The trio landed on the ground but Draco quickly got up and pointed his wand at Lockhart. The two Gryffindor boys did the same thing.

"Now remember," Harry spoke. "Any sign of movement, close your eyes straight away."

Draco and Ron nodded as Harry went inside the tunnel first. Lockhart stood there until Ron spotted him. "Go on." Lockhart flinched and quickly followed Harry. Draco and Ron followed behind, their wands pointing at Lockhart. 

"This way." Harry lead the way until the four men discovered something huge. "What's this?" Ron asked.

"It looks like, uh, snake..." Lockhart stuttered.

"It's a snakeskin." Draco corrected as he examined the snakeskin. Harry made his way to the other side as he touched the snakeskin.

"Bloody hell." Ron gasped. "Whatever shed this must be 60 feet long, or more."

Suddenly, the 'Great' Gilderoy Lockhart passed out. Ron glanced at Draco and sighed. "Heart of a lion, this one." He sarcastically commented.

Lockhart abruptly opened his eyes wide and quickly grabbed Ron's wand, standing up, and pointing the wand at the trio. Draco brought out his wand until he remembered something about Ron's wand. 'Wait. Weasley's wand is broken.'

"The adventure ends here, boys." Lockhart scoffed as Draco slowly brought his arm back down. "But don't fret. The world will know our story. How I was too late to save the girl. How you three tragically lost your minds with the sight of her mangled body." Lockhart pointed the wand at Potter. "So, you first, Mr. Potter. Say goodbye to your memories."

"Obliviate!" The spell backfired Ron's wand was broken. Lockhart flew right into the wall and was dropped down with a rough landing. Because of this, the place started shaking. Rocks started falling down from above.

Ron and Draco started walking back to avoid the rocks and so did Harry causing the trio to be separated.

"Potter!" Draco yelled as Weasley coughed.

"Ron! Malfoy!" Harry called out from the other side. Ron and Draco noticed Harry looking at them through the hole from the rocks. "Are you two okay?"

"We're fine!" Ron answered.

The three boys heard a groan from Ron and Draco's side. Draco and Ron looked down to see Lockhart getting up. He was confused at first but when he looked at the two boys and smiled. "Hello. Who are you?"

Ron furrowed his eyebrows in confusion. "Um... Ron Weasley."

"How about you?" Lockhart asked the blonde boy with a goofy and stupid smile on his face.

"Uh, Draco Malfoy," Draco replied.

"Really!" He exclaimed. "And, uh, wh-who am I?"

Ron gasped and looked at Harry. "Lockhart's Memory Charm backfired! He hasn't got a clue who he is."

Harry continued to look at Lockhart who started talking again. "It's an odd sort of place, isn't it?" Lockhart chuckled as he grabbed a rock and played with it. "Do you two live here?"

Draco scoffed while Ron took the rock from Lockhart's hand. "No."

"Really?" Lockhart asked but was knocked unconscious by Ron with the same rock that was on Lockhart's hand. Harry winced at the sight.

"What do we do now?" Ron asked.

"You two wait here and try and shift some of the rocks so we can get back. I'll go and find Ginny." Harry instructed.

"Okay!" Ron exclaimed. Harry moved away and the two boys heard him leaving the place. Draco started removing some small rocks and soon Ron joined him. The young Malfoy glanced at him and sighed. "Look, I'm sorry."

"About what?" Ron asked as he removed some rocks.

"About everything. Bullying. I don't think that your family is an embarrassment to the wizarding world."

Ron stared at him in surprise as the two continued to remove some rocks. Draco absentmindedly removed a rock causing some big rocks above it to move. Draco snapped his head up and saw one was about to hit Ron.

"Weasley, watch out!" Draco pushed Ron aside, taking the hit for himself. One hit his head and he fell unconscious to the ground.

"Malfoy!"

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You fluttered your eyes open and blinked a few times. 'What happened?' You slowly sat up and looked around. 'My head hurts.' You placed your palm against the side of your head until you saw someone's shadow coming towards you.

"(Y/n)!" She exclaimed in excitement. A smile formed on your lips. "Mione!" You greeted back. Hermione climbed up on your bed and hugged you tightly. You chuckled and hugged her back. "What are you doing here?"

"I... uhh... was Petrified." She chuckled nervously.

You pulled away and your eyes were widened. "What? How? Didn't you see my notes?"

