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Chapter Twenty-Seven Training with Spirts (Part 5)
Carionax listened as he heard the Baslisk start to move around, trying to find him. He stood with his back to a pillar and breathing hard, Yuki was able to watch for the Giant serpent and saw it move past,
'Fifty-Seven feet… just a bit smaller than the one hiding at Hogwarts' Yuki mused,
"There's one at Hogwarts?" Carionax asked,
'Indeed, its in a room mortal's call, the Chamber of Secrets' Yuki mused, and Carionax scowled, ripping his Slytherin tie from around his neck he fashioned himself a blindfold and drew the Dagger of Salazar Slytherin, stepping out to face the untameable beast he held the dagger ready.
He felt it try and bit down where he stood and leapt to the side, having to trust his sixth sense would hold he flicked the dagger upwards, and the Basalisk hissed at him, he then leapt to the side as the Basalisk struck at him again. Holding the dagger in front of him he listened and heard it swing its tail around,
Trying to dodge Carionax was caught and sent flying crashing into a pillar he slid down and landed there, his ribs ached and the Balalisk slithered closer, standing up he drew the dagger closer to himself and whispered, "Iatius"
The daggers blade grew until it resembled more of a sword, swinging it around he caught the snake again and moved forward, stabbing to the side, he heard the Basilisk hiss and then try and bite him, he dodged it and leapt into the air, he drew his wand and pointed it where he believed the Basilisk to be, "Coniunctivitis!"
The spell hit the Basilisk in the eye and it roared as its eye became covered,
"Finish it!" Yuki called and Carionax tore off his make-shift blindfold and ran forward, leaping into the air he held the dagged aloft and stabbed down through the Basilisk's skull, the beast thrashed and Carionax was thrown off, however within seconds, it collapsed dead.
Walking over he withdrew the dagger and the blade returned to its normal length, sheathing it away, he turned to watch as it faded, and a women stood in its place, long blond hair flowed down her pale face, brilliant blue eyes watched him and a white robe seemed to flow like water,
"And so the final test falls to you, congratulations, Mr Greywalker" She told him, and Carionax realised this was the person who had been watching his challenge, "I have been most impressed by your skill, determination and power, and for this I commend you, and in turn gift you the knowledge of the serpent tongue"
"I don't mean to be rude, but who are you?" Carionax asked,
"I?" the spirt asked with amusement, "I Am Har'Sha'Iar, the Queen of spirits, I hear you have already met my brother, Bal'Shi'Kal?"
Carionax watched as she chuckled at him, "I Am not surprised that you are shocked at me being queen, however we are at peace for now, so my role is nothing more than waving and smiling, I saw someone was taking the test of Twelve and decided to be the watcher, I must say you are one of the strongest I have witnessed… and I believe you truly to be worthy of soul bonding with the Spirit of magic whom calls himself Yuki"
"Thank you Queen" Carionax bowed and he stood up watching her,
"And now like my brother I gift to you two things, the ability to come here at will. And a warning: The Shadows are growing Mr Greywalker, and the Dark Lord holds no mercy for those he believes unworthy, he has anchors that lock him to your world and believes himself immortal, however his bane is coming, as pure as he is dark, a light in the shadows, a fresh Dawn in the shadows" Har'Sha'Iar told him with a smile.
Carionax stored the speech in his memory and then nodded, "I thank you for these gifts"
"You are welcome little Mortal, now return to your realm, you have much to do" Har'Sha'Iar told him with a bow and with that he felt himself thrown onto solid ground, looking around he found himself in the Slytherin Council room, he and Yuki were alone, and they looked around,
"Where are the others?" Carionax asked,
"They are all on their last tasks" Yuki told him, and Carionax saw Lord Slytherin watching him,
"Lord Slytherin" Carionax inclined his head,
"Ah finally one of your returns, there has been an infernal banging on the portrait since you just after you left" Salazar replied,
Scowling Carionax moved silently to the door, his wand drawn, opening it with a flick he pointed his wand at the person standing before him, recognising him as Fourth Year Dillon he lowered it slightly,
"Carionax, there's an Argument in the Common room" he called and Carionax scowled, walking forward swiftly he called the password and the door opened, he stepped inside and saw Pandamonium, people were everywhere shouting and screaming, some spells flew over his head.
Drawing himself up to his full height he roared, "SILENCE!"
