[HP] Dearest Enemy

Harry's expression was dull: "Why do you want to clean the women's bathroom?"

Tom couldn't help but rolled his eyes and didn't answer.Fortunately, the toilet was dark enough, and Harry didn't see his little movements clearly. He shook his head slightly, and turned around holding up the wand as the light source: "Follow me."

Tom followed Harry into his office.This is the first time Tom has entered Harry's office.Alfred has been here several times, and every time he comes back, he will gossip with Tom about Harry.Tom knew Harry's habits, so he didn't feel uncomfortable when he took the seat Harry had assigned him.Harry called a house-elf to bring Tom a cup of hot milk, and sat down opposite him.

"Tell me, Tom," said Harry, "what are you looking for after you're up so late?"

"I don't know why you insist that I'm looking for something." Tom knew Harry wouldn't let him go so easily, and replied calmly, "Don't you know what I'm looking for?"

"I hope what you're looking for isn't what I thought." Harry took off his glasses and wiped the corners of his robes before putting them back on. "I want to hear you tell the truth, Tom."

"You are very keen to control my affairs, Harry Potter." Tom skirted Harry's question, "I refuse to answer your question."

"With your intelligence, I think you already know that you are the heir of Slytherin." Harry said slowly, and Tom stared at him in surprise. "You're looking for the Chamber of Secrets, aren't you?"

All expression disappeared from Tom's face, and after a few seconds he asked back in a suppressed voice, "Why are you so sure?"

"I guessed it." Harry spread his hands and stared at Tom seriously, "but your expression already tells me that I guessed it right. Tom, what are you going to do in the Chamber of Secrets?"

The young man stared at the man's face for a while, and finally answered Harry's question: "I'm curious. I knew there was a secret room in Hogwarts before I went to school. "School History" mentioned Slytherin's Chamber of Secrets. I'm tracing my own life experience. Talking to snakes is one of Slytherin's famous abilities, so I don't want to give up this clue. Maybe I can find something in the Chamber of Secrets. "

"How long have you been searching for your own parentage?" Harry asked.

"Since first grade," Tom replied reluctantly, "but found nothing. You know all about me don't you? You should tell me about my parents. You're my godfather, and you should know them. "

Harry stood up and walked up and down the room.He knew he'd have to face it sooner or later, but he worried about how Tom would react knowing all this old stuff.

"I have a lot of speculation about it," said Tom softly. "All kinds, and some of them are very unpleasant. You should tell me the truth."

Harry stopped in his tracks: "I don't think you're ready to accept the truth."

Tom stared at him, clenched his fists secretly: "Your judgment is groundless. Could it be that you decided to hide it from me forever?"

"No, I can't keep it from you," Harry replied, "but now is not the time to let you know."

"I thought," cried Tom, standing up, "that you were the one who wanted to be forgiven, but you didn't answer my biggest concern. Harry, I'm so disappointed in you!"

"You see the chance of knowing the truth as a bargaining chip," Harry said, "but I don't want your forgiveness in this way."

"Then why don't you consider my feelings!" said Tom viciously, his voice shaking with anger. "Your apology is insincere. You don't think of me as your godson. I've always thought of you as my godson." Darling, and you never put me in the same position as you. I don't know why you keep watching me." Tom saw Harry gasp, "You keep everything from me. You don't trust me at all, and I am your godson raised by yourself! My life experience, my ancestors, my parents, you never told me anything!"

Harry stared blankly at the teenager who was staring at him angrily.What Tom said just now made him suddenly realize the key to Tom's refusal to forgive himself.Harry wanted to refute, but there was nothing wrong with what Tom said, he really didn't consider Tom as his family.

"I don't want to talk to you about anything else tonight," Tom said after taking a deep breath. "Besides, the professor can't put students in confinement during the holidays. I'm going back to bed. If you want me to stop searching the secret room, then you better not This looks to me."

Tom walked straight out of the office without saying goodnight.The milk on the table was already cold, so Harry called the house-elf to take the milk away, and sat down in the armchair in front of the fireplace.

Harry had never considered Tom's feelings before.Since coming to this plane, Harry has been looking for a way to go back, because he doesn't belong here.Voldemort who was still a child, Dumbledore who became younger, even his own father and Mr. Weasley were not even born... Merlin may have sent him back to make Harry change the past, but Harry never Not prepared.To what extent his appearance can change the future, he himself does not know.Muggles had similar theories, but none of them said how dangerous the phenomenon was, and Harry wondered what Tom would become under his influence.

