Chapter 17: All the King's Horses and All the King's Men
The group fell down a pipe landing on the hard ground.
"We're not in the chamber yet." Said Hancock, "We still have the find the actual room."
She nodded to her children and her son's best friends… it was an unsaid signal to get Gilderoy to admit he was a fraud.
"So, Mr. Lockhart…. What do you plan to with the Basilisk now that you know where it is." Said Hina.
"Well I…" said Lockhart.
"I'm sure it will be exciting!" said Haru.
That was when he stole Haru's wand.
"What the hell!" yelled Haru.
"I think you should know something about me. I am nothing but a fraud." Said Gilderoy.
There was an awkward silence.
"Yeah we already knew that." Said Haru.
"The second the crew met you, we knew you were a fraud." Said Hancock.
"Oh really. What makes you so sure? What has your crew done?" said Lockhart.
"My dad is better at asking about the adventures, or Nami since she was the third one who joined…" said Hina.
"That maybe… but I'm afraid I can't let you know about this." Said Gilderoy.
"Why?" asked Hancock narrowing her eyes at the man.
"I'll let you know something I was a terrible student." Said Gilderoy.
"We're not surprised." Said Haru, Ron, Hina and Hancock.
"Well, as I was saying, the charm I was best at was the memory charm." Said Gilderoy.
"Wait that must mean…" said Hancock.
"That's right, the things in my books really did happen." Said Gilderoy.
"I thought you only made up the stuff…" said Haru glaring at him, "I didn't think you were that selfish."
"So what… the one that dealt with the Werewolves was some ugly Aramaic Wizard while the one that dealt with the banshee was a witch with a hairy chin." Explained Gilderoy, "It was better for a beautiful person to take the credit."
"Selfish is an understatement." Said Hancock.
Her children stared at her, they had heard stories about her behavior in her younger days, about how she felt that she could get away with anything just because she was beautiful.
"I grew out of that behavior after I met your father… you know that." Said Hancock, "I learned from my mistakes. I thought I could away with anything just because I was beautiful... I learned otherwise when I met Luffy."
"That doesn't matter." Said Gilderoy, "I'm going to erase your memory of what happened. I'm going to claim that Ronald went mad after seeing his sister's twisted corpse and your three were wracked with guilt."
"Give me the wand." Said Hancock.
"I am not going to!" shouted Gilderoy.
Of course due to the powers of the Love Love Fruit, he had given her Haru's wand.
"He's an idiot…" mumbled Haru, making Ron and Hina nod.
"I have done this many times before, but it was only because you annoyed me or someone else in the crew." Said Hancock, "But this time will be the last… I will not let you get away with threatening my children… and I will not let you get away with letting a little girl die! Love Love Beam!"
The heart shaped beam hit the vain wizard, turning him into stone. Hancock then proceeded to smash him into many pieces.
"Is he…" said Ron paling.
"I'm afraid so." Said Hancock, "I doubt even magic could put him back to together again."
"How are you going to explain this?" asked Ron.
"That it was an accident." Said Hancock.
"Come on Ron… don't com that slime ball's defense. He was going to scramble our brains." Said Hina.
"I know… but still…" said Ron.
"You'd be surprised to find out that "Hancock turning him stone and him getting smashed" was a popular option for the pool." Said Haru, "I wonder who got in the end…"
Ron sighed, he knew that they dealt with death a lot… but it still unnerved him none the less.
They went deeper into the corridor, until they across a large door, it was covered in many stone snake.
"So this must be the real entrance." Said Hancock.
"Snakes in the girl's rest room… I think Salazar Slytherin has a Loli Con." Said Hina.
"Hina! Who taught you that?" asked Hancock.
Hina shrugged, "I don't know… picked it up somewhere."
"All right… time to go." Said Haru.
"Wait." Said Hancock.
"What?" asked Haru.
"I think you should go alone." Said Hancock.
"What? Really?" asked Haru.
"I have the feeling that you have to enter alone." Said Hancock.
"Are you sure about that? I mean…" said Ron.
"We don't know who is behind the door… it might be over kill." Said Hancock.
"Okay." Said Haru.
"Remember Haru, don't worry about us." Said Hancock, "We can find a way out."
"Make sure my sister is all right." Said Ron.
"And remember most of all… Don't eat yellow snow." Said Hina.
Everyone slowly turned to the young girl.
"I couldn't think of anything." Hina laughed nervously.
Haru nodded, "Are you sure that you can find a way out if something happens to me?" asked Haru.
"Don't worry… like mom said we'll be fine." Said Hina.
Haru nodded, he created portal to the other side.
"Are you sure this is a good idea?" asked Ron.
"I can only hope so." Said Hancock.
In the actual chamber, Haru had his wand out. That was when he saw Ginny laying there, life less.
"Ginny!" he shouted.
He dropped his wand and ran towards her. He checked on her and she was still breathing.
"Ginny! Ginny please wake up!" shouted Haru shaking her.
"I'm sorry but she can't be reached." Said a voice behind Haru.
Haru turned around and saw T.M. standing behind him holding his wand.
Haru snorted, "Figures you'd be the bad guy somehow." Said Haru.
T.M. smirked, "So you figured it out." He said.
"That's right." Said Haru, "I kept getting a weird feeling whenever I wrote to you. I wasn't sure what kind of weird feeling it was, but it felt I didn't trust you."
"You're much smarter than you seem." Said T.M.
Haru could only smile when he said that.
"But you must be wondering what exactly I am." Said T.M.
"That's right." Said Haru.
"I guess I should tell you the details of my plan…" said T.M, "After all it would explain what I am…"
Haru groaned, great he had to listen to a long winded speech before the fight… he hated those so much, they were so annoying! Unfortunately this time around he had to pay attention… after with what was going on, a long-winded explanation was better than nothing.
Next Time: Haru must face of against the memory of T.M. Riddle! Who would one day grow up to be a certain someone while also facing the Basilisk. Will he be able to succeed and will he get help from surprising places? Find out next time!
A/N: Yes, I killed off Lockhart... I was debating whether to kill him off or to rebuild him and have never being the same... in the end I killed him. I hope people will agree with me on this one...