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Chapter 2
10 years later
A pained scream echoed in the poorly lit chamber. Masked individuals in black cloaks stood around a body writhing on the floor until the spell disappeared as quickly as it came. The sound of heavy breathing sounded eerie in the chamber as the fire crackled in the furnace. "You were only what, Mulciber? Didn't Severus warn you not to touch that gold chalice?" A cold child's voice cut through the silence, bringing the masked individuals' attention to the small cloaked figure in the black antique throne chair situated in front of the room. There on either side of the chair stood two other individuals as a small snake slithered along the back of the chair.
Mulciber was visibly shaking as he lifted his head up to look at the cloaked figure. He couldn't see any distinct facial features but the emerald eyes with red flecks stood out the most."I-I'm sorry, my la-" His voice was suddenly cut off when one of the men standing next to the chair flicked their wand. "Our lady didn't say you can speak, you blabbering fool." A familiar silky voice echoed through the room. The small cloaked figure cocked their head to the side like they were contemplating something.
"You think this is my fault. I warned you that you would be held accountable if anyone from your party got caught." Mulciber gulped when he felt the anger emanate from the small figure. He had made a big mistake. She was as powerful as her father and seemed to have inherited his proficiency at Legimency as well as her brother. He opened his mouth to speak when a powerful Crucio hit his body. His screams filled the room until his voice became horace from screaming, and only then did the curse ended. Bellatrix's cackling laugh echoed throughout the chamber."Get out of my sight." The small figure commanded.
Mulciber struggled to his feet since it felt like his legs had turned into putty and left the chambers looking haggard. The small figure sighed as she leaned back in the throne chair, feeling bored with the activities. She didn't want to talk to her father's men any longer. "Where is my brother?" She asked towards the two men standing on either side of her. "He'll be here soon, my Lady. I presume he is leaving Koldovstoretz as we speak." one figure said as they leaned over to her before stepping back to their previous position. She nodded before moving her head just little towards the other figure on the opposite side. "Lucius, has Draco arrived yet?"
"I believe so, my Lady. Narcissa mentioned she had a brief errand in Knockturn Alley." The other figure said. She nodded and got up from the chair, causing the others to bow their heads in respect as she left the room.
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Diana was broken out of her mindless daze up at the clear blue skin from her reclined position on the grass when a small cold, smooth thing slithers across her stomach. "Hello, beautiful." She hissed in Parseltongue as she glided a finger across the black scaly skin. "Hello, Mistress." The snake hissed back, his tongue darting out every so often. She had named this snake Prometheus when she received him as an egg for her ninth birthday from her father. Apparently, Nagini had given birth and she wanted her to raise her offspring. He was as black as his mother and had a possibility of being just as big as she was.
"What is this Hogwarts Mistress is speaking off?" Prometheus asked, catching Diana slightly by surprise. She didn't think the snake would remember this since it looked like he was fast asleep on her shoulder. "Hogwarts is a wizarding school and I'm going to attend there in September." She said as the sunlight shined through the tree leaves, casting beautiful shadows on them. "Would you like to come with me to Hogwarts?" Diana asked. Prometheus' little black head lifted up from his position on her chest and bobbed his up and down. "Yes...Will there be other snakes there?" Diana chuckled as she gently patted his head, shaking her head. "No, you'll be the only snake there but there'll be a lot of other pets there." She said. Prometheus' head titled a little bit to the side as if he was curious about what other pets will there.
"Like what?" Diana pretended to think about it. "Hm...rats, cats and other furry animals." Diana laughed when she noticed Prometheus had started flicking his tongue out in a hungry manner. "Oooo sounds so yummy..." He hissed, bobbing his head as if he was gulping. "I'm sure Hogwarts will have plenty of rats for you."
