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Harry's Ultra Large Kind – Chapter 4 – The Chamber of Monsters

It was nearly time for the Hogwarts Express to leave on September 1st, so, as usual, the Weasley family was running late. They were riding a light blue Ford Anglia that Mr. Weasley had enchanted, and they'd had to turn back more than once on their journey. First, they'd had to return for something the twins had forgotten, and then for Ginny's diary. When they had finally gotten to King's Cross Station with Harry, Mr. and Mrs. Weasley first escorted Ginny through the barrier at Platform Nine and Three Quarters, followed by their other kids. Ron and Harry were the last to walk through the barrier, but they had a small problem. When they attempted to do that, they ran into a solid brick wall and fell to the ground. They were just getting up when they heard a familiar voice.

"You see, Daddy. I told you that we should be late."

"It looks like you were right, Luna. You did hear the under-foot bombles correctly."

"Hi, Luna," greeted Harry, trying to straighten his clothes out from his fall. Although he was embarrassed at having fallen, he was happy to have someone else to talk to about the problem. "The barrier seems to have been closed, and it's time for the train to leave."

"Harry Potter, this is my daddy, Xenophilius Lovegood," she replied, deciding to introduce her father. "He'll know what to do." The man in question walked up to the wall and slapped it hard.

"Yes. It's solid, all right, although I can't tell which creature did it. Either a twinkle-eyed moncat or a rhibird, I'd wager." He shrugged his shoulders. "Doesn't matter, anyway. Stay here and I'll apparate each of you to the other side."

"The train probably hasn't taken off yet, anyway," stated Luna.

Harry watched in fascination as Mr. Lovegood took his daughter's arm and they disappeared with a small pop. He was surprised no one noticed, but then realized that this area was probably full of notice-me-not charms so the muggles wouldn't see anything out of the ordinary there, even if a dragon was standing there (although they'd notice once the dragon moved). He soon reappeared.

"Luna was right. The train hasn't taken off yet. I wish I'd learned to side-along apparate more than one person at a time, but it's never come up. Maybe I'll try to learn." He then took Harry by the arm and they popped away, a most unpleasant sensation, in Harry's opinion. While Mr. Lovegood retrieved Ron, Harry looked around the platform.

"There you are, Harry," said Mrs. Weasley while pulling him into a hug. "We were worried what you'd do and were about to come get you." At that moment, Xenophilius and Ron appeared, so Molly greeted her youngest son. They soon boarded the train and headed toward Hogwarts.

-HULK-

The year began normally. The new Defense-Against-the-Dark-Arts professor, Gilderoy Lockhart, had brought Cornish Pixies to Harry's class for their first period, to disastrous results. Draco had bought his way onto the Slytherin Quidditch team, proving that even he knew he wasn't skilled enough to be a Seeker. On Halloween, however, a very disturbing event took place.

Harry, Ron and Hermione had been invited to Nearly-Headless Nick's Deathday party, and were leaving that event, when, while following a voice only Harry could hear, they ran across Mr. Filch's cat, Mrs. Norris, hanging by its tail, stiff as a board – petrified. A message was written on the wall in blood. "The Chamber of Secrets has been opened. Enemies of the Heir – Beware." Filch apparently believed that being the first to find his cat made Harry the culprit, but was forced to let go of Harry when Dumbledore showed up. He wasn't officially accused, but people started wondering if he was the Heir of Slytherin.

A week later, it was the first Quidditch match of the year – Gryffindor versus Slytherin – Draco's debut as Seeker. Malfoy was so busy taunting Harry that he didn't notice the Snitch was right above his head. The only problem Harry had with the game was that someone had enchanted a bludger to keep attacking him. When the offending bludger hit Harry's arm, breaking it, he did everything he could to suppress the pain and concentrate, focusing all his energy on catching the Snitch.

There was no way he'd let Draco beat him at Quidditch. Once Harry caught the tiny winged ball mere feet above the ground, he promptly passed out. He woke up in the hospital wing to find out Lockhart had attempted to heal him and wound up removing all the bones from the arm that had been broken. He never realized how close he'd come to releasing the monster within him.

