As I followed the crowd out of the classroom, quietly, without being noticed, or so I had hoped. I ran down the hall, to the first floor, till I got to the bathroom, where the entrance to the chambers were. Inside the bathroom, I looked around it, hoping there was an obvious entrence to the chambers, that might have been overlooked. Sadly, there wasn't. I then began knocking on walls hoping to hear a hallowness to the walls, the floor and so on, ignoring Myrtle as I did. Then standing in the middle of the bathroom near the stalls, I twirled around, looking at the massive ring of sinks that were against a tall island.

"No way, it can't be that easy" I whispered, walking towards the sinks, I looked over it, under the sinks, knocked on the wall, I didn't find anything, till I started looking over the faucets. There was one that was different from the other, leaning in closer I then saw what looked like an snake carved into the side of it. Before I could open it, I heard someone coming, Looking behind me I saw, Harry, Ron and Lockhart show up.

"Amber" Harry whispered, "You know?"

I nodded, then looked at Ron with sympathy, then gave him a determined smile, "We'll get to Ginny, I think I found the entrance" I whispered.

"No way you did!" Lockhart spoke up, objecting, "If you have however, congrats, I'll be going now" The coward then tried to leave, only so Ron could hold a wand to him, "Fine!"

Myrtle then floated closely, "That tap has never worked" She shared.

I looked at her and nodded, "It can only open when a Parseltongue wants it to" I stated.

"What?" Ron whispered, "Then say something, we don't have time to waste!" He commanded.

Looking at the sink, I looked in the mirror, seeing my face, as I hissed, the words coming out fairly easily, I could only hope it'd accept a learned Parselmouth's wishes as it did a naturally born with one, "Open"

I had to step back, as the tap glowed and the ground around it rumbled, as the sink started to move, disappearing before us. Showing the inside, of what looked like a tunnel, a large one at that. Looking over the edge, it went down far, I couldn't see the bottom just the black darkness. It was down there. Ginny was down there. I felt my hairs prickle, Tom was down there.

"I'm going down there" Harry says standing next to me as he looked down.

"Me too" Ron said, determined.

Of course I was going, I knew what we were jumping into, or somewhat, I knew Lord Voldemort was down there, Tom Riddle commanding, the king of serpents. With Ginny. There was no way Harry and Ron would be able to last down there alone, there was a chance I wouldn't last either.

"Well, you hardly seem to need me" Lockhart mumbled, "I'll just-"

Both Harry and Ron swirled around, pointing their wands at the professor, stopping him from leaving.

"You're going to go first" Ron snarled, causing Lockhart to gulp, as he slowly walked forward, as he did, I looked to my shoulder, seeing my little glider, I couldn't leave him up here alone, but if I took him with there was a chance he'd die. Carefully, I picked him up, holding him firmly, kissing his head. If he was going down with me, there was no way I'd let him fall down and die. Then I put my bag on the ground, my wand was already in my pocket.

"Children, What good will it do?" Lockhart whispers in a quiet voice, "I really, don't think tha-" That's when Ron shoved him forward into the pipe, sending him down first. I smiled in his direction, glad. Then he went down afterwards, then Harry did, I followed soon after, descending into the darkness of the tunnel.

The pipe was wet and warm on the way down, it was like slime, it was gross, I was surely going to take a warm bath later, assuming I'd get out alive... The bottom was dark, I narrowed my eyes, till my eyes adjusted to the darkness. I could see various bones, hopefully they were just animal bones.

"Remember, any sign a movement, close your eyes right away" Harry whispered, pulling his wand out, Ron then pointed in a direction. We all followed his pointed finger, to see a very green colored scales, the skin of the basilisk. I walked closer to it, it was massive the shedded skin, I couldn't believe the size of it. How much bigger is the creature now? I shivered at the thought, becoming more nervous about it. My hair prickled, on edge. Then something behind me fell, turning around quickly, as Capone terrified climbed out of my hands and went down my shirt, as I saw Lockhart had collapsed. I didn't trust it. But it was to late. While Ron was pointing his wand at the professor, telling him to get back up, Lockhart had jumped at the ginger, snatching his wand, pointing it at Ron, Harry and I.

"This adventure ends here, children! I shall take a bit of this skin back up to the school and tell them to save the girl, and that you three tragically lost your minds in sight of her mangled body - say good-bye to your memories" He says in a maniacal tone. He then raised Rons wand at us. I took notice at Rons wand, it was still tapped, it might backfire, or that's what I'd hope, "Obliviate!" I was right, it backfired, but it made the room shake, the ceiling to explode, I jumped backwards, as the rocks cam tumbling down from above, then I got into fetal position covering my face, and chest, where Capone was hidden.

When sure the rocks had stopped falling, I looked up, seeing a wall of rocks in front, blocking the way where the way up was. How the hell were we going to get out now? Getting to my feet, I noticed Harry walk to the wall. Where was Ron? Did he get stuck under the rubble? Or was he safe on the other side?

"Ron! Are you okay? Ron!" Harry yelled, frantic.

A few moments later there was a response, "I'm here!" There was a shared relief between Harry and I, thankful that he was alright, alive, behind the rubble, "I'm okay, this git's not though- I think he got blasted by my wand..." I smiled, good Lockhart deserved it, then looking over the wall, seeing if there was a way through, I couldn't see anything. "What now?"

"Wait there" Harry replied, "Wait with Lockhart. We'll go on... If we're not back in an hour..." I looked at Harry, he had a grim expression, as I likely did. I only wished there was a way to get Capone to the other side of the wall with Ron.

"I'll try and shift some of these rocks, so you both can. Can get back through" Ron yelled, "And, Harry, Amber..."

We didn't have time for this, I turned and started walked away, I didn't want to hear what he had to say next, I knew the possible outcomes. Either we'd die; Harry, Ginny, Capone and myself, or we're lucky and able to get back to this point and die. Or Ginny is already dead and this was all for nothing, a waste... We weren't going to get out, that rubble, there wasn't a chance that Ron would be able to move it all, there were large rocks, boulders the size of me. We were going to die down here. The least Harry and I could do would be to hurt the serpent, blind it maybe, so it's eyes wouldn't hurt anyone, then when Ron and Lockhart are found, Dumbledore, or whoever they send down can kill the creature.

Harry was walking next to me, quiet, "We're going to be alright" He whispered.

I shut my eyes, "I only hope it's painless"

"Amber, we're getting out alive, with Ginny" Harry stated, confident.

I looked at him, "Harry, all that is, is false hope, we're going to die." I looked forward as we walked down the dark tunnel, "We need to blind the basilisk before we die." I stated, going on, "So, when they come down here, looking for us, they can look at it and not die"

"It's not false hope. We will live all of us" Harry repeated. I sighed, not wanting to argue, he seemed to need to believe we'd live. He wasn't ready to face the harsh truth, which was natural, was I even ready?

We soon reached a large door, with serpents carved into it, with gorgeous emerald green eyes that glowed in the darkness.

"This is it" I whispered, pulling my wand out, Harry did the same as we walked closer, to the door.

"Open" he hissed to the door. Walking through the door we were walking past tall pillars that had snakes carved into them, coiling around. It they were gorgeous, under any other circumstances I would probably take the time to admire the carvings. Walking past the pillars we were now in the massive chamber, that looked like half of it looked like it was half a cave. There was a large stone statue of Salazar Slytherin.