Chapter 19: The Purge begins!

Harry, Hermione and Ron were seated at the breakfast table leaving some space between them and the other Gryffindor's. They hadn't created a full on plan to interrogate Draco but the pieces were slowly coming together. Kiba strolled into the hall fashionably late and sat down beside Hermione and began to pile up the food on his plate and began to eat. The other three were stunned by the boys sudden hunger but brushed it off and continued planning. "so how are we going to get into the Slytherin common room?" Hermione asked hoping for one of Kiba's great ideas.

"can't Kiba get us in?" Ron asked, Kiba swallowed hard because he nearly choked on his food. Why would Ron think he could take them inside. "i mean, the sorting hat did consider Slytherin for you first" Kiba sighed in relief while Hermione scolded Ron for such an idiotic idea.

"no way he can pose as a Slytherin, they'd recognize him immediately!" She said

"but what if they couldn't?" Kiba asked "i read about a potion the other day, it let's you take the form of another temporarily"

"The Polyjuice Potion" Hermione said a little louder then intended, "brilliant.. but very risky. We'll be breaking about fifty school rules"

"more" Kiba added

"but how do we know how to make it, and where?" Harry asked

"there should be something about the potion in the library, and –" Kiba spoke

"and i know exactly where we can brew it without being discovered. The girls bathroom on the second floor" Hermione added "no one ever goes in there because of Myrtle"

"bloody brilliant" Ron said before Kiba could interject. The four went to class and afterwards to the library. Ron and Harry were patiently waiting for Kiba and Hermione to find the potions book.

"here it is" Hermione said returning to the others "the Polyjuice potion"

"and with this we'll be able to look like someone else?" Harry asked

"Yes," Kiba said "i was thinking Crabbe and Goyle"

"brilliant, Malfoy will tell us anything" Ron said in amazement

"there's just one problem" Hermione said lifting her head "I've never seen a trickier potion. It'll take a while" Kiba peered over her shoulder to also read the page she was on

"How long?" Harry asked quickly

"a month.." Kiba said

"a month?!" Ron half shouted. Hermione quickly placed her finger on her lips to silence him

"but Draco could attack half the muggle-borns on the school!" Harry protested

"I know, but it's the only plan we've got" Hermione replied softly

A few days passed and nearly everything was prepared to begin brewing the potion, all that was missing were the ingredients. And where else to get them then Snape's stores. Kiba had taken it upon himself to retrieve the ingredients, and used that exact mission as an excuse too skip the Quidditch match. However, Kiba was comfortably seated in one off the window seats in the Gryffindor common room. He dipprd his feather into his ink and watched as his words on the diary disappeared and new ones formed.

'have you started the potion yet? If you want to avoid suspicion then you should begin immediately' Tom replied once Kiba's words had been absorbed by the page.

'Not yet, but I'm retrieving the ingredients today. Everything is in my control'

'you're as cunning as i hoped you would be, i dare even say more then me'

'I'm sure that you had it easy as well, you were and still are brilliant"

'i was nearly discovered on my first attack. Luckily, i was able to accuse a filthy half-breed of the attack, he was to foolish to see through me. He was expelled for the murder of that Mudblood'

'you killed muggle-born?' Kiba was trembling slightly, his father had killed at the age of sixteen. Then again he killed someone at the age of twelve. It seemed like murder ran in the family, curious.

'it is what our ancestor destined is to do, no?' Tom asked 'and i would've slaughtered the lot of them if i had the chance. But Dumbledore never trusted me, but he trusts you. You will be the one who is capable of the greatest massacre in wizard history.'

'what would you have me do?'

'you know what to do, Kiba Rolf Riddle'

'yes father' Kiba closed the diary and gripped it tightly. He stood up and left the common room feeling something crawl up his spine. A certain hatred for impurity, a hatred for Muggle-borns. "filthy Mudbloods!" he said darkly. He hated the word to it's core but spoke it like it was nothing to him, it felt natural to him. His desire to stand above others. His eyes once again, unknowingly to Kiba, shun in a shade of red. He headed for snape office and unlocked the door with a simple charm.

