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Chapter 9

Before anyone in the castle knew, the week had ended and they were just three days away from exams. At breakfast, McGonagall announced that the mandrakes were ready to be cut and the Mandrake Draught would be ready that night. When she announced that, the Great Hall was rocked with cheers.

The rest of the day went on with the entire castle seeming much happier. After lunch, hey Harry and Hermione spent their time outside, sitting by the lake, reading their manybooks. Harry was reading more on Runes and Hermione was reading on useful charms in dueling. Luna and Ginny were with them, they were studying for their Transfiguration exams. They went about the rest of their day as they normally would. Towards the evening they were walking around the castle, talking with each other about their summer plans when Harry felt the wards on the chamber alert him. Just he felt the wards go off, they heard McGonagall over the loudspeaker.

"All students, report to your House dormitories immediately. Teachers are to report to the Staff room. Thank you."

Harry and Hermione looked at each other and made sure they were alone, then walked into a shadow. They emerged in the staff room. They watched, hidden from the inhabitants of the room and listened to the conversation.

McGonagall said, "The worst has happened. The heir has taken students into the Chamber itself."

The other teachers gasped and Flitwick asked, "Who have they taken Minerva?"

The acting Headmistress sighed, "Ginny Weasley, Luna Lovegood and Zacharias Smith."

The professors continued talking, but Harry and Hermione heard nothing that they said. The heir had taken Luna. He was angry that they had taken Ginny as well, but Luna was like his sister. He was worried that Zacharias Smith had been taken too, but the guy was a pompous prick that could annoy anyone he came in contact with. While thinking of what they could do, the two Ravenclaws noticed Chris, Neville and Ron hiding elsewhere in the room, listening to the conversation.

Using telepathy, they found that the three Gryffindors had figured out where the entrance was and were going to tell the staff members what they had found, but decided to be idiotic Gryffindors and do it themselves. Harry and Hermione followed them as they went and got Lockhart to go with them. The two Ravenclaws were amazed at their sheer stupidity. Lockhart would be more a nuisance, than a help. When the small party, got to Myrtle's bathroom, they questioned her, the same as Harry and Hermione had. Though, Chris was much more rude to her than they had been.

Once they got down to the outer chamber, Harry had Hermione go back and tell the professors what was happening.

She agreed and kissed him, "Be careful."

Harry smirked, "Always am."

Hermione smirked and rolled her eyes. She shadow traveled back to the corridor outside the bathroom and had a thought. She quickly went to Gringotts and asked Ragnok for a favor. He granted it and she was back in Hogwarts in less than five minutes. She made her way to the staffroom. When she got there, she walked into, what appeared to be a big meeting.

Flitwick said, "Ms. Granger, what are you doing here? All students are to be in the house Dormitories!"

Hermione said, "I'm sorry professor. But Harry and I saw Chris Potter, Neville Longbottom, Ron Weasley and Lockhart walking into the girls' lavatory on the second floor. We followed them to see what was going on and saw them open an entrance to what we think is the Chamber of Secrets. There was a big hole in the ground and they jumped down. Harry went to follow them, since Lockhart didn't have a wand, Weasley's wand is broken and more of a danger than without one. He figured that if they got into trouble he could help. I came here to tell you."

At the blank looks she was getting, she tapped her foot impatiently, "Umm. Are you going to help them or not?"

That snapped them out of it, McGonagall said sternly, "You should have come to us immediately!"

Hermione sighed, "Yes, that is why I am here. Harry followed them because he can take care of himself. We already figured out what the monster is anyway."

Lily asked, "And what is it?"

Hermione simply said, "A Basilisk." at their disbelieving looks she continued, "Think about it. Salazar was famous for being a parselmouth, so he could control snakes. A basilisk is the only creature that I can think of that can live for a thousand years. The reason there have been no deaths yet is strictly because of luck. Filch's cat saw the reflection in the water on the floor, Creevey saw it through his camera, Hopkins saw it through Nick, Nick was already dead so he can die twice. We're not sure about the last attack but they were in a corridor with plenty of windows, very easy to catch the reflection of something in them."

Snape sneered, "And how, pray tell, has a giant snake been getting around a castle full of people, undetected?"

Hermione sneered right back at him, "Well, lets see. The entrance is in a bathroom. The plumbing of British magical society hasn't changed in the last thousand years, so the pipes are huge. Easily big enough to fit a giant snake in them. It's actually kind of sad that two second years figured this out before the staff did. Especially because Dumbledore was here the last the Chamber was opened and has had a fifty year head start on us."

The staff ignored the veiled insult, Snape just sneered at her. He knew that Harry had taught her quite a bit and wasn't willing to risk more embarrassment by having her beat him like Daniels did. The staff; Professors Flitwick, Snape, McGonagall, Sprout and Potter, along with Madam Pomfrey, aurors Potter, Black, Longbottom and Longbottom, Mrs and Mrs. Weasley, Lovegood, Smith and Remus Lupin all quickly headed for the bathroom. Hermione followed quickly behind them all. When they got there, the sinks were closed, Snape sneered and asked where the entrance was.

Hermione simply pulled out a small crystal and Flitwick gasped, "That is a Goblin Memory crystal! How did you get that? No one but goblins and friends of the Goblin Nation can get their hands on them."

Hermione shrugged, "Ragnok gave it to me for Christmas. There is a charm on it so that only I or Harry can use it. We recorded Harry using parseltongue with it."

She activated the crystal and everyone took an involuntary step back at hearing the hissing language. They were even more amazed when the sinks moved aside.

McGonagall said, "Thank you Miss Granger, we will take it from here."

Hermione retorted, "I don't think so professor. I am the only person Harry trusts implicitly. He likes you, professors Flitwick and Sprout, but he doesn't trust anyone but me. So I will be going down."

Hermione saw Snape start to say something and flicked her wand and his mouth was removed.

"I didn't ask you sir. We don't need to hear your snide remarks or about your petty vendetta against Harry or anyone remotely related to the Marauders."

The staff and parents were amazed at her cheek. Sirius, James and Remus smirked at her, to which she just rolled her eyes.

Ignoring the looks she was getting, she simply said, "See you when you get down."

With that, she jumped backwards, down the pipe. She slowed her descent "Aresto Momentum!" When she got down there, she was only there for a few seconds before the rest of them came shooting out of the tunnel. All except McGonagall, who used a spell to slow her speed.

Hermione rolled her eyes as they slowly got up, moaning about hitting the floor so hard.

"Did none of you think to use Aresto Momentum or some other spell to slow yourselves down?"

She was answered with sheepish looks and muttering. They made their way into the outer chamber where they were met with the sight of Ron Weasley, Neville Longbottom, who were clearing out some rocks and Gilderoy Lockhart, sitting in the corner.

The three didn't realize that the rest of them were there until McGonagall cleared her throat and gave them a withering look.

Lockhart was heard whispering to Ron, "Ooooh, I wouldn't want her mad at me. She looks mean." When Minerva cleared her throat again, he sing songed, "Someone's in trouble!"