July 31st
Diana looked at herself in the mirror after she changed into the peach colored dress she had picked out the day before. She slipped on a pair of silver strappy low heels with The soft fabric ended a few meters above her knee and she looked how it looked on her. If only her father could see her now. She sighed softly, feeling a little sad as she wondered what her father was doing currently, the need to see her father in the flesh. Valentina always said that she looked like Lily and she agreed full-heartedly when she saw the picture of her parents. I promise you, Mother. I'll avenge you.
A light knock broke her train of thought and she looked at the door to see Valentina walk in, already dressed for the occasion. "Privet, Tetya Valentina." (Hello, Aunt Valentina.) The woman smiled as she walked over to Diana and placed a gentle kiss on the top of her head. "Ty vyglyadish' krasivoy, moya dorogaya. Poydem, davay syadem na tvoyu postel', chtoby ya mog tvoi volosy." (R) (You look beautiful, my dear. Come, let's sit down on your bed so I can do your hair.) Diana complied since Valentina always did her hair. They both sat on the bed and Valentina ran a brush through her dark hair, snagging slightly at some small snares.
They both had a light conversation as Valentina did her hair in a braided half up-half down fashion and used hairpins to hold everything in place. "Otlichno." (Perfect.) The woman said with a smile as she admired her handiwork. "Gde Kristofer?" (Where's Christopher?) She asked as she stood up from her bed. "On v svoyey spal'ne." (He's in his bedroom.) Valentina said as she got up from the bed and left the room to make sure everything was perfect for the food and the decoration. Diana left her bedroom and made her way to her brother's room.
She lightly knocked on the closed door and heard a muffled voice from the other side telling her to come in. Diana stepped into the slightly dark room from the sun shining outside, to see her brother laying down on the bed. "Sleeping already, dear brother?" She heard a snort and her brother waved her over. Diana jumped on to the bed and Christopher pulled her in close.
"I wish I could be there with you when you enter Hogwarts. I want to laugh at Dumbledore's face when he realized there was an enemy in his school." He said, an evil smirk played with his lips as he stared up at the bed canopy above them. Diana pouted at that. "I don't know why I can't trade places with you. From what Uncle Severus said, Dumbledore doesn't know that you existed. He only knew of me."
Christopher rolled his eyes at this. He had heard this wine plenty of times for the past two weeks when the idea was proposed when Diana questioned what school she was going to attend. "That may be the case but Uncle Stepan recommends that it stay that way for the time being."
Diana huffed as she moved her head to rest on his chest. "You always get the fun stuff." Christopher chuckled softly as he moved his head to kiss the top of hers. "I promise, you won't be bored at that dump. Besides, you won't be there alone. Uncle Severus, Draco and some of the death eater children will be there." He did have a point there.
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"So, Diana, what are your plans when you get into Hogwarts?" Pansy Parkinson asked. The party was well underway and all of the adults had left the room, the men going into the smoke room while the women went to the sunroom for tea, leaving the kids alone in the living room. The kids of the death eaters that were in the inner circle were present, sitting with Diana in a circle at the couches.
Diana took a few minutes to look at the faces around her. They were as young as her but they were capable. Some members she was unsure of but only time could tell her of their loyalty. She shook her head. "As of now, nothing has come to light yet. However, I know for certain that we must stay low until my father gets his body back. Only then can the plans be in motion." The others nodded.
August
Diagon Alley was bustling with busy shoppers as usual. School students running around with excitement, dodging pedestrians as they laughed. Diana scowled as she walked around the bustling people. She had gotten her Hogwarts letter as well as Draco and they've decided to come to Diagon Alley with Aunt Valentina to buy their school supplies. "Aucun de ces enfants n'a jamais entendu parler de livres?" (F) (Have none of these kids ever heard of books?) Draco asked as he sniffed with his nose tilted up, watching a bunch of school kids their age run to their parents with pure excitement in their eyes like this was their first book.
