Harry's life after the attack on Halloween seemed to take a turn for the worst. After every attack, Harry was super weak and had to spend a week in the hospital wing, where Alan Richards and Evelyn worked on him. It was not the only attack that year. Harry experienced more attacks that put his body through extreme pains. Professor Urcheart had started to brew a concentrated potion that he called 'pain stopper potion. It worked for two hours and was a super drugged up version of the Pain relief potion. It, in layman's terms, flooded the pain receptors of Harry's body with so much analgesic that Harry could fall from the highest tower in the muggle world, break all his bones, and still didn't feel a thing.
Harry took this potion every time that he needed, as his scar burned white hot. To prevent him from accidents, Harry was administrated into the hospital wing every time that he had an attack.
Deputy Headmistress, Lady of the night Gabriella Unguis was a very frequent visitor of Harry, and spent many times working through his memories and explaining them to the staff of Pacific. She also ordered Harry to quit Quidditch for this year, for if he played during an attack, the chance that he would fall to his death was larger than normal. Harry reluctantly agreed and asked his team leader, Samantha to hold try-outs for a year. She did so, and a few dozen students cane to the try-outs.
Harry, ever the boy who wanted to be normal, looked outside the windows of the hospital wing. Looking at the pitch, Harry sighed. Today was the match between the Griffins and the Kneazle's. But because he had an attack two days ago, Harry was forbidden to attend.
"So Harry" Asked Gabriella Unguis. "How are you today?"
"Weak, restless. I just want to know who is doing this to me and make them stop. I miss so much when I'm stuck in this bed." Said Harry as he still looked at the window, from where he could see the Quidditch pitch.
"I Know" Said Gabriella. "The first time that I was bitten, over 600 years ago, I missed so much from the outside life, that I thought about ending my life and stepping outside in the sunlight." Harry nodded. He understood, sort of how she must have felt.
"Professor, I've seen that a ghost was unable to move and through the ghost, I could see a boy laying on the ground. He had brown curly hair. There was the same green scales and the red curtain as before, but this time I also saw a yellow eye in a reflexion from one of the mirrors in that castle." Said Harry as he had closed his eyes. Gabriella nodded, she had seen the visions that Harry got, when he was under attack from his scar.
She had taken every book that had any reference to 'cursed scars' from the headmistress library and also asked Maxine, the head librarian for any 'cursed scars' books. When that didn't brought the answer, she went to the Ministry of Magic after the sun had set.
Minister of magic Pauline Durock had given her access to the ministry's library and she spent nights there looking for books that could explain what Harry had meant by 'two souls'. She even went to the magical community in the reservation where she asked the old man to explain his words. When Harry had his first attack after defence against the dark arts in 1991, Gabriella started to look in other books about what Harry could have, because all the other books she had read came up negative. In one book she found the answer. In Magick moste evile, she came upon the subject of Horcruxes. However the book barely told her anything, only that it was a soul container. Researching again and entering again the library of the ministry, She found the book she was looking for. Even without having the need to eat human food, did she vomit as Secrets of the darkest arts revealed to her that a Horcrux was a container, containing a human soul and how to make one.
Asking and receiving permission from the minister of magic herself to borrow the book for ONLY 24 hours, Gabriella moved back to Pacific, where she told the staff that she suspected the Harry Potter was a soul container for, possible the worst human being in the history of magic. Lord Voldemort.
Explaining everything that she had found out, the staff came to the concluding that Harry's scar had to be purged before he would reach his fourteenth birthday. Gabriella even went so far as demanding to remove it before his thirteenth birthday.
"Harry, do you remember anything else. Any landmarks, or other parts of who or what sent you your visions?" Asked Alexandra as she and Alex walked in the hospital wing. Harry sighed, and closed his eyes as he lay down in his bed.
"I see the curtain of red hair. Soft, waving, smells like spring roses." Said Harry as he tried to remember the last attack. "Green scales and yellow eyes I see, as I turn my head. My reflexion, a girl, sitting on something." Harry's eyes shot open. "A forked tongue, Professor." Harry said, his voice as soft as the wind. "A Forked tongue?" asked Rowena who just entered. She had a few small cuts on her face, from taking care of a sick kneazle. It still dripped a bit of blood. "Must be a snake, as I don't know any other animal than a snake and a Komodo dragon to have a forked tongue."
"Guess we must hit the books again." said Alexandra, but she saw Rowena shaking her head.
"Don't even try, the creature that either kills people or turned them to stone is a Basilisk. King of the serpents" Said Lois Logan as she and Vincent de Blind entered. "Yeah. That's what I wanted to say." Said Rowena, before she turned back to the headmistress.
