HP - Shadow Monarch!

Chapter 13 - First Day 01.

[Chapter Size: 2000 Words.]
Third Person POV

Hogwarts.

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Snape woke up the next day, before dawn, stretching quietly as he started to get out of bed. Pleased with the time, he used his wand to change his clothes and proceeded out of his room.

As soon as he reached the Slytherin common room, he noticed some students reading books, too engrossed to see Snape as he left—a lucky break for those students not having to hear Snape breaking the door again, after all, it opened as he approached without a password, unlike the other side which still required the passphrase.

He then left, his goal being the entrance of the castle. Snape wore a long cloak, not like the rest of the students, he maintained an inky blackness as it moved with the wind. "I've always liked Peter... but now this color is more beautiful than ever," he admitted, looking down at his uniform while he was in his dark cloak, the Slytherin symbol standing out on his chest with the characteristic snake.

He continued walking through the corridors and stairs until he reached the first floor, "You shouldn't be walking around the school at this time." Suddenly, a ghost came out of the wall, confronting him. However, as soon as Snape glanced at him as his instincts were already trained, his eyes shone blue as he looked at the ghost, which went from an expression that had finally caught a student sneaking out of the dormitory to a scared expression as soon as it saw Snape's eyes.

The ghost did not think twice before starting to enter the wall, fleeing. Snape just sighed and continued on his way to the main door of the castle. He encountered a seventh-year student making rounds with a lantern. "You!" He pointed at Snape, who was approaching him. Snape, already accustomed to his aspect that could scare all these children and teenagers, was not surprised when he approached the 17-year-old man with a quite fearful face as soon as he saw him.

"What?" Snape asked in a bad mood.

The Hufflepuff boy looked at Snape, swallowing hard before deciding to break the silence. "You shouldn't be walking around the school at this time, there's 1 hour left before dawn." The boy spoke, stuttering a bit. Snape might be a member of Slytherin, but what scared the boy were his menacing eyes that he swore he had seen glowing just a second ago.

"It doesn't matter, I have an agreement with that old man you call the headmaster," Snape spoke calmly, "I'm free to leave the school." Snape said, making the young man step back wordlessly, not knowing what shocked him more, was Snape speaking of Albus Dumbledore in that tone, calling him old, or the agreement, which seemed like complete nonsense.

"Are you still going to stand in my way?" Snape asked, looking at the boy paralyzed.

"Of course!" He said, stuttering as he let Snape pass and actually going to the school door while opening it with his wand, leaving the young man still alarmed.

Snape finally arrived in the garden in front of the school; there was a huge fountain in the middle while the grass surrounded the place with magical animals designed in it, he saw grass shaped like a horse galloping while there were some birds flapping their wings but not leaving the ground.

He didn't care about it and kept passing through the flying training field near the Quidditch stadium, looking at the still starry sky, he thought it wouldn't be very nice to train there. Continuing forward, he left the school heading to the lake near Hagrid's house.

He walked so quietly that not even the half-giant's dog noticed him as he passed, now walking another 500 meters, he found a good place to train.

He started his morning run, then his exercises, even after finishing all his daily mission, Snape continued to strengthen his body. 'I have to find a good place to practice magic too... here will be too conspicuous.' He thought while he could do nothing but strengthen his body, this then was his routine for the next hour.