The Boy Who Lived

Whose Been Takening?

"Who is it that the monster's taken Minerva?" Madam Pomfrey asked.

"Hermione Granger" McGonagall said. Draco and Ron paled when they heard the news. Hermione had been kidnapped. They ran to Lockhart's office to tell him what they know.

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Draco got up and coughed. After talking to Lockhart and finding out that he was a fraud they made him help find the entrance to the chamber of secrets. When they did find it and jumped down the hole Lockhart stole Ron's wand and tried to use a memory charm, instead it back fired and made him fly back and hit the wall making an avalanche of rocks come down from the ceiling separating Ron and Draco.

"Draco" Ron yelled. Draco made his way over to the rock wall.

"Ron, are you okay?" He asked.

"I'm fine" Ron said as Lockhart groaned and sat up.

"Hello, who are you?" He asked.

"Uhm...Ron Weasley"

"Really, and who am I?" Ron turned to the rock wall.

"Lockhart's memory charm backfired, he doesn't have a clue who he is." Ron said before picking up a rock and hitting him over the head with it.

"Ron, try to shift some of these rocks so we can get back through. I'll find Hermione." Draco said before turning to see the door that leads to the chamber. Draco spoke in parsel tongue making the door open. He walked inside and climbed down the ladder before making his way down the long sidewalk. Half way down the side walk he saw a body. Hermione. Draco ran towards it before kneeling by her body. He tried to wake her but she would not wake up. She was very cold though.

"Hermione, please don't be dead, wake up"

"She won't wake" a voice said from the shadows. A man appeared and Draco knew exactly who it was.

"Tom, Tom Riddle" Draco said. "What do you mean she won't wake?"

"She's still alive but barely" he said walking closer to them.

"Are you a ghost?" Draco asked.

"A memory, preserved in a diary for fifty years" he said reaching down and picking up Draco's wand. Draco slowly stood before holding out his hand.

"Give me my wand Tom"

"You won't be needing it." He said.

"Listen, we don't have time we need to get her out of here."

"I can't do that, you see as the mudblood grows weaker I grow stronger." Tom said.

"Don't say that word" Draco growled making Tom smirk.

"You silly boy, you see it was the mudblood who opened the chamber of secrets."

"You're lying!" Draco yelled.

"It was the mudblood who set the basilisk on the other mudbloods and Filch's cat. It was the mudblood who left the threatening messages on the walls."

"Why?" He asked.

"Because I told her too, she couldn't help herself because she was in a trance." He said. "But the power of the diary scared her and she tried to destroy it in the girl's bathroom. And then who should find it but you, the very person I was so anxious to meet."

"But why did you want to meet me?" Draco asked.

"How is it that a baby with no extraordinary magical talent was able to defeat the greatest wizard of all time." He said ignoring the question. "How did you escape with nothing but a scar while Lord Voldemort's powers were destroyed?" He asked pointing Draco's wand at his left wrist where the scar was.

"Why do you care how I escaped Voldemort was after your time?" He asked.

"Voldemort is my past, present and future." He said before turning around and spelling out his name. With a flick of his wrist the letters began to spell "I am Lord Voldemort"

"You, you're the heir of Slytherin?" Tom turned to look at him.

"Surely you didn't think I'd keep my filthy muggle father's name. No, I fashioned myself a new name, a name I knew wizards every where would fear to speak when I became the greatest sorcerer in the world."

"Albus Dumbledore is the greatest sorcerer in the world." Draco yelled.

"Dumbledore has been driven out of this castle by the mere memory of me." Tom yelled back.

"He'll never be gone not if the ones that remain stay loyal to him."

"You won't be loyal for long" He said the began speaking in parsel tongue to summon the basilisk.

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Draco groaned as he clutched his arm and made his way over to Hermione with the sword and basilisk's tooth. He had just killed the basilisk and now his worry turned to Hermione. He collapsed next to her.

"You should be dead in a minute from the basilisk venom." He said as Draco grabbed the book.

"What are you doing?" Tom said. Draco opened the book and stabbed the book over and over again till Tom was gone. Hermione woke up with a gasp, she sat up and looked around.

"Hermione" Draco said. She looked at him then scooted closer to him.

"Draco, it was me but I swear I didn't mean to Riddle made me." She said then her eyes widened when she saw he was hurt. "You're hurt"

"Don't worry about me" he said. "Mione, you need to get yourself out of here, follow the chamber and you will find Ron."

"I'm not leaving you here" she said as the phoenix landed next to them. The phoenix healed him with his tears.

"It's alright now Her-" he said but was interrupted when Hermione leaned forward and kissed his cheek.

"Thank you for saving my life" She said then smiled. Draco smiled.

"You're welcome, now let's get out of here." He said.

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