Victoria was sharing her sleeping counters with four other girls. MaryAnn Avery and Pricilla Rosier who she had meet last night. They had both been seated relatively close to Tom Riddle and his 'group' (followers more like) and Victoria inferred that the both of them were purebloods though she couldn't be certain. The other two girls had kept their distance both from Victoria as well as MaryAnn and Pricilla. Halfbloods, perhaps?

They seemed to prefer to converse quietly together. She only learned their names due to Pricilla's inclination towards gossip.

"Come on you can have the bed next to Ann and I. Don't bother with Martha and Karen. Their twins and like to kept to them themselves."

Victoria had at first assumed that the girl that had inserted herself into her conversation and had shown interest in Teddy would be the prissy pureblood type and that they wouldn't get along very well, but while that wasn't really a wrong impression, Pricilla Avery seemed nothing if not pleasant to her and Victoria already liked MaryAnn so maybe she would actually make some friends.

It was possible that Pricilla was pretending to be friendly to gain some sort of advantage over her. They were in Slythrin after all, but it wouldn't do be overly paranoid either.

For now she would focus on Tom Riddle and just be grateful she didn't have to worry about being smothered in her sleep, for now anyways.

Not that sleeping was what she actually planed on doing when she bid her roommates goodnight and spelled her curtains shut.

'Alright' she thought to herself, 'time for phase two.'

In her night robe that she had changed into before heading to bed she drew forth the two items that had been carefully hidden in the deep pockets. A small oval mirror and slivery shimmering cloak.

She ran her hands over the silky fabric still in some awe of being in passion of such a thing.

Flashback

One month earlier.

"I've already stressed to you how you don't have to do this if you're even the smallest bit uncomfortable." Harry stated, while looking over his niece and godson.

"Will be fine Dad, really we're prepared for this." Teddy said earnestly and Victoria nodding her head in agreement added, "We've been practicing everything from dueling to table manners Uncle Harry. Plus we know this is the best plan available, and that you wouldn't have considered it in the first place if you didn't think we could do it."

She thought she sounded entirely reasonable and Harry must have agreed for he gave no further protest.

"Well, I can see there's no arguing with you." Harry gave a proud, but exasperated smile. For all that the Peverell family head had come up with the idea he was not entirely for it if it meant putting his family in harms way.

"However if I've learned anything from my time at Hogwarts it's that you can accomplish things a lot easer with a little…help."

He pulled forth an old folded piece of parchment from inside his robe and held it out to Teddy.

"Is this? It is! Isn't it? Dad?" Teddy took the parchment looking completely thrilled.

"Yes, that is the Marauder's map-"

"Whoohoo!" Teddy cheered.

"The map-" Harry started again.

"Thank you so much!"

"The map." Harry said more firmly and paused to make sure there would be no more outbursts. Teddy grinned cheekily at him.

"The map belonged to both our fathers. You have as much right to it as I do, and considering your mission it would be irresponsible of me not to give it to you now. While it's yours to do what you wish with it, it is an extremely valuable object and I hope you will use it well."

"I will." Teddy nodded seriously.

"Good. Now don't think I've forgotten about you." Harry faced his niece now.

"Now this belonged to my father and traditionally I would give it to Teddy or James when he reached Hogwarts, however as I've already given Teddy the map, I thought this would come in handy for you."

Harry drew forth the cloak, his cloak, death's cloak, a hollow. He gave it to her freely and when she held it she imaged she could feel its power.

Present.

Victoria slipped on the cloak, feeling safe and hidden, then she tapped the mirror three times and received an answering three taps back. They would meet in the designated place in three hours time, until then they both had jobs to do.

Teddy's point of view.

The other boys in the dorm wanted to stay up and talk about there summers, but luckily they chose to do so in the common room. Teddy closed his curtains around his bed and spelled them shut, now would be the best time to sneak out.

Teddy took a moment to both remove his tie which was a bright hufflepuff yellow and change his appearance to his practiced average form.

This is one he had spent considerable time on, both by himself and with Aunt Hermione. He could easily imagine her lecturing tone.

"The best thing about having a completely average form is that it will take very little effort to make someone completely not recognize you even if they saw you only a few mins ago. For example if you start with dull brown hair, dull brown eyes, average height, weight, bland skin tone and perfectly straight facial features, then it would take only a second to change one thing that would throw someone completely off the trail. Your hair is your faster transformation right now so if you're out of sight for a second and then they see someone with blond and blue eyes whoever is following you will think they have the wrong person-"

Hermione had quite a bit more to say on the subject including the proper angle a forgetful nose should be and just how full or thin you could make your lips without them becoming a defining characteristic.

Teddy shock off sound the sound of mathematical anatomy lessons going though his head, and with his perfectly average walking speed and perfectly average posture walked out of the common room with no one being the wiser.