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Draco sat nervously in his chair while looking around Dumbledore's office. It was strange considering that he was supposed to be dead, well then again Tom Riddle was supposed to be dead as well but no doubt was parading himself around as a student. He wondered to himself what Tom would be like. Would he be the sweet and charming type or the weird and everyone should've known he would grow up and be a freak type. Who knew?
The office looked the same and that freaked Draco out even more. What was even more frustrating was how Adonia was reacting to all of this. There she was sitting like a freaking goddess without a care in the world. She should have been Hades daughter. She was beautiful, blazing and above of all dangerous. She was Voldemort's lethal weapon. He was always jealous of her regarding that matter partly because he would kill to be in her position. Fate was mocking him, and yet fate had been doing that for years.
The day he found out of her bloodline he nearly wanted kill on her on spot. He sadly had always had some attraction towards her and found it a turn on every time he used crucio on her. She always had this way on whimpering and how he got so close to her face, he could literally feel her breath tingle on his face. To him it was so provocative and the fact that he always did it in the dark or in a closed corner added even more excitement.
No, he wasn't in love with his sister. He just had an overwhelming lustfulness of her. She was so pathetic, so weak and now, she was close to being the most dangerous witch of all time. Voldemort's training did pay off.
Hermione Granger is completely gone. Hermione Granger died and this is what was left of her.
He sighed to himself as he remembered the way she looked into the eyes of Voldemort during her last punishment. They were so full of hate. He never thought she would have so much will to live, to the point of throwing all morality out the door. She had always been so good and kind, always pleasing everyone. He was never sure what ensued the change in her or where it started but the day he saw her bring Bellatrix Lestrange grinding to the floor writhing in pain with a sick smile on her face he knew that she was no longer the little spineless pathetic freak he knew. She was lethal.
The fact that she was sitting in the very next chair with a calm expression on her face in the middle of Dumbledore's office was infuriating. It was as if she had no concept of fear whatsoever. Time traveling this far back was beyond illegal and could easily get both of them sent to Azkaban if ever caught, and Dumbledore was no fool. Without the time turner device, which she just so happened to have lost, they had no way of getting back which meant they couldn't leave if about to be caught either.
So there she sat with a smirk on her face and eyes narrowed with no concept of fear. It was so beyond infuriating. He turned towards her with a huff.
"Do you have any idea what this man could do to us if he ever found out?" Draco asked sharply.
She slowly turned her body and faced his direction her lips turning back into their smirk as she answered.
"What dear brother?" She asked innocently. "Are you afraid?" snickering to him.
"Yeah actually I am!" He proclaimed hotly and narrowed his eyes to her. "And if you knew what was best for you, you'd be afraid as well." He finished rudely.
"Well-
"Afraid of what dear ones?" A voice asked from the back of the room.
Adonia narrowed her eyes wickedly at Draco before slowly turning her body to the now much younger Dumbledore. His beard was considerably shorter and the lines in his face had also decreased impressively.
"Nothing, Professor. My friend just thinks that I should be afraid snakes more often." She answered quickly while Draco just had a confused expression written all over his face. "You see, he happened to have been attacked and I saved him. He just has a slight phobia of them. And well today, we came across a snake and I killed it, but not before my friend ran shrieking his head off." She finished with a laugh.
Draco just stared at her with a dumb expression on his face while she turned and smirked at him.
Unbelievable! Great! Now she's made look like a total wussy on the first day. He thought angrily to himself.
"Interesting I see." Dumbledore says while obviously pondering on her story as he glided to his desk.
"Yeah, I find it funny too that she also failed to mention her episode of looking like a stark crazing lunatic as well when she thought a spider was in her hair. Yup, the whole restaurant looked at us thinking she had gone completely looney!" Draco finished with now an equally marked smirk on his face as he whipped his head to his sister.
If looks could kill, he so would be been obliviated by that point. She had daggers in her eyes as she stared him down.
