AN Sorry, it's been a while but I have been sick and using my laptop doesn't help all that much I am afraid. Well there was meant to be fourteen chapters, but I realised how short these two were and I have merged them together. This is the LAST CHAPTER! Soul Bond and the Chamber of Secrets will be up shortly.

Disclaimer: I am not J.K Rowling therefore I do not own Harry Potter, no matter how much I wished I did.

Chapter thirteen Harry's Pov

The next day I searched out Hannah, Susan and Justin. I found them in the grounds and I whispered to them that I had to tell them something in private so no one else could hear. They guessed it was something to do with the Philosophers Stone so they nodded and led me to the Hufflepuff common room. We were sat in the empty Hufflepuff common room and I was pacing back and forth as I relayed the story to them.

" So You-Know-Who is after the stone?"

" Yes and Hagrid when drunk told Snape how to get past the stone."

" How do you know that?" Justin asked.

" Well I went to visit him and it was when I found out he had the dragon and he told me he had talked about Fluffy and gotten past him."

" How though?" Susan asked.

" Music."

" Oh." They chorused.

" I need to go and see Professor McGonagall so we can find Dumbledore as I know he's not in his office."

" How?"

" I went there before I came to find you."

" Oh."

" Come on then." Justin said.

We ran down to McGonagall's office and knocked on the door. A few moments later she answered and we were ushered in and sat down in some chairs she had conjured. She surveyed us over the top of her glasses, trying to work out what we were there to see her for.

" Professor where's Professor Dumbledore?" I asked in a rush.

She raised an eyebrow.

" He had an urgent owl from the Ministry of Magic and left for London immediately."

" He's gone!" Hannah gasped.

" Why is what you have to say more important than the Ministry?"

" But Professor its about the Philosophers stone." I said.

She gasped.

" How do you?" She said sounding flustered.

" Professor someone's going to try and steal it."

" The stone is safe. Believe me. Now go outside." She said.

We didn't though we went into a spare classroom instead. We began talking hurriedly. It was a few moments before we all paused in hope that we could actually listen to what the others were saying. We needed a plan of some sort if we were going to save the stone from Voldemort. I would rather I died than have a Voldemort who was fully restored to power and Susan, Hannah and Justin seemed to notice this.

" Tonight. Snape will go after the stone tonight." I said.

" So we go and stop him." Justin cried.

" Are you guys sure? I could go by myself."

" No Harry we're friends and we will all go together." Susan said.

" Yeah." Hannah agreed.

" Of course." Justin agreed.

We all went our separate ways at curfew. It was to get rid of suspicion. At eleven I crept out of the common room under the cloak when McGonagall came in to check. I had gone upstairs and told George I was tired then crept back down again under the cloak. I arrived at the Hufflepuff common room just as the others crept out and I pulled them under the cloak with me just in time as Filch came around the corner. We hurried off for the charms corridor, trying to be as quiet as possible. We had no way of getting through as we had no music so I began to sing a song I had heard Aunt Petunia listening to on the radio.

" I told the man at the rail road station I want a ticket just for one. He said well if you insist where do you wanna go miss?"

While I sang Justin opened the trap door.

" Destination anywhere east to west I don't care. Cos my baby don't love me no more and this whole world hasn't got no back door."

Justin slid down and landed with a soft thump.

" He looked at me with a funny face and said are you sure you wanna go just any place? I said if you have ever loved someone the way I loved that man then surely Mr Ticket Agent you can understand?"

Susan jumped down.

" As I looked through the window of the train I thought I heard my baby call my name, but it was just the conductor saying which stop would you prefer?"

Hannah jumped down.

" Destination anywhere, east to west I don't care because my baby don't love me no more."

I jumped. I hit the bottom and gasped to see my friends all tied up by a plant, I peered through my glasses at it, and recognised it. It was devils snare. We had learnt about it around Christmas time in Herbology.

" Harry?" Susan gasped as if she was struggling to breathe and I knew she must have been.

" Lumos solem." I said.

The plant let us all go. We all fell through the plant but none of us were harmed in the slightest. We all got up and moved into the next room where there were things flying about. I gazed at them as the other three ran across the room and tried to open the door and it was locked. I knew that they couldn't have just been there for show there had to be some sort of reason for them.

