What if Harry TAMED the Basilisk

Harry Potter stares up at Tom Riddle as the older boy approaches the statue of Salazar Slytherin. In Parseltongue, the boy who will become Lord Voldemort entreats the statue to speak. Its mouth opens and a massive snake slithers out: the basilisk. Harry closes his eyes on instinct. But when Voldemort hisses out a command for the basilisk to kill him, Harry lifts his head high and speaks to the creature in its own tongue. Harry (12): Stop! You don’t need to kill me just because he says to. To his