Chapter 107: Is it over? or…

Chapter 107: Is it over? or...

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"Dialogue"

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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.Geett the latest novels at novelhall.com

"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.

"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.