The long awaited Chapter 8! I know it's been a while.
As always, thanks to Jaelah for fixing my problems and helping me write :)
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Together, the three of us went to the annual Halloween feast. I mumbled to Jaelah, "I wonder what's going to happen this year."
She laughed, and Erikk just looked really confused. Jaelah explained, "Last year a troll attacked and nearly killed three Gryffindors who were trying to be too brave. Dumbledore tried to send us straight through where the Troll was going, I think he meant to get rid of us all in one fatal swoop."
Erikk shook his head, "I doubt that Headmaster Dumbledore would have purposefully done such a thing. I'm sure he was just under the stress of a Troll breaking into a castle that should have been well protected."
We all sat down, and waited for Dumbledore's Halloween Speech. None of the ghost's were in sight, which I always found odd for Halloween, shouldn't they want to scare us? We began eating and whatnot, and enjoying our feast.
Once we had finished, I left towards the elevator, while the other students went on their own way towards the stair cases. As I was midway down the elevator I heard someone say "kiiiillll." I shuddered, wondering what it was. I normally would have shrugged it off, but a creepy voice coming from nowhere saying the word "kill" made me go and want to talk to Snape. The first time, yeah I could let the Slytherins by with it, but they couldn't keep it up.
I rolled towards his office, and knocked on the door. He didn't answer, so I assumed he was not there yet. No one had come down the hall yet. All of the Slytherins should have been here by now, maybe even some stragglers. With the slow speed of that elevator, they surely would have passed?
I sat outside the door, waiting for Snape to arrive. Then, I saw the Bloody Baron. Usually, the Baron wouldn't talk to anyone. However, on occasion, he would have a conversation with a few lucky students. "Excuse me, Baron? I was wondering if you had seen Professor Snape."
He turned and looked at me, apparently acknowledging me. "You're the Parseltongue girl. Best to wait here for Severus. He'll be here shortly, I'll make sure of that." He then floated up, and through the ceiling.
Not even a full minute passed, when Snape was suddenly walking very briskly towards me. He opened his office door, and I rolled inside, and he shut the door behind him. "Professor, I-"
"Miss Salazar-Malfoy, I do not have time for your frivolous questions about any kind of homework you may have previously come to ask me about. Are you aware of what occurred tonight?" He said to me. The voice he was using was the harshest I had ever heard from him, even worse than when he knew I was a muggle in Slytherin.
I shook my head, "I didn't come about homework, sir."
"Never mind then. Tonight Mrs. Norris was petrified. A message was written on the wall, in blood. It read, 'The Chamber of Secrets has been opened. Enemies of the heir beware.' Now, I don't know what kind of joke you're pulling but whatever it is, you better stop it. You may be the only Salazar in this school, the only parseltongue. You are the only one who can open it, and you will stop this at once, or I will turn you into the ministry. I don't know who else it is you plan on attacking, but it will stop here. Understand Miss Salazar-Malfoy?" At this point, I had tears streaming down my face, I so desperately wanted to pull my knees up to my chest, but I couldn't.
"Professor, I left the feast with everyone else, then took the elevator. I-" I hiccuped, "I heard a voice half-way down, and it said 'Kill' and I figured anything saying kill probably wasn't a good thing, so I came down to talk to you. The Baron showed up and set out to find you. I-I didn't know about Mrs. Norris, I would never want anything to happen to her." I buried my face into my hands.
"Her story is true Severus," I heard the Baron's voice from behind me. "I followed her through the castle, as she was alone."
I looked up at the Baron and smiled at him, at least he chose tonight to be a guardian to a Slytherin. I then looked at Snape, and tried wiping my eyes. "A snake must have gotten Mrs. Norris."
I looked at him, "Why would you say that?"
"Whatever you were quoting the voice saying, it wasn't english, it was parseltongue." The Baron told me.
I shook my head, "I didn't do anything though! I just wanted a normal school year. It's not the first time either, I heard it last month, after we had turned Draco into a monkey. Except it said to come to it, and it wanted to rip, tear, and kill. But honestly, Professor, I just thought it was just the Slytherin group pulling a prank."
Snape looked at the Baron, "It seems things are worse than they appear."
"What is it Professor?" I asked, as he put his hand on his head, and looked very stressed.
"Return to your dorms Miss Salazar. Do not tell any other student what happened. Tell them that the elevator got stuck, and be clueless. You are to always be with someone at all times, even if it is a ghost. Understand?"
I nodded, "Yes Sir." I then turned around, and left his office, feeling the Baron behind me. "What'll happen if they don't catch whoever opened it?"
The Baron shook his head, "I have no idea, young Slytherin. Although, fifty years ago, they nearly shut down Hogwarts, before the culprit was found. It was after a girl had died though."
My eyes opened wide, "A girl died? Who was it?"
He shook his head, "That is not my story to tell. Goodbye young one." He then went up through the ceiling, and left me at the door of the common room. I slid open the wall and rolled in, to be attacked by Jaelah.
"Vespera! Have you heard? It was just awful!"
"Calm down Jaelah, what are you talking about?"
"They found Mrs. Norris petrified! You'll never guess who they found at the scene of the crime! Harry Potter himself. Now everyone is thinking he'll be the next dark wizard, following in Voldemort's own footsteps. Can you even believe that? Your brother is the one starting THAT rumor."
Erikk peeked up from behind a book he was reading, "You have a brother Vespera?"
I raised my eyebrow, "Yes?"
"Seriously? How old is he?"
I shook my head, "The one we're currently talking about is our age, and his name is Draco. I'm a Malfoy remember?" I threw a pillow at him.
"You were adopted by the Malfoy's. I didn't know you'd take the family bonds so seriously."
"Why wouldn't I? They took me in when my mother abandoned me. For all intents and purposes, Draco is my brother. Even if he is a royal prat."
