"Mysral Order"
Chapter 3
'Detention Glee'
Professor Dragon stalked menacingly through the halls, his robes billowing regally behind him. Without turning around, he growled, "Peeves, if you try it on my intended victims, I will make you mortal." Nothing changed about him, or his repressed violence, even as the hated ghost flew away, screaming in terror. He didn't notice the large eyes of the students, or the dark smirk of his colleague.
'Way to go, Darth Vader.' Fox's voice sounded sarcastically in his head.
'Luke, I am your father.'
'Ha, ha. Not what I meant! The kids are scared, I think it's permanent, and your massive ego is suffocating me!' A small image of a fox being squashed beneath a large inflated balloon, labeled 'Dragon's Ego', floated through his mind, causing a small smile to creep across the regal wizard's face.
Ginny moved into Harry's arms, encircling his waist with her slender ones. She whispered, "Lockhart."
Harry dropped his gaze to the crown of her head. A small smile formed on his lips, and danced mischievously in his emerald gaze. Tightening his grasp, he murmured for her ears alone, "No one is that bad, we hope."
Draco frowned at the display between the Weaslette and Potty, rolling his eyes and turning his head away, his icy gaze landed on the mysterious new Slytherin girl: Arachnia. He felt his fascination grow as she was placed strategically between the Pirate and the Potter. He had seen her 'Accio' the dagger without benefit of a wand or the verbalization of any incantation. 'She is powerful.' On the heels of that thought came a more disturbing revelation, which caused his eyes to grow slightly: 'Riddle.'
Silver eyes turned to look behind her. 'Draconus. What troubles you so and fills you with sudden fear?' Her thoughts were interrupted by the simultaneous intrusions of a Lindsay and a professor.
'Aww, isn't that sweet? I think I'm gonna barf!' The Lindsay sneered.
'Insult again and I will give you double detention cleaning Fluffy's litter box.'
Arachnia shuddered, while slightly ducking her head; Ry visibly gagged and wisely opted to remove herself from the temptation, so as to hassle Bast, instead.
Amazingly enough, this left Draco in the perfect spot to observe the object of his scrutiny, as the group trooped their way to their intended destination; Draco felt a surge of protective jealousy course through him.
Dragon pulled up short before a portion of the dungeons, no one had ever seen before. He waited, until Fox came to stand beside him. "I am looking forward to having slaves to do all my preparations for a month. We are going to split you into three groups, give you your jobs and then allow you to get started."
"Your groups are as follows, you will not change partners until next week, you will even go to classes with your partner, you shall never be separated, even for sleep. Is this perfectly clear?" Fox stared each student down.
"The first group will consist of Bastian and Ry Lindsay. You both shall scrub every inch of this portion of the dungeons, with out magick." Dragon smiled, as he added the last part, gleefully watching their mouths drop open, daring them to say something in opposition.
"The second group shall consist of Ginny Weasley and Harry Potter. The two of you shall train my Gelphus to walk, roll and fly."
Dragon's mouth dropped open, in shock. "That thing you call a pet hates anyone but Vampyrs, are you insane? They'll be killed!"
'Dragon, calm down, Ginny has a special gift that the Gelphus love. Trust me on this.' Fox stared into his eyes, almost begging the other man for something.
"Alright, I concede. Gelphus for those two it is." He drew a deep breath, before turning towards the Slytherins in their midst. "You two shall have the honor of translating the Book of Emercain. I hope you like extremely dead languages."
Draco blinked at the assignments. Surprise was not evident on the Lindsay and Meehan faces. 'Almost like they were expecting this kind of punishment.'
Fox nodded to Dragon. "I shall take my slaves to their quarters, and show them their assignments. Good night, Dragon."
"Good night, Fox. Best of Luck."
As the five left back the way they came, four turned at the sound of twin screams, "Oh, the Horror!" Ginny gulped, pulling Harry closer, and somewhat behind her. Draco leaned towards Arachnia placing her closer to his non-wand arm.
