Harry nodded before a thought hit him. "You won't leave the Chamber, right? I don't want to risk harming any students or staff—or, at least, not without my permission," he said. There were one or two people he wouldn't mind harming, but not yet.
"No, I have never wanted to harm any students. I will do as you instruct me, Little Speaker."
"Then what happened to Myrtle?"
"Is that the girl who died last time? It's my fault. I thought I was alone and lowered my eyelids as I was returning to the Chamber. She was hiding and, when she saw me, she screamed, drawing my attention. There was nothing to do, she was dead before she hit the ground. I didn't see Tom after that."
Harry nodded. "I'm sure he didn't blame you and missed you. And I have no problem with allowing you to roam as long as you stay clear of the school."
"Then please, feel free to join me in the Chamber."
"Thank you. I will remember next time to bring you some food."
"I liked it when Tom would bring rabbits. Lots of rabbits." Harry nodded and fought the smile which threatened his face when he thought about the greatest Dark Lord of the century bringing bunnies down for his pet snake.
"I will get the House-Elves to fetch some rabbits," he promised.
The snake hissed in pleasure and slowly drew away from Harry. Looking at her, Harry saw she was around 50 feet long and her scales ranged from green to black, the lights making them seem to change colour. She was quite beautiful in a terrifying way and he felt a slither of guilt of having killed her in his last life.
"Aithusia, do you perhaps know of a way out? The slide isn't exactly practical," he asked, realising he didn't actually have a way out. While he knew some levitation spells, he had a feeling that Slytherin would have built other exits.
"My master would just ask for stairs," the snake said.
Harry nodded and berated his stupidity. "Thank you, Great One. I will go now, but I promise to return in a few days with food."
~
Leaving the Chamber, Harry realised it was almost curfew. Walking quickly back towards Ravenclaw Tower, he felt approaching magical signatures and quickly found a corner in which to stand and wait. He didn't want a teacher, or worse, Filch, finding them.
"Hello, little birdy," George said.
"Nice night for a bit of mischief," Fred continued.
"Gred, Forge," Harry greeted.
"Now, you know us - we love a good prank—"
"—a nice laugh—"
"—a jolly good joke—"
"—therefore, imagine our laughter when Ronny starts acting crazy!"
Harry looked at them in disbelief. He had thought the twins would be furious at him.
"He was kissing Ginny with desperation of a starving man."
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"Took four prefects to pull him off her. He was quite attached."
Harry snorted at the mental image before schooling his features. "In my defence, I didn't know who had tried to poison me."
The twins shared a look. "Right," they said simultaneously, snickering. "Shouldn't you be, I don't know, mad?"
They laughed. "Oh, we are mad."
"Furious."
"Outraged!"
Harry felt his heart break a little bit at the thought he had lost his chance at gaining back his friends.
"Yes, how dare Ginny try and poison you!"
"Her scene at the Sorting was bad enough." "But this - this is just mental!"
Harry was almost dizzy with "You're mad at her? Not me?"
relief.
"You did nothing wrong. If anything, what you did was brilliant!"
"Comedic gold, by the way."
"Magic's way of getting even," Fred agreed with his twin.
Harry looked at them in disbelief.
"Don't look so shocked, Harrykins." "Yes, we told you we would be watching."
Harry nodded. "Well, that's not creepy at all."
Fred snorted and George pretended to lecherously look him up and down.
Harry rolled his eyes. "I'm happy you're not angry, but why are you here?"
The twins shared a look. "Well, after our mother turned up—"
"—and let me tell you, she screamed like a banshee when she heard what had happened—"
"—feared we'd go deaf!" "Anyway, we did a little investigation and found out what happened—"
"—and let impressed."
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Harry nodded.
"So, we thought we would come and let you know that we would be taking the time to personally let our younger siblings know the error of their ways."
"Therefore, imagine our surprise when we went to find you and instead noticed you disappear off the map completely."
"One second you're in the bathroom—" "—a girls' bathroom might I just add—"
"—then pop! You're gone."
"Disappeared."
"Vamoosed."
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