Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter in anyway shape or form; I just own the computer I type with and my own little ideas for twisting everything around.

A/N: Another chapter ready and once again thanks you Martin for betaing. Now then I would like to point out something that someone asked about is that no I don't have any images of Tonks in her Christmas outfit as I only thought of it while watching an episode of Ah! My Goddess on DVD at the time I was writing the chapter and saw Urd's outfit in the episode. His a little challenge to anyone who is interested to do some fan art of Tonks in that outfit or any others you would like to see her in and send a link to me or something when it's done.

Another thing I have be asked is how much I'm going to age Harry when he comes back the answer is one and a half years for ever two year he has been stuck, so that works out at four years meaning he'll be eighteen when he returns to human form but as I said that is going to happen in what should be his fourth year. Anyway enjoy another chapter of Wolf and also don't forget to review.

Chapter 6: Shadow Fang vs. Basilisk part two.

An hour later Tonks looked up at the sound of raised voices coming from down the hallway. She saw Madam Bone's approaching with Kingsley and most of the first and second class Auror's right behind her. One of the raised voices she knew belonged to a known first class Auror who didn't like the idea of women being in the service and especially with Amelia in control.

"Why on earth are we going after this thing when its sealed itself down in that chamber, I say we close off this end and leave it down there to die." The man said sharply coming to a stop in front of Amelia who was staring at the bathroom door with a thoughtful look.

After a few moments of thought, Amelia turned to face the older man looking him dead in the eyes challenging him to question her decision of going down into the chamber. "Because your idea is stupid and holds no merit, there is an innocent little girl down there with it and she is also being controlled by something that can also control the snake. We need to take care of both before something happens to the students in the school, beyond what has already happened."

The man withered under Amelia's angry glare. Amelia then looked down at SF who had walked up to her side, with Tonks only a few feet behind him, who gave Kingsley a nod in greeting, the large man returned it just as calmly. The solidly built Auror had been her favourite instructor during her Academy days.

"Shadow Fang, you will be our point man. The chances are you won't die if that thing looks at you, especially as I want you to shadow walk and travel for point. Trainee Tonks will be by my side the whole time and all second class Auror's are to remain here to make sure that the Basilisk doesn't try to escape through or around us. First class Auror's and the Beast Tamers will be going down into the chamber with me."

There was a lot of nodding at this, most of the Auror's had a lot of respect for Amelia and trusted her judgement. She had gotten her post by the sheer fact that she had out duelled all of the first class Auror's in the department, the old head when he had retired had decided on a duelling challenge between all the first class Auror's to decide who took his place.

"Shadow Fang, point out the entrance and then use your powers to get the other side and start scouting, while we work on getting it open. Also, all of you be warned that Arthur's little girl Ginny is being controlled by whatever is controlling the Basilisk and she may try and get away while we deal with the monster, stun her and tie her up the moment you see her. We'll worry about freeing her from possession after we have that monster under control."

SF gave a nod and headed for the bathroom door, the twenty odd people that would head down the tunnel with him following along with Tonks only a step behind him, with Amelia bringing up the rear. The bathroom was pretty crowded with everyone in there, but SF was able to point to the sink they wanted to get by, with his nose. He gave a final nod to them all and Tonks gave him a quick hug and wish good luck, before he melted into her shadow and disappeared from sight.

"I want that passage open in ten minutes or less people, blast it if you have to but get it open." Amelia ordered sharply after watching SF vanish from sight.

On the other side of the sink SF reappeared out of the shadow of a rock, in the main tunnel, at the bottom of a slide. Looking around for a moment he sniffed the air but quickly lowered his nose, the scent of the Basilisk was everywhere and as such he wasn't going to be tracking it by that method.

Giving a slight huff SF melted back into the shadows and started down the tunnel, avoiding rocks and animal bones as best he could. The sight of the odd dog skull not helping his nerves too much however, after a few moments the view of a large sealed door with snakes all over, it greeted him. Staring at the snake encrusted door, the sound of something exploding behind him and dust falling all around; signalled that the Auror team had gotten tired of trying to silently open the entrance and had instead blasted their way through.

