They followed the spiders for a long time, trying to not to step on each and every one.
"Harry, I don't like this," Ron complained. "Harry, I don't like this at all."
"Shush!" Carmela, Harry and Alexis exclaimed.
"Come on," Harry stated.
"Now this I don't like," Carmela responded as they had to go into a cave, little did they know a bigger spider was watching them.
A few seconds later a voice sounds from everywhere, "Who is it?"
Carmela raised her hand and sent an energy orb up, to light the area around them, "don't panic"
"Hagrid? Is that you?" the voice asked, as something was moving along the spiderwebs.
"We're friends of Hagrid's," Harry answered.
They took at automatic step backward as a huge spider walked forward.
"And you? You're Aragog, aren't you?" Harry asked.
"Yes," replied Aragog "Hagrid has never sent men and women into our hollow before,"
"He's in trouble, Up at the school, there have been attacks, they think it's Hagrid," Alexis explained,
"They think he opened the Chamber of Secrets. Like before." Harry added.
"That's lie." Aragog stated. "Hagrid never opened the Chamber of Secrets."
"Then your not the monster?" Harry asked.
"No," answered Aragog "The monster was born in the castle. I came to Hagrid from a distant land in the pocket of a traveler,"
Ron was looking around with fear on his face, he pulled on Harry's sleeve. "Harry."
"But if you're not the monster, then what did kill that girl 50yrs ago?" Harry asked.
"We do not speak of it," Aragog stated. "It is an ancient creature we spiders fear above all others,"
"But have you seen it?" Carmela asked.
"I never saw any part of the castle but the box in which Hagrid kept me. The girl was discovered in a bathroom. When I was accused Hagrid brought me here," Aragog explained.
"Harry!" exclaimed Ron in fear
"What?" Harry asked.
Alexis looked around, "We're surrounded." there were spiders everywhere crawling toward them on strands of spider silk
"Well, Thank you." Harry stated to Aragog "We'll just go."
"Go? I think not. My sons and daughters do not harm Hagrid on my command, but I cannot deny them fresh meat when it wanders so willingly into our midst." Aragog stated.
the spiders were closing in, on all sides
"Goodbye, friend of Hagrid."
"Can we panic now?" Ron asked.
The four of them stood back to back, Alexis, Ron and Harry had their wands out.
"Know any spells?" Ron asked.
"One, but it's not powerful enough for all of them." Harry replied.
"But I am," Carmela stated then raised her hands sent out lightning bolts a few inches from the spiders. After all she didn't want to hurt them.
Suddenly the area was filled with light, and a ford Anglia came rolling in over the hill and hopefully over some spiders, it opened it's doors,
"Let's go." Harry stated. The four ran for the car, Alexis dove for the backseat as Carmela just orb in, "Why didn't I think of orbing!"
"Arania Exumai!" Harry casted and a bright light appeared from his wand then he got into the car,
"Go!" Carmela exclaimed to the car, then it started moving in reverse. Once they were out, everyone breathed a sigh of relief,
"Glad, we're out of there," Ron stated.
"Don't look behind you," Alexis warned as she saw a spider on the passenger window, then it grabbed a hold of Ron and started to choke him.
"Arania Exumai!" Harry exclaimed as the same bright light came forward.
"Thanks for that." Ron stated
"Don't mention it." Harry replied.
The spiders were marching forward, when Harry turned back to the windshield
"Get us out of here," Alexis stated.
"Now!" exclaimed Harry
Ron put the car in reverse and started driving backwards.
"Come on! Move faster!" Harry exclaimed.
Once out of the Dark Forest, the car landed as it had been flying which really shocked Alexis and Carmela. They climbed out of the car.
"Follow the spiders, Follow the spiders." Ron stated. "If Hagrid ever gets out of Azkaban, I'll kill him."
the car turned itself around and went back into the Forest.
"I never thought I see the day when a car turned feral." Alexis muttered.
