Quick A/N: This is about a week or so before Ginny's taken into the Chamber. We just needed to tell you this, so that the story would make more sense. Except at the very beginning.
Winter snowflakes flew from the fluffy clouds and landing in heaps onto the Hogwarts. The castle sparkled in the sunlight from the light layer of snow laying a-top of it.
"I love winter," Evangeline sighed staring out the window of Professor Binns classroom. It was again another boring class. The bell rang and the kids scrambled from their seats and gathered their things. Some awoke alarmed then rubbed their eyes from the bleariness of the world.
"At least we're done for the day," Violet grumbled. "Snape wants us to stay here for Christmas. It's bull!"
"It's not that bad," said Evangeline trying to be optimistic. They walked down the hall and saw children crowded together outside.
"What's that about?" Evangeline asked. Violet shrugged and the girls walked out into the cool world. They made their way through the crowd and looked at the notice board.
"A dueling club!" said Evangeline excitedly.
"Yes!" shrieked Violet. "I get to kick some butt!" Evangeline laughed.
"Hopefully it'll be Slytherin butt," she said. "Oh, and the first meeting's tonight!"
"Well that means someone has to finish their homework," said Violet glancing at Evangeline.
"I was still working on my potion!" Evangeline challenged. "I didn't get to finish it in class!"
"It's okay," Violet laughed. "I'll help you out." Evangeline thought of how unsuccessful her last session had went.
"Umm, maybe I should ask Hermione," she said carefully. "So you can sleep and get as much energy as possible. It'll be easier for you to take the Slytherins down."
"Eh, good idea," said Violet ruffling her hair. "I know the Gryffindor password too. I heard that pea-brained Percy say it. I'm sure they won't mind if you're in their common room."
At eight o'clock that evening the girls rushed to the Great Hall. The long eating tables were gone and replaced with it was a golden stage. Thousands of candles were up against the black ceiling. It seemed as if the whole school was packed around it gripping their wands in their hands looking excited. The girls joined Harry, Ron, and Hermione.
"I wonder who will be teaching us?" Hermione questioned. "I heard Flitwick was a dueling champion when he was young - maybe it'll be him."
"As long as it's not-" Harry started, but groaned. The girls looked up and saw Lockhart draped in plum colored robes along with an unhappy Severus Snape. He of course, was wearing his usual black.
Lockhart waved his arm for silence then called, "Gather round, gather round! Can everyone see me? Can you all hear me? Excellent!
"Now, Professor Dumbledore has granted me permission to start this little dueling club, to train you all in case you ever need defend yourself as I myself has done countless times - for full details see my published works.
"Let me introduce my partner Severus Snape," said Lockhart smiling widely. "He tells me he knows a tiny little bit about dueling itself and has sportingly agreed to help me with a short demonstration before we begin. Now, I don't want any of you youngsters to worry- you'll still have your potions master when I'm done with him, neer fear!"
"Wouldn't it be better if they finished each other off?" Ron muttered.
"Naw, it'd be better if Snape finished Lockhart off," said Violet. Lockhart turned to each other and bowed... well Lockhart bowed. Snape merely nodded his head. They raised up their wands above their heads and Snape cried, "Expelliarmus!"
There was a dazzling flash of scarlet then Lockhart was thrown off his feet and into the wall.
The Slytherins cheered, but Hermione threw her hands over her mouth in shock. "Do you think he's alright?" she asked.
"Who cares?" Harry, Ron, Evangeline, and Violet said at the same time. To them, fights were exhilarating! Lockhart wobbled up to his feet and tottered around the stage his hair wild.
"And there you have it!" he said. "That was a Disarming Charm- as you see, I've lost my wand- oh thanks Miss. Brown- yes a great idea to show them that Professor, but I must say it was a very obvious thing to do. If I had wanted to stop you, I could have done so easily. However I-" Snape looked murderous.
"Time to split up the dream team," sneered Snape. "Potter, Malfoy up here!" Potter walked up on stage with a fierce look on his face. He and Draco barely inclined their heads keeping a locked glare on each others. The girls stared nervously.
"Wands at the ready!" cried Lockhart. "When I count to three, cast a charm to disarm your opponent - and only disarm. We don't want any accidents happening now do we? One.. two... three-"
Harry swung his wand high, but Draco already got started at "two." Harry gritted his teeth and rubbed the back of his head as if he'd been smacked by something.
