I watched as the greasy little man walked towards Dumbledore, "Albus, my friend. How are you?" He asked shaking Albus's hand. "Quite well thank you Peter. And you?" A quick cunning look passed over the man's face. "Oh here we go." Severus muttered from beside me. "As well as can be expected Albus, considering the student I have brought with me today. The child has made nothing but a mockery of my school; she fails at even the simplest of spells." He exclaimed, shaking his head. Can't be the girl then, the spells and the level of magical knowledge she showed on the train were far beyond anything I would have expected. "She has no respect for many of her peers and has even less respect for her teachers.
He had just said this when four burley looking boys ran into the hall. They stood about a quarter of the way down the centre aisle, looking around for something or someone. Just then the girl from the train entered the hall, bobbing her head in time with some music nobody else could hear. She then jumped down the steps in time to the missing music, making her way towards the boys, mouthing along to the song. The girl flicked her hands, turning the boys into rather evil looking clowns, as she continued mouthing along to the music.
She was getting nearer to the staff table when two of the boys started forward and tried to grab her. I watched in awe as she turned, kicking out as she did so. One boy went down. As she finished the turn, she lashed out at the boy on her right, punching him in the face, breaking his nose. The other two stood back and held their hands out in front of them, clearly showing her they weren't willing to touch her. She reached into her pocket and pulled out a small muggle music device, taking two small devices out of her ears and winding them up, before vanishing them.
"I didn't think that muggle electrical equipment worked at Hogwarts?" I muttered to Severus. "It doesn't." He replied, equally as curious as I was from the sound of it. Just then Albus spoke "I think, perhaps, you have some explaining to do, young lady." I tilted my head curious, as she looked up at the ceiling saying, "Hello God, Is that you? Or are you my conscience that I misplaced?" There were a few sniggers around the hall, as well as up on the staff table, she turned around smiling, Beautiful. Mooney sighed from the back of my mind.
Suddenly she staggered back in shock with a hand on her heart. I looked down at her worriedly. "I'm sorry, you all just shocked me. I'm not used to a table full of teachers that look sober, let alone well presented and intelligent." She looked along the table, her eyes resting for a second on me, before finishing her perusal. I studied her closer; her hair was a deep black with a sheen of inky blue and framed her face where it had escaped her clip. It was obvious to anyone looking at her that she would grow into even more of a beautiful woman.
As she walked closer to the staff table, her principal reached out and grabbed her arm, hissing in her ear, "I told you to behave and to stay silent, you worthless little whore!" I looked down at him, well glared would probably be a better description, growling slightly as I watched her yank her arm away. "I'm Sorry." She said sarcastically, "Did I ruin your little plan? You know the one where you make me out to be a complete terror who can't do magic for shit, saying that I'm bringing down the reputation of your school because I won't accept any help. Merlin and Morgana, you are such a liar!" She ranted at him, Mooney cackled gleefully inside, She really is feisty, isn't she human?
I watched as she turned back to the teachers table saying, "Excuse me, I'm not usually this badly behaved." Severus chose to answer this time and asked in his silky, smooth and deadly voice, "And why should we believe you Miss ..." He paused and she supplied "Raven." He nodded, "Miss Raven. All we have is your word against your Principals, who is qualified at his chosen subject and -" I heard her snort slightly, interrupting him. "I'm Sorry Professor, but I don't think that qualified is the right word to describe Principal File. I mean he is the schools transfigurations professor and he hasn't even tried to assist his transfigured students. Not that he can." This was added in almost as an afterthought.
"At Salem, it is more common for the teachers to be the ones blowing up the classrooms, through lack of attention, knowledge or proper care, than it is for the students to do it. Most of the teachers can't perform the basic spells, make even the simplest of potions or even identify the easiest of creatures. I mean how can you not be able to perform a simple levitation spell or not be able to tell your students what the difference is between Monkshood and Wolfsbane? How can you not tell the difference between a werewolf and a vampire? Or a Unicorn and a Flobberworm?" She finished looking up at the teachers, with nearly all of us; I'm sure, looking shocked that this was the kind of teaching standard she and her fellow students were subjected to.
I watched as she drew in breath for another comment, when I saw her principal raise his wand and whisper a curse under his breath. I watched in horror as she was hit by whatever curse he cast. She stumbled for real this time, Mooney howling inside my skull trying to break free as we all watched as she fell forward curling up in a ball on her knees, trying to catch her breath. Severus was one of the first to cast a spell followed by myself, Albus and Minerva; however they just bounced off a shield spell that surrounded her.
The entire school watched as she pulled her right hand back, curled it into a fist and punched the stone floor. HARD. Silence fell as a sickening crack echoed around the hall as most of the bones in her hand broke. Let me out Human! I will rip him apart and dance on the pieces! He has hurt my MATE! Mooney howled from within and I nearly allowed him to, and would have done if this were any other situation.
"Why did she do something like that?" I heard Severus murmur under his breath, I myself wondered this until I saw her staggered to my feet, spinning around to look at my principal, wobbling slightly. "She's shocked herself free of the pain." I heard Albus say quietly. We all watched as she shook her head and snarled, "A modified cruciatus curse, how clever of you! Tell me is it any less illegalthough?"
I raised an eyebrow and looked at Severus that was all we needed if the cruciatus could be modified. She was cradling her injured hand close to her stomach. But what she did next shocked all of us, even Albus. She had her wand out so fast; stunning two of the four boys, then leaned to the left dodging another curse, before flicking another stunning spell at the remaining two boys. Then despite the obvious pain in her hand, turned her wand on her principal levitating him over our heads.
"Was the fact that I beat the shit out of, transfigured you into a pig and through you off a cliff into the lake not a big enough clue for you NOT to mess with me!?" She exclaimed, bouncing him up and down. He began to whimper and cry almost immediately and it didn't take her long to grow tired of his pathetic wailing, so on the next bounce up into the air, with a speed that belayed her injury she cancelled the levitation spell and transfigured him into a rat, sending him flying towards his boys." Clearly he is the liar she says he is." I said to Severus as he got up and walked to stand behind her as she was speaking. "There's your precious little principal, try and turned him back, if you can. Don't overwork your tiny little minds though, because if you can't he will turn back to normal in about a week." I watched as she turned back to face the teachers table and found that Severus was there.
"Let me look at that." He demanded, gesturing towards her hand. She held it out to him, but said looking up at him, "There really is no need Professor." He sneered down at her as he was known to do, "There is every need you stupid girl, your hand is completely broken, I doubt you know the proper healing spells, now let me see it before..." I watched as she snatched her hand back, hissing slightly at the pain, then proceeded to wave her wand over it, wordlessly casting the healing spell and resetting the bones. "Before what Professor? I can cast that spell in my sleep. See it perfectly fine now." I looked on as she wiggled her fingers cheekily at him. "It is not my wand hand, so it really wasn't that big of a problem. And don't ever call me stupid again, unless you don't like the way you look." She finished turning back to face the Albus.
I ignored what Albus was saying to listen to her ex-class mates, as they left with their principal. "Stupid worthless little slut! Always has to show off! I really wish we had just killed her during that last quidditch game." Mooney growled, fighting me again for control. I knew that my eyes would be changing colour and hoped that none of the pupils would notice. I heard Severus sit down next to me, chuckling slightly. "She's got balls, I'll give her that."
It was only then that I noticed that Minerva had set the sorting hat on her head. It seemed to think for a long time before finally shouting SLYTHERIN. Well this will definitely be an interesting year. I thought as I watched her sit down and begin eating.