"What the hell happened here?! Roman said as he looked around.

"What happened is that you kidnapped my sister and Weasley!" Flora snapped at Roman, Roman's face paled and a look of intense guilt came over him.

"Leave him alone," Harry calmly replied from his position on the floor. "it's not his fault."

"But he was the one..."

"Who was possessed by Voldemort himself," Harry cut her off, he ignored the way she shivered and continued talking. "as a matter of fact the kid has been fighting off Voldemort's mind possession for the better part of a year. Do you think you could do that?" Harry asked her.

"I...I'm sorry." Flora said to Roman, an ashamed look on her face.

"It...it's fine...but..." Roman paused and looked at Harry. "How can it not be my fault?" He said, tears dripping down his face. "I nearly killed everyone."

"No," Harry sighed as he forced himself to a sitting position. "Tom Riddle and his bloody basilisk nearly killed everyone, you're just the unlucky sod who ended up with his diary. Besides, if it wasn't you then it could have been someone else. It could have been much worse if it wasn't you, there would be some people who could have probably been fully taken over within the first few months. The fact that you fought against it shows that you're strong." Harry said before he started beating his chest to get the last of his coughs out.

"Are you alright?" Flora asked in a worried voice.

"I have, undoubtedly, been better. But I will live." Harry said just before Ginny and Hestia woke up.

"Uh...what happened?" Hestia asked just as she and Ginny sat up.

"Hestia!" Flora cried as she pulled her sister into a hug.

"Flora?" Hestia asked once the hug was over. "What is..." Hestia trailed off as she looked around, her jaw dropped at the sight of the basilisk.

"Where are we?" Ginny gulped as she looked around, her eyes became comically wide when she saw the basilisk.

"We're in the chamber of secrets," Flora began explaining. "you and Weasley were kidnapped."

"Wait...Roman! You kidnapped us!" Ginny accused.

"It's not his fault," Harry said as he stood up and dusted his clothes off. "he was being possessed. I doubt he has it in him to intentionally hurt you, he is just as much of a victim as you." Harry said as he picked Jet up and put him on his shoulders.

"Oh...sorry Roman." Ginny said in an apologetic voice. "But...what happened?!"

"I was getting to that," Flora said in an annoyed voice. "I found out that you had both been captured and I went to him for help." She said as she gestured to Harry who was now looking around the chamber. "I was eventually able to convince him to help but then we..."

"Took a detour." Harry interrupted without even looking at her, he was now examining the snake statues.

"A detour," Flora continued. "but then we were able to come here. Then we found you all and apparently that diary," Flora paused and gestured to the diary. "was possessing Lestrange over here. The boy who made it had put a memory of himself in it and possessed Lestrange and made him unleash the basilisk. Then he made Lestrange kidnap you both."

"Sorry." Roman said apologetically.

"And then," Flora continued as if she would die if she didn't finish the story. "he talked with Harry for a bit and it turns out that he was the younger version of you-know-who!" Both girls let out a squeak upon hearing that. "Then he set the basilisk lose, Harry made me hide behind one of the statues and then a few minutes later he told me to come out and then I walk out and it's dead!" She said in an awed voice, everyone looked at Harry who was still busy examining the statues. Harry waved his wand and summoned a small black snake, Harry hissed at the snake, the snake hissed back before it started slithering off.

"Hmm," Harry hummed before he turned around and walked towards the group. "okay, we need to have a talk now."

"A talk?" Ginny asked.

"Yes," Harry said as he narrowed his eyes at Flora. "first of all I'm going to deal with you."

"Me?!" Flora gulped.

"You," Harry repeated. "I have no doubt that I made my fair share of mistakes throughout this mess of an adventure and I do not doubt that I could have done things better, nor do I doubt that I am going to get my ears shouted off for coming down here. So in exchange for that I am going to shout your ears off. You didn't listen to me."

"I..."

"You had one job!" Harry shouted, cutting her off. "Your one job was to listen to me and do what I say, but the second you come in this damn chamber you run ahead to your sister and don't stop despite me telling you to stop."

"I...I was worried..." Flora said defensively.

"And what use would you be to your sister if you were dead?!" Harry snapped. "You could have ran into a trap or spell fire and you getting taken out could have resulted in me getting taken out and that would mean your sister would be dying in this chamber along with Weasley and Lestrange. You were rash, insubordinate and could have cost us our lives. Your saving grace was the fact that you listened to me when I told you to hide. I don't plan to do anything like this again but if we ever do then you will not touch anything, say anything or do anything until I tell you, got it?!"

