𝐕𝐎𝐋𝐃𝐄𝐑𝐌𝐎𝐑𝐓'𝐒 𝐎𝐑 𝐃𝐔𝐌𝐁𝐋𝐄𝐃𝐎𝐑𝐄'𝐒 | 𝐃𝐑𝐀𝐂𝐎 𝐌𝐀𝐋𝐅𝐎𝐘

24

"Well, you haven’t finished it this time. In a few hours, the Mandrake Draught will be ready, and everyone who was Petrified will be all right again."

"Haven’t I told you? Killing Mudbloods doesn’t matter to me anymore. For many months now, my new target… has been you. How is it that a baby, with no extraordinary magical talent, was able to defeat the greatest wizard of all time? How did you escape with nothing but a scar, while Lord Voldemort’s powers were destroyed?"

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

"Voldemort is my past, present, and future." He writes 'TOM MARVOLO RIDDLE' in the air and arrange it to 'I AM LORD VOLDERMORT' he turn to Harry with a sickening smirk on his face.

"You! You’re the Heir of Slytherin. You’re Voldemort."

"Surely, you didn’t think I was going to keep my filthy Muggle father’s name? No. I fashioned myself a new name, a name I knew wizards everywhere would one day fear to speak, when I became the greatest sorcerer in the world."

"Albus Dumbledore is the greatest sorcerer in the world!"

"Dumbledore’s been driven out of this castle by the mere memory of me!"

"He’ll never be gone! Not as long as those who remain are loyal to him!" Tom seems fumed when Harry talking about loyalty.

"Fawkes?" dad's phoenix flew out of nowhere, dropping the Sorting hat. Harry seems confused and I face palm myself mentally. That's not just any hat, that was Godric Gryffindor's hat. I'm sure there's something that can help Harry to defeat Voldermort from that hat.

"So, this is what Dumbledore sends his great defender, a songbird and an old hat. Shearhas- Samnathas- Sélithaeine."

The mouth of Salazar Slytherin opened as a giant snake slither out of it. If I wasn't petrified, I would probably screamed out of fear.

" Let’s match the power of Lord Voldemort, Heir of Salazar Slytherin, against the famous Harry Potter. Sethae- He- This. Parseltongue won’t save you now, Potter. It only obeys me!" the giant snake chase after Harry as he runs away leaving the hat. I can't see what happened but I heard Fawkes voice and a growling of pain.

"No! Your bird may have blinded the basilisk, but it can still hear you!" I heard as Harry's footsteps started fade away along with the snake slithering sound.

Voldermort turned to me and raised his hand. My eyes widen trying to break free but suddenly I regain control of my body. I look down at my body and look up at him in confusion.

His lips twitched upwards, forming a smile. This is new. Voldermort smiling? But in his younger and more humanly form making him look charming. What the hell are you saying, Elora?! He's your father! I turn my head from him as I saw Harry running towards Ginny direction and he still hasn't saw me.

"Yes, Potter, the process is nearly complete. In a few minutes Ginny will be dead, and I will cease to be a memory. Lord Voldemort will return- very… much… alive!"

"Ginny-" the giant snake appeared from the water. Something shining came from the hat grabbing Harry's attention. He take it out of the hat revealing a sword. Godric Gryffindor sword.

He point to the giant snake and run backwards slowly toward the Salazar Slytherin statue, he climbed up to the top and swayed the sword in front of the snake face. That's until the snake hit into the statue and Harry almost fall with one of his hand grabbing the left rocks. He muster up his strength and climbed up higher onto the top of Slytherin head.

Listening to Harry's footsteps, the giant snake get onto the same level as Harry and tried to attack him. Harry fall over while trying to avoid it but immediately regain his composure. He swayed the sword like crazy trying to stab the snake. He rolled down, falling. He come to realize the sword was at the edge of the statue and was about to fall but he immediately grabbed it. I breath out in relief. He stabbed the snake in its head as it swayed in pain. Unfortunately, I saw the snake teeth caught on Harry's arm. My heart beats faster in nervous. I bite my lower lips unknowingly and my fingers fidgeting.

The snake fall as it lay there, dead. Harry climbed down from the statue as he runs over to Ginny. I run to him and kneeled beside him. He looked up at me in shock.

"Elora?! Are you alright? Did he do anything to you?"

"Harry, I'm alright! We should worry about Ginny now! Her body is cold..."

"where were you?"

"I tried to-"

"well, well what a sweet reunion. Unfortunately, I have to break it. Harry Potter, meet my daughter, Elora Riddle" Harry looked at me in shock. I look into his eyes and I saw betrayal, anger, confusion and sadness.

"n-no! I... Don't believe it"

"ahhh!" he screamed from the pain in his right arm as he grabbed it.

"Harry!"

"Remarkable isn’t it, how quickly the venom of the basilisk penetrates the body? I’d guess you have little more than a minute to live. You’ll be with your dear Mudblood mother soon, Harry. Funny, the damage a silly little book can do… especially in the hands of a silly, little girl." Harry turned his attention to the diary as he plucked the snake teeth out from his arm and rises ut in the air before stabbing it on the diary. Blacm ink started oozing out of it.

"What are you doing? Stop! No! Ahhhh! Ahhhh! Ahhhh!" I watched as light appeared from his body and he disappeared when Harry stabbed the front cover of the diary.

Ginny opened her eyes and she looks at Harry and me"Ginny…"

"Harry, Elora. It was me- but I swear, I didn’t mean to! Riddle made me, and… Harry, you’re hurt!"

"Don’t worry. Ginny, Elora, you need to get yourself out. Follow the Chamber, and you’ll find Ron." Fawkes flied and sit beside Harry, looking at him.

"You were brilliant, Fawkes. I just wasn’t quick enough…" Fawkes eyes immediately teared up and I know what he's going to do. He shed the tears on Harry's injured arm and it quickly heal.

" Of course! Phoenix tears have healing powers. Thanks! It’s alright, Ginny. It’s over. It’s just a memory."

We smiled and I looked down on my laps. Should I tell him now?

"Elora... What did he mean by you're his daughter?"

"look! Harry... I'll explain to you, Ron and Hermione later. I don't want to explain the same thing over and over again."

He nodded his head as we get up and brushed the dirt out of our uniform. We walked out from the chamber and meet Ron at the other side along with a confused Lockhart.

"what happened to him?" I sneered looking him who's smiling the whole time.

"he tried to erase our memory using my wand but it backfired"

"good for him! I really want to punch him but since he no longer remember who he is, I let him go"

"uhh.... Who are you?"

"better you don't ask" I said raising one of my eyebrows.

"why not?" I punched him in the face and he passed out.

"because I'm your worst nightmare" I whispered and chuckled.

"woah! Nice one, Elora"

"thanks Harry"

Lockhart opened his eyes and sit up again looking at us.

"who are you? Who am I?"

We looked at each other and decided to let him be the first one to hold Fawkes and carry us.

"Amazing! This is just like magic!" Lockhart exclaimed while I rolled my eyes. Of course, it's just like magic. We're living in the magic world.