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"Dialogue"
'Thoughts'
$Parseltongue$
Chapter 41
Confrontation
Harry rushed towards the bathroom, ignoring the yelp from the annoying ghost, he opened the entrance and went inside.
The door to the inner chamber was open and he could hear a familiar voice inside.
He placed a silencing charm on himself and approached the opening of the door slowly.
$It has come the time of reckoning, and You will do as I say! $
The boy, that now Harry recognize as one of the two gorillas that used to follow Malfoy and now follow Nott, was talking in perfect parseltongue with the basilisk.
The basilisk was behaving in a strange manner and seem to be in pain. The boy pointed his wand a the basilisk and this one hissed angrily at him in response.
$Is painful, isn't it?$ He said in a mocking manner to the basilisk.
$You could have saved yourself a lot of pain by following my orders instead of going into hiding.$
The basilisk looked toward the boy. It had its eyes closed, but one could tell that it was not of its own will, it seems to be struggling to resist some sort of commanding spell.
$N-no…$ The basilisk said with extreme difficulty.
The boy's face contorted with rage.
$How dare you…I am he heir of Slytherin and you nothing but a PET.$
He fired some spell that Harry did not recognize and the basilisk yelped in pain.
$You will go back into the castle and kill every student and teacher that you can find, but your main target is Harry Potter. You will not stop no matter what. That is your order.$
Harry has seen enough and fires a restraining spell toward the boy.
As much as he would like to kill him, he needs to know who is behind all of this. There is no way this is actually the doing of some second-year Slytherin student. Whoever is behind this can use parseltongue, knows about the chamber, and can control people from afar.
The spells hit true, ropes tied around his body and made him fall to the floor with a thud sound.
"Arggg. Who?..." He turned his head with difficulty to look at his attacker.
"Potter?. What are you doing here?. Bah!, no matter." He turned his head towards the basilisk.
$Kill him! KILL POTTER!.$
Meanwhile, Harry was already making preparations to fight the basilisk.
He closed his eyes and said. "Sonus Augere"
This spell greatly improves the ability to perceive and analyze sounds.
He could easily hear the basilisk approach him and hiss.
He aimed towards where he knew the head of the basilisk would be by the location where the hissing sounds were coming from.
"Terebrate!." The piercing curse flew with a red light towards the basilisk's head.
Basilisks are extremely resistant to magic, but if you concentrate a great amount of power on a single point, then it is possible to pierce its skin and damage them. The piercing curse is the best spell for this.
Harry wasn't sure if it would be enough to hit the brain and kill it, but maybe he could at least hit the eyes.
Unfortunately, the basilisk moved its head slightly and the spell ended up grazing its cheeks, drawing some blood and making the creature even angrier.
Harry could feel the mind of the basilisk, this used to be an intelligent creature. But now, with Its mind shattered, was nothing more than a wild beast who cares for nothing but to kill its target.
The basilisk launched Itself with its mouth open toward Harry.
"Celeritas Meliorem." The enhanced speed charm. It can push the human body beyond the limits and greatly improve its movement speed. It comes with the cost of causing great damage to bones and muscles, making its use limited.
After casting the spell, Harry moved out of the way at an impossible speed and the basilisk ended up smashing Its face against the rocky ground.
It hissed in anger and prepared Its next attack when suddenly a loud screeching sound was heard. The sound passed above Harry and went directly towards the basilisk.
While Harry was trying to make sense of the situation something landed on top of his head, startling him. He quickly used his hands to discern what it was...a hat.
"Mr. Potter, calm down. We came to help!." A familiar voice was heard.
"The sorting hat? What in Merlin's name are you doing here? and how?."
The loud sounds of fighting interrupted Harry. It seems that the basilisk was having a hard time with whoever brought the hat here. Harry had an idea of who it was.
"Dumbledore's phoenix isn't it?." He asked
"Fawkes. That bird is really clever. I believe He sensed that you were in danger, He then grabbed me with no warning, and here we are…" The hat said the last part in an annoyed tone.
"I understand the phoenix, but how are you supposed to he-?" Harry heard a spell being cast at him and moved to one side.
"POTTER, we are not done yet!." The boy spat the words.
'This is annoying. I still cannot open my eyes, just in case, the basilisk looks towards me. I have to fight blind.' Harry considered the situation.
"Who are you?. I know you are not Goyle." Harry proved for information. He is unable to delve into minds without eye contact, but he can still pick up some surface thoughts.
"Hmph, since You are going to die…I suppose I can grant you the last wish." Goyle said with a sneer.
"I believe we have already met before Mr. Potter…I AM LORD VOLDEMORT!" He announced.
"HUH?" was all that Harry could say.