Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter or any of its characters. All rights go to J.K. Rowling. (Please note there is a direct quote from the Chamber of Secrets within this chapter. There will be quotes from the movie as well. I DO NOT OWN THESE QUOTES, J.K. ROWLING AND WARNER BRO. PICTURES HAVE ALL RIGHTS TO THE HARRY POTTER SERIES AND WORLD)

A/N: Well, I guess I owe a bit of an explanation, don't I? So, life has been crazy and ever changing for me. With the pandemic swirling throughout my country (the U.S.), and working in healthcare, I have been drained and my mental health has been taking a toll. However, I am getting my very own place soon, I just started graduate school, and I'm starting my life with my boyfriend. Life doesn't stop for anyone, and I'm trying my hardest to embrace the change. I appreciate all of you sticking around and continuing to read about Sienna Snape. Enjoy the chapter. I'm going to make it a long one!

Chapter 14: The Chamber of Secrets

It was all a blur within the span of five minutes. Sienna felt numb - her best friend was taken by the one thing that has been torturing the students and teachers of Hogwarts. She felt like she was going to throw up and pass out at the same time. With all this information, she became very overwhelmed. The school was closing for Merlin knew how long, according to Professor McGonagall.

Sienna somehow ended up at her father's classroom, as he was pacing back and forth in front of his study. He heard her footsteps and stopped in his tracks, looking at her with concern. Sienna stared at him, tears threatening to spill from her eyes. Snape looked at his daughter and sighed. With a swift motion, Sienna ran to him and wrapped her arms around him, crying into his chest. Snape wrapped his arms around the girl and began to soothe her the best he knew.

"Dear, it's alright."

"Dad, Ginny is down there. She could be hurt, or even w-worse…" she trailed off, suddenly realizing her best friend could be dead. Snape shushed her and grasped her shoulders, bending down to her height and looking her straight in the eyes.

"You must pack your things now, Sienna."

"But-" Sienna started.

Snape raised his hand to silence her. "You need to pack your things and go to your mother's. This school is not safe, I do not want anything hurting you."

"Dad, I can't leave knowing Ginny is in danger!"

"You mustn't worry about that. I am concerned for your safety. Please, Sienna, for once just listen to me."

Sienna ripped herself away from her father, anger now resonating in her eyes. "No! I'm going to find her!" She turned her heel and ran out the classroom.

Snape ran towards her in an attempt to stop her, "Sienna!", but she was well down the corridor. He sighed and ran back to his classroom. He quickly got out parchment paper and his quill, and began to write to the only person who would agree with him on this matter.

Alesia.

Sienna ran to the Hospital Wing, hoping she would find Harry and Ron. When she burst through the door, it turned out neither of them were there and it was just Hermione laying in her cot, still petrified. Sienna sighed in defeat, and walked towards the girl. She sat down in the chair next to her, trying to think of what she can do to help her friend. She was worried sick about Ginny and wanted to help her more than anything. She looked at Hermione, hoping the girl would give her some sort of answer. She stood up and gazed at her, smiling slightly. "Please help us, Hermione. We need you now more than ever." Sienna whispered.

Sienna glanced at her friend's hand that was frozen above her head and grabbed it, hoping Hermione would wake up from the sudden touch. She felt something poke at her palm. Sienna raised an eyebrow and removed her hand, peering closer to Hermione's catatonic hand. She saw something yellow in it, and it looked like a piece of parchment. She carefully wiggled her fingers between Hermione's, and slowly pulled the parchment from her palm. It was crumpled into a ball, so slowly Sienna started to open it up.

On the parchment laid a picture of a large snake in the middle of a paragraph, with the word basilisks on the top of it. Sienna cocked an eyebrow. She read it slowly, making sure she was understanding the words properly.

"Of the many fearsome beasts and monsters that roam our land, there is none more curious or more deadly than the Basilisk, known also as the King of Serpents. This snake, which may reach gigantic size, and live many hundreds of years, is born from a chicken's egg, hatched beneath a toad. Its methods of killing are most wondrous, for aside from its deadly and venomous fangs, the Basilisk has a murderous stare, and all who are fixed with the beam of its eye shall suffer instant death. Spiders flee before the Basilisk, for it is their mortal enemy, and the Basilisk flees only from the crowing of the rooster, which is fatal to it."

