Chapter 9: What happened when Sapphire Slytherin came to Hogwarts
After her rather dramatic entrance the night before, Sapphire was in a relatively good mood that morning.
"Hello everyone," She called cheerily to the rest of the DA sitting at Gryffindor table.
Ron groaned a "Mornin' Sapphire," before resuming his breakfast. Hermione, appalled at Ron's antics and lack of manners, smacked him upside the head and started to pester (lecture) him about his manners.
"Honestly Ronald, will you ever learn to use any form of human manners?"
Ron looked at Hermione, showing off the partially chewed food in his mouth. "No,"
"You disgust me." Hermione left the table, nose high in the air and clutching a piece of toast.
"Well, that was entertaining." Sapphire muttered dryly before taking Hermione's vacant seat.
Harry shrugged. "It happens almost every morning."
The pair watched Ron, who resumed acting like a human vacuum cleaner now that Hermione left. Ron was inhaling his eggs by the dozen and eating bacon by the pound.
"That's just gross. I think I lost my appetite." Sapphire paled.
Harry paled and nodded. "I think I just did too."
Both Harry and Sapphire got up and raced to the door. Ron didn't even notice that they had left. The duo sprinted down the corridor, booked it up the main staircase, turned left down another corridor, and sunk down against the wall.
"I love my best mate and all, but I can't stand to eat near him on the weekends." Harry panted.
"I take it he only eats like that on the weekends?" Sapphire managed to get out through her gasps of air.
"Yeah, there isn't enough time through though the week with Quidditch, homework and detentions."
Sapphire giggled. "Detentions?"
"Well, I usually end up with more detentions than Ron does because Professor Snape hates me."
After seeing Sapphire's puzzled look, Harry added, "You know, the one I had you call 'Princess Silvermoon Fairywing Glimmer McSparkles from the Mushroom Kingdom'."
"So his real name is Snape? It sounds a lot like Snap."
"Get this, his first name is Severus."
Sapphire giggled again. "I shall call him Professor Sevvie Snap."
Harry laughed. "The other guy you insulted was Remus Lupin."
Sapphire thought for a moment. "Quite frankly, I don't think I can do any better than Professor Remy Loopy-kins."
The pair laughed until they were interrupted by something tall, blonde and ferrety.
"Hey Potter, it looks like you finally got yourself a girl that can stand you; probably a stupid little Mudblood." Draco sneered.
Both Harry and Sapphire got to their feet; all traces of humor gone from their faces.
"What did you just call me?" Sapphire asked dangerously.
"A stupid little Mudblood," Draco smirked.
"That's what I thought. I will have you know that I am not a Muggleborn, I am Sapphire Slytherin."
Draco snorted. "Puh-lease, the Slytherins died out a couple centuries ago. You are just a wannabe Mudblood poser."
"Wanna bet, Drakey-poo?" Sapphire's grin was pure evil.
Sapphire pulled a locket from beneath her white oxford (which, funnily enough, belonged to Harry) and nearly shoved it up Draco's nose.
"Do you recognize this locket? My father, Salazar Slytherin had it forged for his wife, Selene Slytherin, before her untimely demise. I wear it because only a true Slytherin can remove or wear the locket. I dare you to try to remove it."
Draco snorted. "The locket of Salazar Slytherin has been lost for centuries. How do I know that you are not wearing a copy?"
"A copy can be removed. Shall we call other people and have them try to remove my locket? Will you attempt it or will you be a chicken?"
"Seeing as it is most likely a copy, I see no reason not to try."
Draco reached and tried to unclasp the locket. It didn't budge, so Draco tried to break the chain. Sapphire choked briefly, but the chain wouldn't break. Harry growled at Draco. Draco, however, looked at the locket itself and paled. The emeralds set into the shape of a snake (or an ornate 'S') seemed to move in the light.
"Open it." Sapphire commanded.
Draco tried to open the locket but failed.
{Open} Sapphire hissed, and the locket actually opened.
{Believe me now?}
Draco looked at Sapphire in horror. Sapphire grinned, stole his Slytherin tie, and tied it around her neck.
"The next time you try to harm Sapphire I'll owl your sexy daddy and see if we can get him to use his pimp cane on you. So does us a favor, make like a ferret and bounce." Harry growled.
Draco 'eeped' and made like a ferret and bounced.
Both Harry and Sapphire chuckled darkly.
"Shall we go to the kitchens, my lady?" Harry joked.
"Let us adjourn to the kitchens, and fill our stomachs with pleasant refreshments, my good sir."
The pair linked arms and skipped to the kitchens singing the Smurf's theme song.
Eventually, Sapphire and Harry marched through the Great Hall (during dinner, of course), painted entirely blue (clothes being the exception), followed by blue house elves, and they were all singing the Smurf theme song.
"La la la-la la la, sing a happy song. La la la-la la la Smurf the whole day long…."
