Dark Lord, please let go

Draco was pulled by Tom, and the two of them covered under the invisibility cloak and walked to the girls' bathroom on the third floor.He felt that he must be crazy, otherwise how could he agree to go to the Chamber of Secrets with Tom to see the basilisk,

Thinking of agreeing to enter the secret room with Tom by the Black Lake that day, Draco felt that he must have been fascinated by Veela, and he would agree to Tom regardless of the consequences.Now Draco only hopes to meet Professor Dumbledore on the road, preferably to see through their invisibility cloaks and prevent them from going to the Chamber of Secrets.Even being punished for labor service is better than going to see the basilisk and die.Draco is not Tom, he can't guarantee that he will survive after seeing the basilisk.

But Draco's wish came true in the end. They had already arrived at the girls' bathroom and stood in front of the faucet with snake patterns. Now there are no professors or administrators on the third floor. A premonition that he could successfully enter the secret room.

At least there is no Myrtle in the bathroom at this time, and the Hogwarts students after that will not have to hear Myrtle's annoying cry.Draco thought sarcastically.

"So, we're going in." Tom whispered in Draco's ear.

Then he lifted his cloak, got out of it, and stood in front of the snake-patterned faucet, making a low hissing sound, which was very clear in the quiet night.

With Tom's strange hissing sound, a dazzling white light suddenly burst out from the snake-patterned faucet. The white light swirled rapidly around the sink, and the sink gradually disappeared in front of the two of them.In the place of the original sink, a thick pipe mouth appeared, leading all the way to the depths of the ground.

"This is the entrance." Tom waved at Draco's position, motioning for him to put the invisibility cloak away.

Draco stuffed the cloak into the backpack he was carrying, took a few steps forward, stood in front of the pipe that was exuding a strange smell, leaned forward to take a look, and then his face suddenly became ugly.

The pipe is so dark that you can't see the depth at all. Who knows what's down there?If they jumped straight from here, Draco had no doubts that they might break their legs.And like Tom said, the pipes were covered in mud, and Draco didn't even want to go into the fabled Chamber of Secrets from here, which was terrible.

"Maybe, this is just an ordinary sewer." Draco struggled to look at Tom, hoping he would give up the idea of ​​going down, but unfortunately, Tom didn't notice Draco's expression at all.

"Keep your word Draco, you've promised to come down with me." Tom smirked at Draco, then drew his wand and cast a Levitating Charm on Draco.

"Don't worry, I'll take you down slowly."

Draco felt like a feather, slowly drifting down the pipe with the flick of Tom's wand.He covered his nose, raised his wand and said softly, "Luminescence!"

When the wand shone brightly, Draco found that he was still a long way from the ground, and when he reached the ground safely, Tom also jumped down from above, casting the Levitation Charm just before landing to stand safely To Draco's side.

"Are you sure this will be a secret room?" Draco frowned and looked at his feet in disgust. There was damp mud there. Draco was sure that his brand new dragon leather boots must be covered with mud and sewage.

"I guess it should be, this place is deeper than the cellar, under the castle." Tom squinted his eyes, and held up a glowing wand to look around.

But it was very dark all around, and Tom could only light up a small area nearby, and couldn't see the whole picture of the surrounding area at all.

"Maybe we should keep going in," Draco suggested.

Now that he has entered the secret room, Draco is a little bit broken, at least there is a Parseltongue beside him, Draco can be sure that Tom will not let the basilisk attack him, as long as he can close the mouth in time before the basilisk looks at him. on the eyes.

...Or maybe a pair of glasses or something, so that if the basilisk were to target him, he could guarantee that he would just petrify, instead of dying like Myrtle.

"What are you thinking Draco, follow up."

Seeing that Draco was still standing there, Tom gave him a hand in time, signaling him to follow behind him.

It was very quiet in the pipe, and Draco could clearly hear the "clack-clack" footsteps of the two in the water and the breathing of Tom beside him.They kept going, turned a corner at the end of the pipe, and stopped.

Draco looked at the huge silhouette coiled under the light of the magic wand in front of him, and his heartbeat couldn't stop speeding up.

It was a huge silhouette, it looked at least five people tall, it was lying motionless on the other side of the pipe, just by looking at the silhouette, Draco could be sure that it was the legendary basilisk, it might be coiled there, Stare at the person who invaded the secret room.

"...what's that?" Draco lowered his voice, trying to calm himself down, hoping not to attract the attention of the basilisk.

