A/N: I changed her name because I read the8horcrux's review, and I agree with her. I just couldn't come up with any other names at the time. Also, she hates all of her siblings and family. And she will make up with her family and Harry, but in the seventh book, end up hating them again, and just warning you now, old Mr. Mold will win the Battle of Hogwarts, I don't plan on killing her in the end, and this is the only alternative that I can think of with her still being on Voldemort's side (I plan on her being like Queenie in Fantastic Beasts: Crimes of Grindewald and the villian playing on their weaknesses.) If you can think of any others, I'm glad to hear them. I just want her to be on Voldemort's side (kind of like Nagini, that's why I kind of hate her name, cause in the future it'll be hard to keep it all in check) through and through and I can't bring myself to kill her, she's one of those "I-turned-evil-cause-of-my-past" kind of girls. So, open to suggestions.
Medusa's PoV
So the attacks stopped, and the idiot Lockhart thinks that he is the cause of this. I overheard him telling McGonagall something about stopping was smart or he would have caught him (like it just has to be a boy, like girls aren't capable of this) and something about a morale booster. What he had planned for this morale booster was evident on February 14. I walked in and immediately see a buttload of pink. No. Please no. I'd rather die than this. Wait, no, hold on. YES! I know for a fact boys think I'm pretty, I can hear them in the hallways. So, whoever is stupid enough to send me a valentine, (and the boys of Gryffindor aren't exactly known for being smart, my brother is a prime example) I can send them: A. A Vial Of Poison, B. A Hex in A Letter, or C. All of The Above. Oh, this is going to be fun. I can hear Draco and the gang complaining next to me, but when I tell them my plan, they immediately ask how poisonous my venom is when swallowed. Me being a maledictus, my venom has some magical components, so if I don't want to kill someone, my venom won't kill. Simple as that. Therefore, whoever gets a shot of said venom will have essentially a hangover for a year, and I mean one of those "I just woke up from a night of drinking a gallon of straight alcohol" hangovers, and the only cure to my venom is my venom, so they ain't getting any better any time soon. I tell this to my friends, and we all made plans on how to do this while eating.
Time Skip
So far, I've gotten 85 valentines, and it's not even lunch yet. This means so far, I have sent "valentines" to 85 different people containing either poison, (labelled as butterbeer) a hex I somehow managed to put in a letter, or both. And the dwarves were more than happy to deliver those, seeing as they were bored and tired of sending mushy-gushy ones. I also sent a potion that makes dirt disappear to Mr. Filch, seeing as we were friends.
Ginny's PoV
I'm waking up, not remembering a thing, and I'm starting to suspect Tom. Time to get rid of this diary. (I know that this happened before Valentine's Day, I don't care.)
Medusa's PoV (Can you see where I'm going with this?)
I went into the bathroom, and heard Moaning Myrtle crying again. Ugh, she's such a wimp. Then she asks a strange question.
"Come to throw another thing at me?" "Myrtle, it can't hurt, you're already dead" "UGH! You're always so mean!" Then I notice a strange book on the ground. T.M. Riddle. Huh, he went to school here fifty years ago and never had kids. What? I do my research. So someone kept it? That's odd. Hm. I'll have to investigate this.
Tom's PoV
I was pondering what to do with Ginny, seeing as she suspected me. Then, she started writing to me.
Hello, my name is Medusa, which is a snake woman in Greek mythology. I am a maledictus, a Parselmouth, and a Metamorphmagus (which I never told my parents).
This isn't Ginny, this is Medusa, which means that Ginny must have tried to dispose of me. Hm. Maybe I can turn her now.
Hello , I am Tom Riddle. How did you come across my diary?
Someone tried to flush it, though I am guessing that you made sure that wouldn't work, didn't you? I've done my research on the Chamber of Secrets, and Hagrid was blamed, but he's too much of a Gryffindor. It was you, wasn't it, and you framed Hagrid? Though, I congratulate you for getting rid of that oaf, until stupid Dumbledore intervened. You've been controlling Ginny, right? I saw Lucius Malfoy put a diary a lot like this in her books. She's been acting odd.
Congratulations, you cracked the code. It took a long, long while for stupid Ginny to start suspecting me.
You're Voldemort, right?
Yes.
I can give this diary to The Boy Who Just Refuses to Die, and let him "accidentaly" discover it was dear old Hagrid's fault and lead him and his crew to discover that it's a basilisk hidden in that chamber, and that they can find it in the girl's bathroom, and that the snake is getting around through the pipes, and find that Hermione has been petrified, and Ginny and I taken into the chamber, which will urge them to go into the chamber. Of course, they won't care about me, but harm their friends, they will: a. Search for whoever did this, and b. Make them blinded by anger, grief, or both, making them incapable of fighting you or the basilisk.
