Was there really a basilisk?

[alt_seamus]

Under the castle somewhere?

I thought basilisks killed people and didn't just petrify them. Also how come no one knew about it?

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[alt_sally_anne]

But the basilisk couldn't have kidnapped Hydra.

And it couldn't have written on the wall about the Chamber of Secrets.

So who did?

[alt_pansy]

exactly. yeah.

Was it Lockhart? ...well, not if he's as thick as Draco makes him out to be.

[alt_padma]

But it wasn't Harry, either. And the only other Parselmouth is - like Mr Malfoy said -

Unless....

D'you think one of Black's people is a Parselmouth?

[alt_pansy]

but it's awful rare, and you mostly see it passed down in pureblood families, I don't think it's likely he's got a tonne of those just waiting around to do whatever he wants. And how'd they get to the school, especially with the Quarantine?

And it has to be opened by the Heir.

[alt_sally_anne]

Well they thought it was Mr Professor Carrow.

He COULD be a Parselmouth and he COULD be working with Black but I don't know how he could've kidnapped Hydra today as he's in Azkaban. Unless he had someone outside who was helping him. But then that person would also have to be a Parselmouth.

[alt_ron]

Well, so what if it's Miss Professor Carrow.

Everybody's always forgetting about her, and it could be that she's done loads of stuff we thought was him.

[alt_pansy]

umm... maybe it's best not to throw about names of Professors we have yet to take exams from? Just saying.

[alt_ron]

Oi.

Exams! I totally forgot we have to take more tomorrow. It seems like years since we got out of the one today.

[alt_pansy]

No kidding. I had a hard enough time concentrating today.

I Solemnly Swear That I Am Up To No Good

[alt_sally_anne]

I was rather hoping one of the adults would make that connexion without any of us having to stick our necks out.

They're going to work out who it was once the petrified people wake up and if it WASN'T Carrow I expect he'll be back to teach next year. Ugh.

[alt_padma]

The heir of what, though? Everyone thinks it's Slytherin, and honestly, if the person needs Parseltongue then that makes sense, but -

Well, no one's his real heir, are they?

[alt_pansy]

I don't know. Maybe it's not a blood heir. Maybe it's someone who fits the ideas that Slytherin had, even if they aren't related by blood.

[alt_ron]

Well, yeah. And it took a parselmouth to make the tap open in Myrtle's loo. That's where the thing's been coming out.

[alt_pansy]

well, that's an awful big secret to keep, isn't it? You'd think whoever spoke Parseltongue would be really showing it off, yeah? I mean Harry never does, but it's really nift, and special, so you wouldn't think they'd keep it to themselves.

[alt_ron]

Well, but this would have been a pretty big reason to keep it secret. I mean, if you could use it to let out a basilisk to kill people, you wouldn't be going around letting everyone know you can talk to snakes, right?

[alt_pansy]

yeah, but why decide to open it now? Why wait until this year? Unless they just finished learning or something.

[alt_sally_anne]

Well for Merlin's sake, why didn't Myrtle TELL anybody?

[alt_pansy]

You're forgetting. It's Myrtle.

She might be able to say who opened it and took Hydra down, though, if she isn't too busy whinging about leaky faucets and plugged toilets and GIANT SNAKES crawling through her pipes.

[alt_zacharias]

Giant snakes crawling through her pipes?

Sorry, but do you know how dirty that sounds, Parkinson?

[alt_pansy]

um. ...ew?

[alt_ron]

Heh.