Dioda Servy's Story

Malice smiled gratefully, thankful that someone was willing to speak with her besides Avia. "Oh thank you," she said. "I like your name, too." She paused, then added. "I've been waiting to come to Hogwarts for a while. You see, my sister's a seventh year and she tells me all about it. I'm a little nervous though." She leaned her elbow on the table and rested her head in her hand, something she'd been told many times at home not to do and rarely does anyhow. She felt different, though, after the whole bit with the Sorting Hat.

"A seventh year? Wow. You're going to be alright. This is my first time too but I'm a 3th year. It has a special reason and I'll explain that later." Dioda smiled and looked at the food. She wasn't hungry at all so didn't eat it at all. It looked delicious though, she had to admit that. Still, her stomach would protest if she would eat. So she didn't. She would eat breakfast tomorrow, than she would be hungry again. Untill than, Dioda wasn't going to eat, maybe drink some water but that would be all. She smiled at Malice.

Malice cocked her head again, not really interested in the exquisite food before her although it was a feast. She didn't feel hungry. Sorting Hat incident. She was still sort of getting over it. She returned Dioda's smile, but then it faded as a question came to her mind. She looked up at Dioda curiously. "If you don't mind me observing, I noticed on the train that everyone felt nervous around you. They looked uncomfortable. Why was that? I think you're quite nice." Malice said, a geniuinely curious look in her eyes. She didn't mean to pry, but she was dying to know.

Stephen was puzzled at the mention of the word Horcrux, never mind he would find out about it later. Stephen felt a comradeship with Dioda and was glad to have at least one friendly person to talk to even if she seemed rather strange. Remembering a line from one of the books he had read a few weeks ago Stephen said:

"Well as the saying goes; there is no good or evil there is only power and the will to use it, it is the victor which decides who is good and who is evil" when Dioda showed a picture of her and her father Stephen commented "I have no pictures of my father he died before i was born, I guess you were lucky enough to have had at least a little time with him or unlucky in the sense that you knew him and saw him die"

the boat ride was as if Stephen was traveling from one world to another as the castle got closer and closer, on the way Stephen asked questions about Hogwarts and learned about the different houses; these didn't make a load of sense to him but then again hardly anything did.
An old woman waited for them on the dock, from this view the castle seemed like a dream and Stephen could not wait to get inside it. The groups split, all the new students were gathered together into a group and so they entered the great hall. The hall was a truly divine place, hundreds of students sat by a series of tables all neatly set in four rows; it seemed that each row was that of another house and already Stephen wondered were he would go. He knew that each house had its "guardian" animal such as the snake the raven and the lion, he personally liked the lion but that was beside the point; this wasn't about which house had the coolest logo. As each of the students was called to the sorting hat; a living hat!!! as one of the potter's walked towards the hat Stephen called "good luck!" he didn't want to rely one one person all the time and that potter seemed to be alright. After a few other kids including Dioda and an example of slytherin's popularity it was Stephen's turn next.

He walked steadily towards the sorting hat dying to prove himself in the eyes of the crowd, when he sat down on the great chair and the had was placed on top of his head Stephen was surprised at the hat's level of speech:

"Hoo i haven't felt a Bradly in a long time! not since your father"
Stephen replied to the hat a little confused "you know my father?"
The had replied in a tone with a hint of patronizing "Yes he came here just like you are here now, I put him in Gryffindor, very brave your father was and so are you"
Stephen looked at the waiting mass at the tables before saying coldly "I am not my father, I don't need to prove anything to him; only to myself"
The hat chuckled and said happily still with a hint of patronizing "Indeed you are not your father, but such bravery could be put to could use in Gryffindor and such a mind would work wonders in Ravenclaw. But if you want to prove yourself prove yourself you shall!" the Hat shouted with a great voice worthy of a first class actor "Slytherin!"

Stephen smiled at his new house which was clapping and saw the snake's banner now actually preferring it to the lion, when the other three houses booed Stephen mealy smiled and said to them loudly:

"The thing about snakes is that if you lash at the tail the snake will simply bite you"

He then used the resulting silence of the crowds to sit by the Slytherin table and search for Dioda.

Dioda observed the girl named Malicr quietly. She could tell Malice wasn't really hungry at all, just like Dioda wasn't really hungry. Though, with Male it seemed different. Dioda knew Malice wasn't hungry simply because she wasn't hungry, it had a different reason. It had probably to domething with the Sorting had and the calling bad things. Dioda had always known it went that way with Slytherin. Slytherin wasn't really nice to sit sonetimes but you had no choice.

