"Of course it was you" Ron snapped, glaring at her. Lyra snapped her head around and glared back at him,

"It wasn't me ginger" she folded her arms,

"Of course it was! You're a Slytherin and you're here!" Ron retorted,

"Talk crap about her again and I'll make sure you're haunted for the rest of your days" Nix snapped, Ron stared shocked at Nix.

"Why are you here then?" Harry asked her, his arms still folded.

"To help.... I don't like either of you but I'm here to help"  Harry nodded and Ron just glared,

"How do we get in?" Harry asked, Lyra looked up at Nix.

"Where's the entrance Uncle Nix?"

"Well the pipe that leads to a creepy chamber is this way" he flew off and the group all followed him,

"Open..." Lyra spoke in parsletongue and Ron stared at her, eyes wide and horrified.

"You're a parslemouth!!!" Ron's tone was angry and accusatory.

"Unfortunate trait that runs in my family" she sighed and watched as the passage opened, "see ya down there!" Hurriedly, she slid down the pipe, followed by Nix flying next to her.

Once the pipe ended, Lyra landed on her feet and heard a crash behind her. Harry and Ron were on the floor with Lockhart on top of them.

"Need some help there?" She raised an eyebrow,

"Not from you Black" Ron snapped going red in the face as he stood up, Harry followed him and Lockhart seemed content with lying on the floor.

The group began to march forward, a gigantic outline lay before them. Fear crept into Lyra's body as they approached,

"Uncle Nix, check it out?"

"Why me!" Nix gasped, horrified and offended,

"Because you're already dead" Nix huffed and flew over,

"It's just a skin" the three kids breathed a sigh of relief, but it also sent a wave of terror down all their spines. The basilisk was massive, and they had no idea how they'd beat it.

Suddenly, there was a slightly crash behind them. Lockhart's knees had given way.

"Get up" Ron snapped, but all in a second, Lockhart tackled him to the ground and snatched up his wand, pointing it at the trio. Lockhart began to threaten them but the spell bounced back onto him, but there was no time to waste. Lyra rushed on ahead, soon followed by Harry.

A long chamber with serpent engraved columns stood before them, at the end, lay Ginny Weasley.

The two ran over and Harry hurriedly began shaking her, trying to wake her up. Lyra's eyes darted around the room, searching for who could be behind it.

"She won't wake" a boy said, Lyra stared right at him. He wasn't as misty and see through as Nix, but he clearly wasn't an alive person all the same. He looked strangely familiar. He had dark hair and blue eyes and....

"Tom Riddle?" Harry asked, Lyra felt her heart sink. Her breathing became quicker, her eyes widening slightly.

Tom Riddle was her father.

"Don't worry, she's alive. Just" Nix was staring just as shocked,

"Damn I know he's evil and all but...." Nix started,

"Don't even" Lyra snapped,

Luckily neither Harry nor Tom heard this.

"Tom you have to help us...." Lyra knew he wouldn't, she was trying to figure out where the memory Tom had come from. There had to be something....

Tom began to reveal everything. His old diary ended up in Ginny's possession and it grew his power and weakened her. Ginny set the basilisk. Ginny did everything. Lyra stared shocked.

But now he was after Harry, of course he was.

"You've gotta do something" Nix whispered, she nodded looking around, trying to figure out what she could do to help.

Tom finally revealed he was Voldemort and Lyra knew she didn't have much time,

"Probably the only two parslemouths to ever come to Hogwarts"

"She's one too!" Harry called out, Lyra's head snapped around. Tom's eyes were locked onto her.

"Slytherin..." he whispered slightly, "yes.... I see now" then he turned away from her, Harry looked confused but brushed it off.

Seconds later, there was a loud noise. The basilisk was coming toward them.

"Kill him"

"Stop"

"Kill him"

"Stop"

"Kill him"

"Stop"

The argued instructions for the basilisk continued and Lyra could see Tom growing angry, but Lyra wasn't giving up. Nix was flying at him trying to distract him whilst Lyra tried to keep the basilisk from attacking Harry.