"Ne leur fais pas attention, Draco. " (F) (Pay them no mind, Draco.) Diana said with a small smirk before stopping in front of Flourish & Blotts. "Vy dvoye prodolzhayete. U menya yest' biznes v Bordzhine i Berkes. Cherez chas ya vstrechus' s vami u Madam Malkin." (R) (You two go on in. I have some business in Borgin and Burkes. I'll meet you both at Madam Malkin's in an hour.) The two nodded and walked into the shop just as the woman left for her errand. The bookstore barely had any customers, which would change towards the start of the school when parents are scrambling to get their kid's school supplies
Diana and Draco walked over towards the back of the bookstore where most of the school books were located, ignoring the long stares of wizards and witches as they walked past the aisles with their head held high. They reached the required aisle to see a couple of kids with red hair occupying the bookshelves. "Weasley," Draco said with a sneer, his nose turned up a little as if he had smelled something foul in the air. Diana held back a smirk as one of the redheads, a kid about their age, scowled at the blond, seemingly not noticing she was standing there. "What the hell do you want, Malfoy? Shouldn't you be with your Death Eater father and doing dark arts stuff?"
Draco raised an eyebrow at but smirks tauntingly at the redhead. "My, my, I wasn't aware that you wanted to know what I do every single moment of the day. I'm starting you think you like me." The redhead turned an ugly shade of red and tried to stand up tall to save face. "Why you little - " The oldest of the redheads, a lanking tall guy, stopped the small redhead by grabbing to the back of his shirt. "Knock it off, Ron. Mother warned us to not fight with those working with Father in the Ministry." The one named Ron huffed at that.
Draco smirked with delight at this. "That's right, Weasley. Wouldn't want to get Daddy dearest in trouble right? Merlin knows your family needs the money." He laughed as the Weasley kids walked away, the oldest pulling Ron away by the shirt, making sure that he wouldn't cause any trouble. "Bouquet de traîtres de sang." (F) (Bunch of blood traitors.) The blonde mumbled before they both went back to the task at hand, gathering the necessary school books.
After a while, the two finally got all the books they needed and a few extra for some extracurricular reading. Using the featherweight charm, the two carried their purchases towards the front of the store to pay. Honestly, they could have performed a spell to have the books flat behind them but, being that Dumbledore groupies are everywhere, Diana thought it was best to not draw too much attention to themselves by doing magic a first year shouldn't be able to do.
Diana and Draco moved to stand in line which happened to be behind the Weasleys and a girl with frizzy brown hair who happened to be in a middle of a heated argument with Ronald. "Shut up, you stupid bitch! No one asked for your opinion, mudblood!" Witches and wizard who were standing in line gasped when they heard the little redhead spew out those words. The girl with the brown hair tilts her head to the side like she found those words peculiar, those brown eyes void of any emotions.
"Did your mother ever teach you not to call people such horrible words? I was only stating the truth." The girl said with such a cold tone, it could freeze the entire store. Suddenly, the brown-haired girl pulled out her wand from her pant pocket and calmly said the jelly-leg hex. Ronald fell to the floor with a yelp immediately after he attempted to step towards the brown-haired girl. "By the way," The girl said as she stepped towards the redhead. "I'm not a muggle-born."
Diana felt a smirk play on her lips. This girl could be a good asset to the organization. Plus, she knew that they would get along. The brown-haired girl then proceeded to step over the redhead and paid for her books, ignoring the fact that the teller behind the counter was staring at her in shock as well as the people behind her. The Weasley scrambled to get the youngest off the floor while they stared at her retreating back as she left the store. "Allez, Draco. Allons après elle." (F) (Come on, Draco. Let's go after her.)
Diana said, keeping in mind of what direction the girl went off to as they cut in front of the Weasleys since they weren't moving and the two needed to leave in order to meet up with Aunt Valentina. Draco raised an eyebrow at this as the teller placed their purchases in bags and smirked as a thought raced through his mind. "Elle est intéressante." (F) (She's an interesting one.) They retrieved the purchases that the teller graciously shrunk for them and left the store in the direction of where the girl went. They dodged around wizards and witches until they saw her sitting on a wooden bench on the corner leading into the Knockturn Alley, reading one of her books.
