Chapter 51 - 52

"Basilisk, what is that?"

Seeing Harry and Hermione looking at him curiously, Evan took out a sheet of paper that was torn from a very old book. This was the information he prepared a few days ago, he kept it with him to deal with this when it occurred.

"This is the introduction to the basilisk, but don't tell the librarian, if she knew I was destroying books she would not let me in ever again."

Harry and Hermione couldn't wait to read:

Of the many fearsome beasts and monsters that roam our land, there is none more curious or more deadly than the Basilisk, known also as the King of Serpents. This snake, which may reach gigantic size, and live many hundreds of years, is born from a chicken's egg, hatched beneath a toad. Its methods of killing are most wondrous, for aside from its deadly and venomous fangs, the Basilisk has a murderous stare, and all who are fixed with the beam of its eye shall suffer instant death. Spiders flee before the Basilisk, for it is their mortal enemy, and the Basilisk flees only from the crowing of the rooster, which is fatal to it.

"The basilisk is the mortal enemy of spiders, so that's why Aragog was afraid of it…. I get it, Evan!"

It was like someone had suddenly lit a light in the dark, Harry excitedly said, "No wonder every time there was an attack, I could hear a voice!"

"Look at this, it says that the Basilisk's stare is deadly." said Hermione while pointing at the page, "But the students aren't dead"

"That's because no one directly looked at it." explained Evan, "Remember the first time it attacked water was on the ground, so Filch's cat must have seen it in the water's reflection so it was petrified."

"So, when the second attack, happened Penelope saw the basilisk through Moaning Myrtle." said Hermione, "And Myrtle can't die a second time."

"As for Justin, he must have seen it when he was looking in the mirror."

"Wait a minute, I still don't understand, if the basilisk is really big like the book says, how can it travel through the school and not be seen?"

"It must travel through the pipes, Harry, so that must be why you can always hear it."

Hermione looked at the page in her hand.

"The rooster's cry is fatal to it so Hagrid's Rooster was killed when the Chamber of Secrets was opened because the heir would never want a rooster to be near the castle, and we now know everything."

"Except for one thing, we don't know who the heir is,"

Seeing Harry and Hermione suddenly look at him, Evan smiled and said, "Don't look at me, I don't know either."

"We need to comb through the clues from fifty years ago, Voldemort opened the chamber of secrets, killed Moaning Myrtle and then blamed Hagrid. We now know what the monster is in the Chamber of Secrets, Hagrid's rooster has been killed, and Ron has been cursed so the heir must be among us," said Hermione

"If they are from outside of the school we can't know. Wait a minute we found a strange diary on Christmas day, it belonged to a student from fifty years ago, Tom Riddle, but there wasn't anything was written on it, it can't be a coincidence."

"Riddle won a Special Award for Services to the School fifty years ago," added Harry, "Ron and I saw the trophy in the trophy room."

"Didn't he win it because he caught who opened the Chamber of Secrets." Frowned Hermione, "But Hagrid said, it was Voldemort who caught him…. Oh my God!"

The atmosphere was eerily silent, they all thought of one possibility.

"Tom Riddle is Voldemort!" Whispered Evan after a while had passed.

"Evan what about the diary? I can't believe we kept Voldemort's stuff around us. We need to give it to Dumbledore, it's probably dark magic."

"Don't worry I have been keeping it with me…" Evan touched his pocket but it was empty, he froze, his face turned pale, "This is bad, I left it in the common room."

The three looked at one another and hurried to the castle.

In the diary, Tom felt very strange, even somewhat crazy.

In the past four months, he revealed a lot of dark magic to Evan Masson to gain his trust.

But the other party suddenly stopped talking to him for a long time.

What is his plan?

Tom Riddle suddenly thought of an idea but rejected it entirely.

That damn mud blood, an eleven-year-old child can't simply give up powerful magic at their fingertips.

In his opinion, Evan should be the same as himself, addicted to power, he had seen the weakness in Evan's mind, only a little bit more before he could control him.

But the damn mud blood disappeared at the most crucial time, his painstaking efforts and planning were all in vain.

If possible, Tom Riddle would rush out and kill Evan.

The diary was suddenly opened, was it the previous child.

It was so wonderful; Tom could feel the other person injecting their life into the diary which was allowing him to regain his strength.

"It's time to end it," said Tom with a sneer, he came up with a new plan to kill the abominable mud bloods.

He will personally complete Slytherin's noble work and purify the mud bloods from Hogwarts.

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The three hurried into the castle but before they could enter the common room, they saw Snape emerge from the shadows.

"What a pleasant surprise!" said Snape as he looked at them with a sneer, "Potter, Granger, Mason, I thought using Polyjuice potion to disguise yourselves as Slytherin students was bad enough but I did not think you would make wandering around at night a habit."

