Shadow Claw: The Life Story - The Fifth Chapter

Ch. 15 - The Slytherin Common Room

Much #Jenco in this chapter! Very wow!

Shade had already spotted me, but the girls stayed attached to his hip. There was curiosity in his eyes, but the girls were grimacing at me harshly, begging Shade to make me go away. "Just what do you think you're doing?" I hissed. Shade shrugged, glancing between the two girls with a smirk on his stupid face. "Enjoying the scenery." He said. The whole room was obviously listening because there was an audible, "Oooooh!"

"You're just another playtoy for him. He loves us." Did they not know I had a kitten with this man? I decided I'd play into it, and perhaps destroy some of their dignity along with it.

"Well, I would call you a whore, but let's face it, nobody would pay for that shit." I made a patronizing face at one of the girls and she gasped, putting a hand to her chest in exaggerated, dramatic offence. The Hall laughed raucously again; someone even went, "Roasted!"The girl went crying from the room, her hands over her face.

 I turned to the other, my lips pursed, but she cut in quickly, "Well- well, you're a horrible person!" I frowned, cupping a hand around my ear, "What- what was that? I couldn't hear you through all the dick in your mouth." I shook my head and the girl took a step towards me, her next comeback so bad I almost laughed. "You suck!"

I sighed, my arms folded across my chest, "At least I don't do it for free."

Students exploded in noise, laughing and pointing and making a mockery of this bitch. She whimpered like a baby, tears pouring from her heavily makeup-ed eyes and spilling mascara down her cheeks. She ran from the Hall, sobbing heavily.

I approached Shade, showing him what a real kiss was. He groaned deeply, pulling me closer and leaning us down by the small of my back. When we finally pulled away, I straightened my uniform then slapped him as hard as I could. His head snapped to the side and he stumbled, clutching his cheek, "My God, woman! I know I deserved that but- damn!" I huffed, then sat back down beside James and Jenny.

They high-fived me, and I smirked at Draco who was staring at Jenny with an almost longing expression. "Keep staring, she might do a trick." I said in fake enthusiasm. Dumbledore dismissed us all at that point, and so he could not reply.

Shade followed me all the way to the Slytherin common room, begging that he was sorry and didn't mean to make me that jealous. He was curious, apparently.

I sniffed once, but allowed him to wrap his hands around my waist as Draco yelled the password. The door didn't open, and Jenny shoved her way to the front, scolding him harshly because it was the wrong one. "Emerald serpent!" She shouted, perhaps a little louder than necessary. The door to the 'dungeon' cracked open with a sound like a temple's pressure plate. All of us Slytherin's gathered around our specific places in the common room.

"What day is it, today?" James asked, settling by the green crackling fire.

"GIANT SQUID!" Somebody squealed abruptly.

There was an instant rush of people to the long, tall windows at the far side of the room. Shade raised one eyebrow, but I shushed him and made him watch the murky water on the other side of the glass. There was a noise - louder than anything anybody could imagine - and then the Giant Squid rose from the depths, its one great eye blinking at us slowly. Most of the boys cheer while the girls squeak and dance around. Huge tentacles, covered in suckers that slide grotesquely over the windows, wind up around the creature, and then it squirts dark ink from its centre to propel it away, and then it's gone.

"What the fuck was that?" Shade shuddered. James giggled, "Giant squid." People began returning to their places, and I answered James' first question. "It's rap battles today, is it not?" I looked over at Jenny, who nodded and grinned cheekily.