Serpent Queen (discontinued)

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    "Now before anything happens, I would like to say there can only be five who can join. Your Lord had only requested that I take you under my guidance and the other five as extras." With this in mind, Pansy and Draco, much to his father's disapproval, stepped to the front, immediately their arms raised, "Only three spots remaining." Soon three others appeared, a witch and two wizards.

    The Dark Lord's grin appeared as the five moved to the front of Madam Oizys, as Snape and Narcissa stayed in their position. "Now that we have that under wraps, Madam will take her group to another room to discuss other matters," the group left to another room. "I have been notified that there is another spy here, per request to our agreement, I have the information needed to identify the traitor," Nagini appeared near the foot of a wizard, "there you are. . ."

*

    "Over the next couple months you will engage in multiple training activities that require knowledge in the field of medicine, both muggle and magical," a scoff could be heard from under three masks, "including knowledge in spying techniques, again both muggle and magical." Snickers could be heard, but from two people, "If you don't wish to participate, I can always replace you." Her glare could be felt, even under the veil. "*ahem* no Madam Oizys," all five said as she guided Severus and Narcissa to another room, leaving the group alone.

    "Like we need to learn about muggle's way of living, I bet there ain't much to learn," one of the wizards spoke as another joined, "Yea what are we gonna learn. How to heal a broken bone with a rock!" They started laughing as they thought of more bizarre ways to heal a would without the use of magic or potions. Draco snickered at some of the comments as Pansy and the witch stayed out of it. Although Pansy doubted that the witch wanted to be here after hearing the requirements, she was surprised but if this was the only way to prove herself, then she'll dress like a muggle damnit.

    Soon the three returned as Narcissa called onto Pansy and one of the wizards, as Snape took the other three. Madam Oizys lead them to a tunnel that lead to a room filled with books and different medical instruments, some identifiable, others not so much. "You will stay within your groups for three months, Narcissa will teach you the magical side of healing while Severus will teach you methods of observation. I, on the other hand, will teach you the muggle side of these lessons, after these months are completed, you will switch." At this the witch raised her hand, "Yes," "I thought we were to lean these subjects separately?" The Madam's gaze froze them to the floor, "I never said you would be learning separately, did I?" The witch immediately fell as the intensity was too hard to contain, "No ma'am!" "Good, now get to work. I need to know how far your knowledge can hold." With that, she left the room, Severus and Narcissa started the lesson without a moments thought.

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    "These idiots are gonna be difficult to teach, at least that Parkinson girl is tolerable," Diane sat by the fireplace in the study room as they rubbed their temple to settle the headache. "Well you did say 'volunteer work' and nothing specific," Tom Riddle sat at his desk, going over some papers that were from the ministry, as he gazed upon the boy 'his morphing spell must have ward off.'

    The ritual they did a week ago gave him the appearance of his 20-year-old self, although the side effects have made him seem more thirty. 'They really know their stuff,' Riddle thought as he observed the child, who was now laying on the couch. 'Is he that comfortable around me?' No he can't be, even if they were now allies, he shouldn't be that comfortable to let his guard down. That's right, he could just be acting to make me drop my defenses. With a sigh, Riddle looked over the papers as he stood, gathering the stack and smacking them on 'Harry's' head, who grabbed the stack to oversee the papers. "Why are you giving me these papers?" Taking a glance at the financial credits, sneering inside at the amount used yearly for Hogwarts.

    Riddle took notice of this, "If you and I are going to be allies, you need to be helpful, especially, with paperwork." With a smirk, he saw how distressed the boy looked, only for his satisfaction to dissolve when a resolved expression took over.

'Go ahead, have fun with this. I know you've been dying for something to do,' Diane switched to Harry, who looked through the paper. Taking notice of how Riddle stood with a blank stare, he must be wondering about the shift, *sigh* "Are these all the papers you want me to look at? Depending on these, there should be more." Riddle observed the conversion from then to now, 'what a weird change,' as he walked towards his desk to grab the rest of the papers. Making slight notice to how the kid manifested a pen and inkwell. "At the bottom of one of the girl's lavatories, there is a secret room. I need you to find it and create a base of operations. From there, we can keep in contact with each other as long as this truce continues."

Harry gathered the papers, "I'm only a first year, what makes you think I can do such a task?" His stare was directed towards Riddle as he moved towards the fireplace, ready to floo back to his room. "I think if you were able to figure there is more to those papers, you would be able to figure out this secret. You maybe a first year, but there is something more to you that seems...let's just say, interesting [deadly]." With that, Harry grabbed the floo powder and left. Leaving Riddle to return back to his work.

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"We should be more careful about this. I feel something off about this," Harry argued as he scanned the papers. There was financial problems with how Hogwarts has been spending, along with how the Ministry has been operating. "By this point, there is a conspiracy between Hogwarts and the Ministry, especially with Dumbledore. But there could be more in that secret room he had mentioned. Yes, but why would he tell us! It just doesn't make sense," by this point, there was no way they could continue until they checked the damn room.

    "Why can't we go to sleep and think more about it tomorrow. We've been at that meeting for a while, and this isn't doing well on our judgement. Let's wait until we have a clear head." With a sigh, the boy stood from the table and placed the papers behind a brick that was pried off, replacing the brick after the papers were placed inside. "Maybe your right."

    With that, they went to sleep. No soul knew about their secret, and no one wasn't too suspicious to even think twice about their behavior. Except for one.