"Kick his butt Potter!" Evangeline yelled.
"Kick his ass!" Violet yelled.
Harry grinned and yelled, "Rictumsempra!" a jet of silver light hit Malfoy in the stomach and he fell down to his knees clutching it. The girls howled with cheers.
"Taratangerella!" Malfoy choked up. Harry's legs went out of control as if they were acting on their own. The teachers tried to get them to stop but they were locked in battle.
"Scared Potter?" Malfoy called out.
"You wish," said Potter.
Malfoy raised his arm and yelled, "Serpensortia!" the end of his wand exploded and a huge snake fell onto the stage. It raised itself ready to strike it's large yellow eyes scanning the room full of helpless victims.
"Allow me!" said Lockhart cheerfully, but instead of making the snake disappear, it flew up ten feet into the air. Enraged, it slithered towards Justin Finch-Fletchy fangs out ready to strike. Evangeline had her eyes locked on the snake. She started to walk towards it, but Violet held her back. Malfoy had seen and remembered when she had spoke Pareseltongue at his house.
Was she the heir of Salazar Slytherin? He shook his head refusing to tell anyone. That was something between he and his father. Even so, there was NO way EVANGELINE could release the monster inside the chamber Malfoy longed to release. And what if he did tell them all, and they decided they liked the twins again and not him? No. He couldn't let that happen.
Potter started making hissing noises at the snake. The school stared in shock, but Evangeline smiled.
"He's telling him to leave Justin alone," she whispered. Ron, Hermione, and Violet stared at her in disbelief. Harry looked relaxed and smiled up at Justin as the snake lowered it's head.
"What do you think your playing at?" he said angrily. Before Harry could say anything, Justin turned and hurried out of the hall. Everyone stared in disbelief. Ron pulled on his robes and the troop left the Great Hall and crowded into the empty Gryffidor common room. Ron pushed Harry into an armchair and Evangeline sat cross legged on the carpet.
"You both are Parselmouths. Why didn't you tell us?"
"We're what?" Harry and Evangeline asked.
"A Parselmouth!" said Ron. "You can talk to snakes!"
"I know," said Harry. "I mean, that's only the second time I've ever done it. I accidentally set a boa constricter on my cousin Dudley at the zoo once- long story - but it was telling me it had never seen Brazil and I sort of set it free without meaning too - and that was before I found out I was a wizard."
"I heard a boa constricter at the Malfoy Manor," said Evangeline. "And I've been hearing this weird voice in the walls."
"That's weird!" said Hermione. "Two Parselmouths at one school? It's not a very common gift."
"This is terrible!" said Ron.
"What's bad about it?" asked Harry growing angry. "What's wrong with everyone? Listen, if I had told that snake not to attack Justin-"
"Oh, that's what you said to it?"
"Of course that's what he said!" Evangeline butted in.
"I heard Harry speaking Parseltongue." said Ron. "Snake language - you could have been saying anything - no wonder Justin panicked you sounded like you were edging the snake towards him - it was creepy you know -" Harry gaped at him.
"I-I spoke a different language?" he asked in disbelief.
"Yup!" said Evangeline happily.
"How can I speak a language without knowing how to speak it?"
Ron shook his head and Hermione looked as if someone had died.
"The problem with all of this is because Salazar Slytherin was able to talk to snakes. That's why the symbol is a serpent."
"The whole school is goin to think your like his great-great-great-great grandson, or something."
"But I'm not!" said Harry, his voice rising. "I-it's probably Evangeline!"
"We can't prove anything," said Hermione. "It's been over a thousand years. But we know one thing... one of you is the heir of Salazar Slytherin."
One day, near the end of the year, the girls were walking around in the secret passage ways they often used to elude people and as short cuts. They weren't doing anything in particular this day, and they had nothing to do. Except explore. Both girls were upset as Hermione Granger had been petrified, and this meant that their friend was gone to them, and Evangeline had lost her tutor and had to work with Violet. Which was not working out so well.
They reached a portion where the different passages came into a giant cirular room. There were normally eight other corridors they could chose to walk down, but today, there were nine.
