Hello = Parseltongue

'Hello' = Thoughts

"Hello"= Normal conversation

(Hello) = Interruption in a conversation

This story is part beta'd. Lol

Harry opened his eyes. It would be the first time in weeks he was going to see his "Friends" again. He was quite nervous actually. He wasn't completely sure about the efficiency of the glamour used on his eyes. He sighed and crawled out of his bed, awakening the giant serpent who didn't want to leave his side, no matter what he did. Her attitude didn't change either. She was still acting flirtatious as ever, and Harry was wondering how long it would take for him to fall unconscious, due the blood rush to his head every time he blushed.

"I can see you are excited about something.." Harry mumbled, rubbing the sleep out of his eyes. Serena grinned. "Who wouldn't be? I'm going to see the biggest wizarding school in the world, not many snakes have that chance."

"Wait, what do you mean see it?" Harry was fully awake now. "Now now Harry, i wouldn't want you to feel lonely there… Besides, your idiot "friends" are going to be there.. Who will support you when you need it the most?" Serena answered. Harry blushed. "I guess it's okay… But you need to stay out of sight! I don't know what Dumbledork would do if he saw you." Harry didn't trust the headmaster one bit. After the discovery of his manipulation, Harry could eat Dumbledore for dinner. 'Nah, he would be too bitter anyway.' Harry snickered at his own thought.

"Oh shit! It's almost 8! We need to hurry!" Harry yelled, already settling his trunk in the hallway. He was going to be picked up by Tonks and the others, although he still wasn't comfortable around them. He wasn't comfortable around anyone.

Just on que the doorbell rang, and Harry identified the figures as Tonks, remus and moody. "Serena! Are you camouflaged?" Harry yelled, moving from his trunk towards the door. He received an affirmative hiss, and opened the door. "Hey Harry." Remus greeted him with a smile. Harry forced his face into a smile and welcomed them inside. "Where are your relatives Harry?" Tonks asked, tripping over the umbrella casket. "They are out. Something to do with dudley going on a vacation with his friends." He lied, and heard a light shuffling upstairs, meaning that dudley was aware of the visitors. "Well Potter? Are you ready to leave?" Moody grumbled with his usual raspy voice. "We do not need to waste unnecessary time, so grab your stuff and come with us."

Harry nodded and quickly ran upstairs to get Serena. 'Oh shit, i forgot about my two frozen family members.. Although they don't deserve it, i will send some mandrake potion when classes begin.' Harry thought and watched with amusement at Dudley who was hiding in the closet, stealing a glance at Harry every now and then. He probably already called the hospital, so an ambulance should arrive any moment, and he needed to be gone when that happened. "Serena, it is time to leave." Harry whispered and waited for the snake to wrap herself on to him.

He quickly grabbed Hedwig's cage and made his way downstairs. He hadn't paid much attention to the poor snowy owl this vacation. He made a promise to himself that he would change that once he was at school again.

"I'm ready." Harry mumbled, already leaving through the doorway. Remus and Tonks gave Harry a look of sympathy and worry, feeling the same about Sirius's death. That wasn't entirely true though, because Harry was slowly beginning to get over his Godfathers death. He was more worried about the upcoming year, and the concealing of his improving powers. He didn't dare to talk about it with the headmaster anymore. Dumbledore would surely judge him, saying that he went down a dark road or something. "Are you excited for the new school year Harry?" Remus asked, trying to start a conversation. He hadn't seen Harry for quite some time, and he honestly missed the boy. "Yeah, sure." Harry mumbled. He didn't want to be so mean towards the werewolf, but he too helped in dumbledore's schemes. Thinking about the manipulative headmaster fueled his anger, so he quickly averted his thoughts to the giant snake who was currently half asleep entangled to him. In the two nights she spent with him, she hadn't gotten much sleep due his nightmares. Nightmares filled with green lights and screams. He looked forward to the day that voldemort's head could be found, on a stake in his frontyard. The world was truly fucked up, including him.

