Lady Mortem || Harry Potter Fanfiction

Alastair, House of Snakes

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The new first years walked through the majestic great hall with awe. The ceiling shows the night sky outside.

They went to very front of the great hall, standing infront of the Professors table. Most of them were fidgety thanks to their anxiety.

Scilla inwardly chuckled at their terrified faces.

A three legged stool stood infront of them. A worn out hat sat atop of it. The first years were of course quite confused by this, before the hat started to sing.

The hat, Alastair, was sentient thanks to the founders magic. And because of that, the hat got a bit of each of the founders personality. And Scilla was sure the song came from Helga's personality.

The hall erupted in clapping when the song was finished. She didn't even listen to it.

"Now, when I call your name, you will put on the hat and sit on the stool to be sorted

Abbott, Hannah!"

The sorting goes on, Scilla only clapped when her brother and Pansy got sorted into Sytherin, obviously.

"Potter, Scilla."

A murmur and whispering erupted in the hall, Scilla could even see the 'Headmaster' sat upright, eyes twinkled.

She internally cringed before stepping infront and sat on the stool. The hat was placed on top of her head, covering her eyes.

"Well, hello again Little Founder. How long has it been."

"Hello Alastair, around 8 decade I believe. Quite a long time."

"A long time indeed. Well now, which house do you wish to be sorted into?"

"You know which, Alastair." She smiled.

Alastair chuckled at her words in her head. Indeed, it knows which house were the best for her currently. She need to be away from the old goat after all.

"Godric won't be happy with this."

"He can't blame me though. It's that lunatic's fault."

"Indeed, you have to be more careful, He's already sending compulsions to make me sort you to Gryffindor. Well then, better be-

Slytherin!!"

The hall was met with silence. No one can believe what they heard. Scilla could feel Dumbledore fuming behind her.

'How pathetic.'

Scilla heard some applauses came from Draco, Pansy and Blaise. She smiled and went to the Slytherin table after placing the hat on the stool. She sat beside Draco and looked at her dad. Severus sent a little smile, barely noticeable.

Mcgonagall finally snapped out of her shock and continue the sorting. Blaise was the last one to get sorted and also into Slytherin.

Scilla curiously looked at the turban wearing professor beside her dad. The professor was also looking at her. His irises however was red. Scilla mischievously smirked at him. She mouthed,

Hello, Tom.

She could see his eyes widen in shock. She giggled and averted her eyes. Draco looked at her confused but Scilla just shook her head.

"Welcome, Welcome to a new year at Hogwarts! Before we begin our banquet, I would like to say a few words. And here they are Nitwit! Blubber! Oddment! Tweak! Thank you."

Scilla silently snickered at her dad, who was rolling his eyes in annoyance. The food magically appeared on the table. Scilla looked at the food served.

'How unhealthy.' She looked at the food in disgust.

She wasn't wrong, all of the food served are mostly fried, oily and sweets. Even as a vampire, she still enjoy eating human food. But this was just too much. There wasn't even any vegetables or fruits!

Scilla looked at Severus pitifully. Severus who noticed it was holding his laugh before writing something on the paper he transfigured and sending it to the kitchen.

Not long after, a bowl of fruits appeared infront of her. She looked at Severus in gratitude before eating the bowl of fruits. She never had a big appetite after all, so the fruits was enough.

After the dinner was over, Dumbledore said some warning about the Forbidden Forest and the Third Floor Corridor. Which Scilla found stupid to say.

When that was over, the prefects of each house led their new housemate to their house.

The Slytherin house was down in the dungeon. They stood infront of a wall. There's snake engraved on the wall.

"This is the way to the common room, you need to remember the password to open the door. The password will change every month. It will be posted on the board inside.

Serpent." One of the prefect said.

The wall moved and separated, forming an archway. Quite similar to the wall that led to Diagon.

The Slytherin common room was beautiful and spacious. It was underwater so the water outside the window created a beautiful reflection. This was exactly why Scilla always loved the Slytherin house more.

Scilla noticed Salazar Slytherin painting on the wall above the fireplace, observing the new faces. He seemed to notice Scilla stood in the back. But before he could say anything, Scilla place a finger in front of her lips.

Once all Slytherin first years were in the common room, one of the prefect, Gemma Farley, step up.

"Welcome to Slytherin, first years. I'm one of the prefect Gemma Farley and my fellow prefect, Adrian Pucey. Slytherin have a few rules you must abide. One of the most important one is, we must show unity outside the common room. Professor," Gemma said stepping aside.

Severus, who was watching in the corner step out of the shadows. Scilla shows a thumbs up to her dad from the back.

"If some of you don't know me yet, I'm your head of house and Potion professor, Snape. There're several rules in Slytherin. You will be punished accordingly if you're found out breaking them.

First, since others sees us as the house of evil, no doubt you will receive poor treatment from other students. You will have to go in a group of at least 3 outside the common room.

Second, any dispute will not go outside of this common room. If you have any kind of disagreement, the solve it here. You will show a unity outside.

Third, if you HAVE TO break rules and retaliate when other house gave you trouble, make sure you don't get caught. If you do get caught, I will personally gave you punishment.

You need to remember these 3 main rules. If there's something troubling you, you can ask help from one of the prefects. If it's too personal, my door is open. I will post my schedule on that board. Curfew is 9 pm, go to your dorm now. Dismissed." He turned and went his office.
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Word Count : 1090

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Surprise Update!! What do you guys think of this? Anyway, I want to thank you guys, 12k read and 600 votes in 1 month!! You guys are the best. I also want to apologize, if their speech was weird. I can't do british okay! And probably some typos too.
Next update will be someday on this month. Again, thanks guys!!

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