Khaos

She was in the attic again, her hands chained above her head high enough that only the tips of her toes touched the floor. She was in her pajamas, a silver silk nightgown with matching lace trim. She hadn’t liked it but it was the only nightclothes she had.
She heard footsteps and watched the doorknob twist, knowing who it was before the door opened. “Good Morning Adonis are you taking me to the platform today since Father has work, and Mother has her weekly meeting?”
Adonis smirked and said, “Such a smart girl.” He came closer, holding a key which he wiggled in front of her teasingly. “How much do you want out of those chains, Beautiful?”
Natrix pouted for show and said, “I need out of them to get ready in time to be presentable by the time we need to leave.”
Adonis looked amused and said, “Good try, it's going to cost you if you want out.”
Natrix frowned and asked, “What’s the cost?”
Adonis smirked wider and said, “Now that you’ve told us you know you were stolen you know why I’m not married yet, beautiful. How about you guess the price?”
Natrix said simply, “I’m not sure I want to.”
Adonis chuckled and said simply, “A kiss, all I want is a kiss.”
Natrix found herself repulsed at the thought but upon the realization that she needed to pee, she gave in. “Fine.”
Adonis looked startled but grinned and said, “Such a pleasant surprise, to see you give in so easily.” before kissing her. She let it happen, knowing if she struggled he might not let her out of the chains until the very last second. He pulled away and reached above her head unlocking her wrists. She immediately touched her heels to the floor, ready to go to the bathroom. Adonis had other ideas though, and led her into the stairway. He pushed her into a chair and said, “Don’t move.” He then did something behind her and something freezing touched the skin on her back, between her shoulders. She felt the metal and Adonis held the cold thing there before pulling it away and vanishing it. He kissed the back of her neck and said, “There, that’s much more permanent than any collar I could put on you, now go get ready to head to the station.”

Natrix did as told, heading to her room immediately, grabbing her uniform, and going into her bathroom. She went to the bathroom before turning so she could see her back in the mirror. Right between her shoulders in white, freeze-branded onto her skin, was “Adonis” in his handwriting. She decided to ignore how that made her feel, instead changing into her uniform, knowing the sooner she was ready to leave, the sooner she could get on the train and the sooner she’d be away from this horrible house filled with horrible people.

Less than twenty minutes later, Nat was standing with Adonis outside of the manor, happy to feel the familiar twisting in her gut that came with apparition. As soon as they were on the platform, Adonis hugged her and kissed her temple, telling her to have a great school year. She said she would and went to the train. She went straight to the very last compartment and sat down inside, uncaring of the fact there was a sleeping man in the compartment, assuming he was to be their new Defense teacher. She sat next to him, in the corner she’d sat in last year. He seemed non-threatening and according to his trunk, his name was essentially wolf wolf. There was no way anybody named Wolf Wolf was dangerous. She leaned back against the seat, letting out a quiet whimper as her back touched the seat, not because of the freeze brand, it didn’t hurt. It was because of the still-relatively fresh whip lacerations. She didn’t notice the man twitch at the sound and didn’t realize he wasn’t asleep. She pulled out a book on vampire customs and began to read. Natrix was previously made aware that the head girl this year was a Slytherin so the room she used last year wasn’t available. She had nowhere to sleep this year and would probably end up having to give in and tell Filius she needed somewhere to sleep. Hannah was the next into the compartment and said, “Nat you are aware of the grown man sitting next to you right?”
Nat nodded and said, “Yes, I don’t think he’s a threat.”
Hannah blinked and asked, “How come?”
Nat said simply, “His name is basically Wolf Wolf. I doubt someone named Wolf Wolf is a threat.” Hannah snorted and asked how her summer was. Nat froze before saying as casually as possible, “I found out something disgusting about the Nightlocks. I refuse to repeat what I’ve heard.”
Hannah looked surprised and said, “Ouch.” Nat merely shrugged and greeted Theo and Paige when they entered the compartment.

