Acceptance

Tactics of a Slytherin

A/N: Hey people! Next chapter!

The title is so because I just transferred myself into Slytherin from Gryffindor on Pottermore, well, because I didn't feel brave enough.

On with the story anyway...

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"Glory is nothing else but success, and to achieve it, one only has to be cunning."

~Mikhail Lermontov

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Maia had enough of this nonsense.

If she had to escape this situation, she must think of something.

Something worthy of a Slytherin.

Her parents, she remembered vaguely, had always remarked that she would do well in Slytherin. Maybe now was the time to implement it.

She looked around. The clan leader had gone. This was a great time.

But then, she heard a gasp of a boy and jumped.

Turning around quite dramatically, she came face to face with a mousey brown haired boy with dark eyes, staring back at her.

"Who are you?" they gasped simultaneously.

"You go first," they said together again.

Eyes wide, he motioned her to introduce herself.

"I-I'm Maia. Maia Darkwood," she managed to squeak.

"Darkwood? Like in Robert Darkwood's daughter?"

"Yes...and you are?" she asked, tilting her head.

"I'm Joseph. Joseph Granville," he muttered.

"What are you doing here? Are you with them," her voice dripped with venom as she said the word, "Or did they kidnap you?"

"Are you insane? Me, with them?" he sputtered.

"Sorry, I just-I just thought...."she trailed off.

Awkward silence prevailed. While Joseph pointedly ignored her, she took a look at him.

He was thin, with his brown hair mussed up, and his robes were normal, day wear robes, which had a not too richly appearance. He seemed to avoid her, his fingers tugging on his sleeve. It was making her feel strangely guilty.

"Look, I-I'm sorry. It's just that I've been abducted by them for Merlin knows how long and I was just shown my Hogwarts letter and told I wouldn't be able to go there and I just can't function this properly and I ended up blow-" she stopped.

Realising with a blush, she had been ranting and Joseph had been staring at her weirdly.

"Sorry," she was able to say, her face burning.

"It's alright. I shouldn't have done that. It's just, they knocked me out while I was out on my way towards my friend's house and brought me here. I only just woke up and I wasn't able to see you until now," he said.

"Really? Me too! They knocked me out after dragging me into one of these cells," she said.

"Oh! But, do you know who they are?"

"You mean Werewolf?"

"You know?"

"Yup. My Hogwarts Letter was addressed to 'The Werewolf Den'."

"I've seen them before, you know," he shuddered, "My Dad stood up to them. They've been wronging the Werewolf Law, my Dad said. They apparently want to take a revenge by turning me. There's nothing we can do, you know. They're too powerful."

Maia was stunned. There's nothing we can do. They're too powerful.

"B-but, there must be something!"

"Nope. We tried. My uncle is in St.Mungos right now," he added, averting his gaze.

"We gotta escape. Right now."

"Not right now! They're awake and about right now!"

"Okay then, not now!"

"You never told me about yourself," said Joseph.

"Oh! Well, it was my birthday and then Mr.Black gave me something as my birthday present and then suddenly I was portkeyed here and the clan leader grabbed me and put me in some cell. Then when I woke up, they dragged me and showed me my Hogwarts Letter!

"The Clan leader then said that they want me! For my parents have wronged them too!"

Joseph stared at her. Was he doubting her?

"If Purebloods like Mr.Darkwood have stood up against them, they must be pretty bad! What are we gonna do?"

"We're gonna run away. Today. Midnight. They'll be asleep, right?"

"Yes! We can do so! But...where are we gonna go? We're probably in the middle of some deep wood!"

Maia felt stupid. How did she forget that? Unless....

"The werewolves must sleep in some kind of a house! It'll have Floo! We can floo away!"

Joseph grinned for the first time ever since she had been there.

Her mind was wandering and as she chatted with him, the werewolves left them alone, only pausing to pass something for them to eat.

And now, at midnight, she was going to escape. She was sure of it.

Only if she knew that she had jinxed it.

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A/N: There you have it! New character!

Stay tuned to find out if they succeed!

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