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They killed it.
They killed it for what?
Being a weapon of the memory of the Dark Lord.
(Slytherins hear everything, we have to)
And are there any consequences, anyone whose sad, or regrets that it happened?
Of course, not the basilisk is slain!
Hip, hip, hooray.
Three cheers for Harry Bloody Potter.
He killed the basilisk.
A creature which has been in the school since its founding.
He killed one of if not the oldest magical creature in Europe!
But he's a hero.
It was dangerous.
But he's a Gryffindor.
It was a snake.
But he's Harry Potter.
It was ours.
Our right.
Our mascot.
Our creature.
Our founders legacy!
Congratulations.
AAAAAHHHHH!
Why?
Because it represented Slytherin?
Because it was a snake?
Because it was used by the dark lord?
Why?
Why did the basilisk die?
I'm not asking Harry Potter this.
He did his best.
He's twelve for Merlin's sake.
He is a child.
He is a victim.
No, I am not asking Harry Potter, for the blame is not going to be laid at his feet, not for this at least.
Not yet.
No, I'm asking the care of magical creatures professor.
Who should be able to identify the signs of a basilisk!
No, I'm asking the headmaster.
Who if he saw the signs last time should have seen the sins this time and done something!
No, I'm asking the defense professor.
Who if he took one moment to remember a word of the lies he wrote in his books about magical creatures should be able to do something, anything to protect his students!
Why was Harry Potter in the Chamber of Secrets alone fighting a basilisk in the first place?
Bravery is all well and good but who is so incompetent here that he and his friends where left accounted for.
For heaven's sake, the Weasleys sister was in the chamber and no one thought to gather her brothers and inform her parents?
Has no one learned a thing from the incident last year!
Has no one learned their lesson from Quirrel, from the Dark Lord?
IS ANYONE HERE?!
IS ANYONE LEFT?!
IS ANYONE AWAKE?!
WHERE ARE YOU?!
Where are you?
Why are you not here?
Why am I not safe?
Why are you not doing anything?
As the school continued to turn on anyone associated with tour serpentine emblem where were you?
But what is being done about it?
About the hate.
About the stupidity.
About the choice.
About the education and logic caps shown.
Everyone thought it was the Slytherins.
Then everyone thought it was the boy who spoke to snakes.
Everyone thought that we all could be the easy scapegoats.
No one defended us all year.
No teachers, no students, and no parents.
No lessons learned here.
No new class on cursed objects or safety will happen next year.
It wasn't always like this...it could have been...
It's almost funny when you think about it... and remember a time before Harry Potter.
When Slytherines and the rest of Hogwarts didn't have the walking talking reminder of their place in life.
We were still hated, but not like this.
We were still Slytherins, but not as separate or as forsaken.
Before Harry Potter, there was a spark of hope for the future, for change.
But now we live in the world of Harry James Potter, the boy who lived... where we are never going to be able to move past good and evil.
The white knight returned just in the nick of time to remind the pawns of the way the game works.
To remind the other pieces that they didn't belong on his side of the board.
It just wouldn't do to have the pieces leave the board, abandoning the paths set for them.
After all, no ones up for anarchy...not anymore.