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Chapter 7: Plot, What Plot?

I was sulking, and I knew it. I had been sulking in blissful peace for the last week now. Tom was getting annoyed, I could tell every time he came to talk to me, which lately had not been often. I knew why too, he was preparing for the battle. A battle that I truly wished I could stop.

The last week I had spent speculating everything. I served Tom because he had been a friend when I was younger and lonely. However when I had meet Potter, for he was still Potter in my mind, something else had awoken. For a female I had very little maternal instincts, but what little I had was irritated with Tom. Potter was still a little kid. He had been every since this battle had started. Yes, I knew about the prophecy, but it didn't specify when they had to kill each other. Tom had around seventy years to train, Potter had seventeen. It was an unfair battle from every stand point. So I knew what I had to do. I had to make the battle fair. And in doing so I would betray everything that I had believed in. So much for absolute loyalty.

"Nagini, Nagini, Severus is here to talk to you." I ignored my young keeper. I had no time for either of them. As much as I knew what I had to do, actually going out and doing it was a little more difficult. Severus kneeled outside the cave patiently waiting for any sort of response.

"Nagini, don't be rude." The irritated tone of my keeper disturbed me. I wanted to bite her, if only to get her to shut up, but I knew it would accomplish nothing. Sasha, my keeper, was spelled to not only be able to understand my hisses but to have the antidote to my bite poured into her blood as soon as I bite her. It bound her to me just as the Dark Mark bound Tom's Death Eater's to himself. Then I saw her pale arm reach into to grab me. I hissed at her, but she dragged me out anyway. It still bugged me that a ten year old could drag me out of my cave when I didn't want to be dragged out. She tapped my head expertly.

"Now don't sulk, you aren't very good at it."

"How would you know?" I asked her irritated. Sasha rolled her eyes, ignoring me. She sat down next to Severus and waited. She fiddled with her hair then opened her mouth.

"Since neither of you are going to say it, I'll say it. What are we going to do about this battle?"

"What are we going to do about it, there's nothing we can do." Severus answered. Cynic.

"Stop being a cynic. There's got to be something we can do, isn't there Nagini?" It took me a few seconds to remember why she asked me.

"He's a half-breed that's obsessed with Muggle music, that's the only thing I can think of." I said. Sasha translated to Severus between giggles.

"He's a half-breed?" Severus asked thoughtfully.

"He likes Muggle music?" Sasha asked disbelief clouding her features. I swear she was a blonde in another life. Only she could completely miss the point.

"Yes, but he'd kill me if I told anyone that. He's very upset with that tidbit of his past."

"Perhaps we could use that against him?" Sasha asked. I lifted my head to stare at her. At that exact moment I realized how weird this was. Except for Severus, we were all fiercely loyal to Tom and here we were plotting his demise. For while at the moment it was just a way to stall the battle we all knew it would lead to his death. I felt a sinking feeling in my gut.

"Which one?" I asked.

"The music," she said sarcastically.

"All Death Eater's are carefully bound to him, Sasha, even if they all revolted at the same time, it would only be a matter of hours before they were back under control." Severus answered smoothly. I swung my head at him.

"That's all we'll need." I said suddenly. At first I didn't know how to explain myself, but slowly the plan formed in my brain. We could use that against him. It would be the riskiest thing ever and would easily fail, but it was just what we needed. We are all so screwed.

I could feel the nervous tentacles flying off of Sasha as she walked to the throne room. Her brown hair was pulled up in such a mass of braids that it was confusing and enchanting at the same time. She wore pure white robes showing her rank as a Snake Charmer. It was all traditional of course, just as the way I was wrapped around her waist, up her back, around her neck, and then looped around her arm. It wasn't very comfortable to me, but it was the easiest way to make sure my weight didn't knock her over. Not like it would, she was trained not to do that.

"Are you ready?" I asked her. She nodded. By far she had the worst job, she would be carrying me when we had to run, and was just as likely to be hurt if not killed in what would probably be the battle in miniature. Sasha lifted her head as she neared the throne room. Two Death Eaters' guarded the doors. She glared at them as I hissed. They were smart enough to open the door.

"Nagini, how pleasant to see you." Tom said smoothly, when we entered. Everyone else turned and stared. This was the time. I caught eyes with Severus standing near the door. Only minutes before he had given me the potion that would allow me to speak English, but no one else knew that.

"I wish I could say the same to you, but ever since you got a body your Muggle blood has been driving me crazy." I said. Mouths dropped everywhere. Sasha snickered.

"Opps, did I say that out loud. I just find it so ironic that as a half-blood you'd be one of the first to die. That is if you can bet Harry Potter. Another interesting fact, why haven't you killed him yet? Or is there something you want to tell us?" Tom's mouth opened to shot a spell at me. He was too late, the uproar of the Death Eaters was deafening. Sasha screamed when a misaimed spell scratched her cheek.

"Get them!" Tom shouted. Severus grabbed Sasha's arm and dragged her out of the room. I looked back, and wished I hadn't. Tom's red eyes glowed with hate. The magnitude of what I had done hit me there, and I felt horrible.

A/N: Well that was a different chapter. Basically, nothing really interesting happens becuase I needed an excuse as to why she goes over to the Light. It's not something you one day wake up and decide to do. So, if it sucks, I blame Caltic Moods...it's a CD.

Freakmonkey- I am so confused!

comettail- Hehe, thanks for your continuous support!

fledge- Owls, that's owls you're thinking of. Yes, it really was. The wierd thing is I'd love Potions...can't be that different from Chem.