Richard returned to the dorms late. Thanks to his prolonged chat with professor Dumbledor he had to puch back all his other planned activities, which, by the time Richard completed was almost dark.
But unlike the other times he arrived late, the common room was not accompanied by pranksters, or people just chatting or even people who gathered to study, but quickly forgot. It was silent, the lone flame burning in the fireplace being the only occupant.
'It must be Hermione. '
Richard guessed. He knew she would get caught by the basilisk. With all that late night wandering to the library hoping to solve the problem because the other two were a couple of muscle brained idiots.
Richard walked up the stairs, to his bed.
The door opened, and a shadow leapt onto him.
Bam
He staggered under the sudden weight, but kept his balance as he stumbled around. With his innate magic powering his physical body passively, he was already stronger than a normal grown up.
The shadow struggled as it tried to pull him down, gripping his robes so tight that he felt it tighten around his neck . Richard whipped his arm back, grabbing a fist full of fabric from his attacker.
Boost
His body glowed with a orange hint as power rushed like a flood into his muscles. Richard pulled the fabric with the new found strength, pulling it so hard, the attacker got dislodged from him, and flew away, landing with a heavy thud somewhere in the darkness.
"Don't move."
Richard had already pulled out his wand, pointing it at the second shadow he could make out in the dark.
"Twich a single muscle, and I will make sure that you never will."
The silhouette froze, his wand hand, stopping from finishing whatever the spell he was about to do.
"Throw down your wand."
The shadow hesitated, and Richard threw a piercing spell right at his foot, startling the shadow. He returned his wand to its original position, aimed at the shadow's head, and snarled.
"Now"
The wooden wand clattered off the ground before rolling some distance away. Richard used his other hand to throw it further with a burst of magic before turning to the other direction.
"You too, if you dont want your friend to end up like Swiss cheese."
There was another clatter.
Richard held up his hand and called forth a small fire, bright enough to drive away the darkness and reveal who the people really were.
Their faces were quite familiar to Richard.
"What do you want with me Harry, Ron?"
"You really think we dont know? Do you take us for idiots?" Ron sneered despite being unable to stand up. He was bleeding from his face, his eyebrow split. "WHERE IS SHE YOU BASTARD!?"
"Shut up"
Richard pointed his wand at Ron and quickly silenced him using a silencing charm. He turned towards Harry instead.
"Looks like our friend doesn't know how to use his inner voice. But I really hope that you do."
"Petrificus Totalus "
Richard cast the full body binding curse on Ron before completely turning his attention towards Harry. His wand returned towards Harry's head, casting moving shadows as the fire in Richard's hand shook from the movement.
"You have five minutes to tell me what is going on, and why Ron tried to attack me. "
Harry looked at him without a flicker of fear. If anything he looked angry.
"You know why! Your friend Kidnapped Ginny."
"What?"
"You think we don't know? How you sneaked in that girl during the Quiddich match? She is the heir of slytherin, isnt she? Otherwise how could both she and Hermione go wandering around the castle and Hermione end up petrified while she end up missing? How else would Ginny end up taken to the chamber the same day -"
"Wait a second. " Richard interrupted Harry. "Tonks is missing?"
"Don't play dumb. Your master kidnapped Ginny. 'Her skeleton will remain in the chamber forever'?. She is the Heir of Slytherin, isnt she? She used the basilisk on Hermione and Ginny-"
"You shut up too"
Richard walked towards Ron and used the countercurse to unpetrify him.
"Episky"
The small wounds healed, and the blood vanished with a flick of his wand.
"My friend, is not a part of any delusions you lot cooked up in your heads. But you said that she's been missing? For how long exactly?"
"12 hours, Last time anyone saw her, was when she was in the library with Hermione. Right before she kidna-"
Richard pointed his wand at Harry. His voice was unusually cold. Because at the moment, he didn't care about hiding his face anymore.
"I ask, and you answer...got it?"
He brought the fire closer to Harry's face, and the long hair curled to the heat.
"Did, I make myself clear?"
There was a stiff nod of affirmation.
"Tonks has been missing for how long? And what happened since when? Explain properly."
"At noon, professor McGonagall found out Hermione petrified in the way to the girl's bathroom. The only person who was with her before she turned up petrified was your friend. And then, at about four in the noon, there was a new message in the walls, and Ginny turned up missing too, and now the school is closed, while we stayed back while the professors-"
"That's enough." Richard got the gist. He turned and rushed out of the dorm. Tonks got captured....
Richard didn't know why Tom would do it, but it didn't matter. He paused at the door. To get inside the chamber, he needed someone who could speak parsletongue.
"Pick up your wand Harry, you are coming with me."
"Huh?" Harry looked confused. But Richard didn't have time for that. In a matter of life or death, every second counts.
"Pick up your wand Harry. Pick it up! Get up! We need to leave right now!"
As Harry scrambled for his wand, he turned to Ron, who was still glaring at him.
"You too idiot. Pick up your wand, you are coming with wme right now if you ever want to see your sister again."
Seeing them both with their wands in their hands, he grabbed them by their collars while rushing out, his body glowing slightly as he boosted himself.
"Oi, get off"
"Let go-"
"Then keep up, maggots. I don't want to take a single second, more than needed." He let go of the both as he ruched towards the location he knew, but never visited. "You are endangering the lives of my people and your people each second you stumble."
And so they ran. As fast as their legs could carry them. Until they arrived to their destination.
"So this is it?" Ron asked while panting. His voice sarcastic as he looked at the bone white sinks and waslets.
"Yeah, this is it." Richard confirmed as he pushed Harry forward. "The entrance to the chamber of secrets."