AN – you may have already guessed but italics mean they are speaking in parseltongue.
Releasing the monster
The two siblings landed in the chamber. "Now the creature is a basilisk, so make sure you don't look it in the eyes, I don't want to have to try to explain how you died, in a place that doesn't exist, to the headmaster and rest of the school."
"Aww it almost sounds like you care" Tom replied sarcastically getting a smirk as his only reply. They moved into the chamber more, Anya leading the way with her wand lit. They soon came upon the main chamber where the statue of Salazar Slytherin looking down on them. Tom had drawn his wand to and was gazing around the chamber intently. "Yes this is how I imagined it to be..." he muttered.
Anya smiled slightly and walked up to the statue. "Talk to me Slytherin greatest of the Hogwarts four" she hissed and tom walked up to stand next to her as the great mouth opened ready to release the monster within. "Remember don't look it in the eyes, I'm not sure whether it's safe for you to do so".
The basilisk slithered out of its den and came to stop in front of Anya, who reached out and touched the snake head with her hand "Mistress…what is thy will." It hissed at her. Catching sight of Tom it bared its fangs and made to move towards him, Tom pointed his wand ready to defend himself against the large serpent. Anya moved directly into the serpent's path and holding her wand in front of her hissed angrily.
"No, he is my brother, and another descendant of Slytherin. You will not harm him!" The snake recoiled with the force of the order and bowed its head. "It's time for you to do your job my pet, to go around this school and wipe those filthy muggleborns away…this was Slytherin's will and is mine." The snake hissed in delight, happy to at last have some victims to unleash its venom upon. "We start tomorrow, I shall get rid of the roosters, can't have some silly bird destroy you". The snake hissed and slithered around her, listening intently but ignoring Tom. The roosters were the only thing that could destroy a basilisk, how ridiculous that something so small could destroy such a magnificent creature, but it just goes to show that even the mighty are not indestructible.
"Sleep now my pet tomorrow will be a blood red day" Anya once again touched the basilisk head before it slithered back to the statue. "Oh and one I want you to target is a Ravenclaw girl. When I discover her name I will tell you..." That girl, she would rue the day she spoke to Anya Riddle, now it was her turn to kiss a snake.
It was early next morning that a figure draped in a large cloak with a hood to cover her face, snuck down to the game keepers hut. The two sleeping roosters didn't make the slightest noise as she rung their necks. The figure snuck back up to the school and back to her dormitory making sure to brush of any lingering feathers from her clothes, wouldn't do to be caught now, besides no one would suspect her.
The normal pattern of a Hogwarts day was strangely dull to Anya, truth be told she was nervous about what was to happen the creature was released and had its target set and marked, the muggleborns days were numbered. Tom had been ecstatic with the events and was waiting eagerly too for the plan to unfold. Yet nothing happened for most of the day, and Anya was beginning to worry that her monster was stuck or something.
"Still nothing?" Zarian asked as he sat next to her at the evening meal. Anya merely shook her head, catching her brother's eye with the same expression of impatience. "Dumbledore is looking at you again" Zarian mumbled looking towards the top table, Anya followed his gaze sure enough he was staring intently at her. Anya merely raised her head and turned back to Zarian
"Let him" she replied starting to eat her food "I care not."
"HELP!" everyone's head shot round as a small hufflepuff student came running down the centre of the hall, screaming at the top of her lungs. She was crying and fighting to keep her breath as she reached the high table where all the teachers sat. "Help, Professor its Annie she's been attacked or something, she's not moving!"
The room exploded in an uproar of students chattering away. The teachers all had looks of shock on their faces and Professor Green ushered the sobbing girl out the side door, Dippet and Dumbledore following. Anya made sure to put on the same shocked look as everyone else as her table discussed what had happened, but Zarian nudged her hand under the table. The remaining teachers all fought to keep control of the eccentric hall, they told the students to return to their dormitories with their prefects and stay there. The hall cleared and the Slytherin's returned to the common room, but no one went to bed.
"Do you think she's dead?"…"doubt it, nothing exciting like that ever happens here"…"Wonder who did it, I'm sure it wasn't a Slytherin we were all at dinner."…"Yeah but we always get the blame anyway."
Anya listened to the conversation between two 7th year boys as she walked with Zarian. "What a shame makes you wonder whose safe doesn't it" she said to Zarian, who merely smiled back looking concerned. They both smiled at each other and when Tom walked past he was looking solemn but Anya could tell in his eyes there was a sparkle of triumph he greeted them as he past. Anya and Zarian moved two students out of the sofas by the fire and sat down, both gazing into the flames and anticipating tomorrow.