"Funny. Ha. Ha." She seethed out.
The two just continually stared at each other with hateful expressions on their faces. They were quickly interrupted when they heard Dumbledore clearing his throat.
"Well, interesting story you two. So may I ask why you two are wanting to come here, or how you even heard of this school in this first place." He asked with his hands folded together with a diplomatic expression on his face.
"Well sir, we have recently moved here from Europe because of the death of our parents. They homeschooled us because they had no money to send us the school in our area. So we are considered sixth year by you standards. Our parents were the only living relatives we have so, we have nowhere else to go." Adonia said smoothly even wincing in all the right spots.
I swear, her lying skills should be considered an asset. Draco thought as he listened to everything his sister said.
"That is very unfortunate, but why did you not go to the school where you were near?" Dumbledore asked with a slightly accusatory tone laced in his voice.
"Because we left, we've been everywhere and we really like this place and so we were hoping that maybe we could finish our last two years here." She said her voice dripping in sweetness.
"Okay, so I expect the two of you are siblings?" He asked looking at Draco.
"No sir, my parents were living with hers' when they all came down with the sickness. We were all very poor and so having four people pay for rent and everything was a lot cheaper than just two." Draco says back smoothly.
Dumbledore remains very quiet thinking about all this information and then proceeds to reach for the sorting hat.
"Well, I guess it won't be too much trouble to put you both on scholarship for only two years. So before I get both of you sorted, what are your names?" He asked.
"Mine is Hermione Granger." She says with a tinge of disgust in her voice.
"And mines Draco Serty." Draco says flippantly.
"Alright well, we'll start with Hermione over here then." Dumbledore says as he places the hat over her head.
"Well Well Well, I sense a lot of power in you. So much power for such young age, far beyond your years. Oh! And anger lurking in your mind. " The hat says and pauses for a second. "Slytherin!" He halfway yells.
Adonia's face contorts into a wicked smile and Draco knows it's because she finally feels as if she has been placed into the house of her birthright. She was a natural Slytherin by bloodline and she had been denied that for so long.
Draco quickly notices the hat about to placed on his head but "Slytherin" is yelled before it gets even close. Draco laughs quietly to himself. It was like a repeat of his first year. The hat didn't even get to head then either.
"Okay, so you're both placed in Slytherin. Your robes will be placed on your beds. Unfortunately because neither of you have bought your books prior to being here, they will be arriving tonight later. I will send someone to get them. So off you go into the dining hall. They're just about to serve supper. You need to eat with your house. Slytherin is at the far left with the green and black robes. You'll notice them first anyhow most likely." Dumbledore finishes as he gets up to show them both the way out.
The two get up and Draco watches Adonia confidently glide across the room. Honestly, the girl had no concept of how bad this could get if they were ever caught. One mistake, one bad move is all it would take for it all to come crashing down. They needed to be careful and she was acting cocky. Draco quickly fallowed his sister out the door and into the hallway.
"Alright, first we need to find out who all the Potters' are, especially if they're more than one. Killing them would be just as good as killing James or Lily." Adonia spoke smoothly.
Luckily there was no one lurking around the hallways to hear their little conversation. He was already feeling apprehensive about them being stuck in a different time than their own. He noticed how she walked briskly down the hallway in her blue jumper that she had bought when they realized it was 1944. She had mentioned that they needed to buy some new clothes to be less conspicuous. Well obviously, the whole school would have noticed if they waltzed in wearing jeans and t-shirts.
"Okay, but we've got another issue with this predicament that we're in." Draco said nervously.
"Yeah what?"
"Tom Riddle. I think he'll be in his seventh year here now."
"Okay, and why is that a problem?" Adonia asked haughtily.
"Uh…well I don't know. Gee? Maybe because he's going to grow up and be the darkest wizard of all time that could so easily kill us if we land on his bad side." Draco seethed out.
"I highly doubt that. I mean, it's not like we're here to stop him or anything. Stop being such a coward." She said rudely.