Moody was holding Harry's broom and motioned for him to come over. "I hope you didn't forgot how to fly Potter, because that's what we're going to do. The knight bus was attacked earlier this morning by death eaters, so that is no longer an option for travel." He grumbled.

Harry frowned. Just yesterday he was using that bus. This proves how save the wizarding world was once again. "How are we going to get to King's cross unseen?" Harry asked. It was already light outside and the roads were filled with people, so guys flying on brooms would certainly be noticed. Suddenly he felt like water was streaming down his body, and his body began to dissapear. "That is your answer Potter, now get on!"

'Ah, i guess this is a delusion spell then. Pretty useful for later.' Harry thought and mounted his broom. "Moody! Won't the muggles notice our flying brooms?" Harry yelled worried from behind, while Serena was hissing in joy at the speed they were going. "Don't worry Potter! Muggles never look further then their noses!" Moody yelled back. 'It's funny how all wizards seem to underestimate the muggles. What would the wizarding community do when the muggles invade the wizarding world with guns and bombs?'

34 minutes later, King cross station,

They were standing in front of the train, unnoticed by all passerby's. "From here on you have to go alone Harry, we'll be here when you return for christmas break." Remus whispered and Harry nodded in response. Little did they know that Harry had no plans to return from Hogwarts.

Harry hurried inside the train, feeling the spell work off and searched for a compartment. He found an empty one in the back and went inside. He quickly levitated his trunk up in the carrier and placed his companion in the seat in front of him. He locked the door with a simple locking spell and sat down. "For security measures. Now we can talk freely." Harry told the confused snake. It was the first time she saw magic and was extremely curious about it. "What kind of magics do you have Harry?" She asked.

Harry grinned at her use of words. " I can't show you yet, it is not allowed to use magic outside of Hogwarts. But i promise i'll make your eyes bulge out." He answered. Serena laughed and Harry followed. Suddenly a knock was heard on the compartment door, and Hermoine stood there, trying to open it with all her might. He wasn't in the mood to deal with his friends, so he acted like he didn't hear her and grabbed a book to read it. It wouldn't look good if she saw him talking to thin air.

After a few more tries she gave up and searched for another compartment. It was mean yes, but Harry didn't care. They shouldn't have abandoned him when he needed them. "So Serena… What are you going to do while were at Hogwarts?" Harry asked absently. The snake thought about that question for a moment. "I guess i'll visit the famous Chamber of secrets." Harry's eyes widened at that. "What? A queen of snakes lived there, and it is rumored that her body still rests there. I'm really curious, because i've never seen a basilisk with my own eyes." She explained.

"Where exactly do you come from Serena? You just showed up out of nowhere, and i honestly don't know a thing about you, while you know a few things about me." Harry wondered out loud. Serena grinned. "That is for you to find out, and for me to hide." She answered mysteriously. Harry groaned. "Fine…"

Sleep made it's appearance and Harry yawned tiredly. He raised his hand to cover his mouth, only to retract it away in pain. "What the?" He mumbled and fondled his teeth carefully, noticing the sharp edges they've gained. "Serena, is something wrong with my teeth?" Harry asked and opened his mouth near her. She raised her head and frowned. "It seems that your eyes aren't the only thing that has changed." She chuckled at Harry's schocked look. "Your teeth, or should i call them fangs, are similair to a snake's. They work pretty much like a hot knife that cuts through butter. Only it cuts through flesh." She told him amusedly. Harry's face took a look of horror. "Shit! What if someone sees them! I don't have a glamour for them! What if remus had seen them! Or Tonks or moody!" He almost screamed.

The snake chuckled. "Isn't it obvious? You just have to close that pretty little mouth of yours more often in front of others. " Harry scowled at her when she made that suggestion and she just grinned in return. "It's not like i talk much with people anyway.. They always give me glares or ignore me completely. Most of them think i am some dangerous maniac, who is mentally unstable." He mumbled. "It is all fudges fault. He tries to conceal the fact that Voldemort has returned, and fills the newspapers with lies about me." He continued, glaring at nothing in particular. Serena gave him a strange look of sympathy. "Change it."

