Hey guys I need more reviews okay? Anyway this chapter's about where Gilderoy won't get off Salena's case and she tries to make him back off with a little help of the prankster Weasleys Fred and George. After this chapter I'll get back to the regular part of the story and continue on to the part where Snape duels Lockhart and Salena's there to watch. Anyway please leave a review and enjoy the story.

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Mrs. Norris had been taken down to the hospital wing to await the potion that would her petrifaction, and Dumbledore had told Salena to be on guard because if the chamber really had been opened again, then they needed to be careful.

Salena was now outside helping out young Ginny Weasley with her flying lesson until strong cologne hit her nose. She groaned knowing it was Lockhart and turned around to see the man strutting over to her, grinning that large grin that made her almost sick to her stomach.

"Ah my dear Eleanor, what a nice surprise." He spoke grabbing her hand and kissing it before she pulled it away gently. Pulling it behind her back she rubbed off the residue of his lips on her skirt before giving off a slight, twitching smile.

"Professor Lockhart what a surprise…" 'Stupid git can't he see I'm trying to help a student here?!'

"Do forgive my interruptions Eleanor, but I was wondering if you would accept my invitation to dinner in Hogsmeade this Saturday night? I would really appreciate it if you would take the offer…"

"Professor, as you know I have a bit of a tight schedule around here, so I'm afraid I am unable to take your offer…"

"Alright then, Sunday night maybe?" Salena went silent, Sunday was her day off and she had planned to spend it with Naomi but if she blew it off just because of that then Lockhart would never leave her alone. Taking a good deep breath she gave off the twitching smile and turned back towards the man.

"Very well Lockhart, I'll take your offer but only for drinks alright?"

"That's a start, I'll see you at seven thirty…good day my dear." Lockhart then turned on his heal and walked back inside leaving Salena back to her thoughts.

"Ginny, that concludes our lesson for today…I'll see you again Thursday same time, same place."

"Yes professor." Ginny handed her broom to Salena and she used her wand to levitate it into the shed before following the young Gryffindor back inside and turning back to the Potions Classroom which had ended just a few minutes ago. Snape was busy grading papers on his desk before Salena's heels pulled his head towards the doorway, seeing her standing there.

"Can I help you?" he asked almost irritably. Salena just walked over to his desk and pulled up a chair.

"Need a hand; it'll get this done faster?" Snape nodded and went back to the essay he was grading and Salena pulled out a quill and pulled a few papers down from the stack and started marking them. It only took about ten minutes before Snape realized something was troubling Salena judging by how hard her quill worked its way through the paper. Finishing up his last paper and stacking the others up neatly he grabbed her wrist before her quill could rip the paper in half.

"Is there something you wish to tell me…it's almost as if you're ready to commit murder or something…?" Salena didn't answer, she just snatched her hand away and was about to seemingly stab the paper when Snape grabbed her hand and wrenched the quill away from her.

"Merlin Salena you're really tense."

"I am not tense!!" she almost shouted.

"Yes you are…so are you going to tell me what's eating you or am I going to guess?"

"Guess…okay it's that prat Lockhart, I was busy with a flying lesson when he comes strutting over to me asking me out on a date this Saturday. I turned him down and he said he'd see me Sunday night, even if I already had plans with Naomi."

"Couldn't you have said no?"

"Yes, but if I don't go out with this guy soon then he'll never leave me alone…guess I'll have to tell Naomi the bad news."

"No need to…she's up there." Snape pointed up to where the small chandelier was and Salena saw Naomi curled up around it, hissing almost angrily. Salena hissed back at her and the large snake uncoiled herself off the chandelier and back through the small vent from whence she came.

"Nosy snake…always looking for trouble; I really planned on letting Naomi come with me to Hagrid's but she's just going to have to get over it."

"I suppose so, though I don't think she'll leave Lockhart alone for a while."

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Sunday Night:

The day came by too fast for Salena. She didn't want to be here with a man she scarcely knew, but if it would stop him from bugging her during classes then she had to take the chance. She hadn't dressed up to much, but it was enough to be out at night. She was waiting down by the Three Broomsticks pub when Lockhart came up to her and grabbed her hand.

"You look ravishing this evening Eleanor."

"Thank you Gilderoy, there's no need for such formality though." Lockhart just laughed and led Salena into the bar where they took a seat and ordered drinks. Lockhart's fans were all over the place and looking at the couple giggling and whispering.

'Oh dear Merlin someone get me out of here!' she screamed mentally in her head before a loud scream was heard from the kitchen. Everyone in the pub looked over and the chef ran out screaming; he had a large cut on the side of his head and part of his shirt was ripped.