"That's new," Violet muttered when she saw the new one. It was darker than the others, and narrower and shorter.
"Let's explore!" Evangeline cheered.
"Alright," Violet said.
"Lumos!" the girls mumbled, and the tip of their wands lit up. They walked into the new passage, holding their wands ahead of them.
As they walked, they were soon surrounded by the darkness. There were no windows. No candles. No torches. No lights other than their wands. And when they looked back, the light from the circular room was gone. The tunnel became narrower, and Evangeline moved behind Violet as they walked.
"Where do you think this leads?" Evangeline whispered, her voice bouncing off the walls.
"No idea," Violet answered.
The passage ended a few minutes later. It opened into a small, round room. The walls were cracked and rough stone. A few torches lined the walls. They put their wands out and noticed a boy in the room. he looked like a sixteen-year-old.
"Hello," Evangeline called, smiling.
"You're an idiot!" Violet hissed.
"Hello," the boy said. "I won't hurt you."
The girls felt drawn to him. He was dashing, very good-looking. He had a winning smile, and a certain charm about him the girls couldn't place.
Evangeline went first, and Violet followed slowly after. She was much more wary about trusting people right off.
"He's cute, though," Evangeline whispered.
"Looks aren't everything," Violet hissed back.
"I'm Tom Riddle," he said. "You?"
"Evangeline and Violet Willow," Evangeline said. "My sister's Violet, the mean, over-emotional one."
"I'm not over-emotional!" Violet screeched.
"Of course, dear," Evangeline said, patting her hand.
"You are two are amusing," Tom Riddle said. "What house are you in?"
"Slytherin," Evangeline said.
"And it sucks," Violet added. "Everyone hates us, after all."
"I'm in Slytherin, too," he said.
"Then how come we've never seen you around?" Violet asked, glaring at him.
"I don't know," he said.
I don't trust him, Violet thought. I don't like him!
I like him, Evangeline was thinking. He's very handsome.
"You said you weren't friends with anyone in our house?" Riddle said.
"No, we're friends with Draco Malfoy," Evangeline said.
"Yeah, friends!" Violet laughed. "He refuses to be seen with us! Harry, Ron and Hermione are better friends then him."
"Harry Potter?" Riddle asked.
"Yep!" Evangeline said, smiling. "People think he's the Heir of Slytherin."
"So I've heard," Riddle answered, an odd smile tugging at his lips. "And you two are friends with him?"
"Yup," Evangeline nodded.
Violet felt her stomach sink. Something wasn't right with Riddle.
"Then, you know what bothers him?" Riddle asked, pacing in front of them.
"Yeah," Evangeline said.
"You'll be very helpful to me," Riddle said.
Violet grabbed Evangeline and dragged her to the exit, but the walls shut in front of them.
"What are playing at, Riddle?" Violet shouted. "Let us go!"
"Not until you tell me how I can kill Potter," Riddle snarled, losing all looks he had. "That's the only way you'll be leaving."
"We aren't helping!" Evangeline shouted, suddenly not trusting him.
"You will if you want to live," Riddle said, smiling evilly at them.
"Bastard!" Violet screamed, clenching her fists and swinging at his face. Her fist went straight through his face. Violet's face took on a mask of horror. "What are you?"
"A memory," Riddle explained. "I'm not dead, but I'm not alive, but I'm not a ghost, either."
Violet backed away from him, frightened. Evangeline moved back with her.
They remained trapped in the stone room for days. Violet and Evangeline didn't get to eat, but Violet managed to find water in a small pool in a dark portion of the room. They were both starting to get weak from hunger.
"I wonder if anyone's noticed we're gone," Evangeline wondered aloud one day.
"Who knows?" Violet answered. "Snape might have. And hopefully Harry, Ron and Hermione did, too. And if Michael noticed...that'd be great."
"Someone's in LOOOOVE!" Evangeline sang.
"Am not," Violet said and punched her in the arm.
"Well, anyway, this is total rubbish," Evangeline said, leaning back against the wall.
"What do you mean?" Violet asked, rolling onto her stomach, and propping her head up with her hands.
"I mean, we're trapped here by a pretty hot guy, right?" Evangeline explained.
"Yeah," Violet said slowly.
"And he won't let us out without telling him how to kill Potter," Evangeline explained even further. "Isn't that rubbish?"
