Harrison quickly lowered his gaze to avoid petrification, or worse, getting killed by looking into the eyes of the was no way he wanted to die especially as he had yet to find and resurrect the Dark Lord. Besides, he wanted to finish his investigations into the suspicious Professor Quirrell with his spurious stutters. He wanted to know who he was taking in for the ride and if in fact, it was actually the Dark Lord.
*What do you want, speaker?*
*I wish for a safe passage so I could do some research... I won't be setting you on the students,* He told her.
No matter how much it might bother me, he silently added in his head. There was a small part in his head that wanted to set the Basilisk onto the students, but he wasn't going to do that. Doing that, would give him trouble for what it was worth, and it would set him off on the mission that he planned for himself. Besides, he doubted Amara would want to do that, be used by another parselmouth for their own gain.
A few moments past, Amara hissed her response,
*Very well.*
*Is there any way I could look at you without me being petrified or killed at your eyes?*
*My species has a second eyelid that conceals of being petrified or killed by looking at me,* Amara said. *You could look now, speaker.*
*Thank you.*
Harrison studied the Basilisk. It looked like she was about fifteen meters long, give or take. She was around the same size as the old, shredded snakeskin that was located outside the chamber. She had dark green scales that were smooth to the touch, and reflected against the lighting of the chamber. She looked rather well for someone who probably hadn't eaten in fifty years, of course being in hibernation helped her case. The next time he came down here, he would give her a couple of roosters or something else that the snake wouldn't mind eating. She was such a beautiful snake that Harrison could spend a while on just studying her.
*Beautiful,* Harrison told her.
She flicked her tongue out as a response, and disappeared back into the mouth, with Harrison right behind her. It took her a few moments before she was fully in, before Harrison stopped being cautious and looked around the room.
It was a rather roomy room as there was still plenty of space with Amara already curled up, her head resting on her body, and her yellow eyes were now closed, napping until she was called on later. He casted a lumos with his wand, as he took a step forward, watching out for Amara's body as he looked around.
He spotted another room, with another door with a handle and he opened it. It was a much smaller room than before, and looked like it hadn't ever been touched before. Dust lingered everywhere, and Harrison had to stop a sneeze that was coming on from the amount of dust. It looked like no one ever stepped forth in this room ever since Salazar's time-over a thousand years ago.
Harrison casted a quick cleaning spell, and the room looked cleaner. There was no dust, and it looked like it was now habitable. There was a small fireplace with logs that he quickly casted incendio on. The flames licked the logs, and cracked in the background but the fire also gave more light to the otherwise dark room. He noticed bookshelves with scrolls stacked up on top of one another, and several books with spines on them written in parseltongue.
He picked up several scrolls and opened them, looking at its contents before putting it back. He did this several times and eventually did it to the books. The books looked like they were freshly new and hadn't been read before, as he flipped through the pages, curiosity getting the best of him.
He placed the books down right next to him, before he picked up a small, shabby looking book with its pages dogeared, and well-worn looking. It was well hidden and Harrison probably would have missed it if he hadn't been digging around at the books. He raised his eyebrows, curious on why this book was hidden as if no one should know of its existence.
Harrison conjured the time and he sighed. As much as he wanted to spend a little longer, he had to get back before any one missed his presence. It would complicate things if he wasn't back before curfew, so he pocketed the book and exited out of the chamber. He sent one last look at the hibernating snake and headed out of the chamber.
He said close several times, making the chamber sealed again and making surenot to leave any trace that he was ever there. He headed out of the girls' loo and headed down towards the dungeons.
He was almost to the common room before someone interrupted him.
"Harrison!"
He tensed up, his wand at the ready before lowered his defenses as he recognized the voice. It was Draco.
"What do you want?" Harrison asked him coldly, turning around to see the blonde standing behind him.
"It was tactless of me to encroach on your personal life that I doubt you'd wish to discuss with me," Draco apologized. "I'm sorry."
Harrison raised his eyebrows at the apology, but he realized that the blonde desperately wanted to be friends with him. As much as Harrison didn't want to have friends, but he realized that Draco was also the key to the pureblood circle, and could even get him some powerful allies that would indeed help him later on. Curiosity was going to get the best of the blonde at times even despite his perfect pureblood mask.
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