a/n- I just realized it's been two years since I update, that's just sad...so here's chapter 3...
Disclaimer- the chracters are not mine (except for Merl),you know that already...
Merl calmly gave a cool laugh and turned around. She couldn't see very clearly because of the darkness, but she could tell the source of the voice was somewhere from the middle of the room not far from where she stood. "We meet again…Malfoy." This comment took him off guard because Merl heard a sharp gasp. Merl had the gift of identifying people she knew just by hearing their voice, it served her well.
"Tsk- tsk Malfoy you brought your son as well; not good parenting you know, putting your underage wizard in danger like this."
"Are you saying that you're the danger here?" said Draco Malfoy from somewhere to Merl's right.
"Draco no! Shut-up" hushed Lucius.
"Oo too late" commented Merl.
"You're the one in danger, or can't your thick skull get that through to you?" Draco attempted an evil laugh but he was silenced by his father's words.
"What did I tell you Draco? Have you forgotten already!" seethed Lucius, obviously angry.
"I'll leave you two alone to settle your differences, now if you'll excuse me" Merl turned to go, but Lucius quickly said "No, I'm afraid we can't do that, accio!"
The shiny orb should have flown straight out of Merl's hands to Lucius' but it didn't, something had gone wrong. Before Lucius knew what was happening, the whole room was filled with an orange-ish light. Draco looked around, scared, Lucius looked around too, confusion etched in every inch of his face. Merl stood at the doorway with her right hand outstretched, its palm facing them. She had somehow created a shield that rendered Lucius' charm worthless. Without wasting any more time, Lucius flicked his wand at the pillars on both sides, and disappeared with Draco.
Merl didn't want to stick around to see what Lucius did to the pillars, so she quickly turned around to leave, but to her dismay the door was locked. She pointed her wand at the door and said "Alohamora!"...nothing happened, the door didn't budge. "Ohh just great" she muttered. She could now hear hissing sounds behind her. She slowly turned around and saw the snakes along the wall were sliding out towards the floor, and the ones around the pillars were spiraling to the floor too. Merl was observing all this while facing the right hand side of the room.
Suddenly she felt the back of her neck prickle, she ducked just in time as a serpent came whooshing down at her head. Another serpent shot at her from the left, she did a high jump this time, and landed hard of the stone floor; before she could get up, she felt the strong nose of a serpent whip her up and pin her to the nearest wall. This deosn't make sense, why didn't it just sink those vicious fangs into me? She thought.
She looked up and saw another black cloaked figure with glowing red eyes appear in mid air, riding on a serpent's head. The other serpent still had Merl pinned to the wall. She heard the dark figure talk in parsletongue. "Well? What do you want?" She asked as calmly as possible. She could now feel pain in her rib cage, where the serpent held her.
"It's simple, you throw me the ball here and I let my serpent relinquish you," said the cold voice.
"Then what? This serpent here drops me, then you're just going to let me be their dinner. And why do you want what rightfully belongs to me?"
"I will be unstoppable with the power of the phoenix out of my way" he laughed a cruel laugh.
"I see, well thanks for the offer you power hungry freak, but I have other ways of leaving this place." And she apparated to the Black's house, the orb still clutched in her hands.
a/n- Please critique, and review!