Tom sees himself as his only family and is angry with himself for it.Harry took off his glasses and put them aside, rubbing his temples.Since Merope's death, Harry has been taking care of Tom carefully, and sometimes he feels too strict, but these are all to prevent that child from becoming the Dark Lord in the future.He had begun to reflect on whether he had done the right thing in leaving Tom behind, but there was no way he could go back to that time period and put everything right.The improved time-turner can support time travel within a month at most, but Harry can't use this thing to jump around the timeline all the time, and his body will collapse because of it.Harry stared at the flickering fire, had he really made many unforgivable mistakes in how he treated Tom?Put yourself in Tom's shoes and consider his feelings...

Tom strode through the deserted corridors and stairs, and came to a small door at the back of the auditorium on the first floor, drew his wand, opened the door, and walked out.The air outside was rather cold, but he didn't want to go back to the empty cellar.When no one was around, the Slytherin common room was as deserted as a graveyard.Tom tightened his robes, cast a warming charm on himself, and walked towards the frosty Forbidden Forest.

The Forbidden Forest is also where Tom often goes on night tours.Tom had already figured out where the centaurs lived in the Forbidden Forest, and they would not disturb them when they went out at night.Tom likes to be alone. Whenever he is in a bad mood, he will find a place where no one will disturb him. The Forbidden Forest always meets this standard.

Harry was really on guard against himself. Thinking of the shock and astonishment on Harry's face at that moment, Tom had a strong urge to destroy something.That green-eyed idiot didn't think about his own feelings at all. What did he do that deserved his precautions?He actually came here to take care of that, did he think he had the qualifications!Tom angrily kicked away the dead branches in front of him, and continued to walk deep.

For the rest of the Christmas break, Harry found to his great dismay that Tom was determined to turn against him.The Marauder's Map clearly shows that Tom Riddle stays obediently in the dormitory or in the library during the day, and only shows his face in the cafeteria when eating.And at night, he roams the entire castle.Many times Tom wandered around the third floor provocatively, deliberately luring Harry out to catch him, which made Harry extremely helpless.Another person who is as dangerous as Tom is Hagrid. Harry knows that Hagrid secretly raised a werewolf child under his bed, because a strange name appeared in his dormitory.

The day before the end of the Christmas holiday, Harry once again blocked the nocturnal Tom outside the women's toilet on the third floor.The continuous reversal of day and night made Tom's complexion much paler than usual.Tom looked at his godfather indifferently with indifferent eyes, guessing what he would say.

"This is the fourth time I've seen you wandering around the castle at night." Harry said wearily.

"So Professor Potter intends to put me in detention?" Tom asked defiantly.

"Do you have to find the Chamber of Secrets?" Harry ignored Tom's provocation.

"Of course." Tom snorted, "I am the heir of Slytherin, so naturally I want to find things left by my ancestors."

"So do you know what's locked in the Chamber of Secrets?" Harry asked.

"What does it matter to you?" said Tom angrily.He didn't know much, and the book didn't say what was in it. Tom guessed it had something to do with Slytherin's pets.

"I know what's locked inside, I know where the entrance to the Chamber of Secrets is, and I know how to get in." Harry said softly.

Tom's eyes widened.he knows?He said he knew!Tom looked at Harry suspiciously for a moment, then said slowly, "How do you know?"

"I went to school at Hogwarts." Harry laughed dryly, "And I'm a teacher at the school now, so I still know some of the castle's secrets."

lie!Tom stared at Harry angrily.It's not that he hasn't checked the previous student enrollment records. There is no one named Harry Potter among the people in the age group of the green-eyed man in front of him, but Tom can't doubt the authenticity of Harry's words.If he hadn't been in school, how could he be so familiar with the castle.No matter where Tom wandered at night, this guy always popped out of nowhere, or followed him quietly.

Wait, why did he tell himself he knew about the Chamber of Secrets?Tom narrowed his eyes, Harry didn't stop himself from looking for the Chamber of Secrets, and now telling himself he knew about the Chamber of Secrets, what on earth was he planning?

"Why are you telling me this?" Tom asked in a deep voice.

"I don't want to see any students harmed," Harry replied honestly. "The monster in the Chamber of Secrets is dangerous, and the students will be returning to Hogwarts tomorrow."

Don't want to see students get hurt?Tom was still watching Harry uncertainly, but there was no real meaning in the man's face.It was an invitation that came to the door, and Tom wasn't sure exactly what Harry wanted to do.

Maybe, you can really take advantage of it?

"Do I understand that you are blaming me for something that hasn't happened yet?" Tom said calmly. "It doesn't make sense, Professor Potter."

"Call me Harry, Tom," said Harry flatly, "I want to avoid that from happening."

With that said, Harry pushed open the bathroom door and walked in.Tom hesitated, then followed.The two didn't stop until they came to one of the gutters. Tom gave Harry a suspicious look. Harry pointed to one of the faucets and looked at Tom.

"This is the entrance to the Chamber of Secrets, and only the heirs of Slytherin can open it."