[HP] Dearest Enemy

Tom gave Harry a suspicious look, then stepped forward and turned the tap.Not a drop of water came out.Tom thought for a moment, then ordered: "Open."

With the hissing sound from his mouth, the faucet emitted a dazzling white light and began to spin rapidly, and the pool moved accordingly, slowly disappearing from the sight of the two of them.Tom was surprised to see a very thick water pipe protruding from under the sink, and turned his head to look at Harry suddenly.

"The Chamber of Secrets is down here." Harry said calmly to the black-eyed boy, "I think you might want to go down and have a look."

Tom glanced at the dirty sewer, showing a disgusted expression, took out his wand and cleaned the passage, but the effect was not obvious.Harry seemed to laugh at Tom's behavior, and jumped down first.

Tom watched Harry disappear into the sewer in surprise, gritted his teeth, and jumped down too.

After some bumps and bumps, Tom fell out of the water pipe that finally became horizontal, and bumped into Harry who had just stood up.Harry staggered when Tom bumped him, and hugged the boy's thinner body just in time.

"Be careful," Harry said softly, as if afraid to startle someone.

Tom stood up straight, Harry let go of him, raised his wand and gave the two of them a clean sweep to get rid of the slime in the sewer.Tom's expression was a little uncomfortable, he pulled out his wand and whispered a word of fluorescent lights, and walked side by side with Harry into the thick darkness ahead.

"Have you ever guessed what is locked in the Chamber of Secrets?" Harry also lit his wand and asked softly.

Tom was silent for a moment. "The basilisk. Slytherin himself is a Parseltongue, and the basilisk is the most powerful snake magic creature. I guess it is Slytherin's pet."

Harry nodded: "You guessed right, Tom."

The two were silent, and the tunnel became as silent as a tomb, only the sound of their footsteps echoed in the wet passage.The two turned one turn after another, and finally came to the end of the tunnel.It was a solid wall, carved with two intertwined snakes, and their eyes were set with huge emeralds, which shone brightly in the light of two faint light sources.

Tom gripped his wand nervously.The two snakes on the wall seem to be alive.

"Open it, Tom." Harry's voice was much deeper than usual.

Tom glanced at Harry; the man's eyes were hidden behind the glasses and he couldn't make out the expression.Tom cleared his throat and opened the chamber in Parseltongue.The two walked in. Inside was a long, dimly lit room.The stone pillars coiled by big snakes stood neatly on both sides of the room, and the green light made people feel very ominous.The two of them stopped until they reached the statue of Salazar Slytherin at the end of the room.Tom looked up at the old face on the statue, and decided not to express any opinion about the appearance of his ancestor.

"I guess the basilisk, like its kind, has the habit of hibernating," said Harry. "I don't think we should disturb its peaceful sleep."

Tom was silent, and finally opened his mouth: "Why did you bring me here? Keeping the students safe is not your real purpose. Harry, I hope you tell me the truth."

"I thought about it a lot on Christmas night," Harry said. "Your accusation was not wrong. I really didn't think about your feelings. It was my mistake. I shouldn't see you as..." Harry snapped He stopped, sighed, and put a hand on Tom's shoulder. "I want your forgiveness. Will you forgive me, Tom?"

Tom stared at the Slytherin statue without turning his head.His hand holding the wand was shaking, but it wasn't from anger, but from an indescribably subtle feeling.Harry was apologizing to himself, and unlike last time, Harry had thought it over, he was asking himself if he believed him.

"How do you ask me to forgive you for your mistakes?" said Tom oppressively. "You don't trust me and you want me to forgive you. It doesn't make sense, it's not fair."

"Tom." Harry pulled the boy and turned to face himself, "I don't distrust you, otherwise I wouldn't leave after you entered the school. I want to be by your side and watch what kind of person you grow into. I never Never doubted that you had a very bright future."

"You're lying!" Tom shook Harry's hand away, "You don't regard me as your own family at all, let alone trust me. You believe in Alex, you believe in Alfred, you believe in Dumbledore...you believe The person was never me, even if you raised me for 11 years, even if you praised me in class! I know it's all an illusion, we're all putting on a show for someone else. It's been like this since I was a kid, I noticed, and you hated me until It's still the same now. You won't tell me the truth, you won't tell me why you did this to me. Since you hate me, why didn't you send me to the orphanage to fend for myself? Now it's like this Tell me hypocritically that you believe me, I'm so easy to deceive?"

Harry looked at Tom.He thought that bringing Tom to the secret room would at least get the boy's understanding to a certain extent, but he didn't want his behavior to only intensify the contradiction.Tom was so stubborn that he couldn't do anything about it, Harry thought in frustration, was there really nothing he could do about it?

"Since you insist on not accepting my apology." Harry finally spoke after a long silence, "then I don't think you will listen to what I have to say. Tom, you are the only reason for me staying here, and I am very sorry. I value you. I'm sorry, Tom, but I've let you down." Harry gave the boy one last look, then turned and walked towards the entrance of the Chamber of Secrets.

Tom subconsciously reached out to grab the man's wrist, but his hand stopped abruptly in mid-air.what am i doingWhy do I want to grab his sleeve?Am I really determined to forgive him?Clenching his hands into fists in the air, Tom gritted his teeth and watched the man's back disappear into the darkness, and heard the muffled sound of the heavy stone door closing.

"How can I say that!" cried Tom bitterly. "Damn green-eyed idiot!"