He quickly gathered all the ingredients and left the room like he'd never been inside. He continued walking along the corridor and felt the warmth of the diary return like it had done before. He stood before the second floor bathroom holding the bag of ingredients. It was like then, at Halloween. Just him, the diary and the second floor bathroom. He was ready, much more ready. Today he could kill! Today he would kill! He reached out for the handle but stopped when he saw Hermione and Ron run towards him from a distance. He got mad for a second, once again he was stopped from fulfilling his destiny but quickly calmed down, replacing his frown with a sincere look of concern.

The two came to a stop in front of him drenched and smelling of rain water. "you look terrible, what happened?" Kiba asked. Hermione squeezed her hair sending a waterfall to the stone floor.

"it's Harry. There was a Bludger that chased him it struck his arm and then Lockhart came-" she said

"bet that ended badly" Kiba sighed

"he's in the hospital wing, come along!" the two continued running and Kiba quickly put the bag of ingredients into the bathroom and chased after them. The hospital wing was already filed with both the Slytherin and the Gryffindor team both crowded around their respective seekers.

"don't make such a fuzz Malfoy, you can go!" Madam Pomfrey said as she came rushing in with a bottle. "Move! Out of my way!"

"so Harry's arm is broken?" Kiba asked Hermione as he looked at Harry. His arm however looked weird, sort of like a bad magicians prop.

"how can it be broken of there are no bones!" Harry shouted as he waved his limb arm around. "All because of that blonde prick!"

"What? Malfoy did this?" Kiba asked "i swear I'll have his head!" Hermione grabbed Kiba wrist and quickly filled him in on what happened. Kiba calmed down quickly while Harry was forced to drink a disgusting smelling and bitter tasting liquid. It obviously didn't taste good because Harry spit his first chug out immediately.

"you're in for a rough night Potter, growing bones back is a nasty business" Pomfrey said before telling all the students, except Harry, to go to their common room immediately. Kiba wanted to sneak away but unfortunately for him, Hermione was still holding his wrist and dragged him along.

The three sat down by the fireplace once they returned to the common room so that Hermione and Ron could dry and warm up from the rain. "how do we plan on getting the ingredients for the potion?" Hermione asked as she dried her hair with a towel.

"no need to plan" Kiba said "I've already got it all, it's in the bathroom"

"that's why you missed the game!" Ron said loudly "you knew snape would be watching and u snuck into his stores"

"yes i did, would you keep it down?" Kiba said. Ron had nearly shouted and anyone in the common room would've heard it. It didn't take long before the three headed to bed for some sleep but one of them didn't. Kiba lay awake in his four-poster bed, so long that he couldn't bare it any longer. He got up, put on his shoes and quietly made his way out of the common room and to the second floor girls lavatory. Not even ten minutes later he left the bathroom with a giant serpent by his side, desperate for a victim. He silently crept through the corridors and then he heard it.. footsteps. Just around the corner.

He signalled the Basilisk to wait and called out to the pyjama wearing boy "Colin!" the boy spun around and looked scared to death but relaxed once he recognized the Gryffindor. His camera was dangling from his neck and swung wildly as Colin made his way to Kiba.

"H.. Heya Kiba, i.. i was just going to visit Harry. M.. maybe.." The boy said

"i don't think Harry would like to have pictures taken of him right now" Kiba replied "actually ever"

"oh.." Colin said disheartidly

"maybe you should try approaching Harry as a friends rather then a celebrity" Kiba explained briefly "Harry lives a stressful life, having someone run behind him and taking pictures doesn't help"

"do you think so?" the First-year asked, "i only wanted some nice pictures to show my family"

"you can take a picture of me" Kiba added. Colin's face lit up immediately and he raised his camera. He had his Camera raised before his eyes as he looked through the lens, he was so focused on taking that picture that he didn't hear the his that escaped Kiba's mouth.

FLASH!

The gullible and naïve first year clicked his camera, illuminating the entire hallway in front of him. That is when he saw it entirely, full in detail and blatant terror. A grand snake poised its head above Kiba as the boy smiled wickedly, eyes still shimmering red. In that split second of the reflecting white light, Colin was drawn to its yellow eyes, his body suddenly shuddering violently in pain, unable to scream and cry out for help. He suffered in constant agony while all that Kiba could see, was a carcass no less than the filthiest animal...

