Chapter 11
"Isn't the entrance in the Gryff common room?" Lucian nodded. "Great. Just where I want to go!" They met up with the rest of the group outside the entrance to the common room. Lucian gave the password to the fat lady and they entered.
"What's he doing in here?" Dean looked up from his homework, glaring at Draco. "This is Gryffindor!"
"He's with me Dean. No worries, he won't harm anything. Will you Drake?" Draco growled at the nickname but nodded. "Good boy. We'll leave you to your work then Dean." Lucian waved his hand and a tapestry pulled aside to reveal a hidden door. Dean blinked. "And don't even think about trying to get in here. It's spelled to hex people that try to break in."
"Fine, fine." Dean went back to his work and Lucian pulled out a key. He slipped it into the hole and said an incantation. The door opened and he let the others inside before closing the door firmly behind him.
"So, what are we going to do?" Ron asked, plopping down on the couch. Hermione sat beside him and the twins plopped onto the second sofa.
"I'm going to practice the Dark Arts like my father said I should do. He says hi by the way. Draco, you want to practice with me?"
"Sure!"
"Are you sure you should be doing that? Won't Dumbledore know?" Hermione spoke up.
"Nope. The room is warded to keep the spells signature in. He won't know." Lucian smirked. "Want to join us? You'd do really well with them." Hermione bit her lip.
"I will." Ron spoke up. "We aren't using them on anyone, it wouldn't hurt. Plus we could use them in life or death situations!"
"All right, I'll do it." Hermione finally gave in. She stood next to Ron and they all looked at the twins.
"We'll do it too. It'll be fun." Fred and George stood and Lucian grinned.
"Good! And we have even matches. That'll be good when we want to practice dueling later on. I'll work with Ron and Hermione and the twins will work with Draco. That acceptable?" They all nodded. "Good. You two pay close attention to Draco. No pranking."
"We got it boss." Lucian turned to Ron and Hermione.
"Now, that first charm will be easy. It's called Adflictio Immortalitas. It is similar to cruciatus but not as painful. The incantation is Addimortalus. I have a few cages of rats that I caught earlier that we're going to practice on. Accio rats!" Lucian waved his hand and a box flew into it. "Now, I will demonstrate the curse." He took a rat out and stunned it. "Addimortalus!" The rat's body convulsed in pain.
"Eww.." Ron blanched as the rat was released of the curse and was healed. "Okay, I can do this. Addimortalus!" The rat once again went into spasms, although it obviously wasn't in as much pain.
"Very good! Hermione?" He healed the rats again and Hermione stepped foreword.
"Addimortalus!" The rat squealed and convulsed.
"Yes! Very good." She ended the spell and stepped back. "Both of you got it on your first try!" Ron and Hermione smiled shakily. "Okay, next. Doleo Dolere Dolu. To suffer pain. Once put on the victim, they will not feel the effects until a day or so later. It will last for as long as you want it to, you just have to say the time after. We will not practice it though."
"Throw me a rat Luke!" Lucian threw a rat over to Draco. "Thanks!"
"No problem, and don't call me Luke!"
"Don't call me Drake." Lucian snorted.
"One more to learn for today. Milit Lux, or to lose eyesight. Cast upon the victim, the person will lose his or her eyesight. You can choose for how long you want it gone. Perfect for torture I hear."
They practiced for another hour before heading back up to Gryffindor tower. Lucian allowed them to exit then locked the door behind him. He turned around to find his members crowded around him, and through their head he could see Albus Dumbledore standing with a frown.
"What have you been dong down there..for four and a half hours?" Lucian glowered at him from behind Ron.
"It's really none of your business Professor. Move aside guys, he won't do anything to me." Dumbledore raised an eyebrow as the students parted. "But if you must know, I was talking to members of my club."
"A club? Why didn't you tell me about it? I could help you gain members!" Lucian smirked.
"Not a school club, a PRIVATE club. I pick who I want to join. And right now I have my eyes set on only a few others." Dumbledore's face fell. "We must be going. I'm escorting Draco down to his common room, and then I will be speaking with my father. The rest of you may do as you please."
"See you later then Lucian." Fred and George retreated to their dorms, followed by Hermione to hers.
"Let's go then Draco. Ron, you want to come with us?" Ron nodded, eyeing Dumbledore. "Then let's go." They brushed past the old headmaster and stalked down to the dungeons. They dropped Draco off at his common room and continued on the Severus's chambers.
"We learning more tomorrow night, right?" Lucian nodded. "I never though those could be so easy! And fun."
"Yeah, we missed out on a lot didn't we? Waddiwasi." Ron and Lucian entered Severus's chambers and Ron stopped dead in his tracks when Lucius came into view. "Oh, hello father. I didn't know you would be here."
