Thursday, January 05, 2006
Chapter 17
The Descendants of the Hogwarts Four
"...It was foretold that the Great Slytherin had angered the Dragons in his quest to use the Dragons against all those who weren't pureblood wizards..." 'Yes, I know this already', thought Lodina as she quickly glanced through the pages of the book in an irritated manner. There simply had to be something in there about her ancestory! She had a feeling of pure anxiety within her. Just then, a page in the book caught her eye. "The Hogwarts Founders..." Lodina read out softly so that only she could hear. "Salazaar Slytherin and Godric Gryffindor were both Drakons and they were constantly at loggerheads. The other two of the Hogwarts Four, Rowena Ravenclaw and Helga Hufflepuff were not Drakons by birth but were honoured with the Dragon's Seal of Trust which allowed them to communicate with the other Dragons of Drakonia. Eventhough this seal was passed down through their lineage, the descendants of Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff could not be granted with the gift of being a Drakon as the descendant would have to possess true Drakon blood for him/her to become a fully-fledged Drakon..." Lodina paused. She remembered her father telling her that the Black family possessed a couple of these Dragon Seals of trust. 'A couple? What if the Blacks had married another descendant of the Hogwarts Four? No... It can't be... ' Lodina dismissed that thought as she continued to read on. She was determined to prove herself right. "Rowena Ravenclaw married into the Malfoy family which was a pureblood wizarding family. The Malfoys were cousins of Salazaar Slytherin himself. Helga Hufflepuff also married into another pureblood wizarding family, the Beauxbatons. The Beauxbatons later founded the wizarding school, Beauxbatons Academy of Magic...." Lodina didn't read on. Something on the next page drew her attention instead. It was the family trees of the Hogwarts Founders. The family trees ended five generations before the present. "Perigio" Lodina whispered. She had learnt this spell from her father. This 'updating spell' came in particularly useful especially when her notes for History of Magic were always out-dated. Lots of the books in the Hogwarts Library were old and Madame Pince herself had to use the spell to keep the records up to date. Almost instantly, the family trees started to expand; branching out into various directions. Lodina saw the Slytherin tree as it branched out to the Blacks. Salazaar Slytherin had married a Black and almost all of their descendants had kept to the same wizarding family to preserve their bloodline. Lodina paused for a bit as she saw the branch of Lambard Malfoy, Rowena's husband. Lambard had a brother, Aurelius Malfoy and it was one of Aurelius's daughters that had married into the Black family. "Aha! This is how the Malfoys are related to the Blacks..." Lodina thought out loud as she grinned to herself briefly. As she shifted her gaze downwards, she saw that Aurelius' daughter wasn't the only Malfoy to have married into the Black family. There was in fact another Malfoy; a decendant of Lambard's and Rowena's side of the family in fact. Lodina couldn't believe her eyes. Tears started flowing down her cheeks. She was feeling betrayed and yet relieved for some peculiar reason to see her mother's name, Verusia Adonia Malfoy, tie in together with her father's branch in the Slytherin family tree! Her mother was a Malfoy and she didn't know about it? Thoughts started flooding her mind. She was a direct descendant of both Slytherin and Ravenclaw?! Why did her father hid the truth? "Finite Incantatum" Lodina whispered as she jolted upright and slammed the book shut without looking at the rest of the family trees. What was she going to do? She longed to see Draco eventhough she had just parted with him. She wanted to know if he got back to the castle alright. She needed to see him. He was the only one who understood. Maybe he could make sense of it all, Lodina thought as she dried her eyes. Dressed in her pyjamas and armed with the book in one hand, Lodina made sure no one was in the Gryffindor Common Room before she left for the Slytherin Tower.
