Anything in italics is parseltongue.
A half mile from where Harry sat crying, a colony of basilisks lay in the shade of one of the most dense parts of the forest. In the Wizarding World, it was rare for basilisks to live in colonies, but it was not entirely unheard of, since basilisks are nearly immortal. This colony was 'ruled' by a 'Mother' basilisk, and 18 others. What made this colony rare, was that there was only one hatchling from the previous year, as all of the others had died in the harsh winter, and he was nearing the time that all basilisks needed to mate for the first time. But what was really the worst part about it for the colony was that their colony only had 19 members, an odd number, which in the forest is considered badluck.
A faint sound and some wetness drifted towards the colony from the north landing on Balthazar, the lone adolescent of the colony. He felt drawn to it for some strange reason.
What is it? his mother asked, as he lifted his head up.
I thought I felt something mother. It feels like I'm being drawn to something, he replied.
Well it wouldnt hurt taking a look, she said, and she and her son slithered in the direction that Balthazar noted to.
Soon the basilisks got to the clearing where Harry sat. Not letting themselves by seen, they got real low on the ground.
A human! Elaith, the mother basilisk whispered to her son, a male human, the most dangerous kind.
I know, mother. But, I was drawn to this human for some reason. Balthazar replied.
Elaith didn't know what to think, basilisks are incapable of showing any emotion, but watching her son watch the human male, it made her think twice.
He looks sad, mother. I wonder why, Balthazar said.
He has made a wish, young basilisk, and I am here to grant it, a strange voice said in the snake tongue from behind the two basilisks.
Elaith looked back at where the voice came from. Out came a small gnome-like creature, but that couldn't be. He (for the voice sounded male), had the lower body of a deer, the upper body like a human, but long, floppy ears that almost looked like goblins, but longer. Elaith bared her fangs at the intruder.
Forgive me for startling you. My name is Furzene, I'm a Cenglin, a cross between a centaur and a goblin. Our young human over there, has made a wish, to be anything but himself. I was going to turn him into a phoenix, but I found you first, Furzene stated.
What does that have to do with anything? Balthazar asked.
I am familiar with your colony. I understand that you are the only one near the age of mating? Balthazar nodded the best he could. With my help, I can change that. That male human over there can become a female basilisk. I can make it so that she will be able to mate, lay eggs, and be a basilisk with no traces of human in her, and she'll have no memory of ever being anything but a basilisk, making the transformation permanent. Said Furzene.
Elaith looked at her son. The opportunity was too good to pass up for both her son and the good of the colony. With the addition of a female, the colony would be an even number, and in the sping there will be hatchlings again.
She didn't have to answer. How long will the transformation take, Furzene, hissed Balthazar.
The entire full transformation will take seven cycles of the sun, if I begin right now. Furzene said.
Will it make him stop with that noise? Elaith asked, as Harry's crying was getting on her nerves, and basilisks rarely loose their tempers.
I'll take that as a yes, stated Furzene. What I'm going to do first is place the mind of a female basilisk into his human one. Over the next three cycles, that mind will slowly take over. He will loose all of his male and human qualities. He will become a female human with the mind of a basilisk. When that happens, I will begin the physical transformation. Once he falls asleep, you may take him back to the colony, when he wakes up he will be immune to your killing stare. He may eat during the first two cycles only. See to it that he doesn't on the third, it wont matter if he does or not, but it'll make the transformation easier if he doesnt. I will see you in three days.
With that said, Furzene magically reached into the mind of Elaith and copied all of the things about her that made her a basilisk, all of her hormones, all of her instincts, and the way she thinks. He copied it all. A pink cloud came out of Elaith, getting a hiss from her son. Furzene then gathered the pink cloud and sent it towards Harry.
Harry gasped as something hit him, and entered his body through his ear. At that moment something strong came over him, and he fell asleep on the rock.
That was strange, Mother, Balthazar said, where did Furzene go?
Elaith looked around, not seeing him anywhere. Come, Balthazar take the human and let's go home. We have a new colony member to prepare for.
Balthazar nudged the human with his snout onto the top of his head. A stick fell from the middle of the human. Balthazar looked at it, and using full force with his midsection, fell on it, snapping it in half, the human would no longer have any use it in 7 cycles...
Meanwhile in the ruins of Hogwarts...
A small area of the rubble began to shake...