Title: Parseltongue
Author: HatefulSoul
Rating: M (just in case)
Summary: Harry goes numb after Sirius' death and just looks for a way to feel. Funny how something he inadvertently inherited from Voldemort is the only thing that can bring Harry back. (I suck at summaries, please read)
A/N: I'm sooooooo sorry this chapter took so long to put up I really didn't even know how to start it to be honest with you…been working on this damn chapter for like two months…but here it is finally yea n thanks for not killing me yet…so Read/Review…Reviewer responses are at the end! Enjoy!
Parseltongue
Chapter 4: An Abundance Of Space
By the next morning I'd shrunk all my things into my bag and transfigured a few rocks in my dorm to make it look like I still lived there. I'm still not ready to tell Ron and Hermione about my having to move out; a part of me still doesn't feel right that we're on speaking terms again…I wish I knew why, maybe it's because of Anna. She's just- oh shit! Its 9:55!
"Sorry, I'm late Professor, I lost track of time…"
"It's quite alright, Harry. Now if you would please, boys, follow me to your new dormitories."
He didn't protest. That's a first in Malfoy history…
He lead us into the room off the corner of the Great Hall, I was in this room once before in fourth year waiting for that damned Tournament thing….the fireplace opened up and took us through a long winding hall, nearly twenty minutes later we arrived at a dead end.
"If you would both please place a hand on the wall in front of you…"
So we did and a doorway opened with a small staircase leading us down into a hexagon shaped room. There was a window straight ahead of us with a charmed view of the outside, so I knew instantly we were in the dungeons.
The walls were made out of stone, much like the rest of the castle, although you could tell no one had been in this room until recently. In the center of the room there was a small table surrounded by what are arguably the most comfortable leather chairs I have ever sat on in my life. The tables and chairs were lined with what looked like grey marble and the cushions themselves, also being grey, kinda gave the illusion it was made out of marble itself. On the walls adjacent to the window there were two doors and on the walls opposite us there were two more doors.
Once Dumbledore sat down on the chair opposite me, and indicated that Malfoy take a seat as well, I knew there would be no exploring for now.
"I just want to explain a few things about this room before I leave you both to get further acquainted with your new living situation." He made himself just a tad more comfortable on the chair as Malfoy took the seat next to me.
"The room off to my right, your left, is a private library. Any book that you should possibly need throughout the year will be there; I strongly encourage the both of you to not use the library upstairs." I moved to ask him why but he just kept on. "The room on the opposite side is the bathroom, which is really the newest edition to this room. The rooms behind you are your sleeping quarters, now, I apologize; it really has been centuries since this room was used last and a daresay the previous occupants had their objections to the sleeping arrangements and decided to take matters into their own hands."
I don't like the way he said that, cause there goes that infernal twinkle in his eyes. Malfoy turned around to look at the doors with very mild dread etched on his face. When we'd turned around again Dumbledore was out of his seat and halfway to the door. We both stood to see him out.
"Ah, two more things before I take my leave of you. The first is that this room was designed with an added precaution, should the room, in any instance, not let you in, you may need to offer a blood deposit. It is an ancient security measure that…well lets hope you'll never have to use. And finally, am I correct in assuming that neither of you have told your housemates about the move?"
I looked over at Malfoy as he nodded his assent. Now that shocked the shit right out of me! I was positive he would've told at least Crabbe and Goyle so that they might have to save his sorry ass…
"Harry?" I turned back to Dumbledore and nodded.
"No, sir, I haven't told them."
"Good, I want both of you to keep it that way, and bring no one here with you; teachers included. Now I trust you two will behave in my absence, feel free to explore as you see fit." He nodded once, smiled, and was off.
I turned to Malfoy, shrugged and proceeded to explore the house, surprisingly enough, he followed, still not saying a word.
Okay, that's a decent sized library. Malfoy had reached up to dust off the label on one of the books…'Modern Defensive Spells: Auror Training'…Interesting choice of reading material, Dumbledore…
I entered the bathroom and noticed the blue marble sinks, two stalls on either end of the room and in between the stalls was a moderately sized shower with nearly as many knobs as there were in the prefects bath.
I turned to leave; Malfoy was staring at the shower as if he couldn't believe it existed. My guess is he's been staring at it for a while because he didn't even enter the room just kinda stood at the doorway staring…
I opened the bedroom door closest to the bathroom hoping that I'll get first pick on the choice of room. Inside there was a rather large four poster bed lavished in black and green sheets. There was also a decently sized wardrobe and mirror alongside one of the walls. And a workspace opposite that. I walked over to the bed to test it out and noticed a trunk at the foot of it initialed 'D.M.' So much for picking the rooms.
Malfoy had started muttering to himself …"Fuck that! Is he out of his fucking mind! 'They took matters into their own hands' Merlin, had me thinking it was only a minor change but for fucks sake that is just insane!" He had started advancing on me by this point and had started to raise his voice slightly.
"So help me, Potter, if I so much as find you turned towards my room I won't hesitate to hex your dick off…"
"Malfoy, what the bloody hell are you talking about? I'll be in my room and you in yours, trust me I have absolutely no interest to what you do in here." I shiver a little just to get my point across. He just glared at me, then in almost an instant smirked evilly and pointed towards the wall that separated his and my room…
Only there was no wall…It seems the previous occupants decided to blast the dividing wall down for whatever reason…
And for some unknown reason I started to laugh…
A/N: I finally got this chapter out of the way:claps hands: I might actually be able to write faster this time! YAY:coughs nervously: um yea so reviews yes lets get to that…
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