Hermione was fed up with the prat and simply walked up to him and knocked him out with her knee. When the others gave her a look, she responded with a shrug that said, "What? If you had thought of it first, you would have done it!".

McGonagall asked, "What are you doing down here?"

Ron and Neville stuttered over their story. Hermione understood enough of it to get a general idea; They had figured out the entrance when they found a book in the common room. They knew about Moaning Myrtle because they had heard girls talk about her. They went to the staffroom and heard about Ginny being taken and decided they needed to do something. They went to get Lockhart, then entered the bathroom. Once down the pipe, there was a struggle with Ron's wand, which promptly blew up when Lockhart tried to memory charm them. The explosion caused the roof to collapse and they heard and saw Harry run through the opening and push Chris out of the way. When they found out everyone was alright, Chris decided to continue on and they heard Harry trying to "Chicken out" by saying they should wait for help. In the end, Chris went on and Harry followed.

Hermione rolled her eyes and asked the staff, "Now are you glad that Harry chose to follow them? I'm fairly sure that Chris would have been flattened by the rocks if Harry hadn't pushed him out of the way."

A few of the adults looked to Ron and Neville for their opinion. They denied it and said Harry just got in the way, but their expressions and tone of voice said differently.

Hermione was furious but simply said, "Good Lord, I don't know why we put up with this crap. If it weren't for Harry, I would simply leave this ridiculous castle and go to France or America. Salem Academy is so much better and I doubt I would be forced to help pompous pricks save themselves from their own stupidity."

At the outcry of insults from the two Gryffindors and a few adults, Hermione just lifted an eyebrow, "So you would rather we not help them? Fine. Next time you decide to go out into the forest at night, into the Acromantula colony, we won't save you. Next time there is a rock fall, I'll make sure Harry leaves you and continues on. He didn't come down here for the three of you. Luna is like his sister and she is in the chamber. Ginny is a very good friend and she is in the chamber, Zacharias is a prat, but Harry couldn't leave him alone either. He went down here for them, not you ungrateful pricks that went down here, glory seeking."

Ron shouted, "We came down here for my sister!"

Hermione nodded, "Yes, but you brought a crap teacher, a broken wand, Longbottom, while is great in Herbology, decent in Transfiguration and Charms, is crap at defense and the pompous ass who thinks it's wise to insult the king of the Acromantula colony. Very helpful bunch you would be."

Neville, red faced said, "And what did Daniels do?"

Hermione cut him off before he could say anything else, "He made sure that I would get the professors, so that they could do something. He followed you so you wouldn't do something stupid and get yourselves killed. Trust me when I say, Harry despises Chris. But Chris is a symbol to the sheep of Magical Britain and he isn't cruel enough to let the symbol kill himself because of a superiority complex."

McGonagall said, "ENOUGH! We aren't here to argue. We ar-"

She was cut off by a flash of light, Gwen appeared with Ginny and Luna, both tied up and gagged.

Hermione quickly cut the ropes and asked, "Is Harry alright?"

Luna nodded with tears going down her cheeks but a smile on her face, "He's fine. He said to tell you that he will be done shortly."

A few minutes after Luna and Ginny arriving, Gwen flashed in again, this time with an unconscious Chris Potter. Everyone could see that Gwen wasn't happy with the boy. She had flashed in with him, carrying him from his hair. She dropped him roughly on the ground and landed on Hermione's shoulder.

Hermione cooed, "How's Harry, Gwen?"

The bird trilled with both sorrow and hope. A few minutes later and she flashed away again. This time, she brought back Zacharias Smith. He was unconscious and pale. Madam Pomfrey went to him immediately.

Ginny said, "Harry said something about him being possessed or something."

Gwen trilled and Hermione said, "Madam Pomfrey, Gwen offered to take you to the Hospital wing with him. She'll come back for everyone else."

Poppy nodded and she flashed away. When she did, Chris started to stir, then shot up.

"Bloody Hell that was a big snake!"

The other adults gasped in horrific comprehension at what his words meant.

James said, "What do you mean son? How did you see it and still live?"

Chris responded, "That idiot pushed me down when it was coming out, I only saw the shadow. I was getting ready to kill it when he pushed me out of the way."

Hermione saw red, "That idiot saved your life you ungrateful jackass! If you had looked it in it's eyes, you would have died!"

Chris gulped at the venom in her voice.

Lily asked, "Then how will Harry be able to get back to safety?"

Hermione answered, still glaring at Chris, "A friend at MIT in America made him some new contacts. It's new in technomancy. They help correct his vision over time and they protect against all magic directed at the eyes. Harry thinks that it will work against the Basilisk. If nothing else, they would just cause him to be petrified."

Lily asked, "He THINKS?"

Hermione snapped, "YES. He didn't know but thought that they might. He would rather than try to help Luna and Ginny and risk petrification than sit around like the rest of the castle, hoping that some miracle would happen!"

McGonagall sighed, "He should have been in Gryffindor."

Hermione responded, "No offense to you or your house professor, but Harry was offered Gryffindor, just as I was. We turned it down. He, because he already knew Chris and the other two and knew they would give him a hard time and just didn't want to deal with them. Me, because Harry and I spoke on the train and I saw the way Chris and his friends were acting before the sorting and I knew that they would give me a hard time for hanging out with Harry. I asked for Ravenclaw because it seemed like the best fit. Hufflepuff was my next choice because I doubt the house of Loyalty would have liked me having loyalty to others above my own house mates but it was still better than the last two. Slytherin was out because of their narrow mindedness and penchant for bullying and hatred toward anyone who isn't related to everyone else in the house, i.e. Purebloods. They tolerate halfbloods but that's it. Harry followed me into Ravenclaw for much of the same reasons."

Snape snarled at the insult to his house. Chris, Ron and Neville looked slightly insulted that Harry or Hermione could have been in their house.

Hermione continued, "I mean, we have friends in Slytherin; Daphne, Tracy and Blaise, Gryffindor; Ginny and the twins. Those three have turned the rest of the house against us by saying that Harry is dark. Hufflepuff hasn't made an effort to befriend us and scurry away from Harry when he comes near them. The whole castle thinks that Harry is some dark wizard because he is a parselmouth. Personally, the only thing that proves is that he can kiss really well." she sighed and smiled slightly, "He has made it abundantly clear that he likes mundanes more than British Magicals. His girlfriend is a first generation and as much as he hates to call her it, Lily, his mother, is a first generation as well."

When she was done, she ignored the stares and waited for Gwen. When the bird flashed in, she took the Weasley's. Then she came back for the Potters, Black and Lupin. Then she took Snape and Sprout. Flitwick and McGonagall chose to stay with Hermione to wait for Harry. A few minutes later, Gwen flashed in with a weary Harry Daniels, his left arm, his wand held loosely in his hand, held limply at his side, his right, holding a sword and what looked like a black book under his right arm.

He said weakly, "Hey Hermione. Fancy seeing you here. I'm going to need to sit down now."

