Elsewhere...

Professor Severus Snape was patrolling the hallways of Hogwarts, as was usual, hoping to catch any students out of bed. If one were to listen to the professor's grumbling, however, one would hear something like this: "Stupid old men and their meddling. He knows I was going to hunt tonight. Instead, I have to take over for Minerva because he sent her on a ruddy mission! In the middle of the shool year! If only I could-" whatever the professor wished to do, would remain a mystery, however. Since just then he heard voices coming from a classroom down the hall.

"No no no! We should add the crushed snake fang next! Not the flobberworm!"

"No, we should add the flobberworm, then the crushed slugs, and then we add the snake fang."

Whether this debate was ever solved remains unkown, as Professor Sanpe chose that moment to slam the door against the wall, causing the twin on the right to drop whatever he was holdin into the potion. Which, of course, decided to begin bubbling ominously. Taking one look at said potion, Snape grabbed both twins and spun around to escape the imminent explosion. This caused him to step into the green portal that had just formed behind him, dragging the twins with him. Going through all of their minds was, "Somehow, some way, this is Harry's fault"


"Alright class, today you'll be summoning your familiar. Who will go first?" said a balding man. "I will Professor Colbert!" said a young student. The now named Colbert, nodded in response and gestured for them to move to the center of the students. The young man did as he was bid and proceeded to begin mumbling under his breath. When he finished, a small cat appeared in front of him. Picking up the cat and walking back into the crowd, he quickly disappeared. This continued with each student summoning some thing different. Until there was only one student left. Her name was Louise Françoise Le Blanc de La Vallière, although her classmates called her Louise the Zero, because every time she tried to do magic, it exploded in her face.

The night before, Louise had sworn to summon something better than Kirche von Zerbst, who had summoned a fire salamander. As Louise stepped up to take her turn, Kirche called out, "What are you going to summon Zero?" Louise promptly turned red and shouted, "Something better than your lizard Zerbst!" while marching to the center of the crowd. Once there, she started to chant:

"My servant that existed somewhere in this vast universe, my divine, beautiful, wise, powerful servant, heed my call, I wish from very bottom of my heart and add to my guidance and appear!" The crowd began to mutter, "What is she doing?" being repeated the most. The speculation on where Louise had gotten her unorthodox chant was cut short as an explosion threw them all back. When the smoke cleared, it revealed four beings. Two were identical, they were male, around 6' 5", and had fox ears on their heads, which were covered in bright red hair. Movement behind them revealed that they also had tails.

Next to the two,who were obviously twins, was a tall, dark haired male. He looked fairly normal, until they saw his eyes, they glowed violet. When he noticed them he snarled, revealing his fangs. The last member of the group was unconscious, all the students could see was a large pair of black wings studded with red scales wrapped around a slim figure.

At this point, the students were in shock, the Zero actually managed to summon something! Not only that, but she summoned four! The only one to ever summon more than one familiar was Founder Brimir!

While the students were recovering from their shock, Snape was taking stock of his surroundings. When satisfied he was in no immediate danger he turned to the class and snarled, "What the hell is going on?!"


A.N. I will update whenever I finish a chapter. It is not likely there will be any pattern to my updates at all. For those who are interested, I have a chalenge board on my profile. They are all ideas that I had and would love to read if any one accepts.