"I mean what was the point of sending us in there?" Ron asked "What have we found out?"
"We know one thing," Carmela replied. "Hagrid never opened the Chamber of Secrets."
"He was innocent, I protect innocents" Alexis stated.
Carmela orbed both boys back to the Common room, where they went to bed. Alexis was in her own common room, pacing around before bed.
"Why is it, I always get myself into these things?" She asked.
Carmela shrugged, "I would say blame the Elders but that would be blaming me as well."
Alexis looked up "What was that lightning thing you did?"
"Electrokinesis, most of the Elders have that power. We only use it to protect ourselves or in my case charges." Carmela replied, "I have powers too, you know. Now bed."
the following morning after classes. Alexis, Harry, Ron were visiting Hermione in the Hospital wing. Carmela having been called by the other Elders, so she had to go 'Up There'
"Wish you were, Hermione." Harry stated "We need you."
He reached out and touched her hand
Alexis agreed, "Now more then ever."
"what's that?" Ron asked as he noticed Harry was reading something
"Ron, Lexi, this is why Hermione was in the library the day she was attacked. Come on." Harry replied.
The three students walked though the corridors,
"Of the many fearsome beasts that roam our land none is more deadly then the basilisk. Capable of living for hundreds of years instant death awaits any who meet this giant serpent's eye. Spiders flee before it" Harry read the piece of parchment "Ron, Lexi, This is it."
Alexis' closed her eyes, she should have figured this out ages ago, "The monster in the Chamber of Secrets is a basilisk. That's why we can hear it speak. It's a snake."
"but if it kills by looking people in the eye, why is it no one's dead?" Ron asked.
Harry stated at the window and saw himself "Because no one ever did look it in the eye. Not directly, at least."
The three of them continued to walk after going back to the Common room.
"Colin saw it through his camera," Harry thought outloud,
"Justin—Justin must have seen the basilisk though Nearly headless Nick. Nick got the full blast of it. But he's a ghost, he can't die again." Alexis stated. "and Hermione had the mirror."
"I bet you she was using it to look around corners in case it came along," Harry finished.
"And Mrs. Norris? I'm pretty sure she didn't have a camera or a mirror," Ron pointed out.
"The water, there was water on the floor that night. She only saw the basilisk's reflection." Alexis remembered.
They went over to a torch,
"Spiders flee before it," Harry read again, "It all fits."
"But how's a basilisk been getting around?" Ron asked. "A dirty, great snake. Someone would have seen it."
Alexis saw Hermione's handwriting, "Hermione's answered that too."
"Pipes? It's using the plumbing." Ron stated.
"Remember what Aragog said about that girl 50years ago? She died in a bathroom? What if she never left?" Harry asked.
"Moaning Myrtle." Ron and Alexis whispered.
"All students are to return to their house dormitories at once. All teachers to the second-floor corridor immediately." Professor McGonagall's voice stated.
The three looked at each other and ran to the second floor. They hid behind one of the corners.
"As you can see, the Heir of Slytherin has left another message. Our worst fear has been realized. A student has been taken by the monster into the chamber itself." McGonagall explained to the teachers. "The students must be sent home. I'm afraid this is the end of Hogwarts."
"So sorry. Dozed off. What have I missed?" Glideroy's voice asked.
"A girl has been snatched by the monster, Lockhart. Your moment has come at last." Snape answered.
"My moment?" Lockhart asked.
"Weren't you saying just last night that you've known all along where the entrance to the Chamber of Secrets is?" Snape asked.
"That's settled. We'll leave you to deal with the monster, Gilderoy." McGonagall stated. "Your skills, after all, are legend."
"Very well." Lockhart replied. "I'll just be in my office getting ready,"
"Who is it that the monster's taken, Minerva?" Madam Pomfrey asked
"Ginny Weasley," McGonagall answered.
The teachers left then the three students walked to where the message was.