When the dementor came, she gave it a look and pointed to the wall she knew was the end of the train before saying, “No. Leave.” The dementor whined and floated through the wall dejectedly, flying off into the distance. The man who’d been sleeping gaped at her along with the other occupants of the compartment. Nat raised an eyebrow and asked, “Why are you three surprised? Him I understand, he doesn’t know about the child of death thing.”
Remus then asked, “How do you exist?”
Nat shrugged and said in a deadpan tone, “Death and Regulus Black had sex.” Hannah, Peachy, and Theo turned bright red and sputtered.
Remus swallowed and blinked rapidly before saying, “I assumed they did but I wasn’t asking that exactly.”
Nat hummed and said, “I know nothing about how I was created, I just know Thestrals love me, Dementors have sort of puppy love for me? I don’t know how else to explain it. They act like people describe pet dogs. I’ve never met an inferus or Zombie so I don’t know how that situation goes. So Professor Wolf Wolf, I have two questions for you before I decide whether you are completely risk-free, you see Filius killed our last defense Professor after Lockhart tried to feel me up so if you don’t mind, I’d rather put that warning out there just so you know. Also, Hannah, that one with dark brown hair is under his protection. The ginger is under Newt Scamander's protection and the blonde one is officially recognized as a Longbottom. I’ve warned you.”
Remus then said, “Lockhart deserved death for trying to touch a child. I wish I’d been allowed to tear him to pieces.”
Nat nodded and said, “You’ve passed the first question without my having to ask, second, what is your opinion on non-gender conforming people?”
Remus raised an eyebrow and said, “I’m a trans person.”
Nat nodded and asked, “So you won’t call me an it or a wretched creature?”
Remus’s eyes darkened and he asked, “Who called you that?”
Nat immediately said, “Snape. He also yells at me when I collapse in potions due to overheating and he confiscates my cane that Filius made for me so I could get around without worrying about collapsing.”
Remus’s eyes darkened further and he said, “I’m going to slap Snape silly. You’re all tiny, how dare he. If I’m arrested know it was for a good cause. That cause is ridding the world of transphobes and ableists. I too have a chronic illness. I will knock Snape upside the head so hard he’s seeing stars for the next few weeks even with magic.” Nat blinked and just looked at Remus like he was a God in human form. Completely in awe. He gave her a gentle hug and patted her head before leaving the compartment. Nat just sat there in shock for a solid ten minutes, at which point the others had become concerned.

They were in the Great Hall at dinner after Draco Malfoy was an idiot and got hurt by a Hippogriff because of rudeness. Hannah was looking over at him and said suddenly, “I feel bad for anyone related to that idiot.”
Nat swallowed her mouthful of blueberries before saying. “Hannah…he’s our second cousin.”
Hannah then said, “I am ashamed of him, and I bet his mother is as well.”
Nat said simply, “She often laments his lack of a Black attitude.”
Hannah said immediately, “Good.”

Suddenly, they heard a slap that resounded across the entire Hall. Natrix felt somewhat happy to see Snape had been slapped so hard by an outraged Remus Lupin. Snape turned to McGonagall, only to be slapped again, the woman pressing her lips together thinner than a sewing needle, clearly pissed by what Snape had said. Nat then said she was going to head to bed early and headed to the classroom she’d been sleeping in. She changed into her pajamas, still hating the nightgown but knowing it was better than her uniform or her other clothes. All of her clothes were picked by Adonis, and she knew why now. She curled up underneath her robes and tried her best to sleep.