Now Sienna was confused. Why was Hermione reading about basilisks during this trying time for the school? Unless….

Sienna suddenly came to the realization that Hermione was trying to discover. This is it, this is the monster that has petrified the muggle-borns in the castle. This is what has Ginny! Sienna looked back at Hermione, smiling sadly at her. "Thank you." She whispered, and then glanced at the mirror on the nightstand. She then realized Hermione saw the basilisk through the mirror and became petrified. She sighed at her friend and patted her hand. With one last look, she ran out of the Hospital Wing and to the second floor lavatory to find Harry and Ron.

Sienna rounded the corner towards the staircase and ran into none other than the boy who makes her heart stop. "Draco."

He looked at her surprised. "Snape, where are you going? We need to go to the common room."

She shook her head, knowing well enough what she needed to do. "I'm going to find Ginny."

"What? She's probably in her comm-"

"No! She's in the Chamber of Secrets."

"Weasley? That's strange. From what I understand, the basilisk only preys on muggleborns." He said, perplexed.

Sienna looked at him determined, yet scared. "I'm going to get her." She attempted to walk past the boy, but was stopped by him grabbing her arm. He looked at her sternly. "Sienna, that's too dangerous. You'll get yourself killed!"

"I can't just leave her, Draco!"

"Yes you can!"

"No!" She roared at him, pulling her arm out of his grasp and panting. Draco looked at her bewildered. She continued, "she's my best friend! I'm going to find her!" She started to slowly back away. Draco's heart started to speed up, scared of what could happen to her.

"Sea, please, think about this. I can't-", he stopped, catching himself from what he was about to admit. Sienna kept her eyes on him, her gaze never wavering from his grey eyes. Draco gulped down his former words, and straightened himself up. "You have too many people who care about you. Please, just come back to the common room with me."

There was a pause. Sienna thought for a moment about the words that almost came out of Draco's mouth. What was he about to say? However, that did not alter her mindset.

"I'm sorry, Draco."

She turned on her heel and continued up to the staircase to Harry and Ron, leaving the Slytherin boy by himself to his own thoughts.

Sienna quickly ran to the lavatory to find Harry and Ron with Professor Lockhart, standing in front of the sink. They all turned their heads, hearing her footsteps approaching. Ron was the first to speak. "Sienna! Blimey, I'm so glad you're here!"

Sienna cocked an eye at Lockhart. "Uh, good evening, Professor?"

Lockhart did his infamous smile, "Evening, Miss Snape. Lovely night isn't it? Ya know, I should be going outside to enjoy-"

"Not. So. Fast." Harry said threateningly. "You're going with us, since you know exactly how to save her." Lockhart's face dropped. Harry turned his attention to the sinks again. "There's got to be a way into the Chamber." Ron said, clueless yet nervous they were running out of time. Sienna moved towards the sink and looked at them along with Harry.

Frustrated, Harry continued to miss the clue that gave it away. Sienna looked at another sink and it finally dawned on her. "This is it!" She shouted. She reached her hang out to the faucet and noticed the snake with piercing green eyes on it. "This is the entryway!" Suddenly, she spoke to it.

"Open."

Suddenly, the entire sink area began to break away piece by piece, which revealed a deep, dark hole in the middle of the bathroom, far beyond the dungeons in the castle. When she turned to face her friends, they looked at her with wide eyes. Ron's mouth was slightly open as he pointed at her.

"Harry! S-She can…" he trailed off.

Harry nodded his head. "You said 'open'." Sienna returned the nod. Harry smiled with appreciation. "Right then, let's get down there."

"But how?!" Ron exclaimed.

Sienna looked down again. It was a pretty far drop, but...

"Jump!" She stated, and leapt into the hole, screaming.

Harry and Ron ran to the edge of the hole and looked down. "Sienna!" they screamed at her. They turned back towards the professor, with an idea. Lockhart shook his head quickly. "Oh no, nope. Not gonna happen." But then realized he had two wands pointed at his face. Though Ron's was being held together with some muggle tape, his stare was murderous and threatening. "Go." Ron's voice did not shake. Harry narrowed his eyes at the man. Lockhart turned back around and looked dreadfully at the hole in front of him. "How far do you thi-", then a grunt came out of his mouth as he was pushed forward. He screamed bloody murder.

