if i am not me

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In the empty hall, a huge BASILISK and a fiery red phoenix were wrestling together, and the loud noise made the entire underground passage filled with rumbling echoes.And not far from them, the two figures faced each other motionlessly, and the murderous aura they released made both BASILISK and Fox have to be afraid.

"Little guy, don't make me angry." Riddle looked at Harry's wand pointing at him coldly with no expression on his face, and uttered emotionless words clearly with his thin lips. "You have to know, this thing doesn't work for me in my current state of soul."

But Harry didn't seem to feel the murderous aura released by him at all, he just smiled coldly and raised the corners of his mouth, "I'm really sorry, I happen to know a few spells that should work for you, do you want to try them? "While speaking, the wand in his hand never deviated from Riddle who was pointing at it, and then he saw the fear in Riddle's eyes with satisfaction.

The two were in a stalemate, and neither of them would move first unless they were fully sure.

Countless thoughts swirled in Harry's mind. From the moment he entered the secret room, all he thought about was how to get the diary. After all, with the diary in hand, he was not afraid of Riddle's further tricks.But now it seems that it is not so easy to get the diary. For some reason, Riddle seems to have guarded against him since they entered the secret room, even in the seemingly relaxed atmosphere just now , and also made him dare not go overboard a little.

After all, the current him doesn't know if he is strong enough to confront this fragment head-on.

Compared to Harry, Riddle only felt annoyed at this moment, but he also admired the boy in front of him more.He really deserves to be the new heir. Although he is still a little deficient in some aspects, he is indeed an excellent Slytherin.

After learning that there was someone else in Hogwarts who could order BASILISK besides him, he decided to find the heir after recovery.It's just that everything seemed a bit unexpected to him. He thought it was the heir who helped the "boy who survived" enter the secret room, but he didn't think it was because the "boy who survived" was a cliché.Just when he was planning to target Neville Longbottom, the cautious performance of the other two boys made him think secretly.

Three people... He would bet even if there was only a one in ten thousand chance, not to mention the fact that he was right.The successor actually followed the "boy who survived" to the secret room, the purpose is the real secret room.

Everything about the situation satisfied him, except for Harry's fooling around.Just as he was thinking about how to catch the boy in front of him, suddenly, a sound that was so slight that it was almost undetectable made Riddle instantly show a smile that made the sun pale.

"Little guy, your little friend is back." Riddle's voice was slightly raised, showing his good mood at the moment.But Harry's heart sank suddenly because of these words.Sure enough, following Riddle's line of sight, Neville was standing at a loss by a door opposite to the one where he disappeared just now.

"You don't know, the doors of this secret room are just for decoration, no matter which door you enter, you will come back here in the end." At this moment, Riddle's voice sounded again, but the content of the words made Harry instantly sweat down the spine.A look of sternness flashed in his eyes, and Harry thought to himself that it was no wonder Riddle was so calm, it turned out that he had already played with them in his hands.

Seeing Harry's reaction in his eyes, Riddle licked his lips, and the smile on the corner of his mouth deepened, "Now, can you answer my question? First, your name."

"Harry!"

Harry was thinking about why Riddle insisted on knowing his name, but Neville's exclamation interrupted his train of thought, and the message conveyed in those words made him roll his eyes, well, now he doesn't need to answered.

Riddle obviously didn't expect that the "Boy Who Lived" would have the guts to speak out, and after a little surprise, he glanced at Harry with his charming eyes, "So your name is Harry..." said Without looking at Harry's gloomy face, he turned directly to Neville, who was walking towards them.

"Oh——our little hero is back too. But you are still better than him," Riddle pointed at Harry, "a little bit slower. But it's just in time." After finishing speaking, Riddle's eyes widened , with a smile on his lips, he spit out snake language, "BASILISK, kill him!"

Harry had been watching Riddle's every move, so even though Riddle made a sudden attack, he could react immediately.However, the future Riddle will always be a person that even Dumbledore has to be afraid of. In any case, the current Harry is only a small success in magic. When he wants to spit out the spell, Riddle's wand is also Right up to his head, "Harry, don't move, I don't want to hurt you yet."

