Shado of the Covenant
Chapter 17
It's Sorted
The future was always tricky. Ever changing. Ever moving. Really annoyingly fluid, like someone who couldn't decide what ice cream to buy from an ice cream van with a million different flavours, but not as tasty with the-end-result – though, with Shado, and Rose, and Ginny, and those Slytherin girls, maybe a little tastier than ever before.
Luna Lovegood could see the future, so she knew this better than anyone did. However, one thing she saw now. Shado defied her power. She didn't consciously do it, but she was forever changing her mind. She was like a storm that couldn't quite decide whether to destroy half of Miami or half of Hawaii, or maybe it should miss both, just like some twit sneaking up on you with a harmless 'boo'.
Shado lived so content in the here and now that Luna's future shifted with Shado tightly wound in it, for the better, and Luna had never known that Rosette, Shado's sister could be so happy before, it was so sweet, but it was a shame that their parents, so far were out of reach. Lily and James Potter were sitting at the teacher's table, and looked confused and concerned, and not quite with the world. Rose sat a little way from Luna with Ginny and the Gryffindor table, and kept shooting her parents concerned looks. However, Luna could see some futures, she couldn't yet see any truths because of Shado's indecisive mind.
However, Luna had seen Shado coming. She saw her coming at eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, and many other years, but she had never known who she was, or what she was, but Luna knew she was powerful and important. Luna was glad it was finally this one, as she could practice and hone her powers more with such an unpredictable girl within her life, and she knew it would be fun, and especially finding out that she and Rose were sisters, as she loved Rosette dearly and it was wonderful to see she was so happy with her twin.
Shado was found, and brought into the fold, but she was so very different to what the magical people would have expected; if they knew of her existence, and that was all Dumbledore's fault as he tried to control a storm, and in doing so, he just brought its wroth down upon himself, and he hadn't yet come to terms that storms like that were wild and free.
Luna knew that Shado would be no one's hero unless she wanted to be, and so far, there were very few people in this world she would really go to bat for, and luckily, Luna seemed to be on that list as she was taken in, and accepted her place within Shado's new Covenant of the Witches. Shado was the victim who gained the power to stand against her enemies, 'light' or 'dark', and stand as neither of those forces because she was something else entirely, and she didn't play silly games. Luna knew that Dumbledore was already labelling her as dark, and evil and everything. Luna saw what he had done, and that Dumbledore had almost murdered a small first year girl with the squid, in the lake, but she knew what would happen, and she heard the thunder; that would just cement to Shado's power, as a guardian from all those who bore witness.
Thinking it through, Luna figured that in the end, maybe everything would work itself out, and Shado, or even Rose would defeat Dumbledore and free everyone from his grasp. However, the sad part was that most people believed in the old man's nonsensical and unfounded drivel, and believed in his so-called 'Greater Good' with capital G's as if it is a great title all its own.
Luna's future had changed the moment she finally saw the beautiful Shado Umbra for the first time in person. She was chaos in its purest and most deadly form, and Luna loved that. The Empress of the Covenant – Queen of Witches – King of Magic. She made Luna's insides melt with a need she had never felt for another person before let alone another girl. Then – they only had a few hours, but in that compartment hidden away, she got to share in so many naughty and exciting things, and got to add some new favoured flavours.
She saw her shifting future. Paths. Infinite and full of choice. Shado made Luna's head spin without even knowing. She made her weak in the knees. Luna saw her love her. She saw her love her. Luna fell in love with her and her other Sisters in that moment, which wasn't hard with her friends Ginny and Rosette, but with those other girls too, she was unable to suppress those feelings even if she wanted too. She had seen the glimpses of love before, but without the certainty of that love-having Shado in her life, she could never see the full truth and get to fall in love as she had done seeing her, and having Shado in her life, finally.
Luna had watched Shado on the train platform 9 ¾ with Ginevra and Rosette, and she got caught in her own nerves as she had been waiting for them, but chickened out of joining them, so slipped onto the train alone. She could not help but love them when she was led into the possibilities. It helped that she already cared very deeply for Ginevra and Rosette, as they were best friends. Now she realised with her power added to theirs they could be even more unstoppable, and that wasn't mentioning other factors if those futures turned out well.
Probability was an amazing thing. It was what her power really saw. It also gave her the foresight to knock it in the direction that suited her most if she needed too. People didn't understand what a seer truly was. Seers were not unflappable. Nothing was set in stone, not even in prophecy. The future was like a stormy ocean where the water was undiluted time. The closer something was, the more likely it was going to come to fruition. However, even then it was never a certainty, and never would be until it happened, or someone wanted it to happen.
It could take one tiny, insignificant decision for a 'certainty' to become nothing but a 'what could have been'. It proved that the universe was not a simple place. For every possibility, there was a timeline where that happened – or could have happened. Maybe seers didn't predict the future, but saw through time, space, and reality to all of possibilities the past, present, and future held.
However, now, Luna could see it always, in her mind in the future. Shado's lips were on hers like from before on the train, and she lusted for it, more and more, all those pleasant lips, kisses, caresses. Shado's hands were on Luna's body, making her feel pleasures that were only shadows to her sight, and yet those shadows made her squirm just thinking about them – her future – all those amazing experiences waiting for her to take. Her memory was good enough that she could see and feel everything they had already done, even the taste – the sweet bitter taste that lingered delightfully on her tongue.
Her eidetic memory was a curse and a gift. It allowed her to remember all her visions perfectly. That was why Luna tried not to investigate futures that would scar her. She didn't want to see the bad that likely wouldn't even come true because they were only non-possibilities to her if she chose to walk away from them.
