Fate's Request: A Harry Potter FanFiction

Following curing Hermione David arrived in his dorm room and was greeted by Mel, Nala and Fitz.

"Mel, was everything fine?" David asked regarding her meeting with Dawlish.

"Somewhat Master. We do have a little problem. While Dawlish was investigating the Greengrass family, and others… some of the pure-blood families have noticed questions being asked," Mel explained.

"Hmm, that is a problem. Was that all he said, Mel?" David asked while scratching his growing Adam's apple.

"No, while they have been asking questions, they don't know who's been asking these questions. Dawlish believes that if he lays low for a while he can avoid getting caught," Mel said with a slump of her shoulders.

"I see, and how long is 'a while'?" David asked, not liking the idea that his informant was foiled so quickly.

"About a year…" Mel answered nervously.

"A year… fine. But I still want him to notify us of what happens in the ministry, no investigating anything though. Just basic information," David said as he took a seat.

"I do have some good news David," Mel added.

"Oh? Good news?" he asked with a grin.

"Yes, well, somewhat good news. Astoria Greengrass does, in fact, suffer from her families resurfaced blood Malediction," Mel said, conflicted because this may mean the Greengrass' were also searching for a cure, but another child was inflicted with the terrible curse, by no fault of her own.

"I see… from the report, she will be attending Hogwarts next year… I wonder if she will be on the potion regime as well…" David wondered, thinking of methods he could use to get in contact with the Greengrass' and find out more about his curse.

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David missed home. This whole Chamber of Secrets mess was really getting to him, and he just didn't feel right leaving with it all going on. He cursed, for what was probably the thousandths time, why couldn't the Professors along with the headmaster deal with this? Surely one of them would have realised that it was a Basilisk or explored the school enough to find the chamber.

Unfortunately, even with the addition of Professor Lupin, David knew that wasn't going to happen. The Professors, for all their expertise, we're going to let Hogwarts down this year, and many years to follow. Luckily, he wouldn't have to interfere as much the following year, he could let Harry and co. deal with it all.

It was with the thought of his third year at Hogwarts that David remembered he should probably get practising on the Patronus Charm, he would need to master it for the train ride and beyond. As such he checked his Map and went off towards the Room of Requirement to begin the hopefully not too long process of finding or creating a feeling/memory that filled him with enough happiness to successfully cast a corporeal Patronus.

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"This really shouldn't have been this easy…" David said out loud in shock.

After trying the Patronus Charm a few times and getting a solid shield. He focused more on feelings of happiness and decided on focusing on what the feeling of accomplishing his task successfully, curing his Malediction would be like.

Using that, David tried his Patronus again. Unfortunately, there was no real change.

It was after his third hour of trying that he decided to try a memory, a real memory, that brought him forth feelings of warmth, love and completeness.

It was a memory of David sitting in his manor's library, reading in front of a magical fire. Mel was also there, contently reading upon the subjects of magic that fascinated her with a smile. Nala was in his nap, sleeping without a care in the world and Fitz was perched nearby, letting out one of his wonderful songs, which he and Mel hummed to.

Surprisingly, for David thought it would take more just three hours of soul searching, he managed to cast a fully corporeal Patronus.

It was unsurprisingly, a Phoenix. It seemed to shine a more brilliant blue than what the textbook had said it would, David chalked this up to the fact that it was probably modelled after Fitz himself.

Grinning, David watched his Patronus fly around majestically for a good hour, filled with feelings warmth and happiness the Patronus radiated.

Eventually, David decided he would now try to figure out how to use his Patronus to send messages and was soon back at work trying to figure out just how to do it.

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Time flew by following the return of students following Christmas break, and while everyone was lulled into a false sense of safety, for there hadn't been an attack in months, April arrived, which was a very important time for second-year students. They got to choose their third-year electives.

David had struggled a little about his choice of subjects. While he wanted to take Care of Magical Creatures, alongside Ancient Runes and Arithmancy, David just couldn't justify it.

While he really wanted to interact with some of the more dangerous creatures Hagrid would obviously bring, Greenie knew just as much as the half-giant and had already proved to be a great teacher from the few conversations they had regarding Magical Beasts.

She had in fact, been hard at work trying to convince David to fund the planting of a small forest near his property, where she could introduce many of the species that lived in the Forbidden Forest and more.

Her argument was that they were also an important source of fresh potion ingredients, and the quality of the ingredients could be assured under her tender loving care.

