Recap ~ "The chamber of Secrets" Harry said and Sirius eyes got wider, Remus's face began to sweat, and James began to freak out. The was going to be a harder mission then he thought
At the moment the Marauder's and Harry sat at their headquarters planning out their first mission
"But it's the chamber of secrets" James and Sirius yelled again for the tenth time
"Yea I know, you don't have to go if your scared, if anyone shouldn't go its Remus" Harry told the three
"Were not scared" Sirius and James said at the same time Remus said
"Why shouldn't I go i'm not scared like these too" he pointed at Padfoot and Prongs.
"WERE NOT SCARED," they screamed. Remus grabbed his ears and glared at them.
"Whatever okay i'm going to go down there alright, let's just hope the basilisks will listen to me as its new master." Harry stood up and walked towards the door. He barley reached it before James was at his side, Sirius at his other and Remus following at Sirius's side.
"Were are we going, Moaning Myrtles bathroom is that way" Remus asked when they turned the opposite corner of were they were suppose to be heading.
"I need something from Professor Dumbledore" Harry said. No one said anything as they reached Dumbledore's office and knocked on the door. A soft open was heard.
"Professor?" Harry started. As soon as Dumbledore saw Harry he stood up waked away from his desk and shook Harry's hand and motioned for him to sit down
"What is it? What do you need my boy?" Dumbledore asked Harry as he sat down. Sirius, James, and Remus concord up there own chair and sat down as well
"I was wondering sir if I could borrow the sorting hat" Harry told the Headmaster. Sirius and James looked at Harry like he was crazy, Remus however being Remus remember that the Sword of Godric Gryffindor came out of that hat.
"The hat? Of course but do you mind me asking what for?" Dumbledore asked as he got up, grabbed the hat and gave it to Harry. Harry took the hat and gave it to Remus to hold.
"Of course sir, you see I am planning to go into the Chamber of Secrets" Harry said plainly. Once more Sirius and James both seemed to pale but Remus and the Headmaster did not show their fear on their faces but all their emotions behind their eyes. Remus did have fear but the head master had only concern.
"Do you know what the monster in the chamber is?" Dumbledore asked
"It is a basilisk, so I know I can talk to her" Harry told him
"Her?" Sirius said from behind Harry
"Yes her" Harry told him. Dumbledore sat there for a while then spoke up again
"Is there a hocrux in the chamber?" He asked
"No sir, you see we already have one hocrux but we need to kill it with a basilisks fang." Harry told Dumbledore
"Alright my boy please be careful and if there is anything you need let me know alright?" Harry nodded and then went out the door, James, Sirius, and Remus following along.
"We wait till midnight alright?" Harry told them once they were back at there headquarters. Harry turned to face Sirius.
"Sirius I have a job for you" Sirius looked at Harry then at James then back at Harry
"For me alone?" He asked
"Well okay you can take James but be careful" Harry told his godfather. Sirius looked happier now that he knew he could take his best mate with him
"Whats the mission sir?" Sirius and James said as one. Harry rolled his eyes then began
"I need for you guys to go get Severus, under the invisibility cloak. James you use your Sirius" Harry said as he pulled out his own cloak from his pouch around his neck "You use mine" Sirius grabbed the cloak and studied them
"There the same" He almost shouted. James to now looked at Harry's cloak
"They are, Harry's from the future remember" Remus told them trying really hard not to laugh.
"Can you guys go get Sev without getting caught by any snakes?" Harry asked them getting inpatient since it was going to be midnight in 2 hours.
"Yes we can" James and Sirius said as one. They pulled on the cloaks and disappeared from view.
SIRIUS AND JAME'S MISSION
"James" Sirius whispered as they turned the corner in the dungeon.
"What Padfoot" James whispered back some where in front of Sirius.
"How the hell are we going to get into the Slytherin house?" Sirius asked
"Follow a snake duh" James whispered as they saw two first year Slytherin's enter the house. James and Sirius rushed in before the door closed. Sirius had a face that said he wanted to puke. Everything in the house was green. James too under his cloak looked like he wanted to puke. James went to the corner so that nobody knocked into him. James only hoped Sirius did the same. Sirius was in a corner looking around the common room when he spotted his greasy target. He walked across the room when he was hit by something invisible.
"Ouch" Sirius heard James say
"Shh" Sirius said to James. Luckily when they fell the cloak did not come off of either of them. They walked towards Severus who was in the corner righting in his potions book.
"Hey Sev" Sirius whispered in his ear. Severus almost jumped a foot in the air. Sirius and James tried to hold in there laughter.
"What the bloody hell!" Severus whispered not looking anywhere but his book.
"Go to your room" Sirius said in a strict voice. Severus got up and started to walk up to his room. Followed by Sirius and James who were trying to swallow down their new rounds of laughs. As soon as the door to Severus's room was closed James and Sirius took off the cloak.
