Rose

As the girl woke up slowly she felt a wave of fatigue plaguing her body. The cold dank atmosphere of the place she was in made her body shiver as she smelled the pungent smell of blood nearby, a smell she was all too familiar with at this point. She slowly picked herself up as she put her hand on her head nursing her headache.

"T-thats right... That guy Riddle managed to trick my so quickly acting like my friend... My own silly mistakes lead to me causing the death of..."

Recalling the memory where she hung a boys body up on a hook she vomited onto the chamber floor violently. Tears welled up in her eyes as she started to shiver again.

"What's going to happen to me now?".

As she picked herself up she looked around the chamber before her eyes landed on the corpse of a humungous beast.

"WHAT!? What the hell is that!?".

She felt herself feel faint again looking at the massive serpentine beast corpse that was laid dead in the chamber which was also the cause of the smell of blood she was smelling. She fell back onto the floor as she looked at the beast.

"W-why can't anything be normal around me...".

The sheer amount of trauma the girl had gone through up to this point seemed to catch up to her as she felt herself tear up again. For a girl her age to go through what she had gone through, it was definitely a heavy reality for her to grasp. As she sobbed, she lifted her head back up to look at the dead beast again and saw someone within the beasts mouth, the person in the mouth was speaking to himself.

"Well I managed to harvest the majority of the fangs... I've even collected a decent amount of its poison. Too bad I got a bit too over the top in that fight damaging its skin else I could have secured more".

The boy in front of her seemed to have no reaction to the beast she was looking at. At present he was just stood in its mouth pulling out the last of the beasts fangs with a strong yank. After feeling as though he had gathered all he could the boy turned towards her and saw that she was awake.

"Ah... It seems you're awake finally".

The boy of course was Oz who walked over slowly to the girl who looked at him in shock and awe. As he got closer he started to recognise the girls face.

'Wait a minute... she's the one who was stalking me last year? How did she get roped into this?'.

As Oz walked over to the girl the girl jumped up to her feet while still shaking. She wiped her tears away as she gave a light smile to Oz.

"This is the second time you've saved me now I think... I must really look like a damsel in distress at this point".

Oz's eyebrows flickered as he looked at the girl once more. Taking a deeper look he started to realise that her features mirrored the bloodied and beaten girl he once met in the cellar of the dark wizard hideout.

"So you're that girl from the cellar a couple years ago... I thought you gave off a familiar vibe when I first saw you. Can you explain to me how you ended up with this diary?"

Oz showed the now destroyed diary to the girl who looked at it with horror and also relief. She took in a deep breath and gave her whole story to Oz starting from how she ended up in that cellar to how a tall man with white hair handed her that book.

As Oz listened to her story he felt a pang of pity assault him. Whilst saving her was something he did on a whim it almost sounded like it was actually a bad choice considering what she now had to go through in life. She had no family anymore and she was now also responsible for killing a fellow classmate at the school. Looking at her Oz of course felt no anger towards her as he knew that the true culprits were of course Lucius and Voldemort themselves.

'Looking at her past she's had many trauma's pile up. She lost her father and then saw her mother get killed right in front of her... After that she was then kidnapped and abused by Voldemort sympathisers for weeks until I passed on by. With all that happening at such a young age and nobody to turn to Voldemort's grasp on her was that much more compared to the canon with Ginny. After all Ginny whilst feeling a bit lonely at school still had a loving family and some friends around her whilst this girl had nothing at all...'.

The puzzle pieces seemed to connect as Oz sighed to himself. If you looked at it in a certain way then Oz's saving of this girl lead to Craig's death in the end.

"My second question for you girl, how on earth did you even recognise me? Back then I thought I had myself hooded and disguised enough".

The girl looked at Oz for a while before chuckling to herself.

"I wasn't 100% sure to be honest... It could be a woman's intuition?".

Oz looked at this young girl who claimed to have a 'woman's' intuition with amusement. Considering the hell she had gone through it was surprising that she could still make quips like that.

"Well never mind... It's not like you ever leaked that situation anyway so no harm done".

Oz put the destroyed diary back in his pouch as he walked over to the girl. Judging by what he could tell she wasn't injured in anyway. It seemed all she was was fatigued after being drained of her life force by the horcrux.

"I'm sure you are worried about many things but don't worry, you weren't in the wrong here at all. The diary that ensnared you and the man that gave it to you are the things we must look at as being in the wrong here. Although you may feel responsible, you aren't the cause of Craig's death".

The girl looked at Oz with gratitude as he explained to her that she wasn't in the wrong. Even though Oz had said it though she still felt a guilty feeling deep in her gut.

"Now that we're finished here I guess it would be best to go see Albus… You should come with me in order to help the testimony else the school may end up being closed down for good".

The girls heart dropped as she heard that the school was on track to be closed down due to what she had done. Hearing that she could help she feverantly nodded her head at Oz's request before walking over to him.

"I'll do whatever I can to help...".

Oz nodded at the girl as his opinion of her grew. Most girls her age would have collapsed crying at this whole situation however she seemed to have been able to collect herself even after all of this. Oz guessed that it was probably due to the hell she had already been through that her guts were much stronger than the average person.

"That's right... I haven't even asked your name".

The girl blushed as she looked at Oz in embarrassment realising she still hadn't introduced herself.

"M-My name is Rose...".

"Rose huh? Thats a nice name... Anyway lets get out of this dank and dark chamber".

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The duo of Oz and Rose found themselves heading back through the chamber eventually arriving back in the 2nd floor girls toilets. As the two emerged from the entrance, Myrtle flew over and pointed her finger at Rose who was next to Oz.

"Its you!? You're one of the only girls that ever comes to this bathroom!".

Rose seemed embarrassed as she scratched her head hearing Myrtle call her out. Oz gathered that since she was alone the past couple years she may have gained anti-social tendencies leading her to use this bathroom instead of the main ones. If that was indeed the case then that might explain why Myrtle missed her as a potential suspicious candidate.

"Myrtle... It's been a long night. Ill tell you all about it another time. Have any of the teachers come to this place yet?"

Myrtle's expression softened as she looked down at Oz.

"None have arrived at all... I believe I heard talk of a body being taken to the hospital ward though. The headmaster was last spotted heading back to his office".

Oz nodded at Myrtle thanking her for her help as he lead Rose out of the bathroom. Looking at Rose he started to explain the situation ahead.

"Albus is probably waiting for us in his office to give some sort of report on what's happened... You can share everything you know however there's one thing I'd like you to keep a secret".

Rose nodded her head as she listened to Oz's request.

"Don't mention how I stripped the basilisk for materials... When I go up there I'll show Dumbledore a fang of the basilisk as proof of killing it but thats all im showing him".

Rose seemed confused by Oz's request but still nodded anyway as the two headed to the headmasters office.