Luna was rather glad that that jerk Malfoy and his minions had made the decision to attack her, as it made her mind up for her, so she ran, fast. Their movements were so ingrained in them that they were easy to run from. Luna only had one place to run to. She knew that her empress would save her, and that she was one of the very few who would or could, because Luna knew how cowardly or uncaring so many people could be.
The Empress of the Covenant made defeating that oversized oaf look like child's play. Luna wished she could have seen Shado. The way she had lived. Powerful. Growing up with the need to fight and use her abilities to get what she needed and wanted.
If fools like Dumbledore thought that someone who fought and lived to survive and find her own throne could be domesticated, or vanquished, he had a rude awakening in the future, and Luna looked forward to that very much so. Dumbledore had been the catalyst to who Shado was now. The powerful girl who may have designs on conquest or liberation. Luna couldn't tell yet as it was something-even, Shado didn't know as the future twisted and turned this way and that, and time looked like the uncontrollable mess that Luna always thought it should be.
The Dark or the Light? Shado was neither. She was both. She was who she was. She was a creation of time. Maybe her excess talents with magic were a gift from fate. Maybe Shado was something completely different, something that had no desire to label herself as good or bad, but she just was, and Luna felt that that was good enough for her.
Though, Luna wasn't sure whether she believed in fate any more as everything was so random. Her mind was random. She was full of hope because of this. She knew why Dumbledore wanted Shado at Hogwarts so much. He needed her to keep Rosette 'sweet', like he was being a kind and understanding person, but he wasn't. Dumbledore would try his hardest to get rid of Shado, but he would fail. Dumbledore expected so much from Rose, and he and no one had the right to ask for anything from her, and Luna knew that she would never have to give her life or body, or anything to conquer Voldemort for them, especially now that Rose had Shado to protect her, and all that would likely happen would be Voldemort and Dumbledore pissing off their queen and her forces, and Voldemort and Dumbledore ending up buried in the same deep pit together.
It was fate. Dumbledore believed in predictions, and because of that he likely led to his own downfall. Luna didn't know what seer Dumbledore had been playing fancy with, but none were as skilled or gifted as Luna was. They may see through time, but they all still believed that it was! They didn't see beyond time as Luna did. She saw through it all like some of the greatest seers on the planet had, like Cassandra, and Delphi. Most – no, all but a couple, prophets apart from Luna were weaklings or frauds that were trying to make people believe that they carried the blood of their ancestors when the seer genes did not carry down through blood, but could skip centuries worth of descendants, or just never return to that bloodline. Then it would crop up in new blood like Luna, being a half-blood herself, and she knew there were some muggle-born seers who had some aspect of power even if it was nothing compared to Luna, their children might be the true seers and they were just carriers of something to ensure that they could teach their children something. If the pure-blooded 'seers' (the 'real' ones at least) ever met Shado, they would be devastated to realise that their 'abilities' were truly useless, and they would fear her beyond all else.
Though, thinking on that, Luna knew her powers were useless in the grand scheme of things since the future was ever flowing and changing. However, she had learnt to use that, see around it. She was sometimes too smart for her own good, and she never thought outside of her box because she was sure she never had that box when she was born, as her mother before she died had taught her lots about always thinking beyond what she could see, and that sometimes her first sense was wrong.
The future may be ever changing, but I can still see beyond the lies and truth.
Home is with family. Shado is our family.
I love Shado with all my heart and soul, and I shall love all my Sisters, just as much, as I already love the Sisters I already have.
I love them.
Smiling in content, Luna's smile widened as she saw Rosette looking over at her, and smiled wider as Rose offered up a cheeky wink.
Luna had fallen in love, outside of her sight. Shado was gentle inside and out. She wanted love. She wanted so much. She deserved so much more. She had so much to give. She was kind. Loving. Happy to have her new friends and Luna. Shado had been through too much because of their people – Dumbledore – the weakness of the Potter's. She deserved to get more in return, as compensation, as her right of birth, but at least Rosette gave her all to her long-lost twin sister.
Luna squirmed a little in her seat at the Ravenclaw table. She was in the Great Hall of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, and it was as interesting as always.
Luna's eyes scanned the teachers table as everyone around her talked and waited for the first years to arrive. Albus Dumbledore was sitting at the table in the centre on a 'throne' as if he was worthy of such a position when the throne should belong to her master. The old man was smiling with twinkling mind-raping eyes, but Luna could see passed that, and could block him from her head with the simplest of ease, and make him see what she wanted him to, and in his arrogance, he was completely clueless, like always.
Luna skipped over the other annoying teachers with a sigh, especially those Potter's. Lily Potter was the only real teacher anyway, teaching Arithmancy while James was 'assistant' school coach to Madam Hooch the flying teacher. It was just a bull-crap title for an idiot who had nothing better to provide because other positions he could fill, such as transfiguration or even Defence Against the Dark Arts already had teachers, since Luna took note of the strange teacher who was new with greying brown hair. Dumbledore probably didn't want to tempt fate by letting James Potter teach the cursed job.
However, looking to the Gryffindor table, Luna saw Ginevra sitting next to Rosette. Ginny's beautiful brown eyes flickered from the head table to Luna, smirking. Ginny nodded to Luna's unasked question, and she smiled.
Dumbledore really was nervous. This year he had invited a dangerous girl to school, and he feared her, and with just cause too.
Luna looked back to the teachers. The table was full except for one seat. McGonagall's seat was empty as usual at the start of the sorting ceremony. However, that was probably because she was dealing with the new first years before she would bring them in.
