Chapter 14
Halloween - the day of saints, which is celebrated by ordinary people and seemingly by our headmaster, though a majority of wizards is celebrating Samhain. During a dinner I was observing. Because of the House I has been sorted in I didn't get to know a majority of students but it wasnt my problem, seeing that people I care about were here, beside me. But every good thing is destined to be ended. After the dinner we walked to our living rooms through a second floor, because by some reasons, the passage to dungeons, which was on a first floor, was blocked by some reason. Moving through a corridor into a direction of not working bathroom we noticed water on a stone floor. A lot of water. And on a wall there was an inscription: "The Chamber of Secrets is open again! Enemies of the Heir, beware!" And next to this artwork there was mister Filch's cat hanging by her tail on the wall's lantern. The cat's owner ran here immediatelly and began blaming Potter in all sins despite the boy was coming back from the dinner alongside with us. Then the teachers arrived just in time and took Harry away to figure this situation out. A curious thing was that Malfoy didn't say anything about mudbloods probably because of his unexpected simpathy to Granger, who wasnt hanging out with Ron and was kinda different from her counterpart from canon. Then I noticed a redheaded top of a head flickered behind a corner when Potter was lead away. Probably someone from brothers has the diary?"
Before incidents with a basilisk started I decided to warn Potter about parseltongue to write an anonimous letter:
"Mister Potter!
An ability to talk to snakes usually is natural born but can be gained by various means too, by learning for example. In eastern countries (India, China) and in America parseltongue is a quite common thing and people with this ability are treated with a big respect. However, a situation in Europe, especially in Britain is completely opposite, since in here this gift is believed to be a trait of dark wizards. Though as you may know, it is not correct to divide a magic to light and dark one, you may kill someone by Wingardium Leviossa too.
Secret Friend."
I hope, that Potter won't give his curious ability in a duel club away.
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Immediatelly after the incident with Missis Norris it was decided to arrange a duelling club under Gilderoy Lockheart's guidance. Everyone willing was allowed in there starting from a second year. I thought I would miss an opportunity to see how Snape would kick the writer's ass but our potion brewer dragged all years to a demonstration, to which we were gratefull.
A defeat of DADA's professor was really epic but not as much as a reaction of a majority of female students, who were charmed by Lockheart. They are immediately began to complain about Snape's unfairness and rushed to help the blonde. Only I, Astoria and male students were applauding to the Slytherin's Head.
Potter has complied to my suggestion - seeing that during his duel with Malfoy he pretended to be scared by a snake. Clever boy! Besides, for the headmaster this could serve as a sign, that a horcrux was no longer there despite Harry does have a scar on his forehead.
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Now I began paying closer look to my brothers and I noticed what I havent seen before. Ron. He began kinda more quiet, though I believed it to be a result of a serious talk the twins had with him after my visit to the headmaster. He stopped interacting with other gryffindors, began having a meal in a far corner of a table. By the end of november when I was contempllating about how to take the diary away, a petrified muggleborn hufflepuff.
So I had to go to a library and to learn charms of a light coercing - Confundus cause all my attempts to search my brother's bag was in vain - there was no diary. Having finished my work in a house of knowledgd I put charms on Ron and asked him to appear with the diary to Mirtle's bathroom seeing that said place was rarely being visited by someone.
I have overlooked something however. When I appear, Ron in there but he wasnt responding me, he was only hissing, it seems, my Confundus means nothing in comparison with this artefact. I realised the things arent going well, so I took a glass box I have brought preliminary and prepared to look through this in order not to be petrified for good. Sinks moved away, basilisk apppeared from a tunnel partially. I was looking at this giant reptile but wasnt growing petrified which allowed me to think that the glass of this box was really something.
At september I read everything concerning the Basilisk and so I was aware, that one could make a contact with this creature through legillimency in case if you are not a parselmouth.
However, the contact can be established only with a concent from the King of snake. I decided too take a risk.