Harry and Ron grinned at each other, then jumped together into the hole.

Sienna found out that the hole was attached to some pipes, and she slid down the rest of the way. After about three minutes, she came to an abrupt stop and rolled into a pile of rocks...or what she thought was rocks. She looked closer and saw skeletons of what she was hoping were creatures and not humans. Groaning, she stood up and dusted off her robes, wand in hand. The eerie feeling of death and unknown radiated throughout her body. The hairs on the back of her neck stood as she walked slowly around the stone covered tunnel. Behind her she heard the boys falling onto the bones with a loud 'thud'. They groaned and dusted themselves off, trying to comprehend where exactly they were. Ron was the first to say anything.

"Blimey, that was unpleasant."

Sienna snickered at the comment. "Now, where do you think we should go?"

Harry started to walk towards what looked like some light poking through a pipe. Sienna, Ron, and Professor Lockhart walked cautiously behind him, their wands ready. Harry abruptly ran towards something in the distance, that was large and very long from what Sienna could see. Harry knelt down next to it, his hands moving to feel the substance on the ground.

Ron gasped, "What's this?"

Professor Lockhart, still in awe by the situation unfolding, spoke for the first time. "Looks like a...a snake."

Harry piped up, "it's snake skin."

Sienna noticed Ron's eye grow to the size of plates. "Bloody hell! This must be sixty feet long!" All of a sudden, they heard a body drop to the ground. Sienna turned and saw Professor Lockhart passed out on the ground. She rolled her eyes, "Hard to rely on this one." The moment she turned her attention away, she heard rustling and saw Lockhart had woken up and taken Ron's wand. He stood up, pointing the broken wand at the lot. Harry and Sienna were quick on their feet, also pointing their wands at the professor.

Lockhart had a bewildered look on his face. "The adventure ends here, children. 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 site of her mangled body. So, you first, Mr. Potter. Say goodbye to your memories!" Harry's eyes widened at the threat. With a wave of the wand, Lockhart shouted his charm.

"OBLIVIATE!"

However, something Sienna has never seen before happened. The charm lit up a brilliant color and ricocheted off the wand, blasting Lockhart back into the wall behind him. Harry, Ron, and herself untouched. The walls started to shake and suddenly rocks were falling onto the ground from above. Harry instinctively grabbed Sienna by the waist and pulled her into him, making sure she wasn't hit by the rocks and buried underneath. Shaken, Sienna took a breath and stood up straight again. Harry cleared his throat and moved his hands off her waist. She smiled at him briefly, "Thanks."

He nodded at her. "Don't mention it."

"Harry!" Ron exclaimed from what sounded like a distance. "Harry!"

Harry ran up onto the top of the rock pile, trying to see his friend. "Ron! Ron are you okay?"

"I'm fine." Ron stated, his voice shaking with each word. Sienna heard some muffled voices, but could not make out the words. Finally, she heard Ron yell again. "Lockhart's memory charm backfired! He doesn't have a clue who he is!"

Sienna's eyes widen, trying to stifle back a laugh from her throat. Harry then made a face as they heard another thud. Ron sighed, making Sienna believe Lockhart was knocked out again. Ron yelled again to the pair, "What do I do now?!"

Harry spoke first, "you wait here and try to shift some of these rocks so we can get back through! We'll go in and find Ginny!" He climbed down from the rocks, making his way back to Sienna. "Let's go." Sienna nodded, and off they went.

After walking for what felt like twenty minutes, Sienna and Harry finally came to a door that had an abundance of snakes on it, symboling they found the Chamber. Sienna and Harry both looked at the door, wondering how to open it. "Do you think we need to-"

Harry cut her off. "Yes. I'll do it this time." He took a deep breath and said, "open."

Suddenly, the snakes on the door began to shift and the door popped open with a long creaking noise. Sienna smiled at the boy, "Nice job." He nodded at her again, stepping into the chamber first. Sienna closely behind him, they walked another few steps and found an incredible site.

