I'm all right

[alt_harry]

all right??? So people can stop asking me now. 

Yes the basilisk was scary.

No I didn't see anyone get turned to stone or anything.

Yes it's dead now and nobody else is going to get hurt.

Also everyone has woken up again, which is nice because it stunk to not have Granger around. And I didn't try to get exams cancelled, but Im pretty glad they are, even though I could sit them if I wanted to!! 

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[alt_hermione]

I'm sorry I wasn't around to help you, sir.

[alt_harry]

You did help.

[alt_pansy]

I still can't believe you just up and killed something that huge. That's pretty ace.

How did you do it? I'd imagine the blasting spell you used on the spiders wouldn't work as well on something that big.

[alt_harry]

It was really scary!!!

I crushed it with some rocks.

[alt_pansy]

haha! Brill. I guess you got the idea from Lockhart, right? So he wasn't entirely useless.

I Solemnly Swear That I Am Up To No Good

[alt_hermione]

He's lying!!!!

He told me that he had a sword, and I asked him where he got it and he said a phoenix brought it to him, and I asked him where the phoenix came from and he said he didn't know. Only he doesn't want anybody to know because it was a Gryffindor sword or something, and he thinks that maybe the castle was watching out for him and it knows he's really a Gryffindor, and he hasn't even told Draco, and I don't know why he told me, except maybe he was relieved I was all right.

Anyway so he killed the basilisk with the sword, not some stupid falling rocks, he's not good at lying, is he?

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[alt_ron]

Well, I don't know. Rocks could have done it. I mean we all almost got crushed by a load of rocks that fell from the roof when Lockhart tried to Obliviate him. That's what gave him the idea, I expect.

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[alt_sally_anne]

I think the castle WAS protecting all of us, and that's why the basilisk didn't kill more people. I mean all my other theories about what was going on were wrong, I think, but I think that one was right.

So the castle gave him a sword that's just for Gryffindors to use?

Look, I hate to say it because I do love my House and I'm proud to be a Slytherin but I think the Sorting Hat had it right. Harry's a Gryffindor. It's no wonder the castle still thinks so.

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[alt_neville]

A Gryffindor sword? Wow. I wonder if that's the Sword of Gryffindor! It was supposed to be owned by Godric Gryffindor himself! I heard about it from my Gran--she told me a lot of little historical bits about the Founders when I was getting ready to go to Hogwarts, and that was one thing she mentioned. It supposed to be really fine, goblin-made, with rubies in the hilt. Did Harry say whether it did?

And a phoenix! Blimey, do you know how rare those are? That's amazing.

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[alt_sally_anne]

See if your Gran will tell you more about it when you get home, if you think you can, you know, ask her all about it without making her suspicious about why you're asking.

[alt_draco]

So that's good that Granger's not petrified anymore, yeah?

It's too bad nothing could be done for Dennis, though. I used to think that maybe he died because someone decided he was worse than the others, somehow, but I suppose he was just really unlucky.

[alt_harry]

I suppose so. Or maybe they didn't like how much he used to act like a house-elf. I mean he practically was a house-elf.

[alt_draco]

No he wasn't.

But I think he thought it might be better if he was.

[alt_pansy]

I think it's more like everyone else was really, really lucky. Because you're supposed to die when you see one, only everyone else saw it through something, or saw a reflection, and he didn't have that. But yeah, I'm sorry, Draco.

At least we found out what did it, though. And that it wasn't anything Dennis did.

[alt_draco]

I can't tell if anyone really knows what this spirit that set the basilisk loose was, though. I don't know why it would decide to use Hydra, either. I wonder if she knows what she did

[alt_pansy]

yeah. I don't know either. I don't suppose she does, for that matter.

[alt_sally_anne]

I hope Hydra is alright. Poor Hydra, it was her rabbit they found dead, wasn't it?

[alt_draco]

Yes, it was.

[alt_ron]

Hey.

If you're tired of answering everyone's questions

and if you're not supposed to be in talking to your father some more, then you should come out to the lake. I got a huge hamper of food from the elves and there's enough to feed an army, I think.

I just didn't really want to have to be inside today, y'know?

[alt_pansy]

I know the feeling.

[alt_ron]

Yeah.

Are you doing anything after supper? I was thinking we could play Snap or something. Chess, if you want, but you don't have to.

[alt_pansy]

I'd like that. Yeah.

[alt_sally_anne]

Thank you for killing the basilisk and protecting all of us, Harry!

And I'm REALLY glad it didn't kill you first!

[alt_narcissa]

We're all extremely grateful that you, Hydra and Draco were not hurt more seriously, Harry.

I'm sure your Father is proud of your ability to meet these challenges at a much younger age than anyone would expect of you.

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[alt_sirius]

I'm proud of you, Harry.

And glad you're all right.

[alt_luna]

I'm sure it was very dangerous and frightening. But I still almost wish I could have seen it, if there were a safe way of doing so.

Probably there isn't, though. Pity.

Some legends say that weasels can kill basilisks.

I don't suppose you were able to take some scales from it? They're very valuable for potions ingredients.

[alt_sally_anne]

Well, you can look at it in a mirror. That's relatively safe; you're just petrified until Professor Sprout can raise a batch of mandrakes.

[alt_pansy]

well, maybe they should've sent Ron in there, then! Harry did a good enough job, though, even though he didn't have the right name.