The Sacrifice of Hope

- Don't worry, I'll just leave when I defeat you - Arthur was not like Harry hearing Tom's whole story, just waiting for him to start attacking and releasing the snake, so without even thinking he attacked Tom as fast as he can, if the plan worked, Arthur would win the fight in seconds.

Tom Riddle did not expect Arthur to attack so fast, but he still managed to deflect the spell easily, just raising his wand, which made Arthur totally surprised, he glared at Arthur as he walked toward him.

- Do you know who I am? - Tom said angrily, pointing to Gina's wand in Arthur's direction. "I am the heir to Slytherin, the strongest mage of all time!"

- The great heir of Salazar Slytherin, is kidnapping 11 year old girls, he must be so proud of you! - Arthur shouted smiling, he wanted to provoke to the maximum Tom, to have one more chance to win, to fight against an unbalanced man was much easier in theory.

Arthur could see the veins of Tom jumping out, he really left Riddle angry, "The surprise attack failed, but it's still not the end" Arthur thought moving.

Tom Riddle was much stronger than Arthur, it seemed that since when they started fighting, Tom had not taken the battle seriously, even nervous, he did not attack to kill but to cause pain .

Arthur did his best to match Tom Riddle in the battle, he attacked, jumped, rolled, rolled away, all this to try to survive, since Tom was only casting powerful spells against the boy, Arthur in a few minutes, was already full of sweat, the struggles he once had in his life could not be compared to facing Tom Riddle.

The boy was getting worse, Tom had not even released the Basilisk and was already dominating the boy, with just a few strokes Arthur was thrown away, he rolled until he came near the exit.

- You're so weak that it's deplorable - Tom said, laughing, as he approached Arthur, the boy stood up again, but the weariness was on his face.

- Then it kills your piece of shit - Arthur shouted, teasing the man, sweat trickling down his head.

- I'll torture you first, then I'll kill the girl in front of you, and only when I get sick of you will I give you food for the Basilisk - Tom said with a sadistic look at the boy, "he really is Lord Voldemort," Arthur thought. as he pointed his wand at Tom, "The fight is not over yet," he thought, smiling.

- I'll pay to see if you can! - Arthur shouted with full force, Tom Riddle, the man was easily deflected from the blows, he kept walking until he got close to Arthur, the boy grinned at Tom.

- I've never been to strawberries - Arthur said with a smile, Tom Riddle made a confused look, "Is he mad?" The man was distracted, Arthur rolled to the side waking Tom from the shock, he pointed the wand at the boy, but where Arthur was, a black snake jumped on the man, he expected no surprise attack and was scared to see that.

Hope hung on Tom Riddle's shoulder, he kept bobbing and trying to pull the snake, but he was so worried about Hope that he did not see Arthur pointing his wand at him.

- Pentagnus! Arthur shouted, tossing Tom Riddle away, he could see blood flowing all over him, that was the magic that Tom had taught Arthur in the diary, the boy just changed the name without changing the technique.

Arthur did not know if he had won, he looked at Tom's body paralyzed in the tea, expecting any trace of life, but still lay on the ground.

- Come on, Hope, we have to take Gina to safety - When Arthur spoke, he heard several footsteps behind him.

Harry, Ron, and Hermione had entered, they were watching a masked face, holding Gina, the three drew their wands and pointed at the masked man.

- Drop my sister your monster - Ron shouted nervously as he glanced at Gina, Harry and Hermione did the same.

- I'm here to save her! He's the one who kidnapped her! He pointed the masked man into nothingness, Tom's body had disappeared from the floor, and Arthur's heart began to beat faster.

- I will not talk again, leave her now! Harry said nervously, coming closer to the masked man.

- Get off my sister, you idiot - Ron shouted, fury could be felt in his voice, "What are you going to do with that wand all broken?" Arthur thought, looking at the boy.

- Okay, I'll put her on the floor and you take her to a safe place." When Arthur was putting the girl on the floor, a sound of moving rocks came trembling all over the place.

It was when the giant statue opened and a huge basilisk came out of his mouth, Arthur was staring at the monster and paid no attention to its surroundings, a voice came from his side shouting a spell.

Arthur took his wand, but it was too late, when he turned around and saw a blue light coming toward him, the boy had only time to raise his hand to protect himself, it was when he saw a black thing arising between him and the spell, Hope had thrown herself between the two to protect who she loved.

Arthur stared blankly, seeing Hope bleeding as he lay on the ground, the snake looked at the boy and said with difficulty.

- I'm sorry, Arthur - He saw her eyes watching him as they closed slowly, Arthur heard Tom Riddle laughing beside him, the Basilisk crawling in the other, Harry, Hermione, and Ron shouting a few words, but the boy only had Hope's attention on the floor .