"Her skeleton will lie in the Chamber forever." Ron read "Ginny"
"We'll get her back." Alexis stated. "Let's go to Lockhart."
The three students ran into the classroom.
"Lockhart may be useless, but he's going to try and get into the Chamber. At least we can tell him what we know." Harry stated as they ran into his office, "Professor, we have some information for you."
Alexis glared at him as he was packing his trunks, "Are you going somewhere?"
"Well, yes. Urgent call. Unavoidable. Got to go." Lockhart answered.
"What about my sister?" Ron asked.
"Well...as to that, most unfortunate. No one regrets more then I." Lockhart replied.
"You're the Defense against the Dark Arts teacher. You can't go now." Ron stated.
"I must say, when I took the job, there was nothing in the description-" Lockhart explained.
"You're running away?" Harry asked. "After all you did in your books?"
"Books can be misleading." Lockhart answered.
"You wrote them." Alexis stated
"My dear girl, do use your common sense." Lockhart stated. "My books wouldn't have sold half as well if people didn't think I'd done those things."
"You're a fraud." Harry stated. "You've been taking credit for what other wizards have done."
"Is there anything you can do?" Ron asked.
"Yes, now you mention it. I'm rather gifted with Memory Charms." Lockhart answered "Otherwise, all those wizards would have gone blabbing. I'd never have sold another book, In fact I'm going to have to do the same to you." he turned around and walked over to get his wand, when he turned around again three wands were pointing directly at him.
"Don't even think about it." Alexis stated. She motioned with her wand that Lockhart drop his. Which he did.
The four of them went into the girls' lavatory, well Lockhart was at wand point.
"Who's there?" Myrtle asked, if she had a body she would have blushed when she saw Harry, "Hello, Harry. What do you want?"
"Go on, you're the one she likes," Alexis whispered
"To ask you how you died." Harry replied.
"It was dreadful. It happen right here in this very cubicle." Myrtle answered. "I'd hidden because Olive Hornby was teasing me about my glasses. I was crying, and then I heard somebody come in."
"Who was it, Myrtle?" asked Alexis
"I don't know. I was distraught!" Myrtle replied as she float down, "But they said something funny, a kind of made-up language and I realized it was a boy, so I unlocked the door to tell him to go away and I died."
"Just like that? How?" Harry asked.
"I just remember seeing a pair of great, big, yellow eyes...over there by that sink." Myrtle answered as she pointed to the sink
Alexis walked over and looked at the sink, there were no cracks or anything but she did see something craved in mental on one of facets, two snakes. "There are snakes on here, Harry."
"This is it, I think this is the entrance to the Chamber of Secrets." Harry stated as he looked at the facets
"Say something. Harry or you Lexi. Say something in Parseltongue." Ron suggested.
"Go on, Harry. It feels wried when I speak Parseltongue." Alexis replied
Harry did so and the sink came apart.
"What did he say?" Ron asked.
Alexis smirked. "He said Open."
"Excellent, Harry. Good work. Well, then, I'll just be..there's no need for me to stay." Lockhart stated as he tried to run away. But a tiger stopped him, Alexis had changed forms and roared at Lockhart.
"Yes, there is." Harry stated as he and Ron pushed Lockhart back toward the hole in the middle of the floor.
Alexis changed back, "You first."
"Now. What good will it do?" Lockhart asked.
"Better you then us." Ron replied
"But—Obviously, yes." Lockhart looking over his shoulder then he turned around, "Sure you don't want to test it first?"
"We are," Alexis replied as she pushed Lockhart in.
"It's really quite filthy down here," Lockhart's voice echo back to them
"All right, let's go." Harry replied.
"Oh, Harry?" Myrtle asked, "If you die down there, you're welcome to share my toilet."
Alexis bit the inside lining of her cheek to keep from giggling,
"Thanks, Myrtle." Harry replied then jumped down, followed by Ron and Alexis. They slide down the pipe and landed on a pile of bones,
"Well now we know, why the castle doesn't have rats. The basilisk has been eating them." Alexis stated as she got up.