Diana casually sat down on the bench, leaving some space between, while Draco stood close by in a casual pose. "That was a nice display of magic back there." She stated lightly, occasionally looking over at the girl through her peripheral vision. She saw the girl smirk even though the brunette kept attention at her book. "Why, thank you. He was starting to annoy me." She said with shrug of her shoulders. Diana heard Draco chuckled at her comment. "Being around Weasley can do that to you."The girl snorted softly at his comment while she marked her place in the book with a bookmark before she turned to look at Diana.
"You're Diana Riddle, aren't you?" Diana's widened slightly at that. How did she know who she was? As far as she knew, information about Diana wasn't in any of the books. Except for the ones about Diana Potter, most likely written by one of Dumbledore supporters. Diana instinctively reached for her wand that was stored in the sleeve of her robe but didn't pull it out, her emerald eyes narrowed at the girl next to her. "How do you know who I am? Who sent you?" She asked, her voice calm but icy. Draco noticed this and stood at the ready, his cobalt eyes quickly scanning the constant parade of people for anyone acting suspiciously.
The girl raised an eyebrow at this and slowly reached into a tattered looking shoulder bag that Diana nor Draco really noticed when they encountered her in the bookstore. "This book." She simply stated as she pulled out a worn out book titled Influential Dark Wizards and Witches of the Ages written across the cover in gold cursive lettering. "They were talking about your father, Tom Riddle, in one of the chapters and they even showed a family picture." She stated as she opened the book to the particular page. "See for yourself." She said as she passed it to Diana, feeling Draco look over her shoulder to see. Indeed, a picture of her family was in there, smiling at the camera. To the outside, they looked like the perfect family, not knowing that they were deep in the Dark Arts then they appeared.
Diana simply shut the book with a snap and passed it back to the girl. You would think she would be angry or annoyed that she had been revealed but she wasn't, surprisingly. "I'm surprised that you have this book. Most people don't both to read this kind of book." The girl raises an eyebrow once again and Draco decided to answer. "No offense, but you don't exactly look like the 'dark' type." It was the girl's turn to smirk. "Oh, you'll be surprised." The girl then pointed down the road, seemingly at nothing particular. "Do you see that batty woman down there with the floral bring dress?"
Diana looked down the direction she was pointing at to see an old woman who was slightly hunched over and wringing her hands like she was nervous about something, her eyes darting back and forth when someone walked passed her. "What about her?" Draco implored, having sat down next to Diana once his legs ached from standing in one position for too long. "That's Mrs. Chadwick. She was the one who came to see me at the orphanage in Heathgate, Hampstead about a week ago to tell me I'm a witch. She said someone named Dumbledore was the one how put me there and sent her to meet me. Do you know who that is?" Diana bit back a snarl from hearing the old man's name but reigned it back. "Yeah. I've heard about him most of my life."
"You live in an orphanage?" Draco asked with a slight frown with confusion. "We just got our Hogwarts letters about a week ago. That means that you couldn't have known about your heritage for too long. How were you able to perform that spell back in the store?" Diana finally caught on to what he was saying and realized Draco was right. The jelly-leg hex back there wasn't something that can be caught on quickly, especially if you just found out you have magic blood and you have to grow accustomed to holding a wand.
The girl gave a chilling smirk while she had this slight far-off look in her eyes. "I've always known I was different than the other kids. My short bursts of magic always scared them but they always seemed to come back, like flies in a venus flytrap. All the kids in the orphanage can be so annoying. Nothing a flick of my wand can't handle when the owner isn't looking." Diana had an equally evil smirk on her face as Draco chuckled. She was liking this girl already. The girl looked down at the watch around her wrist and sighed dramatically. "I should probably head back to the orphanage. I have to practice more on my spells."
