Even with the threat of a monster looming over the remaining residents at Hogwarts, and Hermione being the only one in immediate danger being a Muggleborn.
No wonder, Lucifer was hesitant to let her out of her bedroom at night.
He figured if he could take on a Manticore, then defeating a Slytherin Monster would be no problem either.
Despite all of that, it was impossible to not enjoy the Christmas feast splayed out for then this year.
It was great last year, but whoever worked in the kitchens outdid themselves this year.
The great Hall looked magnificent as well with several smaller trees lining the outer wall of the Great Hall, and a larger tree as the main attraction.
Dumbledore, the ever odd Wizard he was, led the remaining students and the teachers through a few of his favorite carols, and Hagrid's loud, booming voice only got louder with each goblet of eggnog he downed.
It was getting really hard for Lucifer to keep a straight face, "Pretty sure he could wipe dust off the ceiling if he yelled," he muttered.
Bam!
This earned him an elbow in the side from Hermione.
Talk about Percy Weasley, he failed to notice that Fred and George had Charmed his Prefect badge.
So that it now read, 'Pinhead,' and during conversation, he kept asking everyone what they were snickering at.
Harry tried his best to ignore Malfoy whenever he commented on his sweater, while Lucifer already had put his own back in the trunk.
Got no particular reason to wear it.
On the other hand, Hermione had to usher Harry and Ron out of the Great Hall so they could get their plans for the evening into motion.
Lucifer had already left to check on the Potion, just to be sure it was completely ready, "We still need a bit of the people you're changing into," she told the two of them. "And obviously, it would be best if you could get something of Crabbe's and Goyle's; they are Malfoy's best friends, or at least his henchmen, so he will tell them anything. With how stupid they are, the chance of them saying anything and causing a leak is minimal at worst and non-existent at best."
Behind her, Harry and Ron had stupefied faces.
She continued speaking as they neared the Bathroom, "Don't worry, Lucifer and I got it all worked out. You'll give these to Crabbe and Goyle," she turned around, producing two plump chocolate cakes, "we filled them with a simple Sleeping Draught. Obviously don't just walk up to them and hand it over, I wouldn't think that even they are dumb enough to not remember who gave them the desserts."
"Just make sure that once they are asleep, you take some hairs and put them in a Broom cupboard somewhere, and tell Lucifer where so that he can keep them in check!"
Both of them looked like they were going to object, but the steely glint in her eyes made them shut their mouths tightly.
"Without their hairs, this won't work.... Unless, you really do want to drink those toenails....?"
"Of course not!" Harry protested loudly at hearing that.
"So you made sure to already get Millicent Bulstrode's hair, right?" Ron asked her.
"Obviously, Ronald. I got mine from back when she was wrestling me during the Dueling Club, which was fine until she ripped off the necklace Lucifer got for me..." Hermione said with a distant look in her eyes before they all walked into the bathroom, just to make sure the Potion was finished.
"Hey, you three," Lucifer motioned them over to the stall, "The Potion is perfectly brewed and ready to go, just need the hairs," he said as Myrtle wailed in the neighboring stall.
"That's where you two come in," Hermione said as they nodded and went to go and get their hair.
"How is this any better than kidnapping?" Lucifer asked, moving his gaze on her, "you specifically told me about not wanting to stoop to this level...."
She turned back to him, glancing at the necklace hanging around Lucifer's neck, "I wasn't sure what else to get you, and like I said, I Owled Mum, she was understanding of it when I told her what you'd got me....Mum was much more cheerful about it than Grandpa was, but he was still glad to know that I was happy about it."
"....Hermione... you know you didn't have to get this for me..."
"And you didn't have to get me one either, but you did, so I returned the favor, now we have matching necklaces, just mine is an Emerald and yours is a Sapphire," she smiled widely at him.
Lucifer returned the smile, "So... you remember the Legend that Binns told us?"
"Yeah, not easy to forget. Slytherin's Heir will open the Chamber of Secrets and use the monster within to remove anyone not of Pure-Blood descent, why do you ask?"
"You know I've not been accepting of it being Draco Malfoy, more or less since the first attack, yeah?" She nodded, "The Legend only mentioned one Heir..."
"Which would rule out his family, but it could still be him..." Hermione half agreed with him.
"Maybe... it would just be more helpful if Binns was clear. Maybe we should've-" Lucifer didn't finish as Harry and Ron returned with the hair of both Crabbe and Goyle.
"They are on the Second Floor in a broom cupboard across from a portrait of Traven the Great," Harry told him.
"Alright, time to play bodyguard," Lucifer stood up, his necklace swaying to and fro.
"Be careful. I know you can handle them, it's Percy I'd worry about, though," Hermione informed him.
"Don't worry, I'll think of something if he shows up," he smirked, while headed out to go and find the closet.
When Lucifer found the portrait, he sat across from it and pulled out a book for some reading, listening to the snores of the two biggest idiots to ever attend Hogwarts.
That would be problematic if anyone passed by.
Eventually, someone did show up, and that someone was indeed Percy, "Morningstar... what are you doing here?"
"Just... spending time alone, I came to check out the portrait of Traven the Great, but he's not in at the moment," Percy started to walk towards him and get a look at the portrait for himself.
Lucifer wasn't lying when he said Traven wasn't home, but any closer and he'd hear snoring, "Uh... Percy," he got the older Weasley's attention, "You wanna know why everyone laughed when they talked to you earlier in the day?"
"Why?" Percy asked eagerly.
"Your badge was charmed to read Pinhead instead of Prefect," Lucifer said, internally apologizing to Fred and George.
"What!?" He looked down and sure enough, his badge said Pinhead.
"Mum will hear about this!" He yelled, face going dark and stomped off, assumedly to go write a letter back home to Mrs. Weasley.
Lucifer sighed after Percy had disappeared from sight. It was a close call, too close.
He felt that it had been about an hour since they drank the potions, he desperately needed to get a wristwatch of his own.
He stood up, checked in the cupboard and saw tweedle dum and tweedle dee, sleeping soundly.
He closed the cupboard again and went back to Myrtle's bathroom to either wait on them, or see them and ask what they found out.
Upon his return to the Bathroom, they were indeed back, but Myrtle was howling with laughter, as was Ron.
Both of them and Harry were standing outside of a stall, and when he didn't see Hermione, he knew she was the one there.
He got closer and when he heard sobs, he pushed through them and saw a most pitiful sight.
As expected, he saw Hermione in there, but what threw him for a loop was seeing her with fur, cat ears, whiskers, and a cat tail.
"Hermione? What the fuck happened?" Lucifer asked in shock.
"Th-The hair on Millicent's robes... w-was cat hair..." she said through her sobs.
He didn't even hesitate to try and shield her from Ron and Myrtle, "Shut up!" He yelled, but they both continued laughing.
"Come on, Hermione, let's go to the-" Lucifer stopped talking abruptly when she brushed her head under his chin by mistake.
He didn't quite know how to feel, and when his hand brushed against her arm, he saw her tail swaying back and forth on its own. "L-Let's go to the hospital wing..."
She nodded and let him lead her out of the stall, not putting up any resistance with him.
They were half-way out of the bathroom when Myrtle just had to put her two cents in again, "Wait till everyone finds out you've got a tail !" Myrtle roared, laughing again.
Lucifer had been pushed far enough to be enraged. He turned around enough to look at Myrtle, his eyes had to be glowing red.
"I said SHUT UP!" In his rage, one of the toilet's pipes burst and a couple of the doors flew off the hinges.
Myrtle, in fear of her non-existent life, flew into her toilet.
When she was gone from his sight, his anger subsided and he continued towards the Hospital Wing.
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