"Neville, run!" If he was alone, Harry was confident that he could easily escape from Riddle's hands, but Neville and Drake didn't leave here as planned, so he had no choice but to warn Neville. Let him leave quickly.

As soon as Neville heard Harry's warning, he stopped in his tracks. He saw BASILISK slithering towards him with snake letters, regardless of Fox's harassment, and immediately turned and ran.Turning his head to look at BASILISK who was still rushing towards him with blood in his eyes, Neville knew that Riddle really wanted to kill him.Although he was worried about Harry's safety in his heart, it seemed that Riddle had no intention of killing him before, and now that he had no time to care about him, Neville simply ran away sullenly.You know, that's BASILISK!

Running rampant in the hall, suddenly a gust of wind blew, and a soft object hit him in the face.Taking a closer look, it turned out that the sorting hat dropped by BASILISK was inadvertently swept into his arms when he escaped earlier.With a thought in his heart, he didn't have time to think that Neville put the Sorting Hat on his head without hesitation. He believed that Dumbledore's bringing the Sorting Hat here was not without deep meaning.

Seeing this, Harry knew that things had turned around, but at this time his situation was not much better than Neville's. Facing the smiling Riddle, Harry felt that his palms were constantly sweating.Just thinking about how to break through the current situation, Riddle suddenly said softly in a snake-like accent, "Harry, how about our cooperation?"

The shaking ground behind him let Neville know that BASILISK was getting closer and closer to him, so he could only run forward desperately. Thinking of Harry who was in a stalemate with Riddle and Drake who was still missing, Neville suddenly Feeling that he needs help, "Help me...I need help..." He shouted as he ran, and suddenly, he felt the hat on his head twist, and something heavy and hard hit him on the head, making him He staggered and fell to the floor.Feeling dizzy in his head, Neville still clearly heard Riddle's taunting sneer and Harry's worried panting, he shook his head and braced himself up to take off the Sorting Hat. What came to him was a long silver sword set with red gemstones - Neville had seen it in Dumbledore's office, it was Gryffindor's sword.

Neville was in a trance for a moment, and Dumbledore's words seemed to ring in his head again.At this moment, he saw BASILISK rushing towards him with its mouth open.It's too late to run, it's better to take advantage of the strength now than to sit and wait...

Thinking of this, Neville stood up violently holding the sword, and hastily but forcefully raised the sword to stab the BASILISK who was opening his mouth to bite him. Due to the position, Neville was almost swallowed by the BASILISK, but he was also Because of this, he stabbed the sword hard at Basilisk's upper jaw.At this time, Fox, who had been circling and harassing in the air, also seized the opportunity. Taking advantage of BASILISK's unpreparedness, it swooped down and pierced BASILISK's heart deeply with its sharp golden beak.

For a moment, BASILISK was severely injured by the unexpected attack, raised its head and let out a piercing scream.As for Neville, who was splattered with snake blood, he suddenly felt that the exposed skin was sticky and uncomfortable, but he couldn't care less about it now.Because BASILISK raised his head, Neville, who was holding the sword, was brought into the air without warning. Neville panicked, and the hand holding the sword twitched violently, but pulled the sword out of the snake's mouth. Let BASILISK make a creepy howl again.

"Ah——" Neville, who was thrown away by this series of actions, screamed, and the sword in his hand was waving randomly in the air. With a "hiss", BASILISK's long letter and fangs were cut off by the sharp sword. But Neville also fell from mid-air to the floor and passed out.

Seeing that the blow was successful, Fox persevered in attacking BASILISK's heart with his golden beak again and again. Although BASILISK seldom succeeded again during BASILISK's resistance, it was obvious that BASILISK was gradually losing strength.

The accident happened in an instant, and even Harry watched BASILISK's instant defeat in dumbfounded, let alone Riddle.At this point, Harry had to lament Neville's luck again, he was simply worrying in vain.Thinking of this, he turned his gaze back to Riddle. Now, he only needs to get rid of Riddle.