Giving another huff, he knew now that whatever was controlling Ginny, would know that they were coming for it. SF used his abilities to get through the door coming, out in a large room that had to be the Chamber of Secrets that he had only read about; the large statue of Salazar Slytherin taking up the back wall, with rows of snake statues leading up to it.

However the big surprise came in the form of the Basilisk that was waiting in front of the door, far enough back that it wouldn't be hit if the door was blown off its hinges but close enough that anyone that tried to get in the first thing they would see would be its golden eyes. The sight of Ginny sitting on a statue to one side also caught his eye, but at the moment he was more worried about the thing that could kill with a look.

Moving carefully around the large snake, which was over fifty feet long; SF settled down and tried to work out how to deal with those golden eyes of death without steeping out of his own shadows.

Ginny suddenly glanced up from the book she was holding in her hand and looked around wildly, almost as if she or whatever was controlling her could sense him hiding within the rooms many shadows, "So they sent the mutt in first did they," She said in the same doubled layered voice as before. She put what he now saw to be an old dairy down to one side, got to her feet and moved to stand next to the Basilisk; saying something to it in some kind of hissing language that he couldn't seem to quite understand, yet felt like he should for some reason.

Deciding to try something that he hadn't attempted on this level before, SF pushed his magic into the shadows all around him; his eyes remaining locked on the form of the Basilisk, his thoughts on willing the shadows to become his weapons.

Tom was looking through his knowledge within Ginny's head trying to remember what she had read about Shadow Wolves, but for some reason the knowledge wasn't there; almost like something or someone was blocking it from within. Ginny's eyes opened wide, when suddenly a shadow to one side seemed to change and reshape itself into that of a lance of purer darkness.

A few seconds after the lance had fully formed, it lashed out, shooting straight and true. The Basilisk gave a scream of pain moments later, as the spear like shadow drove home right through its left eye. Ginny's eyes opening wider as she saw another lance starting to form on the other side, aimed at the thrashing Basilisk's head.

"Get down you stupid beast before you lose your other eye." Tom screamed out in rage, he couldn't afford to lose the Basilisk, his most powerful weapon, to this single enemy not; when an unknown number of Auror's could be through that door any minute now.

The Basilisk did as it was told just in time. Its remaining eye watched as the lance of shadows flashed past its head, missing by just a few meters, but given its size it might has well have been inches giving its point of view. Forcing itself to its full height the Basilisk gave a hiss of in challenge, looking around for SF who was already shifting from shadow to shadow to begin his next attack.

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On the other side of the door, Tonks paused when she heard the scream of rage. She cursed the Basilisk for ducking to save its other eye, her own eyes widening in realisation that SF was fighting that over grown snake by himself. She moved to the door and started firing spells at it as fast as she could; not wanting to leave her partner to face that thing alone.

Amelia however grabbed her around the middle and pulled her back sharply, "I want that door down now Kingsley. Everyone put your eye protection on, the chances are that it is laying in ambush for us; they might only stop you from dying when you look it in the eyes, but its better then death itself." She ordered sharply, before whispering into Tonks' ear and reassuring her that SF would be fine and that she needed to calm down if she was to be a help to her partner when they finally got in.

Tonks nodded and tried her best to calm down, but the odd sound of crashing and spells being shouted out could be heard by all. A loud explosion and scream of pain signalling that SF had done something to the Basilisk, as whatever was controlling Ginny cursed loudly again.

Amelia was about to ask how close they were to getting through the inner door down, when suddenly there was a sudden yelp of pain that could have only been made by SF. An evil laugh sounded a moment later, everyone clearly heard the double layered over voice call out, "You may have blinded my pet, but now that I have removed your weapons and hiding places, she can kill you at far easier."

"GET THAT DOOR DOWN NOW!" Amelia yelled at Kingsley, knowing that whatever was controlling Ginny had just lit up the room like a Christmas tree in order to flush SF out and as a result also removed most of his weapons and powers in the same move.