With that, he started to collapse. Hermione hurried to him and caught him. Afterward, Gwen flashed the four of them to the Hospital wing.

POV Change. - Back to Harry

Harry watched Hermione go off to get help, then turned and walked forward. He slowly made his way to the outer chamber, but when he heard shouting, he started to run. He entered the cavern to see Ron and Neville fighting for a wand against Lockhart. He knew what was going to happen, seconds before it did. He watched in slow motion as Lockhart has his hand around it and started to cast a memory charm. He felt the magic in the wand building up and protected himself from the explosion as it erupted.

When the rocks started to fall, he dove at Chris, pushing him out of the way. He felt a boulder fall on his foot and felt the bone breaking. He let out a hiss of pain, but quickly threw a numbing charm on his foot. He realized that if he hadn't pushed Chris out of the way, it would have hit him right on the head He quickly pulled Chris out of the way.

Chris said loudly, "What are you doing here!"

Harry rolled his, "Saving your life you idiot!"

Chris belligerently said, "I don't need your help. I'm the Boy-Who-Lived! I'm going to kill the beast and save everyone. Then more people will adore me."

Harry snorted, "Yeah whatever. And what exactly are you going to do against the beast? Do you even know what it is?"

Chris sneered, "Some kind of giant snake. A basilisd or something."

Harry shook his head How can I be related to this moron? It's insulting!

They assured Ron and Neville that they were alright, well, Chris said he was fine but Harry had mucked up his plan.

Ron yelled insults and said, "If you messed up his plan and my sister gets killed, I'll kill you myself!".

Harry rolled his eyes, "There is help on it's way. We should sit here and wait for the professors."

Chris sneered, "What's wrong Daniels? Scared?"

Harry narrowed his eyes at Chris and said coldly, "No. I'm just not stupid. Believe me, Luna is in there and she is more family to me than your screwed up family is or ever was."

Chris said, "So you're just going to leave her in there and stay out here and-".

Harry took a step closer to Chris, his eyes glowing green, "I wouldn't finish that sentence if I were you, Christopher."

Chris was buffeted by the magic rolling off Harry. He was slightly scared but didn't show it.

He sneered, "Well, I'm going. You can stay out here if you want."

Harry sighed and followed after Chris. When they got to the door, Chris opened it and they walked inside. They saw Zacharias Smith laying on the floor, unconscious and Luna and Ginny tied up in front of the wall.

Harry immediately ran towards Luna and Ginny.

He gently undid the gag in their mouths and asked, "Luna, Ginny, are you ok? What happened?"

Luna said, "We were walking down a corridor and all of a sudden, we saw him walking down the same one. His eyes were red and his magic looked funny."

Harry nodded, "It's okay. You're safe now. "

Chris went over to Zacharias and unkindly, nudged his head with his foot.

All of a sudden, a voice startled them all, "He's not dead."

Chris whirled around and said, "Tom! What are you doing here?"

Luna whispered to Harry, "He doesn't look right Harry. He feels wrong."

Harry nodded, he could feel the disgusting magic permeating the air. Ginny started to shake. Harry realized that the memory block must have come down and she remembered Tom.

He said, "Ginny, remember the exercises I taught you? Go through them and lock the memories away."

Ginny immediately went into a trance. After a few minutes she opened her eyes and nodded her thanks.

Meanwhile, Chris was arguing with the stranger.

He said, "You don't understand Tom! There is a Basilisg or something. We need to get him out of here. Help us out!"

Tom sneered and said, "I'm sorry, but I can't do that. I need him to stay where he is."

All of a sudden, Chris realized that he had dropped his wand in his surprise to see Tom. He looked around for it and saw that Tom had it."

He reached for it, "Give me my wand Tom."

Tom simply said, "You won't be needing it."

Harry sighed, "Give it a rest Chris. It's obvious that Tom is the bad guy."

Chris sneered, "What are you talking about! Tom is the one that turned Hagrid in. He was wrong but he tried to do his best."

Tom started chuckling, "How is it that a buffoon like you killed the greatest Sorcerer in the world?"

Harry realizing that the girls weren't safe called Gwen.

He told Luna, "Tell Hermione that I'm fine and I'll see her soon."

Luna nodded and he kissed her forehead and hugged Ginny, then sent them with Gwen.

When Chris saw them flash away he demanded, "Why did you send them? Call that bird back and get us out of here!"

Harry sneered, "They were tied up and terrified, surely the 'Great Boy-Who-Lived' would make sure they were safe first?"

Chris flushed. Tom taunted them for a bit longer, then Fawkes flashed in with an old hat.

Tom laughed, "That is what the old man sent to help you? A songbird and an old hat? You're no match for Lord Voldemort!"

Chris was confused, "What are you talking about? You-Know-Who was after your time!"

Tom smiled cruelly, No, Voldemort is my past, present and future." He then took Chris' wand and wrote out his name in fiery letters. Then swiped his wand downwards. The letters rearranged themselves to spell "I Am Lord Voldemort"

Chris paled and started yelling insults at Fawkes and didn't hear Tom call the basilisk. When he heard the rock sliding away, he turned to look at the origin of the sound.

Harry saw this and yelled, "Close your eyes you idiot!" then tackled him to the ground.

They both watched as Fawkes attacked the eyes of the giant snake. When Chris realized the size, he promptly fainted. Harry sighed and called Gwen to come get the "brave" Gryffindor. When he was gone. Harry quickly took stock. He used mage sight to see the line of magic, leaving Zacharias, going to the diary in his hand, then going to Tom. He quickly started to unravel the magic tying the diary to Zacharias.

While he was working, he didn't see the giant snake's tail come barreling towards him. He saw a second too late. He felt the breath leave his lungs and a few ribs break. When he hit the wall, the stone cracked under the impact. He felt his left shoulder break in multiple places. He cried out in pain but fought to stay conscious. He threw a numbing charm on the broken bones and stood up.

He glared at the huge snake, "Damn illusions. I'm too damn good at them for my own good."

He swiped his right hand at the snake and it disappeared. Tom was stunned.

Harry shot him a pained smirk, "Sorry to disappoint. But I killed the Basilisk weeks ago. I'm also very angry with you, so is Sal. You tortured that poor animal into insanity just because you were mad that Sal thought you were a bit too homicidal for his taste. You knew that she wouldn't attack you because you were an heir and you took advantage of that! You're a coward! A coward who has mummy and daddy issues."

Tom snarled, "You have no idea what I've been through!"

Harry snorted, "What? You were picked on in the orphanage? Maybe if you had been less creepy, then you would have gotten along with the other kids. Me, I was disowned by my family because they liked my brother more than me. Your mum died giving birth to you and your dad left after she confessed to giving him love potions. To top it off, you are just contributing to the bigotry that you suffered in school."

Tom sneered, "Lord Voldemort has no need for family! Only the strong survive, there is only power and-"

Harry yawned, he knew that he needed to keep the idiot occupied and distracted long enough to unravel the magic connecting Zacharias to the diary.