Tom didn't answer. He squinted his eyes and stretched out the glowing wand in his hand, but the distance was so limited that it couldn't reach the outline at all.

"Stay here and don't touch Draco, I'll go ahead and have a look." Tom turned around and gave Draco a careful look, then walked forward slowly.

Draco watched Tom get farther and farther away from him, and gradually approached the basilisk. Although he knew that Tom would not be in any danger, he still felt nervous, and the hand holding the wand was slippery and sweating.He could hear the beating of his own heart, which felt like it was about to jump out of his chest, with a dull pain.

Tom slowed down as much as he could, although he and Draco would not make any footsteps under the cover of the brooch, but slowed down anyway.Holding his wand, Tom leaned forward, and he saw exactly what that huge silhouette was.

It was a pair of huge snakeskin, which looked old. The dark green snakeskin was a little dull in color. Seeing the color of the snakeskin, Tom had no doubts about the poisonousness of the owner of the snakeskin.

He breathed a sigh of relief. If there were any dangerous magical creatures in the Slytherin Chamber of Secrets, it must be some kind of snake, and Tom had no doubts about that.As for him, he inherited Slytherin's talent - Parseltongue. Tom didn't worry about any danger to himself at all, but Draco beside him couldn't. Tom at least had to be careful to ensure his safety.

After confirming that it was a snake skin that was eighteen feet long, Tom waved his hand at Draco who was standing not far away, "It's just snake skin Draco, there is no danger."

Hearing Tom's words, Draco hurried over.

"Is there a basilisk here?" Draco stared at the snake skin for a long time, and finally spit out this sentence.

Of course, it was Draco's intention. He hoped that after Tom heard the word basilisk, he would immediately take him up and leave this unlucky secret room.

But Tom didn't think so. He just glanced at Draco meaningfully, and asked casually, "Oh? How do you know it's Draco the basilisk?"

"...I've seen pictures of basilisks shedding their skin in books, and it's very similar to this snake's skin—" Draco finished his explanation, then turned his head to look at Tom, "Are you going to continue walking in?"

"Of course, since I've come here."

After Tom finished speaking, he smiled at Draco, "There will be no danger to Draco, I can assure you."

Draco rolled his eyes, and finally had no choice but to keep up with Tom's footsteps. He didn't want to go back by himself at all. Who knows where the basilisk is hiding. Compared with going back, Tom's side is obviously safer.

These winding pipes were long, and Draco and Tom turned one turn after another, and just when Draco thought they were coming to the end of the pipes, they finally stood in front of a stone wall. There are two intertwined snakes engraved on the wall, and the snake's eyes are several dark green gemstones.

"I think we have found—" Tom pointed at the stone wall with his magic wand and slowly opened the opening, "The Chamber of Secrets."

There is no doubt that Draco looked at the two snakes that seemed to be alive on the wall, and felt his heart was about to jump out of his throat. He had never been so nervous.The basilisk, which he definitely saw for the first time, was still alive!

'Open...' Tom stared into the snake's eyes, making a low hiss.

The hissing sound had just disappeared, and the two snakes on the stone wall swam and separated as if they were alive. The stone wall split from the middle and opened to both sides, revealing a huge room.

As if sensing Draco's nervousness, Tom took Draco's hand and smiled reassuringly, "Let's go, don't worry."

The light in the room was dim, but it was much better than the pipe just now. At least Tom could see the room clearly even when he put down his wand.It was a long room with great serpentine columns and a high ceiling that disappeared into the darkness.

Draco followed Tom, and they walked around the stone pillar to the end of the room.There was a huge statue there, and the statue was set into the wall at the end of the room.

The statue had an old, monkey-like face, a long, sparse beard that ran almost to the hem of the stone-carved wizard's robes, and two large gray feet that stood on the smooth floor of the room.

Draco would have been nervous himself, but he wasn't.He looked at the room from beginning to end, but he didn't see the so-called basilisk.

"Where's the basilisk?"

"Maybe some kind of spell is needed." Tom looked at the huge stone face uncertainly, and then said in Parseltongue, "Open it. '

But the stone sculpture remained motionless, and nothing happened.

"Probably the spell is wrong, or, we should continue to search for information, at least we have found the secret room, haven't we?" Draco shrugged indifferently.Tom couldn't find the basilisk, Draco was happier, and if there was such a dangerous magical creature in the castle, Draco would have liked it dead, even if the creature was left by Salazar Slytherin , Your own life safety is more important than anything else.

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