Published on: 12/9/19
Words: 3,102
Raina POV
The next day, I was out of the hospital wing and ready for the Quidditch game today. I went to the cafeteria for breakfast and saw Harry talking to Ron and Hermione. I went up to them and greeted them "Morning guys, what's up?" I said as I sat down with them and they greeted me. "As I was saying, last night, I'm guessing Snape let the troll in as a diversion, so he could get past that three-headed dog," Harry said. "What makes you think that?" I asked him "He's limping, so I'm guessing the dog bit him," well he wasn't wrong there but still. It wasn't Snape that tried to get past that dog. Snape tried to make sure someone didn't get past that dog and I got a feeling I know who he has it out for. "But why would anyone go near that dog?" Hermione asked "To get under that trap door. Must be a very powerful thing that it is keeping," I answered. Harry nodded "The day I was at Gringotts, Hagrid took out something from one of the vaults. He said it was Hogwarts business, very secret." So all I have to do is find out what the Cerberus is hiding and I'll find out who wants it and for what. Though I already have a theory on who it was. Suddenly, two owls made their way to us. It was dad's owl and Harry's owl. They were both carrying a broom. They dropped them at the same time and we both caught them. Harry opened his first. He got a Nimbus 2000, we looked at McGonagall and saw her smiling. I knew she bought it for him. Then I opened mine. Before I did though, a letter fell out. I opened it and read it "It's from my mom. She said that dad bought a broom for me for the game and that he wanted to have it be painted green for the Slytherin color but mom told him that I didn't like the color green and if it had to be a Slytherin color then to have it be painted silver. She says that she hopes I like it and that they are proud of me for making the team and that they love me," I said to them and then put the letter away. I took out the wrapping paper and showed a silver Nimbus 2000. On top of the broom was my name engraved into it with snowflakes carved all around it. At the very end though, I saw a dragon also carved there and I knew that dad had taken it to her so it could be carved.
I smiled and looked at Harry "Ready for the game?" I asked him and he nodded. "Watch over my broom, please. I have to go and feed Venom and Winter before I go outside," they nodded and I left. As I got to my dorm. I fed them and left both their cages open. I always leave Winter's cage open but I needed Vemon to be open today just in case something happened. I left my window open and let Venom do the rest herself. I grabbed my Quidditch clothes and left my dorm. When I got back to the cafeteria, I saw Draco picking a fight again "Draco, what are you doing?" I asked him "Hey Raina. I'm making sure these Gryffindors don't mess up your new broom," I rolled my eyes and grabbed my broom. "Thanks for the concern Draco, but it's fine. Anyway, imma go now since the game starts soon. See you guys in the stands," I said and left. Honestly, I love my brother and all but he can get annoying.
~Time skip to Quidditch game~
Gryffindors and Slytherins both came out at the same time and we flew around the stands. We all took our positions and watched Madam Hooch. "Now, I want a nice clean game..." she said and spoke to the Slytherins "So do I or I'll make sure all of you spend the rest of the year between the fires of hell," I said why glaring at all of them. They all learned already that I hate cheating and if I see it then I will make them suffer. The bludgers and snitch come out and then the Quaffle. The game begins and we all start flying around. Harry stays away from everyone so he can look for the snitch while I hit the bludgers. I try to hit them away from people so they won't get hurt but I also have to do my part in this game. Gryffindor has the quaffle right now and Slytherin chasers try to take it from the girl. She ends up making a goal so she earned her house ten points. I looked at Harry as he clapped and noticed that he was about to get hit by a bludger. He managed to dodge it and I hit it towards the broom but another player. She managed to dodge and continued to move. Flint ends up with the quaffle so it was my job to make sure on bludgers hit him. He managed to avoid everything but he couldn't make it to one of the hoops because Oliver blocked him. Gryffindor managed to make another ten points and I discreetly clapped. I saw that one of the Slytherins elbowed one of the Gryffindors so I sent a bludger his way and he couldn't dodge it so he fell to the ground. Then I saw Flint take the other beater's bat and aim a bludger at Oliver. It hit straight on and I flew down and caught Oliver before he hit the ground. I healed his wound and made sure he was ok before setting him down on the ground gently. I then flew back up and glared at Flint. He glared back but shivered when I showed Neva's icy eyes. He knew that I was going to give him hell after this.