"Now, remember: Any sign of movement close your eyes straightaway." Harry reminded them.
"Go on," Ron told Lockhart after Harry and Alexis started walking though a tunnel, they came to step at the end where Harry and Alexis walked up to something,
"what's this?" Ron asked.
"It looks like a snake" Lockhart replied.
"It's a Snakeskin." Harry clarified
"Blood hell, whatever shed this must be 60 feet long or more." Ron stated, the the three of them looked at Lockhart as he fell on the ground. "Heart of a lion, this one."
Lockhart stood back up and grabbed Ron's wand.
"The adventure ends here, children. But don't fret. The world will know our story. How I was too late to save the girl. How you three tragically lost your minds at the sight of her mangled body," Lockhart stated. "So you first, Mr. Potter, say goodbye to your memories."
Carmela orbed down just as Lockhart's memory Charm backfired and sent him crashing into the rock wall which caused a cave in. "I come back just in time to see a cave in."
after the dust had settled, and Ron was calling out Alexis' and Harry's names.
"Ron! Ron,are you okay?" Harry asked.
"I'm fine." was Ron's reply
a few seconds later,
"Lockhart's memory Charm backfired, he hasn't a clue who he is."
Alexis and Harry were looking though a little hole,
"It's a odd sort of place, isn't it?" Lockhart asked. "Do you live here?" he picked up a rock as he was speaking.
Ron took the rock, "No."
"Really?" Lockhart asked.
Ron knocked him out.
"What do I do now?" Ron asked.
"We wait here," Carmela replied, "We'll try and shift some of this rock so they can get back though,"
"She's right, We'll go on and find Ginny," Harry agreed.
"Okay," replied Ron
Harry and Alexis walked on, until they came a door with snakes around it. It was Alexis' turn to open it and she did. They walked in and found themselves in a snake themed lair.
"Ginny." both whispered and ran to her when they saw her laying on the floor. They knelt down
"Ginny! Ginny, please don't be dead. Wake up, wake up." Harry stated "Please wake up."
"She won't wake," a voice explained the two turned and saw someone standing in a dark corner.
"Tom. Tom Riddle. What do you mean, she won't wake?" Harry asked.
"She's not...?" Alexis asked.
"She's still alive, but only just." Tom answered as he kept walking forward.
"Are you a ghost?" Harry asked.
" A memory preserved in a diary for 50 years." Tom explained.
Harry touched Ginny's hand, "She's cold as ice. Ginny, please don't be dead. Wake up."
Tom Riddle picked up Harry's wand.
"You've got to help us, Tom. There's a basilisk." Harry stated.
"It won't come until it's called." Tom responded.
"Give me my wand, Tom." Harry stated as he stood up.
Alexis stayed on the ground, she placed a hand on Ginny's ready to throw her shield over the girl.
"You won't be needing it," Tom replied.
"We've got to go. We've got to save her." Harry insisted
"I'm afraid I can't do that." Tom stated "You see, as poor Ginny grows weaker, I grow stronger."
Harry and Alexis looked confused.
"Yes, Harry, Alexis. It was Ginny Weasley who opened the Chamber of Secrets."
"No. She couldn't, She wouldn't." both stated.
"It was Ginny who set the Basilisk on the Mudbloods and Filch's cat...Ginny who wrote the threating messages on the walls"
"But why?" Alexis asked.
"Because I told her to." Tom answered. "You'll find I can be very persuasive, not that she knew what she was doing. She was, shall we say in a kind of a trance. Still the power of the diary began to scare her. She tired to dispose of it in the girls' bathroom and then who should find it but you? Two of the very people, I was most anxious to meet."
"And why did you want to meet us?" Harry asked.
"I knew I had to talk to you, meet you if I could." Tom replied "so I decided to show you my capture of that brainless oaf Hagrid to gain your trust."