"SNAKE IN THE KITCHEN! SNAKE IN THE KITCHEN!!!!!!" knowing the chef was afraid of snakes Salena took this opportunity to try and ditch the phony.

"Gilderoy now would be a good time to use your skills." She hissed at him. He turned at her but the usual look of confidence had been replaced by fear and concern.

"Y-Yes…n-now is good…" He shakily pulled out his wand and walked slowly into the kitchen until a large black snake appeared behind the counter and slid past the chairs and tables. Since most of the customers had been scared off, Gilderoy suddenly ran out of the pub, shielding a scream when the large snake came close to him. The snake looked at Salena and winked at her. Salena winked back and used her wand to make the snake disappear into her purse and apparated to the grounds of Hogwarts. She let out the snake and it changed back to its original size.

"Thank you so much Naomi, but how did you get down there without being caught?"

"You know how mistress, plus I hated the fact you went out on a date with that cowardly wizard, did you see how fast he ran all because of a little snake?" both girls giggled and Naomi slithered through the gates while Salena walked past them and through the main door. She ran back up the stairs and through a few corridors before running into a student who happened to be passing by.

"Oh I'm sorry dear, I didn't see you."

"N-No it's okay, I'm not supposed to be up this late anyway." The boy stuttered and Salena recognized him as one of the Slytherins. He was a third year student and despite him being in Slytherin he was pretty good friends with the Weasley twins Fred and George.

"Well if you hurry off to the common room I'll be sure to keep this a secret between us alright?"

"Y-Yes professor." The boy stuttered and Salena sent him off in the direction of the common room so she could sneak back in another way to her room where Lockhart wouldn't look for her. Taking the small passageway through Snape's office she unlocked a small trapdoor under his desk and climbed down a ladder leading to the Slytherin common room which was currently empty at the moment.

'Severus certainly is a mysterious man…I kind of like that about him.' Salena walked through one of the halls in the room to her own quarters when she heard a low snoring noise coming from the room beside hers. She leaned closer to the door and opened the door a crack to see Snape sleeping on his desk. His head rested on a book that was partly covered in drool and his right arm covered more room on the desk than the book.

'Aww how cute…' Salena quietly snuck into the room and an idea came into her head about James Potter. She remembered how much Severus hated Potter and the little nickname he'd given him, so why not just play a small joke on him since she'd had a rough night. Clearing her throat and switching to her best James Potter voice, she leaned close to his ear and whispered to him.

"Havin' a nice sleep there Snivellus?" Snape's eyes snapped open and he about jumped out of his seat before turning to see it was only Salena, laughing lowly like a maniac.

"Damn you Slytherin! You just about gave me a heart attack!" he shouted before catching the fact that Salena was back early from her date. "What are you doing back so soon? Wait a minute did Naomi…?"

"Yes she did, without telling me though…so how was your night?" Salena still couldn't stifle the laughter from earlier, the look on Snape's face was priceless and she couldn't get it out of her head.

"It's not that funny…" Snape's temper began rising up and out of nowhere his wand was yanked out and he shout a stunner at Salena, sending her flying onto his bed and she knocked her head against the headboard. The last thing Salena remembered seeing was Snape looming over her, but she couldn't make out what he was saying and everything went black.

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The next morning: 8: 30 a.m.:

Salena's eyes batted open as the sun shown through her window and struck her eyes like a bright candle. She felt warmth covering her body, it felt soft, silky soft and she realized it was her bed sheets and also Naomi snuggled up on her side of the bed, her body coiled up in its usual position and her scaly head rested on a pillow she must've taken earlier that night. Opening her eyes fully she saw she was in her room, but her head was throbbing and she suddenly remembered what happened the night before.

'Merlin I didn't think he'd get so pissed off. No wonder he can't stand Harry…poor guy.'

Salena pushed the covers off and the slight stir woke Naomi, who immediately went and jumped on Salena nearly knocking her to the floor.

"Whoa what's wrong with you?"

"I was so worried about you Salena, Snape came in last night carrying you in here. He even changed your clothes."

"HE WHAT?!!!"

"Relax mistress; he used his wand and a blindfold…I made sure of it."

"Great, I was beginning to think…oh never mind, what else happened last night? I remember you sneaking out and scaring Lockhart therefore saving me from the worst date of my life, coming back into Hogwarts, running into a student, and—oh no I made Severus mad by calling him Snivellus!"

"Snivellus? What kind of name is that?"

