HP - Shadow Monarch!

Chapter 91 - Slug Club 03.

[Chapter Size: 1900 Words.]

Third Person POV

Hogwarts.

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"It seems the time for dancing has begun!" While a few students were chatting, Professor Slughorn commented excitedly from the side of the tables where Snape and the others were seated.

"Let's go!" A student quickly grabbed her boyfriend, lifting him from the table as she led him to the dance floor.

More and more couples began leaving the tables around the area, heading to the floor as the music shifted to a more thematic tune, and couples from all houses started joining in.

"..." Snape merely observed silently, while two girls were watching him intensely from behind. Clarissa wasn't the type of girl to openly make advances on Snape; she expected him to act like a traditional man and take the initiative, though there was still a glimmer of expectation in her eyes.

The same couldn't be said for Lucinda, who was giving Snape an intense look, almost ready to invite him herself, but Snape didn't seem to notice. At that moment, someone approached the table.

"Pandora!" A teenager from the Ravenclaw table came over to where they were sitting, heading straight for Pandora.

Snape recognized him. He was quite peculiar, and Pandora had interacted with him before when they were together. The boy seemed romantically interested in Pandora, but she behaved in a neutral and friendly way, not reciprocating his feelings.

"Xenophilius, how are you?" she asked with a friendly smile.

"I was wondering if you would like to dance with me, Pandora?" he asked awkwardly. Xenophilius Lovegood was considered strange by most students.

"Sorry, I can't..." Pandora said calmly, though her eyes briefly glanced at Snape.

'Is she interested in him too?!' All the girls at the table noticed, observing Pandora's behavior as she turned down her housemate.

"Hm... all right then... I'll dance for the both of us." The boy, slightly disoriented, smiled before leaving the table and heading to the dance floor alone, surprising everyone as he began dancing by himself.

"Is your friend okay?" Clarissa asked Pandora, raising an eyebrow as she watched the boy dancing in such an odd manner.

"Yes... he's always like this. He's a good friend." She responded calmly and returned her attention to Snape, who wasn't paying much attention as he still seemed focused on provoking Bellatrix.

"Do you know how to dance, Bellatrix?" he asked, intrigued, wanting to irritate her.

"What do you mean by that? I'm a noble from a great family, of course, I know how," she responded in a sharp tone.

"Great, how about we make a deal?" Snape suddenly suggested.

"What do you mean by that?" She looked at him, raising an eyebrow.

"If you dance with me, and I manage to make us stand out on the floor, I want you to help me with something related to your grandmother," Snape said, while Bellatrix raised an eyebrow.

"What do you mean by that? Do you think my grandmother would even notice someone like you?" she said, raising her eyebrow again.

"As the matriarch of the Black family, she has things that interest me. I was going to talk to Narcissa, but since I found you here tonight, I'm interested in trying through you instead," he said.