Magic is a strange and wonderous thing, it allows people to change into animals of all shapes and sizes. It can protect, nurture, and destroy. It is also rare. Only a fraction of all the planets that give rise to sentient and sapient life have magic. The other thing that's strange, though far less wonderous is that alien abductions are real.
Everything went exactly as it was supposed to until halfway through Harry Potter's second year of Hogwarts. Slytherin's monster, the Basilisk which can only be controlled by the Heir of Slytherin, is found dead on the second floor with a hole bursting from its throat a few days before Christmas holidays. The nighmare appears to be over, but what actually killed it remains a mystery