The Five Snakes
By Aisling's Corner
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They are considered to be sly, and cruel. That they are human but not humane. They are the most hated house in all of Hogwarts. They are not worth saving. Five notable and noble Slytherins which we are told about in J. K. Rowling's series. They order which they remain.
Salazar Slytherin, the first of the kind. The creator of the name, founder of Hogwarts, and a powerful wizard who was said to hate all Muggles and to say that they are impure.
Tom Marvolo Riddle, the descendent of the mighty Salazar himself. An handsome little orphan boy turned to one of the most evil wizards of all time, preaching what is said to be his ancestor's message.
Severus Snape, a Death Eater turned to a spy for the light. Fell for a girl that he could never have, then to have her love someone else. And that someone being his enemy.
Regulus Arcturus Black, a Death Eater and lost hero. Dead before he could live because he decided he was the only one in the world to do a horrific task.
Draco Lucius Malfoy, also a Death Eater. A schoolboy who was never given a choice in the matter, and forced to consider to be a murderer before he became a man.
All these five snakes, intertwined in their fates and destiny. It started with the first Slytherin over a thousand years ago, and it continues onward as the mighty halls of Hogwarts still stand. They are all connected in some way or another. Terrible fates fell on many of them, and the others to have a horrible life. Some would think of it as a sign a karma.
They whisper it is pay back. They whisper it is fate. They whisper it is what they deserve. Never can they try to repent? Or were they were never given a chance?
Fate they call it. They all played a role in the fates of each other. In each other, their destiny combined. Always intertwined by the idealism of the pure-blooded. They were misguided souls.
Many say that they cannot be heroes, they are bastards, they are evil. Something that I would not believe. They came from broken homes, or a terrible life. Their cruel nature, a result from bitterness. Never were they given a chance.
A cruel fortune that many do not remember. A closer look may result in understanding, but those chances are slim.
No, not a chance. To others they are evil, stained, jaded. No one understands these misguided souls. They are not even worth anything, no point to try to save them. Slytherins to the end. Forever will they be… the five snakes.
-TBC-
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A/n This was a something I had an idea for a bit. The next chapter will be a closer look at the person who was the beginning of it all; Salazar Slytherin.
Review on what you think of it so far….
-Aisling's Corner