"A basilisk is the offspring of a chicken egg hatched under a toad. It's glare is powerful enough to kill on first sight. It's fangs, as large as daggers, are filled with poison that even a Bezoar cannot counter. It also has a very hard skin, that is very valuable as an armor or potions ingredients."
"That's all good and fine, but how do we kill that thing?" Asked Harry as he somehow got the feeling they were ignoring him.
"Eh... That I forgot" Rowena said, blushing. Everyone slapped their own head.
"How can you even forget such a thing?" Asked Alexandra
"Don't know, but it just slipped my mind" Rowena said, blushing even more.
"" Asked Rowena herself as the rooster started to crow.
"Cock-a-doodle-doo" Crowed the rooster.
"Well, as soon as that bird is out of here, I'll return to sleep" Said Harry as he rubbed his eyes.
"Harry if you could tell the rest of us what happened two weeks ago, in class?" Asked Professor Alex Summers. He was looking at Harry with a look that said 'I want you to tell them'
Harry sighed. "Okay Professor. Two weeks ago on Wednesday, we were duelling again, this time it was May flowers against me, and she used the snake summoning charm. Well, you all know May. She sometimes looses control of her spells, and that day was no exception. The snake she had conjured went not in my direction but towards Bianca and Damian."
"So I started to shout at the snake, and I still don't understand how or why, but the snake responded at my shouts of leaving my friends alone." Said Harry as he looked at his hands who were in his lap. "What Harry forgets to mention is that when he started to shout, the students and myself could only hear some hissing. The hissing came from his mouth, so while Harry was telling the snake of, all we could hear was hissing between Harry and the snake. I ended that class there and then and have researched it while I was in the library. Harry's snake talk is called Parsletongue." Said Alex, as he looked at Harry who was now sporting very nice shade of red.
"Harry, it's not bad that you have this ability. It can become a source of power for you, and you've used it for the protection of your friends. While they may see it in Britain a sigh that they are speaking to a dark wizard, we here see it as an ability that can be used for good." Said Evelyn as she had joined the group and took Harry in her arms. Harry relaxed and with a wave of her hand, Evelyn banished the rooster.
"Professors, I believe it's past visiting time. Please leave now and we can talk more later" Said Evelyn. The professors all nodded and left the hospital wing. Evelyn looked at the young child in her arms. It seemed the Harry had fallen asleep, and she slowly placed his head on the pillow of the hospital bed. "Sweet dreams, Harry." She said softly, before she made her way back to her own room and her precious Fabian.
May 27th1993
Harry burst into the office of the headmistress, holding his hand against his scar. "Professor, he has taken her. Please save her before it's to late" Harry shouted as he looked at the headmistress with real fear in his eyes. "Who has taken who, Harry?" "Tom, he has taken Ginny in the chamber of secrets. Please Professor. He's going to kill her and use her soul to restore his own" Said Harry, as he stated to sway. Letting him sit down in a chair, Alexandra waved her wand and several patroni shot away, searching for their targets.
"So you have found out where this Ginny is?" She asked, as her brother stepped out of the fireplace.
"Yes. She's at Hogwarts in the chamber of secrets. I know that Hedwig can bring us there" Said Harry as he relaxed from the pain numbing charm that Alex had applied on his scar.
"Alex, get the plan rolling. Get Auror team Raven with you and start preparing." Said Alexandra. Harry didn't know what they were talking about, but it didn't matter. Harry knew that they had very little time. So calling Hedwig, Harry jumped up and grabbed his phoenix by the tail feathers.
A movement came from his right side and as Harry projected where he wanted to go to Hedwig he felt a cold hand surrounding his. Gabriella must have been going with him. To save this Ginny girl.
Flame traveling several hundred miles to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, Harry could only hope that they were not to late.
Harry felt solid ground under his feet, and let go of Hedwig, who flamed away as soon as she had dropped of her cargo. Harry barely heard Deputy Headmistress Gabriella Unguis calling him, as he looked around. He was standing at the end of a long, dimly lit chamber. Towering stone pillars entwined with serpents, rose to a ceiling lost in the darkness, casting long, black shadows through the odd, greenish gloom that filled the place.
Harry barely noticed the rest of the teachers arriving via phoenix fire as he slowly made his way forward. Taking his wand from his holster on his arm, Harry cast Lumos. As he looked around, Harry could not shake the feeling that there was something very sinister at work here. Moving around, Harry saw a small body lying in front of a very ugly man, completely still. "No" whispered Harry, as he moved faster.