Kiba saw the boys face tense up as he fell backwards like a falling tree, but something seemed wrong. He stepped over to Colin and realized that, like Filch and Mrs. Norris, Colin survived and was merely petrified. 'He lives, let me rip him!' the Basilisk hissed. Kiba towered above the fallen boy and ignored the Serpent.. He focused on a different noise. Distant humming echoed through the halls and it was unmistakably Dumbledore.

"go, hide… back to the Chamber!" the boy nearly yelled. The Basilisk let out a low and dissatisfied hiss but obeyed, Kiba had promised his father, himself and the Basilisk death and blood, but delivered neither. Kiba turned on his heels and ran for the common room, and as soon as he had entered through the portrait hole he pulled out the diary and began writing.

'i did it, i attacked a Muggle-Born' he wrote

'Attacked? Did they survive?' was Tom's response. Even though it were just words written in ink Kiba felt that he disappointed his father.

'Dumbledore..' Kiba replied 'he was humming nearby, i couldn't finish the deed'

'hmmm. The school will begin with the safety measures now' Tom wrote 'students won't be allowed to walk alone, Teachers will start patrolling at night'

'what do i do?' Kiba asked. If the teachers began patrolling then no one could be attacked at night.

'Attack again, soon. Do It during free periods or in the evening when everyone is heading for their common rooms' Tom said 'Remember, make sure it's a Muggle-Born. And finish them this time'

'Yes Father' Kiba shut the diary and flopped onto his bed falling asleep. He may have not killed anyone yet, but when everyone would find out what happened, Slytherinls name will be feared from every single corner of the castle, everyone will know... Slytherin's Heir has truly returned...

It was Saturday morning and as winter came the corridors got colder and colder. Everyone had gathered in the great hall and awaited Dumbledore's speech. Kiba immediately realized the first year Gryffindors whispering among each other. Surely they had realised they were missing someone. "Good morning to all of you. Unfortunately i have to set you all into this day with a rather grim message. The attack on our caretaker is no longer the only attack, during last night there was another. Colin Creevey has also been petrified" murmurs broke out all across the tables and it took a while before silence returned "it is in your best interest to not wander alone until the culprit behind the attacks is found" Dumbledore said, he removed his half moon glasses and smiled slightly "however, i have granted our Defence Against the Dark Arts professor, Gilderoy Lockhart, permission to start a duelling club" again murmurs broke out among the younger students who had never experienced anything close to a duel but Dumbledore continued loud and clear "now this club will take place in this very hall after dinner on every Saturday. Anyone may participate of they choose. Now... i say we eat"

Like on any other day, the food appeared pity of nowhere. Toast, eggs, bacon and much more tasty goods. But neither Hermione not Harry were eating. "aren't you guys hungry?" Ron asked with a full mouth.

"a Muggle-Born has been attacked, Ron" Hermione said "do you know what that means?"

"For one, Hermione's in danger" Kiba answered "and two, Draco was right when he said that the Muggle-Borns would be next"

"we have to start the potion today" Hermione said as silently as she could "we can't waste any more time. If Draco is the one behind the attacks, then it won't be long until he comes after me"

"Ron, go check if Harry can leave the hospital, and meet us in the bathroom" Kiba said as he and Hermione stood up. Ron nodded and stuffed more food in his mouth and the three of them left the hall.

Hermione sat on the ground in front of a bubbling cauldron in the second floor bathroom.

Ron entered and leaned against one of the cubicles while Harry swung around his healed arm behind him, Kiba sat with his back against the stone wall to Hermione's left with Myrtle floating beside him. "did Ron tell you?" Hermione asked

"He didn't have to, i was awake when they brought him in. But i have something even better" Harry said slnoe standing still beside Ron "Dobby visited me again"

"the house elf?" Kiba asked "the one that dropped a cake on your uncles boss?"

"business partner," Harry corrected him "but yeah him. He's the one that closed the barrier to platform 9 3/4, he's the one that set the Bludger on me"

"what, why?" Hermione asked as she dropped a few ingredients into the cauldron.