"Well, some children had readt the Daily Prophet. It said a Riddle would come to Hogwarts and Riddle, Tom Riddle was the original name of Voldemort. When they saw me, they could instantly guess I was the daughter of Voldemort." Dioda looked at the girl and smiled at her. "They are scared that I will bring him back alive."

Malice blinked. She'd heard about Voldemort. Only a little though, from Avia. It went sort of like Well, Mally, Voldemort was a super evil guy, battled with Harry Potter blah blah blah, he's dead now. Her parents, too, were brief on the subject. Now she had a chance to learn about the real person, straight from his daughter. Folding her hands into her lap, Malice said, "My sister and my mum and dad all say he was evil. What did he do that was so bad?" she knew it had something to do with Harry Potter, but that was as far as her knowledge went. "I mean, what could possibly so terrible that people despise him like they do now?"

Dioda looked at Malice and sighed. "He hated Muggles and Muggle born Wizards to start with. I not sure really. I only know that the war almost had killed Harry but Harry was a Horcrux. My father would do anything to kill Harry. I was two when he died," she said calmly, hiding the sadness. She took out the picture and showed it to Malice. Dioda and Voldemort next to each other smiling and on the background the Forbidden Forest. She wonderd where Stephen was.

"Oh," she murmured, catching the infectious sorrow. Malice smiled weakly at the picture. "That's cute," she commented, pointing to the picture of young Dioda and her father. It was the first time Malice had ever seen a picture of Voldemort. He looked sort of like how she'd expected, based on descriptions via Avia. Surprising herself by saying this, Malice added, "You must really hate Harry Potter." She continued looking at the picture, the comment sounding somewhat casual though Malice was shocked the words had even entered her mind. 

Stephen spotted Dioda sitting with a girl he believed was named Malice, he smiled and made his way to the empty space on the bench and sat down near them and said with a grin "Hi Dioda, Malice seems like we are all in the same boat,(turning to Malice) I am Stephen Max Bradly by the way but you can call me Max" then an older came along and patted Stephen on the back. Stephen laughed happy to have been able to gain friends so quickly in this new world. He smiled and spoke with a glad voice with more then a hint of pride "Thanks, Blake Black was it? I am Stephen Max Bradly but just call me Max" Stephen had heard a bit about Serious Black mainly from the train but he didn't really know anything, anyway the kid had asked not to talk about him so what was the point of bringing it up?

He then said speaking to Blake, Dioda and Malice "Well Blake this is Dioda and this is Malice both new Slytherin such as myself although Dioda i think was born one if i understand stuff around here. Dioda, Malice this is Blake Black a fellow Slytherin comrade how about we sit together?" Stephen then proceeded to fill his plate with a number of meats and salads, he had never seen such a feast in his life.

Dioda didn't psy attention, like she was off the world. She was just trying to block the tears and such, not wanting to cry with others along her side. She would cry when she was alone. She dmiled at Malice as she puts the picture away, than smiles at Stephen and Blake.

Malice smiled warmly, glad to be engaged with people for once. "Hello Max and Blake. Malice Errenhall. Nice to meet you," she said. Malice was sincerely glad that she'd met with more of her fellow Slytherins. She looked at Dioda. Her first friend seemed trouble. Malice felt bad about saying the comment about Harry Potter. She'd save the subject for another time. After all, it was hard to lose a parent. Malice couldn't imagine losing a loved one. She never had. 

Malice cheered and clapped along with the other Slytherins. This was the first time she'd ever felt like part of a group, and boy did it feel amazing. It was like they were all good friends, though they'd only met recently. There was a feeling in the air. A feeling of... comradeship? it was spectacular. Malice felt a light feeling in her chest. Slytherin was where she belonged. She tapped Dioda's arm. "Can't wait. How bout you, Dioda?"

(Yeah, you never waited for the rest of the first years)

Dioda watched with a small smile before looking at Malice. ''Yeah, can't wait..'' she said and smiled at Malice. She looked over at Blake and then Stephen who seemed to have the greatest fun in the world but as soon as it came, the feast ended.