Harry was rushing over to the sorting hat lying on the floor.

"What are you doing!?!?" Lyra shouted, this time in English,

"I have an idea!" Harry shouted back, reaching into it. He pulled out a shining sword. "Get it toward me!"

Lyra listened, she guided the basilisk toward Harry, it bit into his arm before he killed it. Blood fell over the floor and began to hurriedly spill out,

"That was violent" Lyra commented, Tom was screaming in anger, the diary lay open on the floor. A loose tooth was next to it, Lyra rushed toward them and destroyed the diary and Tom disappeared into nothingness.

"This doesn't make us friends" Lyra stated,

"Definitely not" Harry replied.

Ginny then woke up, she stared at Lyra for a moment before gripping onto her. The elder witch stared at her confused before patting her back slightly.

Lyra chose to avoid visiting the Weasleys, but she knew they found out about her involvement because of the way Fred and George warned her to not go down a corridor at a time they'd set a prank off.

The rest of the school soon learned Lockhart was a fraud and about some of the events of the chamber. It also seemed that Lucius had been removed from the Board of Directors, which greatly annoyed Draco.

She received two hundred points for Slytherin for helping kill the basilisk,

"We are never doing anything like that ever again" Nix shivered as they walked down the corridor,

"We're fine, aren't we?" She shrugged but Nix stared shocked,

"Never again"

Everyone who'd been petrified soon woke up, apparently mandrakes were the cure. And much to everyone, bar Hermione's, joy; exams were cancelled.

The school year came to a close quickly and Lyra found herself sitting on the train home, Draco was complaining about Gryffindor's victory

"It's just so stupid, I hate all of that stupid house" He huffed, Lyra was sat across from him with Nova in her lap, stroking her fur softly.

"Oh you'll never guess the gossip I heard!" Pansy announced to the group,

"Tell me this instant!" Nix called, floating down to be eye level with her, Pansy rolled her eyes slightly before continuing,

"I heard that Cho Chang, has a thing for Cedric Diggory and that she was going to try and love potion him!" The girls all stared shocked whilst the bots didn't seem to care. Except Theo, Theo looked hurt.

"Oh don't worry Theo.... I'm sure she'll fall for you.... Once you speak to her" Lyra bit her lip to stop herself from laughing,

"Oh what subjects did you pick again?" Daphne asked, looking at Lyra.

"Care of Magical Creatures, Ancient Runes and Artithmancy" she answered, still petting Nova.

"Care of magical creatures, are we all taking that?" Pansy asked, everyone in the room nodded. "Good"

"I'm taking Ancient runes too" Blaise announced,

"Good luck to you two, it's impossible. The rest of us are doing divination"

"Why are you taking three Ly?" Daphne questioned,

"Because I can" she answered,

The train journey home soon ended, and the group of friends filed off and were ushered home by their respective families. But something was different about Malfoy Manor. The House Elves seemed on edge,

"What's going on?" Lyra questioned, Draco shrugged as they walked further into the house.

"Dobby has been relieved of his duties" Narcissa explained, sending a few house elves up the stairs with their belongings. Lyra's eyes widened in shock, she didn't expect this. Apparently, he'd been helping Harry Potter all year.

Not even a week into the summer, Sirius Black escaped from Azkaban.

Sirius Black was sent to Azkaban for the murder of twelve muggles. Nix said he didn't do it, she believed him. He also apparently betrayed Harry's parents to Voldemort, Nix said he didn't do that either.

Andromeda seemed to think he was innocent too, she said she would never have imagined Sirius could do that, so she believed he was innocent.

The whole wizarding world seemed convinced Sirius had escaped from Azkaban to kill Harry. Lyra didn't think this, Sirius had been best friends with Harry's 'very hot' (in Nix's words) dad, why would he hurt Harry?

