"Are you planning on talking to her tonight, Harry?"
"Maybe, no, I don't no. No."
"Make up your mind."
"I can't."
"Well..."
"Hermione, Why reason with a girl I'm suppose to kill? What the hell do u want me to say? 'Serpentine, don't bring back your father, it wont change anything, I'm going to have to kill u and him anyway. Good night!"
"No, not like that. But just talk to her. Let her know what's happening. Tell her about the prophecy and explain to her."
"Explain to her, what? That I'm going to have to kill her father. And to do that. I'm going to have to kill her"
"With or without your explanation, she's going to learn the truth sooner or later and Voldemort will come back. I'm not saying you have to tell her. But just let her know. At least you can put her mind to peace."
"Or revenge…."
A/N: I used Wikipedia for this next part, so I'm not plagiarizing.
"Inferi cannot be hurt by most forms of magic, but can be destroyed by fire. When defeated, the Dark Wizard's curse is lifted. An Inferi can, although, be used more than once. Think of it as a puppet. Inferi were used in the days of Lord Voldemort." Many eyes flickered over to me, as well as Professor Slughorn's. "There are several difference between Inferi and ghosts, which are also, dead bodies. Well, ghosts are actually spiritually conscious with no physical features, unlike Inferi which are physical, but are only conscious due to the Wizard's spell. When a Wizard conduct's a spell on a Inferius, the body does not act until the right time when it should obey it's master. Until then, it remains still and idle, giving the bystander or victim the idea that it is no harm to them. Now, I want you all to turn to page 183 in your text books and read the rest of the chapter. Shouldn't be much, just a few pages." I sighed and rested my head on my hand and began to read.
"Hey…" Marius hissed. He passed me a folded up piece of paper. I glanced up at Slughorn to see if he was watching and then proceeded to open the letter. I hid it under my desk and read:
I want to talk to you about something. We can talk after class. Don't let Maleah know, she'll bug us to death and it's none of her business.
I looked up at him and nodded and shoved the paper in my pocket. After class, I waited until Marius was finished putting his things away. Maleah was heading towards the door when she turned around, noticing that we weren't with her. "Just go ahead without us. He's slow anyway, I'll put his things away for him. I bent down and pretend to put his book in his bag. Maleah shrugged and left the classroom. I straitened up and he swung his bag over his shoulder.
"Alright, what did you want to talk about?" "Um, well I just wanted to let you know that the reason I sent you that charm was because I re"
"Riddle!" I flinched at the voice and froze. A second later, Slughorn put his arm around my neck.
"Can I have a word? Great!" He pulled me away from Marius before I could say anything and he led me up to his office. "Sit, sit, girl…" He gestured to the chair next to me and I hesitated before lowering myself on the seat. He sat on the corner of his desk and beamed at me. In my opinion, he looked like a capuchin monkey…a very fat monkey, short and jolly. Disgusting…
"It's about time I got to talking with you. How are you"
"Er...I'm fine." He nodded.
"That's great. I was looking at your grades the other day and I noticed that your very talented in this subject. Very much like your father and mother, and look how they turned out." He chuckled and something in side me heated up. My eyes narrowed and a glare complete with a sneer came across my face. He saw this and shook his head. "Of course I didn't mean that in a bad way. I just meant that they turned out to become very powerful witch and wizard." He smiled. I calmed down a bit and started to look around, examining the room. Portraits of wizards and landscapes hung on the wall. One of the wizards caught my eye and gasped, then slid out of it's frame. "I knew your father very well. Great boy…got into trouble a few times and had to spend detention with several of the teachers. I knew your mother also. Of course, all of the other Death Eaters. The whole lot of them thought it was pretty hilarious when they wound up in detention together, about 6 or 7 of them. Although, your father was very quiet. Independent and most of his friends followed him around, carrying his books and sharing gossip. Always on top, that kid. It was as if he was always in the teacher's lounge, he knew everything what was going on with everyone." He chuckled. I looked away from him and stared at my knees. He continued.
"Such a shame what happened to him." I glared at my feet and slowly lifted my head, feeling hatred rise inside my chest. He frowned. "As for your mother, I'm sure people have told you this, but you look so much like her. But you have the Dark Lord's eyes. Those piercing…blue…" He stopped and gapped at me. It was though he was in a trance. I looked away and he shook his head and slid off the desk and walked around it and sat in his chair.
"Anyway like I said, such a shame what happened to them.…I shouldn't be wasting your time like this. If you want all of the details, you should go see Professor Potter." I stood up.
"Yeah…I think I will." I swung my bag over my shoulder and left the office.
I need to find out the details…the details of how he disappeared and how he came back. Maybe the old way will bring him back again…or maybe the old way isn't going to be enough. "Wisteria." The portrait of Salazar Slytherin opened and I walked into the Slytherin common room. I was held by warmth from the fire and cast into a darkened room. Maleah was doing her homework and Marius looked up when I came in and rose out of the big armchair and approached me. "Come on." I followed him up into the empty boys dormitory. I sat down next to him on his bed. "What did Slughorn want?"
"Not much, he basically just stated his death wish and let me go. I swear, one more comment about my father and I'll cut off his fucking head." I sighed and he laughed.
"Your evil."
"It's genetic." He laughed and nodded. "So…finish your sentence."
"Alright, well the reason I sent you the charm was, well…there's 2 reasons: one is that I thought you would like it…and two because I really like you." I could hear Aunt Cissy in my head saying, "I told you!"
I smiled. Almost laughed. "What?" He frowned. I shook my head.
"No...it's just that I really like you too. I didn't think you did and when I got this, my Aunt thought you liked me, but I didn't believe her." I said, fingering the silver serpent.
"Oh…well you should have."
"Well, I was considering it." He laughed and smiled at me. My fingertip passed over the serpent's sapphire jeweled eye and my heart jumped. I let go of the charm and let my hand fall to my lap as we sat in silence. I could tell he was watching me. He moved closer to me. His hand touched mine and I gasped. My heart leaped and I looked at him. He moved closer and I couldn't help myself and took control. I leaned foreword and kissed him. I could feel myself losing my breath as our tongues entwined with each others. I pulled away and he stared at me.
"Wow…" His mouth hung open as he gazed into my eyes. He had the same look in his eyes that Slughorn had back in his office. It was then I remembered what Severus had said about my mother and how she could have any man. It was then I realized that she had passed on some of her special qualities onto me.
Although, I didn't know how to control this new power, I found out quickly that it has different effects on different men. Marius moved foreword for more and I pushed him away. He tried again and this time I let him. I'll only let him go until it gets out of hand. The problem was: I was vulnerable. He soon had me pinned down and he was nipping at my neck when I realized that the power was uncontrollable. I tried closing my eyes so he couldn't look into them but the effect of just glancing into the made him too horny. I got annoyed when he felt up my skirt. I wasn't going to let him become a raper. Especially at 11.
I felt the most regret and pity when I had to take action. I held onto his shoulders and thrust my leg up and kneed him in the balls. He shouted painfully into my neck and groaned, gripping onto me. Maybe I kicked him a bit too hard… He picked his head up and gritted his teeth. "I'm sorry…I had to." "I know…I'm sorry, I shouldn't have gotten too carried away." He climbed off me and I sat up.
We caught our breath and promised each other that we'd stay together, but as long as he didn't go crazy again. I would have to find a solution to my power problem soon.