He said, "Please. If I didn't already know you were a coward, the made up name would be the only clue I would need, 'Flight from Death' really? And the fact that you put 'Lord' in front of it, just goes to show that you are the 'Lord' of cowards. Though, I can't really expect anything else. After all, your uncle was also your cousin, your grandfather was also your uncle and your grandmother was your aunt. The Gaunt family were so inbred that their family tree was just one big ball of mess. A ball of yarn would be easier to unravel."

As he finished, there was a loud SNAP! and Harry cut the connection from the Hufflepuff to the diary. He quickly tied off the free magic and created a loop, connecting the magic of the diary to itself, so it was self powering. Gwen quickly flashed in and took the Hufflepuff away to safety. Tom screamed his anger out. He was now stuck at just beyond corporeal existence.

Harry cheekily pointed out, "You have some anger issues, you should get some help."

Tom sneered and took Chris' wand.

Harry chuckled, "I should tell you one thing that you don't know."

Tom said, "And what is that?"

Harry smirked, "It wasn't Chris that destroyed you. It was me."

With that Tom launched a volley of spells at the Ravenclaw. Harry simply jumped and dodged out of the way of the spells. He knew that if he kept it up, Tom would use up all of the magic sustaining his form. This went on for another ten minutes. Harry had been hit with a few cutting curses but nothing major. At last, Harry could feel Tom nearly out of magic.

Tom snarled and said, "Let's see you dodge this!"

With that, he threw a killing curse at Harry. He was shocked when Harry simply gestured with his hand and redirected the curse back at Tom. His form was solid enough for him to be knocked back by the curse but that was all. Then Tom realized what Harry had done. He snarled at Harry and then faded away.

Harry approached the diary carefully. Then made an exact duplicate of the book. Copied some of the less evil and corrupting magical auras onto it and banished the real diary to Sal's office for him to take back later. Harry then took the sword, he recognized that it was Gryffindor's sword, and stabbed the fake diary. He watched as one of the curses he copied made some of the ink spray out of the little book.

He called Gwen and had her take him to Hermione. He appeared in the outer chamber and saw McGonagall, Flitwick and Hermione.

He smiled weakly at her and said, "Hey Hermione. Fancy seeing you here. I'm going to need to sit down now."

With that, he felt himself falling. Hermione caught him and they were all transported to the Hospital Wing. When Madam Pomfrey saw him, she immediately went to him. Harry saw that Luna and Ginny were still shaking and Zacharias was still unconscious and very pale.

He said, "No. I'm fine enough for now. Take care of them."

Madam Pomfrey started to disagree when Harry yelled, "TAKE CARE OF THEM! I'm fine!"

His shout, startled everyone else and Madam Pomfrey tutted and gave him a reproachful look, but did what he asked. A few minutes more and a few calming draughts for everyone and she came back over to him.

"Can I take care of you now Mr. Daniels?"

Harry shrugged and winced in pain from his broken shoulder. He knew he would heal but it would take a bit longer. Madam Pomfrey waved her wand and gasped in shock, drawing the attention of everyone in the Hospital Wing.

"Mr. Daniels, you are most certainly not fine! I'm amazed you're still conscious!"

Lily asked, "What's wrong with him?"

Madam Pomfrey looked at Harry who, again shrugged and winced, muttering, "Gotta stop doing that!"

The matron said, "He has a shattered left shoulder, a fractured clavicle, three broken ribs, one of which punctured a lung, a crushed left foot and severe bruising on his left side."

At this, everyone in the Hospital Wing, minus Harry and Hermione gasped and Lily came over to him, "What happened!"

Harry smirked, "Ehh, it's been a rough day. I'll be fine a bit."

Hermione laughed and held his hand.

Madam Pomfrey said sternly, "You most certainly not fine. You will be in here for at least a few days mending the bones."

Harry shook his head, "No I won't, check me again."

Madam Pomfrey did as asked and had a puzzled look on her face.

She ran the tests again and said, "How is that possible?"

James asked, "How is what possible?"

Poppy stared at Harry and said, "He is already healing and should be completely healed in a few hours."

At the questioning stares, Harry was happy that he and Hermione had come up with a cover story.

He explained, "I have Tears of a Shadow Phoenix in my blood. I heal faster than others. Normal phoenix tears simply heal the wound they come in contact with, Shadow Phoenix tears stay in the blood and become part of the body."

Sirius asked, "Why isn't this known?"

Harry said, "Because, if it was, people would hunt down the shadow phoenixes and force the tears from them. The tears have to be freely given, Gwen was nice enough to provide them. I'm immune from most poisons and I heal at an accelerated rate. So, Madam Pomfrey, I really am fine"

Lily asked, "But how were you still conscious?"

Harry shrugged, only wincing slightly, "Liberal use of numbing charms"

A few minutes later, Dumbledore came rushing in and went straight for Chris and asked what happened. When he was told by the adult Potters that it was Harry, he turned and looked at him hard.

Harry felt a slight probe and said, "Dumbledore, I thought you were smarter than that. I would stop trying to get into my mind before my patience run out and thanks to the Basilisk and boy wonder over there, I don't have much left. I would hate for you to end up like Snape last Christmas."

Lily, McGonagall, Ginny, Luna and her parents all scowled at Dumbledore as he pulled out of Harry's mind.

He said, "I apologize. I was merely trying to ascertain what happened down in the chamber."

Harry snorted, "No you weren't. If you had, you would have just asked. And also, I find it odd that you turn up just after we are done in the chamber, just like last year, when you showed up, just after Voldemort was gone."

Dumbledore asked sharply, "How do you know about that?"

Harry smirked, "That's my secret old man. Now, do you wish to know what happened or not?"

Dumbledore nodded and so Harry told them what happened. At the times that Chris was an ass, he was scowled at by Lily, Ginny, Luna, the adult Lovegoods, Mr. Weasley and frowned at by the Marauders and Longbottoms.

Harry finished the slightly altered story by saying that he banished the sword through the snake's head. Then felt powerful magic in the chamber and watched as the body of the snake burn from the inside out. He also said that he stabbed the diary with the sword and then sent Zacharias to them. The Basilisk attacked him afterwards. He left out the parts of the duel and the illusion.

After he was done Dumbledore thanked him for saving the three students but told him that next time he should get a professor. Neville, Ron and Chris told him "thanks" and showed him some grudging respect, Ron and Neville more than Chris.

Harry scoffed and said, "Well, sir, when you have fifty years to figure out what took two second years and a first year, a few months to, I think it's safe to say that we were better off with the way things happened. Now if you're done with your guilt trip, leave me alone. Even if you are not Headmaster, you have no reason to talk with me. If you were reinstated, then the Charter is back in effect."

The adults were shocked at the disrespect he showed Dumbledore, but the staff knew that Albus pushed him the wrong way and the Lovegoods knew about his relationship with the old man. A few minutes later, Lucius Malfoy comes walking in, with a small, terrified house elf following him.

Chris says, "Dobby! You're the Malfoy house elf! I knew you were trying to kill me!"

