A powerful witch escaping from Ministry finds herself in the land Equastria through her portal.
Astra Slytherin, the secret daughter and experiment of Salazar Slytherin having failed to set her portal's exit end up in Castle of the two sisters facing down Nightmare Moon on the thousandth year of the Summer Sun Celebration. How this will affect both worlds is yet unknown.
A black haired girl about the age of ten was sitting there in a large open room, bookshelves were next to every wall with a fireplace in the centre. Her yellow slitted eyes gazed upon the book in her hands, the soft orange glow of the fire lighting up the book.
She heard the sound of knocking amidst the pitter patter of the rain on the roof, she slowly pushed herself off the lone worn armchair and walked toward a set of heavily worn stairs, she walked own them to the entry hall. Tall columns supported the roof, she walked along the crimson red carpet to a pair of red wooden doors.
She shouted loudly “Who is there!”
A voice replied “I am Amelia Bones, Head of the Magical Law Enforcement! We have detected extensive dark magic in this building, we polite request entry.”
The black haired girl scowled (I can’t kill them, their not Death Eaters! Fuck!) She clicked her fingers quickly, opening a black nebulous portal she then ran over to it. She clicked her fingers unlocking and opening the door as she leapt into the portal.
She found herself in a dark castle, the walls covered in worn banners and a carpet that was showing far less signs of wear and tear. She hears a menacing voice come from behind her “What are you doing here creature!”
She turns around to see a smaller unicorn with wings, the difference from most unicorns that she had seen was that the unicorn was almost as black as the darkest night wearing lighter blue armour with a starry mane. The girl’s hands glowed “I’m Astra Slytherin, you are?”
The unicorn boasted “I am Nightmare Moon, Queen of the Night and your future Ruler!”
Astra fired a blast of dark flames towards Nightmare Moon, Nightmare Moon dodged out of the way and fired a powerful beam of magic toward Astra. Astra conjured up a shield blocking the spell while conjuring up more dark flames to attack.
Nightmare Moon took to the skies, Astra began firing various different beams at Nightmare Moon. Astra sighed as Nightmare Moon dodged them all “You have one chance to back down before I do something that can’t stop!”
Nightmare Moon cackled “Don’t joke with me, you can't possibly harm me!”
Astra closed her eyes. She began morphing into a three metre tall, dark entity. Her body greyed changing to something that looked like a decaying corpse, a dark hooded cloak of ripped black cloth covered her. A rattling, breathing sound filled the air as the air suddenly became bitterly cold.
Nightmare Moon looked in utter horror at the monstrous abomination that Astra had become. A distorted voice came from Astra’s monstrous form “S̷t̵o̵p̵ ̸o̷r̶ ̴I̵ ̸w̷i̵l̵l̸ ̵d̵r̸a̸i̶n̵ ̸e̷v̴e̵r̷y̴ ̴h̵a̶p̵p̶y̷ ̴m̸e̴m̵o̶r̸y̴ ̵f̶r̴o̵m̵ ̵y̴o̵u̶r̴ ̵l̶i̸f̷e̷.”
Nightmare Moon tried to fly away only to be grabbed by Astra’s slimy looking, scabbed arms. Astra slowly dragged Nightmare Moon closer until they were both struck by a powerful Rainbow blast of light. Astra felt a burning sensation as her vision was filled with white before darkness claimed her.
Astra awoke in a large cell, she was chained to a concrete wall with chains that were cold to the touch and magnetically connected to the, similar bars separated her from the guards. Astra smirked (Impressive, Cold Iron. Immune to almost all forms of magic but not to Fiendfyre.) She formed Fiendfyre around her arms, the chains turned into dust from the dark flames. She then melted her way through bars, the guards panicked and ran out of the area.
Astra looked around the dungeon, it was dark and damp as befitting a dungeon. What irritated her was that there was very few rooms, this place was rarely used. She sidestepped a spell, only to see a similar unicorn to the first but taller and white. Unlike the other one, this one had a mane like an aurora.
Astra frowned “Friend of Nightmare Moon?’
The mare grimaced “Forgive my sister, she spent 1000 years trapped on the moon and was still angry at me. Her malice has been cleansed.”
Astra raised an eyebrow “What’s your name?”
The mare smiled “I’m Princess Celestia.” Celestia then focused on Astra “what was that thing you became?”
Astra frowned “I’m an Animagus, it allows one to transform into another form. In this case I can transform into a Dementor due to the dark magic experiments my father did to me when I was a baby. I think I am the only wizard or witch who can do this.”
Celestia focused on her “You seem very dangerous. Are you going to become a threat?”
Astra raised an eyebrow “Not to you unless you decide that you want me to be. I will defend myself is necessary and keep your sister away from me. After what happened I don’t wish to deal with her.”
Celestia frowned “The dark magic in your system is of great concern, it is so intrinsic to your being that Elements of Harmony couldn't separate it from you. Very few creatures can handle such dark magic body in them for very long.”
Astra shrugged “I have been alive for over nine-hundred years, I age very slowly. Biologically I am only ten. Every dark and light wizard has wanted to capture me since they discovered me so I have learned to fight.”