Pretending to be reluctant about it, David had agreed to fund the planting of the forest, which Green promised she could magically speed up the growth of and would have an assortment of Magical Beasts living in by the time he returned home following the end of his second school year.

She promised to bring in the beasts her self from the wild and tame them but said David would have to pay for a Griffon. Something Mel frowned at, but David couldn't resist the idea of having a Griffon guarding his Manor, regardless of what a splurge it was. The Room of Requirement could fund it easily, he thought.

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"Just these two subjects David?" Professor Flitwick asked of him.

"Yes Professor, just these two," David answered with a smile.

"Shouldn't be a problem… however there is something I wished to offer you, something that is in fact not offered to students very often," Professor Flitwick explained to David with a serious tone.

"The only reason I am offering this at all is, another student has requested it and it is only fair you have the choice as well, David. I am talking about a time-turner, an object which will allow you to turn back time and attend more classes," Professor Flitwick finished.

"While a time-turner would be interesting… I really need to decline Professor, I'm not interested in the other subjects Hogwarts offers. I think I'll be just fine with the current curriculum," David declined.

"Well, I agree with your sentiments David, even if the other subjects were something that interested you, a time-turner is an incredibly dangerous tool and – no, yes, I think that should be all David, if you could send the next student in," Flitwick requested.

~I guess he doesn't agree with Professor McGonagall regarding the time-turner, glad someone has some sense around here~

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Knowing that today was the day Hermione and Penelope Clearwater get petrified, David decided to spend his time in the Library form the early morning, leaving Mel and Fitz to check the map for notification of when Ginny enters the Chamber again.

Penelope was in there early, just like him. David merely greeted her and went back to some light reading, as he was a little nervous due to the coming events.

Eventually, he saw Hermione barge into the Library and went straight past him without noticing he was even there.

Soon the Library was almost empty, for the rest of the students had gone down to watch the Quidditch match and David was a little nervous for he had received a notice from Fitz that indicated Ginny had gone back down into the Chamber.

"Oh! David!" Hermione shouted in surprise as she ran from the shelves, clenching one of her hands.

"Hey Hermione, not at the match today?" David asked with his usual calm, not showing any of his nervousness.

"No, look," she said, taking a seat next to him, "I had a hunch about what Slytherin's monster could be, so I skipped the match to do some research. I think I know what it is… it's a Basilisk!"

"Excuse me, did you just say Basilisk?" said a voice Hermione have never heard before, but David knew belonged to Penelope.

"Yes! A Basilisk!" Hermione exclaimed in excitement, ignoring the fact she had been listening in to them.

"But that can't be… A Basilisk's venom and stare kill!" Penelope argued.

"I know, but no one's been bitten and no one's seen the Basilisk directly! Mrs Norris saw its gaze thanks to the wet floor, Colin through that camera he always carries with him and Justin Finch-Fletchley through Nearly Headless Nick! Who's a ghost and can't die again," Hermione explained rapidly.

Penelope was deep in thought following the explanation when David finally spoke up, "She's right Penelope, it fits."

"We need to go warn a Professor, they need to shut the school down if there's a Basilisk loose in here!" Penelope said, panicked.

"Agreed! But we need a safe way of getting around the school! It's basically empty, it could be out there," Hermione explained.

Taking a moment, Penelope exclaimed, "I got it! We can use my hand mirror to look around corners as we look for a Professor!"

"Excellent! We need to go, now!" Hermione said enthusiastically, dragging David from his chair.

"Wait, give me that mirror Penelope," David requested.

"Sure," she replied, handing it to him, but shouted in anger when David touched his wand to the surface of the mirror, causing it to cloud up.

"How are we going to see clearly now?" Penelope asked in annoyance.

"We don't need to see all that clearly, not to mention it should protect us from seeing the Basilisk's gaze, as long as we obscure some of it we might get away un-petrified," David said, explaining his reasoning for the clouding of the mirror, but didn't mention the more advance magic he placed on it, that made it reflective of dark magic temporarily.

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It was following the fourth corridor that Penelope and Hermione suddenly shouted, " F.U.C.K.I.N.G RUN!"

Penelope immediately grabbed Hermione's wrist and dragged her off in the opposite direction, with David running slightly behind them, drawing his wand.

