Something that the girls involved in the Troll-incident (as they would refer to the event as) were grateful for was the fact that the day after Halloween wasn't a school day and therefore could take the time to sleep in. While the few teachers had showed up at the scene where the fight had taken place, the girls were already gone when they did so, leaving only the bloody mess that had been the Troll and a decent amount of collateral damage behind, most of which was caused by the Bloody Valkyrie's kicking the Troll into the nearby wall. Not that any of the teachers that showed up could really guess what actually happened.
Hermione Granger couldn't help but absentmindedly notice that she felt more than a few things when she consciousness returned to her, even if she was feeling rather reluctant to wake up. The first one was that she wasn't in a state of utter agony like she was last night. The second one was obviously sheets of silk against more than the usual amount of skin. The third one was the gentle warmth and touch of an affectionate hug. The fourth and final one was the slight scent of chocolate being blown into her face in a rhythmic manner. But what really made the bushy haired girl realize that she wasn't alone in the bed was the sound of someone snoring, and she recognized the voice of the snoring person, which prompted her to slowly open her eyes. When she did so, she was greeted by the sight of a familiar mane of red hair that was usually kept in a wild ponytail. Her bedmate was none other than the girl who was sorted into the house of Hufflepuff shortly after herself during the sorting at the start of the school year. Enuma Gremory. Although it was a bit of a struggle, due to the snoring redhead hugging her, the hexagon eyed girl managed to turn herself around, taking in the surroundings of a room that definitely wasn't her own before spotting her bedmate's close friend, Shalltear Bloodfallen, sleeping contently in another bed not that far away from the one she and Enuma were sharing. Turning back around, the hexagon eyed girl spotted something that she wasn't really ready to see.
The torso of a young girl attached to the body of a spider with white and pink fur, looking at her with an expression that was probably supposed to be menacing but came across as adorable. An Arachne. Much like the fur of the spider-body, the Arachne's hair was also white and pink, with white being the main color and pink being the color of the tips. When it came to clothing, which wasn't really much considering it was an Arachne, the Arachne wore a spiderweb patterned maid outfit that was dark purple instead of the typical black with white webs. As the Arachne crawled up the wall on six, rather fluffy-looking, spiderlegs before stopping just above the two girls, the hexagon eyed girl could only watch with unease. An unease that caused Hermione to start hyperventilate as the Arachne slowly descended from above by a single thread until it, or rather she, was at the same height as the hexagon eyed girl's face.
"*hiss*" the Arachne suddenly let out an obviously upset hiss, while making the monster-gesture. Clearly attempting and succeeding to scare Hermione, who let out a very high pitched shriek. Which, as expected, caused the others in the room to wake, which as a result revealed that Shalltear was the only one who was wearing any kind of sleepwear, a semi-transparent nightgown, Enuma and Hermione herself turned out to be in their birthday suits. A reveal that caused the hexagon eyed girl to accidentally kick and push her bedmate out of her own bed as she blushed.
"Okay. One. Cydaea, don't scare people like that. Two. I will explain, Hermione. And three. Oww." Stated Enuma as put on a pair of short shorts and a short top that was conveniently lying on the floor at the side of the bed where she had been pushed, before standing up and turning her attention to the girl who kicked her out of her own bed, who had pulled up the sheets to cover herself and staring at the Arachne who was pouting before exploding in a puff of smoke. Once the smoke cleared, it revealed the white and pink furred Taratect that Enuma had showed off one day during the first month of school. The redhead refused to tell the bushy haired girl why the other Hufflepuffs, particularly the guys, flinched whenever the violet eyed girl said spider bite. "Alright, now where to start?"
"May I suggest borrowing a page from Rias' book and properly reintroduce yourself?" Asked Shalltear, who was doing some stretching, which caused some of the Vampire's joints to pop.
"That works."
"What are you two talking about?" Asked Hermione in a tone of obvious confusion, as if on cue.
"Allow me to properly reintroduce myself, Hermione Granger. I am Enuma Gremory. A Devil of the Noble house of Gremory." Replied Enuma dramatically as the redhead's bat-like wings popped out of her back, before her expression changed to a thoughtful one, just as the jaw of the girl she just reintroduced herself to fell. "Wow. Now I understand why Rias keeps practicing that. It's fun to say and effective as a presentation. If only she didn't constantly practice in front of her mirror without wearing anything, not that she doesn't look good."
"How do you even know that she practices naked?" Wondered Shalltear.
"She often forgets to close the door to her room." Deadpanned Enuma. "Nevermind that, we've gotten off topic."
"You're the one who started talking about your sister's nudist-habits."
"Moving on! Both of you! Back on topic! Now!" Shouted Hermione who was blushing, clearly both embarrassed and annoyed by the others.
"Sorry. Anyway, as I said. I'm a Devil and… quick question, how familiar are you with chess?"
"Well I know the rules."
"Good to know. Anyway, we Devils are low in numbers after the Great War and have quite the low rate of fertility. I'll spare the details so long story short, a really smart Devil created a system which allows High-class Devils to reincarnate others as Devils and construct groups known as Peerages. That system is the Evil Piece system, which is based on chess. I hold the role as the leader of my Peerage, the King."
"And I'm the Queen, second in command of the Peerage… not that the position has meant much until last night as until recently it was just the two of us." Stated Shalltear, who proceeded to release her own wings. "Allow me to properly reintroduce myself. I'm Shalltear Bloodfallen, a Devil/Vampire in service of the house of Gremory."
"Okay. But what has that to do with me?" Asked Hermione.
"You were dying last night and I used one of my pieces to reincarnate you into my Peerage as my first Knight. Welcome to the Peerage and your new life as a Devil, Hermione Granger. We'll go over the details once we've had some breakfast." Replied Enuma.