"Yeah," Violet sighed. "Oh, well. I guess we'll be okay for a little longer."
"Hopefully," Evangeline agreed, smiling again.
That afternoon, in Potions, Malfoy was in the best mood he had been in since the start of the school year.
"Yes! They're gone!" he was cheering with Crabbe and Goyle and Parkinson.
"Who's gone?" Snape asked, gliding over to them.
"The Willow freaks!" Draco said, grinning. "They ran away!"
"Aw, screw," Snape mumbled and walked away, pinching the bridge of his hooked nose.
"This is it girls," said Riddle coming into the room. The girls were tied up in the corner weak from loss of food and little water supply. "Tell me NOW, or this is the end of Evangeline and Violet Willow." He pulled his wand out of his pocket and twirled it between his long fingers.
"We can't say anything!" Evangeline whimpered to Violet trying to wiggle free of her ropes. Violet closed her eyes and thought. Harry's life, or their own? She was the older sister, she was supposed to protect Evangeline. But Harry was their friend, she couldn't sacrifice him! She sighed as she made her decision.
"Use the Weasley girl," she said. "Ginny Weasley. Get her to come here. Ron Weasley is Harry's best friend, and he'll come to his rescue." Riddle grinned. He pointed his wand at the girls and the ropes fell to the floor.
"You are free to go," he hissed. The girls ran out of the chamber and into the secret passageway.
"What about Harry?" Evangeline asked, terrified.
"I have a plan!" said Violet. "We'll tell Harry all about Riddle's plan, and we'll protect Ginny from him!" they opened up the marble slab door, then rushed back into Hogwarts. It was nice to see it again, but the girls ran straight to the painting of the Fat Lady.
"Password?" she asked.
"Oh come on I don't have time for this shit!" Violet cried.
"Ah, wattlebirds!" Evangeline cried. The Fat Lady swung open revealing the Gryffindor common room. The kids swirled around and were astoished to see two Slytherins in their house room.
"What are you doing here?" a girl asked.
"Where's Harry?" Evangeline cried.
"He and Ron went to go search for Ginny Weasley," said a boy bending down to pick up papers. The girls noticed the room had been ransacked.
"Ginny's missing?" Violet cried.
"Disappeared just a little bit ago. Didn't you hear the news? 'Her body will lie in the Chamber forever?'" The girls' jaws dropped open and started to run out of the room.
"Hey, you know our password!" a girl cried. "You must have ransacked our room!" But the girls were too far away, and too worried to care. They searched for him quickly, but didn't find him.
"He must be in the Chamber already!" Evangeline cried and yanked back open the secret passageway.
"And where do you think you're going?" asked Draco's voice. The girls whirled around, and saw Draco piercing into them with his gray eyes.
"It's none of your business!" snarled Violet. Evangeline took her wand out of her cloak pocket.
"I'm sorry," she said fiercely pointing her wand at him. "Obliviate!" Draco fell to the floor, and the girls ran into the passage closing the wall behind themselves. They ran back into the Chamber and hid behind a wall. They poked their head out and saw Harry with Fawkes and the old sorting hat at his feet. Tom Riddle was across from him staring fiercely clutching Harry's wand. Ginny lay face down on the ground a giant statue of a wizard's head above her.
"Now Harry, I'm to teach you a little lesson. Let's match Lord Voldemort, Heir of Slytherin against famous Harry Potter and with the best weapons Dumbledore can give..." he narrowed his eyes which were glowing red.
"Speak to me, Slytherin, greatest of the Hogwarts Four," he hissed.
"What's he saying?" Violet whispered. Evangeline repeated. The wizard statue shook, its mouth going wide, wider, and wider. The wizard looked like it was screaming, but hissed. A giant head peaked out from the mouth and a large body followed.
"S-s-snake," Violet said drowsily then thumped to the floor.
"Violet!" Evangeline cried.
"What are you doing here?" Harry asked. Evangeline looked past him and looked up at the snake. "Don't look at its eyes! It'll kill you!
"Its so pretty!" she said breaking the serious mood. "Oh, can I keep it Riddle, please, please, please?" He smirked and ran a hand through his dark hair.
"Of course," he said. "You did help me capture Potter. Just let it finish it's job okay?"
