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Their scales were too strong to be pierced by spells or slashed by conventional weapons, not that Harry had any of the latter with him. Perhaps blunt force? Maybe he could concuss it.
Harry picked up a loose brick from the floor, before banishing it in the direction he hoped the Basilisk was in. The sound of stone hitting stone was never heard, although there was a thud sound, so Harry believed he hit the creature. It didn't seem as though it stopped moving however, so Harry began to run again, trying to get some more distance between himself and the beast.
'Okay, so that didn't work,' Harry thought to himself. 'Maybe if I had something bigger, but I'm not exactly full of options. I wish Dumbldore was here, he always said that Hogwarts would help those who needed it.'
With a flash, Fawkes the phoenix appeared, holding the sorting hat in his talons, he dropped it at Harry's feet before flying off. "Fawkes?" Harry asked, surprised at the bird's presence.
"I believe you have bigger fish to fry my boy, quickly, put me on." spoke the Sorting Hat, and Harry, for lack of a better idea did so.
"I see. You're in quite the predicament, boy. Shame that Slytherin's pet has become so mad in its isolation. She was a peaceful creature not but a thousand years ago, bred to be a guardian." The hat said in Harry's mind, supposedly reading the situation.
"Any advice?" Harry asked the hat hopefully. It was an artifact of the founders after all, and seemed to know about the Basilisk, maybe it also knew something about how he could deal with it. Harry felt something relatively heavy bump into his head.
"Take that, it should be capable of piercing the creature, Fawkes will have hopefully clawed it's eyes by now. Just in case, let me be your eyes. I can't be effected by it's gaze, I have no eyes to use." The Hat said, as Harry pulled a sword from the hat.
"The Sword of Gryffindor?" Harry asked, bewildered. "But I'm not a Gryffindor, I can't wield it."
"There's more to being a member of a house than where you sleep, boy. It's the attitude, the mindset, and the drive. You may be a Ravenclaw, but you are ALSO a Gryffindor, more courageous than many who sleep in its tower. Now we don't have time to debate this, that Susan girl needs our help." The hat said, and Harry was filled with a strange sense of determination. He would do this. He had to.
Keeping his eyes closed seemed to do little to affect his vision, the Hat seemingly providing Harry with its vision instead.
Looking down the corridor, Harry saw Fawkes flapping angrily against the Basilisk's face, deep claw marks present over the Basilisk's eyes.
"Thatta Boy, Fawkes! You can open your eyes Harry, it won't be able to kill you with it's gaze, it can't see. It can still find you though, it'll smell you easily." The Sorting Hat said, and Harry opened his eyes. Somehow his vision felt sharper than normal. "Now boy, just because you have the sword, doesn't mean you're invincible. You'll need to use some of that Ravenclaw cleverness to think about how to get in close enough to have that sword do anything."
Harry thought for a moment, his mind racing. He needed to stun the creature, but a stunning spell, even if he overpowered it was unlikely to do anything. It was worth a shot though.
"Stupefy!" Harry incanted, firing the white bullet from the tip of his wand. The spell made contact with the creature, and did seem to affect it slightly, but nowhere near enough to matter.
"Good idea, shame it didn't work. Now move! It's after us. Fawkes! Keep it occupied!" The Sorting Hat said, and Harry booked it down the corridor. "Turn me around, I'll be the eyes in the back of your head."
Harry did so, and was surprised that he suddenly was capable of seeing all around him. Although his vision wasn't as sharp as it had been a moment ago. Harry managed to move himself back into the main chamber, where Tom was simply sitting with his book in his hand over Susan's body.
"Ah yes, a sword and a hat. Truly remarkable you think they will help you against Slytherin's greatest creation." Riddle said, as he looked up at the fleeing Harry. The Basilisk made its way through the passageway after him, still being pecked and clawed by Fawkes. "An interesting move bringing in one of the few creatures immune to the Basilisk's gaze. It would have been smart, had I not been here. Avada Kedavra!" Tom yelled, as a sickly green spell flew towards Fawkes, impacting on his body, leaving behind a pile of ash and a few feathers.
"Fawkes No!" Harry said, as the Basilisk hissed at him.
Harry thought fast and noticed the large statue of Salazar Slytherin, Harry began to climb the statue in an attempt to put some distance between himself and the Basilisk.
The Basilisk moved to the statue and began coiling around it, making its way further and further up the statue. Harry jumped to a ledge from the statues shoulder and yelled one word at the statue as he pointed his wand at it. "Depulso!"
The spell hit the statue and it began to tip away from Harry, clattering to the floor with a loud BOOM, pinning the Basilisk beneath it's legs ad the torso shattered. Harry cast a slowfalling charm on himself and jumped down to the floor safely landing.
"No! Avada-" Tom began, before being interrupted by Harry's Expelliarmus spell removing the wand from his hand. Harry caught it and realized it was Susan's.
Without missing a beat, Harry began banishing more of the rubble from the statue into the Basilisk's head, dazing it more and more.