159 Slave to fate pt.2

"I DONT KNOW!! I DONT FUCKING KNOW!!!" Lockhart screamed angrily with frustration clearly on his tone, his voice got hoarser and slower as he kept going, "I don't know if you are a curse to me but ever since I met you that day everything has been going shit for me... You want to know what I am doing here?-- I have been asking my self that all morning."

"You don't have your memories..." Draco muttered as he kept staring at Lockhart realizing what was going on.

"I woke up today not remembering shit, these four months have been empty to me as if someone else was living as me. And after waking up, the first thing I find is my reputation, my entire career that I build with care and hard work has now disappeared... I woke up to barrages of insults from people who once used to love me but now its all gone...all gone. And the reason for it? Me clashing with the young wizarding prodigy which I don't even recall why." Lockhart said in a frustrated tone, the facade he used to show now all gone, "I don't know what fucking diary you're looking for whenI don't even remember why I even agreed to teach here in the first place. The only way I am even putting all these pieces together was through my diary and newspaper clippings but they aren't useful either."

"Sigh! Do it." Draco said to Theodore turning back, "At least, give him some decent memories to replace the bad ones."

Theodore lazily nodded and turned his wand towards Lockhart, while Draco fixed the mess around the place.

"Are you sure you don't want to look further?" Theodore asked getting out of Lockhart's room.

"It's pointless." Draco said looking at his pocket watch as he shook his head, "I don't even have time now."

"So what's this all about?" Theodore said, "Mind filling me in?"

"Sigh! It's related to Voldemort..."

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"So he finally comes, huh?" Inside a dark room, a boy in his late teens was sitting by the fireplace in a wheelchair, beside him a grown hairy man was kneeling down to him like a faithful servant, "To think he will go further to mock me again. He really knows how to get under one's skin, I'll give him that at least." the boy crumbled the newspaper in his hand and threw it into the fire.

"Yes, master." The man said faithfully, "I heard Karkaroff talking about picking the boy up from Hogwarts yesterday."

"Call me Ryan." The boy said smiling a little, "You've been faithful to me ever since I came here and have been serving me well. Silas, I assure you that no one is worthy other than you."

"Yes mas... I mean Ryan." The man said awkwardly with a sleazy smile none the less, "I have been following you for so long, anything other than master just sounds weird to me now."

"It's fine." Ryan said waving his hands, "So who is going to pick up our dear friend from Hogwarts."

"Previously only I was supposed to go but now with the whole duel thing with Lockhart, Karkaroff wants to go bring the genius himself here to make sure he stays here in Durmstrang."

"Genius? haha..." Ryan gave a burst of hearty laughter, which ended in an arrogant sneer, "Good, do everything according to the plan and not mess it up. Remember as I said, don't act against him in any way."

"You know me, master. I am not like the others." Silas said smiling, "I can assure you that there will be no problems."

"Well get ready to leave then." Ryan said, "Don't waste any time."

"Yes, master." Silas nodded standing up as he walked away.

"Finally we are going to meet." Ryan spoke to himself in a hushed tone as he suddenly began to violently cough, covering his mouth he looked at his hands which was covered in blood, "I must say you have a really good timing or else I might have to look for you myself."

(A/N: What Silas looks like: https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/harrypotter/images/c/cc/SilasCrump.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/347?cb=20161230015945 )

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"So you're telling me that a bewitched diary that Voldemort once possessed was given to your father and is now lost in Hogwarts." Theodore said with a really annoyed tone, "Furthermore the fucking thing has a mind of its own and can release a Basilick inside the chamber of secrets."

"Yup! That's why I need you to solve this case for me." Draco said looking outside the window at the rising sun, "Or at least protect everyone till I get back here."

"How do I look for the culprit then?" Theodore said rubbing the back of his head, "I mean I am sure they won't certainly show themselves to me."

"It will be difficult but just look for someone who is acting a bit different than their usual self." Draco said, "Maybe someone who is now suddenly good at magic or someone who looks too afraid. Mostly keep an eye out on Ginny, from what I know with the slug-vomiting incident and the diary... fate will likely try to bite me in my ass again."

"Ginny? Fate? Since when did you become a big believer of fate?" Theodore asked yawning, "You're acting like you know everything that's going to happen... wait! don't tell me you're interested in Divination now."

"Something like it." Draco said smiling, "But do remember what I said. Also if you get your hands on the diary, promise me that you'll inform me right away."

"Really? Fine--I promise. You don't want to do another oath do you?"

"Not necessary." Draco said, "Let's go back, I need to say my goodbyes now."

"Where did you go?" Pansy asked seeing Draco and Theodore casually enter back into the common room, "I was about to go look for you."

The yesterday's incident still had her shaken up so she couldn't help but worry, Daphne who was beside her still had a worried face as well.

"Come sit with me." Draco said smiling, "I have something to tell you guys."

"What is it?" Daphne asked looking a bit confused.

"You see, something happened and there are some incidents that took place yesterday that I wasn't really expecting." Draco said, "Though I told you guys to not worry but now it seems like I won't be around to handle the situation like I was expecting anymore."

"What are you going on about?"

"Yesterday's incident." Draco said, "I know somethings but you guys have to trust me on this one, okay?"

"So you did know, huh." Pansy said pouting, "At least you decided to come clean before you leave."

"The situation is really serious." Draco said with a self-deprecating laugh, "I thought I could handle it before I leave but I couldn't do it."

Seeing Draco like this, Pansy and Daphne looked at each other and turned to look back at Draco seriously.

"The incident is caused by a Basilisk, that's hidden inside the chamber of secrets." Draco said, "And I am sure it won't be the first incident hereafter as well."

"Basilisk?"

"The Basilisk is a giant serpent, also known as the King of Serpents." Draco said, "They are huge and well there are able to kill their victims with just direct eye contact, that's all you need to know about them."

"But you said Filch's cat didn't die?"

"Because it was indirect, you saw the puddles of water around the place, didn't you? Though not a lot of people know this, indirect eye contact with the basilisk leads to petrification. Hence, the situation with Filch's cat. The basilisk is being controlled by someone but I don't know who."