Hermione, harry and Ron are busy now discussing the things about the chamber of secrets. Ron and Harry suspects it Draco and they want to get the information out of him.
Hermoine at this time suggested that they can take polyjuice potion and go to the slytherin dormitory. She said through Andrew's study group she already got her hair sample, Daphne greengrass.
Harry and Ron are advised to get theirs while she brew the polyjuice potion. But what Hermione didn't know was it's not Daphne's hair but a cat's. Like in series she will be a cat girl for week or so before getting dischargef from the infirmary.
As for the polyjuice potion ingredients, Hermione not only wanted to rob from Snape but also rob * cough * borrow some from any reliable source like Hagrid, they can simply ask Hagrid saying they need potion materials and he can bring them those.
What she didn't know was Dumbledore already gussed their next move. Though he didn't discover the basilisk location he knew it's a basilisk at the time the student 50 years ago is attacked.
But he failed to discover the passage, more like he failed to know how it roamed around the castle and only recently he found through the water of the myrtle's toilet that he saw the snake symbol in the faucet and discovered everything.
But he isn't a parseltongue, he needs Harry's help here after the duel he found harry is a parseltongue. So he naturally needed him for the plan. Dumbledore planned to slay the basilisk through Harry.
This can boost Harry's confidence though he is a little frustrated as he can't find the student who opened the chamber. Dumbledore wanted to help the trio make the polyjuice potion.
More over he needs to catch who is the student that is controlled by voldemort and also make sure harry is going to kill the basilisk. Meanwhile voldemort is looking through the two way mirror communication.
The other side is theodre nott, he is trembling and said," the vanishing cabinet main component is missing my lord. It'll take long for me to finish the cabinet without that piece".
Voldemort is clearly not expecting this, he knew how difficult it is to find the missing space component. Dumbledore must have anticipated his move and took it away. Without that main component of the cabinet it'll take long time for one to repair it.
Voldemort sighed, he can invade Hogwarts but there is another dark lord out now. That guy will not sit still. He has to grow his influence to some degree before taking action. He waved his hand said to theodre," no matter how much time it'll take do it. It's a crucial thing for our forces".
Theodre nodded and voldemort asked," how is the potion gas progressing?", Theodre said," it's going well my lord. In a few months we may completely convert the potion into a gas and can execute the plan".
Voldemort nodded and said," good, keep up the good work. I'll reward you all later", he closed the communication and opened the dairy book. Looking at the naive girl he grinned and started writing.
This naive girl is going to be his weapon to create chaos in Hogwarts. As for the basilisk he didn't even care. Although it's useful once it's out and someone see it in the eyes they'll die, whether it's an ally or enemy.
It does more damage than good, so he didn't care for now creating chaos in Hogwarts is better. He isn't the old voldemort. He is now recovered his soul fully and can think rationally. Basilisk will be the least of his plans.
That creature made by Salazar can be great but it has limit. Maybe he can let it out completely and cause a catastrophe, then publicly remove Dumbledore from his post using this excuse or continue to do some incidents and let lucius do it.
Then he can go to Hogwarts and do his plans as he pleases. Afterall he can also be cunning. He looked at Lucius and said," prepare some wizengamont trials for the headmaster to pass some time. After he returned there will be another attack. Tell all Slytherin students to stay in the dorm for now. It's time to give Dumbledore a rest for his old bones".