Disclaimer: This story is based on characters and situations created and owned by JK Rowling, various publishers including but not limited to Bloomsbury Books, Scholastic Books and Raincoast Books, and Warner Bros., Inc. No money is being made and no copyright or trademark infringement is intended.

A/N: Hey guys its good to be back and writing again. This will be my second fic. I got the idea for this fic from reading a story that another author on this site wrote. I liked the original idea of the story so I decided to write my own along the same lines. However I'm sad to say that the original story hasn't been updated in over a year so I fear that it may have been discontinued. I liked the concept of the story and they wrote almost the same thing that I would have but I do have a couple of different ideas that I would like to try out. Anyways thanks for reading.

P.S. Be sure to review.

Jon

Summary:

Harry saves Ginny from the Chamber of secrets in his second year. He feels guilty for not realizing that she was so lonely. He decides to spend more time with her and be her friend. Little does he know that the new feeling he holds for the young redhead is one of more then just friendship. This story will take you from the time Harry and Ron find out Ginny was taken into the chamber of Secrets up until the end of the book. This fic is written in Harry's point of view.

P.S. These first few chapters are going to follow the book and movie very closely then the next couple will be my own ideas so bear with me.

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The Chamber and Beyond

Ch.1

Fear of the Unknown

'Her skeleton will lie in the chamber forever.' The words kept replaying in his head over and over again. Harry just couldn't believe it. 'How could sweet, innocent Ginny Weasley have been taken?'

Harry looked over at Ron standing next to him and he could see the shock and panic written on his face. Harry couldn't begin to comprehend what was going through his best friends mind right now. 'How does one deal with the possibility of loosing their little sister?'

Harry was only half paying attention to what the teachers were saying at this point. His mind was picturing Ginny's face with the nervous smile and averting eyes that always seemed to cross her features when he was in the vicinity. He just couldn't believe that her life had been cut so short. Images of her frail broken form invaded his senses and he was overcome with dread; however when he heard Snape address Lockhart he was brought back to reality.

"It seems your moment has come at last Lockhart." Lockhart had the look of utmost confusion on his face at this statement and then Harry heard professor Sprout chime in. "That's right, Gilderoy, weren't you saying just last night that you've known all along where the chamber of secrets is?" A sudden look of recollection crossed Lockhart's features followed by a brief glimpse of nervousness, that Harry attributed to having to face the basilik, before his over inflated ego took over once more. Lockhart looked around at all the expectant faces of the other professors and then spoke, in a slightly stuttering voice. "V-very well, I'll -- I'll be in my office, getting -- getting ready." with that said he turned and left.

Harry and Ron left there hiding place and headed back to the common room. The whole way there Harry couldn't stop thinking of Ginny. 'Why was she the one that was taken into the chamber?' It didn't make sense. 'She was a pure blood, I thought the heir only killed muggleborns.' he kept playing every scenario over in his head. 'Maybe she saw the heir of Slytherin writing the messages on the wall?' or 'Maybe she found the entrance to the chamber and the heir took her in order to keep the secret?' or 'Maybe...' each explanation that popped into his head was even less likely then the next. By the time they made it to the common room Harry was even more confused then he was when he had started trying to figure out why Ginny was taken into the chamber.

It was perhaps the worst afternoon of their lives as Harry sat with Ron, Fred and George in silence. Each one of them was enveloped in their own thoughts and feelings. Harry was thinking about the times that he had spent with Ginny and conversations they held, albeit few and far between with her not muttering more than a few words, she was always so nervous around him. He looked around at the Weasleys in front of him and noticed that Percy wasn't there, then he remembered Ron saying something about him owling their parents to let them know what happened. He couldn't bear to think about how Mrs. Weasley would react to the news that her 'little girl' had been taken by the heir of Slytherin to die in the chamber. The Weasleys were like a family to him and he was filled with grief at their loss.

Ron timidly spoke up after what felt like hours of sitting in silence. "Harry, do you think there's any chance at all she's not -- you know --"

Harry thought about it for a second staying silent and looking at his hands. 'It had been at least 5 hours since Ginny was taken. Truthfully he couldn't see how there was any possibility that she was still alive.'

Ron spoke again. "I think we should tell Lockhart about what we know. He may be useless but he's going to try to get into the chamber."

Although Harry thought it might be a lost cause he agreed. Helping Lockhart might just give them the slimmer of hope that they all so desperately needed. Ron and Harry went up to the boys dormitory, grabbed Harry's invisibility cloak, threw it over themselves and headed back downstairs and out the portrait hole. When they approached Lockhart's office they took the cloak off them and Harry stuffed it in his pocket. When they were in front of the door they noticed it was slightly ajar and could hear the sound of hurried feet behind it. They pushed the door open to reveal Lockhart hurriedly packing the rest of his possessions into traveling cases.

"Going somewhere professor?" Harry said a confused tone in his voice.

'Ah Harry how good to yes you,... yes as a matter of fact I just got an owl from the Ministry, terribly urgent I must leave at once.' said Lockhart in a rush while he continued packing his things.

Harry looked at Ron and saw angry flash across his features. "But what about my sister! You can't leave now!"

Lockhart looked taken aback by Ron's outburst and a little nervous. "Terribly sorry about that but there's nothing I can do."

