Chapter 107: Is it over? or...
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Chapter 107: Is it over? or...
"The basilisk?" Daphne trembled in fear.
"Everything will be fine, just keep your eyes closed. Direct eye contact will kill you and indirect one will petrify you." Harry warned them.
They heard the door making a loud sound as it was slammed open against the wall, followed by a threatening hiss.
"S-should we run?...maybe we can make it back to the pipes," Lyra suggested.
"No!, stay where you are, and don't move." Harry ordered. He had also closed his eyes, so if the three scared girls started to run around, they might get caught in the crossfire.
"Harry…"
He heard Daphne's trembling voice as he walked in the direction of the snake. She was the closest one to the beast and was clearly hearing it approach her.
He put a hand on her shoulder.
"Don't worry, Daphne. I won't let it hurt you, trust me."
She seemed to calm down a bit after hearing his voice.
"Omnia audio…" Harry pronounced the charm loud and clear.
All sounds became much easier to pick up after that. Even without seeing it, he could now tell the exact position of the snake.
The skin of the basilisk is extremely resistant to magic. So throwing spells at it was not going to do much.
Unfortunately for this particular basilisk, Harry's specialty was very much effective against it.
'It's getting ready to strike….' By the sounds, he could tell that at least half outfit's body was currently off the ground.
Snakes would raise their heads up when they were about to strike and this one was doing the same.
The hiss that came from above him just confirmed the current position of the beast.
And that's all he needed.
"Petra…" Harry knelt down and touched the stone floor of the corridor with the tip of his wand. This one immediately started to morph and deform like it had been turned into a liquid.
"Tredecim Hastae!"
Thirteen stone spears were shaped out of the stone floor and pierced the basilisk from its head up to the end of its body.
The beast shrieked in pain as the spears impaled it and lifted it in the air.
The girls were terrified by the noises they were hearing but did not dare to open their eyes or move.
This continued for almost a minute, although it felt much longer for them.
Eventually, the noises stopped…the basilisk was finally dead.
"You can open your eyes now," Harry told them.
Lyra, Ginny, and Daphne did so and glanced with caution towards the corridor.
They first saw Harry, who was standing up and observing the dead snake with interest.
They then saw the basilisk itself. It died while being suspended in the air by the stone spears. It had its mouth open and blood poured from every part of its body.
Its terrifying yellow eyes were also open, but they now looked lifeless and no longer power to kill anything.
Lyra and Ginny let out another scream. They had never seen something so scary in their short lives. And the mere thought that this monster had been alive moments ago and moving towards them was truly a terrifying thought.
Daphne looked more fascinated than scared. She had been hearing legends about this monster and the Chamber of Secrets even before attending Hogwarts. And now she was finally seeing it in person.
The legendary monster was dead, right in front of her. Killed by a boy no older than herself and some unknown spell. If she ever told anyone about this, she would be taken for crazy.
"You actually killed Salazar Slytherin beast…" Daphne had a hard time believing what she was seeing. It all felt so surreal.
"Is it really dead?...." Lyra approached slowly while keeping her eyes on the snake, hoping it would not sprout to life all of a sudden.
"It's massive!. I didn't know basilisks were so big." Ginny exclaimed.
"They are not…" Harry told her.
"This was a special case. One-of-a-kind specimen who managed to continue living and growing for a thousand years. I doubt there is another one even close to this size in the entire world."
Harry moved his eyes back to the basilisk. He had left its eyes intact on purpose, he was going to need them for a ritual he planned on performing the next year.
'It may be a bad idea to call for Dobby right now….Daphne may recognize him.'
Is not that he suspected she was going to snitch to the Ministry, but the fewer people who knew about the elf's current location, the better. He will have to call him after he takes the girls out.
"So…this monster…." Lyra stared at the giant snake.
"Was the one creating those earthquakes we have been suffering all year?"
Harry didn't know what to answer. The snake was definitely big, but…to shake the entire castle….it just seemed impossible.
'It also seems smaller than I remember.'
That may be his imagination. It's been a long time since he fought it and he was much younger (mentally) and naive back then. The snake could have looked bigger to him because of that.
However, there was still something else he wanted to check.
"Harry?!" Lyra saw her brother walk beneath the massive snake and disappear from sight.
"Where are you going?"
"Should we follow him?" Ginny wondered. She would feel safer if he was around.
Daphne did not say a word and followed Harry's steps, passing beneath the basilisk.
"Ugg…" Lyra hesitated for a moment. Because of the stone spears, the only way to cross the narrow corridor was by passing below the dead creature.
It was lifted a good ten feet in the air so there was plenty of room, but was still unpleasant.
"Let's go to, Lyra!" Ginny held her hand.
The two of them walked in between the spears. There was still blood running through their stone surfaces, and there was a very pungent smell in the air.
They hurried up to come out from there and found Harry and Daphne staring at the metal door that the snake had opened to escape.
"This is very strange…"
Lyra heard her brother muttering and wondered what he was referring to. Everything about this looked strange to her…strange and scary.
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