CHAPTER XXVII
The mantra of the principal's office has always been memorized by her. She walked in and began rummaging in the place where Dumbledore had been sitting while talking to her, and just as she was almost in despair, she saw a small note in the inconspicuous corner behind the stool.
Tom Marvolo Riddle = I am Lord Voldemort.
In an instant, she felt a basin of cold water pour over her body from her head. Everything is connected, Tom Riddle is Voldemort, then he is undoubtedly the best heir to Slytherin, he opened the Chamber of Secrets, and he used the diary as an opportunity to confuse Ginny to open the Chamber of Secrets again decades later. The words he said to her: You and I may be friends, as Voldemort told her a year ago. Since he can kill Ginny now, does that mean that he already has a physical entity, then his purpose? Sally felt her heart fall to the ground. Obviously, his purpose was Harry.
At this moment, a long cry from the phoenix interrupted her train of thought, and she looked at it, only to see it standing on the edge of the windowsill with the Sorting Hat in its mouth. Turning his head, he stared straight at her.
"She tells you to grab it, and it's going to take you somewhere. One of the portraits on the wall says. "Don't underestimate it, the phoenix can carry much heavier things than itself. β
When Sally heard this, she reached out suspiciously, grabbed one of its legs, and the moment she grabbed it, the phoenix flew up with her. It's like a place to fly.
They passed through the bathroom, through a thick hose that Sally had never seen before, and they flew straight and swift until miles below the school, where Sally saw Ron, but before she could speak, the phoenix flew in with her over the falling rocks. Stopped in front of a stone wall.
"Want to open it?" Sally let go of her hand and stood in front of the stone wall, studying, but she found that it was a solid wall, and if anything, it was the two intertwined snakes carved into the wall, their eyes studded with large, shining emeralds.
"Snakes ... Sally was lost in thought, and Phoenix took her, indicating that she must be useful. Ron was outside the boulder wall and didn't see Harry, indicating that Harry had already entered. What she shared with Harry, had something to do with snakes, could it be... Snake old tongue?
But she wouldn't say it at all. She tried to echo the last time she said it, she looked at the snake and spoke as if she were someone who could understand her, then ... Sally cleared her throat, her emerald eyes staring at the real emerald.
"Open. β
The two snakes separated, and the stone wall cracked in the middle and slowly slid to both sides and disappeared. The phoenix flew in with her and landed beside Harry.
"Fawkes?" said Harry, surprised, and even more surprised and horrified when she saw Sally behind Fawkes, "Sally, why are you here?"
"Sally Potter. Unexpected delight. Sally was about to answer Harry, but she heard the voice of another boy remember, and she looked at it in a tone that she couldn't have been incredibly calm.
"Tom Riddle, maybe I should call you Voldemort?
"Personally, I prefer Voldemort, but given the way I am now, I won't refuse if you call me Riddle. "When he was younger, Voldemort was much more handsome and handsome than Sally had seen him the previous year. "Since you first chatted with me, I've learned a little bit about you from lovely Ginny, and every little bit I know about you has strengthened my belief in making you my side. Now I think the time could not have been better, do you choose to join me, or ... Die here?"
"Maybe there's another option, and you're going to die here. Harry said coldly, shielding Sally behind him.
Riddle laughed loudly as if he had heard something incredible, "Why, just that phoenix and a broken hat?" Oh, no, don't worry, I have a lot of questions for you both. Go ahead and talk about you, Sally. He turned his attention to Sally again, "I heard Ginny say that you and your brother had already seen me when I grew up the previous year. β
"Yes, he said the same thing as you. Invite me to join him. Sally said.
"Oh, yes? What do you say?" asked Riddle, as if intrigued
I didn't hesitate to turn him down. Sally said it categorically, but Riddle exclaimed, "Liar! You hesitated, you wavered, right, yes, you must have wanted to agree to my invitation for a moment." Yes, that's the right choice, you wasted a chance, but that's okay, now I'll give you a second chance, which is extremely rare. β
"I refuse. Sally said, "I won't join you because of what you did to Ginny." β
Riddle was angry for a moment, and the Potter siblings saw it, but he quickly covered it up. He wasn't talking to Sally, he was asking about Harry. Sally caught a glimpse of Ginny lying beside her, and she crept over to find that she was still breathing, albeit extremely faint.
She was now glad that she had taken what she thought would be useful from Snape's office, and she poured the red potion into Ginny's mouth, feeling to herself that her breathing had calmed down.
"It's useless, you just extended her life a little bit, she gave me both life and soul, death is a matter of time. Riddle said, and Sally saw the Slytherin face move, and then a huge basilisk appeared.
Harry wanted to surrender, he wanted to ask for mercy, but his sister was standing right behind him. He wanted to protect her, just like his mother protected herself. But what should he do, he didn't even have a wand.
"The flames are blazing. He didn't have a wand, it didn't mean Sally didn't, she waved her wand at the serpent, but her spell didn't do anything like tickling the serpent, the flames only made it unable to find its target for the time being, and at this time, Fawkes, who was flying in the air, the phoenix caught its eye and wrestled with it. Sally grabbed its attention around and managed to blind the phoenix in its eyes.
Harry picked up the Sorting Hat from the side, it was his only weapon, and subconsciously, he put it on his head.
"Harry, be careful!" The moment the Sorting Hat fell out of the object, Harry felt someone push him out of the way, and the contents of the hat fell out. He took off his hat and picked up the red-enveloped silver sword on the ground with a dazzling egg, and saw Sally lying in his place, the serpent pulling its fangs out of her shoulder, and as the fangs were all pulled out, Sally fell to the ground like a broken doll.
"Sally!" Harry cried out in despair, feeling a rage that turned into courage, and he raised his sword against the serpent that was slashing at him, piercing the serpent's jaw.
Sure that the serpent was dead, he immediately ran to Sally's side, a serpent's fangs embedded in her shoulder blades, it can be seen that Sally was still buying him time at the last moment, he gritted his teeth and pulled out the fangs, and blood spurted out.
"What a pity. Riddle's voice was full of regret. "We could have been friends. β
"Sally will never be friends with you. Harry said angrily, "She can do anything to save me, which you can never do." β
"Does it matter? Your poor sister is about to die. Riddle said, "Now it's just you and me, and maybe your sister's wand, that's right." You and me... β
They both saw Fox drop Riddle's diary in Harry's arms, and then lay on top of Sally's wound, tears in her eyes.
"I'm not going to let your damn phoenix cure her. Riddle raised his wand and pointed at Fawkes. Almost subconsciously, Harry lifted the fangs that had just been pulled out of Sally's body and stuck them in the journalγγγγγ