Heir to the Snake
Chapter 6: Hogwarts and Introduction
Previous ChapterNext ChapterIt had been a few months since the Equestrians had arrived on Earth. Astra frowned as she hefted her trunk over her shoulder(I hope that they can handle the political ramifications of what they about to do.)Astra frowned as she ran through the wall in between platforms 9 and 10 of King’s Cross station finding herself in a large bustling train platform full of students and parents.
Astra boarded the large, red steam engine. The train had long carpeted corridors that split off into wooden compartments. She entered one of the compartments and put her trunk into the storage are above her. Astra then sat on the soft seat near the window and yawned to herself only for a slender boy white-blond hair with two larger boys behind him to open the door.
Astra turned to them with a frown “What do you want?”
The boy smirked “I am Draco Malfoy, son of Lucius Malfoy. These are Crabbe and Goyle. Now I demand you leave this compartment!”
They quickly learned this was a foolish error as Astra transformed into her Dementor form, the entire compartment and corridor started dropping in temperature. Draco and his lackeys quickly fled. Astra sighed to herself as reverted back to normal, she laid back and closed her eyes. The rest of the trip was quiet.
Astra frowned as he felt the train crawl to a halt, she grabbed her trunk and carried it out of the train onto a tiny dark platform in the dead of night. She along with all her fellow first years were called by a man that was twice as large as average. His black hair was shaggy and wild as was his beard.
They were soon guided to a large dark lake, several small wooden boats awaited them.
A large castle was situated on a fairly precarious looking area. Astra got onto one of the boats, only to find that Draco and his lackeys were on the same boat. Astra sighed “Why do I have a feeling I am going to be stuck with you three for the rest of the year?”
Draco and his lackeys were staying at the back of the boat, trying to stay as far away from her as possible. Astra rolled her eyes as the boats made their way to Hogwarts.
Meanwhile
Celestia was sitting next to Twilight and her friends in a finely decorated large room similar to Canterlot Castle.. They were just about to head out for what could change both worlds. Celestia stood up with a smile “Twilight, my faithful student all will be well. Some friendly diplomacy would be of great help.”
Twilight was nervously bumping her hooves together “These people are so different from us. Do really think we can do this?”
Rainbow flew over her “Come on Twilight, we have dealt with worse than this. We have nothing to worry about.”
Applejack frowned as she pulled Rainbow back, she then turned to Twilight “It’s understandable to be concerned but we should not let that stop us from doing what we have to do.”
A group of guards headed in, they all bowed “Your entourage is ready for you, we are ready when you are.”
Celestia smiled as she stood up “We better be on our way.” They exited the room into hallways made out of a crystal like structure. Rainbow was flying around casually, soon they made their way out of the building. From the outside the building appeared like a small stone fort, made of solid stone walls.
Several dark blue carriages with Pegasi ready to pull them.Celestia and Twilight got in one, Fluttershy got in a second with Applejack. Rarity and Pinkie Pie got in a third, Rainbow being content to fly alongside the carriage that Fluttershy was in.
The carriages took off, flying across London in clear view of the muggle populace. As the carriages landed outside the government building, several armed humans in suits stood next to a tall silver haired gentlemen in a suit. Celestia stepped out of the carriage, trotting towards the man with a warm smile. She bowed in respect “I am Princess Celestia, one of the two Diarchs of Equestria.”
The silver haired man bowed “I am the Prime Minister of Britain, it’s a pleasure to meet you but I feel that this meeting would be better handled in my office.”
Celestia, Twilight and her friends as well as a few other diplomats followed along. They approached a large brick building, the paint was largely white with mixes of red. As they entered they saw the inside of the building had pictures of previous Prime Ministers on the walls.
Celestia looked around “This place is certainly different from back home.”
The Prime Minster nodded “I would prefer to save any discussion until we have some privacy for security reasons.” Celestia nodded as the others looked around at the building in awe.
They soon were let into a reasonable large conference room, he gestured to his agents “I need you to leave me. Your presence would be a major breach of security, if there is trouble I will contact you.”
They were about to interject but he cast a stern glare “There will great ramifications for this breach, even the heads of MI6 don’t know about this. You don’t have clearance for this.”
All of them nodded as he let them in, he sat down at one of the desks as they sat down around the room “Is this related to Wizarding Britain?”
Celestia frowned “We are magical but we have not signed onto any of their agreements. We came from another world, we know of the Statute of Secrecy but have no desire to abide by it. In our world magic is everywhere, without it our sun would not move.”
The Prime Minister frowned “What if the Wizarding Government decides to do something?”
Celestia frowned “We will help you resist them. Your technology is far ahead of ours but with our magic we have cures for almost any ailment. All of which would be impossible without magic.”
The Prime Minister nodded “I’ll get a group of diplomats to meet with yours so we can work out a basic draft of what we can offer each other.”
Celestia smiled “Sounds like a plan, I thought this would be much more difficult than this.”
The Prime Minister frowned “I am glad to have an out of the Wizarding community hovering over my shoulder. They see as lesser because we can’t do magic, I’m glad you are not the same.” Celestia smiled, in her eyes everything was going well.
Meanwhile in Hogwarts
The new students made their way into the Great Hall, Astra noticed that Dumbledore was rubbing his silvery beard as he eyes her carefully. She gave a subtle smirk in his direction, she barely even took notice of the enchanted roof that showed the night sky above.
All of the first years stood in front of long wooden tables, Astra grimaced as she noticed she was still next to Malfoy and his goons. Due to her name it was not long before Astra was called to the Sorting Hat, the hat was placed on her head by Professor McGonagall. The Sorting Hat smirked (I have been waiting for you for a long time. The last daughter of Salazar Slytherin to grace these halls. I think they deserve to know.)
Astra sighed (Fine)
The Sorting Hat much to the shock of the crowd spoke aloud “It is an honour to finally have Astra Slytherin, the last daughter of Salazar Slytherin to grace these halls. SLYTHERIN!” Astra made her way to the table, every student looking at her with a mix of fear and awe.
Astra watched as the other students names were called and sent to each table, she gritted her teeth as Malfoy as well as his lackeys were sent into Slytherin and sat right next to her (Those morons are going to haunt me until they die!) She looked at them, they at least had the brain to cower.
After that Dumbledore gave them all permission start eating, Crabbe asked out of blue “So what was it like being the daughter of Salazar Slytherin?”
Astra paused her eating, she turned to him as she swallowed her food “He experimented on me for years, my body aged slowly due to his experiments. I was barely three when he died, the only lesson he ever taught me was to form my own opinions on the world, even if they opposed his own.”
Astra then turned to Draco “Lesson one, as Slytherin you must be subtle. No brazenly declaring war or openly mocking, no bullying understood.” Draco nodded earnestly, Astra sighed (At least I may be able to use them.)
Author's Note
Next Chapter you will see her flaws, I was hoping to do it this on but It was long enough.
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