Harry looked up suprised. "Change what?" He asked confused. Serena smiled. "Change everything. You have a powerful aura surrounding you Harry. If someone can change the corrupt magics world, it is you."

Harry thought about that. Without Fudge and the corrupt Wizengamot the magical world would change for the better. But there was one obstacle. And that was the pureblood society. He would be no better than Voldemort, but he had to get rid of the them first. 'Wow, where do these Dark thoughts come from?' He thought suprised with himself. But no matter what he did, the thought felt right to him. Get rid of the purebloods and purge the wizarding world. Without the muggleborns it would die out anyway.

But if he was going to do this, he needed followers. A lot. The muggleborns and halfbloods were too scared to support him, affraid of the purebloods and their power. He felt strangely resentful towards them. Suddenly an idea hit him. 'What if i get the snake population to join me? Serena was strangely pulled towards me.. What if i can get others to follow me too? What if i can get basiliks to join me?' The very thought excited him. He could change the wizarding world! He could do it! He was sure of it now. He only needed time to collect his recourses. "Serena, you are a genius!" He said, and was suprised with himself when he wrapped his arms around her long body and hugged her. It just felt right. He wasn't one for affection, since he never received it at his relatives. Serena face seemed to darken a bit before she shyly answered."T-thank you. But you could have figured that one out yourself Harry."

Harry didn't seem to listen to her and sat back on his seat. Then a sudden thought hit him. "Serena, do you know if parseltongue works on dragons?" He asked hopefully. If dragons were to support him, he would practicly be invincible! 'Oh god, i'm thinking like a barbarian.' He grinned to himself. Serena had a thoughtful look on her face. "I honestly don't know. I haven't met one." She told him.

Harry nodded. If he ran across a dragon he would test it. Or else run for his life. The rest of the train ride was spent with thinking about a better future.

A few hours later they arrived at the Hogsmeade station, Hagrid waving for the first years to follow him. Harry grabbed his trunks and wrapped Serena around him, and left the train. He yet had to encounter his "friends". He was so deep in thought that he didn't notice an arrogant blonde insulting him. "Ah, The dangerous maniac Harry Potter." He spat. Harry surfaced out of his thoughts and looked at Malfoy and his two bodyguards. 'Hmm.. No Crabbe and goyle this time. Who is that dark skinned guy?' He thought and went to ignore him, but was unsucceful when Malfoy crossed the line. "It would've been better if you followed Black through that veil Potter. Then the world would've been cured of an unnecesarry cancer." Malfoy sneered. Potter answered with a very dark look that made Malfoy take a step back. Then a sadistic smile found it's way on Harry's face. "Ah Draco, how was your summer with your father? Did lot's of things together i assume?"

Draco's faced turned red. "Why you filthy hal-" He didn't get to finish his sentence, because he fell on his knees clutching his bleeding nose. (A/N This time malfoy gets a broken nose lol.) "You have to learn to hold your mouth Malfoy. Bad things could happen to it if you don't look out." Harry sneered, and left the blonde whining like a little girl on the ground. "That was a good approach.." Serena sniggered. Harry did the same, and walked towards a cart that was pulled by the strangest creatures. He looked in wonder at them. They were certainly a scary sight to see, like death itself was in your presence. "Thestrals. Interesting creatures aren't they? You can only see them when you saw dead itself." A dreamy voice spoke, making Harry jump in suprise. He looked up and frowned at the girl holding a magazine in front of her face. "And you are..?" He asked curiously. "Oh i'm Luna." She answered and continued reading. Harry gave her a look over and shrugged. He climbed into the seat in front of her and waited for the cart to start riding. Just then the two people he didn't want to see climbed in to the cart. "Harry! What were you thinking!? Why did you lock your compartment door?" Hermoine yelled in his ear. Harry gave her a blank look. "I didn't notice you. Weren't you too busy with snogging Ron anyway?" He asked with a sarcastic hint to his tone. Hermoine huffed and focused her attention on the girl in front of her. ''Hey, aren't you loon- Luna lovegood?" She asked, quickly correcting her almost slip of words. Luna responded with a nod of her head, not sparing Hermoine any attention. "Your father owns the Quibbler right?" She continued. Luna nodded again and Hermoine gave up with a glare. Ron didn't say anything, still thinking about Harry's earlier comment about snogging.