Wow, you've given this a lot of thought.
That's what I do.
Why are you helping me?
I hate my stupid family and their stupid fear of a little girl that is their daughter and can control her emotions and yet starve her because they think she might bite them as a snake.
Ah, alright.
When Ginny gets you back (she will, if she sees Harry with this, so make sure she does) have her come to me and have her write a message on the wall, something like Their skeleton will lie in the chamber forever, or something like that.
It's a plan.
And just like that, I have made sure that I will be able to recruit her and can take out The Boy Who Lived.
Time Skip
I just finished my conversation with Potter, and just one hour later, Ginny was writing to me again. Just one more day of putting up with this, and I will be free.
Medusa's PoV
You know, Voldemort was actually really nice! I made a plan to get Perfect Potter and the rest of Gryffindor's Poster Trio for Gryffindor Goodness (including my idiotic brother) out of my otherwise perfect life (not counting the rest of my family, but with Voldemort helping me, they don't stand a chance!)
Molly's PoV
I should probably stop putting off that letter and write to Medusa. We named her that because in Greek mythology, Medusa is an evil snake lady that was so evil, one look at her and you would turn to stone. Oh well, if Dumbledore wants me to make up with her, I'll make up with her. Better get this over with.
Medusa's PoV
I woke up everyone else like usual, and went with them to breakfast. I was happily eating when I saw something that made my heart drop. It was Errol carrying a howler not towards the Gryffindor table, but towards me. I really hoped that he was just confused, but I knew in my heart of hearts that he wasn't. Mum had sent me a howler.
Time Skip
There's a very good thing about being a snake. It means that I can swallow things I'm not supposed to. Bad thing is, howlers are not very healthy for you, and I was sick for the rest of the day. Thank Zeus (I'm playing with her relationship with Greek mythology, I don't want anyone yelling at me saying that Zeus doesn't exist, cause Merlin doesn't either) that I got that on a weekend! Anyways, I'm working on a howler for my mother now, and it's going swimmingly. I was just adding the finishing touches, when Madame Pomfrey told me I was good to go. I was walking through the hallway when I bumped into Ginny. She had tears pouring out of her eyes, and looked like she was fighting with some internal force. She looked startled, then raised her wand and Stunned me.
Tom's PoV
I'm so sorry for this, Medusa, but I can't have Ginny knowing we were working together. If she somehow tells someone, you would either be executed for working with me or be sent to Azkaban. Now, to make Ginny take her sister downstairs after writing that message on the walls.
Time Skip
Now that that's done, time to wait for Medusa to wake up.
Medusa's PoV
I slowly come to, and the first things I see are an unconscious Ginny and a sleeping Tom Riddle. I slowly walk over to Tom and shout as loud as I can, "BOO!" He startles awake, and I crack up laughing.
"What was that for?" he asks crossly. I'm still laughing. "Well, you were asleep, so I thought I'd wake you up. The girls in my dorm say I make a great alarm clock, but that's probably because I wake up super early, get dressed, and scare them half to death each morning. Really, it's amazing I'm alive to tell the tale, those girls are EVIL if you wake them up, like "I-will-find-you-and-slit-your-throat" evil." By now he's laughing as well. Then, I can hear a snake moving around, complaining about the noise. "Can I meet the basilisk?" "Sure, I think he'll like you." I walk up to the mouth of Slytherin (there's a statue in there) and watch as a giant snake comes slithering out. I pet it as we listen to Lockhart yelling at the boys, causing a mini earthquake, and Harry coming towards us. Tom tells the snake to go back into the statue, and then turns to me. "I want you to act innocent when he gets here, alright?" I nod. If I don't come back this time, then when I finally come back, I will adopt you, alright?" I nod eagerly, and he asks me to hand him my wand. I'm confused, but I do as he says. He says this might hurt a bit, and I know what he's doing. I hold out my left arm and he brands the Dark Mark into my skin. It hurts like hell, and I'm screaming bloody murder. When the pain stops, I stop screaming, and look up at Tom. He's looking at me in worry, and as soon as he sees I'm alright, he hugs me. (I know, I know, Voldemort can't feel love and blah, blah, blah. As I've said before, It's my story and I do what I want) He explains that if he comes back and I'm not there, my mark will burn black and let me know he's back. He then says to trust only Snape and Lucius with my new secret, but to tell Dumbledore about the dark mark. He also told me to ask Professor Snape about Occlemency lessons. He tells me to go hide as Harry's