"You have your own room?" James asked
"No I share mine with Regulus" Severus said sounding bored. Sirius looked away at the sound of his brother's name. James saw him and decided to change the subject
"Were on a mission," James said in an up most happy voice. Sirius wiped his head around and smirked
"Yea we are" Sirius smile grew into an evil but playful grin
"And the mission is?" Severus asked feeling uneasy
"To retrieve one Severus Snape" James and Sirius said together. Snape paled and ran to the other side of the room. James and Sirius ran after him laughing like maniacs. Once they got Severus to stay put they told him that Harry wanted him at HQ. Severus then agreed to go with them. James and Sirius put there cloaks back on and followed Snape out the door. They made it out of Slytherin house and were almost to HQ when they heard a voice behind them. James and Sirius flatten themselves on the wall while Severus turned
"Sev" A voice called sounding out of breath. Sirius heart started pounding as he saw who it was.
"Regulus what are you doing out and about its nearly curfew" Severus said trying to get the boy to go back to the room
"Hey your out and about too! I'm sorry its just it happened again." Regulus said sounding sad. Sirius wondered why his brother sounded so sad. Severus seemed to pale
"Alright Reg I have something to do, when i'm done ill go talk to you okay?" Regulus nodded and walked back to the Slytherin house. Severus walked up to HQ said the password and walked inside. As soon as they were inside James and Sirius pulled off their cloaks
"What's wrong with Regulus?" Sirius asked. Although his brother was bad he still cared for him. Snape looked down but said nothing. Sirius was starting to get angry
"What's WRONG with MY BROTHER" Sirius screamed. Harry chose the moment to talk to Snape.
"Its happened hasn't it?" Harry asked. Severus only nodded
"What's happened" Remus asked
"Regulus has been marked" Harry whispered. Sirius paled but other wise looked angry.
"WHAT THE HELL! HES TO YOUNG HES STUPID HES-" but Sirius was cut off by Harry
"He's a hero" James, Remus, and Severus looked at Harry with there mouths dropped only Sirius looked at Harry like he was crazy.
"HES A DEATH EATER" Sirius screamed. Harry was getting annoyed they had to go down in the chamber in less the 10 minutes
"He's on our side. We need him but not now in my time he turned on Voldemort and stole a hocrux but died before he could destroy it." Harry told them. Severus sighed at the thought of his roommate his almost best friend die. Sirius paled even more.
"We will talk about this later. First we need to go to the chamber. Remus will you explain to Sev the mission while I get the map." Remus explained everything to Severus while Harry got out the Marauder's map. As soon as everyone was ready or as ready as they will ever be in the face of a basilisks they left HQ.
They walked silently to Moaning Myrtles bathroom and liked planned Sirius went to distract Myrtle by flirting with her. Harry went to the sink as said open in palsaltounge.
"That is still so weird" James said as the sink began to move. Harry just smirked at his father. Sirius came back now with out Myrtle
"Where's myrtle?" Remus asked. Sirius smirked at this
"I told her id kiss her if she left the bathroom for a few hours" Sirius said. Harry rolled his eyes then set his mind back on the mission. Now there was a huge tunnel where the sink you to be. Harry turned as saw that everyone looked a little pale at the task in front of them.
"I am going to turn into a raven and go down to see if everything is okay. Ill call you down once the cost is clear." Harry told them. James looked like he was about to argue but Harry ignored him and turned into a beautiful raven bird and flew down the tunnel. The air was cold but the tunnel wasn't that long. Once he reached the bottom he knew the cost was clear. He changed back into his human form and yelled up the tunnel for the others. The bottom of the tunnels had the bones of the small animals Harry remembered. When he walked he could hear the crunching sounds of the bones breaking.
"Eww" Harry turned around to see Sirius behind him looking at the bones. James then came along followed by Remus and then Severus. They were all looking down at the bone so Harry had to snap his fingers to get their attention.
"Alright remember any sign of movement close your eyes. Now wands out" Everyone got there wands out and started forward. The walked down the long slimy tunnels lasted 10 minutes before they reached the entrance of the chamber of secrets. Harry turned to see him father godfather mentor and friend all standing tall even in the face of danger. Harry was so proud of them at that moment.
"Now I want you guys to wait here-" Harry was cut off by a bunch of
"No way" or
"Not going to happen" Harry rolled his eyes.
"The snake wont attack me just let me get it under control and then you can come with me" The others all looked determined so Harry gave up
"Fine come along but stay away from the snake" and with that he opened the chamber and went inside. Inside the chamber was the same as Harry remembered it. The snake statues the water, the slimy green walls that made the place look even creepier. Just ahead they could all see the head of Salazar Slytherin.