The ride was awkward, and Harry was happy once they arrived. Serena hissed in awe at the sight of the castle, and slid onto the ground. "Don't get lost!" Harry whispered after her. Serena grinned. "It touches me how much you care about me Harry."

Harry blushed and followed the group of students towards the entrance. They had an hour to change and prepare before the usual speech started, so Harry hurried up the stairs towards the common room. His trunks were already settled next to his bed when he entered the dorms and gave Hedwig an owl snack. She nipped his finger and Harry opened the window for her to fly around freely.

He spend the rest of the hour lounging around the common room, trying to ignore his persistent friends, who were set on getting his attention. It only annoyed him to no end, and he had to hold back a snarl when Hermoine pushed him on the sofa. "Why are you ignoring me Harry?" She demanded to know. Harry scowled at her, then gave a fake smile. "I just have a lot on my mind Moine. I'm sure i'm my usual self tomorrow morning."

Hermoine seemed to accept his answer and stalked towarrds the corner were Ron was located. Harry felt less jealous than first when seeing them together, and he wondered if it was Serena's fault. He didn't complain though. Finally it was dinner time and he hurried down to the great hall and sat down next to neville, who smiled at him. Harry smiled back, feeling a lot more comfortable around the boy than others. "How was your summer Harry?" Neville asked politely. He was with him in the ministry, and the boy felt some loyalty towards Harry. Harry thought of Neville as a real friend, who wouldn't abandon him in his time of need. He didn't know of the depression he went through, so Harry didn't blame him. "It was fine Neville, how was yours?" He asked politely in return. Neville smiled. "It was great! My grandmother had a lot of new plants in the gardens to take care of, so my summer was pretty much filled with extra herbology lessons."

Harry chuckled and focused on his empty plate. Damn he was hungry. He hadn't eaten since this morning, and that was 7 hours ago. Some raw meat would be welcome, but he couldn't expect that to appear on his plate. He was loving his snake like features. He could smell all kind of things, like ron's usual smell of dirt, but only 10 times stronger. His eyes were not the same as before though. They weren't his mothers eyes. They were just basic emerald green, covering bright yellow ones. The doors to the great hall opened and a horde of scared first years entered through, lead by professor Mcgonagall. He looked in wonder at some of them, they were different than normal students, but he couldn't quite put his finger on it.

Soon the sorting began and Harry paid attention to the names of the different students. "Dreigo, Hans" The strict professor yelled, and a blonde haired boy walked confidently up to the stool and sat down on it. The hat was placed on his head and not much later "HUFFLEPUF" sounded through the hall. Everyone clapped except the slytherins and the list went on. He studied the new Hufflepuf curiously, and made eye contact. His eyes widened for a moment and his mouth fell open, before he sat down and glanced every now and then at his direction. Harry frowned. Finally the last first year was sorted and the feast began. Harry was very careful with opening his mouth, not wanting more rumors about him to start when someone saw his giant fangs. He slid some meat in his robe pocket for Serena and looked around the table, watching the other students interact with each other. He could hear them more clearly, and his sight was slightly blurred by his glasses. He had to wear them again, because questions would follow if he left them at his relatives. 'Oh yeah, i need to give them some mandrake potion.' He thought absently. Not that he was in hurry. He absolutely despised his relatives, and prefered them dead.