Professor Sinistra had just entered, and was sitting next to Professor Flitwick, Luna's Head of House. He was a good professor, but Sinistra was Luna's favourite teacher. She taught astronomy, and though Luna was sure, the muggles would and could prove lots of her teachings wrong, or maybe not quite accurate, she did try her hardest to keep up to date, as the magical people were backwards in the sciences. Sinistra was fun and rather sexy as teachers went. Luna sometimes got the impression that Professor Sinistra didn't try as hard as she wished she could to update their classes, as she went along with it to keep her job, as pureblood morons wouldn't want to learn what muggles had discovered, so she just maybe changed her classes a little at a time.
In fact, Luna thought that Professor Sinistra was the only teacher anyone could think about 'doing' (except the rune teacher, but she was mean to people, and very blunt, but at least she was fair) and not feel sick after, and then going back for more.
Luna blushed as she caught Ginevra giving her a grin; eyes flicking to the midnight-skinned woman with a slight moisten of her lips with her tongue in a playful joking manner. Luna was embarrassed as she remembered that Ginevra wasn't suppressing her powers any more so she was keeping a connection to her best friends, so could feel what Luna was feeling, and then whispering 'secrets' to Rosette they both giggled silently while giving Luna a nod each with raised eyebrows.
Letting her eyes scan the table more as she looked away from her best friends, Luna successfully held back her blush, and caught Sinistra looking at her. She was smiling as always. She had a pretty smile. Luna couldn't help but look away as Sinistra brushed her long dark and smooth hair out of her sparkling dark eyes before the teacher turned back to Professor Sprout; the plump and kind herbology teacher, and head of Hufflepuff House, as she was sitting the other side of Sinistra, and they continued their conversation.
Luna could see Hagrid sitting on the end talking almost loud enough that she could hear him to the runology teacher, Professor Maya Strife while she looked bored. Professor Strife was new to the school. She had taken over for runology the year before when the previous teacher was offered another job at the Auror Academy or something.
Professor Strife would be the best-looking teacher at school, or at least draw with Sinistra if she didn't always have that cold expression. She was pale and had her light brown hair long and plaited to her right side and hung down over her firm tits. She was wearing deep blue robes that somehow made her deep blue eyes on that stunning face pop even more. The woman, like Sinistra were both members of the Covenant, so she obeyed Shado, and the fact was, Strife was an extremely reliable and dependable woman who it seemed from Luna's sight was extremely loyal. Luna couldn't get anything concrete, but it was a surprise to see some hints that she was in fact a former Slytherin with such qualities, but then, Slytherins traits weren't exactly bad to have.
However, Strife was kind of strict during her classes, but if they got on with their assignments, she didn't reprimand them for chatting. Professor Strife did one thing right though, as Slytherin teachers went, she was extremely fair on all the houses. If she believed a student deserved reward, she would reward them with house points, and if she believed they deserved punishing they would be punished with losing house points or detention, no matter their school house, Professor Strife didn't show favourites. However, when it came to detentions, she tended to give the boys some laborious tasks around the castle, while the girls got 'maid' duty, as she called it, but it was mainly just cleaning up her classroom, office, and other areas where needed, as she believed that boys and girls punishments should be suitably stereotypical, as she obviously knew how in the modern day even witches and wizards didn't like being stereotyped by boy things and girl things, and Luna figured it was an interesting idea to do things, and was thankfully rather 'good' during all her classes, so she didn't get to experience detention first hand, as she was pretty sure cleaning up after other people's messes, whether somewhere around the castle or in classroom was boring and tedious, and almost the same thing.
Then there was the new Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher. He was a werewolf. He was also an old friend of James Potter's, and kept eyeing his old friend in concern while James Potter ignored him. They were friends with Sirius Black at school, and the reason quite a few dementors – soul and happiness drinking ghouls were circling the school grounds. However, Luna was almost certain they sensed Shado. They hadn't bothered the train, but they were going to – Luna had seen it for a brief second. They got close to the train, and then stopped; they stopped at the exact moment Shado sat on Luna's face, and looked down at her with a smirk after having looked to the dark window of the train. It seemed that Shado had done something, or they had gotten close enough to not want to piss off the monster aboard the train.
Remus Lupin was a surprise. Not to Luna knowing he would be at the school. No. It was a surprise that Dumbledore invited him. However, when Luna finally had her mouth free to tell Shado about it, she only nodded. Remus Lupin likely knew something was off with James Potter, and if Sirius Black (the escaped 'convict' the dementors were looking for) went to him, Lupin might listen, and believe long enough for Sirius to give him proof that he was set up by Dumbledore, but if Lupin was under thumb, it would make saving James and Lily and proving Sirius's innocence much more difficult.
After a few moments, Luna ignored the new professor, and looked to the greasy teacher. Professor Severus Snape. Evil piece of ignorant and arrogant turd. Luna couldn't stop the smirk as she saw his immediate future wasn't looking too good. He was going to piss off Luna's master, and she was going to hurt him. It was about time someone put that turd in his place.
Luna couldn't wait to see the events unfold before her. It would be amusing. Luna knew that Shado wouldn't let her down with one of these visions. Luna watched Dumbledore looking across the table to Snape, worrying rather quickly that he was going to be the first of Shado's enemies to get a punch to the face as he was still technically a Death Eater whether he changed sides or not, and even with Luna's power she had no idea, probably because Snape didn't know either. He was likely hedging his bets for a future date to stay on the correct side of alive. It seemed as if someone else realised that Snape might not behave and get his arse kicked, and that made things all the funnier, and interesting.
Turning away from them, Luna saw Ginny and Rose looking over and grinning as her eyes flickered to them to show that she saw the amusing sight too. Rose winked, and made a pouty lip gesture with her tongue sticking out. Luna smiled; holding in a snicker as the new first years finally started walking in.