-HULK-

Over the next several months, there were more attacks by the heir, a dueling club and the use of Polyjuice potion to try getting answers from Malfoy, only to learn he didn't have any idea who the Heir of Slytherin was. One of the lowest points was May 8th, when Hermione was petrified by Slytherin's monster. That night, Ron and Harry snuck off to question Hagrid, whom Harry had learned through an old diary that once belonged to a Slytherin prefect named Tom Marvolo Riddle, had been expelled for being the Heir of Slytherin fifty years before.

Before they got any answers from Hagrid, however, both Lucius Malfoy and Minister of Magic Cornelius Fudge arrived with Dumbledore. Mr. Malfoy was there to serve a notice of suspension to Dumbledore while Fudge was there to arrest Hagrid, so that he could be seen doing something. While Hagrid was being led away, he indicated that Harry and Ron should, "Follow the spiders." That was why the pair was in their current predicament.

They had followed a group of spiders that led them into a cave with a huge acromentula named Aragog. He'd told them that he wasn't Slytherin's monster and that the girl he'd been accused of killing had died in a bathroom. Then, when Harry and Ron wanted to go, Aragog's children attacked them.

Ron and Harry fought back-to-back as the huge spiders came at them from every angle. There was no one to rescue them. No one even knew where they were. If it had been a few, or maybe even a dozen spiders, the boys might have stood a chance, but they kept coming. One of them jumped at Harry while he was shooting another and bit him.

"Owww!" he screamed in pain while another took advantage of his distraction and bit his other arm. The pain got too great for Harry, who fell to the ground, his glasses falling off, while his eyes started glowing killing-curse green.

"Harry!" shouted Ron, who heard his friend's screams. He turned to try to help Harry, but realized that they both were going to die from his greatest fear – spiders. He was unprepared for the sight that awaited him. First, he saw the spiders backing off of their victim in terror. Then, he saw that Harry's skin had turned green and that he was growing. He'd already outgrown his shirt.

The monster that had once been his best friend got up, tossing the remains of the shirt to the ground. Ron noticed that the friendship bracelet Harry had gotten from Luna was still on his wrist, and the green color matched his current skin pigmentation perfectly. The words, "Fellowship of the Nargles," that were randomly appearing and disappearing on the elastic bracelet appeared to be a golden magical tattoo, if you didn't look too closely.

"Rraahhh!" he roared, flexing his huge muscles and glaring at the retreating spiders. The Hulk, however, wasn't going to let them get away. He quickly advanced on the closest one, picking it up and tearing it in two, roaring loudly, and then started on the next one. He always kept himself close to Ron, making sure that none of the spiders got near him. Ron noticed Aragog himself escaping while the Hulk was killing his thirteenth spider. He also noticed Harry's glasses on the ground and quickly pocketed them.

The slaughter continued for what seemed forever to Ron, but eventually he couldn't see any spiders bigger than a galleon. Suddenly, the not-so-jolly green giant turned on him, reaching out and grabbing the redhead, who found himself being carried through the forbidden forest all the way to Hagrid's hut. Then, the creature sat down on the ground and closed his eyes, soon reverting back to his previous form. His elastic bracelet reverted to its original size. He opened his eyes and looked around, confused.

"How did we get here? Where are the spiders? Where are my glasses? Why aren't I wearing a shirt or shoes?" Once he'd been given his glasses, he'd finally noticed that Ron was staring at him, obviously frightened. "Ron, why are you looking at me like that?"

"I don't know how to say it, mate. You, you changed."

"What do you mean, I changed?"

"I mean, you turned green. You grew to be about as big as a troll and killed almost all the spiders," he explained slowly, still trying to wrap his mind around what he'd seen.

"What? How?"

"I d-d-don't know. Are you that Hulk creature the Quibbler's on about?"

Harry looked both thoughtful and depressed. "This is about how I woke up the day that monster broke out of the Dursleys' house. Maybe it was me." He put his head in his hands. "I guess I am a freak. More than that – a monster. Could I be the Heir of Slytherin?"

"I don't know, Harry. I just don't know." He took a deep breath. "I do know you saved my life. I wish Hermione were here. She'd know what to do."

-HULK-

The next five days were awful for Harry. He and Ron had deduced that, since he wakes up without a shirt when he changes into the Hulk, he couldn't have been transforming all year long without noticing, so he couldn't be the Chamber of Secrets monster.

"Great," commented Ron when they realized this. "That means there are two different monsters in the castle." He was trying to be funny, and Harry could tell that he was doing his best to accept what had happened, but Harry could tell that Ron was a bit nervous around him.