"You did what?" Harry hissed.
"Umm... can you wait until my twin wakes up? She's the good one at lying..." Harry grabbed her wrist and pulled her against the wall of the chamber. He closed his eyes, but Evangeline held her's open looking at the long body of the snake.
"How sweet," Riddle murmured. "Let me give you a warning. You and your sister will both be witnesses of the boy's death. So if the snake happens to 'accidentally' kill you, know it's best for your house. Kill them!" he roared in Parseltongue. Harry tried to run away blindly not wanting to look at the snake. He fell, and Evangeline helped him up. He opened his eyes and looked up at the enormous green snake hovering around drunkenly. Fawkes flew from his shoulder and attacked. But... what did a phoenix have against a basilisk?
Dark blood spattered against the floor. Evangeline knew it had to be Fawkes', but the snake whirled around. It's large yellow eyes had been punctured. Blood was streaming down its face.
"Huh," said Evangeline. "Now it looks kind of creepy." Harry stared at her in disbelief.
"Now it does?"
"NO!" Riddle screamed. "LEAVE THE BIRD! LEAVE THE BIRD! THE BOY IS STILL BEHIND YOU! YOU CAN SMELL HIM! YOU CAN STILL KILL HIM!" The blinded serpent swayed, still as deadly as ever. Harry was muttering wildly. The basilisk's tail hit the sorting hat sending it flying at Harry's head. He seized the hat then hid his head under it.
"You're being a baby!" said Evangeline trying to pull him out of it. "Get out of here!" She pulled the hat off his head to reveal a long sword. Its hilt was covered in rubies the size of eggs. Harry picked it up and stood to his feet as Riddle called out to the snake once again. The basilisk's mouth was wide open, it's body plunged at Harry. Evangeline pulled him out of the way and they were knocked against the Chamber's wall. It lunged again, it's forked tongue lashing against Harry's side. Evangeline whimpered and threw herself against Harry burying her face against Harry's shoulder. The basilisk lunged again and Evangeline heard a loud rumbling cry. She looked up and saw the snake's bared mouth in her face, blood dripping down Harry's arms. Harry was gritting his teeth and Evangeline noticed a fang was cutting into his arm. The snake let out another cry as it fell to the floor in a heap, dead. Harry slid down the wall panting and clutching his arm.
Evangeline kneeled down next to him and took his bloody arm in her hand. "Y-you'll be alright, won't you?" she whispered.
"The basilisk is poisonous," said Harry. Fawkes flew to his shoulder. "Fawkes," he said. "You were fantastic-" The bird laid his head down where Harry had been pierced by the snake.
"You're dead Potter," said Riddle's voice. "Dead. Even Dumbledore's bird knows it. Do you see what he's doing, Potter? He's crying." Harry and Evangeline looked over and saw tears falling down Fawkes' face.
"I'm going to sit here and watch you die, Harry Potter. Take your time, I'm in no hurry." Evangeline felt herself crying too. No. Harry couldn't be dying. Riddle was lying. Her only friend couldn't be dying because of her and Violet... Riddle mocked Harry, but Evangeline wasn't listening. She wrapped him in a hug and cried for her and Violet's best friend.
"Get away bird," said Riddle's voice suddenly. "Get away from him!" Evangeline looked up and saw Harry's wound was... gone?
"Pheonix tears," said Riddle. "Of course... healing powers... I forgot..." He looked into Harry's face.
"But it makes no difference. In fact, I prefer it this way. I don't need a snake to do my dirty work-" He raised his wand- then with a rush of wings, Fawkes appeared out of nowhere. He had apparently flew off of Harry's shoulder and now returned with a tattered book. Harry seized the book and pulled the basilisk fang from its mouth. He stabbed it into the heart of the book and there was a long high scream. Ink spurted from the book and Riddle writhed in pain as if it was his own blood. And then, he was gone. Harry's wand clanked to the floor, and he gasped for breath. The diary was sizzling, and Evangeline saw the fang had cut a large hole through it. Harry stood up and gathered his things.
Evangeline stood up beside him, and they heard a moan at the end of the chamber.
"I'll meet you down there," said Evangeline. "I have to wake my sister." She walked over to Violet and gently shook her.