The Chamber of Secrets was made up of black marbled floors, beautiful and shining from the water on the floors. A long path led down into an area, straight ahead was the sculptured, stone face of who Sienna believed to be Salazaar Slytherin. Along the path, statues of snakes stood at the path, leading them to the open area at the end of the chamber. Sienna's breath hitched, amazed by the site. As they continued to walk, Sienna spoke up. "Why does this place exist?"

Harry's face, still focused on what was ahead, suddenly became dark. "Professor McGonagall was saying in class one day that Slytherin himself made this chamber to 'purify' the students of Hogwarts, meaning he used the chamber to kill anyone that did not have pure blood."

Sienna gasped, her hand covering her mouth. How was she sorted in a house that was based off of such hatred. "Merlin, that is vile." She spoke. Harry just nodded, and suddenly saw a figure come into sight. Sienna saw it too. It was someone laying on the ground…

"GINNY!" Sienna yelled, and began to run to her best friend. Harry hot on her tail, they reached her, noticing she was not moving and deathly pale. Sienna fell next to her friend, automatically feeling for a pulse. A shaky breath escaped her lips,"there's barely a pulse, Harry." Harry ran a hand through his hair, thinking. "We've got to get her out of here." He said. Sienna nodded, agreeing with the boy. She touched Ginny's cheek, tapping it slightly in hopes to wake her up. "C'mon, Gin, open your eyes for me!" She was desperate, tears on the brim of her bright blue eyes.

"She won't wake."

Sienna and Harry turned their heads to find a teenage boy, very handsome, walking towards the three of them. He was dressed in school robes, however Sienna had never seen him before walking around school. Harry, however, knew who this was.

"Tom? Tom Riddle? What do you mean she won't wake?" Harry was perplexed. Sienna's eyes grew to the size of plates herself, realizing the man she feared most was standing right infront of her.

"She's still alive, but only just."

Harry seemed confused. "Are you a ghost?"

"A memory, preserved in a diary for fifty years." Sienna's breath hitched again. Tom looked at her, smirking. "Ah, Sienna. So good to finally meet you." She froze next to Harry, terrified of what he will do next.

Tom turned his attention back to Harry, who was now panicking with Ginny. He shook her lifeless looking arm. "Ginny, please don't be dead! Wake up!" Sienna's eyes rested on her friend, tears starting to fall down her face. Harry looked back up at Tom. "Tom, you've got to help us. This basilisk-"

Tom cut him off. "Won't come until its called."

Sienna looked at Tom, perplexed by his demeanor, then she realized. "Harry, he has your wand." She shook Harry's arm, making his look at Tom as well. Harry's face looked quite confused, although Sienna knew his intentions. Harry stood up, glaring at Tom. "Give me my wand, Tom."

Tom snickered. "You won't be needing it."

Harry, still confused, tried to reason with Tom. "C'mon, we've got to go, we've got to save her!"

"I'm afraid I can't do that, Harry. You see, as poor Ginny grows weaker, I grow stronger." Harry looked up at the statue of Salazaar. Sienna sat by Ginny's side, slowly reaching for her wand so Tom wouldn't notice. "Yes, Harry, it was Ginny who opened the Chamber of Secrets!"

Harry, still in denial, shook his head. "No, she couldn't. She wouldn't!"

Tom spoke again, "It was Ginny who set the basilisk on the mudbloods and Mr. Filch's cat. Ginny who wrote the messages on the school walls."

"But why?" Harry wondered.

"Because he told her to." Sienna piped up. They both looked at the girl, Tom smirking and nodding. "You're so smart, Sienna dear." Sienna's entire body was chilled to the core at the sound of his voice. "You find I can be very persuasive. Not that the girl knew what she was doing. She was sort of in a kind of trance, still the power of the diary began to scare her. She tried to dispose of it in the girls bathroom. And who found it?"

Sienna gulped. Me.

"Exactly, Sienna!" His head snapped in her direction, slowly pacing towards her. "You found the diary I reside in, and you led me to believe you were the one I needed. We became fast friends, didn't we, Sienna Snape?"

Sienna gulped, her hands shaking nervously. "We're not friends, Tom."

He smirked maliciously at her. "Soon, you'll see Sienna. Although our time together was fun, you led me to the one person I've been anxiously waiting to meet his whole time." His head then turned to Harry, his eyes looking more manic as the seconds ticked by.