Luna ignored a few girls from her dorm that were glaring at her as they watched Ginny and Rose messing around across tables with her. They were rather jealous that she was really close with Rosette Potter, which was amusing as they didn't have a clue how close they really were, as Sisters, and lovers of the Covenant of Witches. However, they didn't yet know that Shado Umbra: Queen of the Covenant had come to Hogwarts and was Rosette Potter's twin sister, and didn't care for silly cliques anymore than Rosette did.
It was hard to keep her eyes from widening. Luna hadn't expected anything like it. She looked across the table at Cassandra. They were in the same year. She was Luna's main tormentor, always stealing her stuff with her friends to hide all over the place to amuse themselves.
Cassandra was pretty. She had long brown hair tied back, and glaring grey eyes. Luna could admit that she had always liked the way she looked. Luna had seen her naked while in the showers and changing in their dorms, so she knew about the supple, sweet flesh beneath her school robes.
Licking her lips, Luna quickly looked away and gulped.
Luna looked down at herself. She was wearing her school uniform, but hadn't bothered with her robe as it was quite the humid night. She had worn the uniform to the train. She knew that most of the school weren't wearing uniforms under their robes. They had their normal clothes under their robes, but she hadn't the time to find something nice so she grabbed her uniform.
I was running late.
Looking to the first years, Luna could see Shado looking over at her and smirking as she was quite a bit taller than all the first years, even though at sixteen she would be considered somewhat on the slightly below average in height for her age, she still looked extremely out of place towering above the eleven-year-olds. She hadn't even worn a robe over her clothes. She was still wearing a pair of tight beige hipsters, a tight black tee, cream jacket, and black boots, and looked surprisingly good considering she had recently been swimming in the lake, and waging war with a murderous squid everyone thought was docile, and would soon learn was taught to kill at the behest of the headteacher.
However, Shado's emerald eyes scanned the hall in a brief sweep while students and teachers stared at the sixteen-year-old first year in either worry or curiosity as some even thought she was Rosette Potter before finding the real Rosette at the Gryffindor table. Luna knew that Shado's mind was faster than normal because of the magic she used, so she could take in everything at unreal speeds.
Shado's emerald eyes were soon aimed down a moment later, at a short girl with ruffled wild black hair, framing her sweet little face, half-glaring, half amused as the girl looked up with a wide grin as she was glompped onto Shado's left arm, holding her hand tightly. Luna was glad Shado was still making friends.
The little first year was obviously in hero-worship mode with the Empress of the Covenant for rescuing her from the squid and saving her life. Then looking at the other little first years, Luna realised that while a few of them were obviously scared of Shado, most were looking at her in awe and admiration, especially the girls. It must have been a novel experience for the pureblood girls to meet a powerful girl who took crap from no one – not even lake monsters.
The sorting was underway before Luna realised it and McGonagall was calling the first years forward. She watched as they dissolved away to their new homes, and students at tables applauded where necessary when little:
"Lacy, Tabitha!" McGonagall finally called.
It was the small first year, Shado had claimed, or who claimed her, and she was called forward to be sorted. By the name, she was certainly a muggle-born girl, which made what happened next even more interesting.
Shado looked away from the teachers, she had been examining from the corners of her eyes, more so her parents, Snape, Dumbledore, and the werewolf, as she had other matters. She could deal with Dumbledore. He was smart enough to be subtle, but the grease ball. She wanted to pound the ten barrels of shit out of him. Her parents? Shado had no idea what she could do about them yet. Then the wolf was a possible method to getting the Potter parents out of Dumbledore's grip, and if they were under magical influence, Dumbledore was done.
However, shaking that away, Shado smiled at her adorable Shortcake as the small girl was suddenly terrified, and paling, as she likely thought about the squid and what else might be waiting, as she and the other first years were further spooked by ghosts already.
Shado felt sorry for her Shortcake, as she guided her up front; prying her off her arm, and sat Tabitha down on the stool and popped the hat onto her head, ignoring McGonagall, as she looked annoyed that Shado was interfering with her job of doing that, as she had to with a couple other first years so far.
The hall went deathly quiet as the hat called out her house moments later. The hat said that one word, that caused the hall to pause and gasps to spread throughout with widening eyes, and drooping mouths.
"SLYTHERIN!"
Shado could not help but grin proudly at her little Shortcake as she nervously pulled off the hat, looking at Shado for reassurance. Shado gave Tabitha a nod and a smile, gesturing for her to go and sit at her table. Tabitha quickly hurried off, and when Shado gave her a look, Tracey Davis was eager to get Tabitha to sit with her, leaving a space between Tabitha and Daphne, expecting Shado to soon join them as they knew that only she could protect the Shortcake.
The hall whispered a little about the muggle-born Slytherin. It was as if they could not believe a muggle-born could have ambition or cunning. Shado had an amusing plan forming in her head that would give her the upper hand over anyone else at Hogwarts. She found it difficult not to spread an evil grin across her lips.
There was a spark of energy that called everyone's attention onto Shado while she looked nonchalant and like she did nothing, but it called everyone to stop glaring at her Shortcake, even the teachers for daring to act like that, as if a muggle-born had no right to Slytherin house. It was racist. It showed they didn't think muggle-born children could have ambition or be cunning.
Losers!
Soon it was Shado's turn to be sorted.
"Potter, Ivy-!" McGonagall read off a huge scroll of names before she paused. The whole school was quiet, looking at Shado as if she was even more fascinating than just the disrespectful girl who did not wear her school robes. They turned around to look at Gryffindor and saw the other girl, near identical sitting at her table, and half expected an explanation, but they were sorely mistaken, for they would not get one.
Shado rolled her eyes as she stood, pulling on the hat, as she didn't feel like looking stupid sitting on the tiny stool, and looking highly amused.