"He said that Hogwarts wasn't safe for me anymore, and that history was repeating itself" He started past everybody and out of one of the dirty windows. "Dumbledore also confined that the Chamber has been opened again"

"are you sure?" Kiba asked. To himself he sounded stupid, he of course knew it was his father that had opened the chamber when he was sixteen.

"positive" Harry replied. "so Kiba, are you staying this Christmas?"Kiba looked away from Harry and out the window as well. It took a little but eventually he shook his head. "so you won't be there when we interrogate Draco…"

"how exciting, i wish i had a group of friends with whom i could do sneaky things" Myrtle suddenly said from beside them

"well sulking in this bathroom isn't going to get you many friends" Ron replied harshly causing the ghost girl to dive into her toilet bowl with loud sobs and moans.

"you should really try to be more sensitive around girls, Ron" Hermione said causing the four of them to break out into uncontrollable laughter.

Evening had come and dinner was over. The tables and chairs in the great hall had vanished, and the ceiling reflected the cloudy night sky outside. Inn the centre of the hall was a thin catwalk. Wide enough for just one man. As expected Lockhart walked across it dressed in a fine suit for duelling. Kiba, like many others, didn't expect to learn much from Lockhart but Snape was there as well. Maybe he would at least teach them something. Couldn't Dumbledore have found someone better? "Now! Before we start, Professor Snape and I will demonstrate the correct way on how your stance must be like and how a wizards duel is done. Look at- yes, Mr Scamander?"

"Sir, what if the person you're trying to duel wants to kill you?" Kiba asked aloud.

"I do not understand your question, dear boy."

"I mean, if it's not a friendly duel exactly, then wouldn't trying to find the correct stance be a waste of time?"

"Well, that depends. Your muscle memory must be-"

"What if you had one leg, or one arm," interrupted Seamus. "Isn't that like an unfair advantage?"

"Mr Finnigan, I-"

"Or is it a fair advantage if they're better? What if you know that the other wizard is much more powerful then you are?"

"Quiet" Snape muttered with a slightly raised voice, all the chatter died down immediately.

"yes, thank you Professor Snape" Lockhart said looking over the students. "we will now demonstrate" he whipped out his wand and held it in front of his face "When you're ready, Severus!" Snape also held his wand in front of his face and then both professors lowered them quickly. Both turned around and stepped away from each other before turning to face each other again. Lockhart braced himself stylishly by spinning around like a ballet dancer. The girls swooned and were entranced by the celebrity's movements. Snape however simply mimicked an ancient swordsman, his legs slightly bent and his wand held like a sword. Opposed to Lockhart's perfect smile, Snape was on the verge of growling viciously. The air became tense as nobody moved. Wisps of cold air rhythmically escaped from the noses of the children, hanging on to every twitch from the professors.

"One..."

"This is going to be amazing! I feel so bad for Professor Snape!" Hermione whispered to Kiba.

"For Snape?!" Kiba whispered back.

"Two..."

"Did you even read his book? He once-"

"Forget the books, look at Snape's face! He wants to see blood!"

"I seriously doubt that." Hermione shot a worried glance towards Lockhart, Snape did look bloodhungry. 'But surely, Lockhart would come out on top, would he?'

"Three!"

Lockhart flicked his wand quickly as he tried to mutter a spell but Snape was even quicker. The Dark-haired professor aimed his wand straight to his opponent and bellowed, "Expelliarmus!", sending a brilliant stream of red to Lockhart, blasting him all the way over to the other side of the stage. The Slytherins applauded Snape as he curled his lip slightly at the sight of Lockhart being completely dazed. Some of the girls screamed while the Gryffindor boys snickered.

"Stop laughing! He could be hurt!" Hermione said shrilly as she tried to tiptoe above the crowding girls to see if Lockhart was okay. Kiba, Harry and Ron retained their laughter just slightly so that they could talk to the overly-anxious girl.

"who- haha cares!" replied Ron, Lockhart was far from hurt, he wonkily got to his feet and fixed his hair. After holding a short speech to explain why her hadn't defended himself he tried to draw the attention away from himself by telling everyone to form pairs. Snape however made a great effort to pair every Gryffindor with someone who wasn't their friend.