Harry's eyes did not falter at Tom's gaze. Harry even took a step towards the boy. "And why did you want to meet me?"

Tom spoke again, "I knew I had to speak with you, meet you if I could. So I decided to show you my capture of that brainless oaf, Hargid, to gain your trust."

"Hagrid is my friend!" Harry began to yell, taking another step towards him. "And you framed him, didn't you?" He whispered dangerously at Tom.

"It was my word against Hagrid's. Only Dumbledore seemed to think he was innocent." He spat.

Harry smirked at this opportunity, putting Sienna on edge. "I bet Dumbledore saw right through you." He almost laughed. Sienna slowly started to stand up, waiting to jump to Harry's aid if needed.

Tom then began to grow angry. "He certainly began to keep an annoyingly close watch on me after that. I knew that 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 sixteen year-old self in the pages so that one day, so I would be able to lead another to finish Salazaar Slytherin's noble work." He smirked at Harry, Sienna's eyes starting to wet at the brim, imaging all the students killed and ambushed because of this sick act.

Harry kept pressing on. "But you haven't finished it this time. In a few hours, the Mandrake draught will be ready, and everyone who was petrified will be alright again." His voice did not waiver, nor did it fault. Sienna was proud of Harry, but scared of what was to come.

Tom sneered at Harry, "Haven't I told you? Killing mudbloods doesn't matter to me anymore. For many months now, my new target has been you."

Harry was taken aback by the comment. Sienna stood next to him, gripping her wand tightly in her right hand. "Harry, let's get Ginny and go. Please." She begged him, but Harry paid no mind. Tom continued. "How is it that a baby, with no extraordinary talent, was able to defeat the greatest wizard of all time? How did you escape with nothing but a scar while Lord Voldemort's powers were destroyed?" Tom was fuming at this time. Sienna started to raise her hand.

Harry kept going. "Why do you care how I escaped? Voldemort was after your time."

Tom smirked at the two, "Voldemort is my past, present, and future." Sienna's eyes widened. No...I can't be.

Tom turned around and began swiping his wand in the air vigorously, almost like he was writing on a muggle chalkboard. After about ten seconds, letters flaming at the sight spelled out his name.

Tom Marvolo Riddle

Tom then chanted a phrase and swiped his arms across the letters, which began to assemble themselves into another phrase. Sienna's mouth became agape at the message, backing up in fear and her breathing starting to quicken its pace.

I AM LORD VOLDEMORT

Tom turned back to the two with a sick, twisted smile on his face. Harry's face showed a blatant surprise look, now understanding why Tom wanted to speak with him. "You. You're the heir of Slytherin!" He gathered his words. "You're Voldemort."

Tom's smile disappeared. "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 was once going to be everywhere and everyone was going to speak whenIi became the greatest sorcerer in the world!"

Sienna finally had had enough. "Albus Dumbledore is the greatest sorcerer in the world!" She yelled. Tom snapped his eyes to her. "Dumbledore has been driven out of this castle by the mere memory of me."

She did not back down. "He will never be gone. Not as long as those who remain loyal to him!" She screamed at him. She was furious at the thought of Voldemort thinking he would be more powerful than Dumbledore. Suddenly, a cry of a bird filled the ears of the three in the Chamber. They all turned their heads to the sound, to find a beautiful red phoenix flying towards them. It had something wrapped in its talons, soaring through the sky.

Harry's eyebrows quirked up. "Faux?"

Suddenly, Faux dropped the item, a raggedy old piece of cloth that carried a large item and made a clashing noise. Harry picked it up as Faux soared past them and out of the chamber. Sienna looked down at the item in Harry's hands. "What is that?" she asked. Harry quickly unraveled the cloth, to find it was the sorting hat in his hands. Now she was really confused.

Tom snickered, "so this is what Dumbledore sends his great defender? A songbird, and an old hat." He walked away from the pair and towards the sculpture of Salazaar. Harry was distracted by the hat, while Sienna's eyes stayed on Tom, not trusting what he was about to do next. She moved her head towards Harry's, whispering to him, "Harry, let's go. Now."

Then, Sienna's fear had come to life.