"The kind of name you get when you're bullied by three students and no one gives a damn to help a poor guy or girl out."

"How did he…?"

"James Potter, Sirius Black, Remus Lupin, and Peter Pettigrew bullied him in school and it seems it was James Potter who was the main problem. He picked on Severus more than the other three, and it seems he got to Severus more than anyone else."

"That bad eh?"

"Yes, and it seems you can't help but feel sorry for the man. If I saw James Potter now I'd give him something to pick on."

"Talking to the snake again Salena?" Salena nearly fell out of the bed seeing Snape in the door and her human eyes turned into snake eyes, though the green color in them grew brighter. Snape took this as a warning and walked away into the hall. Salena sent Naomi away and went to her closet pulling out her usual emerald green robes with a slim black and silver dress, her black boots with heels, some simple silver earrings, and a her mother's necklace. She got herself dressed and tied her hair up into a neat bun before putting on her make-up and leaving out the door. Snape was already there in the common room, seated in one of the chairs.

"You missed breakfast you know…"

"Due to that little stunner curse you got me with last night and now I have a really large headache."

"You deserved it, after that little trick you pulled I guess a nerve or two snapped."

"If you hadn't been sleeping instead of looking over what events have been going on then I wouldn't have done that!"

"Well you shouldn't have been in there to begin with!"

"Well you should learn better to control your temper if not your actions!" Salena stormed out of the room and to her own class room where she was giving the students paper work and a quiz to see what they could learn about flying on different types of brooms. It was a bit stupid but it was all she could do since her mind was full at the moment.

She walked in and gave out the paperwork before taking a seat and started grading essays on Quidditch when someone walked into the room. It was that cowardly man and he was carrying a bundle of roses in his arms.

"Oh Merlin, someone please call heaven because I think an angel's gone missing." The students began giggling but ceased when Salena gave them a look of warning. She reluctantly smiled at Lockhart but it looked more like a snarl than a smile.

"That's very kind of you Professor Lockhart, but I'm kind of in the middle of class so you should be in yours as well before Professor Dumbledore finds out." She said this through gritted teeth but Lockhart didn't seem to notice as he set the roses in one of the vases by Salena's desk and blew her a small kiss making the other girls giggle and sigh. Salena felt the kiss graze her cheek and as he bowed and left she immediately wiped it off with her sleeve like it was snake venom. The boys looked at her with curiosity while the girls whispered to each other until Salena finally put her foot down.

"That's enough out of all of you, if I hear one more sound from anyone it's detention understand?"

"Yes Professor Sardinia." The whole class spoke and went back to their work while Salena placed a hand on her forehead like she had a nasty headache. Class would be over in a while and she had a free period next so she could call up Naomi to find her something…something that would make Lockhart show his true colors once and for all.

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Later that day:

"You sent for me mistress?" Naomi spoke as she snuck through the vent in Salena's office and coming up to the top of her mistress's desk.

"Yes, I need you to sneak into Lockhart's office and find me something I can use to make sure he doesn't aggravate the living life out of me again!"

"Milady, did you plan anything just yet? If you didn't then I don't know what to look for."

"Yes, I'm planning on humiliating Gilderoy like he's humiliated me for the second time in just one week. That man is driving me insane, I can't even think straight without him barging in on me!"

"Mistress relax, let's just wait and see if he tries anything else yet. I heard due to the recent attacks around here he's asked Dumbledore to start a dueling club tomorrow during Harry Potter's class with him…or have you already seen what's happened?"

"No, I haven't had any visions lately since the attack on Mrs. Norris. Alright Naomi we'll see how everything goes tomorrow, but if I see that pathetic excuse of a wizard show off anymore antics then I'm going into O. H. P. W."

"What?"

"Operation Humiliate the Phony Wizard! I might even call up the Weasley twins if I need to…go on now, I have to grade papers." Naomi nodded and left the room.

Two hours later:

Salena had just finished the last paper when she heard a knock on the door and looked up to walk over and open it only to see Dumbledore there in his usual manner.

"Albus, what's this about?"

"I had come to see how you were doing; you've been disappearing a lot lately."

"You can thank Lockhart for that; he's been on my case ever since Salazar knows how many times this semester. I can't seem to get away from him, he's interrupted my classes, he won't stop asking me to date him, and his little charms and flashy antics are about to make my nerves snap!"

"He's into you that much eh? Well the best thing you can do now is just ignore him or set him straight before he tries again."

"Maybe, but right now I've got a lot on my mind; Naomi and I both have been hearing this hissing in the walls, and we believe it's from the Chamber of Secrets."