Justin then tried the alohomora charm but I knew that wouldn't work. These birds couldn't just be here for decoration. It was then I noticed them glinting and worked it out. They were keys!

" Guys they're keys." I gasped.

" What?"

" Look keys. We need to catch one."

" Go on then Harry your the seeker." Justin said.

" Right."

I jumped onto the broom and started flying about in search for the key and it wasn't long before I saw it. It had a crumpled wing from already being forced to unlock the door. I caught it and threw it to the others while the rest of the keys started to attack me.

I managed to fly through the door and they shut it behind me and we could hear the keys on the other side trying to get through however it was impossible. We looked around the room and noticed it was a chess board. We gasped. I was terrible at chess as was Hannah, but luckily Justin and Susan were pretty good at it.

" Do you want Susan and I to control it?" Justin asked.

" Yeah no offence Hannah but me and you are crap at it."

" Too right." She agreed.

Justin took the place of the knight. I took the place of the queen side bishop and Hannah the king side bishop and Susan took a rook. Justin was in charge of saying where to move except Susan's inputs. We played for what seemed like hours but I knew it couldn't have been more than ten minutes. Our side had lost a lot of pieces and we had been forced to move a few times when there had been a close chance of us getting hit by one of the other sides pieces. Suddenly a heroic look came over Justin's face and it took me a moment to work out what he was doing.

" NO!" We all cried.

" Its for the best I do this and then Harry you are free to checkmate the king."

" Right."

He let his knight be taken. We watched horrified as he dropped to the floor. Hannah was about to move to go and see him. I really wanted to go and see if he was all right as well, but I knew that I couldn't. If I did there was a chance we would loose the game and be killed and it wasn't worth the risk, though Justin was worth it, we knew he would be furious if we lost because we went to check if he was all right.

" HANNAH NO!" I cried and she paused.

" IF YOU MOVE IT WILL BE THEIR GO AND WE WILL LOOSE." I shouted across to her, she paused to look at me and then she nodded.

I moved forward and started at the king.

" CHECKMATE!"

His sword dropped to the floor and Susan rushed to check on Justin, followed slightly behind by me and Hannah. We crouched down by his head as I checked his pulse and checked him for any really bad injuries.

" Susan you stay here with Justin and Hannah and I will go on."

She nodded.

Hannah and I advanced into the next room and the smell reached me before I saw it and Hannah gagged slightly. I shivered as I saw the troll remembering George telling me I was attacked by a troll when I first woke up. However this troll was knocked out so Hannah and I walked on and I was grateful to be out of that room as it stunk to high heaven.

It was then we came across Snape's guard. It was a potions table and a riddle. Hannah read it out loud.

" Danger lies before you, while safety lies behind,
Two of us will help you, whichever you would find,
One among us seven will let you move ahead,
Another will transport the drinker back instead,
Two among our number hold only nettle wine,
Three of us are killers, waiting hidden in line.
Choose, unless you wish to stay here for evermore,
To help you in your choice, we give you these clues four:
First, however slyly the poison tries to hide,
You will always find some on nettle wines left side;
Second, different are those that stand on either end,
But if you would move onwards, neither is your friend;
Third, as you see clearly, all are different size,
Neither dwarf nor giant hold death in their insides;
Fourth, the second left and the second on the right
Are twins once you taste them, though different on first sight."

Hannah let out a great sigh and I was surprised to see she was smiling. That was the last thing I felt like doing. I had no idea what this riddle meant but she clearly did. If I had to do it by myself it would have taken me around an hour or two of that I was sure, especially considering I sucked at potions. I had no idea what the techniques were, and I planned to buy some extra books on it in Diagon Alley in the summer so I could learn and get better.

" Its not magic its logic. A lot of magical folk don't have an ounce of logic and would be stuck here forever." Hannah told me.

" And if it was just me I would."

" No, it wouldn't it would just take you a little longer than me but I understand it."

She paced for a few minutes then checked over and over again. She then picked up two of them. The small one she handed to me.

" That's to go on and this is to go back. There's only enough for you to go on. I will go back to the others."