Harry kneeled before the small body and looked in it's face. Pale, her freckles standing out like candles on a cake, her hair red surrounding her face, her breath barely to hear. "Ginny, please don't go. Wake up. I know you can" Said Harry as he tried to wake Ginny while shaking her shoulders. Her head only moved from one cide to the other, without her ever waking. "She won't wake" Said a voice, and as Harry stood, a boy came from a dark corner.
"You, I've seen you in my dreams. You are the one responsible for Ginny's condition." Said Harry as he pointed his wand at the boy. The boy was not yet physical, as there seemed to be a shimmer around the edges.
"How would you know what I did to little Ginny?" asked the boy curious. Harry only pointed to his scar on his head with his free hand, while keeping his wand trained at the young boy. "So you are the Harry Potter young Ginny has been writing about. That you are some sort of knight in shining armor and all that rubbish." "Well, I don't know about a knight. But I'm here now and for about nine months did I got visions of what you did to Ginny." Said Harry as he looked at the body in front of the ugly statue of the man. As Harry looked at Ginny's body, the boy suddenly knocked his wand out of his hand.
"He, Give that back." Said Harry, pointing at the wand that was in his hand seconds ago.
"You won't need it anymore Harry Potter as I will be the one to kill you." said the boy.
"Can I at least get your name before you are going to kill me?" Asked Harry. He kept the fear out of his voice, but he could not help being a bit afraid.
"Very well, My name is Tom Marvolo Riddle. Bit I am known to my friends as Lord Voldemort." The boy, Tom started to write with Harry's wand in the air. At first there stood TOM MARVOLO RIDDLE, but with a wave of the wand, the letters switched and the new words said "I AM LORD VOLDEMORT" You? You are Voldemort?" Asked Harry to Tom, as he slowly moved backwards.
Harry was face to face with the most powerful dark wizard in the last two hundred years.
"Yes, But that doesn't matter now, as I'm going to kill you." Said Tom, before he turned around at started to hiss words to the statue, and from the mouth, there seemed be a hole. Harry heard the hissing from the large snake, but the moment that it's head was out of the mouth of the statue the whole chamber was suddenly full of roosters who all started to crow. The basilisk started to shake it's head, keeping his eyes closed as it tried to retreat. Before he could do so, two flashes of fire appeared on each side of the basilisk and both Hedwig and Florida started to pick at the closed eyes.
Harry and Tom looked on, as the eyes of the Basilisk were plucked out by the phoenixes. With the roosters crowing, and the phoenixes working on the eyes, Harry gave Tom a punch in his stomach and removed his wand from the falling boy. "See ya next time, Tom" Said Harry before he used a blasting curse at Tom, who flew away against the wall.
The roosters were doing their work, Harry looked on at the entrance and saw several teachers there, all holding their wand. Ready for battle.
As Harry started to walk to the young girl, He was pushed in his back and fell on Ginny, the moment that the basilisk fell forward, dead by all the roosters crowing. "NO" shouted Harry, and as he held his arms in front of him Harry saw that a third phoenix flew past him and landed something heavy in his hands. Harry grasped the sword that fell in his hands and as the Basilisk fell, drove the sword straight into the creature's brain. Killing it for sure.
"Auw" Said Harry, as one of the longer fangs of the Basilisk pierced his arm. Slowly Harry removed the fang that pierced him and crawled from under the basilisk.
"Here lies Harry Potter, who so unwisely challenged the dark lord." Harry heard Tom say. Harry's vision started to blur. "Just like this stupid girl who wrote in my diary, you to will die" 'The diary' Thought Harry. With his last strength, Harry removed the diary from Ginny's body and looked at Tom. Holding the fang as a dagger above the diary, Harry looked up at Tom's face.
"If I have to die, then so will you" said Harry as he stabbed the diary. Before his eyes, Tom started to dissolve, until there was nothing left of him, except the echo's of him screaming.
Harry fell on his back, he life leaving him. opening his eyes one last time, he could see three figures looking down at him. He could somehow see Hedwig and Florida looking at him. The third phoenix looked at him, and Harry smiled. Feeling at peace, Harry closed his eyes, never seeing the Phoenixes crying on the wound that the Basilisk fang had made.
An hour later, A tearfully re-union was underway as Ginny Weasley was flamed from the chamber of secrets to the deputy headmistress office by Florida, and re-united with her father and mother. With her was a vial with inside a swirling strain of memories, telling everyone what had really happened. The chamber of secrets itself was empty, with exception of a Basilisk skeleton that was stripped bare of anything useful.