"Hmm…"
It was a soft mumble in Shado's ear. She could almost not hear it. It was the hat. It made her smile. It must not be able to get into her mind. That was interesting. That was useful to know. It would help her keep her secrets from it since Dumbledore could not enter directly either.
"All of them," Shado mumbled out under her breath, but she got the impression the hat heard her.
Shado waited a moment. "Ambitious thing aren't you," the hat replied. "Power. You have it so far beyond a mere mage. Change the world. Girl of Magic's Might! Save it from itself!"
The hat paused and Shado lifted it off her eyes, as it was a bit on the big side as it did belong to a man, to see the reactions when it suddenly called out.
"Gryffindor!"
The hall seemed to stop holding its collective breath for a moment as the Gryffindors started cheering out in confused appreciation, her sister and Ginny both looking warily surprised, and confused. Shado looked over and winked at Tabitha, as she looked at her, horrified, but her horror only lasted a few moments.
The hat continued.
"Hufflepuff!"
The applause cut off like a knife strike. The look on faces was the most amusing in a long while. Dumbledore looked as if he was not sure what was going on, and Sinistra grinned at Shado while Professor Strife almost let her cool demeanour drop as she stifled a laugh and covered it with an eyeroll.
However, the fun was not over with just two schoolhouses. Shado was much too fun to have just two, and the hat was finally enjoying itself, as it met someone interesting after so many mundane and boring children.
"Ravenclaw!"
The hall somehow managed to get quieter. At least Shado's Sisters were finding the whole thing amusing with a few other people around the hall, rather than gawking like fish.
Then it came the gasps of shock and horror.
"Slytherin!"
Shado pulled the hat off as she heard some whispers.
"I heard she is freaky powerful!"
"A Dark Lady in the making?!"
"Rosette Potter's evil twin!" – Shado would admit she enjoyed that one.
"Well, she did manage to trick the hat into letting her join all four houses!" – someone thought that she needed to 'trick' the hat. The hat didn't need 'tricking', as it would let anyone choose their own house, which was why Tabitha was allowed into Slytherin as she wanted to be as she expected Shado to join her.
"Why would the Girl-Who-Lived's sister be in Slytherin?! Even if she is in the other houses too?! I thought a muggle-born going to Slytherin was wrong! This is stupid! She should just be in Gryffindor! I bet her parents were shot of her because she was vile and evil; it's the only explanation!"
"She's dangerous!"
"I wouldn't want to get on the wrong side of her!"
Luna could almost laugh as she heard gasps of horror coming from the Gryffindor table, especially since they all realised that Ivy Potter was really Rosette Potter's twin sister. That made Luna smile though. It was likely those moronic Gryffindors that were like Ronald Weasley that were the biggest ignorant fools. Black and white. Nothing else. No other colours. No other possibilities. In other words, they were complete plebs. Then there were those who would hear the truth and realise the horror to Gryffindors name.
Wondering what the black and white brigade would think of a girl in Gryffindor and Slytherin should have been amusing, but it hurt Luna's head thinking about it more than anything had.
The rumours started flying as people spoke up, whispering over the quiet as Shado pulled off the hat, grinning as if her job was well done. It was. Luna supposed that Shado's job was more than well done. Defying moronic views and stereotypes in the wizarding world deserved a sainthood to put up with the twits wining about it.
Luna tuned out the idiots, smirking as she looked to Dumbledore. He was pale and it was obvious that he was in shock. It amused Luna, and by the look of Shado, it amused her even more. Luna thought it was a long while since someone was dual sorted. Even then. Luna didn't think anyone had ever been in all the houses. Though, she heard that it had happened at the American school a few times, but that was because the houses offered you a place, so all four could, but you got to choose one, but at Hogwarts things worked differently, so she was placed in all four.
Shado placed the hat down, and walked over to Tabitha where she smiled as she slid her arms around the small girl from behind and whispered something in her right ear before kissing her cheek, and then stood with her green eyes lit with energy she scanned the Slytherin table with small lime coloured sparks dancing over the pendant around her neck before rubbing her fingers over Tracey's shoulders, and the dark skinned cutie nodded with a smirk, taking Tabitha under her wing for a few minutes before Shado then made her way to the Ravenclaw table where she sat next to Luna, taking her hand under the table, giving it a squeeze. Luna held her hand in return, ignoring the other girls opposite as they glared at them while the sorting continued.
"Why would you sit next to her, Potter?!" Cassandra demanded as soon as the feast appeared on the tables, and everyone started talking about what happened during the sorting.
"I shall sit with who I desire too," Shado replied with a cool smile. "You must be Cassy! My Rosette told me all about this hot bitch who has no manners or respect towards MY Luna!" she said, amused as Cassandra's eyes widened and cheeks-stained red. "Now, listen up bitch. Tonight, I have my little Shortcake to protect from all of them racist fucks in Slytherin, and their manners to break in.
"So, I can't stay over and teach you and your little friends how to be good little girls," she said leaning over the table, eyes sparkling with lime green, and down her cheeks, bouncing off the pendant, which caused Cassandra to flinch and eyes to widen. "But tomorrow evening? You'll all belong to me. So be nice to my adorable, Luna and I might be nice in return. Otherwise. I could be a source of very-very good things… or your complete and utter ruin, and that choice of course will be yours! I'm not vindictive enough to hold a grudge, and nor is Luna, and none of you have done anything that… can't be forgiven with some humility on your part…"
Shado then turned to Luna from Cassandra and her friends, leaving them pale and fearful. "Sorry Luna sweetie. I would love to hang with you tonight and put your…" she trailed to a quick pause, eyes flickering to Cassandra, and that caused the beautiful, mean girl to grimace in worry.
