HP - Shadow Monarch!

Chapter 72 - Gringotes.

[Chapter Size: 2000 Words.]
Third Person POV

Hogwarts.

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"You can prance around all you want now. You won't be bothering anyone by staying in this place," Snape said as he watched Atlas lie down on the lawn, scratching all over.

Snape shifted his gaze from the Graphorn to the black owl, Shadow, flying around excitedly, having a large space and no longer needing to share a room with Atlas, which it mostly occupied.

It was Sunday when he decided to arrange some things in the precise room beyond the animals. After all, he had organized a room just for his potions; it would be his new workplace, and he even decided to leave the Slytherin common room to sleep here.

Snape would only need a teleportation to come here, much more spacious and private than his own territory, so he was not at all displeased with this but rather excited about having such a place.

"I'll leave you to it, have fun," Snape said as he left the area, heading to the common room. He ended up doing his exercises there as well.

Today was Sunday, and the common room wasn't very crowded yet, as many students were returning to school after being allowed a week off to go home to their parents.

"Why are you looking at me like that?" Bellatrix asked her sister, who was glaring at her angrily.

"You know why, you're trying to steal my boyfriend," Andromeda declared quickly, while Bellatrix looked at her with a strange expression.

"Do you really think I would have something with a pure-blood, watch your words, Andromeda, and you..." She turned her attention to the other Slytherin students who were listening to the Black sisters' conversation and quickly looked away to avoid attracting the fury of that woman. "If I hear any more gossip... I'll kill you!" she declared as everyone returned to their meals.

Snape entered the common room at this moment, heading towards his house's table and was quickly noticed. "Snape!" Andromeda exclaimed with an initial smile, but it soon shifted to a more serious tone as she saw Snape sit down.

"..." Snape looked at her while nodding to the brown-haired woman but didn't glance at the black-haired girl, who seemed bothered by it.

"Tell me, Snape!" Andromeda spoke again. "Are you sleeping with my sister?!" She asked bluntly.

The next moment, everyone at the table choked on this question, looking stunned, even Bellatrix nearly spit out her drink in shock.

Even Snape looked at her, raising an eyebrow. "What kind of question is that?" He asked.

"I heard about the rumors, and Narcissa told me she spent the whole night in your room!" She exclaimed, and while only the Black sisters knew this, Andromeda ended up passing this information to the rest of the table, leaving all the students, from fifth to seventh years, gaping.

"Andromeda... I'm going to kill you," Bellatrix lunged at her sister furiously.

"Let go of my hair! You're sleeping with my future boyfriend! You traitor!" Andromeda exclaimed as she jumped on Bellatrix's hair.

A commotion began at that moment, attracting the attention of everyone at the table and the other houses, watching in astonishment as the two sisters fought. It only ended when Professor McGonagall appeared and cast a petrifying spell.

"What kind of behavior is this?! This is not at all appropriate for some Ladies...." she immediately spoke in a displeased tone, looking at the two while all the students remained silent, even Snape was trying to process what had just happened between the two.