A/N: I hope I'm not annoying you with this author's notes. Lol.
Harry Potter couldn't believe his luck. After Syrine had secretly aided them to figure out what was attacking the students, he also had a chance encounter with Moaning Myrtle, who told him about the secret entrance to the Chamber of Secrets. It also coincided with the fact that Ron's sister, Ginny Weasley, was disappearing quite regularly in a trance towards the chamber.
With Ron's help, he and Harry were able to borrow live roosters from the house elves. They were kept in stock for food preparations for the students. They brought several roosters with them into the chamber after Harry figured out how to open it.
The entire process was so easy that Harry and Ron couldn't believe how the Basilisk was killed. The roosters just acted like they owned the chamber and once the Basilisk heard their crows, it died. The problem was that they found Ginny unconscious in the chamber, while clutching a weird looking book with blank pages.
"What do you reckon that is?" Ron asked while he was poking at the book which he already took from Ginny.
"I don't know, but it's giving me a bad feeling." Harry replied. "Let's leave that book here. We should take Ginny to the infirmary so that Madam Pomfrey can go have a look at her."
Ron nodded; he picked Ginny up and slowly walked to the exit. "I'll take Ginny to Madam Pomfrey. I think you should go to Professor Dumbledore and tell him what happened here."
"Yeah. Good Idea." said Harry, looking at the dead Basilisk one last time.
Harry and Ron left the Chamber of Secrets with Ginny to wrap up the events which had just occurred. When the coast was clear, two slytherins then arrived. Syrine and Draco went to the area where the dead Basilisk was in.
"Guard the entrance, Drake. Tell me if you hear someone coming." Syrine instructed Draco.
Draco nodded and positioned himself near the entrance of the chamber. Syrine then approached the dead Basilisk and observed it for a while.
"I'll be taking your fangs, friend." Syrine told the dead snake. She took out a small dagger and slowly carved out the fangs of the Basilisk. Once she had secured the fangs, she then went to the blank book which Ron and Harry had left on the floor and picked it up.
"There you are. You've caused so much trouble for me this year." Syrine told the book. "You won't be causing anymore trouble once I'm through with you."
Syrine sighed. The events happening all year round gave her constant headaches, especially after her favourite little muggleborn had also fallen victim to the big bad snake. She finally felt relieved; she now had the opportunity to enjoy the rest of the year without worrying about anything else. She just hoped that the Potter boy wouldn't get himself into anymore trouble, because she knew very well that wherever Potter goes, Granger will follow.
Draco peeked inside the chamber. "You done, Sy? The Headmaster and scarhead might come soon."
Syrine nodded, "Thanks for coming with me, Drake."
The blonde boy smiled, "Anything for you."
Syrine chuckled and approached Draco; she linked one of her arms around his elbow. "You had no choice anyway. You had to since this was Lu's fault in the first place."
"Don't call my father Lu." Draco grimaced. "It's giving me the goosebumps."
The two slytherins looked at each other silently for a moment and then laughed. They then went on their merry way back to the Slytherin dungeons.
When Headmaster Dumbledore and Harry came back to the site later, they were confused as to why the Basilisk's fangs had disappeared. There weren't any traces that another person had been there after Harry and Ron left. While Albus was busy staring at the dead and fangless Basilisk in the room, Harry was more worried of the fact that the blank book he left on the floor was missing; but he wasn't going to tell that to the Headmaster anyway.
#HP#
It had been weeks since the victims of the Basilisk attack recovered from their petrification. Everything went back to normal as if there wasn't an actual giant snake terrorizing the students of Hogwarts before. Although Hermione was very thankful that the problem was finished, she was very curious as to why Harry was being very vague on how he was able to find out about the Basilisk. It was as if Harry was keeping a secret, and he wasn't doing a very good job of pretending that there was nothing to hide.
Hermione was getting frustrated, she had already asked Ron about how Harry had figured everything out, but he only knew about how Harry found out the location of the Chamber of Secrets. Ron had no idea on how Harry was so sure that it was a Basilisk. Ron's answer only made Hermione more curious about Harry's secret.
It was after Harry's quidditch practice when Hermione had finally cornered him in one of the castle's empty classrooms. Despite the heavy atmosphere, Harry was still trying to act as if he wasn't hiding something.
"I don't understand why you're not telling me the truth on how you found out about the Basilisk!" Hermione ranted.
"Because there's nothing to tell, I just saw it in a book and I figured it out." Harry explained, there was no way that he was going to tell Hermione that it was Syrine who gave them the answer. He was pretty sure that even Syrine didn't want Hermione to know that it was because of her that everything turned out well.
"You're lying."
"No, I'm not."
Hermione huffed, "The corner of your lip twitches when you lie."
Harry sighed, "I don't know what you really want to hear from me, Hermione."
Hermione's glare softened, "I'm sorry, Harry. I get way too intense when I think people are hiding stuff from me.
Harry smiled, "It's okay. Apology accepted. Let's go back to the tower, I'm really tired now."
Hermione nodded and the two slowly travelled towards the tower, they engaged in small talk as they went on their way.
"Hermione, I was just wondering..." Harry started.
"Yes? What is it?" Hermione asked.
"Are you sure that you're not related to Lestrange?"
Hermione stopped walking and stared at Harry, this prompted Harry to stop walking as well.
"Why? That's a pretty weird question." said Hermione.
Harry swallowed and felt a lump in his throat, "I just – I mean, you two look so much alike. It's like Fred and George, you could easily pass as twins."
Hermione's eyes narrowed a bit, "If that's your reason then you should have asked me that back in our first year."
Harry laughed nervously, "I just didn't think about it that much before."
"What changed?"
"I'm sorry, what?" Harry was confused.
"What made you think that there was any chance that she and I could be related? Something must have happened." Hermione stated.
"Nothing –"
It may have been a coincidence, but at that very exact second, Syrine happened to pass by the duo while being accompanied by Draco Malfoy.
"Well, well, well. I have to say scarhead and swot; this isn't the right place for a lover's quarrel." Syrine said snidely.
Harry felt relieved; he was saved from being pressured by Hermione to answer her questions. Though Harry wasn't as smart as Hermione in school, he knew for a fact that there was some kind of mystery he has yet to grasp which revolved around Hemrione and Syrine. Harry thought that it would be best if he found out more about their relationship before he told Hermione about his suspicions.
"You really have the worst of timings, Lestrange. Leave now, I'm talking with Harry." Hermione told Syrine.
"The last time I checked, Hogwarts still doesn't belong to you. You have no right to tell me to leave." Syrine answered back.
Hermione snorted, "Come on, Harry. Let's go back to the tower."
Hermione grabbed Harry's hand and pulled him away. At the tower, Harry was relieved that Hermione stopped bugging him about the Basilisk. She was too preoccupied with ranting about Syrine that she completely forgot about Harry's previous question. Thank Merlin.
A/N: Just a few chapters more till the plot thickens. Please do leave a review, so that I would know how I can improve this more. Thank you.