Harry Potter: Rise of the Spiral

Chapter 19

Iris looked at him with desperation as Edmund concentrated on finding a method to get rid of the soul piece in her scar.

He recalled Sasuke Uchiha, Naruto's lifelong best friend, telling Naruto how Itachi Uchiha, Sasuke's elder brother, helped him get rid of his curse mark. But before that, he had already killed that snake face.

Orochimaru designed his curse mark in such a way that he could possess someone's body, killing the person's soul. The curse mark helped him during the soul transfer. But he could come back from the dead and have a new body for himself just with the help of the curse mark, as he did with Kabuto's mark.

Voldemort's diary was somewhat similar. It was draining Weaselette's soul off its energy and with it, he could revive himself. But, he couldn't revive himself just with a diary as there was no soul to drain power from.

That was not the case with Iris. She was a living being and his soul piece could have possessed her completely. It was a miracle that she was still herself.

Orochimaru had a dimension for himself where he would kill the other person and take over the person's body. But there was no such thing in this case.

Magic, was there some spell that he could use? For years he had been studying different kinds of magic and there must be something that could help him. The killing curse. It shredded the target's soul into oblivion. If he tried that on her scar, could he kill the soul piece while Iris remained unharmed? Would she even trust him to cast such a spell on her? No, there had to another way. The mindscape! He had to try that option.

Looking at Iris, he said, "Iris, hold out your fist."

"Why?" She asked as she cocked her head sideways.

"Just do it. I have to try something. Trust me, if this works we won't have to deal with this the hard and more dangerous way."

Nodding, Iris held out her fist which was met with Edmund's. He closed his eyes and Iris could feel herself being pulled somewhere.

They found themselves in front of a house. Iris was a bit surprised to find herself at a familiar place.

"How did we get here?" She asked, looking around trying to find if anyone saw them suddenly appear in the middle of the street.

Edmund looked around the dark and gloomy place and replied, "This is what your mindscape looks like. A place where you keep your memories. But, why does it look like this? Do you know this place?"

Nodding, she replied, "Yeah, I live here with my relatives."

Pointing towards the house in front of them, she said, "That's No. 4 Privet Drive, my aunt's house."

With a grim expression, Edmund said, "Iris, this house reeks of malice. The aura around it very dark and deathly."

Iris gasped and her head snapped towards the place.

"Come on." He beckoned her to follow, cautious with every step he took forward.

The murk inside was very intense. It intensified when they moved towards the kitchen. It was the maximum near a door under the stairs. He immediately knew that the source of the murk was inside the cupboard. As he was about to open it, Iris grabbed his wrist and rapidly shook her head. Her expression was that of panic as if she was trying to hide something from him.

"What happened Iris? Why did you stop me? I can feel the source of all this gloom behind this door."

"L-let's look somewhere else. I think we should look upstairs. That's where my room is."