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Monelleria laughed with tears running down her face as she viewed the mayhem of her latest prank. There were snakes everywhere. Students were passed out on the floor, standing on the tables, and standing still trying not to hyperventilate. The enlarging spell had worked rather nicely, Monelleria thought to herself. Her green eyes glinted wickedly before she looked up at the teachers table.
"Crap," she murmured when she caught sight of Headmaster Snapes murderous expression. It was directed towards her. "Time to make my escape," Monelleria said to herself before making her way towards the doors. Only one person was trying to catch her was the Headmaster. Taking a shortcut her father George had told her about she escaped. Her snakes would be fine.
Walking out into the dungeons corridor she suddenly was run into by someone. Her normally neat long black hair was now messy. Her dark blue eyes held a hint of shock and red in them, that was gone rather quickly, before she realized something. Professor Weasley was watching them with a look of triumph in his eyes. "Oh scales," Monelleria said. She was sogetting detention for this.
Earlier with Vandraedi...
Vandraedi cackled. 'This is so much more fun than my old school.' She smiled as she passed her classmates and went into the Great Hall.
Seeing as she had just finished her latest prank - she had left enchanted copies of 'Tom Marvolo Riddle's' Diary in each common room, complete with every word that passed between Harry and Tom - she felt quite happy.
Even more joy filled her as she saw the 'Lucky' Ravenclaw that had found their Houses copy.
She heard the murmurs coming from her own house, the outraged shouts coming from the Gryffindors, the scared whimpers coming from the Hufflepuffs, and she outright laughed at the intrigued looks coming from the Ravenclaws.
Vandraedi frowned, then scowled as Hugo Weasley ran the lions copy up to his father.
"Stupid Hugo always ruining my fun." She grumbled as she tried to sneak out of the Hall without Professor Weasley noticing her. 'Because everyone knows he has it out for me and my little brother in particular.'
Making it to the dungeons -after leading the Professor on a wild goose chase - she rounded a corner and ran into someone.
Crashing to the ground, she looked up through her moonlight silver hair and saw a lion. More specifically Monelleria Weasley. Vandraedi could've sworn she saw the girls eyes flash red, but shook it off when she heard footsteps rapidly approaching. Seeing it was Professor Weasley she quickly got up. "Oh Dragons," at the same time she heard, "Oh scales."
This was definitely something her father would hear about… just not from her.
She was sooo getting detention for this.
Monelleria scowled. She and the other girl, what was her name? Oh yeah, Vandraedi had been dragged by her 'dear Uncle Ron' to the Headmasters office. She hated him. Oh how she hated him. He and her Aunt Ginny were convinced that she was Lord Voldemort incarnated. They didn't even know she could talk to snakes and had kept it secret, just like her parents had told her. Now she wanted her mother there. Luna could always stop Ron whenever he was on a rampage with a questionable vendetta. Monelleria was only a first year, but she knew that wouldn't stop Ron from making her life miserable. She just hoped that the other student wasn't a Slytherin. Quickly checking Monelleria confirmed the fact that she was, indeed, doomed. Especially since, she remembered, the girl was a Malfoy. And everyone knew that her 'dearest Uncle' targeted Malfoys the most. Knowing him he would accuse the Malfoy of trying to take over Hogwarts and being a Parselmouth. Or something along those lines.
"These two are responsible for the chaos going on in this school," Ron said scowling down at the two. "Especially that one!" He shouted pointing at Monelleria. Monelleria stared up at him with a bored look in her eyes. "She is the spawn of Mordred!" He shouted. Monelleria looked hurt at this remark. Mordred was considered the worst wizard in history. To compare her to him hurt her more than any of his other remarks and she had to bite her lip to keep herself from crying. Nammi hissed reassuringly into Monelleria's ear. The small Namaqua Dwarf Viper that was always with Monelleria moved slightly and her rough scales and light weight comforted Monelleria just as much as the feeling of the Tiger Snake, Ynun, tightening his grip around her leg and waist. Their weight kept her from doing something stupid or letting him see how much his words hurt. She kept her gaze on one of the vials on Headmaster Snape's desk. With her luck he would agree with Ron.
Vandraedi was speechless after Professor Weasley made his accusation. 'What could have possibly made him hate her that much? I mean setting snakes loose in the Great Hall is bad but not bad enough to warrant what he just said...'
Snape was currently in a state of shock. 'The Gryffindor girl is annoying and reckless, she was a little strange but then, Ms. Lovegood-now Weasley- had been strange as well.'
He gave a long suffering sigh and turned to the nuisance - Professor he quickly corrected his thought.
"Mr. Weasley, these two may be just like your brothers, however you have never compared them to the most hated wizard in history. Rest assured Molly willbe hearing about your behavior in this office today." Steepling his fingers and resting his elbows on his desk his gaze then turned to the two girls. He thought he saw a flash of tan scales through Monelleria's hair but quickly shook the thought away. 'A Weasley would never have a pet snake.'
His eyes unnoticably softened when they landed on Vandraedi. That coupled with his sudden sympathy for Monelleria made up his mind on their punishment.
"Miss Weasley, Miss Malfoy. Although your pranks today caused a bit of panic, they were mostly harmless. So for your punishment you shall write lines and serve your detentions with Professor Longbottom. The detentions shall be twice a week for one month starting tonight."
Ron looked taken aback. "Did you see what they did!" He shrieked. "Giant snakes in the Great Hall and then she put Riddle's diary in the common rooms."
"Excuse me Professor, but they were only harmless copies. And I put one in every common room. Including the Slytherin commons." Vandraedi pointed out. She didn't miss the slight smirk that appeared on the Headmasters face as she corrected one of his least favorite teachers.
Ron appeared speechless for a moment. Then he snarled and stormed out of the room. He knew that Snape wouldn't let him pick on his favorite student. Monelleria looked at Snape. She hadn't expected him to give them such a light detention. She stared at his with a carefully blank face.
"Next time I expect you two NOT to get caught by him. On second thought, just don't get caught. I will expect you two to show up on time for your detention. Otherwise I will be very disappointed." He turned to Vandraedi, "Be more careful in the future around Mr. Weasley. Now your detentions will be served after dinner in Professor Longbottoms classroom." He gave them a blank look. "I suggest you hurry otherwise you will be late for tonights detention. Good night."