Super long chapter ahead!
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Walking up to the door you looked at the many snakes decorating it when Harry told it to “open” in what you assumed was Parseltongue. Watching a snake slither out and make the others back up you took in a deep breath, trying to ready yourself as you and Harry took out your wands before entering.

Shivering at the cold atmosphere you kept darting your eyes to each stone snake head you past before Harry grabbed your arm. “There's Ginny!” He yelled pointing at the unconscious girl in front of an enormous statue of Salazar Slytherin's head.

Sprinting to her side while screaming her name, you slide to your knees and quickly put Ginny's head on your lap. As Harry dropped to her side. “Ginny! Please don't be dead. Wake up! Wake up! Ginny!” He yelled worriedly.

When a sudden voice made you snap your head up. “She won't wake.” It said making you squint as a person walked out of the shadows. “ Tom, Tom Riddle? What d'you mean, she won't wake? She's not?” Harry asked watching as the oder teen came closer.

Gasping you held your wand at the ready when you saw that the mystery teen was strangely blurred around the edges, like you were looking at him through a misted window. “She's still alive. But only just.” Tom said making you wrap a protective arm around her.

“Harry, is he a ghost?” You asked glancing at the raven haired boy as he continued to watch Tom as he smirked and shook his head. “I'm a memory. Preserved in a diary for fifty years.”

He said walking closer to you three as you turned to the book clutched tightly in Ginny's arm as Harry lightly held her hand. “She's cold as ice. You've got to help us, Tom. There's a basilisk-”

Harry started looking up at the teen as you lightly felt Ginny's ice cold cheek when you looked up at Tom when he interrupted Harry with. “It won't come until it's called.” He said making you squint at him.

“What do you mean by that?” You asked not noticing that the black haired prefect had Harry's wand until Harry told him to give it back. “Give me my wand, Tom.” Harry said getting the said teen to look at him with a partially smug face.

“You won't be needing it.” Tom said making a spike of unease shoot through your stomach. “Listen, we've got to go! We've got to save her!” Harry said standing up to fully face the Slytherin boy, as you carefully laid Ginny's head on the ground so you could stand at a moment's notice.

Fiddling with Harry's wand as he spoke. “I'm afraid I can't do that, Harry. You see, as poor Ginny grow weaker...I grow stronger.” Tom said making your heart drop and mumble “no” under your breath. As the teen turn to you with a cold smile.

“Yes, you can already tell can't you? It was Ginny Weasley who opened the Chamber of Secrets.” Tom said vicariously looking less vaporous by the second. While Harry shook his head, “No...she couldn't, she wouldn't.” He said trying to defend Ginny as you looked down at her.

When Tom scoffed with a cruel grin. “It was Ginny who set the Basilisk on the Mudbloods and Filch's cat. Ginny who wrote threatening messages on the walls.” He said making you look up at him in disbelief. “But... Why?” You asked slowly standing up as Tom's dark eyes landed on you.

“Because I told her to. You'll find that I can be very persuasive. Not that she knew what she was doing. She was, shall we say, in a kind of trance. Still, the power of the diary began to scare her and she tried to dispose of it in the girls' bathroom. But then, who should find it... but you. The very person I was most anxious to meet.”

Tom said simply before turning a sharp glare at Harry, making you raise your wand at Tom ready to shoot a spell when he flicked his wrist with Harry's wand muttering “expelliarmus” making your wand fly out of your hand as he focused on the angry glare Harry was giving him.

“And why did you want to meet me?” Harry demanded making Tom smirk. “I knew I had to talk to you, meet you if I could. So I decided to show you my capture of that brainless oaf, Hagrid, to gain your trust.” Tom said as he and Harry started to round each other making you back away from the frightening teen.

As Harry yelled “Hagrid's my friend. And you framed him, didn't you?” He asked getting Tom to nod once. “It was my word against Hagrid's. Only Dumbledore seemed to think Hagrid was innocent.” Tom said as you turned to find where your wand went. Glancing back at the two boys as they verbally squared off.

Spotting it at the other side of the room you quickly ran to it when Tom said something that made you freeze. “Haven't I told you, that killing Mudbloods doesn't matter to me anymore? For many months now, my new target has been, you.” He said making you do a one 180 to stare horridly at Tom as he grew more solid and continued.

“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?” Tom asked moving Harry's hair out of the way with his own wand.

Making you yell “Voldemort was after your time. You shouldn't care about what happened to him!” Making Tom turn to you and tsk “Voldemort is my past, present and future.” He said making you step back as he turned and with Harry's wand began to write in the air, spelling out his own name.

"TOM MARVOLO RIDDLE" Frowning you watched the letters re-arranges with a wave of his hand to read. "I AM LORD VOLDEMORT" Making you gasp in horror and fall back with your eyes starting to water. As Harry looked at Tom completely stunned.

“You. You're the heir of Slytherin. You're Voldemort?” Harry said breathlessly as Tom turned to him with a cold look. “Surely you didn't think I would keep my filthy Muggle father's name?” He asked stepping closer to Harry making you scramble to your shaky legs as he continued.

“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.” Tom hissed pridefully making you scream. “Albus Dumbledore is the greatest sorcerer in the world!”

Making Tom glare at you angrily. “Dumbledore's been driven out of this castle by the mere memory of me!” Voldemort snarled making you flinch as Harry stepped in. “He'll never be gone! Not as long as those who remain are loyal to him!”

He yelled just as a familiar birdcall maked everyone turn to see Fawkes flying in. Watching Fakes fly towards Harry and drop a ragged bundle into his hand you blinked when the bundle unraveled to reveal the sorting hat. “That was not what I expected.” You thought turned weary eyes on Tom as he snickered.

