Chapter 3: Nagini's Story

Nagini sighed. "Can I ask a question?" asked Harry. "Yes." she replied. "What do you mean when you say 'We are more alike than you think'"? "You already know about my scar." Said Nagini, indicating her scar with her tail like a finger. "We both have been possessed by Voldemort for one thing." No one shuddered at the name not even Anna who had seen the pain he had put people through. "We have both seen him kill, and we have both had our parents murdered.

Harry's attention was caught by Nagini's last words, and his anger vanished. Nagini sighed.

"It started when I was a year old. My parents hated Voldemort, as did most snakes. There are snakes that spied on Voldemort. When they found out that he was going to kill you Harry, they tried to stop him." Nagini said sounding like she was close to tears. "Voldemort killed them. My mom did what yours did Harry. He left me for dead, but we had drained some of his power. After he attacked you, he thought I would make a good pet.

"He put me into a Death Eater's hands since he couldn't hold me, and made me the final Horcruxe. He controlled me. It was half like Ginny said. I knew what I was doing, but I couldn't stop it. I often tried to resist. I let you into my mind when Voldemort forced me to attack Arthur Wesley when he moved. I knew you would raise the alarm. Voldemort was partly in your mind when you wanted to bite Dumbledore.

"I thought my parents had abandoned me until I saw Tom Riddle's diary. He controlled my body and mind with more force after he found out. I knew I had to die, and I wanted you to win. I curled up when Neville stepped up because I was proud that he wasn't afraid to die by Voldemort's hand.

"Who is this Angela?" asked Ginny patiently. Nagini sighed again. "Angela is the basilisk, and she is like me." Here is what her spirit wants to say." said Anna.

A puff of smoke formed until it was a thick serpent that Harry knew was the basilisk he had met in his second year.

"My parents were also killed," she said "But when Riddle was 16. I also thought that my parents had abandoned me until I found Riddle's diary. In addition to that, I had eggs with another basilisk. Riddle had killed my mate and took me. I hid the eggs in ice to preserve them until I could find a safe place for them to hatch. I argued fiercely with when Riddle told me to kill Myrtle, until he swore he would burn me if I didn't obey him. Yet I still tried to save her. Black cloth stops my killing stare, and I tried to save Myrtle, and hide her. But Riddle took every scrap of black cloth from the Chamber."

"I felt horrid. I was happy when Fawkes blinded me even though it hurt. When you killed me Harry, I was glad. I didn't mean to bite you when I died. Both gave me peace because I was free of guilt and could apologize to Myrtle. She forgave me thankfully.

Harry could not believe this. Two of Voldemorts most famous and best snakes were now telling him that they hated Voldemort as much as he did. Harry now realized, once he got over the shock, that Angela's voice was kind and soft like his mother's, nothing like the venomous voice he had heard in the walls in his second year. "You have a soft voice." Said Hermione afraid to offend the basilisk.

"That was not my voice that you heard in the walls Harry." said Angela's spirit. "It was Riddle speaking through me."

"Harry I can bring back the people you love said Nagini. "May I start with Lupin and Tonks or Sirius, or your parents?"

"My parents." Cut in Harry at once, even though he was sure that he was crazy because nothing could bring back the dead. Nagini waved her tail like a wand again. Two skeletons rose from nowhere, drifted over their heads, and dropped gently onto the floor. Harry tried not to look at the skeletons because of the pain it caused. "Please stand back." said Nagini, and not only did the witches and wizards move back, but so did the chairs, rug, and pedestal as if they had minds of their own.

"Here goes." Said Nagini. She put her head over each of them, and Harry saw a teardrop drip onto their hearts where the killing spell had hit them.

Then Nagini started circling their bodies. She went faster and faster until she was nothing but a green blur. Then she reared up fangs at the ready.

Harry saw that her body was still spinning at this point. Then Nagini plunged her fangs down, so that one fang pierced Lilly's hand, and the other one pierced James's hand. Harry wanted to scream "NO!" because he knew that her poison was deadly. The spinning then stopped, and Nagini looked up.

Moments later, Harry was looking at his parents, who were, against all odds, including death itself, were alive. "HARRY!" Lilly yelled in happiness, and Harry ran to her and hugged her, making sure she was actually there, then rushed to hug his father who was trying to look strong and not cry. "How can you do that?" he asked Nagini tears of happiness in his eyes.

"Snakes began to take over 95 million years ago. There were no humans at that time, so no one knows about this except for some snakes. I am one of those special snake's descendants. At that time, snakes had weak magic in their tails. One day three brothers made a bridge to cross a river.

"The same thing happened with the Deathly Hallows: Death offered three gifts. The brothers did not trust Death, and asked for difficult gifts. "Wow." said Harry sitting in between his mom and dad amazed at similarity between this story and the one that Hermione read to them.

Lily and James also looked surprised, sitting on an extra rug with their son. Nagini continued her story.

"The first asked for a powerful wand that could do extreme magic. But he also asked that it would only kill truly evil animals, and that could not change with wizards or muggles. He also asked that he would not allow him or anyone who possessed the wand to become drunk on drinks or grapes.

"The second asked for a stone that could bring back the dead, in a way so that their souls are returned to their bodies, and that they would not become dark and unhappy after a while. Also it would make the user and the people brought back immortal."

"I think the Great Hall is waiting for us." Said Luna in her usual dreamy voice. "How do we do this?" asked Harry. "Easy" replied Nagini "All we have to do is bring everyone back first. Then you can show everyone yours and Snape's memories.