"Here, we are. In my 'Training room', here you will find everything you need, the Gelphus must be fed, watered, named, cared for. You will treat it like your own baby, think of this as parenting class. The book is in there; if you have trouble, scream!" Professor Fox indicated the breathing door. "Follow me, Slytherins."
Arachnia smiled, ' A Gelphus isn't that hard to train. I wonder how Casanova is doing?' Aloud, she murmured. "Casanova."
"What was that?" Draco inquired.
"Hmm, oh. Sorry, I was wondering about my Gelphus back home." Se looked into his eyes.
"You have a Gelphus?"
"Yes. They aren't that hard to train, once you get the right, 'voice'." She said mysteriously.
"Voice?" Draco's interest was piqued.
"Talk after we get to the Book." Fox cut in. "This is the reason you aren't training my pet."
"Wouldn't be a punishment, would it?" Arachnia murmured, in a respectful tone.
"No, it wouldn't if you already knew the secret to handling them. Too easy, but the Book is hard work, especially for you."
"Are we doing the old text or the modern one?"
"Ancient."
"Oh, good. Since there are only a few glyphs, it shouldn't take forever."
"One can only hope. Here, we are." Stopping before a trapdoor, which emitted a pungent smell.
Draco coughed, "The Astronomy Tower?"
"Yes, you need moonlight to decipher the glyphs. Enjoy, the book is one the table." With that, the new professor left them to their work.
"Come on, Malfoy. This is gonna take a while."
"How do you know?" He caught her by the arms.
"It's a punishment, remember?"
"Right. You didn't seem surprised about the assignments. Why?"
"Couldn't be any worse than listening to Snape sing, can it?"
Draco felt a reluctant smile tug at his mouth, as admiration tugged at his heart for the saucy 11-year-old, in his arms. "Too true, much too true."
Both entered, Draco preceding Arachnia. The smiles that had graced their faces only seconds before fell, upon noticing the book, it wasn't on the table. IT WAS THE TABLE!
Chapter 3
'Detention Glee'
Professor Dragon stalked menacingly through the halls, his robes billowing regally behind him. Without turning around, he growled, "Peeves, if you try it on my intended victims, I will make you mortal." Nothing changed about him, or his repressed violence, even as the hated ghost flew away, screaming in terror. He didn't notice the large eyes of the students, or the dark smirk of his colleague.
'Way to go, Darth Vader.' Fox's voice sounded sarcastically in his head.
'Luke, I am your father.'
'Ha, ha. Not what I meant! The kids are scared, I think it's permanent, and your massive ego is suffocating me!' A small image of a fox being squashed beneath a large inflated balloon, labeled 'Dragon's Ego', floated through his mind, causing a small smile to creep across the regal wizard's face.
Ginny moved into Harry's arms, encircling his waist with her slender ones. She whispered, "Lockhart."
Harry dropped his gaze to the crown of her head. A small smile formed on his lips, and danced mischievously in his emerald gaze. Tightening his grasp, he murmured for her ears alone, "No one is that bad, we hope."
Draco frowned at the display between the Weaslette and Potty, rolling his eyes and turning his head away, his icy gaze landed on the mysterious new Slytherin girl: Arachnia. He felt his fascination grow as she was placed strategically between the Pirate and the Potter. He had seen her 'Accio' the dagger without benefit of a wand or the verbalization of any incantation. 'She is powerful.' On the heels of that thought came a more disturbing revelation, which caused his eyes to grow slightly: 'Riddle.'
Silver eyes turned to look behind her. 'Draconus. What troubles you so and fills you with sudden fear?' Her thoughts were interrupted by the simultaneous intrusions of a Lindsay and a professor.
'Aww, isn't that sweet? I think I'm gonna barf!' The Lindsay sneered.
'Insult again and I will give you double detention cleaning Fluffy's litter box.'
Arachnia shuddered, while slightly ducking her head; Ry visibly gagged and wisely opted to remove herself from the temptation, so as to hassle Bast, instead.