Hermione nodded. "I did but I had to look for more information. I didn't know the Basilisk was there."

You sighed. In the corner of your eye, you saw someone approaching. You turned around to see Peter walking towards you. "Peter!"

He smiled sweetly. "Hey, (Y/n)!"

You and Hermione jumped out of the bed as you ran towards Peter and hugged him. "Were you Petrified too?"

He chuckled softly as he hugged you back. "Yeah."

You sighed and pulled away, looking down. "I'm sorry. I didn't get to warn you..."

He lifted your head by his finger on your chin and his smile didn't leave his face. "It's fine. We ended up being healed. At least we didn't die."

The three of you went to the Great Hall and saw people eating dinner. Peter waved goodbye to you and Hermione before going to the Hufflepuff table. He expected that no one would care that he was back.

Until Justin, one of the few students who got Petrified, stood up and smiled. "Peter! You're back!" The Hufflepuffs cheered and hugged Peter.

Hermione dragged you to the Gryffindor table and you saw your sister attacking you with a hug. "(Y/n), you ugly buffoon, you made me worried!"

You chuckled as you hugged her back. "I'm sorry for worrying you." You pulled away and cupped her cheeks. "I promise it won't happen again, okay? Are you alright?"

Megan raised an eyebrow. "I doubt that you won't be getting yourself in trouble again next year." She sighed but nodded "Yeah. I'm fine though."

Your sister turned around and pointed at Harry and Ron. "They're waiting for you. I'll be heading back to my table." She waved at you before walking away while you and Hermione walked towards the boys.

Harry and Ron immediately stood up and rushed towards you and Hermione, attacking you both with hugs. Harry hugged Hermione while Ron hugged you. "We're so glad you're back!" Ron exclaimed.

"Thanks, Ronald." You chuckled. You and Hermione pulled away and you hugged Harry. "Welcome back, (Y/n)!"

"Thank you, Harry."

Hermione and Ron hesitated to hug each other so instead, they shook hands. "Welcome back, Hermione." Ron greeted as you pulled away from Harry.

"Glad to be back." Hermione smiled. "I'm so glad you solved this!"

"You and (Y/n) helped us that's why we defeated the monster." Harry chuckled. "If it wasn't for you two, we wouldn't know what to do."

You grinned. "I'm also glad you two found our notes."

"We found Hermione's note," Ron spoke. "But Malfoy found yours."

Your smile disappeared and froze for a moment. You raised a brow. "Malfoy?"

"That's right." Harry nodded. "He came with us until we defeated the Basilisk."

"Where is he?" You asked. Harry pointed where he was so you looked at him. Draco was sitting with his friends at the Slytherin table. He was quiet as he listened to his friends' conversation. You were about to approach him but Harry stopped you by grabbing your wrist. "What is it, Harry?"

"He doesn't remember you..." Harry sighed and slowly let go of your wrist.

Your eyes widened as you felt your heart dropped. "What?" You said breathlessly.

"When Lockhart decided to wipe our memories, his spell backfired and he flew right into a wall," Ron explained. "Lockhart forgot everything. Then Harry was separated from us. He told us to remove the rocks so we could return back to the surface. Malfoy and I started removing small rocks first. Then the big rocks moved and one of them hit Malfoy's head when he saved me."

You looked down as you tried to process the information you were receiving but you were easily distracted when you felt a lump forming on your throat and tears are forming on your eyes.

"We brought him to Madam Pomfrey." Harry continued. "He remembers us and his apology. Except for you."

"He remembers some events in his life but some of them including you were... forgotten," Ron added.

You wanted to collapse but you controlled yourself. You held Hermione's hand and took a deep breath. "Let's sit down..."

The four of you sat together as Dumbledore stood up and spoke. "Let us have a round of applause for Professor Sprout, Madam Pomfrey whose Mandrake juice has been so successfully administered to all who had been Petrified." 

You clapped your hands together with the rest of the students. You looked at Draco who was talking to Pansy. You sighed and were hoping he would look or at least glance at you. Unexpectedly, you noticed him glancing at you from his table.

'Just a smile. Just smile. Please?'

But after he glanced, Draco turned his attention back to his friends and laughed when someone made a joke.

You frowned and looked away unable to focus and listen to Dumbledore's speech. 'Why wake up if my closest friend doesn't even remember me?' You took a deep breath. 'Calm down. You can do this. You can help him.'

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