"there we are, Scamander!" Snape called and Kiba reluctantly came to this side. "this is your partner, don't try to swap and don't hurt each other!" Snape began gliding away and stopped to address Kiba again "i'm talking to you"

"yes professor," Kiba said. He waited for Snape to be far enough and explained that he wasn't going to hurt his partner who introduced himself as Justin Finch-Fletchley.

"So, Kiba. What do you think about the recent attacks?" Justin asked while he ruffled everywhere through his robes to find his wand.

"Why do you ask," replied the Parselmouth as he was already in his stance, his knees slightly bent, his arm stretched out to the side and his wand twirling in his right hand at waist hight. Justin was the last person Kiba would think that would suspect him as the person behind the attacks, so there was no reason to feel paranoid. Most likely an awkward attempt of small talk.

"Well, it is quite scary knowing that there's a monster in the castle, especially one that hunts Muggle-Borns like me. I mean, don't you think that Dumbledore or the Ministry of Magic ought to do something?"

"They're doing the best they can. If they couldn't find the Chamber of Secrets all those years ago, then nobody would expect them to find it now. The Heir of Slytherin is probably too scared to show his face again anyways."

"I guess. But isn't it obvious that the Heir is right here? Why haven't they interrogated all of the Slytherins to find the culprit?" asked Justin as he finally found his wand.

Kiba shrugged and the two were prepared for the practice duel. "Three... two... one!" Lockhart shouted. Justin attempted to hit Kiba with the same spell as Snape but Kiba narrowly ducked his head. He heard something hit the ground with a thud behind him, positive that Justin had hit someone else. He wasted no time and pointed his wand to Justin, thinking of any spell to use.

'The Disarming Charm! No, Justin already used that. Maybe the Tickling Charm? Nah. How about...' "Ventus!" Kiba aimed at Justin's hand to disarm him but misjudged the power of the wind that his wand released. The spell hit Justin and sent him flying high and then falling while he, and some who were watching, screamed in terror. The Hufflepuff landed with a loud thud and Kiba ran over immediately to check on him.

"disarm only, Mr. Scamander…" Lockhart shouted as he witnessed what happened "what part of that is so hard to understand" Together with Snape he rushed over to the boys. Luckily Justin seemed fine as he crawled away from Kiba and hid behind Lockhart.

"I tried to make his wand fly up but instead it must've hit him by mistake," justified Kiba. Snape shoved him to the side and stared at the Parselmouth angrily. The frightened Hufflepuff was clinging onto Lockhart as his eyes almost popped out from their sockets. He looked severely traumatised. "Justin, I'm-I'

"Get away from me!" Justin cried as he hid behind Lockhart. The rest of the club pointed fingers to Justin as they chuckled uncontrollably, the Slytherins especially. Kiba could see the embarrassment crawl onto Justin's face, desperately trying to wipe away the tears that he shed from being so high up. The young Heir attempted once more to reconcile with Justin but was a futile attempt on its own as the embarrassed boy walked away to his friends around the corner.

"Well. That escalated rather quickly. Anyways, we should..."

"That was bloody brilliant, Kiba!" Ron said

"no it wasn't," Kiba retaliated "he's Muggle-born, all this magic scares him still.. and i probably made it worse now"

"just try to be more careful next time, and apologize when no ones around" Hermione said. She rubbed her sides and explained what had happened to her. Apparently the Slytherin girl Millicent had resorted to magic rather then magic.

"Scamander!" Kiba hear Snape call loudly. The two professors stood on the stage again and Malfoy, as odd as it was, stood beside Lockhart. Snape stopped Kiba once he stood beside him on the stage and waited as Lockhart addressed the rest.

"now, let us witness these two young and gifted wizards face off" Lockhart said "let's see how they fare under pressure. Remember the goal is to disarm the opponent" Lockhart took Draco under his wing and began whispering to him while Snape loomed darkly behind Kiba.

"Um, Professor? Why did you choose me to duel Draco?" Kiba asked.

"Since Draco preferred Lockhart's advice i needed someone to show him that my advice is better then his" Snape said darkly "i think you are more then capable of taking on Mr. Malfoy. Now don't disappoint me out there, go on!" he pushed Kiba forwards and the two students stopped in the middle and mimicked what the professors had shown them.

"how you feelin', Scamander?"