Amazingly enough, this left Draco in the perfect spot to observe the object of his scrutiny, as the group trooped their way to their intended destination; Draco felt a surge of protective jealousy course through him.
Dragon pulled up short before a portion of the dungeons, no one had ever seen before. He waited, until Fox came to stand beside him. "I am looking forward to having slaves to do all my preparations for a month. We are going to split you into three groups, give you your jobs and then allow you to get started."
"Your groups are as follows, you will not change partners until next week, you will even go to classes with your partner, you shall never be separated, even for sleep. Is this perfectly clear?" Fox stared each student down.
"The first group will consist of Bastian and Ry Lindsay. You both shall scrub every inch of this portion of the dungeons, with out magick." Dragon smiled, as he added the last part, gleefully watching their mouths drop open, daring them to say something in opposition.
"The second group shall consist of Ginny Weasley and Harry Potter. The two of you shall train my Gelphus to walk, roll and fly."
Dragon's mouth dropped open, in shock. "That thing you call a pet hates anyone but Vampyrs, are you insane? They'll be killed!"
'Dragon, calm down, Ginny has a special gift that the Gelphus love. Trust me on this.' Fox stared into his eyes, almost begging the other man for something.
"Alright, I concede. Gelphus for those two it is." He drew a deep breath, before turning towards the Slytherins in their midst. "You two shall have the honor of translating the Book of Emercain. I hope you like extremely dead languages."
Draco blinked at the assignments. Surprise was not evident on the Lindsay and Meehan faces. 'Almost like they were expecting this kind of punishment.'
Fox nodded to Dragon. "I shall take my slaves to their quarters, and show them their assignments. Good night, Dragon."
"Good night, Fox. Best of Luck."
As the five left back the way they came, four turned at the sound of twin screams, "Oh, the Horror!" Ginny gulped, pulling Harry closer, and somewhat behind her. Draco leaned towards Arachnia placing her closer to his non-wand arm.
"Here, we are. In my 'Training room', here you will find everything you need, the Gelphus must be fed, watered, named, cared for. You will treat it like your own baby, think of this as parenting class. The book is in there; if you have trouble, scream!" Professor Fox indicated the breathing door. "Follow me, Slytherins."
Arachnia smiled, ' A Gelphus isn't that hard to train. I wonder how Casanova is doing?' Aloud, she murmured. "Casanova."
"What was that?" Draco inquired.
"Hmm, oh. Sorry, I was wondering about my Gelphus back home." Se looked into his eyes.
"You have a Gelphus?"
"Yes. They aren't that hard to train, once you get the right, 'voice'." She said mysteriously.
"Voice?" Draco's interest was piqued.
"Talk after we get to the Book." Fox cut in. "This is the reason you aren't training my pet."
"Wouldn't be a punishment, would it?" Arachnia murmured, in a respectful tone.
"No, it wouldn't if you already knew the secret to handling them. Too easy, but the Book is hard work, especially for you."
"Are we doing the old text or the modern one?"
"Ancient."
"Oh, good. Since there are only a few glyphs, it shouldn't take forever."
"One can only hope. Here, we are." Stopping before a trapdoor, which emitted a pungent smell.
Draco coughed, "The Astronomy Tower?"
"Yes, you need moonlight to decipher the glyphs. Enjoy, the book is one the table." With that, the new professor left them to their work.
"Come on, Malfoy. This is gonna take a while."
"How do you know?" He caught her by the arms.
"It's a punishment, remember?"
"Right. You didn't seem surprised about the assignments. Why?"
"Couldn't be any worse than listening to Snape sing, can it?"
Draco felt a reluctant smile tug at his mouth, as admiration tugged at his heart for the saucy 11-year-old, in his arms. "Too true, much too true."
Both entered, Draco preceding Arachnia. The smiles that had graced their faces only seconds before fell, upon noticing the book, it wasn't on the table. IT WAS THE TABLE!