Dioda stood up and walked out of her bedroom. She wasn't really tired and didn't want to stay there so figured to wander around the castle and maybe scare some Gryphindors. That would actually be funny. Maybe she could even get the blood of Potter she needed for her father. Than atleast she had everything she needed to bring him back and when he was back, the Potters would die, if they wanted it or not. She had enough of their famous name and thost two stupid boys called James and albus. She was going to enjoy watching them die and would help them die in the best way she could. This year would be the last year of the Potters on Hogwarts for they would be killed this year, even Harry Potter himself. He would die too after he figured out that Voldemort had returned. He was no longer a Horcrux so he could easilyh die now, and she would help and laugh.

As she wandered around the castle, she had this strange feeling that Albus and James were on the move. She knew about The Marauders Map and that Albus had that Cloak of Invisability. Maybe she could follow them once she had found them but she knew she would be seen, still she would follow them. A Cloak wasn't going to help them stay away from her.

Stephen really wanted to sleep but he simply could not, today had been something special of the kind he had never before experienced in his life. Stephen felt at home in this great castle, so far away from his grandfather's house and its hard discipline. Stephen actually took comfort in the knowledge that whatever discipline this school commanded he would be able to take it, at least here he had equals to talk to. Stephen heard a noise from the common room and decided to go investigate it having nothing better to do. Years of sneaking to his friends houses at night from his grandfather's house gave him some useful skills for this sort of thing so Stephen didn't wake any of the near by students, Stephen saw Blake move in his bed but he didn't think Blake was awake and continued his slow journey.

Stephen didn't see what had caused the noise now but decided to explore Hogwarts any way, he was up and about so why go back to bed? Stephen wondered the area for a few minutes before seeing some one ahead. Stephen sneaked closer for a better view and saw that it was Dioda, deciding to play a little game with her Stephen continued to sneak behind her wondering were she was going.

Dioda cocked her head and smiled. She turned around and looked at Stephen and Blake, holding back her laugh. She knew she had been followed by Stephen but never heard Blake. He must have been using a spell so they couldn't hear him. That was quite impressive and maybe that could help her. She knew the spell, had it used before and it had helped her back than. You would make no sound and you could easily sneak up behind someone. It was a usefull spell.

Wow! shouted Stephen as some one jumped on him from behind him, unready for it Stephen fell down. Stephen looked around and saw Blake chuckling, standing up Stephen made a few half serious swipes at him and then stopped when he saw his growing amusement. Stephen eventually joined Blake in laughter and cleaned himself up.

Stephen saw that Dioda has spotted them, he turned to face her and gave an embarrassed smile.

"Sorry about that...., were are you going any way?"

Dioda rolled her eyes as she watched the two boys. Boys were like small children forever and they never grew up, always stayed a child. It was actually quite amusing to watch them sometimes as they did the weirdest stuff. She saw Stephen turn around and questiond her what she was doing. Dioda looked at him and smirked. "Well, first I was trying to follow the two Potters. I need something of them and this could have been my chance if Blake didn't jump on you. Anyways, I knew you were following so I thought to show you my coming pet," Dioda grinned. She knew everything about the Basilisk and she could speak Parseltongue. Just like her father spoke Parseltongue she spoke it too.

She got out a chicken egg and looked at the two boys. Breeding a Basilisk wasn't always to easy. You had to hetch a chicken egg under a toad. So the King of Serpents was born. She could keep the Basilisk in the Chamber of Secrets.

Dioda looked at Blake and then Stephen. "Nothing important." She looked at the chickenegg in her hands and then back at the two boys before her. "But, I really need to hurry a bit. I don't want my pet to die because I love it," she said, softly putting the egg back in the inner pocket of her black dress. It had to be kept warm a bit, soon it would lay under the toad and hatch.

"What pet? all I can see is an egg" said Stephen, his face now had the look of curious wonder; one that some usually older people claimed to be very cute and this infuriated Stephen to no end.

Stephen could not help but be a servant to his curiosity, he so disliked not knowing things when other people knew them. Still puzzled Stephen was shocked to hear that the pet may die and said with an alarmed tone

"Why is your pet going to die? is it sick? can i help it get better?" Stephen tried to get a better view of the egg but was still very puzzled by it.

Remembering what she had said before as she went away leave made Stephen even more curious then before and so he could not help asking after running after her to catch pace "What did you want from the potters? i think one of them was put into our house so maybe you can ask her to help you talk with her brothers.