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"Iman, you're really weak for an oversized brute." Draco hissed as he as good as carried Pansy all the way back to the Slytherin Common Room. Once there Draco laid Pansy down in an armchair and stood abreast from Iman. He was fuming now but didn't lose his cool nonetheless. "So...planning to backstab the family which has provided you shelter and food are you?" Draco said murderously as he twirled his wand dangerously. Iman sensed that he was going to get blasted by Draco and was trying to think up of a way to escape him. Being cornered by Draco wasn't exactly the best experience. He remembered how Draco had once set Goyle's pants ablaze and sent a few serpents after him just because Goyle sneaked up on him. Iman's mouth twitched at that thought. Just then, Pansy started to stir. "Dr-Draco? Is that you?" she said in a creaky voice. Draco's shifted his attention from Iman to Pansy. Using that opportunity, Iman quickly got out of the Slytherin common room and decided to go for a lil' midnight walk down the Hogwarts corridors.
'I'd rather be with the Dark Lord than be at Malfoy's side at the moment.' Iman thought as he put his hands in his robe pockets. Rounding the bend of the fourth floor corridor, Iman heard footsteps. For fear of being caught by a teacher, he desperately scurried and found a hiding place just behind the statue of the one-eyed witch. The second last place he'd wanted to be was Dumbledore's office serving his detention. As he hid, he caught a glimpse of the person walking by. Now Iman moved out of his hiding place and had a huge grin plastered on his face. "Well, well, well... if it isn't the Ravenclaw seeker herself..." he said as he promptly put his hand forward and blocked her way. "What is a pretty lass like yourself doing in a deserted corridor at this hour? And..." he gave her a quick but thorough survey and continued. "Very much alone..." Iman smirked as he now pushed the Ravenclaw seeker, Cho Chang to the wall beside the statue of the one-eyed witch. She yelped in pain as he tightened his grip. Iman was now starting to drool over Cho Chang. Revolted at his face, Cho spat at him and started to shout out for help, but to no avail. Iman was too quick and had moved one of his hands to cover her mouth. "No one can help you now my sweet. Not even your husky ol' Durmstrang lover boy. In fact, I think he wouldn't mind me having a go at his beauty. We at the Slytherin, we're the caring and sharing sort." Iman smirked once more as he moved his face down to hers and slowly removed his hand covering her mouth. He took one more look at her swollen red lips which made him groan with pleasure. He then thrusted himself onto her and grabbed her by the waist. Cho was stunned and didn't know what to do. She was trying to kick herself free but it was no use. Iman's strength was over-powering her. Iman pulled Cho closer and tilted her head upwards as he leaned forward to kiss her.
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Ron didn't know about Harry, but he was feeling up for one of Madam Rosemerta's Butterbeers after all they had been through that night. He borrowed Harry's Invisibility Cloak and headed down to the statue of the one-eyed witch. Harry and Ron used to go over to Madam Rosemerta's a lot in their third year, and they used the passage behind the hump of the statue of the one-eyed witch which led into the cellars of Honeydukes. As he rounded the bend of the fourth floor corridor, Ron stopped short as the sight that greeted him nearly tore him apart. Iman was having a go at Cho Chang! And by the looks of it, she would have rather married a dead rat than to have Iman try to kiss her. Ron came out from under the cloak and shouted at Iman. "Get off her you filthy scum!" cursed Ron. He was pointing his wand at Iman, who was now very irritated at this 'interruption'. "Why if it isn't Weasel boy. Coming out from your lil' burrow at night to search for food, are you?" Iman eyed Ron, with a pompous air around him. He simply loved to hurl insults at Ron. Ron could take it no longer. How could that vile watchdog touch the one girl he loved so much? Iman pulled Cho beside him and she was now weeping by his side. Seeing his big stubby fingers gripping Cho's wrist infuriated Ron even more. "Petrificus Totalus!" Ron cried as he rushed to Cho's side without wasting any time. Iman fell over with a huge thud. Stepping over him, Ron cradled Cho Chang in his arms. How he had longed for this moment, though he had never thought it would be this wet from all the crying Cho was doing. "Oh Ron! I don't know what to say...If you hadn't come and saved me from this evil, loathsome piece of vermin... I don't know what would have happened!" Cho choked on her words as she put her arms around him and wept some more. Ron didn't know what to do. Cho did look really pretty even when she was crying. But after seeing how hurt she felt, he vowed that he never wanted to see her sad ever again. He simply patted her head, dried her tears and without thinking, pulled her head closer to his and engaged her in a passionate kiss. All his pent up emotions for her were now flowing into the kiss. After a while, Cho pulled out of the kiss and looked at Ron, surprised. "Erm, I'm sorry Cho. I didn't mean to...er.. well... we should be getting back to our Towers..." Ron said as he blushed heavily, not daring to look into her eyes. 'I'm such an idiot!' he thought to himself as he flushed even more. "Don't be, Ron. I'm eternally grateful for your help." with that Cho leaned forward once more and kissed Ron gently on the lips. Their kiss was disrupted by the stirring of Iman on the floor beside them. "We should get going, before he comes around...er Cho? Do you want me to walk you to your Tower?" Ron asked nervously as he held his hand out for Cho to steady herself. "Yea, I'd like that Ron. I'd like that very much." she smiled as she took his hand and held it tightly all the way to the Ravenclaw Tower.