"Do you know where the chamber is?"

"I wish I did, and then I could slaughter the beast before it kills someone like it did fifty years ago. What was her name….Myrtle?"

"She's now called Moaning Myrtle since you can hear her in the bathrooms moaning all the time, but she is a rather sweet girl. It is a shame she died at such a young age…"

"Oh yes, I feel sorry for the girl…but I do like her, she is pretty sweet despite her sensitivity."

"Quite, and I suppose you'll be attending the dueling club tomorrow?"

"Indeed I am, though I just hope Severus will be able to show off some of Lockhart's true colors to his little fans here."

"Don't get too hasty Salena; remember you can't risk anyone finding out about your secret. And try not to tease Severus too much; otherwise he could do more than give you a small concussion."

"Oh what's he gonna do, Sectumsempra me to death? He should know that most curses like that won't affect a witch like me, I mean since I know the counter curse. I could do it easily with my own wand."

"You seem to be forgetting that whoever gets hit with that curse will bleed to death unless the shooter performs the counter curse whether the victim knows it or not."

"Oh yeah I forgot about that…Merlin this is turning out to be a rough semester."

"On the contrary Salena, this is just…"

"The beginning I know…and I have a feeling it will only get worse until Harry figures out the puzzle."

"What puzzle?"

"Huh…oh forget it, it's not like it matters anyway. I'll see you later headmaster, I need to get back and feed Naomi." Salena walked past Dumbledore and went straight through a secret passage that led her to the secret room in her closet she'd recently built. The room was small, but it was big enough for a few people and it looked almost like Trelawney's except it had only one crystal ball on a small round table in it, a small bed big enough for one, a chair in front of a desk by the window, pictures of a waterfall and rainforest, a bookshelf, and a chest of emergency clothes. This was Salena's secret room usually where she would keep Naomi in case of an emergency, or if she'd had a vision and would use the crystal ball to find clues she could use for assistance. And if that didn't help she'd look it up in books or in the library. Naomi was already there on the bed, sleeping though the big lump in her belly didn't do much of that since it looked like the size of a couple of jackrabbits. Salena just took this as a small hint that Naomi was tired from being out on patrol all day; it was about time for another stroll in the garden for Salena and she went out the back door hidden by a cloaking spell, and into her room to grab her outdoor cloak. Once it was good and on, she walked out through a corridor, the changing stairs, and through another corridor that led back to the Slytherin common room where she knew Naomi would meet with her later that night.

"Professor, can I ask you something?" a young man whom Salena recognized to be the boy she'd run into in the hallway earlier.

"Yes what is it?"

"W-Well…you've been acting strangely and I wanted to know if you were alright, I mean does it have something to do with Lockhart?"

"Not really your concern is it young man? Yes I'm fine; I've just got a lot on my mind right now at the moment."

"Yes ma'am, I just wanted to be sure…"

"It's alright, now get back to your studying, you have that potion quiz tomorrow with Professor Snape remember?"

"Yes professor…thank you."

"You're welcome." The boy left to the dorm and Salena walked into her quarters through the hallway, opened her door then closing it, and laying down flat on her back into the silk bed quilt before covering her eyes with both hands and rubbing them.

'That man is going to be the death of me one of these days. I have to find a way to get him off my back for good…but how?' just then a small noise came from above her and Salena was staring into a pair of big green eyes.

"Good evening mistress, I was wondering when you'd notice I was here."

"You followed me again didn't you?"

"Yes mistress, I did…now what's the matter, you seem…stressed and tense in the nerves?"

"Correct as usual Naomi; I was just thinking of a way to get back at Lockhart…"

"Anything I can do to help mistress?"

"Oh Naomi I'm not sure if there's much you or I can do…that man has fans staked out everywhere in the palace and out, how on earth am I going to humiliate him in front of all that when it could tarnish my reputation at this school?"

"Well it's not like you can make him look bad in front of everyone when he least expects it. Not like you can dye his hair, skin, and clothes in silly colors and make him look as ridiculous as a muggle circus clown."

"Yes I know but—wait a minute that's it!"

"What's it? Did I say something?"

"Naomi you're a genius! You've just given me an excellent idea to get that fraud off my back for good, but we're going to need a little help with this plan, and I know just who to call into it."

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Sorry I cut it off there but right now I need to get the prank in action alright? Again sorry about the wait but I'm running low on ideas and I'm going to need some assistance, so please let me know if you have any ideas for the prank in the next chapter okay? Make it sound good and humiliating too, see ya later!