"Hagrid's my friend" Harry stated.
"And you framed him, didn't you?" Alexis asked.
"It was my word against Hagrid's. Only Dumbledore seemed to think he was innocent." Tom answered.
"I bet Dumbledore saw right though you," Harry and Alexis both stated.
"He certainly kept an annoyingly close watch on me after that. I knew it wouldn't be safe to open the Chamber again while I was still in school..so I decided to leave behind a diary persevering my 16 year old self in its pages so that one day I would be able to lead another to finished Salazar Slytherin's noble work."
"Well you haven't finished it this time, in a few hours, the Mandrake Draught will ready and everyone who was Petrified will be all right again." Alexis stated as she stood up and faced Riddle with Harry.
"Haven't I told you? Killing Mudbloods doesn't matter to me anymore for many months now, my new targets have been you two." Tom stated "How is it that a baby with no extraordinary magical talent was able to defeat the greatest wizard of all time? How did you escape with nothing but a scar while Lord Voldemort's powers were destroyed?"
Alexis realized that he didn't know it was her, that she saved Harry all those years ago.
"why do you care how I escaped? Voldemort was after your time." Harry asked.
"Voldemort is my past, present and future." Tom replied. He began to write Tom Marvolo Riddle in midair with Harry's wand then flicked his wrist and rearranged the letters. That spelled out, I am Lord Voldemort.
"You. You're the Heir of Slytherin," Harry stated. "You're Voldemort,"
"Surely you didn't think I was going to keep my filthy Muggle father's name?" the 16 yr old Voldemort asked. "No. I fashioned myself a new name, a name I knew wizards everywhere would one day fear to speak when I became the greatest sorcerer in the world."
"Albus Dumbledore is the greatest sorcerer in the world." Alexis and Harry replied.
"Dumbledore's been driven out of this castle by the mere memory of me." Riddle stated.
"He'll never been gone. Not as long as those who are remain are loyal to him." Alexis stated. They looked up as Fawkes cried out and came flying in.
"Fawkes?" harry asked.
Fawkes carried with him the Sorting Hat and dropped the hat and Harry caught it.
So this is what Dumbledore sends his great defenders, a songbird and an old hat." Riddle stated he turned and summoned the Basilisk. "Let's march the power of Lord Voldemort, Heir of Slytherin against the famous Harry Potter and Alexis Halliwell, a Charmed One."
one the snake began to come out, the two started running.
"Parseltongue won't save you now, Potter, Halliwell. It old obeys me."
Harry tripped and Alexis stopped in front of him, and threw the shield over both of them. Then Fawkes came back and blinded the basilisk,
"No!" Voldemort shouted. "Your bird may have blinded the basilisk, but it can still hear you."
As soon as Harry was back on his feet Alexis dropped the shield, it took energy which she didn't have to spare to keep it up. They began to run again,
Alexis' snorted as she seen a couple of rats as she ran passed. She looked at Harry as they came to a dead in, the basilisk came closer to them, scenting or hearing their breathing,
Harry picked up a rock and threw it distracting the basilisk, causing it to turn and head in a different direction.
They jogged back out into the main part where Ginny was still there,
"Yes, Potter, Halliwell. The process is nearly complete. In a few minutes, Ginny Weasley will be dead, and I will have ceased to be a memory. Lord Voldemort will return very much alive."
"Ginny?" Harry asked.
Then the basilisk came back, a sword appeared in the hat.
"I'll stay and guard Ginny, Harry. You try to kill that thing." Alexis stated as she transfigured herself into her tiger form. She laid her sleek body around Ginny to tray and keep her warm.
