Dark Memories

Book 2 - Part 13: The Pact

Harry woke up to a flickering tongue brushing against his cheek.

:Revlis! You're back!:

:Indeed. I have a lot to tell you, she is amazing:

:She?: Harry asked, now sitting up, moonlight reflecting off of Revlis' silver scales.

:Madam Basilisk, she's gorgeous: Revlis hissed reverently.

Harry smirked. Who would have thought snakes could have crushes?

:I'm sure she is: Harry said. :So? How did it go?:

:Well... she didn't like the idea of having a meeting with, er... a human, but I've convinced her she can trust you, or at least meet with you. I told her if she doesn't like you, she can bite you or make you look at her:

:Revlis...: Harry hissed a little reprehendingly/worriedly.

:I'm just kidding, geesh. But I did say she could bite you if you did something stupid:

Harry raised an eyebrow.

:It was the only way I could get her to agree, okay?:

"Harry? Who ya talkin' to?" Neville asked in a whisper, waking up. "I heard voices."

"Voices? Don't you mean hisses?" Harry asked, teasingly.

"Um, no. Voices, you talking to Sirius?"

"No, Revlis," Harry replied, now a little confused.

:I think he can understand me: Revlis hissed.

"Revlis?" Neville asked, now able to make out the gleaming serpent on Harry's pillow.

"You heard Revlis?" Harry whispered, glancing at the others in the room. They were still sound asleep.

:Can you hear me? Hello? Can my bonded friend hear me?: Revlis asked, slithering towards the end of the bed to Neville, hopefully.

"Bits and pieces, you sound like a broken Wizard Radio," Neville said, trying to make out words within the hissing sounds.

:Neville, you mean, you can actually understand us?: Harry asked.

"If you asked if I could understand you, then the answer is sort of. All I heard just then was, 'Neville, you... - understand we?'"

Harry grinned and muttered at the same time as Neville, "the bond."

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Harry and the others started their day, Harry and Neville telling them what Revlis had said and that Harry would be going down into the chamber after classes that day.

It was Friday, and after class, the seven of them would spread out, covering what they needed to do.

Harry and Revlis would go into the Chamber, since Revlis had only been able to get 'Madam Basilisk' to allow for Harry to come. Draco would wait at the entrance to the Chamber for their return, acting as lookout.

Hermione, Crabbe and Goyle would be in the Come and Go Room, researching spells, planning out possible new contacts and what else they should do in improving the Custosae, since they had completed their homework earlier that week. In the time before Revlis returned, they had already figured out how to create the communicating mirrors like Harry's, Crabbe being the one to make the surprising breakthrough. The breakthrough involved a permanent rune seal on the back of the mirror before coating it over with a specific solution that would 'link' the two mirrors, allowing for communications to pass between, and only between, those specific mirrors.

The books within the Come and Go Room were truly helpful.

Ron and Neville would go to the library to finish some homework they had overlooked, since doing homework during the weekend just seemed so wrong.