The cloak was made out of Dementor cloak material. His father had confirmed it when he asked.
When a dementor dies, the withered soul inside its body changes to dust, leaving behind the remains of the cloak.
It took impressive skill to get that close to a Dementor. It also took bravery and guts. The type of courage needed to face down an angry dragon, or calm a raging manicore. Yet it took careful planning, cautious well-thought prediction. It took ambition.
The courage and ambition needed to awaken a sleeping basilisk.
"Isn't that right, Adalonda?"
Before his eyes, the large coiled sleeping reptile slowly began to stir, twitching and tensing each muscle in the slow steps to awakening.
"Hello?" She grumbled, the voice echoing loudly around the walls of the chamber.
"Time to wake up, Adalonda," Adrian hissed, smiling excitedly, "What do you know about Dementors?"
"Selwyn!"
Adrian groaned and looked up. Daphne had her hands on her hips, a calculating expression on her face. "What ever happened to that Gryffindor monster?"
"Oh, must be talking about you Draco," Theo sniped up, snickering past as he plopped a pile of books on the table, too many books for one person.
"You're the one with hair like a drowned rat." Draco scowled, dropping onto a couch and throwing his arms on the back of the couch, "Adrian, four galleons to make my Care essay."
"Do it yourself," Adrian grunted, "Fire Crabs are the easiest thing to write about."
Draco groaned and leant his head back on the couch.
"The monster!" Daphne started up again, "What did you do with it!"
"Adrian adopt another pet?" Theo asked excitedly, "Is it a snake? Like your tattoo?"
"Wait- wait," Daphne floundered in shock, Draco jolted upright and Theo shrunk back.
"You have a tattoo, Selwyn?" Draco gasped, "How big!"
Daphne leant forward excitedly as well, her eyes raking over his body as if she could see through clothing.
Adrian scowled, "That's information you'd need to pay for."
"Ten galleons." Draco retorted.
"Twenty," Daphne challenged, "And I'll get your snake a rat."
"Do it." Lutain gurgled, poking his head up excitedly, "Do it for the rat."
Adrian's jaw twitched, "Deal. Four feet."
All three eyes grew large, "Whoa," Daphne breathed, looking over his body excitedly.
"Miss Greengrass?" A younger voice piped up, short and barely taller than the couch, "Can I ask for some help?"
"Master!" Lutain hissed angrily, scenting the air and scanning his head frantically, "The girl, I scent the girl!"
"Who?" Adrian asked, voice teasing enough to be interpreted as a jab.
"The girl! The hellspawn-"
"Oh ignore him, he's the resident potions dealer." Daphne rolled her eyes teasingly, "I don't think you've met. Malfoy, Nott, Selwyn, meet my friend Suzan."
The girl rounded the couch and offered a large cheeky smile, just shy of mocking.
No.
No.
Adrian froze.
Draco sniffed, "Picking up strays now, Greengrass?"
"Never, that's Selwyn's job." Daphne smiled sweetly, patting the couch next to her for Suzie to join them, "Isn't that right?"
Suzie skipped over and sat on the couch, painfully close to Adrian. Adrian flinched away, as if Suzie's skin was toxins.
Oh Merlin.
No. Lutain was right there.
"Master, i'm going to bite her." Lutain hissed angrily, still thriving in memory of all of the terrible instances with the same girl, "Don't stop me."
"Don't." Adrian bit out sharply, voice cold and fingering the edge of malicious. The word had such a bite it made Suzie full out flinch, Daphne jolt in alarm as well.
"What's gotten your knickers in a twist?" Draco sighed, reaching out for his scroll of parchment, "Just help us with this essay."
"It's about a fire crab." Adrian hissed, leaning forward to slam his fist on the table between them, smoke rising from where his hand impacted, "Do it yourself!"
Theo stopped writing his essay, his quill scratching quieted and all eyes were locked on Adrian. He tensed his jaw, twitching wildly and the air between Suzie and him was practically burning...
"I see why people don't like you." Suzie grimaced, starting to absentmindedly pick at her nails.
Adrian's entire body froze, his mind blanking as it struggled to even compute.
"She's dead! She's dead!" Lutain shrieked, rising in a terrifying display that left even Daphne grabbing and pulling Suzie back.
Suzie gasped, squealing like a stuck pig as Daphne pulled her over the armrest to flop painfully onto the floor.
"Whoa whoa!" Theo garbled, jumping to his feet and away from the coffee table where the very much deadly snake was displaying itself.
"Listen here, Suzie," Adrian snarled, rising and summoning all of the malicious fury he had. His voice was cracking as it rose in pitch, displaying how close to puberty he was yet not changing how scary he sounded. She froze stock still, paling in fear as Lutain coiled around his neck, "This is my house. You can say many things, but if you mess with me one more time; I will make you wish you were a squib."
Suzie couldn't blink, trapped in Adrian's unwavering gaze. Toxic green somehow dancing on the edges of something lethal, suffocating and leaving her eyes watering for something unknown...
"Hey hey, she's a first year, lay off."
Adrian snapped his gaze to the side, meeting Draco who froze instantly in horror. Draco hadn't ever seen Adrian so absolutely….
Furious.
Suzie was reaching for her wand, trying to be subtle with it.
"Master! She spells!"
Adrian flicked out his wand and without even thinking cast a combat spell directly at Suzie.
"Get down!" Daphne shrieked, shoving Suzie off the couch where the curse hit the back of the leather. It smoked and smoldered something rank.
Lutain jumped off, leaping towards Suzie with the maddening intent of killing her in the primitive rage of an angry serpent.
"Wingardium Leviosa!" Theo gasped, snatching Lutain in mid jump to keep him suspended.
"Lutain!" Adrian gasped in surprise, turning with single minded fury. His hands clenched and the smell of burning leather increased.
"Stupify!" Draco shot out, Adrian deflected it with the finally perfected Protego.
The Prefects ran into the room, finally hearing the shouts and responding accordingly.
"All of you! Stop this!" The new female prefect shouted, her voice going overheard in the shouting.
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