Although Riddle was surprised at the failure of BASILISK, he still didn't miss the murderous intent that flashed in Harry's eyes.However, he didn't seem to care about Harry's murderous intent. With one hand behind his back and the corner of his mouth curled up, Riddle still said slowly in a snake-like accent, "If my guess is right, you should be the current Slytherin." his heir."

Maintaining a perfect smile, he looked at Harry who looked defensive at him, "Help me resurrect, Harry, I can share this world with you."

Hearing this, Harry couldn't help but frowned. What exactly did Riddle mean by these words...?Thinking from the back of his head, he should also be very clear that it is impossible for him to revive him.However, Riddle didn't seem to see Harry's resisting eyes, and he was still talking there.

Suddenly, a slight wave of magic power aroused Harry's vigilance, but just as he was about to react, he was surprised to find that he couldn't move!

Got it!This thought flashed through his mind, and the horrified Harry knew that today was a bad day.Riddle was diverting his attention in order to catch himself.

The experience of his previous life made him unable to know that there was actually a magic circle left by Slytherin in this secret room, and this seemingly inconspicuous negligence made him completely passive, even...

…die.

Marveling at the effect of the magic circle, Riddle stepped forward and took the wand out of Harry's hand, "Do you think I will just prepare a BASILISK to entertain you? But you are really good, and you actually let Slytherin All the magic circles set up have been used." After speaking, he was not surprised to see a flustered look in Harry's cold eyes, but that expression seemed to only make Riddle more satisfied.

After being reborn, Harry has never experienced such a dangerous situation again.Now he is a fish to be slaughtered, and the only hope at this time is that Draco who is still missing.

Riddle seemed to know what Harry was thinking, but he didn't think the only remaining Draco could stir up any troubles, he raised his smile again, and put his hand on Harry's cheek, "It's perfect, it fully meets my requirements This body... who are your parents?" As he spoke, Riddle's finger slipped across Harry's lips as if there was nothing there! "Originally, I planned to find you after recovering the entity, but I didn't expect Merlin to send you here just after learning that there is a new successor."

After finishing speaking, Riddle laughed triumphantly, that clear voice seemed extremely abrupt in the silent room, but because of this, Riddle ignored the fleeting joy in Harry's eyes.Now, who else but Draco could make Harry look like that?

Yes, Drake showed up.Just when Harry was extremely anxious, he saw a platinum figure quietly appearing at the bottom of the statue, and his target was obviously the diary at the bottom of the statue.

Harry was pleasantly surprised by Draco's actions, and he couldn't help but secretly praised him for his intelligence and astuteness. As expected of the heir of the Malfoy family, he guessed the connection between the diary and Riddle in such a short time.While Harry was filled with emotion, Draco was carefully moving towards the diary. Since his back was facing Riddle, he moved very fast.Gradually, he got closer and closer to the diary, but Riddle remained vigilant.Therefore, when he noticed that the air fluctuations were different, he immediately turned his head and looked in the direction of Draco.

Seeing this, Riddell immediately became angry—that kid who he thought was useless actually stared at the diary.

Drake was walking towards the diary on tiptoe, and was surprised to see that Riddle had discovered his whereabouts. Drake also ignored Riddle's wand pointed at him, and jumped towards the diary.

"PetrificusTotalus!"

"careful!"

Two voices sounded beside his ears, Draco hastily made a maneuver that Harry taught him, and tumbling towards an unbelievable angle, just avoiding the spell that Riddle shot.Taking advantage of the interval between Riddle's spells, Draco glanced at the diary close at hand, jumped again, and finally pulled the diary into his hands before Riddle's second spell came.

"Pierce it with the teeth of BASILISK!"

Harry's roar resounded through the empty hall of the chamber of secrets again, and these words instantly turned Riddle's calm expression pale, and made Draco, who was still a little hesitant, rush towards the direction where Basilisk's fangs fell.There were several consecutive moves and rolls. After narrowly dodging a series of attacks from Riddle, Delal snatched the fangs firmly in his hand.In an instant, a stinging feeling of corrosion went from the palm of the hand to the brain, but now it was too much for Drake to have any other thoughts. Gritting his teeth, Drake clenched his fangs and stabbed viciously at the black leather diary—the carrier of Riddle's memory. .