Diana laughed as she and Draco stood up with her. "Then I'll see you on the platform on September 1st?" The girl nodded once she gathered all her book in the crook of her arm and started to walk off when she stopped walking as if she had forgotten something and turned a little to look at them. "Oh, by the way, I'm Hermione. Hermione Granger." Diana tilted her head a little in a bow. "I'm Diana and this is Draco Malfoy." She stated as she motioned towards the blonde male next to her. Hermione tilted her head in the same fashion, a smile playing with her lips. "A pleasure to meet you both. I best be going now." With a final tilt of their head, Hermione disappeared through the crowd with Mrs. Chadwick following close behind her.
"Come on, we better hurry. Aunt Valentina is waiting for us." Draco said once he looked down at the pocket watch he had received from his parents for Christmas. Diana had almost forgotten about that. "Yeah." She said and they made their way to Madame Malkin's to see Valentina was waiting for them outside. "YA nachinal dumat', chto vy oba poteryalis'." (R) (I was beginning to think that both of you have gotten lost.) The two mumbled an apology to the woman even though she looked more amused than annoyed. "Kto-to interesnyy privlek moye vnimaniye, i ya dolzhen byl predstat' pered ney." (R) (Someone interesting came to my attention and I had to introduce myself to her.)
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"Pettigrew, take this insufferable piece of crap down to the dungeons," Christopher said coldly with a wave of his hand as a squeak from a greasy quivering male standing next to the magically enlarged throne chair. "Y-Yes my Lord." He stammered as he made his way over to the shaking figure lying huddled on the ground in a fetal position. Pettigrew grabbed their arm and hoisted them up on his feet before staggering out of the chambers from the weight. The death eater that had been assembled kept their eyes down to the floor while facing the front of the room. Diana sneered silently at the weak male. She never liked him. Neither did Christopher.
A cloaked figure stepped out from the assembled death eaters and moved towards the throne chair, stopping on a few feet away and got down on their knees. "My lord, my lady, please let me punish him. Let me teach him a lesson for displeasing you both so." A female voice rang out the chamber. Christopher's eyes looked amused upon his stoic face. He made a sweeping motion with his hand. "Do as you wish, Bellatrix. We won't doubt your abilities." The figure bowed dramatically while thinking him excessively before quickly standing up and walked off.
"My lord," Lucius said softly as he stepped in stand closer to the throne chair once Bellatrix left the chambers. "What is it, Lucius?" Christopher said, tilting his the slightest towards the older blonde male. Instead of saying it out loud, Lucius leaned closer to whisper in his ear. Christopher silently nodded and Lucius stepped back into his original position. The young lord remained silent for a few seconds longer, his icy light blue eyes carefully scanning the masked individuals that were standing in front of him.
"Looks like you gentlemen are going to have a reprieve from my sister and me for a while." Soft murmuring went around but no one dared to cheer even the slightest bit. "But no worries, we'll be putting Lucius in charge." The masked figures grumbled slightly at this. When Lucius was appointed the temporary leader position, the blonde male takes his position very seriously and that meant no slacking off for many of them.
Diana laughed softly, but really, it sounded really chilling from the echo the chamber makes. "Oh don't think, we won't know what happens around here when we are gone. Lucius will relay us everything daily. There are many of you that have been slacking off. We'll be keeping tabs on you while we are away." The masked individuals said in unison. "Yes, my Lady."
September
Platform 9 3/4 was filled to the brim with students and parents. "Stay out of trouble ok?" Christopher said as he and Diana shared a brief hug, kissing the top of her head. "You too." She mumbled against his shirt before stepping back to let him leave. "You still have the necklace I gave you?" He asked and she instinctively reached for it hidden under her shirt. "Good. I'll contact you often." He said. Valentina gave her a tight hug. "Remember to send us letters. Your father would like to know what is happening during school." She nodded to her request, knowing that the woman won't let up until she did. Christopher left with Valentina while Stepan stayed behind just in time to see the Malfoys apparated onto the platform.