"Y...yes sir." Flora said in a quiet voice as she quickly nodded. Hestia looked at her sister, tempted to remind her how she always thought that she was rash but realized that now was not the best time.

"Good," Harry said before he turned to the others. "can you all stand and walk?" Harry asked.

"Um...yeah, yeah I can." Roman said as he got to his feet, the girls nodded before following suit.

"Good," Harry said as he stood up. "now listen up, when we get up there you guys are going to tell the story that I will tell you to tell."

"What?" Hestia asked in confusion.

"Alright, let me make myself perfectly clear." Harry said as he rolled his shoulders before gesturing behind to the basilisk body. "I killed that, in a second I am going to tell you guys what you're going to say when we get out of here, if any of you dare to say anything different from what I tell you to say then I will give you a live demonstration on how I killed it, is that clear?" Harry asked in a low voice with Jet hissing threateningly from his position on Harry's shoulders. The four first years wisely and quickly nodded their heads. "Good, now listen up."

A short while later Harry and the group of first year Slytherin's found themselves in the hospital wing. Ginny, Hestia and Roman were each lying down in their own bed while Flora sat next to Hestia's bed. Harry was inspected and apart from a few bruises he was perfectly fine, so he opted to pull up a chair and sit next to Angela's bed while Fawkes sat on a perch that Madam Pomfrey had created for him. After several long inspections and a few potions Madam Pomfrey instructed the other students to rest before she walked towards her office.

'So, hat...' Harry mentally spoke once he put the sorting hat on. 'you want to start explaining this bracelet for me?'

'This bracelet, young Mr Potter, is a creation of Salazar Slytherin himself.' The hat replied, speaking in Harry's head.

'I figured that part out, but what is it? Why does it exist?'

'Honestly? There is another weapon I possess, one made by Gryffindor. It's called the sword of Gryffindor and is able to be summoned by any "true Gryffindor". However one day he got into an argument with Salazar over the sword, Salazar said something along the lines of the sword being better for decoration than actual combat. That ended up causing the two to go back and forth until Godric challenged Salazar to create a weapon. You know what happened? Salazar did, you have it on your wrist.'

'Tell me about it, what does it do?'

'I wish I could, but I don't know much about it. Salazar never told me anything about it, though the one thing I do know is that it's not like Gryffindor's sword which can be summoned by nearly anyone. There are only a small amount of people who can summon that bracelet. You can probably find out later.'

'What do you mean later?' Harry asked.

'I am reading your thoughts, I already know about your plans to go back into the chamber.' The hat chuckled. 'Worry not, I am unable to reveal what I learn in a student's head, not to anyone.'

'Well, that's good news I suppose.' Harry said before he took the hat off and tossed it to Fawkes who caught it in his beak.

"It seems to me like you've all had an interesting adventure." A voice said, everyone looked up to see Professor Dumbledore enter the room.

"Professor!" Ginny gasped. "You're back!" She said happily.

"That I am," Dumbledore smiled. "my brief stay away is a rather interesting story, though I doubt it is as interesting as your story. May I know what happened?" Dumbledore asked but before he could get an answer he was interrupted just as Mrs Weasley and Mr Weasley rushed into the room.

"Ginny!" Mrs Weasley shouted loudly before she rushed over and pulled Ginny into a hug. Harry couldn't help but notice that Ginny stiffened slightly, and while she did look happy to see her mum, it was clear to him that that wasn't the only emotion she was feeling.

"Ginny, are you alright?!" Mr Weasley asked in a worried tone as he hugged her.

"Harry saved me." Ginny said in a quiet voice as she hugged him back.

"You saved her!" Mrs Weasley cried happily before she rushed towards Harry, intent on giving him a hug, not even noticing when he pulled his wand out. But she stopped before she got too close thanks to Jet who began hissing loudly and threateningly at her.

"I believe that Mr Potter's familiar is trying to say that he doesn't wish to receive a hug from you." Another voice said, everyone turned to see a beautiful looking woman enter the room. She was dressed in black, expensive clothes and looked like an older version of Angela but with slightly darker skin, she stopped in front of Angela's bed.

"Ah, Mrs Zabini, I assume." Harry said as he put his wand away and stood up before he offered her his hand.