Ron had suggested that the creature only appeared when Harry was hurt, but then was reminded that his first transformation had occurred while he was sleeping. Harry couldn't blame Ron for being nervous, since they didn't know what triggered the change. He could theoretically change at any time.

They'd met Aragog on Monday night, but it wasn't until Friday that they managed to see Hermione again, since the security measures were preventing unnecessary movement by the students.

While visiting Hermione's petrified form, they discovered a crumpled-up piece of paper in her hand. It was torn from a book, which was a very unusual thing for their bookish friend to do. The page described what they realized Hermione believed Slytherin's monster to be – a basilisk. Just as they deduced that Moaning Myrtle was the girl whom the basilisk had killed fifty years before, there was a school-wide announcement for all the students to return to their dorms and the faculty to meet in their lounge. Ron and Harry spied on the teachers, learning that Ginny Weasley had been taken into the Chamber of Secrets. They decided to go after her.

"Maybe we should get Professor Lockhart," Harry began to suggest.

"Are you mad?" asked Ron. "If that Hulk of yours shows up, he'll probably try to kill you, too. Mind you, he's useless, so I doubt he could do it, but still, we don't want him to see it."

"Are you sure?" Harry asked. "Maybe…"

"I'd rather trust Ginny with you than him, mate. I saw the Hulk. He can tell friend from enemy. He protected me."

"That means a lot to me, Ron," replied Harry. "I guess we should go, then."

-HULK-

After talking briefly to Moaning Myrtle, it was quite easy to find the entrance to the Chamber of Secrets, and even easier to open it with Parseltongue. And so, they soon found themselves walking the passage toward the chamber. When they ran across an old skin from the basilisk, they both became even more nervous.

When Harry opened another door up with Parseltongue, they saw the legendary Chamber of Secrets, with a huge statue of Slytherin's head, and, more importantly, Ginny lying unconscious on the floor.

"Ginny!" shouted both Harry and Ron at the same time as they ran toward her.

"She won't wake," said a figure emerging from the shadows, who seemed a bit transparent. It was a boy with dark hair wearing Slytherin robes with a prefect badge.

Ron pulled his wand and pointed it at the stranger, "And just who are you? What have you done to my sister?"

"That's Tom Riddle," answered Harry, recognizing him from the diary.

With only a hand gesture, Ron's wand flew out of his hand into Tom's before Harry had finished speaking. Then, Tom fired a red beam of light that hit Ron, knocking him unconscious.

Harry pulled his wand out, shouting, "Expelliarmus!" which Tom easily blocked with Ron's wand.

"Crucio!" shouted Riddle angrily. "How dare you defy me - Lord Voldemort?!"

That was the last thing Harry Potter understood, as the intense pain triggered his metamorphosis. Tom didn't notice this because he broke the spell, choosing to summon the basilisk to kill his nemesis. When he turned back, the Hulk was standing before him. The green giant roared loudly, the sound echoing around the room they were in, causing Ron to stir, just a bit. The Hulk ran at Tom, and before Young Voldemort could shoot off a spell, he had picked him up and thrown him across the room.

By then, the huge sixty-foot basilisk had emerged. It poised to strike the Hulk, but the part-troll grabbed its body and started squeezing it before the beast could look him in the eye. The snake shook as hard as it could. After about fifteen seconds, the basilisk had managed to shake the Hulk off of it. The snake prepared to strike its huge opponent when it heard someone shouting from behind it.

"Oi, why don't you attack me? I taste good!" The huge snake turned to see the source of the noise. Ron was against the wall on the opposite side of the chamber with his eyes closed, hoping to give Harry another chance to attack the monster. The Hulk did just that.

Putting his two fists together, the incredible Hulk punched the basilisk's body, breaking through the skin. The snake screamed in agony as it tried turning toward its more powerful attacker. However, before it could do that, the Hulk punched it again, this time breaking its bones. Unable to move and terribly injured, the beast fell, passing out while it bled to death.

"You may have killed the basilisk, but the girl will die as well, and I will be reborn!" shouted Tom, who had chosen to observe the fight without drawing attention to himself. He wanted to find out what he was facing. "Quite an impressive self-transfiguration, I must say. How did you manage it?"