"He was ugly" Sirius said beside Harry. James broke out laughing while Harry, Remus, and Severus rolled their eyes at them
"Will you shut up" Harry told his father and godfather
"Now I need for you four to turn around. Remus concore up a bunch of roosters." Remus looked confused but did as he was told. He concord up a bunch of roosters around himself, James, Sirius and Severus. He was about to do the same for Harry but Harry stopped him
"I don't need them, the cry of a rooster is fatal to the basilisks so you guys will be safe just don't turn around till I tell you okay" Even though they all wanted to disagree they agreed and turned to face the entrance not Harry and the big stone head of Salazar Slytherin. Harry turned back to the stone head once he knew the others were safe
"Open Salazar Slytherin and unleash the monster with in you and let it I be its new master" As Harry hope the mouth of the statue opened and a huge snake came out of it and into the water. The Marauder's and Snape froze they knew that the basilisks was now out and they did not want Harry anywhere near it
"We have to help" James whined
"No Harry told us to stay put," Remus said
"But he needs us" Sirius said
"No he doesn't he is talking to the snake lets not interrupt." Severus said as they heard a lot of hissing behind them
"You are my knew massster?" The basilisks asked
"Yesss, now pleassse I am going to turn into a phoenix and blind you ssso that you will not kill me" Harry told the snake hoping it would not object
"Asss you wisssh massster" The snake told him. Harry turned into a phoenix and flew to the eye level of the snake. The snake did not turn, did not hiss a cry as Harry punchierd its eyes. Now the eyes were blood red and now a milky deathly yellow. Now it was safe to look at the snake. Harry turned back into himself and asked the snake a question.
"If one was to look at you, would it kill them?" Harry asked the simple question he already knew the answer too
"No massster" Harry turned to the others who still had their backs to Harry and the snake
"You can turn around now," Harry told them. As one they turned. Sirius eyes went wide as he saw Harry and the huge green snake with red eyes in front of him. He looked pale with a hint of fear. Remus looked just like Sirius only with a hint of curiosity at the huge creature in front of him. Severus looked like he was cutting up the snake in his mind and thinking up of all the different potions he could make. Harry didn't blame him Severus after all has to face the biggest snake there is: Voldemort. James did not even care about the snake his eyes were on his son
"Harry are you okay' Harry smiled at his father
"I'm fine dad" Harry then turned back to the snake
"Massster am I going to diee?" The snake asked Harry
"Yesss" Harry hissed. The snake slithered back a bit.
"Thenn youu aree not my Masssterr" It said. Before Harry could act the snake attacked. Harry pushed his father out of the way. The snake made a snap at Sirius who in turn yelped and turned into Padfoot. Padfoot ran and grabbed a rooster by the neck and threw it at the snake. The snake hissed at the cry the rooster made and shrunk down. It latterly shrunk in size. Harry looked confused
"Whyy are you sshrinking?" Harry asked the basilisks
"Becausse I am made of magic, the cry of the roosssterr makess me sshrink." The snake said. Harry knew that the snake did not want to answer but had too because although the snake said she had no master, Harry was still her master.
"Remus, James, Severus grab a rooster and make it cry!" Harry yelled.
The others did as were told. Padfoot turned back into Sirius and was about to help when he spotted the sorting hat that Harry dropped on the way in. The hat was empty so Sirius turned but in the corner of his eye he saw a glitter of shine. Sirius turned back around and saw a sword sticking out of the hat. The sword or Godric Gryffindor! Sirius ran to it and picked it up. He knew he had to act the snake was shrinking yes but it was still trying to attack them. Sirius turned around when he heard a cry of pain. James! Sirius ran to him as he saw him on the floor. The snake had bit him. Sirius was angry. No one hurts his brother no one. He ran to the snake ignoring Harry's yells of protest and stabbed it through the head. The snake was now the size of an anaconda but it was still large. Harry watched Sirius stab the snake in the head and watch the sword come out on the bottom end. The snake cried in pain then fell to the floor with a thump. Sirius ran to James and fell to the floor beside him
"J-james? You okay?" James was holding his arm close to him.
"Yea Padfoot i'm f-fine" James told Sirius. He had not been quick enough when the snake snapped at him. It bit him in the arm. James could feel the venom in his body. He could feel himself getting weak. Remus to was now at James side
"J-james did it b-bite you?" Remus asked hoping James would say no
"Yes, stupid snake" James told them. Severus now looked pale.
"A basilisks fang is poisonous. If bitten the person that was bit d-dies" Severus said. He knew that he use to dream of James dieing but now that they were friends he wish he wasn't. James did not pale at being told he was going to die, he could feel it. Sirius was shaking his head and Remus was holding James hand.
"I-Im okay Padfoot, ill be f-fine" James told him. Sirius shook his head
"I-I need you James" Sirius said his voice sounding weak. "I can't imagine my life with out you" James smiled at Sirius.
