Chapter 153: An unexpected gain

Chapter 153: An unexpected gain

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"Dialogue"

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Chapter 153: An unexpected gain

"Basilisks are extremely resistant to magic, so you used transfiguration..." Tom noted.

"Who are you really? I demand to know. Are you Albus Dumbledore?"

"The professor?" Little Harry stared at him with shock.

"I won't have a conversation with you, little fragment." Harry waved his wand at Tom.

The latter immediately got on guard but was too slow.

With one fluid motion, Harry chained three silent spells, starting with a 'silencio', followed by an 'expelliarmus', and ending with an 'incarcerous'.

The holly wand flew in the air and landed in his hand as Tom fell down, covered in white chains.

But as soon as he hit the floor, his body disappeared.

"He's gone?!" Little Harry exclaimed.

"No... the only way to get rid of him and save Ginny is to destroy this diary." Harry gave Little Harry the black book.

"Destroy it? Can we just burn it?" The boy asked.

"With fiendfyre, maybe, but normal fire will not damage a Horcrux." He mentioned that name on purpose, hoping that Dumbledore would later read these memories from little Harry.

'May as well give them a heads-up.'

"Hor...what?" Little Harry had never heard that name before.

"Remember this because it's important. A Horcrux is a container with a piece of someone's soul. It allows you to extend your life, as long as the containers are not destroyed,"

Harry explained while walking towards the basilisk head. Once below it, he used a cutting charm to sever one of its fangs and allow it to fall.

Before it touched the ground, Harry picked it up by the cut side.

"There are a few things that can destroy these containers. Fiendfyre and Basilisk venom are the easiest ones to use." He walked back to little Harry.

"Put the book on the floor."

Harry released the protection on Ginny. She remained there, floating in the air with her eyes closed.

"That's Voldemort... are you really going to trust anything he says?"

"Ah..." Little Harry realized. He gave him a nod and lifted the fang in the air.

"No, stop!" Tom tried to stop him but couldn't do much before the fang made contact with the diary.

"Ahhh!" Tom screamed with agony as grey smoke came out of the place where little Harry had buried the fang.

The smoke quickly divided itself into two, one white and one black.

The white smoke went inside Ginny while the black smoke started to dissipate.

"No, you are not leaving." Harry activated the runes on his flask.

They shone brightly, and an intense wind vortex formed at the mouth of the black vial.

All the black smoke was quickly driven into the container, and once it was all inside, the entrance transformed and sealed itself, preventing any of it from escaping.

"Got most of it." Harry grinned. He did not plan for this, but when he saw the diary again, he realized that he had to try it.

Now he had in his power a fragment of Voldemort's soul.

'A surprising gain!' he thought.

As the white smoke returned to her, Ginny seemed to come back to life and started making noises and moving.

"Ginny!" Little Harry forgot about everything else going on and ran to her side.

"Catch her, I'm going to release the levitation charm I put on her."

"She is waking up!" With the girl in his arms, little Harry felt a wave of relief washing over him.

"Here, this is yours." Harry returned the holly wand to the boy.

"Thanks... uh..." Little Harry stared at him. "Are you really me?"

Harry chuckled. "Why is it so hard to believe? Magic can make the impossible... possible."

"Then... would I also be able to do all those things you did? Like, all that magic!" The boy asked.

"Sure, but you will have to work hard. This means more study and less messing around with Ron."

Little Harry flinched at that moment. "Can you teach me? I want to learn."

Harry felt his vision becoming blurry.

"I don't think I have time for that... but you have great teachers to learn from at Hogwarts, except for Snape... and Lockhart."

"Wait!" Little Harry saw him fading away.

His vision became dark. "That girl you are holding... you better take care of her... and good luck."

He was going to need it.