Lucius sneers and hits Dobby with his cane.

"I heard that you were back Dumbledore. Why!"

Dumbledore's eyes twinkled, "Once three students were taken, the other governors saw fit to call me back."

Lucius sneers, "Ridiculous fools!"

Dumbledore continued, "Curiously, they were under the impression that if they hadn't signed the petition to have me removed, you would have cursed their families."

Lucius sneered, "Lies! I did no such thing. I find it ridiculous that you were called back simply because these... children were foolish enough to go looking fo-"

Harry snapped, "LUCIUS! I've had a bad day and am in no mood to deal with your crap! Just because you were stupid enough to put the diary in Ginny's cauldron at Flourish and Blotts and then get it destroyed, does not mean that we need to hear you. Just deal with the fact that you let one of your old master's items get destroyed and move on. I'm tired and in no mood for banter. Just own up to your cowardly mistake and leave us alone." With this, he took the destroyed diary and chucked it at Lucius' head.

There was utter silence in the hospital wing, Harry looked around and said, "What? I told you I was out of patience!"

Lucius snarled and threw the diary at Dobby, "Come Dobby! We're leaving."

Harry snickered, "I wouldn't have done that Lucy. Dobby, take a look inside."

Before Lucius could do anything, Dobby opened the diary to find a sock. Lucius turned to Harry with fury on his face and to add insult to injury, Harry smirked and wiggled his bare toes at Lucy.

Dobby jumped up and down with a smile on his face, "Dobby is free!"

Lucius snarls and pulls out his wand casts "Avada Kedavra" at Harry before anyone could react.

Harry flicked his wand and conjured a slab of marble and the spell impacts it, cracking it, but nothing more.

Harry coldly said, "That was a mistake."

He then pushed his hand towards the blond and he was sent flying into the ancient stone walls with enough force to crack it. Harry stood up and walked towards him.

"You know, I've noticed something, Riddle has a temper, from what I remember Pettigrew had a jealousy streak a mile wide and from what I learned reading old newspapers, the other Death Suckers had issues. Most centered around those two; jealousy and anger. I think that you have both. I think that you have anger issues because your an ass and have a severe superiority complex and I think you have jealousy issues because you were a crap student and are a crap wizard. The only spells that you are able to cast easily are the unforgivables and that is because they can't be stopped. Well, let me make a few things clear."

"You are inferior. Just because your family tree is more tangled up than headphones left in a pocket for a few minutes, doesn't mean you are better than anyone else. If you weren't so stupid, you might learn a thing or two about the muggle study of genetics. To marry a close family relative, messes up the kid. In magicals, it's different. With us, it turns out squibs. In mundanes, it would turn out kids with genetic defects that would make it hard for them to live, if they lived at all. Hermione is more powerful than you are and she is a muggleborn. I am more powerful than you are and I am a halfblood. And to top it off, we are only second years."

As Harry was talking, he slowly brought his hand into a fist, and Lucius found it continually hard to breath and he was pushed more into the stone, making it crack more. Harry's eyes started to glow slightly and he let some of his aura come out.

Harry continued, "Now, you were a crap student because you were lazy. Like your son, you think you are entitled to something simply because of your blood. We covered that part. The only thing you are entitled to is what you earn for yourself. Hell, the only reason you were even in Slytherin is because you have no bravery for Gryffindor, you are only loyal to those that can get you what you want. The minute they stop being useful, you turn on them. You aren't smart enough for Ravenclaw so Slytherin was all that was left."

He looked over at the entranced professors, "Professor McGonagall, take no offense to this. You three" he pointed at a terrified Gryffindor trio, "I don't care what you think of this."

He turned back to Lucius, "Personally, I don't think any of the Death eaters should be in Slytherin. Sure you all have ambition in spades, but no drive to get it. You'd rather lie, cheat, threaten and murder to get what you want. I think that you should have been in Gryffindor." at the outraged looks he got, he rolled his eyes, "I mean come on! To threaten and have the whole population of Magical Britain against you, that has to take some guts. Your son definitely should have been a Gryffindor. He has three quarters of the school ready to kill him for his stupid mouth. The only reason that you all weren't sorted into Gryffindor was that it was and is stupidity that is the reason you do this. Not bravery. It is stupidity and the inability of your son that will get him in trouble one day. It is stupidity that got you in trouble with me."

"Now I like Slytherins. True Slytherins are great to talk with. Daphne, Tracy, Blaise, they are true Slytherins. They are cunning enough to realize that the rest of their house are idiots and that the whole school is against them. Next to Ravenclaws, they are the best conversationalist. The only sad part is that because they are shunned, they turn into the idiots that they revile at first."

He pulled his hand back and Lucius floated forward slightly, then Harry thrust his hand forward, slamming the Blond once more, back into the wall.

"Now. I am done with you. I hope your stay in Azkaban is nice. And remember, if you are thinking of bribing your way out of this, I have a lot more money than you and friends in high places. If for some reason the corrupt institution we call a government lets you free. I wouldn't expect you to survive long. I don't like you. You put me and my friends at risk, so I will make sure you burn. Got it?"

When Lucius didn't respond, Harry's hand tightened slightly. Lucius nodded as much as he could. Harry simply let his hand drop and Lucius was released and slid to the floor.

Harry turned to Dobby, "Hey, I was wondering if you would like to work for me?"

Dobby looked at him, then at his old master and nodded slightly.

Harry smirked, "Don't worry. I just act like a tough guy to intimidate people. But I have to warn you. If you work for me, you are not to punish yourself, you will be paid 13 sickles a week. That is approximately minimum wage in the States. You also have 2 days off a week. All my other elves get this. Those are my terms. You don't have to use the money, you could simply put it in a vault and never touch it again and on your days off, you can do whatever you want and that includes helping the other elves if you want."

Dobby thought of the terms and nodded, "Dobby accepts!"

Harry smiled, then called out, "Krissy!"

A small female elf appeared and Harry told her, "Krissy, this is Dobby. He's new so could you help him out? Get him a uniform too and get help in de-programing him."

Krissy nodded, hugged Harry and Hermione, then popped away with Dobby.

Hermione asked, "De-programing?"

Harry nodded, "Yeah. It helps them get over the ingrained training that they have to punish themselves and stop calling me 'master'. It also improves their speech."

Dumbledore cleared his throat, "Umm. Mr. Daniels. How exactly were you able to do all that?

Harry winked at Hermione and rolled up his sleeve, "Slide of hand. I had my wand strapped wrist and just used it that way. It gives the illusion of wandless magic. It's always fun to see peoples' faces when they think that a kid is able to do that."

He laughed along with Luna, Ginny and Hermione.

Harry looked over at Lucius, who was unconscious, "Uhh, I'm a bit vindictive so would someone make sure he doesn't die? I think Azkaban is much better than simply letting him off easy."

Madam Pomfrey bustled over to him and scanned him, "Mr. Daniels, I would like it if you refrained from doing that again. He has tiny fractures in almost every bone in his body and a mild concussion and some slight soft tissue damage throughout his body."