As Harry fought the basilisk, Alexis watched and worried as Harry climbed on top on what she guessed was Salazar's head then he lost the sword, he finally managed to retrieve it and stabbed the basilisk though it's mouth. But one of the fangs stabbed him,
Alexis yowled in worried both for Ginny and Harry. The tiger stood up as Harry began walking over and carefully lead against him to support him, he finally fell and Alexis' nuzzled him in worry,
"Remarkable, isn't it how quickly the venom of the basilisk penetrates the body?" Riddle asked. "I'd guess you have little more then a minute to live. You'll be with your dear Mudblood mother soon, Harry. Then I will finish off the Charmed One."
Alexis changed back into her normal self and reached with Harry for the book,
"Funny, the damage a silly little book can do especially in the hands of a silly little girl." Tom stated.
Alexis nodded at Harry, "Go ahead and teach him what a silly little boy can do."
Harry took the book and flipped it open,
"What are you doing?" Tom asked worried
Harry raised the basilisk's fang, Tom finally realized what he as doing, "Stop. No!" Harry stabbed the book.
Alexis watched as Tom began to break apart as Harry stabbed the book. Finally with one last stab the memory of Tom Riddle was gone and Ginny awoke. Alexis help her sit up,
Ginny turned around. "It was me, But I swear, I didn't mean to. Riddle made me and" she fell silent when she noticed that Harry was holding his arm. "Harry, you're hurt."
"Don't worry," Harry stated. "Ginny, Lexi, you need to get yourselves out."
"I'm not leaving you," Alexis replied and was about to call for Carmela when Fawkes showed up again, the phoenix landed and stared into Harry's eyes.
"You were brilliant, Fawkes. I just wasn't quick enough." Harry told the bird
Fawkes lead over and blinked a few tears onto the wound on Harry's arm.
"of course, Phoenix tears have healing powers." Harry stated. "Thanks"
the three of them walked back to where the rock slide was at, and Carmela did something really amazing, she remotely orb them to the other side of the rocks. Where both she and Fawkes took the former teacher and students back up the girls' bathroom.
Alexis closed the entrance, telling never to listen to anyone but her again.
The following day, Alexis, Ron, and Harry stood in Professor Dumbledore's office right at his desk looking down at their shoes.
"You three realize, of course that in the past few hours, you have broken perhaps a dozen school rules." Dumbledore stated.
"Yes, sir." whispered the three students.
"There is sufficient evidence have you three expelled," Dumbledore went on.
"Yes, sir."
"Therefore, it is only fitting that you three receive Special Awards for Services to the School," Dumbledore finished.
The three glanced at each other, "thanks sir."
"Now, Mr. Weasley, if you would have an owl deliver these release papers to Azkaban." Dumbledore asked as he stood up. "I believe we want our gamekeeper back."
after Ron left,
"First I want to thank you both. You must have shown me real loyalty down in the Chamber. Nothing but that could have called Fawkes to you." Dumbledore thanked them, "And second I sense something is troubling you, am I right, Harry?"
"It's just you see sir, I couldn't help but notice certain things, certain similarities between Tom Riddle and me." Harry explained.
"I see. Well you can speak Parseltongue, Harry. Why?" Dumbledore asked.
Harry didn't answered.
"Because Lord Voldemort can speak Parseltongue. If I'm not mistaken Harry he transferred some of his powers to you the night he gave you that scar." Dumbledore explained.
"Voldemort transferred some of his powers to me?" Harry asked.
"Not intentionally but yes." Dumbledore replied
Alexis stood to the side while Harry and Professor Dumbledore were talking. She wanted to know how she got her shield that night but didn't want to ask.
"So the Sorting hat was right, I should be in Slytherin" Harry stated.
"It's true. You possess many of the qualities that Voldemort himself prizes. Determination, resourcefulness and if I may say so, a certain disregard for the rules. Why, then, did the Sorting Hat place you in Gryffindor?" Dumbledore asked.
"Because I asked it too." Harry answered.
Exactly, Harry, Exactly which makes you different from Voldemort, it is not our abilities that show what we truly are. It's our choices." Dumbledore agreed
"Professor Dumbledore's right, Do I look like I should be one of the powerful Charmed Ones?" Alexis asked.