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Back with the fight on the other side of the door SF dived out of the way of the Basilisk's head, only narrowly avoiding being bitten in half by the large snake. His eyes locked on the bloody holes that had been its eyes only a few minutes ago, before his lances of shadows had luckily taken out the other eye only a moment before Ginny had fired a flare spell into every corner of the room and into the roof, thus removing all shadows and weakening SF greatly.

Laughing loudly whilst watching SF jump from side to side to avoid being bitten or even outright swallowed in one bite, the possessed Ginny walked back to where she had left the diary. Sitting down again, Tom felt the girl start to fight back at the image she was seeing before her, but he quickly stomped her back down, wanting to watch as this mutt was killed by his own pet.

Dodging another attack SF tried to work out what to do, the Basilisk was too big for him to take on by himself without his powers. He quickly jumped behind a statue and slid to a stop looking out around the corner as the Basilisk started to pull back for another attack; it was however the sight of something off to one side that got his attraction.

Sitting calmly on the statue was the Ginny but it wasn't the girl that got his attention, it was the small shadow being cast at her feet from the flare just behind her; that she hadn't realised she was standing in front of the flare, casting the only shadow in the brightly lit room was a godsend to SF.

Thinking fast and hoping that he was more agile than the snake, SF broke cover and ran flat out towards Ginny, jumping from side to side to avoid the striking head and lashing tail of the Basilisk, his eyes set on getting to her shadow and the safety of the others who were still trying to break down the inner door.

Ginny looked at the chaos the caused by the two battling creatures; her eyes widened as she realised that SF was not battling the Basilisk, but coming right at her. Swiftly getting to her feet, she realised that SF was not after her, but her shadow being cast across the room now from one of the flares, quickly going for her wand, she had only just pulled it out when SF melted into her shadow and pushed off from her back, making the girl gasp in pain and double over. SF now safe once again in the shadows, quickly moved out of the chamber before Ginny could recover and reappeared a moment later next to Tonks and Amelia, dropping down to the floor in a huff just glad to be alive for the moment.

Tonks quickly broke from Amelia's hold and knelt down next to SF patting his head gently, as he lay there to tire to do anything, but catch his breath. She reached into a pouch on her belt and pulled out a sandwich she had been saving for her lunch whilst on watch duty outside the bathroom and before this whole mess started. She got him to eat it slowly, silently glad that they had been able to work on him, successfully getting him to eat something other than meat.

Amelia let SF finish eating his sandwich before giving him some chalk, everyone had stopped what they had been doing, eager to see his report on his battle with the Basilisk on the far side of the door; on which they had finally broken two of the locks, leaving just three more to go.

Giving another huff and forcing himself to his feet, SF started to write on the floor, Tonks leaned into his side a little so that she could see over his shoulder, she read aloud for all to hear, "The Basilisk is blind, it can only uses it size and poison to kill us, so that is one less weapon. Also, the possessed Ginny has some kind of book on her that reeks of dark magic."

Amelia gave a nod and looked over her shoulder at the door, raising an eyebrow at the fact that the team had stopped trying to get it open; she gave a small cough, which quickly had them back to their jobs. A small smile formed on her face, she knew it didn't take much to keep her boys in order.

Tonks gave a small giggle at how tamed Amelia had her Auror's, before looking down at SF suddenly when said woman looked at her with her eyebrow raised once again. If he could laugh, SF would be now rolling around on the floor, by the look of amusement in his eyes at the antics going on around him.

"You going to be up for another round against that thing or do you want to fall back now SF?"

SF gave her a look before getting to his feet fully and moving towards her shadow melting into it. Tonks shook her head, taking a few moments to make sure he was going to stay there or move on, she turned to Amelia, "I think he wants to settle the score with the Basilisk, so I think you might want only the tamers to go in, after he has finished, we just have to deal with whatever is control Ginny."

"Is he in your shadow at the moment?" Amelia asked. Tonks nodded and pointed to the floor, it was a clear sign that SF was catching his breath in her shadow, getting himself ready to take on the Basilisk again.

