Its time.

The rest of the holiday passed quickly and soon it was time for Anya and Zarian to return to Hogwarts. Anya woke up in Zarian's arms after hearing a knock on Zarian's door. Anya looked at the clock on the bedside table and saw the time "crap" she exclaimed it was 9 o'clock. She shook Zarian awake; when he saw the time he jumped out of bed just in time to hear his mother's voice come through the door.

"Zarian…Anya…get up, were leaving in one hour."

"Were coming" Zarian shouted back as they rushed to get ready. Anya rushed into her room to get some clothes. Half an hour later the couple appeared downstairs dressed and ready. Going into the drawing room they spotted Mrs. Knight who was seated and appeared to be waiting for them.

"Finally, now hurry up and eat we only have a short time till we have to leave." commanded Mrs. Knight before going to the check that everything was prepared. Anya and Zarian sat down and started to eat.

"Is it always this hectic when you leave for school?" Anya asked helping herself to some of the toast on the table. Zarian merely shrugged as he poured himself cereal. He seemed slightly distant this morning, Anya just assumed he was tired, they didn't get much sleep last night, this thought made a small smile appear on her face.

They were driven to the station and walked through the barrier; the station looked the same as always and was busy with families struggling to get their kids on board.

"Anya! Zarian!" Naira run up to them beaming, they greeted each other. "Come on let's find a compartment before they get taken up and we have to share with some 1st year Gryffindor or something. " They walked on to the train and after kicking 2 1st years out of a compartment sat down.

The journey was taken up talking about the holidays and what they had each got up to; when Naria asked about what Zarian and Anya had been up to they both looked very awkward, Naria made a mental note to get it out of Anya later. Zarian had livened up a bit and was acting his usual self when they arrived at the station. There was the usual feast before they were sent to their beds, Anya had forgotten how much she missed Hogwarts when she was away and wondered if that was what had had Zarian down, this was the last term before he left for good…

Anya was sitting in the deserted common room reading a book shed been neglecting, it was late and everyone had gone to bed, Anya liked this time she could read in peace and quiet. She sensed a presence behind her and the hairs on the back of her neck stood on end.

"Hello brother" she said without turning around. Tom Riddle came and sat down next to her with a bemused expression on his face.

"How did you know I was there?"

"I'm your sister…I can tell when your around, plus I have good senses." She replied looking back at her book with a smug smile on her lips.

"Damn…so how was your holiday, fruitful?" he asked taking the book from her hands. Anya sighed annoyed at being interrupted and knowing full well what he really meant; he really didn't care if she had had a nice time he wanted to know what she had found out about their family history.

"It was nice, I went to Zarian's for some of the holiday, meet his parents they didn't seem that impressed at first but I won them over naturally…and I did find out some information about this shack that is supposed to hold our village idiot, I don't know but there's something about it." Anya paused remembering the woman's reluctance to answer when she had asked about any others who had lived there. "The people in the village don't seem to want to go to or talk about the place."

Tom looked thoughtful, his eyes intense as he thought about what she was saying mulling over ideas and plans. "It could be nothing, I mean a local idiot. Hmm, still we should look into it…so…" he checked to make sure they were alone before slipping into parseltongue "what are you going to do about the chamber?"

"I don't know, it is my duty to release the creature but I need to ensure we won't be suspected, this after all could be seen as murder…I don't happen to want to end up in a prison sell in Azkaban."

"I wouldn't worry about that, no one knows the chamber exists and even if they do there's nothing they could find to link us to Salazar… besides were two of the greatest students who would suspect sweet little Anya Riddle" he hissed a laugh and put on his most charming expression "and her charming but poor orphaned brother."

Anya laughed too, it was true they were two of the least likely students to get mixed up with dark powers like this, they were well liked by all the teachers.. well, except Dumbledore. He was one teacher though what could he do, he would never be able to prove it. Her thoughts went back to that stupid Ravenclaw mudblood, how dare she even speak to her!

"Your right its time, come with me…" she stood up placing the book on the seat, she would come back to it later, and she needed to do this now before she lost her nerve.

They snuck out of the dormitory and went up to the 2nd floor by luck they never ran into anyone and the door to the bathroom was unlocked. Tom looked around the bathroom, before staring at the tap intently seeing the snake design on the tap. "So this is it." he muttered almost in disbelief.

"Yes brother, this is the entrance to the Chamber of secrets…now move aside if you please…open chamber" To anyone else the words would have come out as a hiss as the sink moved away revealing the entrance…"Lets go."