Second year for a mudblood - Ill-fated first love

Christmas holidays passed quickly, Clark and Hermione exchanging letters every day, he even gave her a goblin silver pendant, found in knockturn alley by one of his Muggle puppets, she gave him a pocket watch... touched he then remembered saying to her during one of their discussions "I always wanted one but my father always said it was for old grandpas...".

This one having returned home for the holidays could not see the sentimental reaction of Clark to the reception of her gift, unlike Ron who looked at Clark as if he were a monster...but he did not have the energy to go after him, lunch making him sick as he had been for months, this time he was throwing up slugs every half hour...Harry as usual only had a mild cold...and Seamus...poor Seamus...farting fire again...

The days passed again, but the news of the escape of Sirius Black, Harry's godfather who was also responsible for the deaths of a dozen muggles, Pitter Pettigrew and Harry's parents, was no longer peaceful...his escape allowed the aurors there to gain more influence, bringing dementors to Hogwarts...Lockhart talked about a spell, the patronus charm, but he didn't know how to cast it...Harry more than the others felt compelled to find a way to learn it...the dementors seemed to have a huge fondness for him...only one student hadn't once complained about their presence, Clark Pierce...watching him he didn't dare ask him if he knew about this spell...he then asked Hermione who replied quite sadly "when I asked him...he told me it was because they didn't have enough happy memories to take from him..." Harry wanted to comment on something but Ron did it before him "not surprising for a filthy slytherin" jumping at the coldness of a dementor he realized it was just the look from Clark on him...Ron wanted to accuse Clark of being a dementor but seeing Hermione's look he said nothing...

A few days later Clark noticed that Leonard seemed to be different, he reeked of green magic, he realized that Leonard had taken the book he had stolen under Lucius Malfoy's nose last summer...so he followed Leonard even in the chamber of secrets, almost laughing when he got angry at not having an answer from the big reptile that died here last year...Clark then threw a stupefy on Leonard, before making him drink one of the potions PK's sleep, he then pointed his wand at Leonard's head, sensing the lack of reaction he then pointed his wand at the book...

This action made appear a young Slytherin student, probably in his fifth year at least. This one stared at Clark as if to gauge him and asked "what did you do to my basilisk ? " Clark answered "rather that of your ancestor ? " The young Slytherin didn't answer so Clark added "so serious...you reek of failed dark magic...destroying this diary would destroy you..." He replied to Clark "I'm not strong enough to protect the book yet. But I can possess your friend to kill himself...if you-"Clark stopped him" change your target, Ron Weasley, easier to pretend to be an idiot than the idiot in my group right ? " The man seemed to misunderstand "Do you want to use me to get rid of him ?" Clark replied "No, you just won't be useful to me if you're in no condition to bother Dumbledore...dear Tom...or should i call you voldemort ? " the slytherin wanted to say something but Clark said " Don't be surprised...the book with your name at the beginning and voldemort's at the end...not very smart if you ask me...but don't ask too much...from someone who voluntarily amputate a member as important as his soul...".

Tom then answered him "you seem familiar to me..." Clark gave him time to think before seeing the face of the young Voldemort tense, this one then said "you are her son..." seeming to think rather slowly he added "that's why you want me to bother Dumbledore...she found him...and he killed her..." he smiled and nodded but asked Clark to give him a vial of the blood of Potter in exchange...Clark immediately understanding the kind of ritual Tom wanted to perform...agreed but planned to give him Neville's blood...after all PK collected a lot of it...that rat was sniffing blood of the wizards he terrorized to relive these 'fabulous' moments...

Clark hurried to join Hermione afraid of being late and missing her...she seemed to be waiting for him with Potter and a rather noisy Ron...hiding in the darkness he wanted to make sure of the reason for their presence before revealing himself...Ron then said "he will not come, surely a Slytherin prettier than you who will have persuaded him not to waste his time with a Gryffindor...I told you Slytherins cannot be trusted..." Harry intervened " Enough Ron...he never did anything against us..." Ron wanted to say something but Harry added "not even there...it was me and only me who couldn't bear to lose...". Hermione added in her turn, tired of having to put up with the ginger fool "if all Slytherins were like him...I would have liked to be a Slytherin..." Ron seemed insulted and disgusted by Hermione's sentence...left muttering that Harry was corrupted by a snake groopie...

