Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter in any way shape or form. I only own these fics where I twist J.K.'s ideas. The information about Basilisks is taken directly from the book "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" by 'Newt Scamander'.

Enjoy!

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The Golden Trio, plus Gred and Forge, were sitting in front of a roaring fire in the Griffindor Common Room.

"Hey Hermy, you wanna know another thing purebloods are too stupid to realize?"

"What?"

"How to kill a basilisk. Kinda wish I'd thought about this in 2nd year. Would've saved myself a Hell of a lot of trouble."

"HUH?"

"Psh," Gred and Forge exclaimed at the same time. "You can't kill a Basilisk – aside from roosters or stabbing it's bloody brains out anyway."

"CAN TOO!"

"PROVE IT THEN!"

"MAYBE I WILL!"

"GO AHEAD! DO IT THEN!"

"FINE!"

"ALL RIGHT!"

"Hermy, what is the definition of a basilisk?"

" The-Basilisk-is-also-known-as-the-king-of-serpents-and-currently-has-a-M.O.M.-classification-of-five-Xs.-The-first-recorded-Basilisk-was-bred-by-Herpo-the-Foul,-a-Greek-Dark-wizard-and-Parselmouth,-who-discovered-after-much-experimentation-that-a-chicken-egg-hatched-beneath-a-toad-would-produce-a-gigantic-serpent-possessed-of-extraordinarily-dangerous-powers.-The-Basilisk-is-a-brilliant-green-serpent-that-may-reach-up-to-fifty-feet-in-length.-The-male-has-a-scarlet-plume-upon-its-head.-It-has-exceptionally-venomous-fangs-but-its-most-dangerous-means-of-attack-is-the-gaze-of-its-large-yellow-eyes.-Anyone-looking-directly-into-these-will-suffer-instant-death.-If-the-food-source-is-sufficient,-the-Basilisk-will-eat-all-mammals-and-birds-and-most-reptiles),-the-serpent-may-attain-a-very-great-age.-Herpo-the-Foul's-Basilisk-is-believed-to-have-lived-for-close-on-nine-hundred-years.-The-creation-of-Basilisks-has-been-illegal-since-medieval-times,-although-the-practice-is-easily-concealed-by-simply-removing-the-chicken-egg-from-beneath-the-toad-when-the-Department-for-the-Regulation-and-Control-of-Magical-Creatures-comes-to-call.-However,-since-Basilisks-are-uncontrollable-except-by-Parselmouths,-they-are-as-dangerous-to-most-Dark-wizards-as-to-anybody-else,-and-there-have-been-no-recorded-sightings-of-Basilisks-in-Britain-for-at-least-four-hundred-years." Hermione rattled out in one single breath. "Excluding your exploits in the Chamber of Secrets of course, Harry."

"Exactly!" Harry enthusiastically waved his arms around, "So all you really need to do is go up to it behind a giant mirror. It can kill itself. No one's ever said that it couldn't do that! No problem. Nada. Zip. Zero. Zilch."

"Oh Merlin…."

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Ciao for now!

~CIL