In Between The Lines | Tomarry

Chapter Nine - Harry's POV

IDK IF THIS IS GONNA BE PUBLISHED ON WED OR NOT BUT IF IT IS THEN HOORAY

I THOUGHT IT WAS TUESDAY BESTIES 😃😃😃

"Tom?" I asked, flabbergasted. Betrayal flooded my senses and I almost teared up.

"I'm sorry, Harry," Tom said emotionlessly, walking closer to me. I backed away as he stepped forward, tripping in the process.

"How could you? I trusted you, Tom." An uncomfortable silence filled the chamber. Tom looked down at Ginny before speaking, "She's practically dead. You might want to help her."

I walked over to the girl, glaring at Tom until I was on the floor next to Ginny. "Ginny? Ginny! Wake up, idiot!"

I placed my wand down and began to shake her. Fearing the worst, I move my head and place my ear to her chest. Ginny's heart was beating, and she was breathing, but just barely.

Quickly, I began to reach for my wand, but it was gone. Looking up, I saw Tom twirling it in one of his hands.

A twisted smile pulled at his lips and he began to speak in Parseltongue, "Speak to me, Slytherin, greatest of the Hogwarts Four."

"What do you think you're doing?!" I shouted, furious as it is without Tom's weird chanting.

"What do you think?" Just as Riddle finished his rhetorical question, a giant basilisk came slithering from behind him. "Kill the boy," He commanded.

I scrambled to my feet, suddenly becoming a track star. "Why are you doing this?!"

Tom laughed, "Don't you see, boy? I am Voldemort."

"You're joking," My jaw dropped and I stopped my running to stare at Tom. His grin had widened at my surprise and he rearranged 'Tom Marvolo Riddle' to spell 'I am Voldemort' with my wand. A hiss came from behind me and quickly I snapped out of it, climbing a large Slytherin statue.

Just then, Fawkes came flying in, pecking out the basilisk's eyes and dropping me.. The Sorting Hat?

"Oh of course, stupid bird! You couldn't get me anything useful?? Like a weapon?" Fawkes 'glared' at me, flying away.

"Look inside and you will see, a secret weapon inside me." The hat chimed. I rolled my eyes at the 'riddle,' reaching inside of it and pulling out a sword. Guess the bird did bring me something useful, I thought to myself.

"Time to end this," I smirked, jumping off the statue and stabbing the basilisk in the back of the throat.

Quickly, I took one of the basilisk's teeth and stabbed Tom's journal, because a sword just wasn't flashy enough. A wave of sadness washed over me as Tom disappeared but I quickly dismissed it.

I grabbed my wand as well as Ginny and left the chamber, meeting up with Ron and Hermione.

Long story short, we reported to Dumbledore and I ended up keeping the diary without Dumbledore's permission.

"Are you seriously keeping that thing?" Hermione asked, a judgmental look on her face.

Tom wouldn't act like this.. I thought to myself, unable to forget the boy.

"Yeah, just to remember our adventure."

Just to remember Tom..

Hermione, Ron, and I ended up parting ways. I headed to the tree near the lake, and Hermione and Ron headed back to the common room.

TO BE CONTINUED... 😃😃