Riddle wanted to continue attacking, but a piercing pain also spread from his body the moment the fangs sank into the diary. Disappeared in the video sent out.

Riddle knew that he had failed, just like the originally powerful BASILISK, completely defeated by someone unexpected.But he was not willing to just disappear like this, and gradually becoming transparent, he staggered towards Harry, climbed onto Harry's stiff shoulders with his last strength, and slowly stretched his hands towards Harry's neck.

Even if you die, you want this kid to be buried with you...

"No...", Draco seemed to have a premonition of something, but just as he was about to rush over, he was stopped by a violent dizziness, and then his body fell down involuntarily.

Although Riddle is still a spirit body, because he absorbed Ginny's soul, he was actually completely and completely materialized, so when Riddle's hand touched Harry's body, he could feel the huge Strength was robbing his breath.The pain made Riddle go all out, and now he only had one thought, to strangle him to death.This thought made him explode with astonishing strength. Seeing Harry's painful expression, Riddle laughed crazily. At this moment, a green light suddenly attracted his attention.

Harry felt that the picture in front of him had started to go black. He never thought he would die like this.How ridiculous, when he was killed by Riddle in two lifetimes, he was powerless to fight back...

He has grown up...

Just when he thought that he would return to the embrace of the earth at any time, suddenly, he felt the hands on his neck seemed to pause, and then a large amount of air entered the chest cavity along with his released throat.

Riddle was still roaring, but Harry felt that the voice was different, as if it was full of...surprise?Barely opening his eyes, which were closed due to suffocation, Harry saw Riddle, who was so transparent that he could hardly see him, approaching him.Just as he felt that something touched the corner of his mouth, he heard Riddle's broken voice ringing in his ears, "You... really are... a gift..."

Watching Riddle in amazement dissipate into little particles of light and dissipate in the air, Harry seemed to be able to hear the words just now echoing in his ears.But even though he was surprised by Riddle's last actions and words, reality forced him to withdraw his distracted mind.

Without the joy of Riddle disappearing, Harry yelled hoarsely, "Draco!" regardless of the pain piercing through his injured throat.

"Draco..." The body was still imprisoned by the magic circle, but Harry could feel that the magic energy in it was gradually weakening, and this discovery made him start to struggle.

At this time, Drake's vision had begun to lose consciousness, and he was very dizzy. The result of direct contact with Basilisk's fangs was that his hands were dripping with corroded blood and poisoned.But he still raised his head and looked at Harry, staring at the face full of anxiety and fear without blinking. Why couldn't he be happy at all even though Riddle had been eliminated...

Because of that scene just now?

Thinking of the scene just now, Draco's anger, which had been so hard to calm down, surged up again—that pervert kissed Harry.The pain in his body seemed to be suppressed by the anger. At this moment, he just wanted to rush to Harry, give him a Scourgify (clean up), and wipe out everything that man left on him .

But he couldn't do what he wanted, the scene in front of him began to distort, and his head became more and more dizzy.At the moment of losing consciousness, he seemed to see Harry's stumbling figure running towards him.

Finally breaking free from the shackles of the magic circle, Harry rushed straight to the unconscious Draco regardless of his body's stiffness.Hugging Draco's limp body in a panic, Harry was overwhelmed with endless annoyance, how could he forget that the corrosiveness of the fangs would hurt Draco.Merlin, could it be... would he lose him?

No, absolutely not!I want him to live, to live well.

Harry's heart was flustered, he lost his usual steadiness and calmness, so that he didn't think of Fox who stopped beside Neville, until a pleasant singing sounded in the empty hall.Raising his head suddenly, he saw the phoenix Fawkes flying towards them lightly, stopping beside them, his pupils constricted suddenly, and Harry had a deep understanding of what it meant to be ups and downs.

"Fox! Yes. Fox! Help Drake, hurry... save, revive him!"

The phoenix is ​​a very intelligent and intelligent creature. At this moment, it tilted its head to look at the anxious Harry, and tears began to form in its eyes.Seeing this, Harry hastily raised Drake's hand and held it under Fox's protruding head, allowing Fox to drip tears onto Draco's corroded palm.