"I'm afraid I have to teach some ill-mannered persons their place," Shado continued, ignoring Cassandra, returning full attention to Luna. "I can't let my Shortcake deal with it alone. She's so small. It wouldn't feel right," she said, letting go of Luna's hand and cuddling her for a few moments before pulling back.
"That's okay My Queen!" Luna quickly replied, smiling at her most favourite person with all the love and admiration she could. "I understand. They're foolish. They need to learn their place before they earn your wrath, by hurting someone you care about."
"Hey, look: the grease ball loser!" Shado said gesturing to Snape. Luna could almost burst out laughing as he was ranting with rage at the old headmaster while the headmaster looked small and sick.
However, looking down the teachers, Professor Sinistra was looking over at Luna and Shado with a smirk, winking, amused with the whole thing?
"Well anyway, babes. I have to go!" Shado said, smiling. "This place is really dangerous. I've already had to kill a giant octopus, I found that almost drowned my adorable Shortcake in the lake. It was huge, but don't worry Luna. I fried it. It won't trouble anyone ever again – and the person who set that monster on us… he should feel terror unlike any other for if I find evidence… I will claim right to Mortal Kombat," she said, knowing it wasn't actually called that; but it sounded so much cooler.
Luna now realised what Hagrid was so animated about, which was boring Professor Strife, or she just didn't care about a monster that pissed off the wrong student. The giant squid. Hagrid had probably been all-buddy with that giant lake monster, never knowing Dumbledore could set it on anyone who he wanted rid of at any time.
"Y-you killed the…?" Cassandra interrupted, paler than before as she looked at Shado, gulping more. Luna could see it in her eyes, terror at the mere thought.
Idiot!
Shrugging, Shado stood with a smirk on her pretty lips, and clicking her right fingers red lightning crackled for a moment, making many people jump with the feeling of static in the air before it was gone, and Shado kissed Luna's cheek and walked away, to the Slytherin table. Luna blushed a little as Cassandra and her friends looked at Luna, and they were terrified, but the future had somehow solidified more – well – Cassandra's future with Luna – how strange?
Shado took the space between Tabitha, and Daphne with Tracey the other side of Tabitha, and a smile as she started loading up food on hers, and Shortcakes plates, and some juice for the both of them, as the girls all waited for her before loading up plates themselves.
There were still many idiots glaring at Tabitha, and now Shado, so Shado did the only thing that made sense. She picked up a large platter of chicken drumsticks, and picking out the biggest and ugliest glarer and threw it like a Frisbee. It whacked him in the chest with a yell of pain he was-thrown out of his seat and to the floor, out cold.
"Oops, my bad!" Shado said with a shake of her head. "He seemed to be trying to summon the drumsticks, and I guess I passed them a little too hard…" she finished with an amused shrug.
Tabitha looked more at ease, as other rude jerks quickly looked away, grimacing, as they didn't want Shado passing them anything any time soon.
The hall had gotten quiet as they looked to her in awe and horror. They had heard all the rumours about Shado, Ivy Potter, Rosette Potter's dark twin sister, and still they were surprised when some of them rumours were true.
I am dangerous!
"Too many morons in the world, Shortcake," Shado commented, off-hand. Her Slytherin-girls' cheeks bulged as they tried not to laugh. "Bastards like him should learn some manners, and thank a girl when she so kindly passes the drumsticks!"
It was just a few moments later when Shado sensed him before he got close, but the moment he was in range, she grabbed a spare fork, span and stabbed Severus Snape in his wand hand, causing him to drop his wand. He cried out in pain before she grabbed another platter and buckled it on his head, knocking him out.
Shado shrugged as she grinned at Tabitha, grabbing a new fork. Tabitha looked at Shado in awe as she started eating her dinner. Tabitha copied suit a moment later, and Shado let the tiny teacher, Professor Flitwick take Snape and the Slytherin boy away, surprised he didn't look like he was going to reprimand her.
"Miss. Potter?" Shado turned to see Professor Strife looking down at her from behind. "I understand that you had to defend yourself from Professor Snape, and he shall be punished, and that you obviously didn't mean to hurt anyone while passing them a dish, but you were rather overzealous on both accounts, so twenty house points from all four houses," she said, surprising everyone, as that did not do anything to house tallies. If it was that Snape jerk. He would have likely taken from the other three only, even in front of other teachers, and most of them would have let him.
"You shall also be serving detention with me next Friday after classes," she continued coolly. "You are not to dawdle and get dinner. Do you understand?"
Shado rose an eyebrow as she thought about it. She did not mind, and wondered what Maya Strife had in mind.
"Very well, Professor," Shado agreed with a shrug. "As long as you are not wasting my time."
The woman did not make comment for a moment before a small smirk lit her lips. "I can assure you. I do not like time wasting either, Miss. Potter," she said before her expression went blank again and she returned to the teachers table.
After the feast Dumbledore made what Shado guessed was his normal start of year speech (modified slightly), about the dangers inside the castle (he looked at Shado here and she smirked), and the dangers outside the castle, which were soul sucking monsters any competent headmaster or government would never allow near a school no matter what the circumstances'. It just went to show the level of non-common-sense the magical world had, or at least magical UK – or Magical Ministries UK.
Therefore, after the old bastard bored them to near death with his babble they were dismissed, and Shado followed the nervous Slytherin prefects with her Shortcake in hand, as they called for first years to follow them.
After dinner, Luna would have liked to have talked with Ginny and Rose, as she saw them in the Gryffindor crowd, smirking at her as they were bustled along by girls interested in Ivy Potter (Shado).
Luna sighed as she slowly took the route back to her common room. They were told to give the first years a few minutes head start. So, Luna ended up by herself as she headed up to her tower, in no real hurry when she was surprised to see Professors Dumbledore, McGonagall, Flitwick, and Sinistra blocking her progress towards her tower.