"You know what they say about assumptions, but in this case you are correct." Mrs Zabini said as she gave Harry her hand, he kissed her hand on the knuckles before he let it go. Mrs Zabini nodded to him, Harry gestured to the seat he was previously sitting on. She gave him a thankful look before she sat down in it, she reached out and took Angela's hand in her own before she reached over and kissed her head.

"Now, Miss Weasley, might I ask what happened?" Dumbledore asked.

"Sir, me and Hestia were unconscious through most of it." Ginny admitted.

"Sir," Hestia spoke up. "I was walking in the hallway when I saw Roman stun Miss Weasley, I tried to stop him but then I got stunned as well."

"You attacked my daughter?!" Mrs Weasley screeched at Roman. "How dare you?! You no good..."

"Mum!" Ginny cut her off. "It wasn't his fault!"

"How could it not be?!" Mrs Weasley demanded.

"Quit the shouting!" Harry snapped at her, he sighed before rubbing the sides of his head. "I've been through a lot and I have got a headache and the next person that starts shouting will experience worse than a headache." Harry growled before he took a deep breath and looked at Mrs Weasley. "As for Roman, he was possessed by a dark artifact. He was not in control of his actions, you might as well have put him under the imperius curse. Speaking of Roman, I trust that his involvement in this will not be mentioned by anyone." Harry said as he turned to Dumbledore. "The kid struggles to get through school as it is, the last thing he needs is people spreading stories about how he got possessed by the heir of Slytherin."

"I cannot help but agree with you." Dumbledore said before he and Harry turned their gazes onto Mrs Weasley. Mrs Weasley looked like she wanted to protest but felt unable to under the gaze of the two powerful wizards.

"We will not say anything," Mr Weasley said in a quiet but firm voice. "even to our sons." He added, Mrs Weasley looked once again like she wanted to protest but stopped when she saw the serious look on her husbands face.

"Sir," Flora spoke up. "I wouldn't bother asking Hestia and Ginny, they were both unconscious until the end. Harry and I were awake through the whole thing though.""

"In that case I suppose that you can provide information for me then?" Dumbledore asked.

"Yes sir," Flora nodded. "I overheard Professor McGonagall and Snape talking about how the school would be closed and that Hestia had been kidnapped. So I went to get Harry, I was eventually able to convince him to help me find Hestia in the chamber of secrets."

"I am sorry to interrupt but how did you know where the chamber is?" Dumbledore asked.

"Hestia and I worked it out, Professor." Flora replied.

"Professor, Flora worked out that it was a basilisk." Hestia said. "It made sense because what else would Salazar Slytherin have instead of the king of serpents?"

"A basilisk?" A now pale Dumbledore asked just as both Weasley adults gaped.

"Yes, we believe that the only reason the victims aren't dead is because they didn't stare directly into the snakes eyes. They saw its gaze through reflections and cameras, so they didn't get a full hit of it." Harry added.

"Exactly," Flora nodded. "Hestia was able to work out that it was travelling around the school through pipes and she was able to work out where it was by asking Moaning Myrtle."

"You know she doesn't like to be called that." Hestia reminded her.

"I don't care," Flora said before she continued speaking. "I got Harry to agree but he wanted to get a teacher first, I was being impatient because I wanted to save Hestia so I went to the closest teacher's office, Lockhart's. I knew he was an idiot but I figured he could at least get help. But then when I opened the door we found Angela unconscious on his desk and Lockhart was about to try and take her clothes off."

"What?!" Mrs Weasley gasped.

"Really?" Mrs Zabini asked in a cold and deadly tone. "What happened then?"

"Well..." Flora shifted nervously, suddenly feeling like she was under the gaze of a tigress. "...he tried to pull his wand on us but then Harry burnt his wand...and his wand arm...and his shoulder...and the side of his head. Then he kicked Lockhart between the legs...right before he stunned him...then he stomped on his groin twice." Flora finished, everyone was now looking at Harry with wide eyes.

"I would have done more but she stopped me." Harry said in an apologetic voice to Mrs Zabini. Mrs Zabini looked surprised for a second before a small smile appeared on her face.

"You care for her, don't you?" She asked.

"You know what sort of relationship we have, I take my duties seriously." Harry replied.

"Re...relationship? But she is too old for you." Mrs Weasley protested.

"Mrs Weasley, I have to say a few things in response. First of all there isn't even a five year age gap between us, second of all we are not boyfriend and girlfriend, third of all even if we were it would not be any of your business. As for our relationship, Miss Zabini over here is my vassal."

"Vassal?" Mrs Weasley gasped.

