Freedom 3

I saw the basilisk coming down at me. It lunged at me and I straightened the sword in my hands and it pierced through the basilisk's head straight through its brain. With a loud veil, the basilisk body stopped its moment. I tried to lift the Basilisk as it fell upon me as its moment ceased and a fang lunged into me which made the basilisk venom enter my body, I immediately felt dizzy and my vision started to blur as the venom slowly started to spread throughout his body slowly.

Fawkes was trying to remove the basilisk atop of me with his strength and his effort was slowly worked when he lifted the Basilisk inch by inch to the side. In the meantime, the Basilisk Venom in me started to spread. I slowly walked to Ginny and took the Diary in her hand while Tom was gloating about my death and plunged the fang in my hand into the diary. It made a screeching noise and oozed out black ink and Tom screamed loudly, cursing me with his very being and vanished in golden particles.

As all this was going, the Venom in my body spread through my body, making me lose my mobility and at its peak, it started its path to my brain. But before that, it reached my scar. There was that unbearable screeching sound again, as a black mass came of the Scar on my forehead.

Fawkes immediately came to my rescue and used his fire to burn the black thing, I lifted my head to check up on the thing to confirm it was completely burnt. After confirming that, Fawkes dove towards me. I opened my eyes one last time to see and say goodbye only to see Fawkes crying into my wound where the fang was lodged into me.

I can feel the pain numb, but I felt lightheaded and couldn't do anything and fell unconscious. The sorting hat which is still there observed this.

"Maybe healing his wound is not enough, Fawkes," he said to the Phoenix who trilled sadly observing the same thing. They both saw me veil because of the slow spread of Venom in my body. Fawkes got an idea and moved to my open mouth and cried into it. When the tears hit my tongue they were instantly swallowed in. My body started to produce steam and all my wounds that occurred during the battle healed including the lighting bolt scar which faded for the most part only staying as a thin line instead of a jagged line.

I saw a green glow in my head but didn't know the meaning of it and don't have the time to think about it. The sorting hat observed everything. Fawkes took all of us up, carried us out of the Chamber.

For me, it is all different. I felt light, not like in case of losing consciousness like that light, no, I felt as if a great weight was lifted off my shoulders and am as light as a feather now. My body felt light, my vision felt clear and my magic felt cleaner and more powerful than what it used to be before. My magic used to be a small hum at the back of my mind when I use it but now it feels like a continuous flow that is moving across my body at light speed waiting to be released and it felt calm and controlled when compared to its erratic state before.

I felt more clear, powerful and...happy. As if a dark thing was taken care of me. I don't know where that thought came from, but I felt as if a part of me was returned to me at that moment after a long time. All this happened in a fraction of a second and I saw Fawkes on my left shoulder, still crying into my mouth. I didn't know what the Phoenix is doing but kept quiet. Soon I saw the results, slowly all my wounds started to close and as I gained consciousness, I saw Ginny seeing me, awed.

I noticed the fang in my hand. I can feel my eyes drooping and heard the laughter of Tom, he mocked me about the venom and how I was about to die. But smiled at the result of what happened and seeing Tom gone is just a bonus. I lost consciousness and felt being lifted into the air and carried but didn't concern myself with that. I felt at peace and slept without any worry for the first time in so many years. I heard the same hum but this time, it is a happy note as if saying to me 'well done, now rest' and smiled at the note.

I don't know the meaning of it or who played it, but I like it and that's all that mattered to me and took note to investigate it after my recovery. This note is softer and more musical than that of Fawkes's general trills. This music is like a song that could bring happiness to the most distraught people. I felt much connected to the low musical note. I can still remember the green light in my head but couldn't make heads or tails about it. I happily slept without any care in the world enjoying the hum of music I could hear, shoving everything to the back of my head to deal with it later.