Lyra also managed to convince her uncle to let her join the Quidditch team, he'd bought her the newest broom, a Firebolt, much to Draco's jealousy. And he assured her that she'd make it onto the team, apparently he'd have a chat with Snape.

Their Care of Magical Creatures book was rather violent, Nix said it was worse than Nova. Lyra couldn't figure out how to open it, every time she tried it attempted to bite her.

"That book is worse than your devil cat!" Nix expressed, staring at it. Nova hissed slightly before curling up in Lyra's lap.

"Oh leave her alone, she's my baby" Lyra glared, leaning down to rest her head on Novas back.

Draco couldn't figure out how to open it either, he called it utterly ridiculous and said the Professor that set it was mental.

Lucius was threatening to throw a fit at the school and kick up at the ministry about the dangerous book. Narcissa agreed.

Lyra also went to Diagon Alley and spent time with Dora, Andromeda and Ted. They had a few wonderful days where she truly enjoyed spending time with the better side of her family. Andromeda told her more about Sirius and why she thought he was innocent.

"He was very rebellious and I'm certain he didn't do anything he was accused of" Andromeda said as she handed Lyra a cup of hot chocolate, the younger girl nodded. "Right Nix?" Nix nodded and flew lower to be next to her,

"Right you are Andie"

The train ride back to school went by relatively smoothly. Pansy was updating them on her summer travels and Blaise was telling them about his mother's last marriage coming to a rather gruesome end.

"Your mother is hot" Pansy smirked, staring off into space,

"I conquer" Theo added, Blaise stared at them disgusted.

"Ly, Daph, please talk some sense into them" He complained, Lyra and Daphne both laughed slightly.

"Oh I think she is pretty hot" Lyra folded her arms, a slight smirk on her face,

"I agree" Daphne announced, Blaise stared at all of them disgusted,

"You're all disturbed" the train began to slow down, the group all looked around confused.

"We can't be there yet...." Daphne whispered, looking around the compartment. The windows slowly began to freeze over, their breath became visible.

"What's happening?" Lyra began to feel lightheaded and a wave of sadness washed over her. Within minutes, the chill disappeared and Lyra no longer felt a depressive weight on her shoulders.

"What in Merlin's name was that?" Draco asked, they all stared at him confused. No one knew.

"Is everyone alright?" Cedric Diggory was stood at the door to the compartment, his eyes locked onto her and he stared for a moment longer than was acceptable.

"Uh yeah" Daphne answered, whilst most of the compartment remained glaring at him, "what happened?"

"A dementor, they were searching for Sirius Black" he answered, all of their eyes widened slightly. Cedric Diggory looked back at her again, his eyes moving over her face before leaving.

"He was so checking you out" Pansy smirked, Lyra rolled her eyes. "He was Ly!"

"Yeah no"

"He did seem to be checking you out Lyra...." Theo smirked,

"Can we think about the fact that dementors were on the train?" She folded her arms,

"Nah I'd rather talk about pretty boy" Nix smirked, "pretty boy is pretty"

"But he's a Mudblood loving Hufflepuff, don't go near him" Draco snapped,

"Of course not" Lyra replied,

She didn't like Cedric Diggory at all.

And he didn't like her.

"Well of course she won't go out with him!" Pansy announced, "she can enjoy the attention without ever going out with him"

"I don't even want his attention" Lyra rolled her eyes, "he's an annoying goody goody" she groaned,

Cedric Diggory was the perfect Hufflepuff golden boy. And she didn't like him at all.

"Good" Draco folded his arms, "stupid Diggory"

"Can we just stop talking about him?" Lyra groaned,

"Please" Draco agreed. And so they did. 

Although, Nix seemed to refuse to drop it.

"But he's so pretty!"

"You're taking Ancient runes right?"

"Such a pretty boy!"

"Yeah, hope we're sat next to each other"