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Harry Potter, Hogwarts

Harry was walking through the halls of Hogwarts with Hermione and Ron, his friends were discussing the findings of their little visit to the Slytherin common room

Ron was sure that, once infiltrated they would discover who the heir of Slytherin was, to his continued frustration, the redhead was still convinced that it was Jon, Hermione and Harry no longer bothered to try to change his mind

However, everyone approved of the plan, Harry knew that Jon had nothing to do with the petrification, but perhaps someone in the house had something to hide, so Harry, Ron and Hermione had infiltrate to look for information.

Harry still remembered that night

Flashback

Harry, Ron, and Hermione were in Myrtle's bathroom, the potion was ready, and they were preparing to enter the Slytherin common room

Hermione began to tell

“1,2, 3” Then the three Gryffindors drank the potion in one fell swoop, and after the most awkward twenty seconds of his life, Harry looked in the mirror and met Crabbe's reflection

"For Merlin's sake, how disgusting," Harry exclaimed, then looked at his companions, who had transformed into Goyle and Bulstrode respectively

Hermione spoke, in a squeaky Slytherin voice

"It's time, the common room is in the dungeons, we have to find a Slytherin student to guide us" both boys nodded and began to descend into the dungeons of the castle

For fifteen minutes, the three of them walked aimlessly through the dungeons, without having the slightest idea where they were going, when they were about to lose hope and retreat, they heard a voice

"Percy, please stop, I'm not interested" the voice of a young woman, was heard in one of the corridors, to the surprise of the Gryffindor, a familiar voice answered

"Penelope, think about it, it's a good opportunity for you" the voice of Percy, Ron's brother was heard, apparently he was talking to a girl, who replied

"Percy, I appreciate you as a friend, but I'm just... interested in someone else, please understand” the trio of lions heard Percy snort and answer

"That silly crush with Jon Stark won't get you anywhere, he's engaged Penny, it won't lead to anything, think about us, if we complement our skills we could go far in ministry," the young man's tone of voice changed from indifference when talking about the young woman's crush to longing when talking about ministry

Hermione looked at Ron and spoke furiously “Your brother is an insensitive fool” to the surprise of both of them, Ron simply nodded, unable to defend his brother

However, the attention of the young people returned to the drama when a third voice was heard

Jon Stark appeared on the scene and the drama intensified

"Everything okay Penny?" Jon's serene voice was heard in the hallway, unable to resist, the boys cautiously peeked out and witnessed a peculiar scene

Percy was quite close to a young blonde woman from Ravenclaw, while looking at Jon with an annoyed face and talking

"It's a private talk Stark, I ask you please to..." Percy's reply was interrupted when Jon, with a simple gesture silenced Ron's brother indifferently, earning an admiring look from Ron, who muttered

"We've always wanted to do that" Hermione quickly shut him up, too interested in the scene they were watching

“Penny?” Jon repeated, while looking at the young Ravenclaw, who walked away from Percy, stood behind Jon and answered

"It was nothing, Percy was going to finish the rest of the prefect rounds alone, right Percy?" hearing Penelope's words, Percy frowned, but simply walked in the direction of the great hall, knowing that if confront Jon he would be trashed, Jon held his gaze until the prefect's silhouette disappeared into a corner

Jon looked at Penny, who was embarrassed, and asked, "Are you okay?" Did he hurt you?”

Penny simply sighed and replied "I'm fine, thank you Jon" young Stark simply replied with a slight smile and spoke

"If he gives you trouble again, don't hesitate to look for me" Penny nodded her head automatically, too embarrassed to answer, praying that Jon hadn't heard Percy's words about her crush, the young woman said goodbye and proceeded on her way quickly, her cheeks flushed and she walked quickly away

Jon just sighed, looked at the Gryffindor spoke

"You shouldn't move around the castle alone with the beast on the loose, come on, it's time for the meeting" Jon spoke in a friendly but firm tone, the three young men simply nodded and followed Jon, who would take them to the common room

They walked for a few minutes until they found themselves in a corridor close to the kelpie statue, lit by a pair of green braziers, Jon stood in front of a wall and spoke

"Greatness," he exclaimed. 