"Professor, this is an emergency, we need to get back to the common room," said Hermione hastily.

"Tsk, tsk, tsk!" Snape had a smug smile on his face, "I am afraid you won't be going into the common room, Gryffindor is deducted 150 points, let me think...."

"You don't understand, professor! It was Voldemort, he opened the Chamber of Secrets, we have to stop him, there is a diary...." said Hermione

"Shut it, miss know it all!" Snape stared at them for a while and then slowly said, "This is Hogwarts, that person can't be here, come with me, I want to see what Dumbledore will do with you."

Harry looked down, he didn't know what to do, no matter what he says, Snape would not believe him, the other side just wants to find excuses to punish him.

Harry was already filled with anxiety but when he heard a voice, he decided to say something.

"Time to kill.... let me tear... let me rip...."

"I hear the voice again, it's the basilisk, it's moving towards the common room!" Harry's heart sank, he knew if the basilisk was allowed to enter the common room, the consequences would be disastrous.

Think about it, a group of defenceless students, in the face of a creature who can kill people with a simple stare, how many will die.

"Evan, Hermione it's here!" Harry didn't wait for Snape before he shouted out the password and ran into the entrance of the common room.

Evan and Hermione froze for a moment before the hurriedly followed.

The common room was exactly the same as before, the only difference was the fire had faded.

Through the dim light, Evan could see that the stand he had left the diary on was empty, it must have been taken by the student Tom Riddle was controlling.

But who was it, Ginny or….?

He then noticed the writing on the wall above the fireplace:

Hogwarts shall be purified and the heir of Slytherin shall fulfil his greatest mission!

Evan's pupils shrank, Hogwarts will be purified, and Slytherin's heir will fulfil his greatest mission, what does Tom Riddle want to do?

A figure then came out from the shadows, it was Ron.

Ron looked strange, he was elegant and calm with a bit of oppression, he was completely different from his usual self.

"Ron, thank goodness you're here, the basilisk is coming, we have..." exclaimed Harry anxiously.

"I know it is, I am the one who summoned it," said Ron with a strange smile.

"You did, what do you mean?" Harry and Hermione looked at him with surprised expressions.

"I mean everything was done by me." said Ron with a more visible smile, "Harry Potter, I have long wanted to see you, among all the students at Hogwarts you are the one I wanted to see the most!"

"Ron what are you talking about," said Harry as he stepped forward.

"Don't go over there, Harry, he's not Ron, he's Tom!" exclaimed Evan.

"Evan Masson!" The smile on Ron's lips was getting colder, "You damn, nauseating mud blood, I expected you to be trouble, but I didn't think you would tease the great heir of Slytherin, I will make you pay the price, you will regret…."

"Enough, what the hell are you four doing?" Snape interrupted Ron, He entered the common room with a gloomy face.

He had stood outside and heard their conversation, Snape frowned, he thought these four were crazy.

Weasley as the heir to Slytherin was the greatest joke to him, those four must be pranking him.

Snape drew his wand; he was ready to use Stupefy to knock them out.

But before he could cast it, he heard a loud noise inside the common room, it was loud enough to wake up the entire castle.

"Don't you idiot Gryffindors know what time it is, or do you want to be expelled from Hogwarts" shouted Snape

He then stopped when he heard a roaring noise from the bathroom not far away. It seemed as if something gigantic had fallen from the sky and landed on the stone floor, the whole Gryffindor tower was shaking, which was clearly not something a student could make.

Snape turned around and looked at the bathroom, and pointed his wand at it.

Ron had a strange smile, while the others stared at the bathroom door with horror.

Stranger sounds came out from it, what will come out, the atmosphere was tense.

Evan, Harry, and Hermione quickly drew their wand, Snape stepped forward with a faint fluorescent tip being produced by his wand.

With a bang, the bathroom door fell down and dust flew everywhere.

In the dust, Evan saw an ugly giant snake come out, it was green, as big as an oak tree's trunk, and the upper body was high up in the air.

"It's a basilisk, don't look at its eyes!" shouted Evan, while pointing his wand at the Basilisk.

Snape was faster than he was, as soon as the basilisk rushed out of the bathroom, the faint fluorescence on his wand intensified, it produced three dark silver rays and shoot out like an arrow, it accurately struck the basilisk and left three bloody scars on its green scaly skin.

The basilisk shook its head, the pain seemed to have angered it. It produced a mad hissing sound, its two yellow eyes looked for anyone who was willing to attack it.

It then saw an orange ball of light flying towards it.

Evan's Conjunctivitis Curse struck the basilisk causing it to close its eyes in agony.