Still need some ideas here people…geez where is everyone? Well since it's close to the holidays I can't really blame anyone. This is the part where Salena actually meets Voldemort, but she won't reveal who she really is so she comes up with a different name, probably her mom's or her grandmother's; read and review please, and I don' own Harry Potter.
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With that he shut the door behind him and Salena took the chance to jump onto her new bed in her new room with Naomi. After bouncing a few times on it she looked over at Naomi who was now about to curl up in her new little bed in the corner, which was very comfortable.
"Oh Naomi…I just know we're gonna love it here." She smiled before falling back to sleep on the fluffy pillow.
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Severus Snape was now wandering through the corridor when he stopped at Salena's room. She hadn't come out in a while and he was wondering if she was alright, although for some reason he couldn't get her out of his mind. He stood outside the door looking sad for a minute; when he pulled himself together he knocked on the hard wooden door, but no one answered.
"Ms. Salena…are you there?" Salena didn't answer; all he could hear inside was the slithering snake across the floor, hissing in an almost dangerous tone. This made the stubborn professor open the door quietly to see the daughter of Slytherin sleeping peacefully on the large bed on the other side of the room. The snake's head was hovering above her, looking directly at him. The large eyes directed him to the sleeping witch's face, soaked with tears still running down her cheeks.
Snape walked closer to the bed but once he was a few feet away, Salena jumped wildly like someone had grabbed her around the throat, but it was her own hands instead. She started silently screaming and this caused Snape to run over to her and shake her hard before she woke up. It took her a while to catch her breath but once she managed to sit up on her forearms, she looked around like she didn't have a clue where she was; right before she relaxed when the memory struck her.
"Are you alright Ms. Salena? You were crying in your sleep…" the potions master asked her sitting on the edge of her bed. Salena rubbed her eyes before answering him.
"Yes Severus I'm fine, I was just dreaming about Austin." Salena hissed over at Naomi and the snake went back over to her place to finish resting. Snape offered her his hand and she took it to get on her feet. She started pulling at the straps to her armor and used her wand to move it over to the wardrobe; she found a brush and brushed out her waist-long black hair.
"Are you ready Ms. Salena? I'm about to leave for Diagon Alley, if you wish to accompany me, and I think I'll make another stop before we return here milady."
Salena chuckled slightly at the way Severus Snape was acting towards her, like she was a queen just because she was Salazar's only living child next to Voldemort.
"No need to address me so formally Severus, I'd really appreciate it if you'd just call me Salena, and leave out the miss part alright?" Snape nodded slightly as Salena pulled on her old black hooded robe and hissed over to Naomi to stay behind since she couldn't risk carrying such a large snake around with her.
"Dumbledore and I have been discussing…and we think it'd be wise not to reveal your real self to anyone else until the time is right. Do you have another name of which I can call you in public?" Salena thought for a moment and a name struck her when she reached up to touch her mother's necklace.
"I've got one, Eleanor Sardinia; it was my grandmothers' name, and these are her initials engraved in my mother's locket." She showed him the necklace and when he only caught a glimpse of it his dark eyes widened.
"What's wrong?" Salena asked him.
"N-Nothing…it's just that your necklace looks almost like the one the Dark Lord has in his possession." Now Salena's eyes widened at the answer.
"Was it a gold locket with a snake on it shaped like an S?" Snape nodded and Salena almost fell back in a faint.
"That was my father's necklace…how in the world did he…never mind." Salena just straightened up her robe and walked towards the door with Snape following behind her. They walked into the Slytherin common room and took a secret passageway into the Great Hall where the large fireplace stood empty. Snape took some floo powder into his hand and held onto Salena's as she stepped in next to him.
"Diagon Alley!" he shouted and as the green flames surrounded them both it took them to a fire place in an old bookshop. As they stepped out Snape nodded at the owner and led Salena out to a line of shops surrounding the whole area. Salena looked out in awe at the place since it looked much better than it was in her old time.
"Severus…how am I to pay for the clothes, I haven't any money on me?" Snape smiled slightly and pulled out a purple pouch full of Galleons and handed it to Salena.
"Dumbledore asked me to give you that, I'd just forgotten about it until now. He said don't worry about paying him back, but it's best if we get you a vault at Gringotts Bank later on this evening."
"Right then." Snape and Salena soon came across a fancy dress shop and walked through the door making the bell above it jingle a bit. There were a few other wizards and witches inside, but the one that caught Snape's attention was a man with long white blonde hair dressed in black robes, holding a snake cane in his hand.
The man saw them enter and greeted them both with a smile. He whispered something over to a long blonde haired woman with a blonde-haired boy next to her and came over to them.
"Hello Severus." He spoke kindly and shook Snape's hand.
"Good afternoon Lucius, what brings you here at this hour?"
"Well Fudge gave me the day off so I decided to spend a little quality time with Narcissa and Draco." The man looked over at Salena and smiled before turning back to Snape. "And who is this lovely young woman with you? Friend of yours perhaps?" he took Salena's hand in his and kissed the back of it in a gentleman's way.