He looked towards the teacher's table and saw Snape glare at him as usual. Dumbledore was glancing at him too, but when Harry tried to look the man in his eyes he turned away, pretending to be in conversation with other teachers. 'What is that old coot playing at?' Harry thought and finished eating. Ron was glaring at Harry for some reason. It was probably because of what he had said to Hermoine. Harry chose to ignore him and waited for Dumbledore to make his speech. It was the usual as every year. When he was finished, Harry hid in the leaving crowd, not wanting an interrogation by Ronald Bitchface. Oh.. how he despised that guy. He used to be Harry's best friends, but after the triwizard tournament they grew appart. Ron's jealousy was mindblowing. He thought no more of Harry than an arrogant attention seeker. He actually reminded him of snake.

Soon he arrived at the common room, didn't even bother to stay and talk with some classmates and hurried up to the sleeping dorms. The giant black snake was waiting for him on his bed, looking strangely pleased with herself. Harry ignored it and offered the meat he kept for her. She accepted it with reluctance and gave Harry a snake-smile. "How was your feeding?" She asked, knowing that he had seen his old friends again. "It was fine. I'm really tired, so can we skip the flirting and go to sleep?" Harry asked tiredly. Serena huffed and crawled into a heap at the end of Harry's bed. It didn't take long for him to enter the world of dreams, and he didn't notice the snake wrapping tightly onto him.

-HPATSL-

The next morning Harry awoke with a pleasant feeling. He then noticed the snake encaging him and struggled wildly to get loose. It was still a bit weird for him to wake up like this, and it was even worse when he noticed his morning problem. He focused his thoughts on Snape in a dress and the problem slowly vanished.

"Good morning handsome..." Serena purred in his ear, and Harry squeaked. "Toilet" he muttered, and felt Serena's grip lessen. He hurried towards the dorm bathrooms and opened the flood gates. After he was finished he walked towards the mirror to inspect for any more changes. And of course, there was a small change. His nose was a bit flatter than usual. Not as flat as voldemort, but still flatter than a normal human nose. "This can't be good.." He mumbled, and walked back to his bed. Serena was still there looking at him expectantly. "Ah.. another change?" She sniggered and Harry scowled at her. He quickly got dressed under the awkward stare of the snake and moved towards the stairs. Ron was the only one still asleep. When Harry entered the common room he was greeted by Neville. "Hey Harry! Did you sleep well?" he asked genuinely curious. Harry frowned and nodded.

He noticed Hermoine staring at him and nodded to her. She was obviously waiting for her boyfriend to wake up, so Harry left for breakfast with Neville in tow. Once there he was received by stares and whispers from those already there. Harry ignored them and sat down close to the exit. Neville sat next to him. He noticed that the boy from yesterday was already here. Hans was still giving occasionally glances, not trying to be obvious about it. He certainly was. Harry grabbed some ham, bacon and other pieces of meat, and began chewing on it. Serena was going hunting for the day, so he could focus on his lessons. Not that he bothered anymore. He now had plans, and he was thinking about how to make them work in the best way.

Previous year he encountered a book about Necromancy, and thought nothing about it. But now.. he could use it now. He could use necromancy to resurrect the dead basilisk in the chamber, and hopefully it would obey him. Or run for his life, hoping that the sword of gryffindor would appear out of nowhere for him to use. But that was highly unlikely. Grindewald was one to used necromancy, and if dumbledore discovered that Harry was planning to use it too, he would surely send him to prison and try to bend Harry to his will filling him with Guilty thoughts. But that wasn't going to happen. Harry grinned maniacally making a few first year stare at him in fear.

Soon Hermoine entered the great hall and made her way over towards Harry with ron following her. "Are you going to explain why you were so grumpy yesterday?" She demanded to know. Harry had to fight back a sneer at her question. She obviously didn't think about his sorrow which was almost none existent by now, and he simply answered her with an i don't know. "You don't know?" She asked with anger in her voice. He was wondering how he was ever in love with her. "yes, i don't know okay! Please drop the subject and go eat something." Harry snarled, 'She must be on her period or something' He silently added and laughed. "What is so funny?" Ron was the one who spoke this time. He too was glaring at Harry and Harry glared right back at him.