Choosing this moment to reveal himself Clark then asked Hermione ignoring Harry "why are they here ?" which brought back the Ron who had not gone so far...he then said to him in a willfully disrespectful voice "the snake chose to show up...Harry needs to learn how to deal with dementors...teach us...if someone like you could learn it then Harry and I can learn it in no time " Hermione seemed to misunderstand the annoying redhead and wanted to say something but Clark didn't miss such an opportunity to isolate the redhead "someone like me ? A mudblood you mean ? Sorry but even with half your IQ I could work miracles while you...you're destined to be just Malfoy's doormat..." Ron then said to his friends as if everything was going as he planned "you see... arrogant...slytherin t-" before stopping realizing that the Slytherin had just turned his words against him and that he was so sure of himself that he hadn't bothered to deny...Harry then said "Ron...you should leave..." Hermione looking at Ron as if he were Malfoy said "Go away ! " Ron wanted to say something, explain himself approached them but was stopped by Clark who looked at him coldly saying " she told you to leave...if I'm the one making you leave forget the infirmary...it will be the hospital...".

Ron getting scared left...Harry then commented while looking at Clark and Hermione "he's not himself when it comes to Slytherin...please excuse him..." even if Clark's threat had bothered him he couldn't deny that Ron wouldn't have left otherwise...Clark then looked at Hermione tenderly and said "I'm sorry if i scared you...don't take his words to heart...he have no future...he knows it and he needs not to feel alone in this case..." Hermione no longer caring to conceal their intimacy hugged Clark tightly against her, Harry surprised but happy for her friend then said "so it was mutual..." Clark seeing Potter's reaction then said to him "I'm going to teach you the patronus charm...but it's not just a question of talent, it takes happy memories to throw it..." bringing the two Gryffindors into a tunnel in the Chamber of Secrets partially modified by PK and his rats to look like a classroom...Unaware of having been followed by a somewhat shaken Snape from the scene...to Snape the James Potter of this generation seemed to be Ron Weasley...he identified with Clark...the same coldness...the same rather gross to show his attention...but Clark was better than him at that...stopping following them to go and isolate himself and recover he couldn't see that Clark had opened the room or the tunnels leading to it...

Once in the modified tunnel Clark then explained to Harry and Hermione how to cast the spell, for a week every night...finally managing to cast a whitish mist Harry and Hermione thought they had succeeded but Clark stopped them..." according to this book...true patronus takes form and not just mist..." Hermione then exclaimed "Are you learning the spell along with us ?" Clark then replied with a teasing expression "Yes...I heard about it at the same time as you after all..." following the instructions in the book he raised his wand pronouncing "expetro patronum" the mist he emitted slowly changed into a transparent dementor...Clark looked disappointed but not surprised...he then explained to Harry and Hermione that this spell could take the form of an animal...sometimes a magical animal...giving the book to Hermione so that she could satisfy her curiosity...

Coming out of the tunnel Clark felt the presence still watching them...not Snape...not Dumbledore...someone else...and something else...

The next day he was again summoned to Dumbledore's office...wondering if Dolores still wanted to see him punished...Dumbledore introduced him to a man with a hidden face in a suit who was to be his teacher for ancient magic...his weekends would therefore be taken up by these private lessons...

The days passed, Sirius Black had even entered the enclosure of the castle...but it was Harry's problem...the lessons given by his new teacher, Mister Tooth, taught him to Apparate even in the enclosure of Hogwarts, he was even able to strengthen most of his spells and control a part of the gift without sacrificing anything...

His relationship with Hermione seemed to get better and better...they had even started eating at the same table in the great hall, much to the displeasure of many students from both houses...strangely Professor Snape punished students who was too loud in their protest...Millicent even seemed to finally accept Hermione...

One evening he wanted to tell Hermione that he couldn't come the next day because of extra lessons imposed by his new teacher. But she wasn't in the library...he met Ron already possessed by voldemort's book but this one told him to flee...that Dumbledore had gone mad...going to hide...Clark walked towards the room he had just left...and he saw Hermione on the ground...unconscious...the skin so pale that he wondered if her body still contained blood...or life...feeling an infinite rage seizing hold of him...the gift taking advantage to strengthen himself...losing his mind he didn't find strange to see Professor Tooth in the room in front of him as if he had always been there but undetectable...he then said to him "Clark...I'm sorry...I tried to stop him...but something seems to have taken over Headmaster Dumbledore..." Clark whose eyes seemed to turn red then said "where is he..." Tooth smiled and said "the great hall...he told me to tell you he'd be waiting for you there..." Clark got up taking Hermione's lifeless body in his arms and headed out into the great hall...the few students who met him on the way fleeing in haste...going to warn teachers, aurors, or other students...he didn't care...he would kill Dumbledore for his mother...and for Hermione...

Approaching the great hall Clark yelled " Dumbledore ! Show yourself ! I'm going to kill you ! You're going to pay for what you've done ! For what you took ! ".