Queen Of Snakes

Chapter seven

~parseltongue snake speaker~
§parseltongue human speaker§
-thoughts-
/parseltongue writing/                           Gringotts response, court date and the letter to Lord Malfoy:

Maeve walked out the common room alone as Loki requested to remain in the dorm, lunch was over and she hasn't eaten a thing. Maybe Malfoy would be willing to help her search for the mysterious kitchen she heard the upper years talking about. Or perhaps Zabini would be more willing. He seemed the daring type. Nott, she wasn't so sure about, she had only met him today.

She recalled her next period being History of Magic with the Hufflepuffs. Hopefully they were more manageable, Ravenclaw was alright once she got them under her thumb. Hufflepuff night be a good house to snatch as well, they were said to be the most loyal.

The halls seemed so much longer then before, she almost just wanted to head back to her dorm and call it a day. But, alas, more knowledge meant more power. The more she knew and understood, the more capable she was of doing magic.

She paused in the middle of the hall as she strained her ears, she almost missed the near silent footsteps of someone heading her way. They were so quiet, they couldn't have belonged to a student. Maeve continued walking, stopping for to long would only make her seem suspicious and though she had nothing to hide, it would be to much of a hassle to be interrogated.

"Ms. Potter." She nearly cursed aloud, it had to be the man who glared her down last night and this morning. Honestly, she had no time for this. She couldn't afford being late to any of her classes, so this man better hope he doesn't hold her for to long. "Care to explain why you are wandering the halls?"

"Well, it's lunch hour so I stopped by my dorm room to write a letter. Now, I am heading to my next period. Would like to be there before the punctual time, if you don't mind, professor." She flashed him her charming smile hoping to delude him of any suspicion.

"Letter to whom?" Maeve wanted to scoff, had this bloke no manners for privacy? As if she would tell him, he had absolutely no valid reason to know. Especially since it contained private information, and he was currently not on her list of trustworthy adults.

"Forgive me, professor, but I do not wish to offer any more information. Surely, you'd understand, privacy is a vital thing in a world full of secrets. Now, I must be going, late to any classes would be something I'd to keep out my marks." She smiled, and turned. The look on his face as she uttered those first two sentences would keep her vigilant. 

The bloke had a daunting personality, but she'd break him if necessary. And if he proved to be a formidable opponent, well, she always encouraged a good challenge. She could keep him alive and on a tight leash. Should he show to be incompetent, then surely Dumbledore, the greatest wizard since Merlin, could afford to find a decent replacement. After all, a capable wizard would not have been incapacitated so easily by a mere child. Granted the child would be her, but one should never underestimate their enemy.

She made it to classroom 4F, the teacher was said to be a ghost who died in his sleep, professor Binns. Hopefully, he could teacher her the necessities to get around the wizardry world. She was the first student to arrive and made her way to the back, picking a seat and making sure the table stayed empty for Zabini and Nott. Malfoy would be sitting beside her as he is the first one she met.

A few moments later the door opened and in stepped a few more students from both houses. Walking in last was her three companions, making their way towards her when they saw her sitting in the back. From his pocket, Malfoy pulled out a plastic covers sandwich and covered treacle tarts.  Her lips quirked up at the offered food.