They were in class with Professor Wolf Wolf, or as everyone else called him, Professor Lupin. They were learning the Riddikulus spell to deal with a boggart. Natrix was curious to find out what her worst fear was but decided to go before Hannah, which was nearly last. When she stepped in front of the Boggart, it seemed to be deciding what her worst fear was before suddenly, walking toward her was Adonis, holding a black collar in his hand that had a red garnet centered in silver, his birthstone, a secondary claim past the collar itself. He was smirking as he said, “Hi Beautiful, back from Hogwarts so soon?” Natrix backed into Hannah, unable to think properly enough to cast the spell, and Wolf Wolf Promptly moved between her and the boggart, casting Riddikulus before it even finished changing into his fear and shoving the boggart in the closet. He promptly dismissed the class and kneeled so he was better at Natrix’s level instead of towering over her.
He took her hands in his and said, “Hey, hey, you’re at Hogwarts, whoever that is can’t touch you. Can you repeat that back to me?”
Natrix nodded, swallowing, tightening her grip on his hands before saying. “I’m at Hogwarts, Adonis can’t touch me. Adonis can’t collar me while I’m here.”
Wolf Wolf said, “That’s right, he can’t collar you here. Does he collar you elsewhere?”
Natrix nodded and said, “The second I’m back on the platform he puts a collar on me. He’s always there to pick me up.”
Wolf Wolf swallowed thickly and said, “Nobody is going to collar you here, I’ll make sure of it. If they do, I’ll tell Filius and he can kill them for me since I can’t legally do it but he can. Who is Adonis? I want to make sure he can’t get to you here.”
Natrix responded immediately. “I was raised to believe he was my brother. I was kidnapped to be raised to be his perfect wife by his parents.” Remus didn’t let the shock show on his face and said, “I’m going to do my best to keep him from coming near you again, alright? Now I’m going to excuse you from all further classes today. You go to your dorm and rest, alright?” Natrix nodded and Hannah was excused to go to her next class. Hannah did as told, plotting a murder and knowing Professor Lupin would take care of Natrix.

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Hannah was pissed, angrier than she’d ever been. Nat shouldn’t have even had to go back to the Nightlocks last year, and she’d no doubt have to go back this year despite the emancipation because there was always a Nightlock at the station. That much Hannah was sure of. There would always be a Nightlock there, and as long as there were Nightlocks, Nat would never be free. She didn’t want to tell Theo or Paige, because she knew that they wouldn’t be able to stomach the realization of how bad of a situation Nat was in. Hannah saw a lot of similarities between Nat and Harry. They both had evil people they had to live with during the summer, they were both clearly abused, neither seemed to realize what they were dealing with was abuse, and they were both too stubborn for their own good. Hannah decided she’d introduce Harry to Paige, Nat, and Theo soon. Hannah decided to go visit Marcys after class. That would calm her down. She’d bring him a few carrots and some red meat, which Hannah knew Nat would insist on.

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Natrix was sleeping in an abandoned classroom on October 31st, the only person in the entire castle unaware of the fact Sirius Black was loose in the castle. She was shivering under layers of robes that had heating charms on them until a mangy black dog trotted into the room and whimpered upon seeing her, fast asleep but shivering. He curled up behind her and put his head on her side, hoping his body heat would help keep her warm. He wondered why this child was sleeping in an abandoned classroom but upon seeing the Slytherin crest on the tie of the girl mixed with what he’d heard of Snape hating one of the children of Slytherin named Natrix from a nice girl from Gryffindor who fed him often and had bathed him. He’d heard about how Snape called the child it and kept referring to her as a wretched creature as well as recently kept joking about her being a dog after a boggart incident during which Hannah had found out Natrix was regularly being collared and had been kidnapped then raised to be a man named Adonis’s wife. Hannah hated Adonis and kept muttering about murder. The Grim hoped his presence keeping her a bit warmer would help Natrix even just the slightest bit.

The Grim left the castle at 2 AM and at 3:30 AM, Remus Lupin found Natrix sleeping on the floor in an abandoned classroom. He swallowed his anger as he saw her, sleeping in a freezing abandoned classroom, no doubt because of Snape. He wrapped Natrix in his robe before wrapping her in her robes, the warming charms on them nearly worn off completely. He picked her up and carried her to the staff room, knowing it was quite warm in there right now.

Remus found black fur clinging to her robes and frowned, remembering Sirius’s animagus form. He wondered if Sirius had found her and tried to warm her up in his animagus form. He realized Sirius would have killed her if he truly wanted to kill children and suddenly remembered Sirius had mentioned the possibility of switching secret keepers along with the way Peter had been acting. He came to the realization Sirius was innocent.