"The snake's gone," she said. Violet stirred and sat up rubbing the back of her head. She looked around and saw the oozing diary, the snake's corpse, and the blood on the floor.
"I'm not going to ask," she said, standing up. Evangeline led her to the end of the chamber and saw Ginny crying and Harry trying to make her feel better.
"I'm going to be expelled!" she whined as the three led her threw the passage Harry had taken. "Oh, what am I going to do?"
"Well, first you could shut up!" said Violet with fake sweetness. The girls cackled, Slytheriness taking over. Harry glared at them.
"Sorry," they apologized in a not-so-sorry way. They approached a sound of shifting rocks.
"Ron!" Harry yelled. "Ginny's okay, I've got her!" They heard a strangled cheer. Then they turned a bend and saw his eager face looking through a sizable gap in a pile of rocks. The girls didn't ask what happened.
"Ginny!" he cried and wrapped her in an one armed hug. He pulled her through the gap. "You're alive! I-I don't believe it! What happened? And - how did you two get here?" he asked still helping them through the gap.
"Long story?" Evangeline suggested looking at Violet.
"Yes," she said. "Very long and - duudeee Harry, you've got a sword, sweet! Can I use it against Pansy Parkison?"
"Huh," said Harry. "One wants a snake, and the other wants a sword."
"Definitely Slytherin," said Ginny her eyes outlined red from crying. The girls rolled their eyes.
"Where's Lockhart?" Harry asked.
"Back there," said Ron. "He's in a bad sort. My wand backfired on him and he's suffering from a case of amnesia-" the girls cracked up.
"Gildorley Lockhart?" Violet asked in mock surprise. "But didn't he defeat those werewolves?"
"And vampires?" Evangeline threw in. "Oh look here he comes now!" Lockhart was grinning ear to ear.
"Hello!" he said. "Odd looking place don't you think. Do you live here?"
"No," said Ron his eyebrows shooting up. Harry bent down and picked up a dark pipe.
"How are we going to get out of this?" he asked. Ron shrugged. Then Fawkes flew down in front of Harry. He shook his feathers and looked at him with happy beady eyes.
"I think he wants you to grab hold," said Ron uncertainly. "But your much too heavy for a bird to pull you up there-"
"Fawkes," said Harry, "isn't an ordinary bird. We've got to hold onto each other. Lockhart grab Ron's hand.
"He means you," said Ron to Professor Lockhart.
"Violet hold Ginny's other hand, and Evangeline hold onto Violet's." Harry reached out and took hold of Fawkes' feathers. He soared into the sky flying quickly and swiftly as if he wasn't carrying any weight at all. Lockhart was yelling drunkenly, "Amazing! Amazing! It's just like magic!" But as soon as the ride had begun, it was over. Everyone stepped into a wet old-looking bathroom.
"You guys used the GIRLS bathroom?" Violet chuckled. Ron turned red. An ugly ghost goggled at them.
"You're alive!" she shrieked.
"There's no need to sound so disappointed," said Harry cleaning off his glasses.
"Oh, well I was just thinking, if you died you could have shared my toilet," she giggled.
"Eww, who'd want to share a toilet with you?" Evangeline asked in disgust.
"Who'd want to be in the same room with you?" Violet added. The girl moaned loudly then dunked behind a stall. Everyone heard a splash.
"Was it something I said?" Violet asked confused.
"Where now?" Ron asked anxiously glancing down at Ginny who had begun to cry again. Fawkes led the way to Professor McGonagall's office. Harry took a deep breath, knocked on the door, then walked inside.
"Ginny!" said a woman with identical flaming hair. She wrapped Ginny in a tight hug. Professor Dumbledore was standing by the mantelpiece beaming. Professor McGonagall gasped for breath. Fawkes flew from Harry to Dumbledore.
Evangeline and Violet felt out of place as Harry explained the events that happened.
"What interests me most," said Dumbledore gently, "is how Lord Voldemort managed to enchant Ginny when my sources tell me he is hiding in a forest in Albania."
"Who is Lord Voldemort?" Violet questioned. Everyone stared at her in shock. Dumbledore smiled.
"Would you girls mind reporting to my office?" The girls nodded quietly and walked to his office and sat down in two chairs.
"What if he expells us?" said Evangeline.
"Then we get away from the Slytherins," Violet shrugged.
