At the start of the week after Almira’s meeting with Norberta, the whole school heard how Harry Potter and his friends had somehow managed to lose a grand total of one hundred and fifty house-points, dropping the Gryffindor from the first place all the way to the last. Almira had tried to ask Hermione what had happened during one of the herbology-lessons they had together with the Gryffindors, but she didn’t want to talk about it, so Almira let it be.
The month after flew by fast as the whole school prepared for the end-term exams, and even Almira had her hands full with all homework the teachers were giving them. She didn’t know how knowing the year when Warlock Jarleth Hobart fell naked in front of a huge crowd or the reason this happened would help her in her life in any way, but if it was in the book it was better to know it than not.
When the day of the exams came, they were all taken into a huge classroom where they were all given special, new quills for the exams, which were enchanted so that if they tried to do anything considered cheating, it would color their exam-papers red. The classroom was sweltering hot and they had to do three of their four written exams, those being: Defense Against Dark Arts, Herbology and Astrology, before lunch.
After lunch they had practical exams, with Professor Flitwick’s one being Almira’s favorite as they had to try and make a pineapple tapdance across a desk. The others being Professor McGonagall’s, where they had to turn a mouse into a snuffbox and got points depending on how pretty the snuffbox was, and Professor Snape’s, where they had to make a forgetfulness potion. Almira almost giggled when she heard Snape announced the potion they had to brew but managed to keep it in while wondering why others say that Professor Snape has no sense of humor.
The exam to finish their day was the History of Magic, the fourth, and final, of their written exams. One hour of answering questions about batty old wizards who'd invented selfstirring cauldrons and they'd be free, free for a whole wonderful week until their exam results came out. When the ghost of Professor Binns told them to put down their quills and roll up their parchment the whole class cheered, with even the usually serious Slytherins joining in with a few louder than normal humphs.
Even though it was already past the time Hagrid normally feeds Fluffy, Almira said to her friends that she’s going to see if he’d still be there, before making her way towards Fluffy’s corridor with a smile on her face, but when she got there, who she found was not Hagrid as she had thought, but Professor Quirrel.
“Hi Professor!” Almira says and sees Professor Quirrel visibly stiffen upon hearing her.
“M-m-miss M-m-marlson, w-what are y-you doing h-here. T-this a-area is o-off l-limits for st-students.” He stutters as he turns to look at Almira.
Almira feels that there’s something wrong with Professor Quirrel as there’s this peculiar coldness in his eyes but dismisses it as he’s a teacher under the employ of the world’s most powerful wizard. There’s no way he would have been able to get the spot if there was any indication of him bringing harm to a student.
“I’m looking for Hagrid. He usually comes somewhere here at this time.” She says while looking around as if the hallway had a space big enough to hide the giant of a man.
Suddenly Almira hears a hissing voice that sounds like someone used a whole lungful of air for every word said. “Get rid of the pest.”
Almira turns towards the source of the voice, but finds only Professor Quirrel, who’s taking his wand out of his sleeve.
“Professor?” Almira asks as a feeling of dread tells her to run.
“Yes, master.” Quirrel says as he brandishes his wand towards Almira. She tries to jump aside, but hears the words “Avada kedavra!” from behind her and sees a green flash from the corner of her eye. Almira gets flung hard into the corridor’s wall and falls to the floor, unmoving.
Quirrel waves his wand again to have Almira’s body float towards him, before putting his hand inside his robes and bringing out a harp that starts to play by itself. He opens the door to the corridor, inside which Fluffy guards the trapdoor, and flings Almira inside. Almira’s body bounces across the floor and comes to a stop next to one of Fluffy’s heads.
After making sure that the three-headed dog truly is asleep, Quirrel steps into the corridor and walks to the trapdoor, putting the harp onto the floor, before disappearing under the castle.
For a moment the only sounds inside the room are the music from the harp and Fluffy’s snores, but then.
*badum*
*Badum*
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*ROOAAAAAR*
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Author's ramblings:
So yeah, been a while since I last posted.
After the last chapter I realized I have no idea on what I want the end of this story to be like and as such, what kind of decisions do I make concerning events that have longlasting effects on the happenings in HP. I still don't. BUT, I decided that I want to finnish atleast the first year-arc and will see after that what happens.
I've been planning a novel that's not a fanfic (a few actually), so I would have a lot more freedom, but would also mean no crutch to lean on. The biggest difference being that I have the ending planned from the start, so that I have a clear point to reach.
Um...I know that like 95% of fanfics are never finished, and I know that most fanfics have a point where authors stop. I have accepted this as a reader of fanfics and original novels.
Pretty please with a cookie on topAt least get to the end of the philosopher's stone? My average opinion about Harry Potter fanfics is that they should all be burned, but this one is actually good. Please?
This.
Funny really, 'cause I also don't really like fanfics either. They are almost always the same: guy gets reincarnated/send back in time, is op 'cause of his knowledge or some system-bs, builds a harem with helpless women who can't do anything themselves, slaps peoples faces like it was going out of style and so on and so fort...
And here I am, writing a fanfic. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
@retiisi so i'm guessing that didn't actually kill Mira, and only made her very, very Pissed.
@Megamink she's part dragon, due to being a chimera. Chimeras are made up of many cimbinations, but the classical one is part goat[cloven hooves], part lion[cat ears), and part dragon. So, if she is a classical chimera, her dragon half gives her a resistance to magic in general, if not full immunity. (Depends on the power behind the spell, and nature of it.) So, the killing curse probably just knocked her out. And then she woke up. Her instincts are probably in overdrive right now. And lets not forget- before being made humanoid to be a daughter, she was originally designed to massacre wizards wielsing the dark arts. So yeah, i can just imagine her pimp slapping a killing curse to the side while going fully feral on Quirrell.
@Wolfmaster Im pretty sure the classic chimera is part snake not dragon.
Though admittedly i think the most popular one in fantasy is the hydra like split neck of dragon-goat-lion.
I suppose it depends on if you meant classic as in most known or original.
I can't remember what type she is, if she's part snake, will she be a parseltongue? Very important for next year.
@Necessity yeah and the classical chimera tends to have a head that represents each part. though the snake tends to change often becuase the greeks also use the word "serpent" to describe dragons
@Megamink also doesn't help that it's said to breath fire, a dragon trait but I'm pretty sure in greek myth, so could lions.
Also changed the previous comment abit. Do you remember if it specified what type she is? Also parselmouth or not?I
Also, also, also. Seriously need to start sentences with anything else.
@Necessity she's part dragon in this case i believe. i think Retiisi has clarified, also i believe that's what hogwarts chimeara's have anyways.
@Megamink Well, fourth year will be interesting. Her age is confusing enough that im not sure what the age line will do. Though i think that of her two ages, they chose the older one, so i think its a non-factor.
@Necessity it might. it might not. we have no idea how it actually tracks age i don't think. ddoes it track physical or mental also I don't think the time she spent in that egg counts.
@Megamink not sure, she grew up really quick wgen younger and i remember the book of admission having two ages but i think the older age was picked, maybe. However we do know magical things might count both.
@retiisi I'm not sure fanfic is a specific genre with certain connotations. Some people just want to write a wish fulfillment in their favorite fictional world. You are telling a different story, a real story about a real character. Almira's not necessarily going to become all powerful, she's just almira doing almira things. Although you may share the same genre the goals and directions of stories are completely different. As such the result is completely different and that yes this is a fanfic, but it's definitely not just any fanfic. It's your fanfic, keep up the good work retiisi. I like fanfics, but I like good stories like this one more.
@retiisi those are usually xianya, translated Chinese fanfic, and they are all the same as if following a template