"Me! Coward! Just because I don't want my head to be disconnected from my body anytime soon does NOT make me a coward." Draco partly yells and quickly looks at Adonia witnessing her perfect eye roll. "You know, it's that kind of attitude you're having that landed the Dark Lord to where he is today. THE GROUND!" He yells.
Suddenly he feels his body being shoved across the hall roughly into the stone wall. He looks into her fiery eyes as she presses her body to him leaning a mere few inches from his own face. A smirk starts to spread across his face until he realizes something hard is being pressed into his neck. He glances down and feels one of her hands grabbing his arm and the other holding her wand to his neck. He gulps slightly in fear knowing that she is not one to be trifled with.
"Okay, you listen to me you pompous, pigheaded idiot and you listen good. First of all, there are so many things Riddle could do to you the least of them decapitating you and while we're on that little topic it would be wise to keep your voice lowered kay? Oh, and in case you forgot, Riddle isn't the only one you should be concerned about, as far as you know I'm the Devil in his very flesh. I can make your life hell. So as far as who to be more afraid of, I'd pick the woman whose been pissed at you for nearly ten years." She spits at him pausing a slight moment letting it all sink in. "So if I were you I would quietly make your way up to the common without a noise. Because if you ever yell about our private information that could send both of us to Azkaban, I'll personally see to it that your tongue will no longer be in operation due to being ripped out of your mouth." She says icily then with a final shove she quickly lets him go and angrily walks off towards the Slytherin common room.
I swear, that woman has major anger control issues. Draco thinks irritatingly to himself as he rubs his neck where the wand had been pressed into it. He slowly shakes his head as he thinks about what she had just said to him and makes his towards the common room. He knows that she'll be over her little tirade by the time they get down to eat.
The fact is, whether she likes it or not she needs him to complete her mission and Draco knew it. But he also knows that she could make his life miserable if she wanted to as well. There were certain lines that were never to be crossed with her and he just had. By mentioning Voldemort's death, he reminded her that her attitude exemplified Voldemort's final downfall; pride, his only weakness. Well, Adonia never took weakness too good ever since that last episode with their father.
He knew he was just plain lucky that she only threatened him, because a hex could have been easily hurled at him. As he reaches the common room, he can the faint sound of crashing. He chuckles lightly to himself because he knows it's probably Adonia taking out all of her anger on the dormitories. He trudges slowly up to his dormitories and sure enough, his robes are laid out on this furthest bed. He quickly walks over there and puts them on and hurries back to the common room waiting for Adonia.
He takes a seat at the couch and waits for what seems like hours for her to get down there. He knows that there is no way she has left him behind, because she was not going to face the Slytherin table all by her lonesome self. She might be extremely prideful and cocky, but some insecurities never go away. The waiting continues and finally in irritation he gets up and heads for her dormitories.
Honestly, what is taking her so long? Does it really take an hour to just put on your robes? He thinks as he reaches her door.
He starts to pound on the door loudly with his frustration setting in. They were going to miss supper and he was starving.
"Would you hurry up! I'm starving here?" Draco yells through the door.
"Oh shut up! Just hold on a sec." replies a very annoyed female through the other side.
Draco stands there tapping his foot while waiting for her to finally be finished. The door does finally open and Adonia stands there in complete annoyance. He had to give her props, she knew how to clean up nicely. Her long dark hair flowed in waves well past her shoulders and she had put on a nicer jumper. She just rolled her eyes and roughly passed him flowing down the stairs. He quickly followed her towards the dining hall.
"Okay, how do we plan on getting back home?" Draco asks avoiding all contact.
He hated to annoy her like this, but this happened to be a problem and they needed solutions. They couldn't stay in a different time for forever. The time change could have equally drastic effects on both of them, even possibly them no longer existing in the future.
"I don't know. I'll figure some way out. There's probably a spell for that type of thing, it'll most likely be in the restricted section." Adonia says with ease.