"Very well then Shadow Fang you take the Basilisk down and under control; if you can then call in the tamers. I know how much a man's' pride can mean to him, so I'll use the rest of us get Ginny under control and get that book away from her that he told us about."

Everyone nodded in acknowledgement at Amelia's orders. A moment later the door came down, falling inwards with a loud crash. There was only the briefest of moments before the Basilisk came charging forward, the bloody holes, the only remains of its eyes were open wide, but were now no threat to the armed group.

The Auror's were quick to get out of the way of the rampaging snake, SF leapt from a shadow being cast on the roof, landed on the Basilisk's head. He bit down with all of his might at the base of the great snake's neck, sending both Basilisk and Wolf crashing into the wall. SF managed to fade back into the shadows before he made full contact.

"Auror's, get Ginny under control and out of the picture. Shadow Fang keep that Basilisk busy." Amelia called out quickly, before heading through the door with a number of her Auror's in tow, which numbers included Tonks, who pushed to the front a moment later, adding her spells to the barrage being shot at the eleven year old girl who had a shield up and was putting everything she had into it.

SF dodged back and forth to avoid the snapping jaws of the Basilisk. Whenever its attention would start to drift towards helping its Master, he would jump into a shadow and land on its head, biting and clawing at the open sockets were its eyes had once been.

He slid along the floor and even bounced off the wall a little, when the Basilisk managed to throw him off. SF jumped back to his feet, not paying the pain in his side any more, he reached out and took control all of the shadows in the tunnel that he and the Basilisk had slowly been working there way towards. The Basilisk looked towards him with its unseeing eyes, before moving forward sharply wanting to stop him from doing whatever it was he was doing.

The Tamers who had come down with the Auror's, looked on in surprise as the shadows themselves raised up out of the ground slowly being shaped into long length of chain that shot forward wrapping around the Basilisk's long body pulling it sharply to the floor.

A loud crash and boom sound sounded out within the whole chamber. SF's howl of victory sounding a moment later as the Basilisk tried to break free, but couldn't his chains grew stronger and tighter with ever moment until it couldn't move at all.

In the main chamber the possessed Ginny found herself surround by a dozen Auror's, quickly subdued, disarmed and tied up. The diary was being held between two of Amelia's fingers, the woman looked like she wished to stick her hand in something slimy rather than touch the dark object.

"Okay who are you and what is this object and how douse it control the girl?" Amelia demanded, throwing the book to one side, making a small note of where it landed, knowing, that she would have to destroy something of this nature or at least make sure no one else fell under its control.

Tom laughed from within Ginny's head, which carried over to her. He calmed down a little and an evil smile formed on her face. "I'm Tom Riddle or as you cowards in the Ministry call me He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named, the most powerful wizard to ever live and still live."

Amelia narrowed her eyes at this and looked over her shoulder to Tonks who was watching Ginny closely; Ginny was watching her just as closely, as the last time she had seen the pinked haired woman was when he thought his pet had killed her. She snapped of an order at the metamorph, "Trainee Tonks, please go get your partner and tell him I want him to drop something in the Shadow Plain and to see that the creatures that live in that realm, destroys it."

Ginny's eyes widened at this and started to fight the bonds even more now. Tom screamed at them, telling them that they would come to fear him once he came back to power and that they should bow down before him now and as he would be willing to show them mercy.

Amelia gave a nod at the sudden change in the possessed Ginny and gave a small smile when she heard the sounds of nails on stone. SF's laboured shallow breathing sounded in her ear, she quickly turned around to see him coming to a stop just behind her, his tongue hanging out, as a little blood dripped from it as he collapsed to the ground.

"One of the tamers was treating his injures when I gave him your message, I tried to tell him to stay put and let his injures be treated but he wouldn't sit still and just dragged himself to you Madam." Tonks said, falling to her knees and putting SF's head on her lap, gently rubbing his head and back being careful not to touch anything that might cause him more pain.

"You should listen to your partner Shadow Fang, but now that your here, are you fit enough for one more trip into the Shadow Plain to drop something in there to be destroyed? If not then we can wait a little for your injuries to heal." Amelia said softly, kneeling down in front of the pair, placing a hand on SF's shoulder to stop him from getting up again.

