A/N: I don't know real Latin, so I made up my own by rearranging the letters 'n' stuff. The title is supposed to be pronounced T-eh Eter-nahl A-tree-s Demonica Dezi-nay. You'll find out what it's supposed to mean later in the chapter.
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Chapter 8: tes Eternal Atris Demonica DezignayeIvy had no idea how far she had run, or where she was. All she knew was that she was lost. Ivy was so upset and blinded by rage that she had not paid attention to where she was running. She just ran wherever there were less people. When Ivy could no longer hear the sounds of the school or it's students, she became aware of how lost she was. Wherever she was, she had never been there before. It was a series of tunnels below the dungeons. Ivy could see nothing. Everything was shrouded in darkness and she stayed pressed against the wall, hoping she could follow it back incase she got lost. Every few feet, Ivy would feel breaks in the stone walls where there would be more tunnel entrances or wooden doors. All were bolted shut, with no way inside.
After what seemed like hours of wandering in the abyss, Ivy finally saw the light…a light. Up ahead, a sliver of orange light went from the floor to the ceiling. Ivy walked up to it and reached her hand out…it was what she'd thought it was…a door. She slowly pushed it open, just enough to peer inside.
The room was empty. To the far left was an immense blazing fireplace. In front of it was tall-backed leather chair garnished with silver snakes; mahogany end tables with blood-red marble tops sat on both sides. The three remaining walls were three large book cases filled with books from top to bottom. Ivy rushed over to the one in front of her. She had never seen so many books before. Ivy looked anxiously over the titles and was disappointed at finding they were all of the dark arts. Every single dusty volume on tat shelf contained black magic.
Of all the books her eyes had scanned over, only one caught her attention. On the very bottom, all the way to the right was the only book that appeared to be brand new. Ivy knelt down and slid the book of the shelf and looked at the title. "tes Eternal Atris et Demonica Dezignaye", she read. "Hmm…That's Latin." Ivy read the title over and over, trying to remember what the words meant. " 'Eternal', of course, means 'Forever'," Ivy thought, "and 'Demonica' is 'Demonic', but…what's all this other stuff? Forever Demonic? Damn! …I should've paid more attention in Foreign Language class." Ivy flipped open the book and stared at its illustrations. Each page had a picture of some terrifying creature, and the further she got in the book, the more horrific.
As Ivy was about to start flipping through the 20th chapter, she heard a loud laugh coming from far down the hall. In a panicked hurry, Ivy snapped the book shut and dashed out into the dark hall. She could hear them. They were a little ways off, but she still had to hurry. Clutching the book close to her, Ivy went left and dashed down the hall, turning into the first tunnel entrance she came to and ducking even deeper into the darkness…and waited.
Eventually, she heard them pass. One, she made out as Draco's dad by his drawling I'm-better-than-everyone voice. She could not tell who the loud one was. When she could no longer hear their footsteps, Ivy stepped out of the tunnel entrance and started running again, hoping to find her way out of the tunnels.