"All the cool kids have them these days." Harry shrugged before he gestured Flora to continue.

"Right, well we were able to get into the chamber thanks to Harry being a parslemouth. When we got in we found the chamber and we found Ginny, Roman and Hestia unconscious on the floor. I ran over to check on her, and then Harry followed and then this boy walked towards us."

"He said his name was Tom Riddle." Harry said.

"Really?" Dumbledore asked in an interested voice, his eyebrows going so high that they nearly went into his hair. "Do you know who he really is?"

"Yes, he apparently was able to leave a memory of himself in a diary." Harry said as he tossed Dumbledore the diary. "That one to be specific, that diary was what was possessing Roman."

"Interesting." Dumbledore said quietly as he looked at the diary. "What is this substance?" He asked as he looked at the black liquid on the diary.

"That's be basilisk venom." Harry replied. "Me and Tom went back and forth for a bit before he decided to set his basilisk on me...like a bitch."

"Language Mr Potter," Dumbledore said, though he looked like he was fighting off a smile. "please continue."

"I told Flora to hide behind a statue, because I was a parslemouth I was able to look it in the eye and not die. There were a bunch of weapons in the chamber, when my spells didn't work I picked up a sword. It lunged for me and I was able to stab it through the mouth and into its brain, it left its fang in me and I would probably be dead right now if it wasn't for Fawkes healing me." Harry said as he smiled at Fawkes who trilled happily.

"Show off." Jet hissed quietly to himself.

"I must thank you, Harry." Dumbledore said. "Fawkes does not fly to aid just anyone, you must have shown some loyalty to me in the chamber." He said with twinkling eyes.

"Not so much loyalty, it was really just more me actually telling Tom that you were better than him."

"Details," Dumbledore said dismissively. "I believe the school owes you a great debt, Mr Potter. One I don't think will ever be able to be repaid, but perhaps for now you can receive two hundred points to Slytherin and an award for special services to the school."

"I'd like that." Harry smiled just as another person walked into the room. Lucius Malfoy, and he was followed by Dobby who was quietly walking behind him.

"So, you're back." Lucius said to Dumbledore, ignoring everyone else in the room.. "Despite being suspended by the board of governors."

"When the governors learned that a couple of students had been taken into the chamber they saw fit to bring me back, believing me to be the best person to tackle it. Quite flattering, I must admit. Fortunately the situation had already been dealt with by young Mr Potter." Dumbledore smiled.

"That...is wonderful news." Lucius said with a smile, though it looked quite forced.

"Curiously, several of them were under the impression that you would curse their families if they did not agree to suspend me." Dumbledore spoke as if he was discussing the weather.

"How dare you?!" Lucius glared at Dumbledore. "My sole concern has always been, and will always be, the welfare of the school and its students."

"Naturally." Dumbledore nodded, a smile still on his face.

"What of...what of the heir of Slytherin?" Lucius asked. "Has he been identified?"

"He has been dealt with." Dumbledore nodded.

"And...who was he?" Lucius asked, looking very interested.

"Voldemort." Dumbledore answered, Lucius flinched slightly but kept a straight face. "Although this time he chose to act through another, using this." Dumbledore said as he held up the diary. "Thankfully Mr Potter was able to save his day, hopefully there will be no more of Voldemort's things discovered in innocent hands. The consequences for the ones responsible will be very...severe." Dumbledore finished, looking Malfoy in the eye.

"Well...let us hope that Mr Potter will always be around to save the day." Lucius said through gritted teeth, looking like he was trying not to glare at Harry. "Come Dobby." He said as he began walking away.

"Excuse me sir," Harry said to Dumbledore after a few minutes. "I just need to talk with Mr Malfoy." Harry said before rushing out of the hospital wing with Jet on his shoulders.

Lucius was walking down the hallway, furious that his plan hadn't worked. He knew that Dumbledore knew he was responsible, thankfully there was no proof so all Dumbledore could do was make empty threats. But despite that Lucius knew that the meddling old bastard would be keeping a closer eye on him now.

"Mr Malfoy." A voice called. Lucius stopped and turned around but before he could say anything he found himself hit with a body-bind, he was about to fall onto the floor but was instead magically lifted and shoved into an empty classroom before he fell on his back. Lucius noticed his elf had been hit with a body bind and placed into the room but his focus was more on the entrance of the room where he saw Harry Potter walk in and close the door before casting several spells on it. "So...Malfoy, we need to talk." Harry said as he looked at Lucius, his green eyes flashing brightly.