"If you want proof why you belong in Gryffindor then I suggest you look closely at this." Dumbledore suggested as he held up the sword.
Harry took it, then read the name engraved on it. "Godric Gryffindor"
"It would take a true Gryffindor to pull that out of the hat." Dumbledore stated. Then the door swung open and in walked Malfoy Sr.
"Dobby." Harry and Alexis both greeted.
"So this is your master. The family you serve is the Malfoys." Harry realized.
Dobby nodded then coward as as Lucius glared at him.
"I will deal with you later," Lucius threatened. "Out of my way, Potter."
Alexis walked over to Harry, and whispered, "We're freeing Dobby, he can't serve this idiot a minute longer."
"So it's true. You have returned." Lucius stated.
"When the governors learned that Arthur Weasley's daughter was taken into the Chamber they saw fit to summon me back." Dumbledore explained.
"Ridiculous." scoffed Lucius
Carmela orbed in then, shocking Malfoy. "Curiously, Lucius, several of them were under the impression that you would curse their family if they did not agree to suspend Professor Dumbledore in the first place."
"How dare you!" Lucius exclaimed.
"Beg your pardon?" Carmela asked sweetly
"My sole concern has always been and will always be the welfare of this school and, of course, it's students." Lucius got into Carmela's face.
"Get out of my face before I punch you in that perfect nose of yours." Carmela threatened, "I had just about being the nice Elder. You don't want to see me when I'm mad."
Lucius turned to Dumbledore "The culprit has been identified, I presume?"
"Yes," Dumbledore answered.
"And? Who was it?" Lucius asks.
"Voldemort." Dumbledore answered just after glancing at Harry and Alexis. "Only this time he chose to act through somebody else by means of this." Dumbledore picked up Riddle's diary
Lucius was startled before regaining his composure "I see."
Dobby tugged on Harry's sleeve, and hummed 'It belongs to him.'
"Fortunately, our young Mr. Potter, and Ms. Halliwell discovered it." Dumbledore explained. "One hopes that no more of Lord Voldemort's old school things should find their way into innocent hands. The consequences for the one responsible would be severe."
"Trust me on that one, We Elders would dislike to give the word that the Malfoy family is ranked up there with warlocks." Carmela pointed one.
"Well, let us hope that Mr. Potter and Ms Halliwell always be around to save the day." Lucius stated turning to glare at the two.
"Don't worry, We will be." Alexis replied.
Lucius turned back around and nodded. "Dumbledore." he sweeps his cloak around, and turned "Come, Dobby. We're leaving." he proceed to kick Dobby off the steps leading to the Headmaster's desk.
After they left. Harry and Alexis turned to Dumbledore
"Sir? I wonder if we could have that." Harry asked nodding toward the diary.
After getting the book, Alexis and Harry went after Malfoy.
"Mr. Malfoy," Harry called
"Mr. Malfoy!" Alexis exclaimed.
When Lucius stopped and turned back around, acting like it was a waste of his time.
"We have something of yours." Alexis stated.
Harry shoved the book into Lucius' hand.
"Mine? I don't know what you're talking about." Lucius asked.
"I think you do, Sir." Harry insisted. "I think you slipped the diary into Ginny Weasley's cauldron that day at Diagon Alley."
"You do, do you?" Lucius asked before holding it out to Dobby who took it. "Why don't you prove it?" he turned around "Come, Dobby."
Alexis turned to Dobby, and whispered "Open it."
Dobby opened the book and in it's pages were a sock. His ears perked up when he saw this.
"Dobby." Lucius barked.
"Master has given Dobby a sock," Dobby stated
"What? I didn't give-" Lucius asked as he turned back around in confusion.
"Master has presented Dobby with clothes." Dobby replied as he picked up the sock "Dobby is free."
Alexis smirked as Harry pulled up his pants leg and revealed and unsocked ankle.