Because there was no Gryffindor Keeper, Slytherin made ten points. I saw that he and another chaser went after the Gryffindor chaser that had the quaffle. They cornered her and drove her into one of the stalls. I went to her and made an ice platform for her to land on as soon as she went into the stalls. I tore the banner that covered her and saw her standing "Are you alright?" I asked her and she nodded. "Don't worry, after the game, they will suffer dearly for this," I said to her and hit another bludger, purposely aiming it at Flint. He looked at me and I changed my hair and eyes to look like Neva. He was going to remember after this game. Slytherin made another ten points after that so now we were a tie. I saw Harry go after the snitch, then he dodged a bludger. But after that, his broom started going crazy. I felt Venom nearby, on the teacher stalls. She was going after the one cursing Harry's broom. I looked around that the teachers and noticed Snape moving his mouth and not blinking. I knew those mouth movements. They were a counterspell. I went up high and did the same counterspell so it could double Harry's chances at living. I saw Harry's was about to fall from his broom and went down to catch him if he fell. As I looked at him I continued to do the counterspell. I felt Venom wrap around the culprit and I looked at the teacher's stand. I saw Venom wrapped around Quirell as he tried to ignore her and continue his curse. I also heard parseltongue. That's when I realize Quirell was sharing a body with someone and that someone was trying to get my snake to obey them. 'Good thing she is loyal to you so no amount of Parseltongue is gonna pry her off' Neva said and I agreed. I knew Venom was getting ready to bite him so all I had to do was continue the counterspell. I continued along with Snape but then the connection was broken from Snape's side. I took this chance to grab onto Harry. I took his hand and lifted him onto his broom. He thanked me and went after Slytherin's Seeker. I continued hitting Bludgers away from the two Seekers. I stopped to watch which one of them would catch it. The Snitch dived and the two Seekers did too. Once they got too close to the floor though, the Slytherin Seeker pulled up while Harry continued going down. Right before he touched the ground he pulled up with his two feet on the broomstick. He threw himself at the snitch and rolled on the ground. He looked like he was gonna throw up. But what came out of his mouth was the Snitch. It had landed on his hands and he grabbed it and showed it to everyone. "He's got the Snitch. Harry Potter receives 150 points for catching the Snitch," the announcer said.
Madam Hooch whistles and yelled: "Gryffindor wins!" All of Gryffindor claps and cheered. Slytherin just sulked. I went down and landed next to Harry. I hugged him tightly and clapped for him. "Nice game, though my team is going to suffer dearly for cheating," I said and he nodded. "Thanks for making sure my team didn't get hurt badly," he said to me and I nodded. Then we all walked to or changing rooms. Once everyone was done changing and in the meeting room, I made it go cold for everyone. I sealed the doors and windows so no one could get it and it was so cold for them that they couldn't even utter a spell. "Now, I said I wanted a clean game or you will all know what it's like to burn with the fires of hell. Don't think I didn't see nearly half of you cheat during the game so now, you will all suffer for it. I might be a kind person but I am still a Slytherin, which means that I don't mind getting my hands dirty if it means I get what I want. All I wanted out of you six was a clean game. The only one who didn't cheat was the Keeper because she can't do much but block the quaffles. She has to suffer because five people chose to ignore my warning. So now, all of you will know what it is to fear me. And since no one can come inside, whatever happens here, stays here," I said and then let my magic surround me. I had asked Acnologia to teach me Dragon Slayer magic just in case and he agreed, and just recently I was able to transform into a dragon and back to a human at will. I let dark magic surround me and change my form. I sprouted wings, grew horns, fangs and my skin turned to scales. My body grew and then I was a terrifying beast that people shivered at. Since I still had Neva's powers in this form and froze all of them in there place and said. "This ice will keep you from dying but it won't keep the pain away," I said and started spitting fire. I covered the whole room in ice so nothing could be destroyed. I let them take in my appearance before spitting more fire. After ten minutes I stopped and turned back to my human form. I put the fire out and then thawed the ice "I hope we have an understanding now on what will happen if any of you cheat in the next game. And don't eve try getting me off the team, I'm not going anywhere anymore. I will be on this team until the day I graduate so those of you who don't graduate this year, get used to me being around because even my father and brother fear me and they've never seen my dragon side so I'd be careful about what I say if I were you," I said and left them to cower in fear of me.