"Oh forgive me I seem to have forgotten my manners for the moment…Lucius this is Eleanor Sardinia, Eleanor this is Lucius Malfoy, we were friends in school even if he was two years higher than me."
"Pleasure to meet you Mr. Malfoy, might that be your wife and son over there?" Salena pointed over to the blonde woman and child who were now coming in their direction.
"Lucius I need to take Draco home, he's starting to get drowsy." The boy's face started to stretched up and he began to yawn a little before his mum took his arm and pulled him over to her. The boy's yawning subsided and he leaned against his mother's leg.
"Alright Narcissa, we'll head home. It's about time for Draco's nap anyway…it was nice to see you again Severus, and it was a pleasure meeting you Ms. Sardinia." Lucius nodded and walked out with his wife and son onto the street. Salena looked at Snape and grinned.
"What?"
"Nothing, it's just nice to meet friends every once in a while. Do you want to stick around or go ahead with your shopping while I look here?" Snape sighed and looked outside at a few shops.
"Since I know how long most women take to try on clothes, I think I'll pass on staying here. I shouldn't be too long, so why don't you wait here and look until I return?"
"Sure, but don't take too long." Snape chuckled and walked out of the store, leaving Salena to fend for herself, if only for a little. Looking around Salena spotted a lovely green outfit in her size; she even spotted a matching pair of shoes, both pieces on half price. Just as she was about to walk over a middle-aged woman walked her way and spoke in a kind manner.
"Welcome madam, could I have the pleasure of helping you find anything you like?"
"Actually I did have my eyes set on that lovely green ensemble, and those shoes there." She pointed back at the pieces and the woman gave a big grin at her.
"Ah, a woman with taste…everything on those few racks is on sale, do you need help with anything else?"
"Yes could you help me find a few others, because I seem to be in a bit of a small rush?"
"Of course dear."
Salena smile widened at the thought of buying some lovely clothing; she tried on a few others besides the green robes and shoes, and while she did the owner looked for some more for her to try on. After thirty minutes of looking she finally settled on eight outfits with matching shoes, and other garments as well; she hadn't even used half of the money yet and she was willing to look for more. Professor Snape hadn't returned yet so unfortunately she was forced to wait on him, which she couldn't stand since she had thin patience. After paying the woman she sat down on a bench and waited on him to return.
"Dear, would you like to visit a few other shops while you wait for your friend? I could let him know when he gets here."
"You'd really do that for me? I don't think I could stand the thought of him being worried about me disappearing."
"Don't worry; I'll take care of him for you."
"Thank you ma'am, are there any jewelry shops around here?"
"Well there are a few, in fact there's a place just two stores down and it has the most lovely goblin-made jewelry and diamond and ruby necklaces, bracelets, rings, earrings…"
"Thank you ma'am, I'll look there then." With that Salena placed all of her merchandise in a magic bag as big as a muggle purse, and walked outside to the shop the lady had spoken of.
They had beautiful tiaras in the shop window, along with diamond necklaces and earrings on mannequin necks. Salena walked into the store and looked at a few cases of bracelets that caught her eye. The looking continued on until she found a beautiful silver diamond necklace with an emerald pendant shaped like a cobra, fangs showing. Picking it up carefully in her hand she tried it on and admired the reflection of it in the mirror.
"That looks absolutely radiant on you Ms. Sardinia." Salena jumped slightly at the voice and turned around to see Narcissa Malfoy smiling at her.
"You're Mrs. Malfoy right? The woman I saw in the dress shop with Lucius Malfoy?"
"Oh please, call me Narcissa, there's really no need for the Mrs. Part. I suppose you're wondering why my husband and son are at the moment?"
"Actually yes I was about to ask that."
"They're back at the house waiting on me, I told Lucius I had to come back and pick up a necklace I left to be fixed; and speaking of which you have got great taste in the one you're wearing now, I'd highly recommend that one for the outfits you bought. How many did you buy exactly?"
"I bought eight, with matching shoes for each one, and now I'm thinking of buying this necklace, that ring, that bracelet, and those earrings." She pointed to a pair of green emerald earrings, a silver bracelet with dark blue ruby flowers on it, and a lily shaped ruby red ring with diamonds surrounding the rubies.
The salesman asked if she wanted anything else, and she answered no; pulling out a bag he stored all the items in cases and handed them to Salena after she paid him some galleons. She stored the bag in her magic bag and turned back to Narcissa, who was just now taking her necklace back from another salesman.
"So how long have you and Lucius been married?" she asked as they walked out of the store and back to the dress shop.
"We've been together for about eleven years, Draco's just turned ten and this year would be our third. What about you and Severus, how long have you known each other?"
"Only since this morning, I just moved here from the south and have a job as a substitute teacher at Hogwarts. Just out of curiosity though, how old is Severus?"
"He's twenty-eight; he'll be twenty-nine in three months. How old are you though?"
"I'm twenty-one; I'll be twenty-two in two months. I must say too Narcissa your son is very handsome, and adorable."
"Thank you, he mostly takes after his father. I love him very much."
"I can't blame you; Lucius seems like a very lucky and happy man, to have such a loving wife like you."
