Ok so I did NOT come up with this so credit goes to whoever came up with this.

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This doesn't comply with the books, I realize, but it doesn't exactly not comply either.

Why would Malfoy rip out of a random book? If he wanted the book , he could have just bought it himself. He's not poor, his family doesn't discourage learning. He chooses to rip a particular page with a pointed glance out of a book. Why?

Think of what this and Dobby's action of warning have in common: Lucious Malfoy. The one who apparently talking freely of the dangers that would face the muggleborns this year. I think Draco knew more about what was going on, or at least figured more out, then he left on to his friends. Why? He was worried.

How does this connect to the ripped paper? How did Harry and Ron find out about the basilisk? How did Hermione?

A ripped piece of paper on basilisks.

Now we're to assume that Hermione found this in a library book and promptly ripped it out to take with her.

But why would Hermione, with her love and care for books almost on par with the librarian, rip a page out of a boom she could have  just ripped out? My guess is she didn't find it in the library.

My guess is Draco somehow slipped her the piece of paper that he ripped out of a book before school started, detailing the monster he knew was in the chamber.

He slipped Hermione the piece of paper somehow, whether by leaving it on her desk or planting it in her bag. He tried to warn them, as best as he could.

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The epiphany I had when I read this!! I always wondered why they so importantly showed Malfoy ripping out the page from the book. It was strange to me. Comment telling me if you believe or not!!

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