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Draco did a few healing charms on Pansy as she moaned in pain. He had learnt some healing charms from his mother and he always knew they would come in handy. Pansy stirred some more before Draco put her into dreamless sleep with the Draught of Peace potion he had brewed on his own. He carried her to her dorm room and turned to leave the Slytherin Tower. It certainly wasn't over between Iman Eanderthal and him, and he wasn't going to let Iman get away that easy. Just as he swung open the portrait hole of Viola the Vampiress, he saw Lodina pacing up and down the front of the portrait hole! "Lodina! What on earth are you doing here? And in nothing but your pyjamas and slippers?" Draco checked Lodina out and gave a sexy grin. "I see you have a book with you too. You weren't planning on having a little 'study-date' with me were you?" Draco eyed Lodina with lust as he pulled her closer to him and started kissing her neck. His hands slid into her pyjamas and she felt his warm hands on her back. It felt so good. But Lodina couldn't do this. Not right now. Not when she was potentially dangerous to him whenever she touched his arm. She couldn't risk it happening again for she loved Draco too damn much. She pulled away from him. "Not now Draco. We need to talk." Lodina said plainly. "Ouch! Don't tell me you've got a boyfriend already? Don't tell me it's Neville?! Oh Lodina!" Draco tried to act hurt but it wasn't amusing her. "Stop being a prat Draco. I'm serious. Don't you see? I can't even touch you anymore! Not after what happened just now. I can't risk your arm bleeding ever again. It might even be worse the next time..." Lodina broke off as she started tearing. Sensing the seriousness in her voice, Draco stepped forward and pushed her beautiful jet black hair out of her face. He kissed her tears away and pulled her close again. "You can't touch only my lower arm Lodina. The rest of me, fortunately, you can touch as much as you like." Draco teased and gave her a gentle kiss on her forehead. Lodina smiled meekly at this. "Can we sit down somewhere? Somewhere private? Is your common room safe?" Lodina asked, eager to tell Draco what she had learnt. "You can come into my room. One of the perks of being a Malfoy: you can sweet-talk your way into having your very own private room." Draco beamed as he showed Lodina into his bedroom. His room was comfy and was draped in Slytherin colours. Lodina motioned to sit on his bed but stopped short. She saw an unread letter neatly placed on his bed. She picked it up. "Draco, you have a letter on your bed. Did you know?" Lodina handed him the letter. Draco looked at the spiky handwriting which resembled his very own. He knew who had sent him this letter instantly. Without further adieu, he ripped open the envelope and started reading it quietly.
Dearest Son,
I hear the Dark Lord has been to see you this evening. I hope everything is going according to plan and that you're not attracting any unwanted attention to yourself. Yes, I know about your little crush on that Gryffindor whore and it would do you good to forget about your fling with her and concentrate on the task assigned to you. Believe me when I say that I have my means of finding out if you have been good or naughty. We don't want to suffer the wrath of the Dark Lord now do we? The plan will be set into motion very soon. Send my regards to your true love, Pansy.
L. Malfoy
**This chapter is dedicated to Cho. Your undaunting spirit and humor would give the Weasleys a run for their galleons any day. *winkz*
[Tonks was grooving to Fort Minor's Get it | 
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~Nymphadora~
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