Before Harry's incredulous eyes, a stone snake rose from the ground, leaving a black door in its wake, which opened for Jon, who looked at the three lions in disguise and exclaimed

"Come in and take your seat, the meeting will begin as soon as I talk to Lucrecia" without waiting for an answer, Jon entered and went down a spiral staircase to the common room

The three boys looked in amazement at the entrance to the Slytherin common room, Ron even muttered

"I thought the password would be something stupid like "pureblood" exclaimed the redhead embarrassedly, Hermione just snorted and answered

"you must understand that Jon controls Slytherin, he's ambitious and cunning, but he's not cruel or a supremacist," the young woman's tone of reproach was evident, and Harry sighed at the usual impending argument, Ron attacking Jon and Hermione defending him

Harry just spoke before they started arguing for real

“Enough! Jon talked about a meeting, come on, we don't want to draw attention to ourselves." Harry's firm, dry tone of voice surprised his two friends, who nodded without protest, and the three of them entered the common room

The common room of Slytherin was quite different from that of Gryffindor, more elegant and with a classic style, beautiful but cold, it was difficult to explain

For the meeting, there were comfortable armchairs in the shape of a circle around the room, while two better quality armchairs were on a central platform made of stone, no doubt belonging to Jon and Lucretia, Harry thought

Suddenly, Draco's voice was heard

“What are they doing standing there? Take a quick seat, the meeting will start soon” the three of them froze for a moment, until Harry started to walk and took a winged seat from Draco and Ron, who couldn't help but speak

"What is this meeting about?" To that question, all the second year looked at Ron in disbelief and Draco replied curtly

"Did so much sugar melt your brain? We will organize the groups to move around the castle, with the petrification of the insipid Hufflepuff, it is likely that the sheep will want to take it out on our house, plus Jon will give some announcements” Harry spoke, to divert Ron's attention

“What is he going to announce?” asked Harry

Draco looked at him with doubt on his face, but the one who answered was Pansy

"We don't know Vicy, only Draco has information and he doesn't want to share it" the reproach in Pansy's voice was evident, the aforementioned Draco simply sighed and replied

"It's not because of you Pansy, except for Cassius, you know that the sixth and seventh graders are behaving out of fear of Jon, they're not to be trusted" the three Gryffindors paid attention to those words, they had a clue apparently

The conversation was interrupted when Jon and Lucrecia took their seats, and the meeting began

Jon spoke, in a cold, calm voice, to the point that it baffled Hermione and Harry, who knew Jon as a friend, it looks like things were different inside the snake house

“Be welcome, let's get to the point, a second-year Hufflepuff was petrified, the sheep will respond, that's a fact, the first four years will move in groups, escorted by the fifth to seventh years, we will not give anyone a chance to harm us, a spell practice room will also be set up, where an older student will offer advice on defense spells,  All children under fourteen years of age will attend, without exception”

Grunts and complaints were heard throughout the room, until a girl spoke

"Prince Jon, what do we know about the chamber?" At that question, everyone was silent and paid attention, Jon sighed and answered

"The chamber was opened before, fifty years ago, a student died and the school was almost closed, we have no more information on the subject, the Prophet's edits were strangely ambiguous about it," a fourth-year Slytherin snorted and replied

"That they covered it up you mean, I'm not surprised, that newspaper rarely gives useful information" at that sentence, everyone began to murmur, most of them agreeing with the young man

The noise continued until Jon intervened, imbued his voice with magic and screamed

“SILENCE!” At the same time that the torches were lit with a blue flame, the effect was immediate, and everyone present was silent, Jon continued

"As soon as we have more information, I'll tell you, now... We'll coordinate the guard roles and the training” Everyone grunted, but no one got up

The rest of the meeting went smoothly, it was not very long and the three lions were able to sneak back to the bathroom without any problem

Quite discouraged that they discovered absolutely nothing about the chamber or the heir

Flashback end

Ron spoke with confusion

"So, if the heir is not from Slytherin, then who is he?" the frustration in Ron's tone was contagious to Hermione and Harry, who were equally puzzled about the events

When suddenly, Hermione stops short and opens her eyes wide, and screams

“That's it! How I didn't see it before!” and then, the young woman ran down the hallway, Harry did not know where she was going, Ron simply shrugged his shoulders and spoke

"Sometimes I wonder if she's missing something in her head, come on Harry, there's a Quidditch match and you need to concentrate."

