Week 2 Story: The Basilisk's Return

My portrayal of the Basilisk

    Carrie Inglewood was a fairly courageous student. As could be seen by the colors she wore around her school. She was a Gryffindor, some of the strongest and most daring to walk the halls of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. So, it came to no surprise when her friend Angus Capell had asked her to go down into the Chamber of Secrets she happily obliged. What she didn’t know was that Angus had been down there a day before on his own accord. And that this mission was based on his ulterior motives.


    A Slytherin, Angus was able to get into the chamber on his own. He can speak to snakes and was able to get past the Parseltongue door. While in the chamber he stumbled upon a golden chalice. He was mesmerized by the glimmer in the inscription. He lifted it off the ground to read it. Before he could look at the first letter a large Basilisk emerged from the water in the moat that surrounded the chamber. Careful not to look at it in the eye, Angus kept his eyes placed firmly to the ground. The Basilisk bared its teeth and spoke to the boy. It told him for attempting to steal one of its possessions he must do something in return. He must bring him a Gryffindor. And so, he did.


    Carrie and Angus walked back into the chamber. They looked around for a few minutes and the Basilisk emerged as it did the day before. Carrie shut her eyes and stood her ground. While Angus slinked back toward the exit of the chamber. The Basilisk’s menacing voice told Carrie she was now trapped down here. She could not leave and would be his prisoner. She obliged and took the situation or what it was. All the while she was planning escape routes in her head. For the next two days she stayed there, helping the Basilisk shed its scales from time to time. On the third day the Basilisk came to her and asked for a favor. It requested her to cut its head from its neck. She was surprised to hear this and stood confused. She responded telling it that she had nothing to cut it with. And like that a glimmer appeared in the corner of her vision. She looked to see the sword of Godric Gryffindor, one of the four founders of Hogwarts, appearing on a nearby rock.


    With one hand and one fell swoop she cut the Basilisk’s head from its body. She wiped her brow only to find them furrow at the sight of a new head taking its place. She didn’t let this get the best of her as she took a step back and with both hands this time sliced through the flesh of the beast. This time, instead of another head growing, the beast started to transform in front of her eyes. The final form of the Basilisk had become a girl. A girl wearing the same colors as Carrie. Despite the older look of the uniform Carrie concluded she was in Gryffindor robes. The girl looked at Carrie and gave her a smile. She explained to her that a dark wizard had cast a spell on her 100 years ago and had turned her into the Basilisk. She asked Angus to bring her a Gryffindor because she knew that only a Gryffindor could go through with the tasks she would have asked. Carrie and the Gryffindor girl walked hand in hand out of the chamber. They chatted about the time that had passed and headed straight for the Headmaster’s Office.

Author's Note:

After reading the original story, the image I had of a Basilisk was similar to the one from the second Harry Potter film/book. I found that I could create an adaption of this story using the world of J.K Rowling with my own original characters. I also wanted to change the ending a bit from the two characters marrying to two female characters bonded by their house. 

Bibliography. "The Key of Gold" by Josef Baudis (1922) Source.