"Don't you have someone special in your life Eleanor? You know, like a boyfriend or something?"
"No, I used to…in fact I was engaged to him, a while back, I loved him very much."
"What happened to him Eleanor?" Salena's eyes started to water at the thought of her old love before.
"He was murdered, by a man w-who tried to kill my brother. One hit from the killing curse, and he was gone." Narcissa placed a hand on Salena's shoulder and rubbed it slightly to comfort her.
"I'm so sorry Eleanor; I didn't mean to bring back such a painful memory."
"Don't be, it's not your fault; in fact every time I see him in my mind, it makes me love him and miss him every minute he's not with me."
Narcissa gave Salena a small hug around the shoulders and started to turn in a different direction before saying good-bye.
"It was nice seeing you again Eleanor Sardinia; I'll see you around maybe?"
"Yes, I'll be at Hogwarts if you need me. Be sure to give Lucius my regards."
"I will thank you." With that Narcissa continued down the road and Salena walked into the dress shop she'd been in earlier. Severus Snape was there at the counter, waiting for her. His foot was tapping impatiently as he stared at her; it almost gave Salena the chills.
"Eleanor Sardinia where the bloody hell have you been? I told you to wait here for me didn't I?"
"Yes you did but you were taking so long I just decided to visit another store and ran into Narcissa Malfoy along the way. I didn't mean to keep you waiting Severus."
"Well I assumed where you had gone since the saleswoman told me exactly where you would be. Now come on, we need to get back to Hogwarts before Dumbledore thinks otherwise." Snape then grabbed onto Salena's arm and pulled her over to the shop's fireplace where they used floo to return to Hogwarts. When they entered the Great Hall they saw Dumbledore there to greet them.
"Hello you two, how did the trip go?"
"It went rather well professor, I must say these shops give some of the finest items I've ever seen. I didn't even use all the money you gave me." Dumbledore chuckled and nodded at her.
"Well I couldn't just have you running around without a bit of cash in your hand. Besides I figured you'd want to spend a little time outdoors instead of being in your room all day."
"Oh that reminds me, I need to feed Naomi. Um, your kitchen wouldn't by any chance have fresh dead ferrets or gophers would it?"
"No, but I know someone who might…Rubeus Hagrid, our key keeper. He lives just outside the palace, you can take Naomi with you if you want; he's actually very calm around most magical creatures and animals."
"Excellent, I'll call her then…Naomi, come down here now; it's time for your dinner!"
There was a loud hissing sound after Salena's calling and a few loud thumps before the large black anaconda appeared in the fireplace and slithered around Salena's legs. Salena stroked the hungry snake's head and allowed her to climb aboard her shoulders.
"Severus, why don't you come down with us? Naomi seems to have taken a liking to you." Snape jumped at these words and glanced at the snake whose eyes were glaring almost lovingly at him. He flinched a little then turned back over to Dumbledore.
"I'll gladly come but only if that snake keeps its scales to itself!"
As they walked out to the small hut of which the half-giant man lived and he was already outside watering his pumpkin patch. When the man spotted the three coming towards him he put down his watering can and went over to greet them.
"Professor Dumbledore sir, Professor Snape…what can I do yeh for?"
"Good afternoon Hagrid…I'd like you to meet Ms. Eleanor Sardinia, she's one of our new substitution teachers and she has a pet snake who's in need of food and since you carry around a lot of dead animals to feed your hippogriff Buckbeak would you be willing to spare a few ferrets or gophers?" the man called Hagrid looked at Salena and smiled, she smiled back and Naomi just hissed.
"Of course, I'd be glad if Buckbeak don't mind. Lemme get yeh some…ain't no place better than in the dark forest at the right time o'day that is." Hagrid went over to a rack where he hung his pet's meals and pulled out four for Naomi. The snake hissed happily at the sight of this and leaped off her mistress's shoulder towards her prey. Hagrid spotted the happy snake and threw a ferret in the air and she caught it in her mouth and swallowed it.
"She seems to like him…a lot at that." Salena felt happiness swirl in her as she saw Naomi get all jumpy since they had last been in the real world. Salena started laughing loudly at this and ran over to the happy anaconda and kissed her forehead making sure she wouldn't go too ballistic.
After a few minutes of chomping and swallowing Naomi finally calmed down and Salena picked up the sleepy snake and was about to walk off when Hagrid called out to her.
"Hey Ms. Eleanor, why dontcha leave the snake here to play for a bit, I could sure use a hand in scaring off all the crows that keep botherin' meh vegetable garden." Salena looked at Naomi and turned back over to Hagrid before letting her slink into the patch hiding out from the crows.
"She can stay as long as she's back before nightfall alright?"
"Sure thing Ms. Eleanor, she'll be jus' fine."
Salena waved at the half-giant and walked back into Hogwarts with Dumbledore and Snape, almost skipping which she tried to control so as not to embarrass herself. Looking back at the small hut the size of a muggle golf ball from her distance, she gave a small smile and chuckled.
"Have fun my little snake...this will be our home from now on."
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