" Stay safe Hannah." I said.

" You too."

Suddenly she was hugging me. I smiled and hugged her back. She was blinking away tears. I had a little fear in my chest, but I was ready to die, if it meant protecting my friends. I would die for them over and over again.

" Good luck Harry."

" I'll be fine Hannah see you in a bit."

" See you."

She drank down the potion and with a last smile disappeared through the purple flames and I drank mine down and disappeared on through the black flames and froze when I got there not expecting who I saw. It wasn't Voldemort or even Snape.

It was Quirrell.

" You!"

" Me."

" But Snape?"

" Severus? He does seem the type doesn't he? Next to him who would suspect poor stuttering Professor Quirrell."

" But Snape hates me?"

" Of course he does."

" And he was suspected of being a death eater!"

" He was."

" But then?"

" He tried to save your life when I was cursing your broom."

" That was you!"

" Yes and I would have succeeded in killing you and I was so close however one of those bloody Weasley twins saved you."

" So you work for Voldemort?"

" Yes that's right."

He tied me up and every time I struggled they seemed to get tighter, and I realised he must have charmed them that way.

He turned to something behind him and I was surprised to see it was the mirror of Erised. How had it gotten down here? I knew I needed to keep him away from the mirror.

" But why does Snape hate me so?" I asked him trying to bide time.

" He went to school with your father and they hated each other."

He then turned back to the mirror.

" How does it work? Do I need to break it?"

" Use the boy." A voice hissed.

" Potter come here!" He demanded.

I had no choice as he basically summoned me.

" What do you see?"

" I see me, my friends and my family." I said lying. Well it wasn't that much of a lie. I saw George holding a red stone which he slipped into my pocket. I could tell it was there outside of the mirror as I felt it slip into my pocket.

" Idiotic boy." Quirrell hissed with fury in his eyes as he pushed me to a side.

" He lies." The voice hissed.

" POTTER!" Quirrell screamed grabbing me once more.

" Let me speak to him. Face to face."

" But Master you aren't strong enough!"

" I have strength enough for this."

To my complete horror he started peeling his turban away and I nearly was sick at the face that was in the back of his head. Voldemort. I had no idea how I knew this I just did and it made me feel sick. He had blood red eyes and pale flaky skin. His eyes showed pure and utter intense loathing.

" Harry Potter."

" Voldemort."

" Yes you see what I have become."

I ignored him and it seemed to anger him, but if I was going to die, I wasn't going to give him the satisfaction of knowing he had my attention which he didn't. He was very full of himself and I wasn't particularly bothered about what he was saying, though I did subconsciously take in everything he was saying.

" I am a shadow of my former self and you saw my loyal servant drinking unicorn blood for me in the forest. Now all I need to get my body back is the stone that conveniently enough lies in your pocket."

Quirrell flew at me. I was slammed to the floor and I smashed my head against the concrete, hard. My head was spinning, and I was ready to welcome death, when I remembered George. I wasn't ready to leave him. I thought I loved him, but having never known what love was like I wasn't sure and I was only eleven. I knew I had to fight Quirrell off. I grabbed his hands he was trying to strangle me with and they become covered in blisters.

" MY HANDS!" He cried.

" Get him fool." Voldemort shouted.

He flew at me once more but I put my hands on his face and his face too covered in blisters. I had no idea what I had done, but I carried on with even though the power within me was painful. I watched as Quirrell collapsed onto the floor as did I. I saw Quirrell's body turn to ash and a pang of guilt swept through me. I was feeling really dizzy and the last thing I saw was him turning to dusk and Voldemort deserting Quirrells body and leaving the room with one last cry. I then dropped unconscious.

Georges Pov

" HARRY!" I screamed bolting awake.

Fred and Lee were next to me in a second however I was shaking uncontrollably.

" George?"

" George calm down." I could hear Lee saying.

" Georgie please calm down." Fred pleaded.

I heard someone leave the dorm and I assumed it was Lee as he came back in a few moments later. My chest was hurting, but the pain was as if it wasn't my own. I knew it had to be Harry, but I had no idea what was the matter with him nor where he was.

" Harry's no where to be found!"

" We will have to take George to the hospital wing."