"Hello Draco," Diana said after a brief hello to Lucius and Narcissa. The adults quietly conversed to themselves as Draco asked while their school trunks were whisked away into the train by their family house elves. "Has Hermione arrived yet?" Diana shook her head as she scanned to bustling crowd. "Not yet but I'm sure she will come." Just then, a girl with wild brown hair stepped out from the invisible barrier into the platform. Hermione paused a little bit to look around, sees them and walks over. "Hello, Diana. Draco." She said with a tilt of her head to them.
"Had fun practicing on the other orphan kids?" Diana asked with a smirk. The brunette had an evil smirk on her face. "Of course. I couldn't let my skills go to waste now, would we?" The two chuckled at this when Lucius and Stepan walked over. "Who is your new friend, molodoy?" Stepan asked as he placed a hand on her shoulder. "This is the girl I told you about, uncle. Draco and I met her in Diagon Alley when we went to buy for our school books."
Stepan's eyes lit up a little when he remembered something. "Ah yes, Diana has told me all about you. It's a pleasure to finally meet you. It's rare for Diana to make a friend in such a short time. I hope you both get sorted into the same house." He said as he took the girl's hand and placed a gentle kiss on the back of her hand. Hermione blushed at that as the train blew it's horn, shooting a puff of steam towards the ceiling. "You three best be getting on the train," Stepan said as students made their way to board the Hogwarts Express. Diana gave the man acting as her surrogate father a tight hug before the three of them climbed on board.
"Let's head to the back. No one will bother us there." Draco said as they struggled to get through the narrow walkway filled with other students struggling to find seats. Finally, they managed to get to the back of the train and got situated in an empty compartment. The three sat in the seats, relaying to Hermione how the rest of their summer went. Their conversation was interrupted when the sliding door to the compartment slides open to have Blaise, Pansy and Daphne stepped in, filling the compartment a little more. Draco and Diana introduced Hermione to the three newcomers and soon everyone was talking with each other.
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The Hogwarts Express arrives at the Hogsmeade Station and the sky had turned dark about an hour or so. The students had changed into their school robes and filed out of the train. Over the sound of excited students chattering with each other on the cobblestone platform, was a loud voice belonging to a giant man holding a hand-held lantern. "Firs' years follow me!" Diana sighed in an annoyed tone when she heard that voice. "Don't tell me it's that half-giant." Draco and the other's nodded, surprisingly, Hermione had a disgusted look on her face when they got close enough to see what he was wearing. "Kill me now." Diana groaned while the others snickered at her from behind.
Diana looked drastically different from when she stepped into the Hogwarts Express. She had changed her appearance moments before the train entered the station via magic. She still had her long black hair but her facial structure had changed to be a combination of Valentina's and Stepan's, her eyes was a chocolate brown rather than their regular emerald green and flecks of red. Hermione had asked why she had changed her appeared and she told the brunette that she would tell her later. Hermione seemed reluctant to let this go but she eventually did.
The half-giant guided them to a large lake where numerous small boats laid waiting. "Alrigh' yer lot! Climb into these boats here and they will take you inside." He said, motioning towards those rickety boats. "Why the hell are we going in there?!" A familiar voice rang out from the crowd of first years. "Scared Weasley?" Draco taunted as said redhead stepped through the crowd. "Shut the fuck up, Malloy!" Weasley's face turned bright red. "My, you kiss your mother with that mouth?" Diana said silkily. Weasley looked like he was going to charge at them when the half-giant decided to cut in. "Alrigh' alrigh', that's enough ya three."
The first years got into the boats and was pulled towards the shore by seemingly nothing. They were lead up the stone steps into the castle which they were met with a stern looking woman with glasses. "Welcome to Hogwarts.I'm Professor McGonagall and I'm the deputy headmistress as well as the Transfiguration professor here. Please follow me." She said in a firm voice and stiffly lead then through the corridors until they stopped in front of two large doors. "Stay here until I come back." She said sternly, her eyes looking at the students as a warning before walking through the two doors. Some of the first years tried to peek a look into the room through the narrow opening she had just walked through but the door closed too quickly for them to see anything.
