Past The Stereotypes

Promise

CORY'S POINT OF VEIW

Time couldn't pass quick enough, I thought, as I sat in the Sytherin common room counting down the minutes until 5:45, But every time I looked down at my watch, time couldn't pass any slower!

5:25. I sighed, looking down at my watch again.

"Cory!" I jumped, and then looked up to see my brother towering above me, glaring down at me. I stood up and glared at him. No doubt he was going to give me another lecture on the importance of being the perfect Slytherin.

"Whatever it is I don't want to hear about it, Eric." I replied walking back to my dorm.

"Oh, I think your going to want to hear this." He said, shoving both of us into the broom cupboard, and then casting a silencing charm.

Even in the dark I could feel his glare on me. Its like he was wishing me to die right on the spot. I felt the hair on the back of my neck stand up. This was not going to be a happy talk.

"I heard a few students in the hall talking about some idiot Slytherin by the name of Cory Summers who is being tutored by a Hufflepuff." He said calmly, but I knew he was furious. Eric and my parents want nothing more than to be the best dark wizards. Eric didn't want his 'idiotic little brother' messing up the family name. He didn't even like his last name, 'Summers.' Such a nice sunny name, but who had ever heard of a legendary Slytherin named Summers.

"A HUFFLEPUFF!" His roar echoed in the musty broom cupboard and brought me back to the present. "A Slytherin shouldn't need a tutor let alone be tutored by a Hufflepuff. If I had heard this in the halls then the whole school will hear about this. I will not have an idiotic 3rd year ruining all the hard work we have done to become legendary. Next year I will graduate and become one of Voldemorts most devoted followers and will not be here to keep you in line, but I will have to teach you to behave now." he said dangerously calm. I gulped backing into the wall.

"I will not hear anything else about this, ever. And if I do- well your going to wish you were never born" He growled, stomping on my foot at he walked out of the cupboard, leaving me alone to think.

This was a promise I knew he would keep. I sat there for a moment. What was I going to do? For the last couple days, I was the happiest I have ever been. I actually had people who cared about me and I wasn't going to let this go that easily. Lets see what Eric Summers is going to do about this. My watch beeped, it was 5:45.

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ELLIANNA'S POINT OF VEIW

I arrived at the library at at 5:25. Ella was already there standing in the doorway.

"Hey Ella watcha do-" She jumped and put a hand on my mouth. 

"Shush just look" she said motioning to the library door while wiping her hand on her uniform.

I looked inside and saw Snape sitting at one of the tables in the library. Of all people it just had to be Snape. Snape has been extremely harsh (more than usual) to the Hufflepuffs and Gryffindors. There was no doubt he would just take advantage of us if we went in.

"What are we going to do-" she glared at me her warm grey eyes. They had flashed a sharp grey. "If you keep talking, he will see we are here and we wont have to do anything." she said  "Oliver came early too. I sent him to a small tree opening in near the edge of the forest. You go meet him there and I will wait for Cory."

"Ok, see you there " I wispered as she wiped her hand on her uniform again. She gave me a salute and a wink and said "Good luck " I had to run out of the hallway before bursting out into giggles.