Fred picked me up and carried me out and I ignored the stares that I was getting. Something was seriously wrong with my Harry I just knew it. We left the common room and as we got closer to the hospital wing I saw Dumbledore holding a pale still Harry. He looked dead and with that my eyes rolled back into my head.

Harry's Pov

I woke up and managed to snag my glasses off the bedside table and I blinked seeing a sleeping George next to me and he was still grasping my hand. I nudged him slightly. I didn't want him to be angry at me when he woke up but I wanted to make sure he was okay and to see if he wanted to go back to his dorm as how he was sleeping couldn't have been comfortable.

" George." I whispered.

" Mmm."

" Georgie wake up."

He opened his eyes and blinked at me.

" Harry." He murmured.

I nodded.

" Harry." He cried.

He gently pulled me into his arms and he sobbed into my shoulder and with his shout Madam Pomfrey had come running out of his office. She had gasped and pulled him off me. I was sad that she did. His hug had comforted me, I had been worried he would have hated me for going off and trying to save the stone as he had no idea about the stone or Voldemort being in the school.

" Mr Potter..." She began sternly.

" Harry." Dumbledore said appearing in the ward.

" Poppy I would like a word with them can you give us a few minutes."

" Well I guess." She said huffing before walking off.

" Now Harry."

" Hi Professor."

" Its good to see you. I was worried I was too late."

" You nearly was I couldn't hold Quirrell off much longer he would have gotten the stone."

" No my dear boy not the stone, you. The effort nearly killed you."

George choked back a sob and I squeezed his hand reassuringly. I knew how close I had been to death but I hadn't wanted George to know.

" How come Professor Quirrell couldn't touch me?" I asked.

" When your mother died to save you she left a mark."

I started raising my hand to point to my scar and I knew Dumbledore knew what I was going to do.

" No not a visible mark. This is a protection in your very blood."

" So he couldn't touch me because of my mother?"

" Yes your mothers love was strong and Voldemort who had never experienced love couldn't stand it and he left leaving Quirrell to die."

" Does that mean with the stone gone Voldemort can never return?"

" Alas there are ways in which he could."

" Oh."

" Now is there anymore questions Harry?"

" How was it I got the stone sir? One minute I was looking into the mirror and then the next it was in my pocket."

" Ah I am glad you asked me this Harry. I believed this was one of my better ideas and between us that is saying something. Someone who wanted the stone, wanted but not want to use it could get it."

" What happened to the stone?"

" It was destroyed."

" But what about your friend Nicholas Flamel he will die won't he?"

" Oh you know about Nicholas? Wow you do do things properly. We had a little chat and we decided it was for the best."

" But he'll die."

" Yes but to the well organised mind death is the next great adventure."

" Oh."

With that Dumbledore left and George pulled me into a hug again and I relished the comfort I got from it, even though I could feel his tears soaking through my shirt and it was kind of uncomfortable.

" Harry how could you go on an adventure like that you could have died?" He sobbed.

" I'm sorry George it was just I wanted to make sure Voldemort didn't return."

He just gripped onto me. I relaxed into his arms feeling perfectly safe. Slowly I felt his tears stop and he was merely sniffing slightly.

" How long was I out?"

" Three days."

" Oh."

" You were missed. Justin, Hannah and Susan as well as Fred and Lee have been so worried."

" I hope everyone's okay." I whispered to myself.

" They are Harry." George said and I realised he had heard my statement.

" Good." I said eventually.

The next few days passed and I told Hannah, George, Fred, Lee, Justin and Susan what happened and the girls screamed and the boys paled when I told them about Quirrells head. I had told them as we hid in an empty classroom. I didn't want to say it somewhere where there was any chance we could have been interrupted and Madam Pomfrey could have come out at any minute.

" Merlin." Lee said summing it up.

It was finally the leaving feast. Gryffindor was only fourty points behind winning.

" Another year gone and the house cup needs awarding. In fourth place is Hufflepuff with two hundred points. In third place is ravenclaw with three hundred and seven points. In second place is Gryffindor with four hundred and thirty points and Slytherin house with Four hundred and seventy points."

The slytherins began cheering.

