Author: Well, it's been awhile and I've been working on my original stories...if you want to read pm me. Anyway I hope you enjoy this chapter 2 more before the third book lol.

Disclaimer: it's 2013 I wouldn't be writing still if I owned them

"Life will break you. Nobody can protect you from that, and living alone won't either, for solitude will also break you with its yearning. You have to love. You have to feel. It is the reason you are here on earth. You are here to risk your heart. You are here to be swallowed up. And when it happens that you are broken, or betrayed, or left, or hurt, or death brushes near, let yourself sit by an apple tree and listen to the apples falling all around you in heaps, wasting their sweetness. Tell yourself you tasted as many as you could."
―Erdrich

The Next...

Draco rubbed his head as he tried to gather his thoughts. He ignored the person calling his name twice before finally turning around.

"What is it, Potter? Can't you see that I'm trying to think of way for us not to be expelled?!"

Harry flushed at Draco's angry tone, "Ron and I am really sorry Drake, it's just that we caught Lockheart trying to leave, and Ron kind of snapped and knocked him out. The situation would have been fine if Snape hadn't come to check on him…I-I had to take him out.

Draco rubbed his face; he should have known he wouldn't be able to fully avoid this kind of mess.

Fully facing Harry her spoke, "Alright, Alright, so now that we are all in the girl bathroom what's your plan?"

Harry and Ron's face brightened, Ron jumped up from where he'd been kneeling next to the knocked out Profs.

"Well me and Harry figured out that the Baslisk, must be coming from this bathroom. Moaning myrtle died here, but before she died she said she saw and person, standing next to the sink talking. So I figured it was worth a look."

While listening to Ron's explanation, Harry and Draco walked over the sink. Draco pretended to look around it, turning he faced Ron, "I don't see anything weasly."

Ron rolled his eyes, walking over he looked around the nozzle. He cried, causing Harry and Draco to both look over his shoulder, "Look, Harry there a picture of a snake."

Draco nodded, pulling he then asked," Well now what, so what if it's a snake, how do we opened it?"

Ron and Harry looked at each other, before it looked like a switch went off in Harry's head.

"Ah, myrtle mentioned that the boy was hissing, maybe if I tell it to 'open' it will."

Ron rolled his eyes, "There is no way it's that simple, that would be pretty lame."

Harry nodded, but despite Ron protest, he focused his eyes on the silver snake and hissed, "open."

They all stepped back when the sink shifted, the ground shook. Their eyes widened as the watched the pillars and sinks rearrange themselves to reveal and hidden passage.

Draco shook his head, "Open, the most notorious dark lords pass word is 'open'."

Shaking his head he walked over the entrance, "Well it seems in order to save Weasleys sister we are going to have to slide down.

Harry and Ron just stared at him incredulously.

OFFICE

Dumbledore didn't know what he should do, considering Harry wasn't in Gryffindor and he as of yet hadn't formed a relationship. He didn't know how to send aid to the boy; his blue eyes were dimmed, as they waited for the phoenix to disappear. He heard rustling behind him, slowly turning around he jerked back when the painting of Salazar exploded and something black came from it and rushed out of the window.

The candle light all went out leaving Dumbledore in the dark.

Feeling an ominous premonition, Dumbledore quickly used his wand to light his way to the fire place. Throwing flue powdered into it he called for the order.

Chamber

Draco couldn't believe what he was seeing; he knelt on the ground Ron had been left on the other side of the cave in.

Tom had been winning, so far for whatever reason this time around. Tom had taken more life energy from the ginger girl. He'd physically beaten Harry; Draco hadn't been powerless, behind the veil he hid behind.

Blood ad dripped from Harry's arm, from where the Baslisk had bit him.

Draco had thought he'd soon have to interfere; instead Tom had dragged from the veil.

"Mother Look, look …I'm finally going to be reborn, and it will be my way."

Draco eyes had widened in shock, as Tom held him in his arms. Tom forced his face to watch as the basilisk pushed Harry around.

Tears fell down his dirt streaked face, "HARRY! Please don't die, DON'T DIE!"

Harry had lain still, when his body started to jerk back and forth. As if in the slow motioned, a black light slammed into Harry's body.

The force of the collision caused Tom and Draco to slide back. Tom loosened his grip on Draco, Draco feeling it, took advantage and ran away to hide behind one of the snake shaped statues.

Feeling his knees go week he knelt down.

Harry stood, the wounds on his body hissing closed. Tom feeling the tension opened his mouth to speak. Before he could speak, Harry lifted his head and let out a scream. His magic ripped through the chamber.

Tom tried to shield against it, his skin slowly melting from the release of magic power. Harry stopped and took deep breathes, his green eyes glowing with a sadistic light.

Taking a step forward, he slammed into Tom. Harry smiled when Tome body flew back. Grabbing Tom by the throat he him still while he slammed his fist through Toms chest.

Pulling it back it was covered in blood that slowly turned to grey, floating away like smoke.

Tom stared in shock at his middle, before he lifted his head and stared at Harry.

Harry finally spoke, his voice sounding impossibly deeper, "Pretender, the throne is not for you, die."

Tom smiled, before he fell face forward and turned into ash and floated away.

Harry stared at the body, before him, he turned towards were Draco hid and spoke again in the oddly deep voice.

"I have destroyed the threat, my bride. I will sleep now until tis time for me to marry you in the ancient way."

Draco watched as Harry eyes rolled into the back of his head and fainted falling to the ground.

Draco remained there on the ground, shivering from shock. This was his doing; he was the one turning the savior into a monster. Shaking his head he stood up and walked over to the bodies, the snake having sensed the threat had hidden itself in one of the many tunnels.

Now it slowly made its way back, Draco didn't need to turn around to know it was ready strike behind him. Feeling calm settle over his body, he raised his hand and whispered the spell he'd practiced a hundred times.

The Basilisk cried, as it's body froze mid strike, Draco's eyes sharp and cold observed the creature before squeezed his fist, the basilisk exploded, the body slowly fell. The blood and teeth remained in the air, he flicked his wrist, and watched as jars appeared from thin air and the items settled inside them.

He turned his attention to the statue and whispered in Snake tongue, "Open."

The mouth slowly opened, he walked past the two unconscious bodies on the ground and disappeared into the mouth.

Author: yes...it is short, but I don't want to just throw it together...and I wanted to really work so review and tell me what you think.