"I'm right here Vespera, I can hear you."
I jumped slightly, at the sound of Draco's voice behind me. I turned my head and stuck my tongue out at him, "You shouldn't eavesdrop on private conversations."
"I'll do what I want you little twerp."
"Don't call me names Draco Malfoy."
"I'll do what I want, because I can. You're my little sister."
I rolled my eyes, "I am older than you by a few months. So you're my little brother."
He shook his head, "I'm older than you. I don't know what you're talking about."
"I was born in March, and you were born in what June?"
Draco started fuming, "I'm taller than you. The month doesn't matter!" He then stomped off.
I shook my head, and all of us burst into laughter, sometimes Draco's immaturity was hilarious. "Anyways, Vespera! Who do you think this 'heir' person will be? I mean it's none of the Slytherins, unless it's a 6th or 7th year. Not a Gryffindor, maybe a Hufflepuff? I wonder if it's Amy. That's it! I bet it is her. She looks innocent but then she comes around and this happens. I knew the girl had it in her to be dark." Jaelah looked proud of herself for coming to this conclusion.
"Honestly, I could see her planning it, but not actually going through with it. That Amy is just so sweet. A brilliant mind, but not quite so stuck up as to end up in Ravenclaw. We can keep her in mind when deciding who the next heir of Slytherin is going to be."
Suddenly Erikk looked at me, "You're a Salazar right? Who's to say you aren't the heir of Slytherin? I mean you share his name!"
Jaelah gave him a look, "Honestly, Erikk you're so clueless. Do you honestly think that Vespera could do such a thing? Mrs. Norris was petrified for goodness sake! Vespera has a heart of gold when it comes to animals. Not spiders though, she hates spiders. But I think Vespera would tell us if she were the heir of Slytherin, right?"
I smiled, "Of course I would. Honestly, I can't do anything without my partner in crime." I pointed towards Jaelah, "Anyways, I was with you guys all during dinner, then I headed for the opposite way of what happened, no way I could have done it."
"Oh." Erikk said dumbly. Jaelah and I began laughing at him, and he just looked up at us shyly.
The prefects came into the common room at that time, "You will all go and stay inside of your dorms until otherwise told. We're the first ones people are going to start blaming this on, once they realize it's not their bloody Potter hero. So stay in the dorm to prevent any unjust reasoning for why it might be you. Understand?"
We nodded, and went towards the dorm. "Good night Erikk." Jaelah and I said, leaving him to go into our dorm. Jaelah paused, looking like she was debating something, then continued walking up the ramp, as I rolled behind her. I glanced over my shoulder, to see Erikk going up his staircase.
As we got inside, Jaelah turned around, "Vespera, I have a surprise."
I groaned, "If you did anything to my bed I will kill you."
She walked over to her bed, and pulled out something long from under her pillow. "I want you to meet Ryan, my new pet. He's a Death Adder. I named him after my childhood best friend before I came to Hogwarts. He named his snake after me and I thought, 'why not name my snake after him?'"
I frowned at the snake, hoping he wouldn't start talking. If Jaelah learned I was a parseltongue, she wouldn't freak out, instead she would make me translate what her snake was thinking all the time. "Well, he's very handsome, and I'm sure he'll make a great addition to the Slytherin Dorms."
"Can I show him to Erikk?" She said, practically bursting with hope.
I nodded, "Go ahead." She walked back out of the dorm, and over to the guys ramp, which had been transformed in order to match the girls side.
We went to their door, and Jaelah knocked, "Two girls about to enter. Cover up yourselves now." She mouthed to five, then opened the door. We entered, and she went and sat on Erikk's bed, Ryan was up her sleeve.
I rolled over next to Draco's bed and he whispered, "What are you two up to?"
I smiled, "Jaelah got a new pet." His eyes opened wide, and we watched Erikk's bed, and Jaelah.
"Hey Erikk, do you want to see my new pet before you go to bed?" Jaelah said, very innocently.
Erikk looked at her, sitting on his bed, and said, "Sure?" Jaelah turned and looked at me, winking.
That was when Ryan slid out of her sleeve, and said to him, "I can smell your fear."
I giggled at Ryan, earning a strange look from Draco. Jaelah told Erikk, "This is Ryan, isn't he cute? He's a Death Adder."
Erikk looked pale white, and like he was going to pass out, "Isn't a death adder one of the top deadliest snakes?" Jaelah nodded, "Why do you have it as a pet?"
She shrugged, "I saw him by Snape's office, and thought he would make a nice addition to our dorm. You okay Erikk?"
He nodded, "Yeah of course I am, uh. I'm going to go get ready for bed." He got up, and left the room, practically running.
"What was that all about?" Draco asked, looking over at the other beds, the other boys being asleep already.
Jaelah shrugged. "I don't know. It seems as if he's afraid of snakes or something. Come one. Let's go to bed before the prefects catch us and especially me with my snake."
I laughed, "Okay, come on. Let's go. Good Night Draco."
We went back inside our dorm and got into our beds, and quickly went to sleep. Tomorrow would be a different day. A day filled with homework and Slytherin, once again, being ridiculed.
THE END OF CHAPTER 8!
I know it's dreadfully short. But I need to get this moving, so you guys can read more!
This is going to sound bad, but I've started typing chapter 16. I'm all over the place with this fanfiction, and I write the different chapters as the ideas come to me. So when the next chapter will be posted, it is unknown.
Also Chapter 14 has been started writing on. See, I'm scatterbrained!
I guess, lucky for you guys, I spent so long procrastinating on posting this one, that Chapter 9 is also done. Once a few reviews have come in, I'll post 9 :)
Please review, let me know what you'd like to see upcoming! I'm all open for ideas. :)