"You lost me my servant!" Lucius exclaimed before pulling out his wand on of his cane. He came forward banishing his wand at both students when Dobby stepped in front of them.
"You shall not harm Harry Potter or Alexis Halliwell." Dobby stated before sending an blast of magic at Lucius causing him to fly backwards and land on the ground.
Lucius stood back up and glared at both of them. "Your parents were meddlesome fools too. Mark my words, Potter, Halliwell. One day soon you two are going to meet the same sticky end." he walked off.
Dobby turned "Harry Potter and Alexis Halliwell freed Dobby. How can Dobby ever repay them?"
"Just promise me something." Alexis replied
"Anything, ma'am." Dobby agreed.
"Never try to save our lives again." Harry stated.
Dobby just smiled.
Alexis knelt down, and kissed Dobby on the top of his head. "Other then that, We're going to be great friends."
At the Great Hall, everyone was sitting down waiting for the supper to begin.
"Welcome back, Sir Nicholas." called one of the Gryffindors
"Thank you." Sir Nicholas replied.
As he passed by Alexis, the young witch hybrid looked up.
"Good Evening, Sir Nicholas." Alexis greeted.
Sir Nicholas floated to the doors where he met Hermione.
"Hermione! Welcome back." Sir Nicholas greeted
"Thanks, Sir Nicholas." Hermione answered.
Neville turned and saw Hermione. "Harry. It's Hermione."
Alexis, Harry, and Ron stood up with smiles on their faces. Hermione smiled back and ran to meet them. She hugged both Alexis and Harry but she didn't hug Ron she just shook his hand.
"welcome back, Hermione." Ron greeted
"It's great to be back." Hermione replied. "Congratulations, I can't believe you solved it."
"We had loads of help from you." Harry stated.
"I made sure that basilisk can never return, he's nothing but ashes now." Alexis stated. "We couldn't have done it without you."
"Thanks." Hermione replied.
Professor McGonagall tapped on her goblet, "Could I have your attention, please?"
Professor Dumbledore stood up, "Before we begin the feast let us have a round of applause for Professor Sprout, Madam Pomfrey whose Mandrake juice has been so successfully administered to all who had been Petrified."
everyone began to clap, all except Draco, who was looking rather disappointed.
"Also, in light of recent events as a school treat all exams have been canceled." Dumbledore announced.
Alexis cheered right with the rest of them, but she noticed Hermione mouth 'Oh, no.'
the doors to the great hall opened an in Hagrid.
"Sorry I'm late" Hagrid apologized "The owl that delivered my release papers got all lost and confused. Some ruddy bird called Errol"
Hagrid stopped in front of the three Gryffindors and Alexis, "And I'd just like to say that if it hadn't been you, Harry, Alexis, and Ron and Hermione, of course. I would still be you-know-where so I'd just like say thanks."
Harry stood up, "There's no Hogwarts without you, Hagrid." he hugged his friend.
Dumbledore stood up and began clapping. Which caused everyone else to clap.
Carmela orbed in then with a piece of paper in her hand, "I would apologized but, I feel that is not needed, I believe someone else needs to be apologizing,"
Alexis waded her way to Carmela, "What does that mean?"
"I've been doing some researching and I found some most enlightening news." Carmela answered, as she walked up to Dumbledore, "Apparently, someone's mother was adopted when she was a newborn."
"Whose?" Professor McGonagall asked
"Harry Potter" answered Carmela, shocking everyone in the Great Hall. "No one in the Ministry ever looked into Lily's past, she was the youngest daughter of Penelope Halliwell."
Alexis was shocked, she turned to look at Harry, who was really her adopted cousin. "We're related."
DarkPriestess66: I have no clue, why the last chapter had 38 words, it didn't unload right, but it's fixed now so go back and read it and hope you enjoyed Alexis' second year at Hogwarts...Make that Author error, i uploaded ch 32 by mistake last night or this morning, it was 2:30 am so you can't blame me, well you can but i hope you won't.