Willow smiles at her sister as she grabs her by the hand a guides her towards her bed.
"Helena? How far are you with potions brewing? What level op potions are you able to brew?" Willow asks with a smile that seemed to be screaming 'Help me scam someone?'.
Helena feels the temperature in the room go down, only with that look in her eyes. No it's not the temperature, am I getting goosebumps? Helena rubs her arms to make them disappear with little luck.
"Advanced level... What are you planning Willow?" Helena wryly asks as she knows it won't be anything good.
"I just learned a wonderful potion recipe, but I can't make it. If you help me, I will owe you a favor. You can ask anything of me as long as it doesn't include hurting someone or thing" Willow mused out loud, making it look like she is thinking out loud, while actually asking her to be an accomplice.
"That depends.... What are we doing?" Helena unhappily grunts, but her eyes are excited at the mentioning of a potion recipe.
"i wanna be an Animagus!" Willow declared. "But I don't have the ingredients, but I know someone who does, mind helping me get some stuff and try some potion recipes?" Willow happily explained while eyeing Helena hopefully.
*Sigh* "Well I did want to try the potion without having to turn into the things I hate most" Helena softly murmured while thinking about the success rate. The room is silent for what seems hours until she breaks the silence "Sure lets do it" Helena states as she grabs het quill and some paper. "But first we need a plan".
That night the favorite student of Salazar was about to betray him while making a deal with a little devil.
*
Tea time was approaching as Willow leaves a message at the statue in the Hufflepuff common room. Seeing that her favorite niece was paying a visit, Helga welcomed her into her office. "Well good afternoon Willow, what brings you here?"
"Well you do know how I like to gossip" Willow says with a smirk on her face.
"I made some cake that goes well with some tea, would you like to join me? Then we can talk all we like about the new whispers in the castle" Helga chimed is as the cake magically slices of a piece and floats over to Willow.
"Have you heard about Barron? I heard he is already making preparations for next September." Willow slowly says while enjoying her tea.
"Helena still hasn't gotten a clue? I heard she has received quite a few letters, but non from to boy?" Helga mutters as she knows some are from pureblood trying to get a better connection with the other founders, but not all of them are bad blood.
"He did send a few, but he never writes his name down in the letter. He must be quite shy" Willow laughs as this secret love has been going on for more than two years without Helena knowing.
"Boy these days. More and more of our kind are being killed. What does it take to have a little bit of courage. Maybe I should send Godric his way...?" Helga mutters as she is really disappointed in the young love of recent times. Men must be more aggressive to win a girl heart, poems aren't going to work. Helga already sees some unrequited love blooming. How will he ever win her heart if he doesn't speak his mind.
"Well now the student have left to fo home, It won't take long before the next semester to start and for them to meet. Now I was wondering how our dear uncle is doing? I haven't seen him all day, does aunt know what he is doing?" Willow asks with an innocent face.
"Well not that you mention it, I haven't seen him since breakfast, he's not doing another of his experiments is he?" Helga murmurs as her eyes slowly look Willow in the eyes. "Willow... what do you know?".
"Whatever do you mean?" Willow smiles as she turns her head to the other side.
"Fine, what would you like in return?" Helga sighs as she knows this devil far too well.
"Please help me prank my mother some time in the future. No matter how hard I think, she always seems to see me coming" Willow grunts as she thinks back at the previous failures.
"Well why don't you learn Occlumency? If Rowena knows your plans, that means you aren't guarding your mind. She know what you will do, because you are telling her what you are going to do when you aren't paying attention" Helga smiles as she knows Rowena likes to know everything about her little girls.
"That's it! thanks aunt Helga!" Willow smiles as she stands up and is about to leave the office.
*cough cough* Helga smiles as she waves her wand and levitates Willow back onto the couch. "Well I don't believe to paid your part of the agreement, now did you dear niece" Helga smiles as she pats Willows hand, making sure she won't escape.
*sigh* Willow smiles wryly as she softly whispers "Don't tell them you got it from me... Salazar is teaching Helena how to breed new kinds of snakes in the basement. I heard they even caught two young horned serpents as a starting point. They have been busy all day thinking about the best snake to produce for attack power and poisons". As Willow finishes her sentence she sees Helga's face twist, as an angry smile start to form. Helga nods her head at Willow "Thank you dear, now make your way back to your room. I need to find one stubborn old wizard." She murmurs as she pops away. Probably ready to scold the poor old wizard.
*
Later that evening Helena comes into the room while smiling. The tosses a bottle in Willows direction and hands her some kind of leaf. "Now you need to keep this under your tongue for the next month. You know the spell for making things stick to something. The next full moon you better come find me again" Helena smiles as she stands up and is about to leave the room.
"Wait!"
"Huh what's wrong" Helena says as she knows what her sister will ask.
"What happened, how did it go?!" Willow barked. How can she leave without telling her the whole story?!
Hearing Willow excitedly ask, how can she stay quiet. Helena smiles and sits down beside Willow on the bed. It almost feels like when they where little en slept in the same bed. How nostalgic.
*
While Salazar is busy explaining the does en don't with the breeding program, Helena hears a pop behind her. Knowing who came in, Helena feigns ignorance. for ignorance is bless. She is innocent, its the adults fault for teaching inappropriate teaching materials. Continuing where she left off, Helena keeps asking questions while the smile on Helga's face turns darker.
Her old and best friend didn't notice the dark aura behind him as a hand slowly makes its way towards his shoulder.
"Now Helena, what else would you like to ask?" Salazar smiles as she has been so enthusiastic since this morning.
"Well how about you answer my questions first Salazar Slytherin!" A firm hand grabs his shoulder as a shiver is send down his spine. he slowly turns his head only to see a face full with black lines and a smile that doesn't reach her eyes. only one thought ran through Salazars mind right now. I'm so dead. Helga avoids looking at Helena as she pops away towards her office with the old stubborn wizard. unbeknownst to the pair that they have been played. Helena walks into the storage room and carefully robs the place of materials on het 'grocery list' and her own needed ingredients. Feeling satisfied, Helena leaved the dungeon and starts making the Animagus potion for her dear sister.