footsteps grow closer. I run into a crack behind the Slytherin statue and crouch down. Harry and Tom are talking, and Tom calls the basilisk and Harry runs off (little coward, he's a bloody Gryffindor, shouldn't he stand and fight?) and I come of my hiding place. The basilisk pretends to follow Harry and comes back. He looks in my eyes, and I see he has been maimed by the phoenix. He looks and Tom, and he nods and turns to me. Tom comes up behind me, saying, "I'm sorry, but the phoenix will cure you. I can't have Potter suspect you." I realize what's going on and basilisk bites my shoulder, and I become dizzy and disoriented. I can hear them fighting, and start coming back into focus just as I hear a loud scream. Harry sees me coming back and thanks the phoenix. He calls him Fawkes. Huh. He then turns to me and asks me what happened. I say that while I was walking back to my common room, I was stunned by Ginny/Tom. Then, when I came to, I saw Tome (who I called Riddle) looking the other way, so I turned and ran. I hid in a corner between Slytherin and the wall. Then I heard Harry come in and the basilisk follow him out I then came out of the corner only to run into Tom and him to ask me to join his army, and about him burning the Dark Mark into my skin. Then, when I still refused he had the basilisk bite me. Harry believed me (see what I mean? Gryffindors are idiots! He probably thought my avoiding his eyes and fiddling with my fingers and stuttering was just from being bit and given the dark mark.) and asked me to help him bring Ginny to. Ginny takes one look at me and screams. She then tells Harry that I was evil and was working with Tom, and I "politely" ask her, "If I was working with him why would he make you stun me and have A BLOODY BASILISK BITE ME?! HUH? " She then shuts up and looks confused. Good, now we can finally get some peace and quiet. Seeing as I'm still weak from the Dark Mark being branded into my skin, Ginny and Harry take turns carrying me. When we reached Ronald and Lockhart, Ronald looks at me, rolls his eyes, and asks Ginny why she's carrying me. I was almost passed out by then, so I slightly slid my arm, and he understood. Pulling my sleeve up, he looks at my fancy new tattoo, and glares at me. Then Harry sees and starts yelling at Ronald about me "being forced" and "he could hear my screams." Then Ronald looks at me and asks me if I was the one screaming earlier. I nodded, and he gasps and covers his mouth. He then hugs me. My brother hugged me. I stiffened and looked at him as though he had lost his mind. They all see my look and crack up laughing. Then Harry asked me the question I had been dreading: "Wait, if we heard your screams earlier, and you said you got the mark later, what time did you really get it?" Ginny then glares at him and saves my life. "Harry, could you not tell from how she's about to pass out and from the screams earlier that it was very easy for her to forget things? I certainly would, I mean, he literally burned something into her skin!" He puts up his hands and backs off, and I smirk at Ginny. She smirks back. Unlike the rest of my family, I love her at moments, and this is one of those moments.
Time Skip
We got back to the main castle, and Harry leads us to McGonagall's classroom. When we get there, everyone just stares at us. I decide to break the ice. "What, no 'hi! How are you'?" Everyone chuckles, and suddenly my vision is obstructed by platinum-blond hair and three things thump into my body. "Draco, dear, I've just come back from hell, let me breath before sending me back, will you?" This time everyone laughs out loud, and Draco blushes and backs off. The Dumbledore sends Ginny to the hospital wing and makes me stay here. I'm sorry, I didn't realize having the Dark Mark branded into my skin and being bitten by a basilisk wasn't enough to get sent to the hospital wing. Mrs. Malfoy spoke my thoughts. "Excuse me, I believe Medusa deserves to be sent to the hospital wing as well." The Dumbledore says as I was kidnapped, I had to explain to him what happened, and that only family was aloud in the room while this happened. I then told them all that I wouldn't speak until I had gone to the hospital wing. "Why?" "Cause I got this fancy nrw tattoo and I still feel a little dizzy from it." Lucius gasped and pulled up the sleeve of my left arm. They all stared at the Dark Mark branded into my skin. My mother was the first to break the silence. "I knew it!" Everyone stared at her, and she glared at me. "I knew that you would be evil! That's why I gave you that name!" "Molly, what did we talk about?" We all stared at Dumbledore as he told off my mother for believing I was evil because of a blood curse. Then I stepped in. "The only reason I would be evil is because of your treatment of me. This is why I almost joined Riddle." I stated all stared at me, and my mother looked full of sudden guilt. Then, Ronald walked over to me, picked me up, and carried me to the hospital wing.