SF nodded his head and stared at Amelia with a look that said make it quick so that I can go sleep and heal. Giving a nod at his silent message, Amelia went over to the diary, not paying any mind to the screams of fear and rage coming from Ginny, she picked up the book again and walked back crouching down and holding it out to SF with a grim look.

"This must be destroyed if we are to save her from You-Know-Who's control, would the creatures in the Shadow Plain do that for us?" Amelia asked softly, SF nodded a little before raising his head and opened his mouth. Amelia placed the book in his waiting jaws, he clamped down on it, making a face at the tastes of the vile diary, before he melted down into the shadow being cast by Amelia over him. Tonks who was holding him tight, found her own form starting to melt down and join him on journey into the Shadow Plain.

Tonks looked around the Shadow Plain for the first time ever; the other time she had travelled with SF was through his other shadow power, his Shadow Walk. The sight of endless greys, black and white greeted her; there was an odd creature that looked like it was shaped from the nightmare's themselves and also hidden in the darkness all around the pair. SF pulled himself to his feet making sure to remain in contact with her.

The room they appeared in looked just like the Chamber did back in there realm only this place was much darker and evil feeling, one of the creatures that looked like a little humanoid with wings, came flying out to them.

Tonks regarded the humanoid, that wasn't any bigger then her forearm, the body clearly stating it was female and the wings looking to be made from smoke and the shadows themselves. It had hair that was longer then its body, which flowed out a little while it hovered in front of the pair, the dust gray skin, having made it vanish from sight on its short flight over. Only her eyes which were a deep royal purple colour standing out a little against her exotic features.

It seemed to look at them for a moment before giving a small hiss and diving at the diary that was still in SF's mouth, only to pull up short when SF shock his head. The purple eyes stared at the diary as if it was a new toy that she had to have, hands almost reaching out for the book but quickly pulled back.

"SF, give it the diary and then let's get out of here and get you treated." Tonks said softly. SF nodded and then with a sharp turn of his head threw the diary away from them both; the little humanoid gave a little squeal of delight and gave chase.

Tonks watched in shock and wonder as it tore into the dairy, its pages quickly becoming confetti under the onslaught and the ink seemed to run from it and cover the little creature. Giving off little squeals and cooing sounds she rolled around in the destruction she had quickly wrought to the diary.

The last thing Tonks saw before SF took them back, was the sight of the little creature taking a page out of the diary and then balling it up and throwing it towards another one of the unknown shapes all around them. The thing reached out a long bony hand and took the page, ripping it up slowly, a sadistic smile only just visible to her as they vanished from the darkness of the Shadow Plain.

Amelia looked up from hugging the new free Ginny, the girl was in shock over being tied up and also finally freed from the diary, her mothering instincts had kicked in from years of looking after Susan, when Ginny had started to cry and ask questions of everyone, trying to find out what was going on.

SF was only visible for a few moments before he sank into Tonks' shadow; the young woman rubbed her stomach, "He's nested down in my shadow around my stomach… I wonder if this is what it's like to be pregnant, what with that little extra weight around that area." Tonks said, tapping her chin thoughtfully, before moving to Amelia's side and giving a friendly smile to Ginny.

"I wouldn't know that answer Trainee Tonks, maybe you could talk to your mother about that. Anyway, I want you to escort Miss Weasley to the Hospital Wing and remain with her until I arrive with her parents and Albus. Take Shadow Fang with you and make sure all his wounds are treated." Amelia said, helping Ginny to her feet before turning to look at the Auror's in the room and shouted orders for them to search the whole chamber to find anything and everything of value.

"I don't think I have a choice in taking him with me." Tonks muttered, rubbing her back a little when SF shifted in her a little. She carefully lead Ginny from the room and quickly made her way up the tunnel to a ladder that led up the passage and back to the girls bathroom.

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A few hours later Tonks was sat next to SF's bed in the hospital wing and Ginny was lying down on her bed curled up into a ball trying to forget everything that Tom had put her through. Tonks not knowing what to do just watched the girl, wishing there was something she could do to help her in time of torment.