"Noting Ronald. Aren't you hungry or something?" Harry sneered. Ron was taken aback at his coldness, and looked like he was going to explode. He was about to retord when Hermoine grabbed him and dragged him away to sit at the other side of the table. Dumbledore shot them a worried glance. He needed Harry to be friends with Hermoine and Ron for his plans to work out. Only when Harry had true friendship and love he would be willing to sacrifice his life. It was necessary for Voldemorts demise. The boy had to die, no matter what. It was for the greater good after all, so he didn't think about another option in which Harry could live.

Harry noticed the headmasters stare and gave a fake smile. He didn't see the usual twinkles in the old man's eyes and that pleased him to no end.

He averted his gaze from dumble's and focused on his food again. He noted with disgust that Ron was eating like a swine again, totally forgotting previous conversation with Harry. Mcgonagall stood up from the teacher's table and began giving Time tables to the students. When she stopped by Harry she gave him a worried look. "How are you doing Potter?" She asked, giving him her sympathy about sirius's death. Harry smiled at her. She was one of the teachers he liked. "I am fine Professor. How are you?" He answered politely. Mcgonagall gave what looked like a tiny smile and told him that she had a good enough vacation and moved on.

Harry looked over his Time table and noticed that his first lessons for the day were double potions. 'Oh great, spending more time with the greasy git.'

He mumbled some cursewords and choked down his pumpkin juice. It was horrible. "You coming Neville?" Harry asked. Neville nodded and devoured his last toast. They arrived at the potion class ten minutes early and took their seats. Neville sat down next to him, and reached into his back to grab his books. Neville was always Snape's target, so he made sure that he was prepared for the lessons. Not soon after the class began to fill in. Hermoine still glared at Harry, and Ron ignored him. It didn't matter, Harry had no time for friends anymore. It was associates he needed. And thus he noticed that he was thinking like a true slytherin. If he thought like that previous years he would be disgusted with himself. But now, now he welcomed the thoughts. He promised that he would visit the library this afternoon to study more about necromancy. Dumbledore was clearly becoming demented, because those kind of books shouldn't be allowed to stay in a school library.

The door screeched open and Harry was suprised to see that Snape wasn't the one to enter. It was an old man, who harry recognized from yesterday's meal. "Hello class! My name is Horace Slughorn! And i will be teaching you how to brew your way into life in the fantasic world of potions!" A few students snickered at his choice of words. Harry was mildly interested in the man. He couldn't be worse than Snape, and Neville relaxed visibly at the sight of his new professor. But what was snape going to teach? Harry didn't like this.

After an interesting lesson with actual explanations about how to brew potions, Harry had Herbology. That too flew by like it was only a few minutes. Neville was complimented a lot by Sprout, and Harry smiled at Neville's happy expressions. Now they had Defense against the dark arts. Harry and Neville entered the classroom, but stopped in their tracks at the sight in front of them. "Well Potter? Are you going to come in, or are you going to stand there all day?" Snape sneered at them. "Ah,. Longbottom. I hopy you won't screw up these lessons, since that's the only thing your good at." He continued, looking at the boy in question. Neville's face got really red but restrained himself from lashing out at the ex-potion's teacher. They took their seats, and soon the class was full.

"Today you will be learning the blasting hex, Reducto. Now, can someone tell me how efficient the spell is?" He sneered at the class. Hermoine's arm shot into the air, but Snape ignored her. She couldn't help it and spoke. "Sir, the blasting hex is extremely efficient against Mountain trolls. It is mainly used to blast the nerve system in their necks."

Snap turned his sneer towards her. "10 points from gryffindor for speaking out of place. Yes, Mr. Malfoy?" Hermoine scowled at the professor as he gave malfoy 10 points for giving the same answer as her. Harry actually found it amusing and held back a snigger. The lesson went by rather uneventfully, except for the usual sarcastic comments about Harry's fame and neville's spellwork.

