[POV Reo(Edgar)]
After seeing that Ol Twinkles left the ground I quickly made my way towards the Ravenclaw dorms but I didn't need to reach there as I met Momo, Rumi & Luna in the way. They are also connected with the wards so they must have felt Ol Twinkles leave the Hogwarts' Grounds. I wasn't worried about Luna… I am damn sure that she won't betray my trust.
"Did you get everything?" I asked looking towards Momo.
"Yes, everything is ready" Momo said while gesturing towards the satchel she was carrying.
"Edgar, can I come too?" Luna asked in a cheerful voice while she had a goofy grin on her face.
"Do you know what we are going to do?" before I could say anything Rumi asked Luna curiously.
"Oh, yes. You are going to tame the Slytherin's beast. I wonder if you could find some other creatures there" Luna said as a matter of fact while nodding her head sagely. Rumi just nodded her head and backed away. Both me and Momo also decided not to care about this anymore.
"Then let's go!" I said mimicking an army officer. Luna giggled while Momo started to chuckle and Rumi started to follow me with a gentle smile on her face.
The four of us quickly arrived in the girl's loo on the second floor. The ghost of Moaning Mrytle came to greet us but when we said that we are going to take care of the creature that killed her, she immediately became happy and offered us her spot to share if we die. Luna happily thanked the ghost while Myrtle only received a dry reply from the rest of us.
Rumi and I got near the sink while Momo cast every ward that could repel a wizard on the door so that we don't get disturbed in our endeavor. Rumi and I quickly removed all the monitoring and alarm charms that were placed near the sink by Ol Twinkles. It took us about 9 minutes to completely nullify all the charms.
"Well that's done… so what's the password?" Rumi said huffing after we finished removing the charm.
(A/N: I am gonna use $ for Parseltounge)
$Open$ I hissed at the sink and the sink opened wide making a gateway. The four of us peered down and found a slide filled with filth and grime.
"No! No, there is no way in hell that I was going down on that!" Momo turned towards me and said with a stern face. This meant no-nonsense or else…
I had already thought of this before as if the slide was the only way then Ginerva Weasly who was possessed by Tommy Boy would not be able to come back up. So, I decided to try something.
$Stairs$ I hissed and this actually worked as the stairs formed.
They were still filled with filth and grime but it was way better than the slide. Luna was about to head inside while skipping but I decided to stop her to which Luna pouted cutely but stayed behind me. I pulled out my wand and cast Lumos to light up the stairs. The girls followed my lead and all four of us started to descend. We finally arrived at the bottom and found a damp and dirt-filled room. The room was littered with skeletons of small animals.
"I expected a lot more from the legendary Chamber of Secrets" Rumi said in a disappointed voice.
"This isn't the Chamber of Secrets, it's down this path" Luna said pointing towards some drag marks. Wow… she is definitely observant of her surroundings.
I followed the drag marks on the ground with the girls following me from behind and finally arrived in front of the main opening of the Chamber. The glinting jewels that the eyes of the carved snakes guarding the entrance made it easy for us to recognize that this was the real one. Once again I hissed in front of the gates which made the doors slide open and finally grant us access to the Chamber of Secrets. Momo and I used our Wands and cast several light orbs that started to float around the room lighting up the room brilliantly. The lights when glowed around we finally found the snake statues and statue of Salazar Slytherin himself.
"Marvellous" Momo whispered and started to look at the statues. It's true, watching it in the movie and real-life is a completely different experience. We found a basilisk skin about thirty feet long lying on a side near a statue. We looked around for some time looking for a secret room or something similar. Unfortunately, there wasn't anything in this room. Luna was disappointed that she didn't find anything to write about in Quibbler but quickly became happy when she remembered that she still had to meet the basilisk.
