Chapter 18

WARNING: SEXUAL SCENES ARE MENTIONED.

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The Hogwarts student body was in utter chaos for the next few weeks. News of Colin Creevey's petrification spread through the school like wildfire. The student body had decided to give Harry wide berths whenever he walked in the corridors; there was a rumour that Dumbledore himself suspected that Harry was behind the attacks. And no one could question the Headmaster; after all, he was Albus Dumbledore (Harry wondered how convenient it was that the entire school had forgotten about Dumbledore's debacle a year ago). What Harry found more annoying than the scared looks he got from the rest of the school was one Hermione Granger.

The rest of the muggleborns of the school had decided to stay the hell away from him. Harry didn't care about that; he spent most of his time with Daphne anyway. But there was no deterring one Hermione Granger. She and Ron Weasley kept following him around everywhere and it was starting to get annoying. He evaded them every time of course, but it was the principle of the thing!

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"Nothing, there's absolutely no information about the opening of the Chamber of Secrets in the library" said Daphne, roughly throwing herself on the plush couch in the Room of Requirement. Harry had told her about Dobby's visit and about his suspicion that Voldemort might have opened the Chamber when he was in school.

"Damn" said Harry. He too had not been able to find any information. It was so bloody frustrating! "Oh well, keep trying. I have to go to Lockhart's office for another detention. Really, how much mail does the man get? It's ridiculous" he said in an exasperated voice.

Daphne laughed. "You underestimate the desperation of old housewives, Harry. You became the icon for the younger generation with those Harry Potter books and toys and other merchandise. Lockhart is the superhero for all those old women who don't have much fun in their lives anymore. Can you blame them?" she asked.

"I suppose not" said Harry. "I wish I could get rid of all those Boy Who Lived merchandise, but I can't. Dumbledore gave them permission when he was my magical guardian and I get a big share of the profits of the sales. There is no room for me to complain and so I can't take them down. Oh well, I can't win all battles. And in this Chamber of Secrets fiasco, there's no way to prove that I didn't attack them either. I don't want to risk my life by swearing a magical oath, and I don't want to risk Veritiserum questioning either."

Daphne got her and gave him a hug and kiss on the cheek. "Don't worry, we'll find out who is behind these attacks. We are in this together" she said, holding his hand in hers.

Harry smiled into her hair. He kissed her forehead and left for the Defence classroom. When he entered the room, he found Cedric Diggory there as well.

"Mr Diggory what are you doing here?" asked Harry. From past experience, he knew he was the only one who had detention with Lockhart.

"Lockhart gave me a detention for refusing to play the werewolf in his play during class" said Cedric irritably.

Harry snorted. Leave it to the peacock to not teach the older students as well. "Well, he's going to make you write letters to his fans for several hours. Trust me, writing that and listening to his monologue describing his various achievements is dreadful. Come on, might as well get it over with" he said.

They crossed the classroom, knocked on Lockhart's office door and entered. There was no one there. Harry felt a presence behind him and he had just turned to look when Lockhart hit both boys with a stunner and they knew no more.

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Harry got up with a groan. The first thing he sensed was that he couldn't move his arms and legs. His pulse quickened when he tried to recall what had happened. Then the memory flashed into his mind – he and Cedric Diggory were hit by a stunning spell by Lockhart. He mentally cursed himself for underestimating the useless Defence Professor and letting his guard down. He had been thinking the man was useless and not capable of magic and that had resulted in this situation. Harry realised with a jolt, that he had become overconfident in his abilities. He knew that he was exceptional, and that thought coupled with his talent and raw power had gone to his head, leaving him in this mess. He would have to fix that.

Harry opened his eyes and looked at the situation in shock. He and Cedric were lying on a large bed, in what he guessed to be Lockhart's quarters. What was terrifying was that both boys were stark naked. Harry started hyperventilating. Uncle Vernon had tried this once when he was six years old, but a strong burst of accidental magic had ensured that his uncle would not do anything like that again. That incident was what had made Uncle Vernon place red hot iron rods on his back and butt and later hit him with it. That was probably the most painful experience of his life; it had taken him nearly a month to recover, even with magic. He hated the fact that nobody in primary school had even bothered to find out why he was constantly in pain at that time; it did nothing but increase his hate of muggles. But he had never understood why his uncle had undressed him and touched him in that way, until a year ago.

