Year 1 (Part 2)
"Finally, a comfortable bed," I muttered and quickly jumped in it. It was quite exhausting making introductions with so many people in a single night without showing any tiredness. It was surprising to see so many people wanting to meet Voldemort's "distant relative."
Most of the seniors are expecting me to carry the pureblood movement. Well, I have to act like I care about blood purity to not make my school life any more difficult. I did see Dumbledore nodding towards Snape after my sorting, probably to keep his eye on me. It seems befriending Snape is out of the question.
Or maybe not; I can put pressure on him by using the purebloods' influence to teach me. If he wants to keep acting as a spy in Voldemort's army, he would need to give me something in return.
First, I need to master Occlumency and Legilimency. It is the first on my list, as the younger Slytherins' minds are probably not that well-guarded. I need any information i can get.
Thinking that I went to sleep, hoping I could find a way to learn the things i need.
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I was sitting at the Slytherin table talking about pureblood supremacy with the young heirs and scions of influential pureblood families. Their names weren't important. My first class was Potions with Gryffindor.
Flint was sticking close together with me, acting as my self-proclaimed "right-hand man". He was the only person from the Sacred 28 that I knew on a personal level, so I didn't say anything about it. Also, because he was also my only source of more information on the other families.
Breakfast appeared on the table and I started eating it before quickly making my way to the Potions class with a full group of Slytherins following me closely behind. Entering it, the first thing I saw was Snape, standing near the board menacingly.
Okay, jokes aside, he was quite intimidating for an eleven-year-old, which I wasn't. Thinking that, I quickly went to the middle row.
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During class, Snape didn't ask the Gryffindors any questions, which I was quite hoping for because if he did, he would have definitely asked Slytherins questions, which I would be able to "show my intelligence" to. It doesn't take much to impress them. His eyes were looking my way quite often, probably to keep an eye on me.
My next class was Transfiguration, in which McGonagall did her classic shape-shifting jump scare and made us transfigure a match into a pin, which I had done quite a lot of practice for to impress McGonagall. I failed to do it quite a lot of times. The answer to it was to throw physics out of your brain completely; you are doing magic, for goodness' sake. Umbrus Shade was quite an idiot, even if he was an adult in his previous life.
Another thing I have learned about Transfiguration is that it is not used in dueling, as some fanfictions made it out to be. It is, after all, quite complex to do and you need to focus on it to not mess it up.
I was currently walking towards my next hall for lunch after my Herbology class, which did not teach me anything new, only the introduction on what Herbology is.
I had asked the Slytherins to go on ahead after saying I needed to take care of something. They obeyed and went ahead. I was surprised that these nosy midgets hadn't asked me anything. Anyway, I needed some peace and quiet, which I got, thankfully.
As I was walking through the empty corridors, someone put me in a chokehold with their wand pointed towards my head and dragged me into an empty classroom. With the slight softness on my back and a high-pitched voice, I was able t-
"Who are you?" asked, or more like demanded, the girl. "A- Ack!" was my reply. Her grip was strong. I was thrown on the ground with the girl still pointing her wand at me. I quickly took in her appearance, She was wearing Ravenclaw robes and had black hair, black eyes, ha-
"Who. ARE. You?" she asked calmly. "I am Corvinus Gaunt," I answered quickly while reaching for my own wand. She made a frustrated sound to it and cast a red spell at me, which I dodged and flung the table at her using Wingardium Leviosa.
Which she blasted into pieces. I took the time to cast a Stupefy on her, which she swatted away using her wand and quickly cast something at me which made me completely immobile. I was staring at her while keeping a calm facade, while internally wondering there shouldn't be anyone in the younger years this skilled.
She came up to me and floated me in the air, looked me in the eye,
"There shouldn't be Gaunts left except my father and his uncle Morfin," my eyes widened upon hearing this, and I thought to myself
Well....
Fuck.
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Author note
My exams have finally ended, so expect a chapter every week. Sorry for the short chapter; I was quite tired, just got home after hanging out with my friends, so yeah.