How does the basilisk get out of the pipes

Colin Creevey is wandering the halls alone and sees the basilisk through his camera. Hermione just found out that the thing that attacked muggle borns was in fact a basilisk so when she ran into Penelope Clearwater, Hermione explained this and they used Penelope's mirror to look around the corner.

Now, Hermione and Penelope were obviously not alone but then again, the basilisk had been roaming the casle for months, looking for muggle-borns to kill On the subject of WHY there was no one around at the time those people got petrified; -Colin Creevey went out late at night, after curfew, to visit Harry who was in the hospital wing because Lockheart had removed all the bones from his arm. Since everyone was in bed at that point it is obvious that no one was around to witness Colin getting petrified by the basilisk.

Everyone else in the school however, DID have classes during this hour. This means that when Justin was attacked the hallway was deserted because everyone was in class. It's therefore safe to say that Hermione and Penelope were two of the very very few people in the castle, which means the basilisk had free reign that morning. I hope this helped you :. Harry Potter Related Clubs.

Cookies help us bring you Fanpop. By using Fanpop, you agree to our use of cookies. The role of the Basilisk in Harry Potter is the large snake who can harm people if they see it's eyes. The basilisk is the snake that Voldemort "Tom Riddle" uses to make Harry come to the Chamber of Secrets because the basilisk kidnaps Ginny, Ron's younger sister and takes her to the Chamber of Secrets where Voldemort is.

She, along with a few thers, are petrified by the basilisk. She cannot move or speak at all until the fully grown Mandrake wakes her. The basilisk is the monster of the Chamber of Secrets. The snake is a Basilisk. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. So it would be the 2nd book. The chmber of secrets is the 2nd harry potter book.

The chaber of secrets was slytherins hiding spot for his basilisk, or giant snake. A basilisk from the Chamber of Secrets petrifies people, including Hermionie, Harry and Ron visit Aragog and the rest of the spiders. Log in. Study now. See Answer. Best Answer. A Voldemort summoned the basilisk using parsletongue Sources: Seen the movie over and over. Study guides. Write your answer Related questions. What breed of snake was in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets? What was the monsters name in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets?

Where does the basilisk from Harry Potter live? I'm defending JKR. I'll go post that Han would never shoot first, or something I didn't mean it as a slight against JKR. I just meant that in a magical world, the answer to many puzzles is magical. Often it's very complicated and detailed magic, but still magic nonetheless. Show 4 more comments. This is a very good answer. To further confirm it, I'd like to mention how Hermione was found: with a mirror in her hand.

She was using that mirror to check for the Basilisk around the corner, which verifies the theory in this answer that the Basilisk was travelling via corridors, and only or mostly used pipes to get between the Chamber of Secrets and the girls' bathroom. FuzzyBoots k 15 15 gold badges silver badges bronze badges. Aegon Mihir Saralkar Mihir Saralkar 1 1 1 bronze badge. To make this answer even better, would it be possible to add a picture of one such scene? Sign up or log in Sign up using Google.

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