The latter was thankfully smiling at her, and on her side from the start.
"P-Professors?" Luna asked, curious, as she hadn't been looking for any surprises as she had so much on her mind.
"Miss. Lovegood," Dumbledore greeted with a smile. "We were wondering whether we could have a quick word," he suggested, gesturing behind him where a beet red Cassandra stood trying to hide as Luna realised, she had 'grassed' and didn't like that she had been dragged along as she was embarrassed and ashamed by her actions – after all, nobody liked a tattletale.
"Why, of course, Professor Dumbledore!" Luna readily agreed as she put on her best innocent smile while hiding her truest thoughts, and her absolute hatred of this man.
"Miss. Hayden says that your 'friend' Ivy Potter threatened her," he said, smiling with twinkle mind rape eyes, as he tried his hardest to hide his hate towards Shado.
Luna shook her head. "Shado Umbra," she corrected on behalf of her Lady, but he wouldn't care anyway, "and no… not really. Shado is my very good friend. She was just looking out for me. Cassandra has been picking on me, stealing my stuff and hiding it to make fun of me because I'm smarter than her. She was jealous. Shado was just sticking up for me."
"I see-," he replied, uncertainly.
"So do I!" Flitwick turned to Cassandra with a frown while she paled further. "I do not like bullying, Miss. Hayden. It is never nice, no matter who you are! I commend Miss. Potter for sticking up for her friend. Friendships must be cherished. Ten points from Ravenclaw! Unless perhaps it has been a misunderstanding?" he said, but she just looked away more ashamed than ever as she realised that she had been a bitch to Luna while Luna didn't ever deserve that, but-.
"Then I guess everything has been sorted out!" Dumbledore said with a brighter smile that looked strained as he got nothing from this fool's errand. "Professor Sinistra wanted to talk to you Miss. Lovegood about some classwork while you have a few minutes, so we'll leave her to walk with you to your dorm," he said turning to Cassandra. "You can hurry on ahead, and I hope you have learnt a valuable lesson in fibbing, understand?"
"Y-yes Professor!" she stuttered out, hurrying ahead while the other three teachers left Luna and Sinistra behind to walk by themselves.
"Now, Luna," Sinistra said, smirking as she looked around to make sure they were alone, and that she hadn't missed any paintings, and took Luna's right hand in her left, and leaned over, dark cheeks blushing, as her heart pounded in her chest. "You have agreed to take a place within the Covenant, under our Masters domain?" she asked in a husky whisper.
Luna nodded and licked her lips, "yes Professor," she said as she started as she looked forward in time just a few minutes, and then smiled shyly. "On the train with our master, I got a-a bit of practice… I-I would-would really love to…"
Sinistra grinned as she pulled Luna into a disused room, and closed and sealed the door before pushing the small blonde up against it, and kissing those soft pink lips with Luna kissing back and eagerly grabbing at her teacher's firm round arse.
Meanwhile, with Shado, on the way to the Slytherin Common room, she smiled a little, as the rest of the house (minus Tabitha, Astoria, Tracey, and Daphne) appeared to flee as fast as they could, which was disappointingly slow. Shado had almost forgotten that Hogwarts did not have P.E., so they were bound to be unfit with the laziness magic would create. Shado would be sure to get some equipment from somewhere so that she could make sure her girls toned up their supple young bodies, so that they could kick butt, and last longer. Shado was sure that magic got stronger, or easier to control the stronger the body, so they should probably work on that.
They were led into the dungeons (Shortcake was now hanging onto Shado's right arm), and up to a blank looking wall before the prefects said the password, and it opened for them to enter a warm green and black common room.
Shado was not really paying attention as the prefects went on about some crap as her attention was-drawn to the three huge boys sneaking up on her.
Moving fast, Shado pried Shortcake off her arm, and pushed her into Daphne before spinning around and catching one boy with a left boot to the nuts. His watering eyes widened as he bent over squealing as a huge crack reverberated throughout the common room. Shado smirked smugly and hopped up with her right foot taking his face with a roundhouse knocking him out with blood spilling to the floor. That did not make her other attackers elude confidence, but rather doubt and concern their previous bravado.
Shado did not stop to admire her handiwork as her left fist crashed into another guy's face, and she had to hold back so much strength. However, Shado could still hear the bone crack as he cried out dropping to his knees holding his face as blood pooled out from between his fingers, and he was bawling, and just crumpled a moment later as Shado had contemplated whether he could take a kick, but he passed out anyway.
Grinning viciously, Shado drifted up as the air around her cackled with her power with line sparks dancing over her body from her Covenant pendant, and to her eyes, off her boots, and grounding to the floor. The rest of the common room could only marvel in fascination or terror at the goddess before them.
Shado was more dangerous than any of the rumours eluded too, as they all felt the weight of gravity pushing on them, and many of them made notes to either stay clear of her, stay on her good side, or find some way to side with her even if that was against their parents and the Dark Lord. After all, they had strong self-preservation instincts drilled into them by their families and they did not want Shado killing them. The last boy who had been about to attack before stumbled back, and dropped to his knees in surrender and submission before he got fried with lightning or something.
Other Slytherins would keep out of her way and bide their time before choosing sides if the Dark Lord would ever return to see what they could get. Then there were those who were so stupid, or with such giant egos that they would piss the goddess off again very soon no doubt. Or some would try their luck, just to see, just in case, but they would likely see sense whereas others wouldn't and make a choice based on that observation, if they survived the encounter, but Shado didn't seem like she was going to needlessly kill, just like that, yet at least as she had to deal with Dumbledore.