"Isn't the entrance in the Gryff common room?" Lucian nodded. "Great. Just where I want to go!" They met up with the rest of the group outside the entrance to the common room. Lucian gave the password to the fat lady and they entered.
"What's he doing in here?" Dean looked up from his homework, glaring at Draco. "This is Gryffindor!"
"He's with me Dean. No worries, he won't harm anything. Will you Drake?" Draco growled at the nickname but nodded. "Good boy. We'll leave you to your work then Dean." Lucian waved his hand and a tapestry pulled aside to reveal a hidden door. Dean blinked. "And don't even think about trying to get in here. It's spelled to hex people that try to break in."
"Fine, fine." Dean went back to his work and Lucian pulled out a key. He slipped it into the hole and said an incantation. The door opened and he let the others inside before closing the door firmly behind him.
"So, what are we going to do?" Ron asked, plopping down on the couch. Hermione sat beside him and the twins plopped onto the second sofa.
"I'm going to practice the Dark Arts like my father said I should do. He says hi by the way. Draco, you want to practice with me?"
"Sure!"
"Are you sure you should be doing that? Won't Dumbledore know?" Hermione spoke up.
"Nope. The room is warded to keep the spells signature in. He won't know." Lucian smirked. "Want to join us? You'd do really well with them." Hermione bit her lip.
"I will." Ron spoke up. "We aren't using them on anyone, it wouldn't hurt. Plus we could use them in life or death situations!"
"All right, I'll do it." Hermione finally gave in. She stood next to Ron and they all looked at the twins.
"We'll do it too. It'll be fun." Fred and George stood and Lucian grinned.
"Good! And we have even matches. That'll be good when we want to practice dueling later on. I'll work with Ron and Hermione and the twins will work with Draco. That acceptable?" They all nodded. "Good. You two pay close attention to Draco. No pranking."
"We got it boss." Lucian turned to Ron and Hermione.
"Now, that first charm will be easy. It's called Adflictio Immortalitas. It is similar to cruciatus but not as painful. The incantation is Addimortalus. I have a few cages of rats that I caught earlier that we're going to practice on. Accio rats!" Lucian waved his hand and a box flew into it. "Now, I will demonstrate the curse." He took a rat out and stunned it. "Addimortalus!" The rat's body convulsed in pain.
"Eww.." Ron blanched as the rat was released of the curse and was healed. "Okay, I can do this. Addimortalus!" The rat once again went into spasms, although it obviously wasn't in as much pain.
"Very good! Hermione?" He healed the rats again and Hermione stepped foreword.
"Addimortalus!" The rat squealed and convulsed.
"Yes! Very good." She ended the spell and stepped back. "Both of you got it on your first try!" Ron and Hermione smiled shakily. "Okay, next. Doleo Dolere Dolu. To suffer pain. Once put on the victim, they will not feel the effects until a day or so later. It will last for as long as you want it to, you just have to say the time after. We will not practice it though."
"Throw me a rat Luke!" Lucian threw a rat over to Draco. "Thanks!"
"No problem, and don't call me Luke!"
"Don't call me Drake." Lucian snorted.
"One more to learn for today. Milit Lux, or to lose eyesight. Cast upon the victim, the person will lose his or her eyesight. You can choose for how long you want it gone. Perfect for torture I hear."
They practiced for another hour before heading back up to Gryffindor tower. Lucian allowed them to exit then locked the door behind him. He turned around to find his members crowded around him, and through their head he could see Albus Dumbledore standing with a frown.
"What have you been dong down there..for four and a half hours?" Lucian glowered at him from behind Ron.
"It's really none of your business Professor. Move aside guys, he won't do anything to me." Dumbledore raised an eyebrow as the students parted. "But if you must know, I was talking to members of my club."
"A club? Why didn't you tell me about it? I could help you gain members!" Lucian smirked.
"Not a school club, a PRIVATE club. I pick who I want to join. And right now I have my eyes set on only a few others." Dumbledore's face fell. "We must be going. I'm escorting Draco down to his common room, and then I will be speaking with my father. The rest of you may do as you please."
"See you later then Lucian." Fred and George retreated to their dorms, followed by Hermione to hers.
"Let's go then Draco. Ron, you want to come with us?" Ron nodded, eyeing Dumbledore. "Then let's go." They brushed past the old headmaster and stalked down to the dungeons. They dropped Draco off at his common room and continued on the Severus's chambers.
"We learning more tomorrow night, right?" Lucian nodded. "I never though those could be so easy! And fun."
"Yeah, we missed out on a lot didn't we? Waddiwasi." Ron and Lucian entered Severus's chambers and Ron stopped dead in his tracks when Lucius came into view. "Oh, hello father. I didn't know you would be here."