Harry smirked, "Nah, he got off easy. I threw up a slight cushioning charm before he hit the wall. Now, can you patch him so that one of the four aurors that stood still while he tried to curse me, can take him away? Just mix some skelegrow with some tears from Fawkes" The scarlet bird nodded and flew to Madam Pomfrey and cried in a vial.

Dumbledore said, "Do you have no remorse? You nearly killed a man."

Harry turned to look at him, "No I don't. And I'll tell you why. He was on his second chance. I'm all for giving second chances, but you screw up that second time and your ass should get everything that it has coming. He tried to kill me, while you sat there and watched. Now you're trying to make me feel guilty? Piss off old man, I'm done today. That was me irritated with someone. You don't want to see me angry at someone. The last person to see that, well, lets just say that, that particular Goblin doesn't want to spar with me anymore."

Dumbledore tried to say something but Harry looked sharply at him, his eyes glowing and his aura, a slight green and gold light surrounding him, "I said, I am done."

Luna said, "I would listen to him sir. He has many secrets and you are very close to learning some of them the hard way. Lucius did and now look at him."

Dumbledore looked sharply at her, then at Harry and Hermione. He noticed Hermione's eyes glowing slightly with a golden glow. He backed off, but he felt that he finally knew the answer that had plagued him, though he was still confused slightly. Chris had still beaten Voldemort the year before, maybe Harry was just powerful and 'the power he knows not' would manifest in Chris later on. Just thinking about it all gave him a headache. The only thing he knew was that he needed to keep a very close eye on Harry Daniels.

The rest of the adults and students in the Hospital Wing were amazed and some were slightly afraid of Harry's display of power. The three Gryffindors vowed not to get on his bad side. Though Chris still thought that he was more powerful and angry that Harry ran away instead of giving him that power. He thought that the aura around Harry was just a trick that he did. However, he was smart enough not to actively antagonize him.

Lily was proud of Harry and the beliefs that he had. James was confused, he still thought that Harry should've been with them, but at the same time, he knew they couldn't force him to go with them. He also wondered where he got all that power. Sirius and Remus were amazed at the display and happy that Lucius got what was coming to him. Frank and Alice Longbottom were just glad that Neville was safe. They wondered about Harry and what he did to Lucius but were happy everyone got out safe. The Weasley parents were glad that their daughter was safe and grateful to Harry for saving her.

Harry and Hermione ignored everyone else and simply sat with each other. They didn't talk much, but stared at each other.

Lily asked what they were doing, Luna said, "They are both master Occlumense. Over the summer, they met with Harry's Ms. Cerina. She taught them how to create a mental link. They can talk to each other in their minds, though they don't even need that. They can communicate without it."

Harry smirked, "No we don't but it makes it easier when we need to say something complex and keep it from people who don't need to know."

Lily asked, "How does it work?"

Harry thought for a moment, "Think of a lock in a door. Our shields are like the door, once we 'knock' on the door, we can extend the 'key hole' and we can enter each others minds by 'turning' the 'key'. It can't be picked because part of the 'key' is a magical signature. It allows us to share thoughts and conversations. The only drawback is it takes a bit of concentration until it becomes second nature."

The two Ravenclaws thought this story would be better than saying they know an advanced form of Legilimency that can penetrate Occlumency shields and read surface thoughts. They sat talking a bit more, Harry explained a bit about what he had learned to Lily. He thought he would throw her a bone because she hadn't bugged him at all for most of the year.

The following day, news of Lucius' arrest and Harry's defeat of Salazar Slytherin's Basilisk was on the front page of the Daily Prophet. Someone had sent their memories of the meeting to the paper and the article covered everything. Even Lucius' use of the killing curse on Harry was included. The part where Harry pinned him to the wall and the one-sided conversation they had was in the paper too.

More than a few Slytherins were angered by his comments and a few Gryffindors were as well, but some of the smarter ones explained it to them in a way that made sense to them, even if they didn't like it. All of the angered Slytherins were children of Death Eaters so Harry didn't care what they thought.

During breakfast, Draco Malfoy stormed over to the Ravenclaw table. Before he got within five feet of Harry, he was stopped by an golden iridescent shield.

Harry said, "Can I help you Draco?"

Malfoy snarled, "I'll get you Daniels. I won't let you get away with what you did to my father!"

Harry's expression turned cold, "No. Draco you won't. Your father was stupid enough to attack the Head of multiple Ancient and Noble families. Even if his curse had landed, he would have been arrested immediately. There were four aurors in the same room and the chief Warlock of the Wizengamot. He's lucky I didn't do more. I would have been well within my rights to do just that."

As he finished, his eyes glowed green again and those around him could feel the magic rolling off of him.

Draco snarled, "It's your fault! If you had-"

Harry cut in, "If he had learned to keep his anger in check, he would have never been in the situation. If he hadn't angered so many people, he wouldn't have so many enemies. I did nothing. I merely told him to shut up and leave. When he irritated me, I shut him up myself. He pissed me off after I just got done killing a giant snake that can kill with a look. I wasn't in the mood to deal with him. He didn't take my warning, that wasn't my fault, it was his."

Malfoy snarled and pointed a finger at Hermione and Luna, "You better watch it Daniels. You hurt my family. I'll hurt yours next."

Harry simply snapped his fingers and there was a loud Crack! Draco screamed in pain, holding his newly broken finger. He did it again and there was a second Crack! and Draco's middle finger was broken

Harry stood up and got right in his face, "I warned your father about threatening my friends and family. This is your warning, one finger for each person you threatened. Next time, it won't be just your fingers. Now leave before I do something that you will regret."

Draco dashed out of the Great Hall, holding his hand. Harry sat down and Hermione rubbed his shoulder. The three Ravenclaws ignored the pale and frightened looks some were giving them.

After two minutes of silence Harry sighed, "Look, to those of you who seem to be under the impression that I am a Dark Lord in training. If I were dark, would a phoenix bond with me? Would I be able to call another phoenix to aid me if I needed it? The answer is no. I may be mean, but I am only mean to those who would harm my family. Otherwise, I am perfectly friendly as many Ravenclaws, Hufflepuffs and Slytherins could attest to. Sadly because of some internal influence I only have three friends in Gryffindor, the Weasley twins and their sister, Ginny. Now can you all drop your belief that I am a dark lord in training?"

After a few moments of silence, Harry sighed.

Turning to Dumbledore, "Headmaster, you know a thing or two about phoenixes. If a person was dark, or showed dark tendencies, would a Royal Phoenix come to them if the person called for it?"

Dumbledore cleared his throat, "No. A royal phoenix is the purest creature there is. They cannot be tricked or coerced into anything or by anyone they perceive as evil."

Harry nodded, "Thank you. Now for the proof that I am not a dark wizard."

He called out, "Malcolm!"

