Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter and company. This is just for fun.
After Breakfast the next day Harry meet Snape by Moaning Myrtle's Bathroom. Snape had his broom with him as well as a knapsack that bulged. "What's in the knapsack, Sir?" Harry asked.
"Collecting equipment. I intend on collecting what I can of the Basilisk." Snape replied.
Upon entering the bathroom Harry noted that Myrtle was not in residence so they didn't have to deal with her. Harry opened the portal to the Chamber of Secrets. "Sliding down is okay. There is a bit of a drop at the bottom though." Harry warned him.
"Please use a Hover Charm Mr. Potter." Snape reminded him. "As a second year you didn't know it. Now you do." Snape cast the charm upon himself then descended the tunnel. Harry followed after casting his own. The cave in still blocked most of the tunnel. With a swish of his wand Prof. Snape removed about a third of it allowing them easier access to the tunnel. On the other side Harry lead the way to the chamber. As they approached the smell of rotted flesh had Prof. Snape casting bubble head charms over the both of them.
Bodies of dead scavengers litter the floor. The basilisk carcase itself was still mostly intact. Snape tapped the carcase with a hammer and it sounded like stone. "As I thought it's slowly becoming stone. The venom first then what ever I can collect." Snape directed Harry in how to help him. An hour later they are finished and return to the surface Harry sealing the chamber once they are clear of it. "Prof. Flitwick wants to see you. He's going to talk you through the enchantment for the transportation spell. I'll have the results of the tests on the venom and it's mixing with Phoenix tears by dinner this evening. Meet me in my office after dinner."
"Yes, sir. Prof. Flitwick in his office?" Harry asked.
"No, his class room." Snape said as dismissal.
Harry ran to put his broom away and went to the charms class room. Flitwick had a map of Britain laid out on the floor. It was a strange map though as it seemed to have the major highways as well as some sort of other marking running across them. "Professor?"
"Ah, good Mr. Potter. This is a fused map it shows muggle roads and the like as well as the floo network between cities." Flitwick explained. "These Floo nodes." he pointed to where the floo lines intersected. "Are public Floo connections. My thought is to have you imprint these as you transport points."
"I only know the Burrow and Diagon alley as Floo points." Harry said.
"As we imprint each of these nodes on to the item you will learn it's name and how to get there via the floo network and muggle transportation. We will travel to each node via the Floo network. Have you decided on an item to enchant?" Flitwick asked.
"I was thinking my glasses." Harry replied.
"Hand them here I need to see if they are suitable." Flitwick ordered. Harry complied with the request. Flitwick began casting a series of spells on the glasses. The color change Harry saw with his mage sight was interesting. "Regrettably they wont do. They already have about as much magic as they can hold."
Harry drew a plain silver ring out of his trouser pocket. "I'll need to put a fitting spell on it. Other than that would it should work." Harry handed the ring to Prof. Flitwick.
Flitwick cast the same spells as he used on Harry's glasses. "Quite usable and not a flashy as most rings are. If you permit I will cast a chameleon charm on the ring as well as the fitting charm."
"What's a chameleon charm?" Harry asked.
"It's a variation of the disillusionment charm one of the advantages is that once cast it changes the item so it appears to be part of what it's touching and on an item this small undetectable. Not even mage sight will show it up." Flitwick explained.
Harry smiled at that. Flitwick began teaching Harry the exact wand movements. By lunch Harry has them down. After lunch it is back to the charms class room to work on the spell itself. Harry hadn't been aware that the pronunciation of the spell required such precision. Each syllable had to be perfect. Just before dinner Prof. Flitwick let Harry cast the spell. He checked it over and pronounced it acceptable. "Tomorrow we start adding the Floo nodes. Please leave your morning free."
"Thank you for your help Professor."
"You are quite welcome Mr. Potter it is an interesting challenge." Flitwick commented with a smile. "Something to keep the mind active and alert."
Dinner that night was Boiled mutton. When it was first served Harry like most muggle raised students turned his nose up at it. When Mrs Weasley fixed it his first summer with them he tried a bite just to please her and found it was quite like a pot roast only with mutton instead of beef. Like pot roast the variations are near endless. Tonight's version had tomatoes and beer in it along with the usual vegetables.
"What do you think of tonight's dinner Mr. Potter?" Prof. Sprout asked.
"I like this variation." he replied. The other students who stayed over the holiday all agreed that it was one of the better ones.
"I suppose it can go on the menu next month." sighed McGonagall. "That does make 321 variations on Boiled mutton so far."
"We do have a bet Prof. McGonagall." Prof. Sprout reminded her.
"What was the bet again?" Prof. Dumbledore asked.
"That I could supply 365 variations of Boiled mutton. Prof McGonagall had complained about it and wanted to take it off the menu. It is a favorite for most of the students and it uses up the last of the winter vegetables quite nicely." Prof. Sprout replied.
Harry listened to the conversation about the school's menu with half an ear. He was going to have to cook for the Dursley's sometime during the summer months. Might as well get some ideas. After dinner Harry went with Prof. Snape to his office.
Snape left for a minute then returned with a notebook. "Raw Phoenix tears and Basilisk venom is a very odd combination. They only react beneficially if they are combined in human blood at slightly below human body temperature. The chance of that happening..." Snape trailed off.
"About as likely as an infant suriving the death curse." Harry finished for him.
"Quite. The results of such a happening are as I said beneficial. You heal faster then average. This is a permanent change the venom and tears have mixed and have polled around your magic nodes in your body. They have enlarged to adult size already. The channels are now enlarging to match. Madame Pomfrey speculates that once you are full grown your magical system will be on the upper end with the increase of power that will go along with it." Snape informed him.
"So what does that mean? I'll be another like Prof. Dumbledore?" Harry asked.
"Magically you should exceed him in raw power. That also means that you could come into more then one of the gifts with the second showing up when such a gift normally would." Snape continued.
"Don't I already have 2 gifts Mage sight and Parseltongue?" Harry asked.
"While beast tongue is considered a gift, a single beast language is not unusual with another stronger gift so it doesn't count as a separate gift. As Snakes are aligned with earth I suspect you might have a strong earth gift." Snape said.
"Any other benefits?" Harry asked.
"Immunity to all venom and poison. You'll have some mild affects but it will in no way be anything major. There is one other thing you need to be aware of. Your blood is changing. This will affect assess to your vault the key that lets you in is keyed to you via blood. You'll need to get a change slip from Madame Pomfrey and take it to Gringots to get your key changed. The goblins only require a couple of drops to key the key to you. If you want I could schedule a visit to get it done while you are on Holiday." Snape offered.
"I'd like that. While we are there could I get some new clothes?" Harry held up his arm and the too short sleeve of his jumper.
"That can be arranged." Snape agreed.