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Chapter 7: Not Slytherin Enough

"There you go, Adriana," Emmy said as we got off the train. "Come on! Let's grab a compartment before the filthy Mudbloods get them."

I bit my tongue just to keep me from lashing out at my new friend.

"Hey, Adriana!" Sapph shouted in my ear. "Come on! You don't need to go with the first years," she added, dragging me towards a few horseless carriages.

"I'm really not sure…"I stammered.

"Oh, come on!" Emmy said. "All transfer students are briefed before they enter the Great Hall anyway. You said you were in Rykiel?"

"Yes," I answered.

"Then you'll be sitting with us," Sapph said. "We'll save you a spot."

Diana just gave me a weird look before heading off without us.

"Don't worry about her," Emmy said. "She's always like this."

I could only nod. Diana scared me, to be completely honest. There was some major hostility in her tiny frame. And most of that animosity was aimed at me.

Sapph and Emmy took me to one of the carriages, without Diana. She had found another Slytherin to be with.

The both of them were silent yet again as we made our way to the school.

They left me with a male teacher and a few students that huddled together. They were clearly afraid of this man. The black, greasy hair, the cold black eyes, and his composure just made me wonder. There was something familiar, but I couldn't place my finger on it. Draco had mentioned him a few times. I think his name was Snake or something like that.

"Good evening," he said in his most dangerous voice. "I am Professor Snape. Now, if you aren't as thick as most of your classmates, you will follow me."

He turned quickly and, with his black robes flaring out behind him, walked swiftly toward the Great Hall.

"Now," he said in a soft, deadly whisper. "You will join you classmates." He pulled out a piece of parchment. "You will not be Sorted like our other students," he continued. "But you will be placed in your old school's House equivalent."

I glared at him, but he did not see. He was busy un-rolling the parchment, muttering about how much he hated doing this.

I tried not to laugh as he did this, but I couldn't help it when one small snicker escaped my mouth.

Professor Snape stopped immediately. "And what is your name?" he asked.

"Adriana Jones," I answered, lifting my head high. I was not afraid of him like some of the others.

"Ah, yes," he said softly. "The sixth year Rykiel. A Slytherin by Hogwarts' standards."

I glared at him. "Well now that we know my House, may I please go and join them?"

His mouth curled up into a horrible smile. "I don't think so, Miss Jones," he sneered.

I felt my power go crazy as he smiled. Within seconds of the power surge, I heard the sound of thunder.

"Okay, calm down, Adriana," I told myself, but it wasn't working. I couldn't calm down in front of this person.

As soon as he turned around, the thunder ceased. It was odd. That had never happened before.

He then "Sorted" the others. Two Hufflepuff third years, twin boys, and a fourth year Ravenclaw girl were added to the Hogwarts ranks. It was insulting to be the oldest in the group, but not as bad as when HE said I should "act more like a Slytherin".

I'll show him Slytherin. Just wait until he finds out who my father is. Well, I still have no clue who he is, but when I find out, there's going to be hell to pay.

I glared at his back and followed him to the Great Hall, where the Sorting was just finishing.

I sat beside Sapph, who had saved me a spot. "Oh, I see you've met Snape," she said.

"Yeah," I answered, pulling a stray black hair from my robes. "He's a git."

She laughed. So did Emmy. "Not to his Slytherins, though," Emmy said.

I snorted. "Then you must have the wrong man. He said I wasn't Slytherin enough to be in Slytherin."

Emmy looked up at the teacher's table a few minutes later as we were eating and gasped. "Adriana, he's staring at you."

I laughed. "Oh stop playing, Emmy!"

"She's right," Sapph added. "He's staring right at you."

I turned my head to prove them wrong. But I couldn't. That git was staring right at me. I narrowed my eyes, but he still didn't avert his gaze.

"I wonder what's up with him," Emmy said, making me snap out of my stupor.

I shrugged as I finished my dinner.

"Wait a second, Adriana," Diana finally joined the conversation. "Didn't you tell us on the train that you didn't have a clue as to who your birth parents are?"

I nodded. She smiled evilly. I got the picture. Professor Snape couldn't possibly be my father. My mother told me in that letter that he didn't even know I existed.

But I had a bad feeling that someone knew something. And personally, I can't stand that feeling.

Professor Snape can not be my father.

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