After thirty seconds of the Smurf song, Snape was banging his head on the staff table; and Lupin was close to doing the same. The other professors were holding up a little better, but little Flitwick was clearly insulted. The only professor that was enjoying it was Dumbledore, who was even humming along.
"HARRY JAMES POTTER! HOW DARE YOU TREAT HOUSE ELVES THAT WAY! I AM ABSOLUTELY DISGUSTED—" Hermione was silenced by a stunner from Harry.
He turned to the professors and explained. "If I didn't stun her we would all be treated to a speech on house elf rights by Hermione, and her speeches on freedom and rights go on for hours."
The entire Gryffindor table nodded solemnly, even Ron who had stopped eating when the commotion began.
"Um, you guys can go back to the kitchens now. Thanks for you help." Harry thanked the house elves and they all popped back to the kitchens.
Dobby was the last Smurf/house elf to leave. "It was not a problem, Master Harry Potter Sir." Dobby popped back to the kitchens.
At the utterly astonished looks on everybody's faces, Harry and Sapphire removed the enchantments that turned them blue collapsed with laughter.
"Sapphire Saraphina Slytherin, I thought that you were raised better than that." A ghostly voice echoed around the room.
As one, all the heads in the hall turned to see the ghostly form of the Bloody Baron rise from his spot at the Slytherin table and float over to join Sapphire and Harry.
"Little sister, I know Father raised you better than that. Why do you insist on embarrassing yourself and our family name?" The Baron raised a ghostly eyebrow as he reprimanded his little sister for her prank.
Sapphire rolled her eyes. "It's nice to see you too, big brother."
Sapphire smiled, but her smile faltered when she saw the ghostly chains her brother wore. "Silas, what did you do to earn those chains?"
Silas said nothing, but his eyes briefly flicked to the Ravenclaw table. The Grey Lady, Fat Friar, and Nearly Headless Nick joined the two Slytherins and Harry.
"You murdered Helena, didn't you, Silas?" Sapphire whispered.
The Baron barely nodded.
"How could you Silas? Helena was your friend!" Sapphire fell to the floor, crying.
"I did it for love." Silas rasped.
"Love?" Helena Ravenclaw snorted. "Killing me then killing your self out of love? I was happy to stay in that forest forever. You took me away from the only man I ever loved!" Helena cried.
Harry noticed that Nick was looking at Helena with sadness. The story finally clicked in Harry's head.
"That's how you died, Nick. You fell in love with Helena, Silas found out, had you killed, later tracked down Helena, killed her when she wouldn't leave with him, then killed himself in remorse. My only question is how the Friar is involved?"
After a brief pause, the Fat Friar answered his question. "I married Nick and Helena. When I was alive, my name was Harold Hufflepuff. I died by poison. To this day, I don't know who poisoned my blueberry pie."
"I did not have you killed, Friar." Silas muttered quietly.
After a brief pause Silas continued. "You would do well as a Slytherin, Harry Potter."
"Your father said the same thing." Harry grumbled.
"Silas, did I ever come back?" Sapphire asked quietly.
Silas looked at her solemnly. "Not soon enough to save his life. He was dying of a broken heart long before you left."
Sapphire started crying again, this time Harry tried to comfort her.
"Sapphie, it wasn't your fault that he fell on his own sword." Silas's hand passed through his little sister.
"Are you okay?" Harry asked quietly.
"I'll be okay, but I think I should visit Daddy more often." Sapphire smiled gently.
Harry helped her up off the floor.
"Wanna go visit our Smurfs?"
Sapphire giggled. "Sure,"
"By the way Potter, what did my father threaten you with in order to let you take Sapphire back with you?" Silas asked with a smirk.
{Castration, disembowelment, and being fed to Hazel} Harry answered dryly.
{Good for him}
Sapphire snorted while the rest of the hall looked confused.
"All right my lady, are you ready to adjourn to the land of the Smurfs?" Harry smirked and bowed deeply.
Sapphire curtsied back. "I am ready fair prince."
Harry took Sapphire's hand and together they skipped out of the hall.
Disclaimer: I DO NOT own Harry Potter or the Smurfs
A/N: Hello all! I'm really sorry about not updating, but I've been really busy. I am working on a holiday themed chapter that will cover Christmas and New Years.
I already know that my dates are off, considering Nick's Death Day in CoS was his 500th anniversary of his death, and the Founders created Hogwarts around the 900s. I know that the only two ghosts that knew each other were the Grey Lady and Bloody Baron, but I decided that having them all from the same time period would create a better back story for Sapphire.
As for Ron's eating habits, we all know that he likes his food and eats a lot of it. Harry is not gay and the only reason he referred to Lucius as 'sexy' was because he knew it would freak Draco out. I will not be pairing Sapphire with anyone from Canon as of now. More than likely it'll stay that way unless you all decide that you want me to.
-A. Rosalie