When Sirius had explained him about sex, Harry had been thoroughly embarrassed. He could not look at Daphne in the eyes for three days, something which had baffled girl at the time. It was only after deactivating the mirror after the conversation that Harry understood that his Uncle Vernon had planned to rape him when he was six years old; and it was only due to accidental magic that he was able to get away, even though he wasn't able to avoid the onslaught later.

Remembering that memory still made Harry shudder and hyperventilate. He looked around and saw that Cedric was still unconscious and Lockhart was nowhere in sight. He had to get himself under control; he couldn't escape if he panicked. He breathed deeply concentrated on shutting his emotions away under his advanced Occlumency shields. He tried to get out of the body blind but to no avail. He found that he couldn't speak out loud, so calling a house elf was out of the question.

While Harry was struggling to get free, Cedric stirred. Cedric opened his eyes to look at the naked, struggling form of Harry Potter in front of him. He looked down and noticed that he himself did not have any clothes on and panicked. He looked around and realised that they were in Lockhart's quarters. What the hell was that man planning to do to them?

Just then, the door opened and a grinning Gilderoy Lockhart entered the room. He waved his wand and the two naked boys sat up straight at the end of the bed. He could see the anger in Harry's eyes and fear in Cedric's. "Well, well, well. What do we have here? Hadrian Potter and Cedric Diggory; considered as the two most handsome boys in the school by popular vote. I must say I agree, such beautiful boys" he said coming closer to them.

"Oh, there's no point in struggling Harry. You won't be able to get out of the several binds I've placed on you. Ah, what a body you have Harry. You are simply delicious, exotic" he whispered, running his hands over Harry's toned chest and stomach. "If you are this delicious when you're just 12 years old, I would love to know how you would be when you're older; you definitely are unnaturally good looking." Harry's eyes went wide when Lockhart's hands roamed down and touched his penis, stroking it. "Oh aren't you well developed for your age! How exquisite" he whispered. Harry started struggling harder, but it was no use.

After a minute playing with Harry's penis, he went over to Cedric to do the same. Harry relaxed a bit and closed his eyes. He had to escape, quickly. Otherwise, he and Cedric were in trouble indeed. He concentrated on his magic and infused this body with it. This method was slow, but he hoped it would work. Harry's hair slowly started to turn white; his entire body slowly glowed white as well. He breathed deeply as he opened his eyes and started to push. He looked at Lockhart who was busy fingering Cedric's arse. Before he could do anything more, Lockhart was back in front of Harry. "Oh Harry, you really are a well-rounded package, aren't you?" he said, as he started running his fingers around Harry's hole. "I was in a dilemma whether to start with boys or girls, but decided on the former. I've already decided on the best prize for both. In case of boys, it's you, Harry. In case of girls, well, for a young girl, Miss Daphne Greengrass seems to be very beautiful. She's my next trophy, just like you're now mine" he said as he started to finger Harry's arse.

That was the trigger. Harry had always wanted a family; it was a symbol of people who cared about him – his elves, Aquila and Daphne fit that description. And now, Lockhart was threatening his family. His hair fully turned white, his entire body started glowing and with a scream, he broke free of the several bindings Lockhart had placed on him. With one powerful kick, he sent Lockhart flying to the wall. Harry was already well trained in martial arts, but when those punches and kicks were infused with magic, they were brutal.

He stood up and Lockhart could see Harry's green eyes were glowing – the colour of the Avada Kedavra curse he thought. Harry's body was glowing with white light and bolts of lightning surrounded his body. He could also hear claps of thunder as heavy rain suddenly pelted against the windows of the room. When Harry slowly approached him, Lockhart couldn't help but think that Harry looked like the Ancient Greek wizard King Zeus. Lockhart pointed his wand at Harry, but the younger boy snarled and ran at the so-called Professor. Harry side steeped a curse and kicked the man in the groin and threw the man's wand to the other side of the room. He bent down and started punching and kicking Lockhart within every inch of his life. He was incredibly protective of Daphne and he was not going to spare Lockhart who wanted to rape his future wife!