When DADA was over, Harry decided to spend the rest of his afternoon in the library. Madam pince gave him a warning glare when he entered, which was returned by a lopsided smirk. He sat down in his usual corner, out of the librarian's sight and scanned the bookshelfs for the book. It didn't take long for him to find it. It was still hidden behind a book on urine potions. 'No wonder no one ever found it.' Harry thought as he dragged out the dusty old tome. He slammed it on his table, and began reading.

To ressurect one's lost, you will need to give a blood sacrifice. With this sacrifice, one's resurrected will carry your bloodline. One's ressurected also gives complete obedience to the sacrificer of blood. 'That is good to know.' Harry noted.
To perform such ritual, you will need to use the incantation: Draeger Nermonsus. Harry scribbled the spell down on a parchment and continued reading. Before saying the incantation however, you will need to cut a cross in one's ressurected body, followed by a cut in your own body. Links these wounds together to create the blood link. Say the incantation and one's ressurected should rise from the world of souls.

Harry wrote down some more notes and returned the tome to it's previous hiding place. 'Now.. i need to get unnoticed to the chamber.' He decided that he would use the darkness of the evening to sneak into the girl's bathroom. He stood up and left the library, walking towards the great hall. It was almost five, so dinner would start any moment. He chose his place next to Neville again, who budged a bit to make place for Harry. He noticed that his ex-friends weren't at the table. 'Probably kissing each other to death.'

"If you speak about the devil.." Harry mumbled when Hermoine and Ron entered the hall. hair wild and swollen lips. Neville frowned at the two before focussing on the appearing food. They both ignored him and sat as far away as possible. Harry scowled and looked at the headmaster, who was looking expectantly at Harry. 'What is he thinking? That i'm going to forgive those two for what they did to me? Old fool.' Harry thought and began to eat.

He looked up from his plate and saw that a few students were looking at him with fear. He frowned. Then he noticed that he was eating with his mouth fully open and quickly closed it. How could he be so stupid! His mouth opened a bit more than normal, but he was pretty sure the guys in front of him didn't saw his fangs. He quickly finished his food and left the great hall with a quick goodbye to Neville.

'Now is the time.' Harry decided when he didn't see anyone wandering around. He thought about bringing Serena with him, but remembered that she was out this evening, hunting a little further away from the castle than needed. He made his way up the stairs until he reached the first floor. He walked nonchallantly passed the muttering paintings and went inside the bathroom. 'everything was still the same.' He noted.

"Oh Harry! You are back!" Myrtle suddenly yelled, making Harry jump 2 feet into the air. "Merlin Myrtle, don't ever do that again!" He snarled, holding his hand over his heart. Myrtle didn't notice the snarl and just smiled. "Are you here for me Harry? Do you finally want to share my toilet?" She asked excitedly. Harry laughed. "No sorry Myrtle, maybe some other time. I am here for the chamber."

Myrtle frowned. "But why would you go down there? It is way better up here!"

Harry smiled. "Don't worry, i won't be long." And with that he hissed an "Open" in Parseltongue. The entrance opened slowly, revealing a deep dark hole. Harry didn't hesitate this time and jumped into it. He could already smell the rotten fish from the bathroom, so he was sure to pinch his nose before gliding down. When he finally landed in the heap of bones he had to produce a bubble around his head to shut out the smell. "It is probably the basilisk…" Harry mumbled, and made his way towards the chamber. All the doors were still open so he didn't have to use parseltongue on them again. When he entered the chamber he stared in awe at the gigantic serpent. It wasn't even rotting! It looked like it was asleep. "I hope necromancy fixes the poked out eyes too." Harry muttered and walked towards the basilisk. He made sure to carry a sharp object with him, so he studied the creature a bit before making a cut. Finally he came to the decision to make a cut on it's head, and so he did. The cross was located between it's eye holes. Harry reached for the parchment in his robes and read it over once again. "Okay, Cross check. Apply cut to own body.."

