A battle of wills (Patreon)

Jon Stark, the chamber of secrets

Jon and Harry watched petrified with fear as the male basilisk hissed softly at the female, who responded in kind, however, it was evident that the aftermath of Jon's attack was still present, pain could be heard in the sounds the female beast made

Taking advantage of the moment of distraction, Jon glanced at Harry quickly and spoke urgently

"I'll take care of the male, you'll have to take care of the female" Jon's voice was anxious, the beast was huge, after all

Harry looked at Jon as if he was insane and responded with a furious whisper

“Are you crazy? That thing kills with the look, we have to stay together”

Jon just shook his head and replied

"As long as they are together it will be very dangerous, I will find a way to separate them" then, Jon looks at Chuck and speak

"Dude, they're distracted, do as much damage as you can," Jon ordered in a heavy voice, being fully aware that his rune golem would be dust at the end of the fight

Without hesitation, the golem pounced on the snakes, hoping to take them by surprise, taking advantage of the distraction, Jon began to draw runes on the floor of the room

Harry hoped that Chuck would be able to give them at least a couple of punches or confuse the snakes, however, his wishes were a simple fantasy

The king of the snakes felt the huge construct approach and focused his full attention on him, then began to hiss menacingly and with impressive speed, intercepting Chuck with a blow of his tail, disorienting the powerful being, much to Harry's horror

The young lion tried to help Chuck, using his wand aimed at the basilisk's head and wished with all his will to help Chuck, before it was too late

The wand in his hand, sensing the desire for protection from its current wielder, quickly obeyed and threw a powerful shield, which intercepted the beast's lethal bite

However, the power of the basilisk was colossal, it took only a couple of seconds to break Harry's shield, a few seconds that were enough for Chuck to dodge the powerful bite and grab the basilisk by the neck, just as he did with the female, the powerful golem began to suffocate the basilisk, to Harry's relief

however, such a sensation was short-lived, the female, though blind, could still hear and smell very well, and she lunged at Chuck's back, digging her powerful fangs into the back of the construct's neck

And then the unthinkable happened

the runes on Chuck's body began to flicker erratically, the crimson color transformed into a sickly dull green, and to Harry's terror, Chuck began to lose strength

Jon, who was still working on whatever he was doing, paused at such an event, and utterly dismayed muttered

"By Merlin, the basilisk poison is consuming the magic of the runes!" "Jon was utterly dismayed at such an event, and somewhat wary of the power of the venom of such a magnificent beast

And the inevitable happened

The male basilisk was able to break free from the weak arms of his construct, and with a huge tail, pierced Chuck's chest, shattering the central matrix, and destroying any chance of Chuck repairing himself, as he did with the troll

At such a spectacle, Riddle laughed hard, looked at the beasts, and spoke smugly

"Excellent job slaves, now finish off these stupid brats" Riddle's eyes shone with malice

However, the basilisks did not turn their attention to Jon and Harry

They directed it towards Riddle himself

They both approached slowly, playing with their new prey, seeing this, the arrogant specter shouted

"OBEY SLAVES!" I AM...” however, before Riddle finished speaking, he was thrown into the air by a tail from the male, while the female pounced on Ginny's pale body, which was apparently on the verge of death

Instinctively, Harry used his wand and summoned Ginny's body out of the powerful beast's attack, however, the beast did not seem interested in the young Gryffindor

But in the small, innocent black leather diary that sat on the chamber floor

Seeing this, Riddle screamed with absolute terror in his voice

“NOOO!” While trying to stop the basilisk attack

Alas, the mighty beast dug its fangs through the object with precision, tearing it completely, and causing a reaction that disturbed Jon and Harry for different reasons

Riddle's specter screamed in agony, as his being faded and slowly disintegrated, it was curious, it seemed that the poison that was piercing the diary affected Riddle's body somehow, Jon would have to investigate such an event when they left here

If they did, of course

The moment Riddle was destroyed, Ron's sister regained her natural color, opened her eyes in one fell swoop, and sat up quickly, completely confused by the situation

However, upon seeing the two powerful beasts, she couldn't help but let out a cry of complete terror, drawing the attention of both beasts

Jon and Harry acted quickly

Harry threw a stupefy at Ginny, praying that the redhead would not attract the attention of the beasts anymore, on the other hand Jon moved his wand quickly and using the water that was in the chamber, he raised a dense fog, blocking the vision of the basilisk for a few moments, precious seconds that Jon took advantage of and murmured to Harry

"I trust you brother, I know you'll win," and before Harry could answer, Jon appeared directly on the head of the male basilisk and immediately conjured as many chains as he could, tying his body to the head of the fearsome beast, the young wolf took a deep breath and screamed

“Let's dance, bitch”

And then, the floor of the chamber where the huge beast was located collapsed, falling with it to the deepest levels of the caverns below the castle

Harry Potter, the chamber of secrets

Harry watched in utter disbelief as Jon rode the damned basilisk like a pony, chaining it and taking his fight into the depths of the cave.

