As I wound through the endless corridor I despaired and chided myself for my stupid curiosity. If I hadn't wondered about what Draco Malfoy did in his freetime I would be in my dorm plotting against my dorm mates. Sure they pissed me off, but at least I got to deal with them in a lighted area with people. Any people are better than none.

The corridor had few torches and was uncomfortably damp and it only got darker and moister as I continued on. Also it had very uneven ground. There were boulders and pebbles alike and ditches scattered throughout. Traveling in the dark, at the high risk of breaking your ankle or starving to death- not the ideal way to spend a day in the beginning of the school year, or any day for that matter.

Suddenly I found myself face to face with the cruelest looking face I had ever seen. It was contorted in an everlasting scowl and had such a look of disdain that I was sure it had labeled me as an enemy. It was all I could do not to scream. Upon further inspection I found it was only a bust. A bust of one of the biggest purist the wizarding world had ever known, a man who had found his way into the nightmares of many half bloods and muggle borns alike before the time of He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named, Salazar Slytherin.

As I looked around I saw that the bust was next to the entrance of a room. I walked into the room and was in total awe. There were green and silver silk tapestries on the walls and diamond, ruby, and emeralds embedded into golden armor that was standing around like a little army. It was beautiful and blinding.

"Ginny Weasley we, The Tribune of Salazar, find you guilty of trespassing, stalking, and being a filthy bloodtraitor. What do you plead?"

I spun around to the direction of the voice and stared. There was only a shimmering suit of armor with the hole that would have been a mouth opened.

"Where are you? Who are you?" I demanded

"What do you ple-"

"I SAID who are you?"

"We are the Tribune of Salazar. Devoted to carrying on the great works of Salazar Slytherin, powerful pureblood and founder of the great Slytherin house." I snorted at that.

"Great Slytherin house? Well now I'm certain you're nutters. Nothing good comes out of Slytherin house."

"What do you plead?"

"Oh we're back to this then? Well would you kindly repeat my charges?"

"Trespassing, Stalking, and being a filthy bloodtraitor"

"Ah,ok well I'm not trespassing I just walked through a door. I didn't stalk anyone and my blood status is hardly any concern of yours" Admittedly I did stalk Malfoy but I'd never admit that to these purists.

"We are The Tribune of Salazar. Bloodstatus is one of our many works."

"I am not a purist and never will be. If that makes me bloodtraitor then so be it."

"So you plead guilty then?"

"Of course she pleads guilty you twit she just SAID that!" another voice interjected.

"Well is it wrong to confirm?!"

"It's tedious to confirm something so obvious!"

"Ya? Well well shove off!"

"Hello? Ya Ginny Weasley here. If you don't mind I'd rather not here your petty bickering so if you would just point me to the nearest exit that'd be great."

"You will not leave until you have proven yourself ready."

"Ready for what exactly?" I asked stubbornly. Truly I was putting on a front because I was very frightened. I had no means for contacting anyone else and I felt like crying.

"Ready to become a member of course" This made me freeze.

"Excuse me?"

"Anyone who enters The Corridor of the Tribune may only exit a member"

"Oh. I see"

"Also you have been charged with 3 things. 1 of which is enough for us to exterminate you on the spot-"

"Exterminate? Since when do we exterminate people?" The cynical voice from before inquired

"Would you shut up"

"Not until I know who exactly is supposed to do this exterminating"

"For Merlins Sake would you hold your stupidity for after this is over!"

"Whatever you bloody menace"

"Wanker"

"Hello ya Weasley again. What is it going to take for me to get out of here. There has to be a second option there's always a second option"

"There is no other option-"

"Well she could always-"

"Would you shut up"

"Fine!"

"No don't shut up I could always what?"

"NOTHING"

"You must perform the tasks assigned to you properly and efficiently or else you shall be exterminated-"At that the other person snorted "You shall be exterminated and promptly disposed of. That is all until further notice. Goodbye Bloodtraitor"