Harry sighed and spoke "You're right, this matter has me uneasy, Quidditch will relax me”

Both young men walked onto the Quidditch pitch, unaware that events that would greatly affect their lives were about to happen

Jon Stark, Hogsmeade

 Jon was walking with Lucrecia calmly through the streets of Hogsmeade, Tonks would see them in the village for a chat with his mother, in a store called the three brooms

Lucrecia looked at the shops with curiosity, the young woman was holding Jon's arm calmly, wearing a blue casual dress with white details, she walked with elegance and tranquility, the beautiful young woman spoke

"I would like to visit the town more calmly my love, there are interesting things" Jon nodded, his little snake was right, there were many things and it would be worth visiting when they had more time  

Jon and Lucrecia arrived at the store in question and looked at Tonks, who was waiting for them, dressed in a black coat with high leather boots, her hair was blonde this time and held in a pony tail, she looked quite similar to Lucrecia, Jon thought suspiciously

Seeing them, Tonks came over and spoke

"Jon, Lucrecia, it's good to see you, Mom awaits, let's go" the two Slytherins nodded and followed the witch upstairs, Jon tried, without much success, not to look too much at Tonks' tight ass, he failed in such a way that Lucrecia murmured in his ear

“It's impressive, isn't it? Although I'm not surprised, the Black women are beautiful with goddess-like bodies, they have the right blood after all” the seductive tone of his fiancée raised alarms inside Jon, apparently his naughty snake was getting into mischief again

They reached the top floor of the premises and Tonks spoke again

"Come on," and he opened the door

They were received by a rather attractive woman, with some gray hair and wrinkles on her face, she was dressed in a conservative robe that denoted elegance and bearing, a witch of nobility in every extension of the word, seeing him, the woman extended her hand and spoke

"Lord Stark, nice to meet you, I see that my little Nymphadora's letters about your physical attractiveness were not exaggerations" the witch's voice was soft and kind, she no doubt made the comment to annoy her daughter, and it apparently worked, since Tonks blushed, her hair changed to red and screamed

"Mother, please don't embarrass me" in response, Andromeda made a gesture of indifference, still looking at Lord Stark and continued

“My daughter told me that you needed an expert in healing magic and that discretion was important, tell me what happen?” The mature woman cracked her fingers and summoned a cup of tea into her hand, while taking a sip

Gods, Jon thought, how something as simple as drinking can be seen so... refined

Jon took a breath and answered

"I need your help, a person close to me has all the symptoms of a curse, I would like your opinion on what we can do about it" Andromeda nodded and asked curiously

"And why can't you take this person to St. Mungo's to treat the curse?" There was no reproach in his voice, just simple curiosity

Jon replied “Because she's ten years old and she's a little Muggle girl” that sentence stopped Andromeda for a second, until she nodded again

"That explains it, I have no problem helping you, I understand that you want to avoid the useless of the ministry, that simple fact tells me that you are sensible and cautious, however, I would like a couple of things in return" Jon nodded softly and replied

"Tell them and we'll see if we can come to an agreement" At those words, Andromeda smiled, pleased by the sharp mind of the young Lord, the witch spoke

"I would like a sample of your miraculous potion "White Honey" I want to study it, it is too interesting and fascinating” Andromeda's voice was that of an academic woman, eager for knowledge

Jon simply nodded, having no problem with the request, seeing the statement, Andromeda continued talking

"And second, I want you to guarantee my daughter's training indefinitely, she is so foolish that she insists on entering the school of Aurors, if she will expose herself to danger, I want her to train with the most powerful wizard of her generation" The firmness in the woman's voice told Jon that the term was non-negotiable, Jon tried to answer, but Lucrecia beat him to it

"Don't worry auntie, I promise that my future husband and I will take very good care of Nymphy" the look that Lucrecia threw at Tonks made her shudder, Andromeda looked at Lucrecia with amusement and spoke

“You must be Cissy's daughter, is my sister still as stuck up as she was years ago?” the woman's tone was longing with tones of pain, apparently the Black sisters were a sensitive issue for the woman

Lucrecia replied easily “sometimes, lately she is more relaxed, apparently she was worried that my attitude and preferences was not going to give me a worthy husband” the amusement in Lucrecia's voice infected Andromeda, who shook her head and replied

"I'd like to stay and talk, but I need to get back to my job, Lord Stark, describe to me the effects of the curse, I'll start investigating related cases."

Jon nodded and began to describe the symptoms that Clarissa's mother had shared, to Jon's surprise and concern, the more she spoke the more worried Andromeda looked, Andromeda's voice was heard with concern

"Tell me, these symptoms are periodic and that they can appear at any time?" Jon, worried about the woman's reaction, nodded quickly and said

"Yes, you recognize the curse?" Andromeda sighed heavily and replied

"I recognize the symptoms, and I hope I'm wrong, we must examine the young woman right now, if she has what I think, her life is in danger."

Those words put Lucrecia and Jon on full alert, who gained a look of determination and responded

“Then let's go to Wolf's Den, there's no time to waste”

A few moments later, the four occupants disappeared from the scene, bound for Jon Stark's home, all concerned for the well-being of the young woman

Andromeda hoped with all her heart that she would be wrong in her diagnosis, because if it was the curse she thought

The young woman didn't have much time in this world