All of a sudden, there was a flash of every color imaginable. A large golden bird appeared, it was twice the size of Fawkes and only slightly larger than Gwen. It would easily come up to Harry's knee when standing. The light reflected off of its feathers and the reflections were the colors of the rainbows. Oddly, the bird had a bucket hanging from its talons.

Most of the Ravenclaws heard Harry mutter, "Crap..."

Just then, the bird tilted the bucket over and the water and what looked like bits of chewed up fruit poured all over Harry. It got Hermione and Luna as well, but most of the water hit Harry.

Harry yelled, "Really! I haven't seen you in a year and a half and you have to do that? I thought we were past that you damn bird!"

The beautiful bird trilled in amusement, it filled the entire Great Hall with happiness. It felt like everyone was hit with an overpowered cheering charm.

Harry's voice cut through everything, "Oh I don't think so. Your little happy trick won't save you."

With that, he aimed his wand at the bird and cast "Aguamenti!". A stream of water hit the phoenix dead on and it trilled in amusement. To the shocked audience, the water turned to steam and the bird looked like it was truly ready to catch fire.

At the look from Hermione, Harry explained, "He likes the water. His phoenix flame steams it and it's like a sauna for him."

Hermione nodded. Malcolm landed on Harry's shoulder and nuzzled his cheek. Hermione slowly reached out her hand to the bird.

Malcolm looked at her, then turned to look Harry in the eye, a few seconds later, Harry blushed and said, "Shut up Malcolm." the phoenix trilled and Harry blushed some more and said, "Yes. Now will you shut up?"

The bird didn't seem to answer but turned back to Hermione and put his head directly on her hand.

Harry smirked, "He likes you Hermione. Though, he likes anyone who figures out the spot he likes rubbed the best."

The phoenix trilled at Harry and he scowled playfully, "Don't be a perv Malcolm. It's unbecoming of a Royal Phoenix. How was Hagrid?"

The beautiful bird trilled, and Harry said, "That happy huh? Well, I'm sure you got enough attention from him. If the way he treats Gwen is any indication."

Malcolm trilled and a flash of white flames signaled the arrival of Gwen.

A few minutes later Harry had a thought, "Malcolm, how is Master Jo?"

Malcolm let out a sad sound and Harry's eyes teared up sadly, "There's nothing you can do?"

The phoenix shook his head, Harry sighed, "Well, at least he lived a long and happy life. With you being his companion for nearly two hundred years."

Malcolm trilled in answer and Harry shook his head.

Hermione asked, "Who is Master Jo?"

Harry said, "He's a monk that lives in a temple in the Himalayas. I met him a few years ago. He's the one that taught me basic occlumency and helped me get over what happened with my old family. He's not doing too well so I want to visit him before he dies."

"You said that he had... Malcolm for nearly two hundred years? Exactly how old is he?" asked Padma, pausing at the odd name.

Harry smirked, "I don't know exactly. I just know that Malcolm came to him sometime in his seventies and they have been together for just 3 years shy of two hundred years. So, best estimate would be around three hundred years old. But the Grandmaster of the temple is somewhere near his three hundred and tenth birthday."

Those around him were amazed. Cho asked how they could live that long.

"They have a strict diet up there." Harry replied, "They exercise daily and live simple lives. I was there for what seemed like a year but it was actually about a month. Time doesn't matter in that place. Not really. When I talk about their age, I'm talking about relative age. It's hard to explain without being there. Luckily the defense of the temple is impenetrable. I won't say how, but if you aren't worthy or want to go there for selfish reasons, you won't be able to find it. The only reason that I went there is because I met with a monk, Master Jo, beforehand and he found me worthy. I had to make the hike up the mountain by myself though."

He patted the bird, "Tell them that I'll be there this summer and that I might bring a friend."

The phoenix looked towards Hermione and trilled in amusement, Harry rolled his eyes, "Just go you perv. Tell Master Jo that I'll be there soon."

The phoenix trilled and launched itself into the air, then flashed away in a brilliant display of colors.

The rest of the day was spent in awe of the encounter. Harry was questioned at length by a fascinated Professor Flitwick, Dumbledore and Potter. He explained that Malcolm formed a minor bond with him, enough to hear him and communicate with him, but not enough to form a full bond like he had with Gwen, one where they could share thoughts and emotions. The only way they could communicate was like the mind link he had with Hermione. The reason he understood what the trills meant was because he knew Malcolm well enough.

Hagrid showed up, later that day, and thanked Harry immensely. So much so, that Harry thought he might have cracked a rib. Hagrid was very happy to see Norberta. It turned out that the dragon he had hatched the year before, that he had named "Norbert" was female. He was also excited about meeting a royal phoenix.

The rest of the school year, the whole three weeks, was spent relaxing. Exams had been cancelled and the whole school just took the last three weeks of term as a long sigh of relief after such an eventful year. Though, at the leaving feast, the Shadows had one last big prank to pull.

Everyone was eating at the leaving feast and having a great time. In the morning everyone would get on the Hogwarts Express and return home for the summer. Halfway through dinner, the torches went out and the shadow people, that most were coming to both hate and enjoy, appeared.

"Hello Hogwarts. It's been an interesting year hasn't it? Well, we've decided that after such a year, some School unity was needed. Therefore, let us ask you a question? Where are the Staff rooms and the professors' offices?"

As soon as they asked, there was a gasp as everyone tried to remember where the mentioned rooms were. Even the staff were confused.

After a few moments, the Shadows said, "Don't worry. They will be returned to you in the morning. We just thought that there should be some unity between the staff and students. There are are comfy bed provided in each of the common rooms."

Dumbledore asked, "And how exactly do you know where the common rooms are and how to get in?"

The taller shadow person turned and looked at him, "That is for us to know and you to scratch your ostentatious beard trying to figure out." The entire hall could hear the smile as the shadow spoke.

With that, they disappeared and the Hall was back to normal. The students all looked around and talked about what happened. More than a few of them shot Harry and his small group looks full of both awe, mirth and some, those like Percy Weasley, with disgust that they would do that to a professor. Most of the staff took it in stride. Though a few, namely Snape and Dumbledore, threw glares at Harry and his friends.

As the feast was winding down, the shadowy figures came back, "Oh, yeah. One more thing." they pointed towards Snape and the hall watched in morbid fascination as his hair receded into his head, his skin turned completely white and his robes were transfigured into a white t-shirt with black horizontal lines and black overalls. When the transformation was complete, Snape went from an intimidating Potions Master, to a mime, complete with no voice and he acted out what he was trying to say. At the moment, he was pointed to Harry and was doing something with his hands that had most of the staff trying to block from view of the younger children. What made it all the more funnier was the look on his face; instead of the look of pure loathing one would expect, it was replaced with the classical angry face that one would see on a mime at a carnival.

Before they knew it, they were on the train, headed home. Harry was sharing a compartment with Hermione, Luna, Ginny, Daphne, Tracy and Blaise. To make room, Hermione was sitting on his lap. About halfway through the journey, the compartment door was thrown open and they were met with the faces of Chris, Ron and Neville.

Ron said angrily, "Ginny! What are you doing in here with those snakes?"