"How dare you!" shouted Harry, as the storm outside grew fiercer. "How dare you sexually assault us? I have to say I underestimated you, but no longer. If you had touched one hair on Daphne's head, I would have literally chopped you into tiny pieces and fed you to dragons!"

After several minutes, he stopped his assault and looked at the frail and broken form of Gilderoy Lockhart. The man was unconscious because of all the pain Harry had inflicted, but very much alive. Harry hadn't done anything that would harm his life; he needed Lockhart alive to receive a trail. Harry flicked his finger involuntarily and to his surprise, his wand came to his hand; it looked like Lockhart did not check for wand holsters. His wand holsters were made of dragon hide and lined with Demiguise hair, to become invisible at will. He bound the man with ropes and for a good measure hit him with a Body Blind Curse as well.

Harry turned around to look at Cedric, still bound, looking at him with wide eyes. Harry flicked his wand at Cedric and the bindings around the other boy disappeared, and the older boy immediately fell to the floor – clearly he had been struggling to get out of the binds himself. Harry extended his hand to help the boy up, and he took it.

"I can't believe he would do something like this" said Cedric still shaking due to the horrible experience.

"Me too" replied Harry. "I always thought he was an idiot, who only cared about gold and selling his books, but I never pegged him to be a paedophile."

Cedric took one look at their nakedness and walked to the other side of the room where he saw their clothes. He took them and passed the other set to the younger boy who muttered his thanks and they dressed in silence. "We need to call the teachers" said Cedric as he picked up his wand.

"Agreed; as much I would like to keep this quiet, we can't. We don't know how many other people he has molested. We'll need to make this public. Is that okay with you?" asked Harry.

Cedric nodded morosely. Harry sighed, and raised his wand to his throat. "Sonorous. Staff of Hogwarts, this is Hadrian Potter. Please come to the Defence classroom immediately. Repeat, teachers please report to the Defence classroom immediately. Quietus" he said.

Harry and Cedric waited for a few minutes and suddenly the teachers barged into the room. "What happened here? What did you do Mr Potter?" asked McGonagall. Harry narrowed his eyes at the older woman. He had noticed that she had become colder to him lately, no doubt influenced by Dumbledore.

"Professors, Professor Lockhart just sexually assaulted and attempted to rape us both. Please call the DMLE immediately" said Harry.

"Mr Potter that is a wild accusation; I don't think - " began McGonagall, but was cut off by Professor Flitwick. "Expecto Patronum" said the half-goblin. A silvery owl shot out of his wand and he said to the spectre "Madam Bones, we have two students who have claimed to have been sexually assaulted by a Hogwarts teacher. Kindly come to the Defence classroom in the castle immediately along with Mr Amos Diggory and Lord Sirius Black."

Professor Flitwick rounded on McGonagall and said in an angry tone "We have protocol when it comes to sexual assault at Hogwarts, whether it is an accusation or not. Have you forgotten that Professor McGonagall? Would you have behaved the same if one of your lions were the victims instead? If this is indeed true, I will not allow one of my Ravenclaws to suffer while the accused goes scot free, and I'm sure that Professor Sprout agrees."

Professor Sprout nodded and turned to Cedric and asked, "Mr Diggory, is what Mr Potter says true?"

"Yes Professor" replied Cedric. "We both came to the Defence classroom because we had detention with Professor Lockhart. When we entered the classroom, we were stunned from behind. I woke up later to find both Harry and I naked, and then Lockhart came and sexually assaulted us. Before he could, ahm, rape us, Harry broke free of his bindings was attacked him. He then released me. We got dressed and called for you" he explained.

McGonagall paled and looked at Harry. What she found was the boy staring back at her, with a blank expression on his face, but with narrowed eyes. Before anyone could say anything more Albus Dumbledore burst into the room. "What's going on here Mr Potter?" he asked in an authoritarian voice.

"I would like to know that as well" said a voice at the door.

