Harry ran down the stairs, he saw the shadow of where him and Kayt almost fell into the trick step. He remembered every little thing that happened between him and Kayt in the hallways.
Harry didn't know if he should show the diary to someone and the only person he would show it to was Dumbledore. He didn't want Kayt to be hunted down but he had to tell someone.
He ran towards Dumbledore's office. He wanted to tell Ron but someone would over hear them and he knew that. So he was going to Dumbledore's office.
The stairs had started to come down before he even said a password. He hopped onto a step and road the rest of the way up, the notebook close to his heart.
Once he had reached the top Dumbledore said "Hello, Harry. What's wrong?"
Harry put the journal on his desk and opened to the page he read. "I don't know if it was her or the other thing in her."
Dumbledore put his glasses closer to his eyes and read it quickly. "Where did you find this?"
"It was underneath her bed." Harry replied, falling into a chair.
Dumbledore looked at the journal. He flipped through the pages and at the cover. He turned over to the back of thenotebook and dropped it on the ground. Harry had never seen Dumbledore look so surprised in his life. Even when he saw Cedric's dead body.
"What is it?" Harry asked, picking up the journal and putting it back on the desk.
Dumbledore gulped and said "That journal belonged to Salazar Slytherin."
"But it couldn't have since Kayt has written in it." Harry said.
"Yes, but you see, once the person dies, the ink disapears. If you die slowy, the ink fades as u lose strength. But what gets me is that only heirs of Salazar Slytherin can inherit it." Dumbledore explained in a more normal tone.
"But, then how did Kayt get it?" asked Harry, looking at the snake.
"Well, she either has it because she is the female Voldemort or because she is an heir of Salazar Slytherin. We really won't know unless we asked Voldemort himself. He is the only one that knows about Kayt's past and ancestor's." Dumbledore said, also staring at the snake.
Harry had traced it with his finger and said after a short silence, "Hey, I know that snake from somewhere."
Dumbledore looked up at him. "It could be any snake. But what do you think?"
"It's Nagini, Voldemort's pet snake. I saw it when Cedric was killed last year. It was always with Voldemort no matter where he was." Harry explained.
Dumbledore should up and shot a look at the door. "Who is there?"
Professor McGonagal emerged from outside of the door. She looked down at her feet and whispered "I'm sorry, sir. I was just coming up and I heard u."
"It is quite alright, Minerva. I would have told you anyway." Dumbledore said and he looked back at Harry. "How do you know?"
"I don't know it just seems to fit. I mean, have you ever looked at her ankle? There's a scar on it and it's in the shape of a snake. Also, on the back of her journal, there's a snake." Harry explained. "Plus, when she attacked Professor Snape, her eyes turned red and the shape changed and looked like snake eyes."
McGonagal's mouth dropped.
"Harry, I think you should go to bed and try not to worry about this until tomorrow." Dumbledore said calmly.
Harry nodded and left the journal with him. He didn't want to read anymore and he knew if he took it with him, then he would.
He was about to walk out the door when a sharp pain hit his scar and Harry fell to the ground.
McGonagal and Dumbledore rushed over to him.
"Are you ok, Mr. Potter?" asked McGonagal as Harry sat up, rubbing his scar.
"Ye-ahh!" there was another sharp pain through his scar again.
"Maybe we should take him to the Hospital wing, Albus." McGonagal had added.
"No, I'm fine." Harry added as he stood up, holding onto the wall with one hand.
Suddenly, Harry had drifted off into his mind and had fallen to the floor again. He was hearing a voice in his head. It wasnt his voice, it was Kayt's. Harry listened as closely and attentivley as possible. Her voice was getting closer and he knew that it was a warning that she was sending him.
"Harry! Run away from Hogwarts! He's coming for you! He's already got me now please go! We're both nearby and we're both a threat to you. Go far away where I will never find you and Voldemort can't find you without me. That's the only reason y i'm not dead now. Please run!" Kayt's voice had faded off during the last sentence.
Meanwhile, back in reality, Harry had realized that he was bein shaken.
"Harry, wake up." Madam Pomfrey had whispered.
His eyes opened and they darted around the room. "Where's Dumbledore?"
Harry was now in the Hospital Wing. It was a farmiliar place to him.
"He is upstairs in his office. You have to stay here." Madam Pomfey said strictly, with her back turned to Harry.
Harry ignored her and got up and ran back to Dumbledore's office.
Instead of letting the steps take him up this time, he ran up them.
"Professor! She's near the school! She's with Voldemort!" screamed Harry as he reached his desk.
"How do you know this, Harry?" asked Dumbledore curiously.
"She contacted me with telepathy. You knwo when I fell before? It was her she was warning me. My scar hurt because Voldemort is near by. She told me to leave but I can't. Where would i go? Plus they will find me." Harry sputtered out quickly.
"Well, it's up to you if you would like to stay here or leave." Dumbledore said. "But, if i were you, I would leave."
"Yes, but either way they will find me." Harry repeated.
"Yes, that's true." Dumbledore said. There was a long silence. "She contacted me too. She told me to keep you away from her. But if she truely is Nagini then she would smell you and you be caught anyway."
"Yes, so I have deicded to stay and wait for them. If he wants to kill me then I would rather die here then anywhere else." Harry said with pride and dignity in his voice.
Dumbledore smiled and muttered "I'm going to bring you back to your dorm. Just in case."
They walked out and down the stairs. There were stilla few students in the hall but mostly only prefects.
Harry to Hermione since she was just given a prefect badge. She was very proud of it. Hermione waved back and smiled.
The lights had dimmed at lights out and by the time Harry and Dumbledore had gotten to the stairs to the Gryffindor common room, there wasn't anyone left in the halls.
Harry looked over to where Kayt and Harry had sat one night.
Right as he passed the spot, Harry and Dumbledore heard a high pitch scream.
Harry knew that scream. It was Kayt. He ran down the stairs and followed the cries for help and the sobbing.
He ran towards the girls bathroom where Myrtle stayed. The screams were getting louder and closer. Harry heard Myrtle's silence breaking cackle. He ran even faster, Dumbledore close behind him.
Harry shoved the doors to the girl's bathroom open and stopped himself at the sink. He heard the crying.
"Kayt!" screamed Harry. "Where are you?!"
Kayt just kept sobbing and screaming for help. He opened a cell door to see Kayt, bleeding to death on the ground. He turned to Dumbledore but when he looked at the man's face, he noticed it wasn't Dumbledore. It was Voldemort laughing at Harry.
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