"I-I need you too James, We l-love you" Remus finished. James had tears in his eyes but his vision was slowly turning black. Sirius and Remus did not notice Harry turn into a phoenix. Severus however did and smiled knowing that phoenixes had healing powers. Harry flew to James and landed on his lap. James saw Harry in his phoenix form and smiled
"I l-love you H-harry" James saw the bird cry. He wished Harry would be in his human form and not a bird. As he focused on Harry and the others they started to become clearer. Instead of his vision becoming blurrier it was become more focused. James looked back at his hand and saw the bite mark gone. James looked up at Harry now in his human form smiling. James smiled but then it was wiped off as he saw Sirius and Remus huddled together heads down and both with tears in their eyes. James walked over to them
"Hey guys" James said quietly
"Leave us alone James cant you see were sad because you're dead?" Sirius said. Remus head wiped up and saw James standing there smiling. He was okay! Remus jumped up and hugged James. Sirius now got over the shock that James was okay and very much alive. He too got up and hugged him. James laughed as he hugged both of his bestmates
"You know I love you guys right?" James told them. The nodded and let go. Harry smiled and said
"Alright girlys lets get back to HQ and kill that hocrux!" They all cheered and headed towards the door. Severus had ten fangs with him and twenty viles of basilisk's blood. Severus gave ten to Remus.
"Umm why do I need ten viles of blood?" Remus asked
"Because Rem they are each worth ten thousand gallons" Snape said with a smile. Remus looked down at the viles then his eyes widend.
"IM RICH" he screamed and ran around the chamber dancing happily. Sirius laughed and turned into Padfoot and chased him
"Cut it out Padfoot!" Remus screamed as Sirius snapped playfully and Remus's heals. They made it back up the tunnel and to HQ.
"Now James why don't you kill the Hocrux?" Harry asked
"Why me?" James said
"Because you almost died" Sirius spoke up. James nodded and grabbed the fang. He pulled the fang back and stabbed the crown. There was huge scream and then blood or what looked like blood came out of the crown. The crown sat there broken in half as the others sat around the fire.
"Man that was a long mission" Sirius complained
"Yea but now 1/6th of voldy is gone, we just need to destroy 5 more voldy souls and then were down" James told Sirius. Remus had already gone to bed since the full moon was in two days and he was getting more tired by the second. Severus stood up
"Were are you going?" Sirius asked him
"Sleep, in my room" Severus told them and head towards the door.
"Wait" Harry called as Snape left the room. Harry ran into the hallway after him. Severus turned
"Yes?"
"Tell me what Regulus tells you tonight I need to know if the dark lord has asked him yet" Snape looked confused but agreed to tell Harry whatever Regulus tells him. Severus walked down to the dungeons and entered his house. As he walked into the common room he saw Regulus in an armchair by the fire sleeping. Severus walked up to him and poked him in the side
"Hmmm" Regulus said
"Reg wake up" Severus told him
"Sev?" Regulus said as he opened his eyes "What took you so long?" He asked. Snape ignored him and went up to his room, Regulus following behind him
"What was it you were going to tell me?" Snape says as he sits on his bed. Regulus closed the door and then sat on his own bed as well
"The dark lord has asked me for my assistance" Regulus spat out.
"What has he asked?" Severus asked him
"He asked for me to go with him to leave something in a cave" Regulus tells his best friend
"A hocrux?" Severus asked
"Yea wait how did you know?" Regulus asked. Severus looked sheepish as he said
"Long story now when does he want you to go?" Severus asked him
"This weekend" Reg says sounding a little scared
"Alright well Reg are you on the good side or the bad?" Severus asked his roommate.
"I am on…. Wait what are you on?" He asked Severus
"I am on the good side" Severus tells him then explains all about how he is a spy and that he is not really on Voldemorts side.
"Okay well then I am on your side," Regulus tells Snape. Snape nods and says.
"We need to go see Harry in the morning" Snape says already lying down to go to sleep. Severus ignores Regulus as he hears him ask over and over again
"Who's Harry?"
Harry layed in his room with a mirror that showed him the one he loved most
"Ginny…I miss you" Harry said again. He had been talking to her for hours. He just couldn't get over the fact that he could not hold her kiss her anything because he was were he was
"Harry…please…be…careful" Ginny said. It was getting harder and harder to talk as the mirrors were breaking. Harry saw that the Mirror call was about to end so he quickly said
"Ginny I love you" Harry saw Ginny smile
"I lov-" the mirror cut off. Harry layed there wishing Ginny could have finished her sentence. He missed her. He now knew that it was Ginny who he was fighting for he needed her. He needed to get back to her. Harry closed his eyes and entered his dreams that were all about his Ginny.
So what do you think? Should Regulus really be good? Should he hate James and Sirius and Remus? Should I quit this story? Should Dumbledore go with them on the next mission? Should Severus? Or Regulus? Review please and ill update sooner!
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