"Bombarda Maxima!" David roared, firing the overpowered spell into the wall behind him without looking, hoping it would slow down the Basilisk.

Hermione and Penelope glanced backwards following his spell, which David promptly responded too, "Don't look back! No matter what!"

Immediately both girls understood his meaning and turn their heads forward and continued to run as David continued destroying the castle around them.

But it wasn't working, David could feel it in his magic somehow, the Basilisk was catching up.

So, David inacted plan B.

He grabbed one of the torches that hung from the walls all around Hogwarts, and while running at breakneck speeds, transfigured the wooden torch into a Rooster.

The transfigured Rooster wouldn't be able to kill the Basilisk, for it wasn't a 'true' Rooster. But it should be able to scare it off, or that was David's hope anyway.

As soon as the torch had become poultry, David let it fall to the ground behind him and sped up, hoping to catch up to Hermione and Penelope.

Quite soon, David heard the Rooster screech, followed by an even more terrible sound of a snake hissing, presumably in pain.

Luckily, David's plan seemed to have worked and he could no longer hear the Basilisk slithering towards him, but rather in retreat.

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"Miss Clearwater, I think we'd best start with you!" McGonagall half shrilled, still quite panicked that three students had almost died.

"R-right Professor… I uhh," Penelope stuttered, even if this was her second time telling the tale, eventually she took a gulp and continued articulately, "I overheard Hermione Granger speaking to David in the Library about the Basilisk, I decided to approach them for what little I knew of Basilisk's, they were fatal to anyone who was either bitten or looked into its gaze. Questioning them, Hermione soon explained that nobody had been bitten, but had also never seen its gaze directly. Rather they all either saw a reflection or saw its gaze through a medium, which gave us the idea to use my hand mirror."

"I see… and the destruction of Hogwarts walls Miss Clearwater?" Professor Dumbledore asked gravely.

"That was David, he used a spell to destroy the walls to slow the Basi-," Penelope tried to explain, but was interrupted.

"Ridiculous! Ridiculous I tell you! Surely you don't believe these frightened children do you, Albus?" Fudge shouted, shaking his head in disbelief.

"Cornelius," Dumbledore said, trying to placate the Minister.

"Now Albus, I'm sorry. While there is clearly something going on at Hogwarts, a Basilisk? Ridiculous!" Fudge shouted, ignoring the Headmaster.

"Quite, Minister," drawled Lucius Malfoy, whom David assumed was here to stop the school from shutting down.

"I've stalled long enough Albus, but we must act. I'm afraid–," Fudge began, but was stopped by the headmaster.

"Perhaps we could finish this conversation without the children present? Filius, Minerva, would you please escort your students back to their dormitories.

"Of course, Albus," McGonagall said, agreeing for the both of them, "Right these way Miss Granger."

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"Now David, Penelope. Following the ministers… refusal to believe the direness of the situation. I believe it is in both your best interests not to spread what you both experience today. Truthfully, you're both muggle-borns, gaining the minister's ire, would be most foolish," Professor Flitwick explained, just outside the Ravenclaw common room entrance.

"But Professor–," Penelope tried to argue.

"I assure you, Miss Clearwater, security will be stepped up. No student will be allowed to walk these Halls alone anymore. Now please, listen to my advice and if you still have a question, feel free to ask tomorrow. But I must get back," Professor Flitwick explained tiredly.

"Well, you ready Penelope?" David asked, knowing that both of them were about to be hounded by their entire house.

Sighing, she nodded, "Ready as I'll ever be, let's go."

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Following the bombard of questions from Mel, who probably watched the entire ordeal from the Map, David, exhausted, fell right asleep.

He was greeted to the news that the Headmaster was suspended, and that Hagrid was arrested. Truthfully, the minister not believing it was a Basilisk surprised David, but he assumed Lucius wanted Ginny either caught or dead before the entire Chamber fiasco came to an end.

With the occasional Auror walking around Hogwarts, nothing much changed at the school. No rumour that it was a Basilisk about anywhere and even whispers that a new headmaster was being voted on by the board.

Time seemed to simply go on for David, and soon enough he was accosted by a distraught and panicked Hermione, requesting help in finding the Chamber of Secrets and saving Ronald's sister.

"David, we need your help! The Professors can't do anything, their hands are tied by the Aurors, we need to save Ginny!"

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AN: Lucius is still meddling and stopped the Professors from searching for Ginny. He's an evil f.u.c.k.