The Noctiphany Terror •Tom Riddle•

Chapter Four

~Troublemakers doing what they know best~

Serenity wasn't that excited about having to share a bed with Hydra, given that the beds were small, wrenched for one person, but she was more than happy when she heard the news about Delilah and Jacob.

Truth be told, Hydra really wondered when they would finally get together. It was obvious they liked each other since last year, but neither of them did something about it. Hydra thought they were rushing a little bit, and if it wasn't Jacob we were talking about, she would have dragged him out of that bathroom and drown him in the Black lake. Nonetheless, she was in no position to judge Delilah for her actions.

The next day, Hydra woke up early and snuck out of the Gryffindor common room. As she strolled trough the empty, dimly lit corridors, she kept thinking about her life. Her parents always wanted to take control over her, but she wasn't the one to be submissive. They planned her whole year at Hogwarts. She was to come home every weekend for auror training and consultations, the only exception being this weekend when she arrived.

She looked outside the massive window and admired the rising sun. This was her last Sunday she would spend however she wanted. From the next week on, she would be training. Her healers said that training will help her to remain focused and even stall her dementia.

Hydra was scared of dementia, that's why she wanted so bad to get out of Hogwarts. She wanted to experience so many things before loosing her sight or the ability to walk. She knew that she would eventually enter a coma and then die.

She had to put her plan of getting expelled into action, fast. She knew that Dippet won't do it if she only attacked Lestrange. Her parents would use the disease as an excuse, given that personality changes are part of CJD's symptoms. They would say she had an anger outburst and that she never meant to hurt anyone. So she had to think this trough.

Maybe if she would get in trouble all the time, with minor things, they would add up and then attacking a student would be the cherry on top.

Perfect! Let's cause some trouble!

As if he read her mind, Peeves the poltergeist popped up in front of her with a malicious grin, which Hydra returned.

"I smell trouble." he cackled and spun around her, while Hydra remained silent. She had at least two hours until breakfast, so there was enough time to act without getting caught by prefects or teachers.

"What do you have in mind, my little delinquent?" Peeves spoke in her year and a mischievous smirk creeped on her lips.

"Let's brew some potions, shall we?" she said and Peeves flew to the ceiling, only to make a dramatic drop and stand at Hydra's height, by her right side.

"We shall, m'lady." Peeves spoke in a mocking tone.

They stormed in Slughorn's class with no remorse and before Peeves started to demolish the place, Hydra stopped him.

"We should make it a surprise." The poltergeist was intrigued by the girl's words. "Let's mix up the ingredients and potions labels."

"Then I shall attend the next Potion class!" Peeves laughed and got to work.

It wasn't that much fun to sit around and change the labels, but the troublemakers could barely stop laughing. At some point, they couldn't even recall the joke, they were just laughing at each other's faces.

"Merlin, I wish a potion will explode in Slughorn's wrinkled face." Hydra said as she put a potion jar back into its place. It was almost seven o'clock and she had to leave before getting caught. She approached the door, but stopped in her tracks when she heared a deep voice.