When the other staff members entered the room, he was placing another warming charm on her as she snuggled close to him, fast asleep in his lap. Remus immediately said, “She was sleeping in an abandoned classroom. There was a large black animal that tried to keep her warm sometime before I found her. She’s freezing.”
Trelawny gasped and said, “She’s been touched by a GRIM TONIGHT! She will die!”
Remus rolled his eyes and said, “I don’t imagine Death will be killing his child anytime soon.”
Snape rolled his eyes and said, “As if the wretched dog is special enough to be related to Death.” The Baron suddenly threw a chair at Snape, which he ducked with enough ease that this meant he’d been regularly dodging chairs for some time.
The Baron threw another chair at Snape and Filius frowned before asking coldly, “Romulus, what did Severus do to my Liber this time?” The Baron, unable to speak due to a silencing charm, made Peeves write for him. All of the staff were shocked when they found out Snape had not attempted to find somewhere safe for Natrix to sleep. Filius looked pissed and had to be bound to a chair to prevent him from murdering someone when at this point it wasn’t completely legal yet. Filius was shuffling the chair closer the entire time and Natrix finally woke up, still shivering lightly, and made a confused noise.
Filius immediately softened and said, “Hello, Natrix, are you feeling warmer?” Natrix turned her head and saw that Filius was bound to a chair before realizing whose lap she was in.
She asked confusedly, “Professor Wolf Wolf, why am I in the staff room?”
Remus said simply, “A serial killer was running around the castle and I found you in a random classroom.”
Filius said immediately, “Natrix, you’re sleeping in my spare room from now on, I refuse to allow you to freeze half to death in an abandoned classroom.” There was an aura of agreement coming from a very angry ghost, who’d chased Snape out of the room and Natrix decided not to disagree. She'd known this was probably what would end up happening if Filius found out where she'd been sleeping. Natrix then asked, “Where’s Bast?”
Remus blinked and asked, “What?” Filius said, “Bast is probably playing with one of her friends, or playing with Mrs. Norris again.”
Natrix smiled and said, “Bast does love playing with Mrs. Norris, and Mr. Filch appreciates that Mrs. Norris has someone to play with now.”
Minerva sighed and said, “I swear, how you, Miss Everstone, Miss Blossom, and Mr. Scamander managed to get Argus to like you, I have no idea.”
Nat said simply, “I’m the first person who assured him Mrs. Norris wasn’t dead last year when she was paralyzed. I was also the only one to give him a likely timeframe for when she would be cured.”

Nat suddenly heard a mrrp and looked at the floor before smiling, and yelping as she scrambled off of Remus to greet Bast, crashing to the floor in the process. Nat sat on her knees in front of Bast, who crawled into her lap and began to purr. Nat petted Bast and checked her paws, as she always did to make sure there was nothing inside them. She kissed Bast’s forehead when she found nothing and smiled the brightest anyone in the room had ever seen as she held her cat. Nat asked curiously, “Were you playing with Mrs. Norris again?” At that, Nat heard a meow and looked up, seeing Mrs. Norris slinking into the room, promptly sitting next to Nat, who gave her a pet and said, “Hello, Mrs. Norris, did you two have fun playing?”
Mrs. Norris meowed sophisticatedly and Filch came walking into the room asking loudly, “Mrs. Norris, Bast what are you doing coming in here?” He frowned at the sight of Nat sitting on the floor and upon seeing Filius tied up, asked agitatedly, “Whose idea was it to get kinky in front of a child?” Remus choked and Nat looked confused, cocking her head to the side and still petting Mrs. Norris. Remus put the cloaks back on Nat, who was still shivering slightly and Filch muttered agitatedly, humphing in a pleased way when Remus pulled the hood up on Nat’s robes to cover her head and help warm her up.
Filius then said, “I’m bound to this chair so I don’t murder Severus.”
Filch looked suspicious and said, “But you should murder him.”
Filius agreed and Minerva sighed before saying, “We need to keep him at least for now. He needs to stay alive a bit longer.”
Filius and Filch asked in unison, in identical snarls, “Why?”
Minerva threw her hands in the air and said, “Ask Albus!”