(Lucy's chaos dragon form)
I met up with Harry, Ron, and Hermione while they were talking to Hagrid. "Nonsense! Why would Snape curse Harry's broom?" he asked them as I got there. "Who knows? Why was he trying to get past the three-headed dog on Halloween?" Harry said and then I knew what they were talking about. They thought it was Snape who was jinxing Harry when actually it was Quirell. As I felt Venom close by, I heard Hermione scream and hid behind Ron. Hagrid saw her was about to shoo her away when I stepped forward. I picked her up and wrapped her around my neck "What are you doing? Kill it!" Hermione screamed and I looked at her "She's mine. Why would I kill my own pet? I must have left her cage open and since I always leave the window open for Winter to go flying, she must've gotten out my dorm like that. She's no harm unless you threaten her," I said and let Venom sleep on my neck since she was tired. "Anyway, about the three-headed dog, why is it there?" I asked and Hagrid looked at us "Who told you about Fluffy?" he asked and I was shocked. A Cerberus with a name like that, what the fuck! "Fluffy?" Ron asked. "That thing has a name?" Hermione continued. "Of course he does. He's mine," Hagrid said and I was shocked. I thought it belonged to Dumbledore but apparently I was wrong. Though it does make more sense that it belonged to Hagrid. "I bought him off an Irish feller I met down at the pub last year. Then I lent him to Dumbledore to guard the..." "Yes?" Harry said "Shouldn't have said that. No more questions!" Hagrid said since he was giving out secret information. "But Hagrid, whatever Fluffy's guarding, Snape's trying to steal it," Harry said. "Codswallop. Professor Snape is a Hogwarts teacher," Hagrid said and Hermione interrupted him "Hogwarts teacher or not, I know a spell when I see one. I've read all about them. You've got to keep eye contact and Snape wasn't blinking,"
"Now, you listen to me, all four of you. You're meddling in things that ought not to be meddled in. It's dangerous. What that dog is guarding is strictly between Professor Dumbledore and Nicholas Flamel," Hagrid gave out and once he realized that he gave too much info he left and scolded himself. I thought about what he said and knew exactly what Fluffy was guarding. Nicholas Flamen was the creator of the philosopher's stone. It can grant eternal life. Quirell is trying to steal it for Voldermort! I realized this and walked to my dorm "Guys, I have to go put Venom back or I'll be in trouble. See you later," I said and left. Once in my dorm, I took two small vials and put one on each of Venom's fangs. She said that the has two blood samples from the same person, which is Quirell since she only bit him. Luckily, each blood sample was on each fang. Once I got the blood samples, I fed Venom and Winter and left Venom in her cage. I closed it and went to see Dumbledore. Once in his office, I saw that he was alone. "Professor Dumbledore, may I speak with you for a moment?" I asked him and he nodded. I went up to his desk and sat on the chair in front of him.
"Professor, is Voldemort trying to come back?" I asked him and he seemed shocked at what I asked. "What makes you say that child?" he asked me and I answered "I'm not dumb Professor. When you said that we weren't allowed on the third floor, I took my time to check what was there. I was surprised to see a Cerberus in there. Then I saw the trap door, the only reason I wasn't killed was that I know its weakness. Then I started thinking that of why would you need him on the third floor unless it was to guard something. I figured it must have been very important for you to use Devil's snare as a backup. Then the flying keys and then the chess game. I went through it all and noticed that you still haven't finished the little playground you got going there. I didn't know what you were hiding until Hagrid slipped up when Harry, Ron, and Hermione were accusing Snape of trying to steal it. He said it was business between you and Nicholas Flamen. That's when I knew it and that is why I'm asking, is Voldemort trying to come back?" I finished my explanation and he was shocked. "I told you she was too smart for her own good," I heard Snape's voice coming from one of the corners. I turned to him and smiled "Professor Snape, I trust that your leg is healing fine," I said and he nodded "Yes, thank you for the help miss Malfoy," I groaned and said "Please Professor, call me Raina. I hate it when people use my last name. Draco might love it but I can't stand it. Just use my name, please," I said and he nodded. "Thank you," I said and turned back to Dumbledore.
"To answer your question child, yes, Voldemort is trying to come back but I am doing everything in my power to make sure it doesn't happen," he said and I nodded. "Well if you need anything, feel free to use my magic to guard the philosopher's stone. I already sealed the door with my ace and planted a bug for me to know who is the next person to try and go through. Only a very powerful wizard or witch would be able to unseal it. And I have dragons in my possession if you need them, though I'm sure you already knew that since you are always watching my practice hours," I said to him and smiled at me. "Thank you, Raina, I will call on you if I need your help. For now, though, I'm sure Professor Snape would love to have a chat with you," I nodded and left with Professor Snape to his office.