Everyone turned around to find a pink-faced Amelia Bones and Sirius Black standing at the doorway, along with two Aurors. Clearly, they had come running from the apparition point to the classroom.

"Amelia, Sirius, May I know what you're doing here at this late hour?" asked Dumbledore. He didn't know what was going on, but there was no way in hell was he going to let the DMLE take control of the situation. He was the Headmaster of the school!

"I believe we can answer that Headmaster" said Harry quietly.

Everyone turned to look at him. Amelia discreetly took out a dicta-quill and nodded to Harry that she was ready. Harry looked at her and gave a slight nod and began. Just before he was about to begin, Amos Diggory came in as well, puffing. After introductions were made, Harry and Cedric began their story. They explained about the detention, how they were stunned in the back by Lockhart, how they found themselves bound and naked on his bed, how he touched them inappropriately and how he mentioned at he had Daphne Greengrass as one of his future targets, how Harry lost control, broke free of the bindings and attacked Lockhart and them calling the teachers.

Most of them in the room looked like they were going to be sick. Amelia pocketed her notes and moved to the broken form of Gilderoy Lockhart. She pointed her wand at him and said "Rennevate". Lockhart slowly got up and winced because of the pain. "Mr Lockhart, you have been accused of sexual assault of two underage wizards and attempted rape. How do you plead?" she asked.

"What? I didn't do anything like that!" said Lockhart in a shaky voice. "It was Filch! He was trying to harm them and I came to save the boys! But Potter attacked me! You have to arrest him!" he shouted desperately.

"You attacked a teacher?" asked Dumbledore and McGonagall at the same time. "Mr Potter, attacking a teacher is a serious offence. That means - " said Dumbledore but was interrupted.

" – nothing" said Sirius, putting his arm around his godson. "The boy was sexually assaulted and was almost raped, and his attack on the bastard was clearly self-defence" he said with narrowed eyes.

"Langaue, and - " said McGonagall but was again interrupted when Sirius said in a menacing voice "My godson and heir was almost raped by this paedophile that you and Dumbledore hired, and you ask me to mind my language? May I know what your priorities are, Professor McGonagall?" he asked angrily.

"Mr Lockhart, is this your wand?" asked Amelia. While the rest were arguing, she was gathering evidence.

"Yes" said Lockhart.

"Priori Incantatem" she said immediately, pointing her wand at the top of Lockhart's. When she performed it repeatedly, she saw binding charms, a stunner and obliviation charm as well.

"Gilderoy Lockhart, you are under attest under the authority of the Director of Magical Law Enforcement of the British Ministry of Magic. You will be taken to a holding cell and will receive a trail in front of the Wizengamot. You are allowed to contact your lawyer if you have one, otherwise, you may defend yourself or request for one. Cuff him" she said and the two Aurors cuffed him with magic suppression shackles.

"I think it would be advisable for both Mr Diggory and Mr Potter to go home tonight and stay there until the trial. They have undergone a horrible experience tonight and I feel that being with their family would be better than staying at school and answering questions they might not want to answer yet" said Professor Sprout.

"I agree. Mr Potter, as your Head of House, I give you permission to go home until the trial" said Flitwick.

"Before you do, I would like to see the memory of the incident" said Dumbledore.

"I don't think so" said Harry. "I have no intention of having my naked body displayed to others nor do I want it displayed on the front page of the Daily Prophet, and I think Cedric would agree with me."

The other boy nodded. "I do" said Cedric.

Dumbledore's eye twitched, but before he could say anything, Amos Diggory took his son out of the room. Sirius followed him, his arm still around his godson. Amelia gave the Aurors instructions to place Lockhart in a holding cell and they all left. The group made their way to the Apparition point at the entrance of the school; the Diggories and Aurors Disapparated while Sirius, Amelia and Harry took a portkey to Black Manor.

Harry landed on his feet and immediately sat on the couch in the drawing room. His face was pale as the full ramifications of what had transpired sunk in. Sirius and Amelia looked at each other with worried looks on their faces. "Harry?" asked Amelia softly.

