𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐭 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝

𝙲𝚑𝚊𝚙𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚢 𝚃𝚑𝚒𝚛𝚝𝚢 𝚂𝚒𝚡

I looked around the room and noticed Harry wasn't anywhere to be seen. "Where's Harry gone?" I asked looking around. "Maybe he went to the forbidden forest?" Draco answered. Hermione agreed, so we went to the main staircase. We sat on the steps, and Hermione held Ron's hand, leaning her head on his shoulder.

I sat next to Draco and held his hand. "I hope he's alright..." I mumbled. "Guys, I'm fine." Harry said behind us. We stood up and turned around seeing him approach us. "We thought you went to the forbidden forest." Hermione said. "I'm going to right now." He said as he walked past us.

"What is it you know? You know something, and you're not telling us." Hermione called out.

"There's a reason why I can hear the Horcruxs.." He trailed off.

"You're a Horcrux too..." I said stepping forward.

Harry nodded and turned around. I jogged up to him and placed my hand on his shoulder. He stopped in his tracks and turned around. "I'm coming with you." I said. He looked like he thought about it but then nodded, Draco came up and grabbed my hand off Harry's shoulder making me look at him. "I'm not letting you go. You'll die." He said worriedly. "If I do, then it'll make Voldemort weaker." I said.

I hugged Draco tightly and kissed him then left with Harry. Once we were in the forbidden forest, Harry took out his golden snitch. It opened and inside was a small stone with the deathly Hallows symbol on it. "Your snitch had the resurrection stone?" I said shocked. "I didn't know until now." He said. "Maybe we can use that in case either of us you know.." I spoke.

Once Harry held the stone in his hands he looked up and he looked like he's seen something. "What's wrong?" I asked noticing his expression. "You don't see them?" He asked looking at me and then reaching out trying to grab something. "Just trees.." I said looking around. "I see my parents, Sirius, Lupin, and Tonks..." He mumbled. "Maybe it's because you're holding the stone." I said looking at it in his hands.

He began to talk to them, so I stopped paying attention so he could have his privacy. Harry tapped my arm then when I looked at him, he handed me the stone. Instead of taking it, I looked at him confused. "Maybe you can see them if you hold it." He explained, motioning me to take the stone. "I don't think it'll work like that, but ok." I mumbled before taking the stone from his hand.

I looked up and looked around. "I don't see any-" I said before landing my eyes on someone standing right in front of me. "Do you see them?" Harry said a little hopeful. I only shook my head no. The person standing in front of me was a woman who felt familiar.

"Who are you?" I asked curiously.

"I'm your mother. I died just after childbirth." She said with a smile.

"Oh well, it's nice to meet you... can I ask you a question?"

She nodded her head, her smile never leaving. "Why Voldemort? Of all people, why him?" I was so confused because this woman, my birth mother, seemed so sweet. It didn't add up. She sighed and sat on a nearby fallen tree branch. "To be honest, I met him as Tom Riddle. A charming, charismatic rule breaker." She explained. "You look just like him." She said smiling. I cringed at the thought of looking like him but she was right. The Tom Riddle I saw in year two looked just like me.

Harry walked up to my side and placed his hand on my shoulder. "We need to get going." He said softly. I nodded and then looked back at my birth mother. "What's your name?" I asked. "Helena Ravenclaw." She said. I was shocked at who she was. I said goodbye to her and handed the stone back to Harry. "Who'd you see?" He asked. "I saw my birth mother..." I said, still shocked at who she was. "Who is she?" He asked curiously.

"Helena Ravenclaw..." I mumbled.

"Rowena Ravenclaw's daughter?" He said surprised.

"Yeah... I can't believe it either." I said still in disbelief.

"Descendant of two Hogwarts founders. Crazy." Harry joked.

"Ugh don't tease me. Let's go kill my birth father already." I rolled my eyes.

I noticed Harry dropped the resurrection stone so I quickly grabbed it and put it in my pocket. "Why'd you drop it?" I asked jogging up to his side. "Remember when Hermione told us making a Horcrux puts a piece of the wizard's soul into whatever the Horcrux is?" I nodded my head so he kept talking. "Maybe if we sacrifice ourselves it'll destroy his soul." He finished explaining.

"But what if it doesn't work and both our souls are destroyed?"

"But maybe it will work since his soul is foreign to our body?" He said a little unsure.

"I don't like the lack of confidence but I'll trust you." I sighed heavily.

We walked in silence until we reached Voldemort deep in the forbidden forest. Once we were there we saw Hagrid was tied up and being held by a lot of death eaters. Voldemort turned around to face us and smirked. "I want my wand back please." I said reaching my hand out. Bellatrix was about to speak but Voldemort held his hand up making her stop in her tracks.

He then nodded his head at a death eater. They quickly scrambled over to me and handed me my wand then quickly went back to where they were standing. I put my wand in my pocket no longer feeling vulnerable. The wand Ron gave me was not compatible and would only work every other couple of spells.

I looked at Harry nervously, he met my gaze and nodded his head trying to keep his calm exposure. But I could tell on the inside he was just as nervous as I was. We both looked back at Voldemort and watched as he raised his wand aiming it at the both of us.

"Avada Kedavra!"

And then everything went dark.