SF gave a slight sigh as he finally fell asleep. Amelia walked into the room with Molly and Arthur Weasley, with Albus Dumbledore bringing up the rear; a small smile in greeting was all he gave to everyone, before he pulled up a seat and watched as Molly pulled her daughter in to a tight hug.

"Trainee?" Amelia asked, moving to Tonks side taking a seat in the empty chair beside her, whilst looking at young Auror who was patting SF gently, trying to avoid the bandages around his middle and both paws on his left side.

"He broke half dozen ribs and fractured the bones in both his front and rear left legs, when he was slammed into a wall. Also he has some head injuries, but he should be fine in a few days." Tonks said softly, giving a sigh and looking at Amelia, "He gave it his all to fight that monster and this is his reward, really, a few days in a hospital and then being forgotten, as no wizard or witch in the ministry is going to acknowledge that he was the one to bring that thing down."

Amelia nodded at this, according to the Ministry records, as he was stuck in his Animagus form he wasn't even rated as being human any more, the fact that he was able to write like a human and was perfectly normal save the fact that he was stuck, didn't even register with them.

"He'll know we appreciate him for what he did and that someday he can lord it over the Ministry that he isn't a mindless animal, when he changes back and proves who he really is. Until then be strong for him, Trainee." Amelia said, getting to her feet. After a few minutes of looking down at the pair before her, "The next week you both can have off, but I want you both back in the academy at the end of that week."

Albus had been watching the small groups before him and couldn't help but over hear Amelia's comment about SF and who he might really be, putting that to one side for the moment he got to his feet and looked at Tonks and SF, "If you both like you can stay in Hogwarts for the week long vacation you have been given, or I can get a house elf to get your things ready to leave within the hour; whichever is best for you both."

Tonks seemed to think on this for a moment, before looking over at the Weasley still holding their daughter close, seemingly oblivious to the goings on around them, "I think I'll go stay with my mother for a few days and then just relax at home for the rest of the time; but thank you for the offer, before we leave I'll arrange with Minerva a time for her to stop by our flat and cheek and see how SF is doing if that's ok?"

Albus nodded and turned to leave, giving a nod in passing to Arthur and Molly who were to focused on Ginny at the moment to notice his leaving. A quick word with Poppy made sure everything would be ok. He walked out the door trying to work out who SF was under that fur coat and why he had a feeling that he should know him.

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Bonus files

Auror Profile as taken from the files of Madam Amelia Bones; Head of Law Enforcement and Auror Core.

Name: Adam Reilly

Gender: Male

Age: 26

D.O.B: January 1 1967

Eye Colour: Dark Blue

Hair Colour: Black cut short

Height: 6' 2"

Weight: 80kg 190lbs

Physical Fitness: Average 5/10 on entry test to Auror Academy

Spell Knowledge: Above Average 7/10 on entry test to Auror Academy

Spell Power: Average 5/10 on Entry test to Auror Academy

Special Abilities: none

Weakness: short temper and believes that witches shouldn't be in the Auror core, is a problem.

Rank: Auror Second Class

Next of Kin: Jess Reilly (Wife)

Information

A good Auror and hard working Reilly's one and only real floor is that he is a firm believer that no Witch should be in the Auror Core in anyway shape or form, he has taken part in a small protest petition, claiming that Amelia shouldn't be allowed to become the head of the Department, when she was first sworn in. He holds nothing against Witches in any of the other Ministry departments, as shown by his wife who is in Travel department.

A loving family man and willing to put that little extra in so that he can know that his family is safe for another day Reilly can be called the model of the modern Auror, hard working, family man and general nice guy who puts a little extra into his work just because he can.

Besides the small matter of the petition when Amelia was sworn in, he has no other black marks on his file and with a little more training may even reach first class rank in another year or so.

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Once again people first person to put in a name for a profile gets it but in a few chapters time I'll be doing a proper Harry Potter profile as he'll be getting his human form in the beginning of what should be his fourth year, anyway I hope you all enjoyed and do review.

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