"Excellent, Malfoy"

"alright, let's begin!" Lockhart said once the two of them had taken their stances, "One… Two…"

"Everte Statum!" Draco shouted as he flicked his wand towards Kiba. But Kiba was a step ahead and dogged the spell, knowing that Draco would try to pull something like that.

"Aqua Eructo!" Kiba bellowed sending a jet of water from the tip of his wand striking Draco in the chest. The Slytherin was infuriated and ignored Lockhart's reminder to use disarming spells only.

"Serpensortia!" Draco spoke aiming his wand to the floor releasing a Snake from its tip. Most of those who had been watching flinched and moved away but some were to shocked, some like Justin Finch-Fletchley. The Snake stuck out is forked tongue and turned it's attention to Justin. Kiba could stop it, but he didn't. Justin was a Mudblood, and Draco would be responsible of he was hurt. It hissed aggressively and showed it's fangs as it prepared to attack.

"Leave him!" Harry cried out loudly and the Snake obeyed instantly, snapping it's jaws shut and facing Harry. Harry smiled brightly, relieved that the snake had listened to him but his smile want returned. Everyone but his friends and Snape stared at him in shock, disgust and fear. But Hermione be looked worried, Ron confused and Kiba and Snape curious. But nobody understood like Kiba did, he was sure of it. The way Harry spoke was English but with something more… something Snakelike.

"Harry.. you're a Parselmouth?" Kiba stammered

"w.. What are y… you play… playing at?" Justin stuttered heavily "i… is this s… some… some kind of J.. Joke?!" He slowly backed away from Harry and everyone just stared, frozen from the staggering revelation. And then something clicked in Kiba's mind, something bad. He wasn't the only Parselmouth in the school.. and he wasn't the only one that knew.

Kiba looked at Hermione and her eyes met his, she seemingly thought the exact same. This was bad, very bad. Anxiety poked Kiba stomach as he looked at Harry. Justin would surely tell on him, and everyone would suspect Harry of the attacks, suspect him of being the heir… what if he is? Was Kiba perhaps related to Harry in some way? No it can't be.. can it? Kiba's mind was swimming, he didn't even realize that that everyone was leaving the hall nor did he realize that Hermione was pulling him along by the wrist.

They reached the common room and Ron instantly began interrogating Harry "How long have you been a Parselmouth?"

"what's a Parselmouth?" Harry asked, clueless of what had happened

"a Parselmouth is someone who can speak to Snakes" Kiba explained receiving a glance from Hermione

"oh that, I've been doing that for a while…" Harry said "well once. I set a boa constrictor on my cousin at the zoo. But why is everyone freaking out?"

"why is everyone freaking out?!" Ron repeated "there's a reason why Slytherin's symbol is a snake, Harry"

"this is bad Harry," Hermione added "Sslazar Slytherin was a Parselmouth.."

"and now everyone will think your his descendent and the 'heir'" Kiba said.

"but I'm not!" Harry said gripping his robes tightly "i.. can't be…" for all they knew he could be. Not even Kiba was sure if he was the only heir. He couldn't think straight at all anymore, his plans to frame Draco were ruined. His attacks were going to be blamed on his best friend.. what if the suspicion on Harry would lead them to the true heir of Salazar Slytherin? What if Kiba was pulled into the spotlight? He had to do something fast but-

Once again, Kiba's gaze met Hermione's and they remained fixed on each other. Kiba spotted that same worried and scared expression in her eyes that he had seen so often, but Hermione saw nothing. She stared into emotionless eyes, eyes that only showed weekday they wanted to show, when they want to show it. Somehow entranced by each other they remained silent when something happened that would break their trance.

A hint of scarlet flashed across the hazel eyes of the young Wizard, leaving Hermione confused and questioning weather it was real or a trick of the light.

'what am i missing..?' she thought to herself as she looked at the boy, who was no longer facing her, once more.

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An: wowzee, finished another one. phew now i feel like CoS is getting out of hand. But we're halfway through which means Christmas in the Muggle world! Kiba's gonna see Faye again.

Reminder: PM me character suggestions with the information that you can find above chapter 1 and you can get a cameo or maybe even a returning role in the story. only through PM tho cuz it's actually against they rules as i have been told by ZadArchie. thanks again!

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