Shado was levitating above them all, as the ceiling was rather high and vaulted, as she sensed more boys coming to attack from behind with wands drawn this time. She did one backflip to increase her height as she glowed, flipping round her boots touched the ceiling with masses of building lime green electricity pulling at the ceiling where her boots touched and the oppression was gone to be replaced by a lack of gravity, as all the students started lifting from the ground in shock with furniture drifting up too. The three boys who had been trying to sneak were raised to Shado, and with a sweep of her left leg, they were all hit with an invisible force, and with cracking bones they were sent flying over everyone's heads as everyone were released from the magic and the three boys rolled down the wall they hit, unconscious, as other drifted back into place.
"You may not know me," Shado said as she crouched on the ceiling looking down at them while some picked themselves up looking up at her in terror. "But I am Shado Umbra… I am the Queen of the Covenant of Witches," she said causing whimpers and gasps. "My sister, and Sisters are off limits, or you shall feel my wrath!" she said as she placed her right hand to her pendant and stood pulling her hand back, she held a long grey and lime coloured bow staff, sparking with power.
"Side with me or stay out of my way!" Shado said coolly. "I don't care, but if you attack me or my Sisters. I will ruin you! That is. I will ruin you, and your whole family, if you survive my retaliation!"
Shado dropped from the ceiling and drifted down, twirling in the air her staff was hidden away again, and her feet soon touched the ground with all the students bowing their heads in submittance, for now at least.
However, Shado turned from them, and ignored them. "Come along first year, girls," Shado said as she retook Tabitha's hand, and led her with four other girls through the door that led to the girls' dorms, and found the first-year door. The girls looked confused and unsure, but Tabitha was happily hugging Shado. The dorm had six huge four-post beds with green sheets, and five of them had trunks at the end, but Shado was carrying her own, and took the sixth bed for herself.
Looking over the girls, Shado gave them a once over, and smiled as Tabitha was re-introducing herself to the small Asian girl she had met on the boats. Her name was Garnet, and she was only too happy to chat with Tabitha to take her mind off things.
Next, Shado looked over a young girl with pitch black skin and a short afro that looked like it was artificially puffed up, and when the small girl saw Shado eyeing her she strode forward shakily and bowed in half in politeness like her parents told her she should to show respect to her 'Lord', as her parents put it when she found that type of person, and thought it would have been 'the' Dark Lord or something, but here was an alternative.
"M-My Lord Shado Umbra!" she said shakily with Caribbean accent, though if anything, Shado might have thought she came from a Southern African country, so she was pleasantly surprised as she loved meeting people from all over the world. "My name is Aymee Voeman, it will be an-an honour to serve you, My Lord?!" she asked as she let her dark eyes peak up at Shado in worry and hope that she was doing things right.
Shado laughed and using the fingers on her right hand, poked Aymee's chin to look up as Shado smiled at her. "Wow, with you and Tabitha being so adorable, I think the adorable-metre is going to malfunction," she said as she kissed the girl on the forehead and she looked so relieved. "Well, I've already met Garnet," Shado said ruffling the Japanese girl's dark hair and kissing her cheek while she and Tabitha giggled. "But what about you two?" she asked as she pulled Aymee into her arms where she melted into the feel and lull of Shado's power, and felt she made the correct choice, especially after seeing what happened in the common room, and the amazing squid murder.
The last two girls were sisters. That was obvious. They were twins. They were small too, but then all the first years were small except for Shado. However, these twins were unique. They were paler than snow. They had white blonde hair, loose and perfect to the smalls of their backs, and they had silvery coloured eyes with some light pink tinting that leaked into the whites.
"Albinos?" Shado asked in delight while they stepped up and looked embarrassed as their cheeks showed the colour quite alarmingly, and they were holding hands, which was nice that they got to be so close and grow up together, unlike Shado and Rose. "I've never actually seen it up close… so do you cutie-pies have names I can use?"
"Yes, My Lord," one of the girls quickly replied, as she looked more outgoing than the other girl, and Shado got another delightful surprise. The girl had a Swedish accent. Both girls bowed like they saw the black girl do before, but they straightened up on their own. "I'm Alice, and this is my… younger sister, Clara… please, look after us My Lord!" she readily agreed while her sister nodded quickly in agreement.
"Of course, I shall look after each of you," Shado agreed kindly letting Aymee go and stealing a cuddle from the twins and kissing each of their cheeks to their delight before letting them go and standing with a stretch. "Okay, so first things first, its late," she said looking at her phone screen as it was just in her hand for a moment before it wasn't, confusing them, "and though it is a weekend tomorrow, girls, you don't want to miss out on a whole day to check out and explore the castle, do you?" she asked and they all shook their heads. "Okay then, find your trunks, get ready for bed, and slip underneath the comfy looking covers and get some long-awarded rest from the long and exciting day we've all had."
The girls quickly nodded and hurried to their beds, digging out night clothes while Shado happily pulled her trunk out of nowhere, and slid it against the end of her bed by the window with Tabitha the bed next to hers, and Garnet next to hers, with the other three, opposite.
Shado wasn't thinking much as she stripped out of all her clothes and stretched her muscles as the younger girls had stopped to stare at her as she was climbing into her bed as only Alice was still topless, barely, as she just about pulled on her jammy-top.
"What?" Shado asked, confused.
"Don't you wear jammies?" Tabitha asked while snickering.
Shado frowned and looked down at her nicely shaped tits, as she was completely nude and unconcerned, and shook her head. "Not really," she shrugged, "and it's only us girls," she said with a laugh, and the other girls all blushed and giggled childishly as they climbed into their beds, following Shado's example, and snuggling under their covers.
"Good night girls," Shado said as she clicked the fingers of her right hand, and the lamps blew out.
"Good night, My Lord," the five girls called out while giggling, and all too soon, all six of them had drifted off into the land of dreams.
to be continued…