"Reverend Basilisk," I began," Im not a Speaker but Im able to interact with you through a legillimency. If you are willing to listen, then nod and do not kill me with your gaze, please."
I felt myself a complete fool when I was saying all of this but I still had a hope that this will work, while I was watching this giant snake, who immediately glanced at Ron. He was petrified, I didn't know if he was alive or not. My hopes were confirmed - I noticed how the basilisk's eyes were covered by a thin film probably in order not to turn me into a statue.
"Legillimence!" I said and sank into the snake''s consciousness.
- "I agreed to talk to you only because you could rid me of a dishonourable descendant of Salazar," thought Basilisk, who then nodded at my brother's direction,"the boy is alive. His mind was enveloped by the Speaker, who has been studying in here fifty years ago and ordered me to kill muggleborns, but that wasn't what the founder had summoned me for. And because of this Im not using my eyes' ability at full force. Can you take this not away from the boy?" "What could I respond to a request of someone, who could kill me at any moment? Of course, I agreed. I come to brother and took the note away from him, then put it into a glass box. The basilisk then said immediately: "Thank you. The headmaster with teachers are rushing in here, so make the boy think, that I have spirited you away." "Why?" I didnt understand what the snake was up to "I want to talk with the younger Speaker," The Basilisk explained,"and he will come to his friend's aid, this is exactly, what the headmaster is aiming for. Hurry!" I did as the creature has told me, then I climed onto his neck, if it can be called as such, then I grasped at the perturbances on his head. The basilisk plunged into the tunnel together with me, closing the entrance into it. Literally several minutes later I ended up beside Salazar Slytherin's statue and we continue our conversation
It turned out, that the modern edition of Hogwarts' history is lmessing with events of past. The Basilisk told me about many events which I has been reading in libraries of Lovegoods and Pruetts, I wonder when and with which purpose a villifying of Slytherin has began? Is it began in Dumbledore time or before him? The snake was interrupted by Potter's arrival. The boy run to me at first, then he stopped abruptly upon seeing the Basilisk. "Eveline!" "Harry, come," I said calmly,"he is not dangerous and he wants to talk to you."
The boy nodded hesitantly and approached, starting to hiss something alongside with the snake. Without wasting my time, I summoned my house elf and asked him to bring two sheepd cause I thoight, that the creature must been very hungry. While I was waiting for Ellie, I was watching the Basilisk and Potter, who both approached the Founder's statue. Harry brushed his bloodied hand against the statue and it moved innerside. The boy diseppeared behind it immediatelly, while the snake stayed in my company, which was multiplified by the house elf, three sheeps and two pigs. All animals were immobilized. "Thank you," the snake said in my head," I havent been fed since long time ago."
<"Sometimes bring here vials for venoms"
Thankfully I do have several vials in my bag, I fetched them and enlarged them. As soon as the Basilisk finished gifting me with his venom, he showed me how to exit the Chamber of Secrets without going through the restroom. By this time Harry come back and he wasnt alone, the headmaster's phoenix arrived with the Hat, which he tossed to Potter. The bird sat on my shoulder, astounding me.
"How is it possible? This is Dumbledore's familiar," I said.
"These creatures are choosing their owner themselves," the snake's voice was heard,"the headmaster and phoenix are dealling with each ither until the later wont find a soulmate, said soulmate is you."
I have been amazed by this information and so, after regaining my composure, I said to phoenix"stick to the headmaster, so as not to invoke suspicions, but do not fullfill a duty of his immediate transportation anymore."
This miraclous being flied away, taking the artefact with himself and shouting something joyfull and we went to exit the Chamber of Secrets deciding to pretend we are not aware of its existence. But I immediately began to worry about defenceless brains of the boy, to which he replied, that everything is alright.
As soon as we left the Basilisk's shelter the headmaster found us literally several minutes later. He lead us to his office, where we voiced our legend. Dumbledore's eyes were gleaming slyly and he was trying to make hints about the basilisk's existence, if we seen him and other things like that, but we were denying everything and so the headmaster had nothing left to do, than to let us go.