He reached for the piece of stone and cut a similair cross on his arm. "Check. Incantation…" He mutttered and reached for his wand. He walked over towards the basilisk and pressed his arm against the wound. "Let's see… It didn't say any wand movements, so it's probably an instant spell.."

He sighed deeply, quite nervous about what he was about to do, and spoke the incantation. "Draeger… Nermonsus!" He yelled and a faint green glow erupted from his wand. First nothing happened. Harry was staring at the snake nervously, waiting for it to lash out. When ten minutes past and nothing happened Harry was about to give up, when the serpent suddenly twitched. Harry shot away from it and dove behind rubble from Slytherin's statue. He noticed that a faint green light was illuminating from it's eyes. Suddenly the basilisk shot into the air, and wildly looked around. Harry almost screamed but restrained himself. He carefully stood up from behind the rubble and made to move towards the basilisk. It suddenly turned it's head towards Harry and he jumped. The two seemed to stare at each other for ages. "Are you the one who has awakened me..?" The basilisk spoke in a deep feminine voice. Harry nodded. "Y-yes. I did. I am in need of your help."

The basilisk was frowning now. "You need my help? For what? Weren't you the one who killed me?" She hissed curiously. Harry gulped. "I-i am sorry about that. But i had no other choice! Your previous master was using you to kill my friends!" he yelled at her. She looked at him with amusement. "That might be.. But you need me for the same reasons don't you…" She hissed with a tone that reminded Harry vaguely of his friend who was hunting outside. Suddenly Harry took a dark look. "I ressurected you ruler of snakes. You are to obey me!" He commanded almost confidently. He was trying, but he was still very nervous about the creature. The snake stared at him for a few moments and then burst out laughing. Harry was scared that the sound of her hissing could be heard throughout castle.

"Very well, you are right. I will not judge you for your choices and i am thankful for your resurrection. What do you need me to do?" She spoke. It wouldn't be wise to reveal her just yet. He needed his followers, and one basilisk wasn't enough.. "I need you to stay put. You can go outside and hunt in the forbidden forest, but i need you to stay hidden until the right moment." He explained. She nodded and crawled towards the statue. " I will need rest now young master… If you ever need me, you know where to search for me." And with that, the giant snake dissapeared into the statue's mouth. Harry was curious about what was inside the hole, but decided to check it out later when he had the time. He gave one last glance at the chamber before hurrying out, noticing a door with stairs. "we should've used that the last time." Harry grumbled and went up the stairs.

Myrtle was no longer in the bathroom so that spared him a long conversation about nothing. he quickly made his way to the grand staircase and waited for the stairs to form into place. It didn't take long and Harry was in a matter of minutes in the gryffindor common room. It seems he spend quite some time down there, as everyone was already asleep. He made his way to his dorm and changed into his night clothes. Serena was there, once again waiting for him. "Where were you?!" She almost screamed at him. Harry flinched and looked around the dorm for any movements. When no one stirred Harry focused his attention on the snake. "You are not going to believe what i did!" he said excitedly. Serena frowned and gave him a nod motioning for him to continue. "I resurrected the basilisk from the chamber!" He finished. Serena gave him a incredulous look and sped over to him, wrapping herself around him. She ignored his protests and looked in shock at the wound on his arm. "Harry are you crazy!? Necromancy could've been the death of you!" She yelled. Harry winced. "You insane wizard! You could've been hurt!" She continued ranting, and Harry suddenly noticed something. "How do you know about Necromancy?" He asked suspiciously. Serena fell silent and looked him over. "As i said before, that is for me to hide and for you to find out." And after that answer she dropped him on the ground and huffed. Harry stood up and walked towards the bed giving the snake an apologetic smile. He stroked her scales awkwardly. "I'm sorry ok.. I will be more careful next time." He said and crawled into the bed. He didn't notice the little smile on Serena's face… and it was… human.

End chapter 2.

Next chapter: Conversations with more snakes, glaring at professors and fights with friends. And some.. romance?