Alphard found Tom's depression more pronounced than it had been before Christmas.I thought that Tom and Harry had reconciled after spending the whole holiday in the castle, but Tom's face became darker day by day.In the first Defense Against the Dark Arts class after the holiday, Tom did not question Harry's teaching content for the first time. In fact, he didn't say a single extra word except being called by Harry to answer questions.

"What's the matter with you?" Arafat asked in bed at night, "Did Harry bully you on vacation?"

"No," replied Tom lazily. "It's my own problem."

Alfred froze for a moment.Tom actually said it was his own problem?Will the sun come out from the west tomorrow morning?

"Tom..."

"One more question and I'll stick your tongue to your jaw," said Tom viciously. "Go to sleep!"

Alphat stuck out his tongue and didn't dare to say anything, curiously guessing what kind of treatment Tom had received from Harry that he became so irritable.

Tom didn't go to open the door of the secret room again.He wasn't interested in Slytherin's unfinished business, Harry had already told him about the basilisk in the Chamber of Secrets, and Tom wasn't interested in a giant snake that would stare you to death as a pet.Tom felt that if he asked Harry's own parents now, he would tell the truth, but this was not Tom's style.The clue of Marvolo was cut off again, Tom temporarily gave up searching, and devoted himself to studying, and did not participate in the activities of the Lestranges, so that the few people around him didn't know what Tom was thinking. something.

"...a Patronus is something that wards off dementors - a guardian that acts as a shield between you and the dementors. This spell is not part of the list of spells we have to learn, it greatly It's beyond your current level, but this spell is very useful...the Patronus spell will appear in the final exam, and I hope everyone can practice this spell well."

Tom was very angry. He had never encountered anything that annoyed him since he entered school in the first grade.Tom can use any offensive or defensive spells as he likes, even the spells like "cleaning up" that he doesn't like very much can be used very proficiently, but when it comes to the Patronus spell, he becomes an out-and-out Poor Students.Harry said that if everyone was interested, he would get a substitute Dementor for everyone to practice, and more than half of the class agreed with Harry's "knowledge by doing" teaching method.Alfart said Harry was looking for Boggarts all over the castle to replace Dementors, and he would use them to give practical lessons to the fourth year students at the end of May to make sure they passed their exams.

Alphard carefully observed Tom's face for a long time, and made a suggestion: "You can ask Harry to give you some individual guidance, and Harry will definitely be happy to teach you this spell."

No doubt Harry would have taken great pains to teach himself the spell, but Tom just didn't want to ask Harry for help.Going there means that he has decided to forgive this irresponsible person, and Tom can't do this kind of thing.

As May approached, Hagrid got a warning for being found raising werewolf children, and Tom's Patronus Charm still didn't improve.Alfred was able to release a hazy translucent shadow, vaguely in the shape of an animal, but Tom still could only spray some thin gas from his wand, without any improvement.

Harry announced the date of the practical class in class.Tom gritted his teeth, and finally made up his mind under Alphard's encouragement. He came to the door of Harry's office on the third floor, reached out and knocked on the wooden door three times.

The door opened, and Harry looked at Tom standing in the doorway in amazement: "Tom, what do you want from me?"

"About the Patronus Charm." Tom lowered his head and began to regret that he had come here for help. "I have some questions to ask the professor."

"The Patronus Charm?" Harry was a little surprised, and closed the door after letting Tom in. "Is there any problem?"

"I'm not very good at that spell," replied Tom carefully, "so..."

"I see." Harry's tone suddenly softened.Tom was annoyed to find that the green-eyed man was smiling at him, and immediately decided to beat Alphat up when he returned to the dormitory.

Two hours later, Tom stormed into the Slytherin common room red-faced and angrily, grabbed Alfred from the group of people who were petrified by him, and dragged him into the dormitory, where he was playing with the first-year Scrimgeour. close the door.The originally lively lounge was suddenly so quiet that the sound of a needle falling on the ground could be heard. Everyone was puzzled, and no one knew what happened.

"Did Al say something that shouldn't be said?" Walburga nervously asked Dolokhov who was sitting not far away. The latter shook his head to show that he knew nothing, and kept his eyes fixed on The corridor leading to the boys' dormitory.

In the early morning of the next day, everyone noticed that Alfred looked haggard with a mournful face, while Tom's depression that lasted for half a semester seemed to be finally healed, and the smile on his face was extremely sunny.Walburga hurried to ask Alfart what happened yesterday, only to see his brother glared resentfully at Tom who was drinking porridge not far from him, with a sad and indignant expression on his face.

Selwyn suddenly realized, and went to Lestrange to say a few words. The latter showed his original expression and waved to Avery who had just entered the auditorium... When Tom finished his breakfast, he stood up and prepared to leave At the long table, the entire Slytherin students were closely watching Tom's every move.Tom walked up to Alpha and tapped him on the shoulder, Alpha ignored him and turned his head away.

"It's not the first time, why are you angry with me?" Tom said with a chuckle, not noticing that the people around him were holding their breath.

Alfat immediately dropped his breakfast and stood up, glaring at Tom who was much taller than him: "You are too much!"

Tom seemed to have noticed the strange eyes of the people around him, and looked around. The others immediately lowered their heads and pretended to have breakfast, and secretly pricked up their ears.

"Let's go, let's go, I apologize to you." Tom pulled the reluctant Arfate away from the long table, and the two walked out of the auditorium in an intimate manner.Lestrange peeked at the backs of the two, turned his head and said sympathetically to the already petrified Walburga: "It seems that Lord Riddle finally took action against your brother last night."