Harry drawled, "You know, it's common courtesy to knock on a door before entering. I mean do you do that at home? What if someone is using the bathroom and you just come barging in, be a bit embarrassing wouldn't it? Even worse if someone was just getting into or out of, the shower. The only thing worse would be if it was your mother or father." he had a thought and shivered, "Or both."

The group of seven laughed, while the three Gryffindors flushed, though Hermione slapped Harry upside the head. The Gryffindors started insulting Harry, so he just threw an invisible spell at their feet, then sent them flying out of the doorway and simply closed the door with a flick of his hand.

Daphne asked, "How are you able to do wandless magic?"

Harry chuckled, "For me it's easy. I've been doing it like that since I started using magic. You can do it too. Just talk with your magic. Find your core and merge with it. Once that's done, you sort of just want something to happen and your magic will react accordingly. It's a bit like talking with a friend, then working together to get something done. But I suggest that you all get wrist holsters for your wands. If anyone asks, just show your wand touching your hand and say that you just don't let anyone see your wand."

Ginny smirked, "That's what you did in the hospital wing."

Harry smirked, "I have absolutely no idea what you're talking about."

The seven laughed but quieted down when they heard a slight knock on the door.

When Luna opened it, Zacharias Smith was standing there.

"Hey Harry, I just wanted to thank you for helping me down there. You didn't have to but you did. You're a good guy and I just wanted to say thanks."

Harry smiled, "No problem. And if you'll permit me to help you again." he pulled out a book from his bag and handed it to Zacharias.

At his questioning glance Harry explained, "It's called Occlumency. It's the art of ordering your mind. That book will teach you the basics. If you learn it, the memories and everything related to the experience with the diary won't bother you anymore."

The Hufflepuff looked skeptical and asked, "All from just reading a book?"

Harry said, "No, you have to do the work but it will allow you to lock away the memories within your mind. You'll still remember them, but you will have to consciously seek them out."

The Hufflepuff smiled in thanks. He stayed to talk a bit longer, but left a few minutes after that. Surprisingly Draco didn't show up to intimidate them at all.

Tracy explained, "He's terrified of you. So are most of the Death Eater children. They don't know how you broke Draco's fingers and don't want to chance pissing you off."

Harry smirked, "Ahh, it takes a lot to piss me off. That was me irritated."

Blaise snorted and drawled, "Yes, but when you do get pissed off, you're bloody scary as hell."

Harry smirked, "Why thank you for that compliment."

They all laughed at that and then settled down once more. Harry explained to everyone how to find and merge with their cores. Before they reached the platform in London, there were three flashes of light that came from the compartment, signalling that the other friends had found their cores. When they pulled into the station, there were things flying all over the compartment and not one wand in sight. When they left, Harry pulled Ginny to the side.

"I know that you won't be able to afford a holster so take this one. I got an extra the summer before my first year and found it the other day."

Ginny smiled and thanked him. She glanced at Hermione, who nodded, and kissed his cheek. She then went off to find her family.

Hermione asked, "So when do you think that they will find out?"

Harry shrugged, "Their families probably already know. We'll find out on the platform."

When they disembarked, they were swarmed with the families that were affected by the Basilisk.

Molly Weasley said, "We can't accept this, it's too much."

Harry shrugged, "Too late. I already set up the vaults. Anyone who was petrified by the Basilisk got five percent of the profits from it. The kids get G10,000 of the total put in a vault of their own"

Amos Diggory gasped, "G72,500 was just five percent!"

Harry nodded, "Yeah it was the biggest ever found. Filch got two percent because it attacked his familiar."

Harry and Hermione had decided to give the families affected a percentage. The goblins advised no more than five percent, so that is what they gave them. It still left both Harry and Hermione, each G565,500 so they were more than fine with the arrangement.

Once they made their way through the crowd and Harry being smothered by Molly Weasley's hug, they walked over to a pair of grinning dentists.

Hermione hugged them each, "Mum! Dad! Oh it's so good to see you again."

Lily walked over and said, "That was a nice thing you did Harry. You didn't have to give that money, it was legally yours."

Harry shrugged, "It didn't feel right keeping all of it. Besides, I gave half of what I got to Hermione because she came up with the plan anyway."

Lily was about to reply when they heard Chris whining about wanting to leave. All of a sudden, his shoes expanded and he tripped over his own feet. Looking at his shoes, everyone saw that they had become flippers used when swimming. Just he fell, there was a shout of surprise and people turned to look at Neville Longbottom. His shoes had grown skis, making it extremely hard to walk. As soon as that transformation ended, Ron Weasley let out a shout. His shoes had expanded and connected in the middle, when it ended, he was in a snowboard and he promptly lost his balance, fell on his ass and shouted, along with Neville and Chris, "DANIELS!"

Harry smirked cheekily at them, "It seems as though your shoes have been transfigured again."

He got venomous glances in return. The twins and Ginny were nearly in tears laughing at the sight. Even Lily had a small smile on her face.

"Have a good summer Harry. I'll see you in the Fall."

Harry smiled, Finally she's getting it!

"You too Lily. Have a good summer. Remember to have his shoes checked, whoever did that may have charmed them so that they cycle through each transfiguration and do so at completely random times. Though, anyone who could do that, probably hid the spells very well."

Lily smirked and walked towards her husband and son. Harry noticed Sirius and Remus off to the side, he nodded to them and gave them a slight smile. He decided to be be nice to them since they had been good most of the school year.

With that, he and the Grangers made their way back to London so they could go home and visit before Harry left for three weeks to see his friends.

A/N - Okay, so I lied. I had this done way sooner than expected. But I felt I needed to get it up soon, so I spent the last two days working on it, neglecting my Math homework and studying for Psych. But hey, who needs math and Psych comes easy for me, that's why it's my major.

A/N 2 - I have decided that since Year 3 is going to be a bit harder to write, I'm going to write the first few chapters before posting them. Then I'll throw them up, this gives me a way to not kill myself with deadlines that I say I will meet, but find hard to do. I'm hoping to have the first three chapters or so done within the next two weeks. I don't do this to be cruel, but I have midterms coming up and one of my biggest pet peeves is authors who say that they will update and then are late by weeks. This way, I can write at the pace I did before I started posting my stories. I have the most basic of outlines for what I want to happen in Book 3 so any ideas will be helpful. I am having Pettigrew be the one who escaped from Azkaban. But I haven't quite got all the details worked out.

A/N 3 - I have been asked a few times if I got the name from SG1, the answer is no. I was trying to come up with a name that still had the J as his middle initial. I didn't want to change him to drastically. When I was thinking, I glanced up on my wall and saw a bottle of Jack Daniels. That is where I got the name. As for why they need to go to Hogwarts when they aren't learning much, they need to be there to maintain their rights as heirs of the Founders. Not to mention, even though he may dislike Chris, he will protect him simply because Chris is a symbol to Magical Britain. That and now that he has shown up again, he knows Dumbledore will try everything he can to keep him where he can keep an eye on him.