The three of us nodded to each other and started to draw the ritual circle on the ground. Luna looked at us with an awed expression for a few minutes before she skipped around the room and started to draw sketches of the statues in the room. It took us quite some time to completely prepare the ritual circle. After that was done, we decided to check everything before letting the basilisk out. After the checks were done, and we confirmed that everything was perfect we decided to call the basilisk. The girls hid behind the statues while I went in front of the statue of Salazar Slytherin and took a deep breath.
$Speak to me, Slytherin, Greatest of Hogwarts Four$ I hissed at the statue, and the statue's mouth opened wide making a huge path. I had to hold myself back from taking a peek down.
$Food… Master… Kill…$ a voice came from inside and a slithering sound could be heard. I knew it was the basilisk and didn't want to risk my life and immediately backed away and hid behind a statue. Basilisk's voice kept getting louder and louder until I knew it was completely out. I peeked and saw the basilisk was still getting out of the mouth of Salazar Slytherin. The basilisk kept mumbling the words about food, master, and need to kill. I gave the signal to Momo who nodded and activated the ritual circle.
The basilisk hissed or screeched loudly in pain and started to thrash around. Just after a few seconds, everything calmed down and the basilisk went completely quiet.
$Come out! I can smell you!$ the snake hissed. Looks like it got back its sanity.
Momo and Rumi looked at with uncertainty while Luna looked quite excited.
$I can't, I will die with your stare$ I hissed back.
$I know, that's why I have closed my partial eyelid, now nothing will happen if you look at my eyes. You have my gratitude… you broke me out of that monster's grasp$ the basilisk hissed back. I finally gathered some courage and stepped out from behind the shadow and found the basilisk was looking directly at me.
$Speaker, you have thanks, you broke the forceful bond between me and one Thomas Marvolo Riddle. He made me kill a student and petrify others while Salazar placed me here to keep the school safe as its last defence$ the basilisk hissed bowing down its huge head in front of me. Now, that I have seen it from the front… it's easily 80 feet.
By this time the girls have come out of hiding and Luna had already started to pat the basilisk. The basilisk seemed to like the attention.
$Speaker, I need to head outside to get some food. I have not eaten anything in the last 70 years$ the basilisk seemed to whine. But, honestly, I can't let this out anywhere near the school grounds.
$I am afraid you cannot, there are students outside the grounds and I don't want an accident and you could be hunted down$ I hissed back. The basilisk looked devasted.
$But, I haven't been outside for so long… it is soo boring in here$ the basilisk hissed again. Luna was still patting the basilisk.
$I can get a safe place for you but you need to form a familiar bond with me, you can roam there freely and hunt as you wish$ I hissed to the basilisk. The basilisk seemed to think for a few seconds before nodding its huge head. Momo handed me a nice rune etched knife which I used to slice my hand. As soon as the blood flowed, I placed my hand on top of the basilisk's head. A faint glow surrounded both me and the basilisk and felt a bond form between me and the basilisk.
$What's your name?$ I asked the basilisk.
$Salazar always called me Miss Snakey$ the basilisk said proudly, I immediately understood that Salazar's naming name was shit. But I was completely bewildered that the basilisk was a female.
$You are a female? You are so huge$ I blurted out unknowingly.
$That's rude… I will let you know, I am beautiful and majestic$ Miss Snakey hissed at me looking slightly offended.
$I am sorry, it was rude of me. So, can I give you a new name?$ I asked the basilisk and I refused to call her Miss Snakey.
$You can, after all, you are my new master$ the basilisk hissed her answer.
I thought for a few seconds before I decided on her name. $Attila, I name you Attila, do you like it?$ I asked the basilisk.
$I like it! The name is perfect for my status$ Attila said proudly and nodded her huge head.
After that out of the way, I asked Momo to give me the Portkey which I had prepared beforehand to send Attila back to Castle Ravenclaw. I placed the Portkey on her and after telling her that this was going to be unpleasant, I activated it and Attila was whisked away. I called Dixy and Lipsy to take care of Attila. For the next three hours we continued looking around the chamber but didn't find anything so with that we finally decided to head back. With that Second Year was also over…