Harry Potter and the Temple of Tales

"Louis!"

Just as Louis was running to the girls' bathroom on the third floor, he was met by Hermione and Harry who were looking for Harry.

"What's wrong? I heard that someone was caught in the secret room?"

Looking at the anxious faces of several people, Louis nodded seriously, then he looked behind Harry, but did not see Ginny.

"Where's Ginny?" Louis' heart tightened.

"I'm here."

Ginny waved her hand from not far away, and following her came the figure of an adult man and Luna.

Ginny pointed her wand at the frightened Lockhart, her eyes filled with disdain.

"Everyone, I just..." Lockhart was a little flustered.

"Passing by?" Ginny shook her wand, "But why did I see you packing the package?"

It turned out that after Hermione went to Harry to explain the situation, Ginny and Luna thought of asking the teacher for help, but as soon as they broke into the Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom office, they found Lockhart packing his luggage.

I thought that Lockhart, an adult wizard, would be more than enough to deal with two eleven-year-old brats. Who would have thought that this liar, who was just a liar, was instantly cowed when Ginny and Luna pointed their wands at him.

"Professor Lockhart, I remember you promised it in front of Dumbledore." Louis smiled, and he stepped in front of Lockhart. Lockhart began to be at a loss.

"Yes...yeah, just cover it with me." Gilderoy Lockhart laughed. Although his expression didn't change much, his feet couldn't help but tremble.

Louis sneered. He never expected Lockhart to do anything.

"But, we don't know where the secret room is." Harry looked at everyone and raised an important question.

"I know." Louis responded, "Hermione, do you remember where the basilisk came from when we encountered it?"

"Toilet? You mean..."

"Yes, the basilisk should move through pipes." Louis explained to everyone, "And the place leading to the secret room should be the place where Myrtle died, the girls' bathroom on the third floor."

"Then what are we waiting for?"

Hermione jumped up and was the first to run towards the girls' bathroom.

"Hey, Hermione!" Harry stopped him without haste. Louis shook his head helplessly, and the others followed Lockhart with him.

In the girls' bathroom, Myrtle was not around. The bathroom, which had been silent for a long time, was now starting to become a little lively.

Louis stepped on the water, touched the faucet in the middle, and turned on the sink, but unfortunately, no water came down.

His fingers touched the snake-shaped water pipe. It was the beauty of Slytherin.

"Found it!"

Lewis turned around and said slowly, then he spoke slowly in a snake accent.

"Turn on!"

With a hissing sound, the entire water tank suddenly began to shake, and the well above slowly opened, revealing a passage.

The dark pipe seemed to stretch as far as the eye could see. Everyone came forward with Lockhart, and he took a deep breath while looking at the pipe.

"Uh, I'm going to the toilet first." After saying that, he was about to walk back when he was kicked by Louis. His whole body was kicked down, and there was a scream.

"What do you mean, we're all going down?" Ron clapped his hands, not caring about Lockhart's outcome.

Louis looked at everyone, and after a long time he shook his head.

"The power of the basilisk is so powerful that only Snakehead will not be affected, so Harry and I will go down together."

"no."

Ron, Hermione, and Ginny all said in unison, "Why can't we just let you take risks?"

"But it's too dangerous down there." Lewis said. The basilisk is an ancient thing. This is not just a level set up by ordinary teachers. It can really put your life in danger.

"Hey, you guys, are you going to get down?" Gilderoy Lockhart was waiting impatiently below, and the door to the secret room was gradually closing.

"It's too late, it's settled." Louis turned his head and pulled Harry to jump off the top.

Along the long pipe, Louis felt like he was sliding around like on a roller coaster. The speed was extremely fast, and after a while, a parabola fell from the exit onto the ground filled with debris like fallen leaves.

"Ugh." Harry got up from the ground and frowned at the smell. To be honest, this basilisk was also a sloppy creature, and there was such a dirty place under the abandoned bathroom.

A vigorous figure followed Louis down. Louis took a closer look and saw that it was Ginny Weasley.

"Ginny?! How did you..."

"You want to get rid of me. There's no way." Ginny patted the ashes on herself and curled her lips in the direction of Louis.

Louis waved his hands helplessly. When they came down, the door had already begun to close. Ginny must have followed him down at the last moment.

"Let's go, why are you still hanging around?"

Louis waved to the other three people, and everyone moved forward to the passage one by one.

"Look, what is that?"

Harry pointed at the huge outline thing on the ground. Louis said a fluorescent flash and looked around the thing.

