"Follow me," hissed Emily, grabbing Claude's arm.
"Where are we going?" asked Claude, confused.
"To the dungeons," said Emily, once they left the Entrance Hall and entered the desolate corridor.
As the two Slytherins hurried down the stairs and into the corridor, they unexpectedly came across the oh-so-famous, Harry Potter. The black-haired boy whirled around when he heard Emily and Claude's footsteps. His eyes drifted down to their chests, where he saw Slytherin badges sewn onto their robes; he sneered. It was obvious he hated Slytherins.
Emily immediately recognized the boy, and frowned at his unusual presence in the dungeons. But grinned, she had never had never been in Potter's company before. "Potter, what are you doing here?" said Claude, coolly.
Emily was astonished that Claude jumped on Harry so quickly. He was always quiet. But yet, he managed to avenge those who trespassed against him. But she knew that Claude hated Potter more than most. Because of Potter's existence, Claude was without his parents.
"None of your business," snapped Harry.
"Well, if you won't tell us," said Emily, with a sinister glint in her eye. "I guess we'll have to make you."
Taking a step closer to Harry, she pushed back the jet-black hair covering his scar. Emily pressed her fingers against the scar. She watched Harry wince in the pain she inflicted on him. She wasn't applying any pressure to his scar, but it was the fact that she came from a line of dark wizards and the trickle of Salazar Slytherin's own blood in her veins, was what made Harry's scar throb in unbearable pain. "Well?"
Emily grinned as Harry pulled out his wand. She released the pressure from his forehead, and awaited a response. Harry pointed his wand at her throat and muttered, "Don't you dare touch me."
"You fool," guffawed Claude, pulling out his own wand. "Stupefy!"
Just before the impact of Claude's stun hit Harry, he noticed something about his attacker's eyes. So much like Bellatrix Lestrange's… Before he could finish processing the thought, he collapsed onto the cold dungeon floor.
After watching Harry fall to the floor, Claude and Emily sprinted to their common room. They paused in front of the solid green wall with a stone serpent head extruding from the center.
"Sordid Serpent," said Claude.
The stone serpent's eyes glowed green, and the wall parted in the middle and opened up to allow Claude and Emily to enter.
They quickly stepped into the Slytherin common room, and let the doors automatically slam shut behind them. Emily laid herself one of the green upholstered three seater couches. "What d'you reckon Potter was doing down here?" she asked, thinking about their odd encounter.
"Over the summer, I heard rumors about a basilisk in the chamber again," said Claude. "What if Potter found out about it?"
"How would you get a full grown Basilisk into Hogwarts? And first of all, how could they get into Hogwarts?" asked Emily.
"It was young basilisk. And simple. Through a secret passage from Hogsmeade to Hogwarts," said Claude. "In July, Hogsmeade is practically a ghost town. The only place open in July is the Hogs Head Inn."
"But who did this?"
Claude grinned. "Well, two years ago, when my father was released from Azkaban, he came looking for me. He showed me a basilisk he had been breeding. And then I thought it might've been funny if we put it in the chamber. So that's what we did. Bellatrix was really pleased with this. And this explains the mysterious deaths of those two half-bloods, last year."
"Brilliant…" said Emily, amazed. "This is just pure genius. Why don't we go and pay the basilisk a visit?"
"Not now, Emily," said Claude. "Another day."
As Claude and Emily were about to engage in a passionate kiss, the doors of the common room opened, and two dark hooded figures entered the common room.