Devon leaps forward and draws Soul Calibur over to his right-side. The long hand was now only five seconds away from a full rotation. Everything moved in slow motion as Devon closes distance with Young Xehanort and swings his crystal Keyblade. Every second, Soul Calibur got closer to striking the silver-haired teen.
5...
4...
3...
2...
1...
Just as the clock gets to the final second, Devon cuts through the clock and Young Xehanort and a flash of light engulfs the Chamber of Secrets, causing Harry, Ginny, and even Fawkes to shield their eyes.
When the light dims down, Harry, Ginny, and Fawkes look ahead to see Devon standing infront of him with Soul Calibur in his right-hand. He was panting for breath as he was clearly exhausted from the intense battle. Across from him was Young Xehanort down on his right-knee, having been defeated. The hexagonal barrier that encased them disappears, allowing Harry and Ginny to reach Devon. Young Xehanort soon lifts his head up, staring at the Keyblade Wielder with a calm expression, and stands up straight.
"Hmph. Indeed you have grown strong, but you cannot control what you are not aware of. Time is a cruel prison." Young Xehanort says
The mysterious young teen spreads his hands out to the Chamber of Secrets around him, gesturing to it as a whole while keeping his gaze on Devon.
"Soon, this wakeless sleep will be yours, and you shall remain trapped within the dark endless abyss... doomed to wander alone forever." Young Xehanort says
Having said that, Young Xehanort vanishes into a dark corridor and takes his leave. Devon de-summons his Keyblade and lets out a sigh of relief. He had faced many challenging opponents like Sephiroth, the Lingering Will, Xemnas, and Lord Thanatos, but this newcomer was unlike anything he had faced before. He had control over time and was incredibly skilled in terms of magic and the Keyblade. Just who was he and how does he know him? Harry and Ginny walked up to Devon, concerned about their friend after watching him fight so hard against Young Xehanort.
"Devon? Are you alright?" Harry asks in concern
The Keyblade Wielder places his right-hand on his back, wincing his eyes as he hisses from the lingering pain a bit. He soon turns and looks back over his left-shoulder at Harry.
"Yeah." Devon says
"Who was that?" Harry asks
"I don't know. Whoever he was, he was really strong and skilled with his Keyblade. But that doesn't matter now." Devon says
Devon turns and faces Harry and Ginny while Fawkes flies up and perches himself on the Keyblade Wielder's right-arm.
"Come on. Let's get out of here." Devon says
Devon, Harry, and Ginny reunite with Ron and Lockhart, and hanging onto Fawkes they all fly out of the Chamber of Secrets through the underground tunnels. Fawkes held onto Lockhart with his talons while Devon, Harry, Ron, and Ginny held onto him in turn, forming a human chain as they fly upwards.
"Amazing! This is just like magic!" Lockhart says
Soon, they soar out of the tunnels from the side of a cliff and up into the night sky as they all headed back to the castle in successful triumph. The monster was dead and the magic school of Hogwarts had been saved, living to see another day.
Author's Note: Happy 4th of July, people! And here it is! The epic confrontation deep within the Chamber of Secrets! Devon, Harry, and Ron travel down to the chamber, dragging Lockhart with them after he's exposed for the fraud he is. The Keyblade Wielder and boy wizard continue on without Ron, thanks to Lockhart's treachery, and find Ginny Weasley near-death, and they encounter Tom Riddle's soul preserved through his diary, who reveals himself as the dark wizard: Lord Voldemort. The two heroes face off against the basilisk and slay the monster, then they destroy Tom Riddle's soul and his diary. Young Xehanort appears shortly afterwards and challenges Devon and his Keyblade in a 1v1 battle. And since there's no name for Young Xehanort's Keyblade, I've decided to give him one: Time Watcher. You know? Because he can control time? And anonymous (guest), I will admit I am familiar with King Ghidorah from Godzilla and his abilities, and he would seem to make a nice addition to the Dark Order and Teridax' army. Maybe I might make him appear later in my saga as a villain for Devon and his friends to fight. Maybe... Anyways, only one more chapter left and Devon's second adventure with the Wizarding Trio will be finished. Let me know what you guys think. No flames please. Hope you guys like and don't forget to review!