"This should be the skin shed by the basilisk, but who would leave this thing here?"

Ginny and Harry both took a breath, and Lockhart's whole body trembled. The image of this huge snakeskin was shocking to everyone.

They walked a little further and soon stopped in front of a huge wall. On the wall were two snakes entwined with each other.

"I'm quitting. You guys go ahead. I have to leave first. I still have shampoo that I haven't sold yet. I..." Lockhart's entire fear overcame his arrogance, and he actually took one step at a time.

Go back.

"Do you want to be ruined, Lockhart?" Louis pointed his wand at his head. "I can find a thousand ways to expose your true situation to the world, enough to make you a world-famous liar."

"Of course, you can also follow our example and become a hero again. The choice is yours."

If he were an ordinary person, he would definitely put his own life first, but after a semester of contact, he discovered that Lockhart is a person who values ​​reputation extremely seriously, and he must preserve his reputation even if he doesn't risk his own life.

Gilderoy Lockhart was trembling all over. As an adult wizard, it should not be a problem for him to deal with three young wizards, but he only knew the Forgetting Curse. He had also seen Louis' actual combat ability in the Dueling Club.

After several inner struggles, Lockhart compromised and gradually put down his wand.

If you die, you will die, and maybe you can leave your name in history.

Louis also relaxed when he saw Lockhart behaving like this. He didn't know if threatening Lockhart like this would have any other consequences. After all, dogs will jump over walls when they are anxious.

"Open the door, Harry, speak in a snake voice." Louis reminded Harry beside him.

"Open."

Harry's throat also came out with the same tone as Louis' mouth just now.

The wall cracked, and the two snakes separated. The two half-walls slid apart in a balanced manner and disappeared without a trace.

Louis took a deep breath and stepped inside, followed by Harry, Ginny and Lockhart.

What caught their eyes was a huge room with relatively dark light, surrounded by carved stone snakes wrapped around stone pillars, which added some atmosphere to the entire secret room.

"Heir of Slytherin, come out. As an honorary member of the Defense Against Dark Arts Association, I have the right to arrest you." Lockhart seemed to be emboldening himself, but he didn't have much confidence in what he said.

However, Lockhart's words were still of some use, as a girl-like figure slowly walked out of them.

"Astoria Greengrass?" Ginny exclaimed, she had been paying attention to this girl.

"No, she's not Astoria." Lewis shook his head, his face not looking good. "Tom Riddle, I think you can't be wrong."

Astoria's face was expressionless, and then she smiled slowly, but her smile was very weird, not at all what an eleven-year-old girl should have.

"Is this the chamber of secrets you opened? That's just right. I, the world-famous wizard master Gilderoy Lockhart, will come to punish you today." Lockhart seemed to show off deliberately. He stepped in front of Louis and took out his wand and pointed it at Astor.

Leah.

"Noisy." Astoria looked disdainful, then pointed her wand forward and pointed directly at Lockhart and read:

"The soul leaves the body."

Lockhart was just about to make a move when he was calmed down. He lost his thoughts in an instant, his eyes wandered, and he walked forward unsteadily and stood beside Astoria.

"Why are you so secretive? Come out if you have the ability!" Louis suddenly shouted towards everyone around him, but his wand was always pointed at Astoria.

Astoria squinted her eyes, and suddenly she fell backwards, as if she had lost consciousness, and fainted on the ground.

Louis, Harry and Ginny rushed forward to check on Astoria's condition, but her pulse was weak and she looked like she was dying.

"You can't save her, she won't wake up." At this time, a very gentle sounding voice appeared from around them. Louis and others quickly turned around to take a look.

A tall boy with black hair was leaning on the nearest pillar and looking at him. He looked extremely blurry, as if he was looking at him through frosted glass.

"You finally showed up, Tom Riddle." Louis stared at the culprit of all this with a dark face.

However, Riddle didn't look at him. He kept staring at Harry:

"The famous Boy Who Lived, Harry Potter, we finally meet."

"Who are you? How do you know my name?" Harry was a little surprised. He had never seen this person before, let alone such a person in Hogwarts.

"Harry Potter's reputation in the wizarding world is known to everyone. As for who I am, I have always been your destiny, Potter." Riddle stared at him.

"Destiny? Are you Voldemort?" Harry seemed to understand something.

"Voldemort is my future, my past, and my present." Riddle's tone was full of admiration, and he looked at Harry as if he was seeing his past self.