Tom raised his hand, speaking parseltongue to the sculpture. "Speak to me, Slytherin, greatest of the Hogwarts four!"

The hairs on Sienna's body stood up straight and her heart stopped beating. The mouth of Salazaar began to open slowly, Tom turning around to face them again. "Let's match the power of Lord Voldemort, heir of Salazaar Slytherin, against the famous Harry Potter."

Sienna and Harry heard hissing coming from the mouth, and a pair of red eyes emerged. Then, right before their eyes, a giant serpent slithered out of the mouth, and towards them, raising itself high in the sky. Harry and Sienna both began to back away, Sienna's wand still tight in her hand. Harry grabbed Sienna's arm and they both ran back towards the chamber door, water splashing all around them. Tom spoke more words in parseltongue and then yelled to the pair, "Parseltongue won't save the lot of you now! It only obeys me!"

They heard the basilisk began to slither towards them at an alarming rate, closer and closer. Suddenly, Sienna tripped and her wand went flying forward, meters away from the two of them. Harry ran to help her up, but the basilisk was hovering above them, ready to strike. Sienna tried to crawl backwards away from it, when all of a sudden they heard another streak from a bird. Both the pair and the basilisk's head whipped to the sound. Faux came flying in, talons at the ready, landing right onto the basilisk's eyes, and scratching them with all its might. Sienna and Harry took this opportunity to continue to run, however Tom was not phased. "No! Your bird may have blinded the basilisk, but it can still hear you!" He roared. Sienna and Harry stopped in their tracks, noticing the sound of the water splashing was indicating where their footsteps led. Slowly they backed away from the serpent, when Harry stepped into a large puddle and made a loud noise. The basilisk's head snapped right at them, and suddenly Sienna didn't care about being quiet.

"RUN!" she screamed, pulling Harry with her down the path to her right. The basilisk struck, missing them by a foot. They continued to sprint to the nearest tunnel, trying to confuse the monster behind them. However, when they turned a corner, they realized it was blocked off by a set of bars. Sienna began to panic, Harry shaking the bars to see if it would break. They heard the basilisk slither closer and closer, its teeth baring at them, listening for their breathing. Their backs against the bars, nowhere to go, Sienna saw Harry bend down and reach for something. She noticed it being a rock, and smiled. Harry tossed the rock down the opposite direction, and the basilisk suddenly backed away from them, slithering towards the noise. Waiting a few moments, Sienna and Harry found the closest opening, and ran out of the tunnel. It led right to Ginny and Tom again, Sienna throwing herself down once more to help her best friend.

"Ginny, please wake up." She croaked, upset she still hasn't woken up. She began to slightly shake her, tears escaping her eyes, sobs wracking her body.

Tom stifled a laugh, "Yes, Snape, the process is nearly complete. In a few minutes, Ginny Weasley will be dead, and I will cease to be a memory." Sienna continued to sob over her friend, Harry's hand reaching down to touch Ginny's cold one. Tom continued on, "Lord Voldemort will return, very much alive!"

Sienna and Harry looked back up at Tom. Suddenly a crash was heard behind them. They whipped their heads back around to find the basilisk had found them again, emerging from the water. Sienna shrieked, jumping backwards onto her bottom. Harry noticed the Sorting Hat twinkling next to him, and suddenly a sword appeared. He grabbed it, and stood up, pointing it at the serpent. Sienna mustered up as much courage as possible, standing next to Harry with her wand in her hand. She stood strong, her tears drying up on her cheeks. Her long black braid was messy and sticking to her face with the rest of the dirt and grime, but her eyes were intimidating as ever.

Harry ran to the right and started to climb the sculpture, Sienna standing where she was and casting as many spells as she knew. Tom stood there, smirking at what he was hoping was going to unfold. The basilisk struck next to Harry's figure, Harry moving out of the way just in time. He swung the sword back and forth, and continued to climb up. Finally, he stood on the head of Salazaar, sword before him up and strong. The basilisk listened to find him, Harry swinging the sword more at him. Suddenly, the basilisk waved his head right at him, and Harry fell backwards towards the wall. Sienna gasped, frozen in her spot. "No!" she yelled. She heard the sword sliding down the head. She ran as quick as she could to start to climb up to Harry. The basilisk's head moved to strike once more, this time head on right to Harry. Sienna closed her eyes and turned away, not wanting to see her friend's ultimate death. However, it was her ears that were met with a high pitched shriek from the basilisk. She turned towards the noise to see the sword plunged through the head of the basilisk, blood seeping everywhere onto the sculpture and Harry's arm. Harry pulled out the sword, the basilisk swaying back and forth in agony, before finally falling to its death and still as a statue. The basilisk was dead.

