HP - Shadow Monarch!

Chapter 22 - First Day 10.

[Chapter Size: 1800 Words.]
Third Person POV

Hogwarts.

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The door blew apart as Snape emerged from the smoke again, a scene all too familiar to some present, while the students stared at the boy, stunned, with their wands in hand, believing it was an attack.

Snape stopped, looking at everyone, as a threatening atmosphere took over the place with many students swallowing hard, wondering what had happened there and why Snape was staring at them as if he was looking for something.

Then Snape's gaze fixed on one person, "Geronimo, clean up this mess," he simply said.

The young noble nodded reluctantly, not wanting to go against the wishes of this new, intimidating Snape.

Geronimo met everyone's gaze, walked over to the door destroyed by Snape's brute force, and cast the "Reparo" spell, with the door returning to normal as if nothing had happened. Meanwhile, Snape shrugged and started walking towards his dormitory under the still stunned gaze of all.

"Wait!" A student interrupted Snape's path, while everyone still looked on in surprise.

"Why are you in my way?" Snape looked at the student, emitting a dangerous glow.

The seventh-year student stepped back, seeing those eyes, 'What's happening? Am I afraid of this half-blood?' the young Adrian, from the Rosier family. The Rosier family is known for its blood purity and a long history of loyalty to the oldest wizarding traditions, including a penchant for the dark arts. This puts Adrian in a privileged position, where he grew up with a sense of superiority and a deep respect for blood-purity-based hierarchies.

Adrian is more than just his surname. He is smart, cunning, and extremely skilled in magic, with a particular affinity for defense spells and dueling. However, his weakness is his arrogance and his unwavering belief in his family's status. He held his pride beyond his family and his own abilities; he should not be intimidated by anyone without support behind them and was even angry at Snape for making him go through this humiliation while many had looks there.

"Tell me what happened to you!" The 17-year-old demanded in a more arrogant tone after gaining some courage to confront Snape, after all, Snape had always been a nobody who had a talent for potions, without Lucius Malfoy's support, he was a nobody with some future.

"Why should I answer? Who are you?" Snape asked, frustrated, debating whether he could just kick this boy before returning to the dormitory.

"You don't know who I am?" The boy seemed a bit frustrated with that.

"No and frankly, I don't care, just get out of my way, I might not be nice in the next moment," Snape declared, already moving his fingers seeing the intent and arrogance of this boy, he wouldn't mind hitting a kid.

Adrian, already frustrated from before, exploded in anger. "I'm Adrian Rosier, you better remember that because not even your friend Lucius can help you if you annoy me. To get straight to the point, I heard you underwent a change as soon as you took some kind of potion and I want your potion, it doesn't matter if you lost it, my family will want it and it's better for you to do it, because the family won't let you go," the 17-year-old said frustratedly without caring if dozens of Slytherin students were hearing him threaten someone at this level.

If they were already shocked, what happened next was even more staggering, because before Adrian could react, a hand grabbed his neck, lifting the noble off the ground by Snape holding him, while the boy tried to breathe.