The Hulk roared and started to run toward Voldemort, who had a fast-moving target to aim at, which caused him to miss. Ron, in the meantime, had made his way toward his sister, pulling the diary out of her hands. As he heard the Hulk tossing Riddle again, the red-head realized something important. "The book is enchanted. That must be what's causing this. I've got to destroy it," he mumbled to himself. He then ran to the dead basilisk and pushed the diary into one of the fangs in its mouth. At the same time the Hulk reached out to grab Tom for his third throw of the night, he disappeared with a scream.

The Hulk looked at Ron, who, upon seeing his sister stir, told him, "It's all right now. You can change back."

The creature seemed to understand what Ron said, at least on an instinctual level, because it sat down where it stood, closed its eyes, and did just what his companion had suggested. It seemed that at the exact moment he finished the transformation, Ginny opened her eyes and looked around.

"H-H-Harry, Ron, it was me. But I couldn't control myself. I…"

"It'll be okay, Ginny," assured Ron. "We know it wasn't your fault."

"We'd better get out of here," suggested Harry, after finding and magically repairing his glasses, which had broken during his transformation. "Ron, can I borrow your robe?"

"Why aren't you wearing a shirt, Harry?" asked Ginny, shyly.

"It got ripped during my fight with Riddle," he answered, giving no details. Ron didn't elaborate, either.

-HULK-

They managed to get out of the Chamber after Harry (realizing that Ginny had to have somehow exited the chamber without flying) decided to try calling for stairs at the entrance, which magically appeared. They quickly went to Gryffindor Tower, where Harry could get more clothes on, and then found Professor Dumbledore, who had returned, with Arthur and Molly Weasley.

Their explanation of how they'd beaten the basilisk was vague, and neither Ron nor Harry believed they'd fooled anyone, but they weren't pressed for more details. It seemed everyone was simply relieved that Ginny was safe. After an encounter with Lucius Malfoy, wherein Harry tricked him into freeing Dobby, the year ended very quickly, and all the students found themselves on the Hogwarts Express.

Harry, Hermione, Ron, Ginny and Luna were sharing a compartment, chatting amicably, when Draco Malfoy, Vincent Crabbe and Gregory Goyle burst in on them.

"Potter, I'll bet you feel really clever for costing my family a house elf!" he shouted angrily.

"Actually, I do," replied Harry, feeling particularly pleased with himself about how he'd tricked Lucius. "Your father is quite gullible."

"Why you!" shouted Draco, drawing his wand. "I'll…"

"Slavery is wrong, Malfoy," interrupted Hermione. "I'm glad Harry freed Dobby. All the elves should be freed!"

"No one asked your opinion, you filthy little mudblood!" Malfoy shouted at her. "This'll teach you not to interrupt your betters!" He pointed his wand at her and shouted, "Diffindo!" the incantation for the severing charm, which was not supposed to be used on people.

Without thinking of possible consequences, Harry instinctively jumped in front of his friend, taking the curse for her. It painfully cut a slice in his chest. While he was screaming from the pain, Harry's eyes began to glow.

"I can't believe you'd take a curse for a filthy mud…" Draco stopped mid-insult as he noticed Harry's body turning green and growing.

Luna was staring in fascination while the others watched in horror. Only Ron knew what to expect. Harry's glasses broke yet again as he grew. Once he was at full size, he growled right in Draco's face. "RRrrrahh!" The blond bigot tried to run, but he was too slow. The creature grabbed him and tossed him out of the compartment, into a wall of the train. He hit it with his right shoulder, which was obviously dislocated and broken, but he was still conscious.

"Hello, Hulk," greeted Luna, acting as though nothing unusual had occurred. "It's nice to meet you. I see your friendship bracelet matches your skin perfectly. It looks nice on you."

The creature looked at her for a moment prior to punching a hole in the wall of the moving train and jumping out, before running away at full speed.

"Too bad he was in such a hurry," commented Luna. "I would've liked an interview."

"Ron," said Hermione as she and Ginny stared at the redheaded boy. "You don't seem surprised by what happened. Why?"

Realizing he'd never get away with lying to them, he swallowed and explained, "It's happened before."

-HULK-

Author's Note: In this story, even though Harry's Horcrux is gone, he still speaks Parseltongue as a remnant or relic of his Horcrux. It won't come up in this story, but I believe that it's possible that Ginny could still be a Parselmouth, but not telling anyone, from her experience with the diary.