Sienna let out a breath she didn't know she was holding. She smiled at Harry, who started to climb down towards her. She helped him down, noticing his arm bleeding and swollen. A purple tint surrounded a very ugly wound. In his hand he held a basilisk fang. She realized what had happened. He shook off his pain and ran to Ginny, Sienna hot on his tail. They both collapsed next to the girl.

Tom was shaking with anger, his lips pursued in a small thin line. "Remarkable, isn't it, how quickly the basilisk's venom penetrates the body. I would guess that you have a little more than a minute to live." Fear struck Sienna's eyes, desperately trying to think of a way to save Harry and Ginny. Tom continued. "You'll be with your dear mudblood mother soon, Harry."

Harry gripped Ginny's head, saddened by the chain of events. Tom's voice continued to speak, "Funny, the damage that a silly little book can do, especially in the hands of two silly, little girls."

Sienna, infuriated by his words, looked around to find a solution. Suddenly, she saw the diary laying on Ginny's chest, and quickly had an idea. She took the fang out of Harry's possession and grabbed the diary. She placed it in front of her and held the fang up high. Tom was perplexed. "What are you doing, girl?"

Sienna stared at Tom in the face, and plunged the fang into the diary. Suddenly, a high pitch hissing noise escaped from the diary as it began to seep black ink. She looked up and saw that Tom had begun to fade in a part of his torso. Sienna smirked, her plan was working. She raised the fang up again, striking another part of the diary, more black ink seeping out of it. Tom tried to reach for her to make her stop. A part of Tom's face began to fade, his voice penetrating their ears with agony and distress. Finally, Sienna closed the diary and with all her might, plunged the fang as hard as she could into the heart of the little black book. Finally, the rest of Tom's body faded to nothing, and with an awful roar, he was gone.

Sienna looked over at Harry, whose face was smiling, but eyes were slowly shutting. Her smile faded, crawling over to him. "Harry! No! Please, stay awake!" She felt something next to her begin to move, and noticed that Ginny had started breathing again. With a gasp of air, Ginny sat up, her eyes lost and not knowing where she was. Sienna leaned forward and hugged her with all her might. "Ginny! You're okay!" Ginny hugged her back and they both moved to look at Harry. Ginny began rambling.

"Harry, Sea, it was me, but I swear I didn't mean to! Riddle made me and-" Ginny's eyes laid on his arm. "Oh no, Harry! You're hurt!"

Sienna nodded, "C'mon, Gin, help me pick him up." Ginny nodded and began to stand, finding her energy back. Harry shook his head. "Don't worry. Guys, you need to get yourselves out. Follow the chamber, and you'll find Ron. Sienna, you know how to get back." Sienna shook her head, tears falling again. "I'm not leaving you!" she yelled, sobs escaping her again.

Then, another bird shriek was heard in the distance. Faux was flying right towards them! They watched as the bird soared right next to Harry and stood there, staring at him. Harry looked at the bird, "You were brilliant, Faux. I just wasn't quick enough." Sienna covered her mouth with her hand, more tears spilling as Ginny hugged her. Faux leaned forward a bit, hovering over Harry's arm. It also began to cry, right onto the wound that he had. Sienna and Ginny watched with awe as Harry's wound suddenly began to heal at a miraculous rate, and then in the blink of an eye it disappeared. Sienna gasped, laughing and smiling with joy.

Harry smiled, "of course! Phoenix tears have healing powers!" He looked at Faux, "Thanks!" Sienna swore she saw him nod back. He looked up at the two girls. "It's alright, guys. It's over. It's just a memory." Sienna smiled at him, nodding her head. The girls helped him up carefully and they all began to walk out together. Faux soared above them again, and offered his tail to the group. They all hung on and flew out of the Chamber, back to Ron and Professor Lockhart.