Lavender saw me do it and she asked,
"What did you put in your soup?"
I looked up at her and answered,
"A basilisk tear. It flavours the soup, or anything it is put in, and it
keeps my smooth." I didn't want to lie to her, but I didn't want to tell
her the whole truth, so I told her half.
Her eyes widened, "A basilisk tear? In your soup?"
I nodded, not knowing why this was startling. I mean, I had a baby basilisk
around my neck, camouflaging itself in my hair. No one seemed to have
noticed her yet. Her name was Basi, and she was my pet. Her name should
really be spelled, 'Bazi', because that is how it is pronounced. I asked
her why she was startled and she replied,
"Well, 3 years ago the Chamber of Secrets was opened. Do you know what the
Chamber of Secrets is? (At this I nodded) Well, in the Chamber was a
Basilisk, and it had killed a girl named Myrtle in a bathroom. She was
killed 50 years ago, well, 50 years 3 years ago. Myrtle still haunts that
bathroom; nobody goes in there now. Anyway, you-know-who had.opened the
chamber!" She paused, probably waiting for me to be shocked, but I wasn't.
This wasn't news to me; I knew all about all this, just, why was a
basilisk.scary?
I interrupted her, "Why are you scared of a basilisk?"
Lavender looked thoughtful and terrified at the same time, finally she
answered, "Because it's the king of snakes. Deadly if you look it in the
eye, you know." I nodded, thought this was not entirely true.
"I've never seen one, but Harry Potter killed the one in the chamber, all
alone. Isn't that amazing!?"
I just had to correct her; it was bugging me to death.
"You mean queen of snakes." I corrected.
Now Lavender looked confused, "What?"
"You said 'king of snakes' its 'queen of snakes'. They can only be female."
"Oh." Lavender nodded, and then she let out a little squeak. "W-what?" I asked. She swallowed and said nervously, "What's around your neck?" "Oh, This is my pet snake, Basi." I said, removing Basi form around my neck and holding her in my hand. Basi hissed and stuck out her tongue, smelling the air and sensing Lavender. "Oh, she's beautiful!" exclaimed Lavender. "What did you say her name was?" I gently stroked Basi and replied, "Basi, short for Basilisk, which is what she is." Lavender froze. "That's a basilisk?" I nodded. "Yep." I smiled. "If I look in her eyes.will I die?" asked Lavender tentatively. "No, not yet. When she's older." Lavender relaxed slightly and I sipped my soup, placing Basi back on my shoulder.
When desert came, I was too full to eat any, but there was a pot of tea near by and I poured myself a cup. As I sipped it I relaxed. Without meaning to, my power began to relax too, and when it relaxed, it turns 'on'. Uh-oh. I didn't notice, and neither did any on the girls. Veela can tell if they, or another veela is using their power. Veela power doesn't work on girls, but it does on boy, sadly enough. When my power goes 'on' my hair doesn't blow out, but it does shimmer. Lavender and Pavati were leaving, but before they did Lavender asked me, "Do you need directions and the password to the Gryffondor common room?" I nodded, gulped the rest of my tea and stood. We had sat across from one another, so I was walking down the space between the Slytharin and Gryffondor tables, while Pavati and Lavender where between the Gryffondor and Ravenclaw tables. I got to the doors first, so I turned to watch the 2 girls make their way to me. As I did I noticed an unusually large amount of boys looking at me. Then I realised what the tea had made me do. I quickly distinguished the power and Lavender and Pavati joined me. "Right, this way." Said Pavati, leading the way up a staircase.
"Piximis" said Lavender clearly to a portrait of a fat lady in a pink silk dress. The portrait swung open. Once inside, Pavati told me to memorize it. Piximis. Piximis. Piximis. I recited in my head.
Lavender, Pavati and I where quick eaters in the Gryffondor house. I decided, noticing that even 20 minutes later we were still the only 3 in the common room. Pavati was curled up in a chair by the flickering fire reading a book, Lavender was knitting a sweater, and I was looking around while absentmindedly stroking Basi.
"Oh." Lavender nodded, and then she let out a little squeak. "W-what?" I asked. She swallowed and said nervously, "What's around your neck?" "Oh, This is my pet snake, Basi." I said, removing Basi form around my neck and holding her in my hand. Basi hissed and stuck out her tongue, smelling the air and sensing Lavender. "Oh, she's beautiful!" exclaimed Lavender. "What did you say her name was?" I gently stroked Basi and replied, "Basi, short for Basilisk, which is what she is." Lavender froze. "That's a basilisk?" I nodded. "Yep." I smiled. "If I look in her eyes.will I die?" asked Lavender tentatively. "No, not yet. When she's older." Lavender relaxed slightly and I sipped my soup, placing Basi back on my shoulder.
When desert came, I was too full to eat any, but there was a pot of tea near by and I poured myself a cup. As I sipped it I relaxed. Without meaning to, my power began to relax too, and when it relaxed, it turns 'on'. Uh-oh. I didn't notice, and neither did any on the girls. Veela can tell if they, or another veela is using their power. Veela power doesn't work on girls, but it does on boy, sadly enough. When my power goes 'on' my hair doesn't blow out, but it does shimmer. Lavender and Pavati were leaving, but before they did Lavender asked me, "Do you need directions and the password to the Gryffondor common room?" I nodded, gulped the rest of my tea and stood. We had sat across from one another, so I was walking down the space between the Slytharin and Gryffondor tables, while Pavati and Lavender where between the Gryffondor and Ravenclaw tables. I got to the doors first, so I turned to watch the 2 girls make their way to me. As I did I noticed an unusually large amount of boys looking at me. Then I realised what the tea had made me do. I quickly distinguished the power and Lavender and Pavati joined me. "Right, this way." Said Pavati, leading the way up a staircase.
"Piximis" said Lavender clearly to a portrait of a fat lady in a pink silk dress. The portrait swung open. Once inside, Pavati told me to memorize it. Piximis. Piximis. Piximis. I recited in my head.
Lavender, Pavati and I where quick eaters in the Gryffondor house. I decided, noticing that even 20 minutes later we were still the only 3 in the common room. Pavati was curled up in a chair by the flickering fire reading a book, Lavender was knitting a sweater, and I was looking around while absentmindedly stroking Basi.