Ron looked murderous as he yelled at Lockhart. "But your the Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher surely you cant leave now; not with all that's going on!" Ron was furious. "What about all those great things you did in your books! Surely you could defeat the monster and save her!"

"Books can be misleading..." replied Lockhart.

Ron was taken aback. "But you wrote them."

"Boy do use your common since. My books wouldn't have sold half as well if people didn't think I had done all those things!" Lockhart angrily retorted back.

Harry had a sudden comprehension. The reason why Lockhart was nervous when Snape mentioned him going into the chamber to fight the monster and the reason why Lockhart was unable to perform even the simplest spells correctly was because he was a fraud. He didn't do any of the great things he claimed to have done. He just found out about all the stories of monsters being defeated by wizards and witches and took credit for them.

Ron had a look of confusion on his face so Harry decided to speak up. "You're a fake. You've just been taking credit for what other witches and wizards have done."

Ron snapped out of his stated of confusion and yelled at Lockhart. "Is there anything you can do?!"

Lockhart's lips curved up into a small smirk as a look of pride crossed his features before he replied. "Yes actually. I'm rather good at memory charms; otherwise you see all the witches and wizards would have gone blabbing. In fact I'm going to have to do the same to you." Lockhart went to reach for his wand but Ron and Harry were to fast. They had their wands point at his chest before Lockhart could even grab hold of his.

Harry looked at Lockhart as if he was a piece of filth. "Drop your wand. You're coming with us."

Lockhart reluctantly dropped his wand and followed Harry out the door while Ron trailed behind them making sure Lockhart didn't try to make a run for it.

They walked in silence to girl's bathroom where Moaning Mertle resided in one of the stalls.

When they got there they questioned Mertle about how she died and she said that the last think she remembered was seeing a pair of large yellow eyes over by the sink. Harry walked over to the sink and began to examine it he looked over every inch until he noticed a carving of a snake on the tap.

Harry new this was it; that this was the entrance to the chamber. 'I just hope were not to late to save Ginny.' The mental image of her smiling coyly up at him flashed into his mind and he knew that it wouldn't be the same without her around.

Harry took a couple steps back from the sink and then began to speak in parsletounge. A strange hissing came out of his mouth and only he knew what he was saying. 'Show me your entrance.' Slowly the sink began to slide into the floor and a large hole in the ground appeared. It looked to be a sort of 'slide' that ran deep underneath the school.

Harry turned to Lockhart and heaved a sigh. "Right, well you first."

Lockhart started to tremble. "Now really boys, do you really think it best-" But Ron cut him off. "Better you then us."

Lockhart stepped to the edge nervously and turned his head so he could protest again but Harry and Ron pushed him in. Once he was down and gave the go ahead that it was okay to follow Harry and Ron slid down to join him.

As they traveled along the chamber they saw what appeared to be a giant snake skin.

"Bloody hell, whatever shed this must have been 50 feet long (I forget the exact number), or more."

Lockhart collapsed on the ground appearing to have fainted. As Ron went over to check on him Lockhart sprang to his feet and grabbed Ron's wand out of his hand.

A triumphant look appeared on Lockhart's face. "Well this is where the adventure ends boys but don't fret the world will know our story, how I was to late to save the girl, how you two lost your minds at the sight of her mangled body." The smirk was once again present on Lockhart's face as he turned to Harry. "You first Mr. Potter. Say goodbye to your memories." Lockhart motioned with the wand and yelled. "OBLIVIATE!"

The spell traveled through Ron's wand until it hit the part where it had snapped in half, bound together by spellotape, it then shot back down the want into Lockhart sending him into the wall of the cave. Suddenly the whole cave started rumbling and Harry and Ron sprang apart as rocks started falling from the ceiling. Once all the shaking stopped Harry turned around and looked behind him and saw a solid wall of rubble separating him from Ron.

"Ron! Are you okay?!" Harry yelled through the rock

He heard a muffled reply. "Yah I'm fine. What about you?"

"I'm alright what happened?" Harry answered back.

Lockhart's memory charm backfired on him. He hasn't got a clue who he is. Listen Harry, go ahead and find Ginny I'll try and shift some of this rock so you can come back through.

"Alright, If I'm not back in an hour get yourself out." With that Harry set off on his way down the rest of the chamber.

Finally he reached a door that resembled a manhole cover but had snakes running along the edge. He hissed at it in parsletounge and the door slowly began to swing open...

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A/N: Ooohhhh, Cliffy lol. Just kidding. If you've read the book or seen the movie then you know what's going to happen next. Sorry that the chapter is kind of short, I was just trying to paraphrase the book and the movie to get these first couple of chapters over with so I can get to my part of the story. I know I left some stuff out but that's because I didn't feel it was particularly important, and it would have taken longer to write it all in. If you want to know the stuff I skipped or left out you can read the book or watch the movie. I'm just writing these first few chapters as a sort of background to the story anyways. Bear with me throughout the first 2-3 chapters I promise it will get better. By the way I've decided to leave out the scene with Dobby and Lucius Malfoy in Dumbledore's office because it's not really important to this story. As always thanks for reading and please review. I'll try to update the next chapter as soon as possible.

Jon