At first there was no sign that what Alexander had said had worked, and he was about to try something else when the first screeching sound of stone on stone startled everyone in the bathroom. When it was completely open, and nothing was bursting from the entrance to kill them with barely a glance, Amelia stepped forward, "We go down, keep your eyes planted to the ground. You hear the slightest thing that isn't another one of us; you have your wand crow like a rooster, it is the only way to kill this thing without engaging it in battle. I want two people up here for when we wish to return, be ready with ropes."

Without another word, the head Auror was the first to dive down the chute, barely making a gasp. She was followed by her Aurors and the professors, Lex and Mia going before Severus. Lex knew that the snake wasn't around, so lift his head, looking around at the large cavern they were standing in, "Whoa."

At his exclamation, everyone looked around, the cause for his amazement was a huge snake skin in the corner, way bigger than expected. Moving forward, the demigods were getting worse and worse, the pain and just plain sickness that they felt the closer they came to the large door at the end. They were almost doubled over standing in front of it, "It's in there and it will attack so the second the doors open, I'd start with the crowing."

"Open," Lex hissed out before grabbing Mia and running towards the side, shielding her just in case.

The room around them exploded in the deafening sound of rooster crows, the force shaking the cavern badly. Despite how loud it was, everyone could hear the screeching of the dying Basilisk, it never having a chance to kill its attackers. The group went on for a minute after the shuddering thump of a body hitting the floor, just to be certain that it was truly dead. When they looked over through the dust, the young pair were astonished at how large the creature actually was, "Holy hell."

Each adult skittered back as they noticed how close they were to the corpse, but the two kids moved closer, running their fingers over the skin, in awe of it all, "This is so cool. Se-Professor Snape, you have to harvest this creature, think of all of the potion ingredients it holds, not to mention the hide would become an excellent leather."

One of the Aurors voiced up pompously, "And why would Hogwarts get it? It would still be alive had it not been for the Aurors."

"Actually it was Harry and I who found out all the information given to Madam Bones, therefore saving more people from being killed. Had the Ministry done a thorough investigation when this beast was first released from the chamber during Voldemort's time as a student, instead of taking his word for it and expelling an innocent party, then you would be deserving to lay claim to the corpse. As it stands, we are the rightful owners despite both professors and Aurors having actually defeated the beast," Hermione stated confidently, "And had you bothered to shut your trap and allow us to finish, you would have heard Harry suggest that all proceeds of what remained should be split between Professor McGonagall and Madam Bones, for them to use at their discretion towards the school and Aurors."

Amelia glared at her subordinate before facing the Gryffindors, "Thank you for your offer and you are completely correct in stating this is your corpse, my Auror is prone to talking without thinking. Jones, Williams, create transport boxes for the Potions Master, he will be here a long while. Tonks, you and I have a date with a certain headmaster, he knew about this and kept his mouth closed, I want to hear his reasoning behind that."

"Come along, we had best be seeing to the students," Minerva told her colleagues.

"Ma'am, there's a diary in the bathroom upstairs, could you please secure it and make sure no one is able to access it, there's something not right about it," Hermione asked politely, her eyes drifting towards the further chamber.

Minerva nodded, "Very well Miss Granger. You will be assisting Severus?"

"Yes, they will be Minerva, and we will definitely be a while, so if you could have the house elves bring down some food and drinks in a little, that would be great," the man responded, already removing the necessary items from his harvesting kit, something he carried with him always as you would never know when you would come across the need for it.

Soon there was only Severus, Lex, Mia, and two Aurors who were creating transport containers. Knowing that the older man would be planning for a while longer, the kids went for a wander, looking around the chamber that held a huge face carving of Salazar Slytherin. Crawling up into his mouth, they found the nest for the Basilisk, pocketing the few pieces that were useful before moving forward.

They found themselves in a hallway, an interesting thing to have inside of a face, on each side there was a door. Mia opened one, revealing a living area, dust layered thick over everything, so she closed that door quickly. When Lex opened his though, both were speechless at what they saw.

"Hey Severus! You should come see this!" The pair called out, not caring if anyone else heard them.

The potions master was by their side quickly, and in the same state, actually falling to his knees as though praying, but for a devote Slytherin; it was like heaven, "Lord Slytherin's personal library."