"But we get sent to the French girl school!"
"Then we kick some French girl butt!" Violet cheered. "We'll be able to take over the whole school! Those sissies won't fight back!" The door opened and Dumbledore stepped inside. Violet jumped out of his chair and plopped down next to Evangeline.
"Of course you girls have noticed your friend's scar?" he said.
"Yes," said Evangeline. "And it's awesome!" Dumbledore chuckled.
"When Harry was young Voldemort killed his parents. He tried to kill Harry, but his wand backfired and sent him into an awful state. When Voldemort tried to kill Harry, he transferred some of his powers into him, which is why he can speak Parseltongue."
"Why didn't Voldemort's powers work?" Violet questioned.
"Harry was protected by his mother's love." said Dumbledore. "That's something Voldemort doesn't, and never will, understand."
"Who's Tom Riddle?" Evangeline asked.
"Tom Riddle was young Voldemort," said Dumbledore. "Voldemort preserved himself when he was sixteen years old."
"How did he do that?"
"That's something you find out later," said Dumbledore. "And so you know, Flint wanted you off the Slytherin team. But I will make sure you make it every year?" The girls nodded their heads thankfully.
"Now," he said suddenly serious. "Who obliviated Draco Malfoy?" Evangeline smiled guiltily. Violet patted her back.
"And he totally deserved it too!" she said fiercely. "Pretending to be our friend, then picking on us again when everyone's looking." Dumbledore nodded.
"Now, why don't you girls go join the feast? Your house didn't win, but, our pudding is actually very good this year. Don't you think?"
They girls rushed onto the train, running quickly after Harry, Ron and Hermione. They shoved into the compartment with them. They looked at Fred, George and Ginny and shoved the older twins out.
"What do you want?" Harry snapped.
"You won't even listen to us!" Violet screeched. "We were going to HELP you. And you haven't even given us a chance to explain. You just turn your backs and walk off like the other Slytherins. And you guys are better than them!"
"Vi, calm down," Evangeline said, grasping her sister's arm. "It's okay. Sorry, she's got anger problems. We really need to get you back to those classes."
"Okay, explain," Hermione said. The girls sat down just as the train was starting up.
"Riddle has us trapped in this room,cave-like thing," Violet started in a much calmer voice. "We had no food and very little water. We were tied, and our wrists still show the marks."
Evangeline pulled her robes back to show the circular cuts around their wrists. Most of them had healed, but a few still stung.
"It had to have been a week or more," Evangeline continued. "And it sucked too, because he was pretty hot."
Violet elbowed her in the ribs.
"Well he was..." she muttered. "Anyway, we had no choice. We were going to DIE if we didn't tell him."
"So you'd sacrifice Harry instead?" Ron shouted.
"That's not it!" Violet shouted. "If you listened entirely, then you would understand everything. Stop jumping to effing conclusions!"
"Violet," Evangeline said, once again holding onto her arm. "I will get Severus to put you back in anger management classes."
"Whatever," Violet said and crossed her arms. She sighed and then continued. "So we told him to get Ginny into the chamber."
"Bitch," Ron muttered. Violet growled at him, baring her teeth. Ron shrunk back slightly.
"ANYWAY," Evangeline said. "Riddle released us then, and we ran to the Gryffindor common room. I somehow guessed the password, and we got in."
"We found out you were already gone, and we went back through the room Riddle had locked us in," Violet said, picking up where Evangeline left off. "And then, well, you know the rest."
"So now we come to the burning question," Violet said. "Do you believe us? And do you at least sorta forgive us?"
Ron, Hermione, Harry and Ginny all looked at each other. They all seemed to sit in silence for what felt like ages before Harry and Hermione turned to them.
"Well, I forgive you," Hermione said. Harry agreed.
"I hate you two," Ginny said.
"It's mutual," Violet and Evangeline said together.
Ron sighed. "I do believe you, but I don't know how easily I'm going to forgive you."
"Group hug!" Evangeline squealed. And one commenced. Violet sat in the middle, moody and with her arms crossed.
"I never got to say good-bye to Michael!" she shouted in realization and dashed out of the room.
"I better go after her," Evangeline sighed. "She's in LOOOOOVVEEE!"
And Evangeline danced out fo the compartement, following her sister.