“This is what Dumbledore sends his defender! A songbird and an old hat!” He questioned turning to the statue of Salazar Slytherin and raised his hand. “Speak to me, Slytherin.” He commanded making the stone face's mouth open. Hearing an eerie slithering sound come from with in the mouth you gasped and turned away.

When the Basilisk sliped out, into the water below. Keeping your hands over your eyes you yelled. “Go! Run Harry!” Making the said boy turn to bolt down the pathway, getting Tom to smirk. "Let's match the powers of Lord Voldemort, Heir of Salazar Slytherin, against the famous Harry Potter, shall we?”

He asked turning to the Basilisk with a downward gaze. “Kill him!” He ordered making the Basilisk shoot forward and chase after Harry. As you covered your mouth before turning a rage filled glare at your father as he said. “Parseltongue won't save you now, Potter. The Basilisk only obeys me.”

Gritting your teeth you charged and tackled Tom to the ground with tears in your eyes. “Why are you so evil? I absolutely hate you!” You shouted grabbing a fist full of Tom's robe where his prefect badge was before pulling back to hit him, when you were suddenly thrown back ripped the pin away from the fabric.

“Insolent girl how dare you attack me like that!” Tom yelled rolling to stand back up as you landed painfully on your back making you curl in on yourself, revealing the snake like birth mark on your upper calf. Groaning in pain you turned when you heard a pained roar coming from the Basilisk and saw that it had been blinded.

Sitting up you turned your attention back to Tom as he charged at you, causing you to crawl backward in fright. Screaming when the raven haired teen lunged at you, you tried to break free from his hold when he suddenly grabbed your leg bring it up so he could see it.

“How do you have this birthmark!? Tell me!” Riddle growled gripping tightly onto your leg causing you to whimper in pain. Feeling your eyes water you tried to kick Tom away as he dropped your leg to grab the front of your uniform to bring you closer to his face.

“Look at me! Now!” He demanded angrily making you shrink back as you opened your eyes showing you deep and glossy (E/C) eyes. Making Tom whisper. “It can't be.” Under his breath as you were able to finally break free from his hold and scramble back near Ginny.

Watching Tom quickly stand up and face you, you heard Harry calling out to you as he dashed out of a nearby pipe rushing to both you and Ginny's side were you finally noticed that she looked frighteningly pale and that Tom was almost SOLID now.

“Yes, the process is nearly complete. In a few minutes, Ginny Weasley will be dead. And I will cease to be a memory. Lord Voldemort will return. Very much, alive.” Tom said eyeing you before turning a cold look to Harry when basilisk shot up from the water making you jump and scream.

Covering your head as you covered Ginny you watched Harry pull a sword from the nearby hat and run making the Basilisk chase him. Calling after your friend you turned back frightenedly to Tom as he came towards you. Jumping up you ran back to where your wand was and quickly grabbed it before wirling around to face your teenage looking father.

“You shouldn't be here. Why are you sided with them?” Tom asked angrily pointing at Harry who was currently fighting that basilisk. Backing away with each step taken towards you, you felt your whole body shake making it so you couldn't produce a single sound.

When the Basilisk suddenly screeched in agony making both you and Tom turn to it as it fell back dead. Giving you the opportunity to sprint forward and push Tom into the murky black water and run back to Ginny. Panting as you knelt next to her you watched Tom scrambled out of the water as Harry stumbled to your side holding a bleeding wound on his left arm with a basilisk tooth in his right hand.

“Harry! Oh my god what do I do?” You thought turning a frantic look to your friend before turning to the ghost white Ginny, then at a very pissed Tom Riddle as he came towards the three of you.

“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 back with your dear Mudblood mother soon.” Tom spat turning his burning glare on Harry as you watched the skin of his forearm turn a troubling gray color.

Looking from Harry to Tom you gritted your teeth angrily as your  father. “Funny, isn't it? The damage a silly little book can do? Especially in the hands of a silly little girl.” He said before his eye suddenly grew wide. “What are you doing? Stop, NO!”

Tom yelled making you whip around to Harry and watch him plunge the basilisk tooth in his hand into the open diary pages. Hearing your father shriek in pain. You turned back to him with wide eyes seeing his body begin to instantly wither, growing blurry once more. Letting out a sudden breath you watched your father scream as he burst sending flashes of light everywhere.

Turning back to Harry you stopped when Ginny suddenly gasped awake. Making you and Harry turn to her as she quickly sat up to turn to the both you. “Harry. It was me! But I swear, I didn't mean to, Riddle made me. He wrote to m- Harry. You're hurt.” Ginny said going wide eyes at the wound on Harry's arm.

Grunting in pain as he turned  to her. "Ginny, follow (First/Name) out of here. She'll take you to Ron, and then all of you have to find a way out.” Harry said making you shake your head. “I'm not leaving you here! Just, just let me think of something!” You said turning to look around for anything that could help, when you heard Fawkes call.

Watching the fiery red bird circle around you suddenly remembered what Dumbledore said about phoenixes. Quickly grabbing Harry's  arm and shoving his sleeve up you ignored his pained sounds as Fawkes landed near Harry. “Fawkes is going to help.”

You muttered as the phoenix tilted his head to drip his tears into the deep wound on Harry's arm. Sighing gratefully as the wound closed and healed. You lightly scratched under Fawkes chin. Muttering "good birdy" as you turned a happy and relieved smile at Harry.

“Of course. Dumbledore told me. Phoenix tears have healing powers.  It's alright, Ginny. It's over. It's just a memory.” Harry said while smiling tiredly at Ginny who nodded.