However, the young Gryffindor concentrated on his fight, the basilisk was blind and injured, Chuck had done his job, yet She was still thirty meters long and possessed a poison capable of corroding magic itself

No pressure Harry, thought to himself

The wand in his hand sent out a pulse of magic that calmed the young man, he looked at the piece of wood in his hand, and felt that strange feeling so familiar again, it was hard to explain, it was nothing Harry had felt before

Shaking his head quickly, Harry focused on the fight, and began to plan his strategy

The basilisk was blind, but still smelled and heard, so the most sensible thing to do would be to eliminate such advantages

Harry began to cast powerful spells at the head of the beast, spells that exploded against the skin of the basilisk without any damage, but releasing loud bursts, with the intention of stunning the beast

It partially worked, Harry watched with absolute pleasure as the basilisk's body twisted with no apparent control, moving its huge head from side to side, trying to orient itself

Harry took advantage of such a distraction and threw a confringo towards the overhanging rocks from the ceiling of the chamber, intending that the roof would collapse as before and the rocks would fall on the beast

However, the basilisk, alerted by the sound of the rocks breaking away, moved quickly from the scene and lunged at Harry, having heard the words of the explosive spell

  Harry, seeing death stalking him, ran through the chamber, away from Ginny and trying to think of some plan to fight this pesky beast

The young wizard tried to distract the beast as he did just now, however, the basilisk ignored the noise, Harry intuited that he was now tracking it through its scent

and to his bad luck, Harry knew of no spell capable of masking his body odor

With no plan other than to run, at least for the moment, the young lion moved through the maze of pipes, with the mighty beast moving behind him

Jon Stark, the hidden nest

The fall had been spectacular, according to plan, the blow had damaged the basilisk, but not too much

The cave was in complete darkness, so Jon used the wolf's blood quickly, sharpening his eyesight, hearing, and smell

And thanks to this, he was able to evade the tail of the king of the snakes, who was a few seconds away from smashing him like a grape

Jon quickly sat up, then summoned a wall of fire around him, giving him the chance to see the mysterious cave for the first time

There were mountains of bones, an incredible amount of them, no doubt they were the result of the prey of the snakes during these thousand years, they never hibernated, they were always down here, waiting

Jon's thoughts were interrupted when a low, baleful voice, with a slight hiss, spoke from the darkness

"You are the first person since I was born to see this place" At those words, the basilisk moved from the darkness towards the wall of fire, its black scales glistened thanks to the caresses of the flames, and its colossal head looked at Jon curiously

The young wolf quickly closed his eyes, focusing on sharpening his hearing and smell, he was fighting at disadvantage

"I didn't know that basilisks could talk," Jon asked, trying to make time while he thought of some plan

The basilisk hissed something like laughter and responded mockingly, as it stepped into the darkness again 

"Human arrogance is curious, they are the weakest of magical creatures and they are the ones who feel most entitled on this earth" the voice was heard everywhere, Jon did not know where the attack would come from

The young wolf tried to deflect the subject

“What is this place?” exclaimed the young man trying to buy time

In response, huge rocks broke off the roof of the cavern, and rushed at Jon with lethal intent

Consequently, Jon summoned his indomitus shield, which absorbed the power of the rocks without any problem

The basilisk laughed calmly and replied

"This is the nest, the deepest cavern below the castle, connected to the cave network of the high lands, this is where we bring our prey to die."

Jon, sensing an opportunity, responded

"You call it a nest, but there are no hatchlings here, no remains of clutches, not that I'm surprised, Mother Magic wouldn't allow an abomination like you to reproduce," Jon exclaimed fiercely, as he prepared for the basilisk's response, the young wolf was prepared, his senses were completely focused, waiting for the inevitable attack, his attention was in all directions

Except for one...

Jon cursed himself when he felt the floor collapse beneath him, the beast's huge jaws were present, leaving Jon trapped between the beast's dangerous mouth and its powerful shield, the basilisk's mouth had so much power that they began to break the indomitus with worrying speed

Faced with this situation, Jon appeared to the side of the cave, and with extreme dexterity released all the energy accumulated in the shield towards the beast, hoping to deliver a withering blow

Alas, fate is a bitch apparently, the basilisk, sensing the powerful attack approaching, did something completely unthinkable for Jon, the beast twisted its body and received the spell with the tip of its tail

Jon then watched in utter disbelief and terror as his spell climbed up the beast's powerful skin and toward the feather above his head, which shone brightly, and Jon's spell was then flying back toward him.

So stupefied was Jon, that he could not react in time and was only able to raise an improvised stone wall, which was easily pierced, and Jon found himself receiving the strength of his own spell, for the first time

The young wolf's body shot several feet back, the wall had mitigated the worst of the damage, but Gods that had hurt, Jon was trying to get up heavily, when the basilisk's voice was heard again

"You are powerful, but you lack experience, however, you are a warrior, I can respect that, I will give you a dignified death, get up and die standing" hissed the majestic beast with some respect for Jon

The aforementioned young man got up with difficulty, looking with fear and fury at the beast, he could not fail, it was the life of this being or that of his sister, Jon swore by the gods that he would not fail

Overcome with anger, Jon's eyes turned purple, one hand holding his wand while the other held his abdomen, and Jon swore

"When I'm done with you, I'll make a damn cloak with your skin" and then, Jon summoned a whip of black flames from the tip of his wand, for the visible pleasure of his wand

The basilisk hissed fiercely and crawled swiftly toward Jon, as the young man waved his wand and thrust his whip toward the millennial basilisk

Both beings knew that only one of them would come out of that cave alive

And none of them were willing to die today