Everything stopped as they turned to face him, "What in the name of Lord Slytheirn is going on? I believed you all above this petty fighting, or are you Naïve little Gryffindors in those Slytherin silks?" Carionax asked, as he walked into the room, his torn robe and blood stained appearance intimidating them, "Well, is no-one going to tell me why you were acting like a bunch of baboons?"
"Some people were questioning why we listen to the council, they believed we should only listen to the head of house, and that the council should be removed, others were fighting to defeat our council" Cilo Stone told him,
"And who began the argument about the council?" Carionax asked and a seventh year stepped forward, their wand in hand,
"I did, the council is a sham, and we do not need you to command us" the Seventh year smirked,
"Oh?" Carionax raised an eyebrow, "And what leads you to this conclusion?"
"Well your all weaklings, overseen by none and think yourselves strong" the seventh year replied,
"Oh?" Carionax again raised an eyebrow, this time he smirked, "Then you should have no problem with a duel, I am a representative of the council, and if you can defeat me, I shall stand down… I'm sure the others would agree to the same deal"
The Seventh year smirked, and Carionax drew his wand,
"Zach, are you sure you're doing the right thing, he's a second year" Dillon Hunt asked,
"I'm sure, little bastard is cocky, and I'll show him true magic" Zachary told him, and the room seemed to clear a space for the two, Carionax got into his duelling stance and smirked,
'One Spell' Carionax told Yuki who nodded,
"Stupify!" Zachary called, And Leaping upwards, Carionax dodged the spell, he flicked his wrist forward,
"Ictus!" Carionax called and the lighting shot from his fingers instead of the outstretched wand, it hit Zach in the chest and sent him flying backwards, crashing into a wall as Carionax landed down nimbly, the door opened and Cullen, Hyacinth and Ruby rushed in, and they locked eyes with Carionax and then to the unconscious Slytherin on the floor, at the appearance of the council most senior members, the crowd disappeared silently.
After quickly briefing them on what had happened, They stood together, as Tompkin, Domenic, Jared, Astrid and Ferox all returned, as Zachary awakened he saw every member of the council had their wands pointed at him, each of their owners sitting down in one of the chairs,
"Good evening!" Hyacinth smiled brightly, "I hear you don't like the council!"
The look on Zachary's face made them all want to laugh, however they remain composed, and imperious
"Of course I don't, I mean look at you, you pretend to be strong, but inside your weak cowards" Zachary called,
"Shall I summon Emerald to deal with him?" Ferox asked, and Carionax nodded, Ferox drew the summoning circle in the air and pushed some Magic forward, from the shadows a pair of brilliant emerald eyes appeared in the shadows, and as Emerald the panther stepped out of the shadows Zachary screamed trying to draw his wand only for it to be wandlessly and silently sent flying out of his hand.
The Panther swiftly transformed into Lord Slytherin, and the council bowed, "So you question my council?"
"I question their loyalty to our Slytherin heritage, and their power, my lord is stronger than even them combined!"
"Your lord?" Carionax asked,
"My Lord… he approached me during the summer, killing my parents…. I saw his power and it was magnificient, I became one of his knights and we are going to uphold the true values of Slytherin house, not the tainted version you preach!" Zachary called,
Carionax's memory instantly flicked back to the warnings that Bal'Shi'Kal and Har'Sha'Iar had given him,
"Voldemort" Carionax voiced and Zachary's eyes went wide,
"You dirty his name with your unworthy tongue, he is the dark lord!" Zachary called,
"So you worship a heretic dark lord who has a passion for killing muggleborns?" Hyacinth asked, "Council, I think it is time to show him our darkside" Hyacinth smirked, and the senior council (Minus Ruby) rose as one and stepped forward, each drawing out their wand, a quick cutting spell and their blood hit the ground, before rising up and forming a seal behind them,
"Time you lost yourself" Carionax called,
"To the shadows" Cullen smirked,
"This is the ultimate punishment we can deal" Hyacinth smirked, as a Daemon stepped out from behind them, "Get"
The Daemon leapt at the figure before them and the council turned away and after five minutes, the Daemon had left, along with Zachary's sanity.
"This is the ultimate Punishment we can give, to those who follow the Dark Lord, and this is the dark side of the Slytherin council, if you thought us nice, if you thought us friendly or weak… know this, we can and will keep order within this house… no matter the cost…." Hyacinth whispered to Zachary, as she stood up and the light flicked off, leaving half of the council's faces in darkness…..
And done
And so the scary side of the council surfaces…. Showing even they have their darkside…..
