The Secrets of The Sighted (Golden Trio Era) {3}

Snape's New Position

"Where have you been? What happened to your face?" Hermione instantly starts questioning Harry, "later. What did we miss?" Which caused Ron and Hermione to round on Mikayla, "you scared us, Malfoy came waltzing in with a smile on his face and you were nowhere to be seen." Ron hissed in an overprotective tone, "I told you I would wait until I found Harry." Mikayla responded instantly, Hermione and Ron sigh, before Ron informs them of the Sorting Hat's warning, "Easy for it to say, though. It's a hat, isn't it?" Mikayla and Harry nodded in agreement to Ron's words, they began to eat some food.

Mikayla looked up at the staff table to see Hagrid waving in their direction, she nudged Harry, informing the dark haired boy that Hagrid is waving at him. There was nothing in Hagrid's manner that would be described as discreet, this made Mikayla chuckle because McGonagall looked extremely unimpressed by the half-giants behaviour. Mikayla watches as Dumbledore rose from his seat and approached his stand, the owl in front of it spreading its' wings. "Very best of evenings to you all. First off, let me introduce the newest member of our staff. Horace Slughorn." The hall was filled with low applause for the new professor. "Professor Slughorn, I'm happy to say, has agreed to resume his old post... as Potions Master." Mikayla and Hermione share a look of confusion, "meanwhile, the post of Defense Against the Dark Arts... will be taken by Professor Snape." The whole room went silent in confusion, until the Slytherins started applauding Snape excitedly.

"Sure DA isn't a good idea this year?" Mikayla asks Harry in a whisper. "Now as you know, each and every one of you were searched upon your arrival here tonight. And you have the right to know why. Once, there was a young man. Like you, sat in this very hall. Walked this castle's corridors. Slept under it's roof. You see, to all the world, a student like any other. His name: Tom Riddle." There was a wave of murmurs in response to Dumbledore's words. "Today of course, is known all over the world by another name. Which is why as I stand, looking out upon you all tonight, I'm reminded of a sobering fact. Every day, every hour, this very minute, perhaps. Dark forces attempt to penetrate this castle's walls. But in the end, that greatest weapon, is you. Just something to think about. Now off to bed, pip-pip." Mikayla eyebrows furrows together, she looks over at the Slytherin table to see Draco Malfoy looking miserable. "That was cheerful." Ron commented as the usual scrapping of benches filled the hall. Mikayla didn't wait for anyone, she saw Harry was tying his lace as slow as humanly possible, Ron watching over him, as Hermione rushed off to do her Prefect duties.

"MIKAYLA!" Mikayla heard a familiar voice call from behind her as she rushed, she spun around to see Brian Smirnov trying to catch up with her. "Hey Brian, what's up?" The blonde smiled politely, Brian have a nervous expression on his face. "It's about my little sister Eva, I wanted to ask you to look out for her, since she was sorted into Gryffindor. I'm just worried about her." Mikayla smiled sweetly at Brian's efforts of protecting his little sister, "of course, Brian. I'll keep her safe, and if I see anything worrying, I'll let you know straight away." Brian quickly pulled the blonde into a hug, whispering his thanks.

"I never got a chance to congratulate you on becoming Head Boy." Mikayla pointed out, reminded the pair of the incident on the train. "You know, Dumbledore told me he was gonna offer you Head Girl this year, I would've liked to get to work together." Mikayla nodded, and began to explain to Brian why she rejected the position, he was very understanding and the pair planned to spend some more time together during the year. "I'm a little annoyed I got stuck with Chang though, she can be a real bitch sometimes." Mikayla snorted trying to stop herself from laughing, "agreed. I better go, it's been a long day and I can hear my bed calling me." Brian laughed agreeing with Mikayla, the pair went their separate ways.

Mikayla caught up with Neville, Dean and Ginny on their journey to Gryffindor Tower. "What do you think about Snape teaching DADA?" Dean questioned the blonde, she took a second to think, "I mean he can't be worse than Umbridge, but I still hope that he is a little nicer this year, considering he got his dream job. But his homework will be torturous." Mikayla rambled her thoughts making Ginny nod in agreement, she shared the same opinion as Mikayla. "Well the job is cursed, so maybe we'll finally get rid of Snape." Neville spoke with so much hope in his voice, he wasn't as afraid of him as he used to be but Snape still picks on him. "Well you're DADA than Potions, so maybe he'll lay off you a bit." Mikayla pointed out and Neville smiled at Mikayla's point.

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I know it's a short chapter but I promise they'll get longer!!!