" Well done Slytherin, well done Slytherin, however recent events must be taken into account."

They stopped.

" To Miss Hannah Abbott for cool logic in the face of fire I award Hufflepuff fourty points."

I saw Hannah blushing.

" To Miss Susan Bones I award 40 points for helping in one of the best games of chess I have ever seen."

I suspected she had burst out crying.

" To Mr Justin Finch-Fletchly for outstanding plans I award fourty points."

He beamed.

" And finally to Mr Harry Potter I award sixty points for good logic and bravery when those were in grave peril."

I smiled.

" Now if I am not mistaken Gryffindors win."

He clapped his hands and the decorations changed. I was suddenly swept into a hug from a hyper George. Then everyone was surrounding me cheering. All of Gryffindor house had raised their hats and thrown them in the air. We had won for the first time in seven years.
The next day we boarded the express. George hadn't let go of my hand since the night before and I was glad of it. I would miss him even though I would see him tomorrow. On the express he pulled me onto his lap.

Lily had gotten a new carrier and Hedwig had flown to the Burrow already. George was to be taking Lily with him and Fred was taking Hedwigs cage. Our compartment held Fred, Lee, Justin, Hannah, Susan, George and I. We managed to play a game of exploding snap even though I was still sat on Georges lap.

I had offered to move but he said he was comfy. So I lay my head on his shoulder and I must have fallen asleep but I woke up when the lunch trolly came around. I bought us all a pumpkin pastie and a chocolate frog each aswell as a pack of Bertie Botts every flavour beans between two.

George and I shared as I was sat on his knee. Fred and Lee shared and Susan, Hannah and Justin had offered to share which they did.

Georges Pov

Over the past few days Harry had become increasingly clingy. He was nervous about returning to the Dursleys and he had every right to be. I would if I was him. It was rare whenever we weren't in lessons for Harry to not be holding my hand. Percy had been furious at Dumbledore and worried for what Harry would have to put up with.

Ron had of course not been bothered with Harry. Ron was a bit of a loner now. Neville had grown tired of him. Neville was really interested in Herbology and Ron had continued to insult his favourite subject. They also found out they had absolutely nothing in common at all.
Ron had tried to get close to Harry after that. He had thought that as they had been friends on the train he would want to be friends now. However he hadn't counted on the fact that he had been bullying Harry for the most of the year and often called him queer.
He was delusional in thinking that Harry would just forgive all those months of bullying and automatically be friends with him. Ron also wanted him to ditch Justin, Hannah and Susan. Harry would never ditch them. They were all very close.

Everyone decided to play exploding snap however I just held onto Harry who was sat in my lap the whole journey. I didn't want him to leave. It wasn't fair. Why does Dumbledore get to decided where he had to stay. Shouldn't that be up to a certain department in the Ministry?
When we got to Kings Cross it seemed to have come to quick. I didn't want to get off. I didn't want to leave my Harry with his damn relatives. I kissed his forehead my lips lingering there as he grasped me into a tight hug which I returned. He carried on hugging me as if he didn't want to ever let go and I felt the same. I didn't want him to go. I needed him.

" I'll miss you George."

" I'll miss you too Harry however its only until tomorrow right."

" Yes until tomorrow."

We both got off the train and Harry dragged his trunk. Mum would be waiting on platform ten for us as she deemed it to crowded to meet us on nine and three quarters. Me and Harry walked through the barrier after Fred and Harrys uncle came up.

He glared at Harry furiously pointing at his car before walking off. Harry sighed waved goodbye to us and then began dragging his trunk along. Mum watched shocked as Harry hauled his trunk into the back of the car and struggled to close the boot before getting in and his uncle driving straight off.

I saw Harrys upset face from the window before he drove out of sight. Mum turned back to us. She looked horrified at his Uncle and I wondered whether she knew about the abuse but I doubted it otherwise she would never have let him go back. She would have kicked up a fuss with Dumbledore at least.

We left the station and went home and I was dreading what would happen to Harry this summer but I calmed myself with the fact Fred and I would see him tomorrow. Fred placed a hand on my shoulder. I turned to look at him and he gave me a reassuring smile.

" He will be ok Georgie."

" I hope so. Merlin do I hope so."