Draco breathes a sigh of relief knowing that his sister is already over their past little dispute.
"Okay, we'll start looking tonight then maybe." Draco says as they approach the dining hall doors.
"Ready?" He asks as he looks to her.
He notices a flight flicker of nervousness in her eyes but quickly nods her head and straightens her posture. He then opens the door and spots the Slytherin table immediately. Draco confidently starts walking over there with his sister behind noticing the entire Slytherin table stopping and looking at them. His eyes land on one particular boy who has dark, curly hair, striking eyes and a demeanor screaming that he's the one in charge. Riddle. He takes a seat at the far end and nudges Adonia and slightly nods towards Riddle's direction. He sees her gaze at him lightly until Riddle catches her looking at him and smirks at her. He is only returned the narrowing of her eyes as she then turns back towards Draco.
"Hi! You must be knew?" A chipper girl from across the table says.
The girl is honestly breathtaking and has a playful expression on her face.
"Yeah, we're transfer students from Europe. I'm Draco and this is Hermione. What's yours?" Draco says politely.
She flashes him a brilliant smile before answering.
"Mine is Evelyn Lestrange. So, what school did you attend before?" She says friendly.
That was not a question Draco was expecting, sure he knew that someone would eventually inquire but he just wanted prepared. Adonia noticed his stiffening and rolled her eyes in response. She then put her elbow on the table and leaned across towards the girl.
"We had a private tutor. Our parents did not believe in the school system, but they've recently passed so this is our only option. We're both sixth year." Adonia replies smoothly.
"Oh, I thought that maybe you two were related. I'm guessing you're not siblings?" She asks questioningly.
"Oh no, there's no way we could EVER be related." Adonia says quickly with a smirk on her face.
"Ah, I get it! That embarrassing eh?" Evelyn says with a twinkle in eye.
"Ha, you have no idea"
"Hey, in case you haven't noticed but I happen to be sitting right here." Says Draco irritatingly.
Honestly how is that two people could go on and on as if the person didn't even exist, Draco continually asked himself. He looked over slightly to the left and noticed that Riddle kept looking over Adonia. He could not tell if the look was dangerous or intriguing. Whatever it was, Adonia needed to be careful.
"May I have your attention please?" Came a booming voice from the front of the room.
Everyone slowly stopped talking and turned to listen to Dumbledore. He stood there quietly waiting for the last of the chatter to die down before continuing.
"Everyone, we have two new students attending our school. Hermione Granger and Draco Serty, would you two please stand." He says politely.
Draco looks over and notices Adonia stiffening. Surely she's not having insecurity problems right now? He questioned himself as he came to a standing position. He slowly leaned towards his sister and whispered quietly in her ear.
"What is your deal?"
"Nothing. Just was trying to keep a low profile and this isn't helping." She whispers back coldly.
"I trust that you will give them both a warm welcome. Now onto other things." Dumbledore continued as Draco and his sister both sit down.
The professor droned well on for another fifteen minutes before allowing everyone to eat. Draco looked at his sister and noticed she was barely eating anything. She just sat there and was picking at her food and kept looking to the left through the corner of her eye. Suddenly she stiffened and her knuckles whitened from the death grip on her fork.
"What is your problem?" Draco seethes out apparently oblivious to whatever was causing her reaction to be so off.
"He's coming." She says through her teeth.
"Oh hi Tom!" Evelyn says happily and gives a smile.
"Hello you too, Evelyn." He says in a very polite voice.
Draco doesn't miss how Evelyn goes all dreamy eyed as she stares at him before realizing how stupid she must look. Now it was Draco's turn to roll his eyes. Honestly, what is it about this creep that has all the ladies swooning? Draco thinks disgustingly to himself.
"So, I am Slytherin's prefect and I thought it would good for me to come over to help you two feel welcome. My names Tom Riddle." He says charmingly looking directly at Hermione.