Harry looked at them both and saw they had worried expressions on their faces. "I'm fine" he said, reassuring them. "You know, I've been verbally, physically and emotionally abused. But after the talk with Sirius last year, I was glad I wasn't sexually abused as well; even though Uncle Vernon was close to doing that once too" he explained. "I just don't know how to react anymore. What do I do? Do I sit and cry? Do I throw a fit and destroy everything I see to control my anger? I really have no idea."

"You know what? This is actually my fault. No it really is" said Harry when Sirius opened his mouth to object. "I sensed Lockhart was behind me. I turned to look at him and that was when he hit us with a stunner. The reason I blame myself is because I underestimated him, which always leads to one's downfall. And what else happened is that I became too sure of myself; I became overconfident. Forgive me for my lack of modesty, but if not for my own skill, Cedric and I would have been raped and obliviated. My arrogance was the cause of my downfall. But never again" he said, his eyes glowing an intense green.

"Never again" he whispered to himself again.

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The next morning, Hogwarts was in shock. Professors Flitwick and Sprout had explained the absence of Harry Potter and Cedric Diggory to their students. Daphne's eyes were bloodshot and her hands were shaking due to anger. How much more did Harry have to suffer? Wasn't what happened during his childhood enough? The rest of the student body was stunned by the fact that a Professor had attempted to rape two of their fellow students and had plotted to do the same to others in the future. The Chamber of Secrets incident was forgotten until that night, when one of the teachers found Justin Finch-Fletcheley and Nearly Headless Nick both petrified. It was only then that people realised that Harry couldn't be the Heir of Slytherin because he wasn't in the castle when Justin was attacked. But it didn't stop them from trying to speculate as to who it could be.

Harry woke up the next morning and panicked when he immediately didn't realise where he was, until he took a look at the Black family crest on the wall and relaxed. He was in Black Manor, safe. He blinked his eyes as remembered what had happened the previous night. Harry chuckled sadly when he realised that other children would have probably been scarred for life because of last night's incident; but he believed it didn't affect him much because he had undergone much worse at the Dursleys when he lived with them. But he was sure that would not have been the case had Lockhart actually raped him.

He finished his morning chores, put on the clothes Toby had left him and left the room. When he entered the informal dining room, he saw Sirius and Amelia finishing breakfast and having tea. He knew that Amelia had moved in with Sirius about a month ago, so he wasn't too surprised to find her there. "Good morning" he said as he entered.

Sirius and Amelia looked up and wishing him a good morning as well. Once Harry was served breakfast, Sirius hesitantly asked, "How are you feeling Harry?"

"I'm fine, I really am" replied Harry. "I know you feel like I might be traumatised, but I'm not, at least not so much that requires concern. "And thank you for coming to my aid last night. I really appreciate it" he said sincerely.

"Harry that's what families do" said Amelia, tearing her eyes from the newspaper in front of her. "We help each other. I may not have been able to take care of you during your childhood, but there is no way we're shrinking responsibilities now. Trust me when I say I looked for you. But I was blocked at every turn when I tried to gain guardianship of you and all files pertaining to you at the Ministry were sealed under the Office of the Chief Warlock. Any and all routes I could take were blocked. Besides, who would listen to a Senior Auror instead of Albus Dumbledore? By the time I was made the Head of the DMLE, it was too late" she grumbled.

"You, you both consider me family?" whispered Harry. He couldn't control his emotions much when that word was mentioned. "Thank you, Aunt Amy, Sirius" he said with thick emotion in his voice.

Both of them smiled at him and got up to give him a tender hug. "Don't worry Harry. Just relax for today. There will be an Emergency Session of the Wizengamort tomorrow, a full session, as this is a serious matter, pertaining to a national hero" explained Amelia. "I'm pretty sure we'll get approval to use Vertiserum and don't worry about Pensieve memories; I'll ensure that it never happens" she said, kissed Harry on the forehead and left for the Ministry.

Harry wiped a few tears from his eyes and looked at his godfather "How about we develop plans to prank Dumbledore and McGonagall?" he asked grinning a bit.

Sirius's eyes lit up. This was going to be fun.