McGonagall came back and lead us into what looked like the dining hall filled with students and the other teachers. Rather than gaze at everything in amazement, Diana looked over at the grand table to see Severus and that insufferable old coot, Dumbledore. He was smiling with gleaming eyes at the students like a doting grandfather, making Diana narrow her eyes. A peculiar sight was a professor wearing a turban was practically shaking in his bones, wringing his hands as if he had a nervous tick. They came to stop towards the front of the Great Hall where stood a stool and a ratty old hat with the staff table behind it. "When I call your name, come up to the chair and I'll put the Sorting Hat on top of your head," McGonagall said as she produced a roll of parchment from her robes and unrolled it. "Hannah Abbot!" A girl with dark brown hair nervously stepped up to the deputy headmistress and sat down on the stool while the professor placed the Sorting Hat on her head.
Numerous students stepped up to the Sorting Hat as their name was called. Hermione was placed into Slytherin, catching Dumbledore by surprise by the slight frown on his aging face which quickly went away before anyone could see, and Draco was placed in the same house which was expected. More names were called out until finally Diana's name was called. "Natalya Ivankov." Diana had a stoic expression as she stepped up to the Sorting Hat, her head tilted up as she sat on the stool. The raggedy old hat was placed on her head, obscuring her eyes from how wide it was. Aahhh...Ms. Riddle...It's a pleasure to finally meet you...I see. You are very much like your father. Smart...cunning...and driven...I don't usually give advice to students but, you are an exception. Be aware. Dumbledore is more ingrained in everything then you think...SLYTHERIN!
The hat was pulled off of her head and hopped off the stool to see the professors clapping politely with the students while the Slytherins table was the most boisterous, Dumbledore has a kind smile on his face while Severus looked smug if you knew the man as long as she did. Diana made her way over to her housemates and sat down next to Hermione and Draco. "Natalya?" The brunette asked, her eyebrow raised. Diana didn't feel the slightest bit sorry and shrugged her shoulder. "Sorry for not telling you. It must have slipped my mind." Hermione just rolled her eyes and Diana took a few minutes to whisper what their plan into her ear.
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"Are you sure Granger needs to know our plans?" Draco asked as the Slytherin first years got settled in the Slytherin common room. "Why not? Has she not be proven trustful to our cause?" Diana asked, keeping their voices low so others couldn't overhear. "She hasn't. What if Dumbledore has already gotten to her and she is working for the light?" Draco stated, his worry understandable but Diana rolled her eyes at this. Said brunette was in their shared dorm with Pansy and Daphne. " I understand your concern, Draco but really, Dumbledore doesn't know who I am nor does know whos in charge of the Death Eaters in place of Father. It's very unlikely that he sent Hermione to spy on us." The blonde shrugged his shoulder and yawned. "As you wish, Diana. I'm going to sleep now. See you in the morning."
Diana nodded and decided to stay in the common area for a bit to enjoy the fire and solace a little bit longer. "You're not going to sleep?" A familiar silky voice came from behind her after a while. "No. Besides, you said you wanted to talk to me once the staff meeting was over." She said with a raised eyebrow at the potion master. Severus scoffs and moves to sit down in the armchair across from her. "I should have told you before you left for the Hogwarts Express but you father is sharing a body with Professor Quirrell."
"You mean the professor that looks like he's suffering from withdrawal symptoms to a potion?" Diana inquired. Severus's top lip quivered as he refrained from laughing. "Yes. That one. If you want to talk to your father, all you need to do is let Quirrell know. Just make sure you are alone." Diana rolled her eyes and nods. "I know, I know." Severus ruffled her hair, much to her distress before standing up to leave. "You best get to bed, Diana. You have a busy day tomorrow. " Diana nodded as she stood up. "Yes, sir." She watched the man leave the Slytherin dorm before she too left for her own dorm. She silently walked in to see her three roommates had gone to sleep, their bed curtains closed shut. She silently changed into her sleepwear and slipped under her bed covers. The last thing she remembered was thinking about how their plan would proceed after this. It can't be too fast or too slow.