They were finally going to start the lessons on SOUL magic! Severus has never been so excited for a class before. Muffet was coming today to teach some of the kids about Purple magic. He was excited to see it at work. But, he had to get through lunch first. A whole hour of doing absolutely nothing.
"Hey! Snivellus!"
Severus kept walking. He knew that voice. He didn't want to respond. He didn't want his day to be ruined. He was suddenly jerked back by his coat. He almost dropped his things from the force of it.
"I'm trying to talk to you!" Bella yelled at him.
"I heard you." Severus sighed. "You should know by now, that is no way to get my attention."
Bella rolled her eyes. "Well, it worked in my opinion."
"What do you want?"
"It's about the Monster class." Bella said.
"What about it?" Severus asked.
"I heard it's...interesting. It's you and one other Slytherin, right?"
Severus shook his head. "It's a rather small class. I'm the only Slytherin in there. The others got kicked out or left within the first few days."
Bella snorted. "Wow. Is it that awful?"
Severus shook his head. "It's really not. One failed the first test and had to leave. Two followed her out, and the last one just stopped coming one day. I haven't really seen him around."
Bella nodded. "How did you stay in?"
Severus shrugged. "I passed the tests, and I haven't done anything that should get me kicked out."
"What is this test you're talking about?"
"I can't show you." Severus answered immediately. And it was the truth. He couldn't pull his own SOUL out. And he was pretty sure the next time Sans pulled his light blue heart, it would be for a fight.
"Then tell me."
"You wouldn't believe me."
"Don't tell me it's the thing about souls and floating colored hearts!" Bella groaned loudly spinning on her heel before walking beside Severus again.
Severus just nodded.
"Okay then, what color is yours?" Bella asked.
"Aqua, or light blue." Severus said.
"And that means?"
"Patience."
Bella snorted. "Oh boy, they got that right. You dealt with Gryffindor's, annoying first-years, and some other people from other Houses. You are pretty patient."
Severus nodded. "Glad you think so."
"Well." Bella shrugged. "I'm gonna go find Lucy and his girlfriend. See ya later!" She turned and ran, waving over her shoulder with a big grin.
Severus nodded and continued walking.
"Severus!"
Severus stopped this time and turned at the sound of the voice. It was familiar, yet not at the same time. It also sounded stressed out, in a way. He turned only to catch a stumbling kid.
"S-Sorry!" She gasped, righting herself. That's when Severus noted key differences from the last time they had seen each other. Her scarf was gone, and she was using her brown hair to hide her whole face.
"Need help with something?" Severus asked, moving to pull her hair out of her face.
She didn't reply, only ducking behind him. "Hide me." Was all she said.
Severus was confused. Until he looked back up to see two fifth-year Slytherin. Both girls. He had seen them around, and knew them well. They weren't nice, in any way shape or form. Twins, with curly black hair pinned back in different styles. It was the only thing that was different about them. Mariana always had her hair up and pulled away from her face. Opal had her hair down, in some fancy design with some sort of bangs over her face.
"Hello girls." Severus said curtly. "May I help you with something?" He asked, noting the Ravenclaw scarf in Mariana's hand.
"Actually yes, have you seen a kid around here? A mess of brown hair, empty black eyes, Ravenclaw." Opal asked.
"If they were smart, they would be hiding." Mariana huffed. "The freak."
"Might I ask for some more information?" Severus asked, feeling Kristen gripping the back of his cloak. If she continued that, she would be found out easily.
"Well, it's not human, for one." Opal said.
"If it is, it's the ugliest human alive. Even uglier than Hagrid. And that oaf's half-giant."
"We jumped them, to see what would happen. They're eyes began to glow a green-ish color and they teleported."
"Teleported?" Severus asked. He couldn't believe that. "Sure you just blinked for a lot longer than you thought?"
"Not funny!" Mariana scowled, thrusting the blue and bronze scarf into Severus' face. "It has the face of a skeleton. No skin!"
"Why are you waving the scarf in my face?" Severus asked, snatching it from Mariana's hand.
"It's been hiding its face behind it. That's why I ripped it off. A lot easier to find them now that they can't hide their ugly face."
"Okay. I will be on the lookout." Severus nodded.
"Maybe it teleported again?" Opal offered as Mariana turned on her heel and began walking away.
Severus had to step to the side a bit so Kristen stayed out of sight. He waited until he was sure they were gone. "Clear." He said in a soft voice.
Kristen walked around him and stood in front of him, face still covered in hair. "Want an explanation?" She asked. Her voice was a lot different now. It sounded older, and tired.
"Of course. Here's your scarf, by the way."
Kristen nodded. "Well, stay after class today. I'll be there. Just, don't make your intent obvious. Just act like you spilt ink or something and you're cleaning it up."
Severus nodded and watched as she wrapped the scarf around her face. She was good at it. It was complete quickly and he didn't even get a glance at her face. "Okay. I'll try."
Kristen nodded with a smile. "You're going to have fun. I promise." Then she ran off again.
