Chapter 5: Snakes and Unknown Parselmouths
Before they knew it, it was Halloween. That night everyone was feasting in the Great Hall. It was decorated with massive Maine grown pumpkins and live bats. The walls were bewitched to look like on old ghost town from the West.
Suddenly there was a knock on the large doors of the castle. Because no one was expecting anybody to come, before answering the door, all of the students were sent to their dorms for safety. It was decided that Headmaster Potter and Rose would answer the door, even though Rose hadn't started her training.
As Rose and her father walked towards the doors, they heard a faint hissing song. It grew louder as they got closer to the doors. Soon they reached the door. When they turned the lock, the door burst open. Both of them were flung against the wall, but got right back onto their feet. A group of three basiliks entered the large hallway.
"Don't look into their eyes!" yelled Harry.
"Why?"
"Because it will kill you!"
"Oh... Ahhh!"
Rose had been hit in the side by one of the basilik's tails. Harry quickly ran to Rose and pulled her away, putting his hand on the burn. Instantly, the burn healed and Rose felt no more pian.
"We need to fight them together," Harry said.
"Ok. What do we do first?" said Rose, dodging a snake tail.
"On the count of three try stunning one of them." Rose nodded.
"One, Two, THREE!"
"Stupefy," they yelled at the same time. Harry then spoke, but it was like a hissing noise. He was speaking parseltongue. The two snakes hissed back, but didn't back off.
"Rose, try talking to them."
"I already tried, but I can't."
"Then you must not be able to speak it... try..." But Harry didn't get a chance to say it. He had been hit in the head by a tail (he wasn't paying attention) and fell over unconscious.
"Dad!" screamed Rose. It was up to her now. She tried speaking in parseltongue again, but it did not work. The snakes were coming towards her, and the dorms of the other students. I have to do this, Rose thought. I need to stop them! All of a sudden, it happened. Out of Rose's mouth came the words.
"Please Stop!" hissed Rose.
"Why?" The snakes hissed back.
"Because! You should be taking orders from me or my dad, not some muggles!"
"If we should, what will you give us?"
" A good home? Maybe? I don't know! Hey... what about if we get you three an uninhabitated island for you to live with food. This way you will never be interrupted."
"Ok. But we were promised food to bring back a victim..."
Harry woke up at that point. Rose said that everything was o.k.
"I will magic a fake victim for you to bring back to them, by transfiguring a spider," Harry replied in parseltongue to the snakes, a few minutes later after he understood what was going on around him.
Then, the snakes left. Hermione came running in with Remus, Ron, and Sirius. Remus and Sirius helped Harry up. Hermione hugged Rose, and said she saved all of their lives. Harry, still slightly dazed, was brought to his room and treated. Rose went with her mother and had all of the students brought to the Dining Hall and told what happened. Rose, still only being thirteen, left right after and went to her dorm room (she had her own because her room mate went to a different school because her parents moved. Justin went with her to try and calm her down, or cheer her up. She told him exactly what happened.
The next couple of weeks were hard for her because she was constantly being bugged and followed around. Finally, Justin had her father ask everybody to stop following around and give her space. No sooner had he said that when there was a knock on the door of the castle. Once they had the students back in their dorms and the professors guarding them, Rose and Harry answered the door.
Harry slowly opened the door, revealing a short man, with a big belly and a white mustache. He was also bald.
"Hello! My name is Gerald Bygomni. I'm from England, and have been sent here to help you by Albus Dumbledore," said Gerald, talking quite fast.
"Hello. My name is Harry Potter and this is my daughter, Rose." He paused. "Before we can fully trust you, we must run a few tests to make sure you aren't lying."
"That's fine with me. I'm fully ready to undertake anything for your trust," he replied.
"Good. I need a trusting muggle." Harry was smiling.
After Mr. Bygomni's tests were cleared, he was let in on all of what was going on. He said that, being very informative, that the United States was doing this secretly, or a secret group of people were involved in it.
Through Mr. Bygomni, Harry, Hermione, and Ron were able to obtain a lot of information. They were also able to put up more protective charms around the school because they knew what types to put up. Because that was done, Rose was able to start her testing and training for the evogic ilogam factor.