Draco hears her mutter 'Yeah, we already know who you are.' To herself.
Finally Draco gathers enough courage to actually respond.
"Nice to meet you Tom. So, I have question if you don't mind?" He says nicely.
"Yes of course, that's what I am here for." He replies nicely.
"Well, I heard about this class called Defense Against the Dark Arts" He says while Adonia suddenly chokes on her drink and then glares at him. "I heard that they were combining years." He finishes almost laughing to himself at his sister's discomfort.
"Oh, yes. They started that this year. You see, they feel it will help the sixth year students if they have to duel with upper students. You know, the harder the duel the better the practice." Tom finishes lightly who is now sitting right beside Adonia. "But I haven't heard a word from you?" He says seductively and instantly Evelyn's face falls.
"Well, I don't have an overwhelming need to run my mouth to no end." She finishes coldly while giving a swift kick to Draco's leg.
The kick to him by surprise and he winced in pain.
"God! What was that for?" He says harshly.
"What do mean?" She replies innocently.
Draco just scowls at her before turning his head away. He hears her chuckle slightly to herself. Everyone keeps eating and Draco found himself drawn to Evelyn more but also realized that his sister had caught Riddle's eye and could not decipher is that was a good thing or not. Soon the food was gone and it was time for everyone to head off to their common rooms.
Draco stood up about to escort Evelyn back to Slytherin common room when he noticed Tom behind Adonia whispering something seductively in her ears. Her eyes immediately turn wide in fear but quickly contort to anger as she swiftly stands up and turns into Riddle backing him up somewhat before whispering something back. She then suddenly stalks off right towards Draco.
"Room of Requirement, right now." She seethes lowly to him and takes his arm and jerks him away from Evelyn.
Draco looked back and sees a very disheveled Tom lurking in the background eyeing Adonia with lust filled eyes.
Whether that was lust for her body or lust for her blood, Draco had no idea.
Adonia sat rigidly in her spot eating some of her food. She really wasn't hungry considering the future Dark Lord was sitting right beside her. He had such a suave attitude surrounding him and she partly wondered if maybe he hadn't started his downfall yet. For someone who was so evil, it was hard to watch him be so unashamedly charming. He truly was handsome; there was no doubt about that. He also had every woman in the whole school wrapped around his finger. Of course his curly black hair, gorgeous blue eyes, and amazing bone structure helped him. He was just sitting there invading her personal space. Just because he was good looking didn't mean she was going to swoon anytime soon. Matter of fact, she found his charming behavior extremely annoying.
Finally when everyone was getting up to leave, she noticed Draco leaving with Evelyn leaving her alone with blasted Riddle to deal with her own. She was about to stand up when she felt someone close in behind her. She knew it was Riddle. She felt his hot breath on her skin as he breathed into her ear. And very oh so slowly he whispered seductively in her ear.
"You know, you were quite dead on with that little speech on how I could do far worse things. My dear, you have no idea what I could do to you." He breathes to her.
She immediately feels nauseated by his words. How in the HELL did he hear that? She thinks to herself fearfully. Her mind immediately goes into seeing everything that he could do to her and she immediately feels scared, a feeling she hasn't felt in a long time. She finally summons the courage to speak back.
She suddenly stands up, turns into him and backs him up keeping her face very close to his.
"Oh, I'm really sure there's a lot you'd love to do to me but I'm here to let know you won't be achieving them anytime soon. Actually, you won't be achieving them at all." She finishes icily as she continues her closeness.
"So sure about that?" he says seductively smilingly wickedly at her.
She backs him up even more to the point where he's leaning into the wall.
"Yeah, see you in D&D." She says now equally seductively but eyes reading more of anger as she then backs off and gives him a smirk before stalking off rather quickly towards Draco.
She reaches Draco and the two quickly run off to the Room of Requirement. Draco knowing she is feigning confidence but is secretly scared out of her mind.
Fear, something that only weak people feel, was something that Adonia was starting to feel again.
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