Hogwarts Diary: Snape Goes Crazy

Chapter 184: Chapter 183 — Brother, I’m a Little Sleepy

# Chapter 183 — Brother, I’m a Little Sleepy

Tom Riddle raised his wand, and a flash of green light shot out.

He had intended to hit Harry, but Harry dodged in time.

Vesey, who looked as though she were at the end of her strength, had reached out to help him.

The green light struck a stone instead.

”So what?” Tom Riddle sneered. ”You still can’t save him!”

”You’ll die soon...”

Before he could finish speaking, Fawkes suddenly appeared with a diary in his beak.

The diary fell into Harry’s hands.

Everyone’s eyes turned towards it.

Almost instantly, Harry understood what he had to do.

He rushed over to the dead basilisk and shoved the diary into its mouth.

A terrifying scream immediately echoed through the Chamber of Secrets.

Streams of ink poured out of the diary.

Riddle twisted and struggled, his arms flailing wildly. At last, he dissolved into blue smoke and vanished.

Harry didn’t spare him another glance. All his attention was on Vesey.

She finally seemed unable to hold on any longer and sank to the ground.

”Brother, I’m a little sleepy...”

She gave a small yawn.

Then her eyes slowly closed, and she seemed to drift off to sleep.

Harry hurriedly took out his wand and pointed it at her.

”Enervate!”

”Enervate!”

He kept casting the spell frantically. After a while, Vesey finally opened her eyes, seemingly regaining some strength.

She smiled at him.

”Much better! Brother, you’re amazing. You could become a Healer at St Mungo’s in the future. The handsomest Healer, of course...”

Harry didn’t know whether to laugh or cry.

His silly little sister was always so helplessly mischievous.

”Brother, Ginny seems to be waking up. Go and check on her!”

Vesey had noticed Ginny moving. She gave Harry a gentle push and teased him, ”Ginny will be so happy that you’re the first person she sees!”

Harry was even more exasperated.

His sister was in this condition, and she was still thinking about his love life!

Ignoring her teasing, Harry helped Vesey to her feet.

”I’ll take you back first. I can’t relax until you’re safe.”

”Vesey...”

Ginny had now sat up.

The moment she saw Vesey’s condition, she hurried over and helped support her, her face full of worry.

Together, Harry and Ginny helped Vesey onto a makeshift stretcher, making sure she didn’t have to exert herself.

Vesey lay down helplessly.

Harry and Ginny carried her towards the exit.

They eventually reached the place where Ron had been trapped behind the collapsed rubble. Ron had managed to open a gap in the blockage.

The moment he saw them approaching, he hurried over.

He looked at Vesey, who was covered in blood yet still managing to smile at him. His eyes reddened, and he pulled Ginny into another hug.

”Let’s get back up now...”

Ron looked at the passage above them and grew troubled.

When they had come down, they had slid through an incredibly long and steep tunnel. How were they supposed to get back up?

Would Vesey even survive the journey?

For a moment, none of them knew what to do.

”Don’t be afraid. I’ll think of something. Maybe...”

Vesey tried to sit up, but Ginny and the others immediately held her down.

”Don’t move! You’ll hurt yourself!”

Ginny was crying.

”It’s all my fault. I wanted to tell you everything at noon, but I... It’s all my fault!”

She burst into tears.

”I’ll definitely be expelled. I almost killed you last time, and now I’ve done it again...”

Harry was a little angry with Ginny and wanted to say something, but Vesey spoke first.

”Don’t think that way. I’ve forgiven you, and I’m the person who was hurt. Even if I die, I’ll still forgive you.

”Ginny, did you hear that? My brother and Ron are both here to witness it.

”Besides, the only other people involved were those who were petrified. As long as you apologise to them properly... you won’t be expelled.

”Believe me. You were being controlled. You didn’t do any of this willingly. It wasn’t your fault. Even I might have been deceived by him...

”Don’t be afraid...”

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Vesey spat out another mouthful of blood.

Those words had taken so much out of her that she was beginning to feel sleepy again.

She turned to look at Harry.

”Brother... even if I die, don’t blame anyone else...”

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Harry frantically raised his wand and continued casting the reviving spell on Vesey.

But this time, it didn’t work.

Vesey closed her eyes.

”Vesey!”

Harry shouted in terror.

”Shut up!”

A cold voice sounded from nearby.

It was Snape.

He impatiently pulled Harry away from Vesey and took out a collection of potions, administering them to her one after another.

”Professor, is Vesey going to be all right?”

Ginny asked through her sobs.

Snape glanced at her in the middle of his treatment. He snorted, but his tone was less harsh than usual.

”Don’t worry! Her condition isn’t as serious as it was last time. Didn’t you notice that she was able to talk to you for so long?”

Harry sobbed.

”But... but Tom Riddle said Vesey was going to die.”

”If you keep putting her through this sort of ordeal and dragging her on dangerous adventures, she will eventually die!”

Snape said impatiently.

Harry couldn’t help asking another question.

”Professor, Tom Riddle said that I would kill Voldemort in the future. Is that true?”

”Mr Potter, perhaps you’ve forgotten that your professor teaches Potions. I’m neither a Divination professor nor a liar, and I certainly don’t have the answers to all three hundred and sixty of your questions. Ask another question, and I’ll deduct points from Gryffindor!”

Harry immediately fell silent.

He had almost forgotten that the man standing before him was not a gentle, reassuring professor.

”Fine. I’ll take her to the hospital wing. The rest of you can find your own way back!”

Snape waved his wand, causing Vesey’s stretcher to rise into the air.

Then he disappeared with her.

Harry and Ron exchanged a look.

”Do you think he’ll take good care of Vesey?” Harry asked.

”Probably! But we’re in a bit of a predicament ourselves. Shouldn’t we be more worried about how we’re going to get back up?”

Ron replied, looking troubled.

He then kicked the humanoid figure lying on the ground beside him.

Only then did Harry notice that Lockhart was lying there, fast asleep.

He was covered in mud too, looking like a clay doll.

”Is he really stupid now?”

Harry poked Lockhart’s face.

Lockhart opened his eyes and looked at Harry blankly.

”Hello! This is a strange place. Do you live here too?”

Harry ignored him and looked anxiously at the tunnel above.

”Should we try climbing up?”

It sounded utterly impossible, but they didn’t seem to have any other options.

Just as they were preparing to climb, Fawkes appeared before them.

The phoenix swished its long tail.

”It seems to want us to grab its tail,” Harry said. ”But we’re too heavy. How could a bird possibly carry us?”

Harry suddenly remembered something.

His eyes lit up.

*Why couldn’t it carry them?*

Dumbledore had told him about phoenixes in his office. They could carry incredibly heavy loads. Perhaps Fawkes really could lift people!

Harry grabbed the phoenix’s tail and then reached back to let Ron hold his hand.

”Can it really work?” Ron asked doubtfully.

Nevertheless, he obediently pulled Ginny up and let her grab Lockhart by the hair.

”Don’t touch his hands. You have no idea how disgusting he is. When we came down here, he even touched Vesey...”

Ron hadn’t finished speaking when he saw Ginny yank out a large clump of Lockhart’s hair.