Done in response to demands by Slytherin Queen 1.30
I don't own any characters, and Maria and Erin and Duran belong to Slytherin Queen 1.30!
Erin Marshwell cursed violently as she realized that she had left her pointed hat in Snape's classroom in the dungeons. She had just gotten to her four poster bed, in the Slytherin chambers, and was near unconscious when she realized the missing hat. "Great, now I have to go see the dungeon bat and have nightmares about him again!" She let out a furious growl. In the next bed over Pansy Parkinson lifted her head off her pillow. "What's up Rin?" "I forgot my stupid hat and now I have to go get it!" "Where'd you leave it?" "Let's see, who's dark and gloomy?" "Oh, Snape. Well, good luck!" And with that Pansy turned over and was snoring in a matter of seconds.
Erin punched her pillow then got up and slipped on her kitten slippers. She tiptoed out of the common room, then left the Slytherin commons quietly. She sighed as she stepped into the cold dungeons and began walking towards Snape's classroom. She pushed her long, black hair behind her ears. Carefully, she pushed open the door and snuck in.
There, sitting on her desk was the missing hat. She was about to step out of the shadows(she hadn't realized she'd been in the shadows) when she realized there were people in the room. Snape stood at his desk, with Flitwick, McGonagall, Dumbledore, Sprout, Lupin and her mother, Maria Marshwell. Erin didn't know how she'd missed the seven people, but that was the least of her worries. She had to find somewhere to hide!
She ducked under a desk, and listened to the teachers' conversation. "….Ms. Marshwell you must realize that keeping a dragon on the grounds is a hazard!" said Flitwick. Erin was shocked. They were talking about Duran! "I will not get rid of Duran! So just go back to your rooms, this meeting's stupid!" Maria turned to leave, cheeks flushed with anger.
McGonnagall grabbed her wrist. "Marshwell, please refrain from calling meetings 'stupid'. This is a serious matter! What if a student was maimed by your beast? Could you imagine what would happed to this school?!" It was a known fact that Erin's mother and McGonnagall hated each other. Maria stopped cold, and McGonnagall released her wrist. "Thank y-" Maria turned around and bit McGonagall's shoulder.
Erin had to stifle a groan/laugh at the sight of her mother with her teeth dug into the professor's shoulder. Her mother was always doing rash things, but this was over the top! Lupin rushed over and pulled Maria off McGonagall. He smiled at her, "Look, I'm on your side here, but that doesn't mean you should bite people!" She huffed, "She called Duran a beast.", then she turned to McGonagall, "You're a beast, so suck it."
Then her mother turned and got about five feet this time, before Snape grabbed her by the waist and pulled her into his chest. Erin was a bit shocked. They'd had a huge fight last year, and had seemed to hate each other, but here he was hugging her.
"I know you're worried for Duran, but you can't go all emotional, you tend to end things badly when you do. So calm down, don't bite anybody, and hear out everyone." he purred in his usual manner. "Fine." Maria mumbled. She turned and sat down, at the desk Erin was hiding under. Erin's heart leapt to her throat. If she moved she'd be discovered, if she didn't she would be anyway. Erin said a quick little spell, and made herself partially invisible.
She was making good progress almost to her hat, she reached up to get it and felt her hand grab it. She began to creep towards the door. And you know what? She almost made it, too. Unfortunately, her partial invisibility spell didn't work on Dumbledore.
"Why, Miss Marshwell, how nice of you to join us! We were just talking about your pet dragon! McGonagall wants to kill him. Your mother wants to keep him. What's your opinion?" he asked, eyes twinkling. Maria turned to Erin. "WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?! Do you want me to take points from my own house?" Erin let out a little squeak. McGonagall seemed to have really ticked her off.
Everyone in the room started arguing. Sprout and Flitwick questioning Maria's parenting abilities, Snape yelling at Lupin, Dumbledore snacking on blood lolipops, and then Maria began advancing towards Erin. Erin grabbed her hat and ran, all the way back to her four poster. She imagined her mother taking points from her house. Her mother was all about house pride, or as she said, Slytherin Pride. Erin fell asleep worrying. And then she woke up.
"Erin! Are you all right? You've been shaking for hours, and moaning something about bloody lolipops and dragons!" she saw Pansy leaning over her, a worried expression. Erin sighed. It was all a dream! She looked next to her, expecting to see her hat. Instead she saw a note written in long slanted script.
"Dear Erin,
I have taken care of your little escapade last night, and have cleared up the problems involving the dragon Duran. Please do be more careful and less of an eavesdropper in the future. 5 points from Slytherin. I have returned your hat, and given you some of my favorite blood lolipops. Only use them in times of danger!!
~Albus Dumbledore"