The tears of the phoenix are worthy of being a holy medicine for healing. Soon, Drake's wounds began to heal at a speed visible to the naked eye, and a healthy pink color gradually appeared on his face.And Harry's mood gradually calmed down as Draco's condition improved, but after taking a long breath, he frowned again.

Why was he so flustered just now... How many years has he not experienced that kind of helplessness?This is not a good phenomenon.If Fox hadn't taken the initiative to fly to them just now, maybe he would have let Draco die like this because of his panic...

damn it!Thinking that Harry wanted to slap himself a few times and hug Draco tightly again, he still had lingering fears.Little by little, he almost lost Drake.

With the strength in his hand, Harry suddenly felt that Draco in his arms seemed to move.A look of joy flashed across his face, and Harry saw a pair of long curly eyelashes trembling slightly on his delicate face—wake up, he's fine!

"Draco, Drake, are you all right?"

Gradually regaining consciousness, Draco heard Harry's very different gentle voice, and felt that he was lying in an extremely warm embrace, and the familiar smell made him feel inexplicably at ease—it was Harry.

"He disappeared." After opening his eyes with difficulty, Draco said in that dry voice.He didn't understand why he said this, but a voice in his heart kept shouting, telling him, let Harry know, that annoying existence is gone, completely!

"Yes, he's gone! We're all safe." Of course, Harry didn't know what Drake was thinking at this moment, he just hugged Drake's hand tightly and said softly.At the same time, Harry suddenly had a great desire for power. After all the heartbreaking feeling, he didn't want to try again.

Being caught by Riddle, he actually made such a fatal mistake.All these years, the good life he never had before made him slack...

Suddenly there was a faint noise in the distance. Harry and Draco looked over, and it turned out that the comatose Neville was awakened by Fox's wings.Looking at each other and smiling, Harry helped Drake up and walked towards Neville.

"Neville, are you okay?" Harry felt a little guilty when he asked this sentence, after all, his mind was full of Drake before, and Neville's safety was completely put aside by him.In this regard, Harry concluded afterwards that Draco was in danger of life, and Neville just passed out.

Neville shook his head in a daze, and then he realized that his whole body was in pain, as if being stirred in a cauldron, but he still shook his head, "I'm fine, where is Riddle? And Ginny..."

Harry raised the corner of his mouth, "Riddle is gone, Ginny is fine!"

"Disappeared?" The word let Neville know they were safe, and Harry's look and tone told him he was telling the truth.But this process... Neville looked at the shocking mark on Harry's neck and the still weak "paralyzed" Drake on Harry's body, and he firmly believed that it must be very tortuous.

Squeezing Draco's arm to signal him not to speak, Harry nodded to Neville, "Well, I'll tell you when I get out, I think we have to get out of here now."

Draco leaned against Harry, his lowered eyelids covered the light in his eyes that he didn't understand, and nodded in agreement with the corners of his mouth.Watching Neville walking towards Ginny, he thought he understood Harry's intentions.

When Neville started to explain the whole story to Ginny, who had just come back from the gate of hell, Draco looked at Harry with a smug smile. How many secrets does he have?

When they finally walked out of the secret room and started to return the same way, the excited few people didn't notice that the emerald necklace on Harry's chest flashed a strange faint light.

Above the empty secret room, the remaining fluctuations seem to faintly convey a message: When I wake up again...

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H: "See what I do?"

V winks: "I think you're cute!"

H said coldly: "Be careful I gouged your eyes!"

V pouted: "...a bit violent."

H narrowed his eyes: "Still watching? If you don't show your color, you will treat me as a plush!"

V claps: "...very individual..."

H raised his hand and pointed: "Fox, come on!"

Phoenix ignores H.

V: "..."

H angry: "BASILISK, go..."

BASILISK looked around in embarrassment, following in Phoenix's footsteps.

V: "..."

H roared angrily: "...Draco, go!"

D: "..." He crouched in the corner of the wall angrily.

V: "..." looked at D sympathetically.

N: "..." Merlin, I swear on my grandma's hat, I didn't see anything...