Celestia watched her warily, the pool off magic emanating off Astra dwarfed hers. Celestia frowned “How did you get such a large magic pool?”
Astra frowned “Dementors eat the souls of living things and add their magic to their own.” At Celestia’s scowl, Astra rolled her eyes “I only ate the souls of dark wizards who had murdered others for no good reason. I don’t eat the souls of just anyone. I created portal to this place in hopes of escaping the ‘good guys.’”
Celestia frowned “How did you get out of those bars, they were Cold Iron. Magic doesn’t work on them.”
Astra smirked “Fiendfyre, a dark magic flame spell that if one doesn’t have almost a lifetime of practice is completely uncontrollable but I have several lifetimes and perfect control. Nothing can resist Fiendfyre for long, even something that could stop the killing curse would falter under Fiendfyre.”
Celestia grimaced “Who would invent such a dangerous spell?’
Astra cracked her neck “Wizards who wanted to cause massive destruction to everyone around them, blood supremacists in particular who believe they were superior to those who were a mix of magical and non-magical people. Those who invented Fiendfyre wanted to wipe out the half-bloods.”
Celestia grimaced before shaking her head and smiled “How about we continue this conversation someone more pleasant then the dungeons.”
Astra smiled “I agree.” The duo exited the dungeons, the walls that seemed to made out of some crystalline structure were huge. Astra also saw banners of the sun on the walls, she saw ponies in gold plated armour carrying gold plated weapons.
A few of them as well as the other finely dressed ponies walked across the crystalline floor gave Astra odd looks. Astra ignored them as she walked alongside Celestia, who was one of the few ponies taller than her. They soon entered a large room made of the same materials as the hallways but with a large writing desk in it.
Astra frowned “If you are Princess then your sister is as well, why don’t you have moon banners on the walls as well.”
Celestia sighed “The nobles are not taking to kindly to her return. They want her gone.”
Astra growled “Nobles are just idiots, I would have them all tossed in the dungeon for malicious stupidity! The muggles tossed that system out years ago, they don’t have nobles anymore but democratically elected councils!”
Celestia smiled “Sounds like a much better system than the ones we have. Maybe we could implement something like that.”
Astra frowned “Where would I be allowed to stay?”
Celestia frowned “If you were to stay in the castle, that would raise some eyebrows. The fact you aren’t a pony would cause an uproar amongst the nobles.”
Astra frowned “Well I would wish to learn more about your magic while I am here. Could I at least stay in the city?”
Celestia smiled “Sure, I love to help others learn. It would if you could you tell me more about your species? You seem to be some form of ape or monkey.”
Astra frowned “While some believe that we have been created by a cosmic god, science has suggested that humans, my species evolved from apes and developed tools to survive against the predators of their world. Eventually turning the predators into prey. I have not paid too much heed to the argument as it changes little in the now.”
Celestia smiled “Well I know of two ponies who would love to take you in. I’ll even have you attend my school of magic. You will learn a lot there.”
Astra raised an eyebrow as she followed Celestia through the castle, into the busy streets of Canterlot’s Noble District. Fancy buildings were scattered all over the upper district, that reminded her of the fanciest of the pureblood manors.
Astra smiled “Biologically I am almost eleven, so if you ever see an owl with a letter attached to it please tell me.”
Celestia looked at her as they approached a much more humble manor house “I see, could we perhaps build an embassy in your world.”
Astra smiled “I own several properties back home, it wouldn’t be hard to do so. I should be able to open and anchor stable portals to each soon enough.” She then frowned “Just be warned, the wizarding community see themselves as superior to other magical creatures.”
Celestia raised an eyebrow as they approached the door “I’m surprised you don’t find our world strange?”
Astra giggled “Well I have seen so much, that little surprises me at this point. Now let’s meet those ponies you wished me to meet.”
Celestia knocked on the door, a grey mare with a white and purple mare opened the door. The mare bowed as she recognised Celestia “It’s honour for you to grace our home Princess.”
Celestia shook her head “There is no need for such formalities. I was hoping you were to house a foreign magician of incredible power, Twilight Velvet.”
Astra stepped forward “I’m Astra Slytherin, I have come another world far from here. Possible even from a dimension different from yours. I will staying you for a bit while I learn the magic of your world.”
Velvet smiled “Of course, our home has been rather empty without Twilight or Shining Armour here.”
Astra nodded to Celestia “I will be fine Princess.”
Celestia smiled “Then I must be going, I’ll be back tomorrow to take you to my school.”Astra nodded with a smile as Celestia left. She walked into the Velvet’s home, next to the mare.
Velvet’s home was quite quaint, there was small empty armchair in the living room near the warm fire. Astra noticed that the kitchen seemed much more like a muggle kitchen, there also was electricity in the building.
Astra smiled, this meant that the ponies were more adaptable to change than wizards and witches. It felt like a mix between a Wizard or Witch's home and that of a muggle. Astra smiled as she took a nice relaxing seat on the armchair.
Velvet smiled “Do you want me to make you something?’
Astra frowned “Do you eat any flowers or hay?’
Velvet nodded to her with a raised eyebrow “Yes, we ponies do. Is that going to be a problem?”
Astra nodded “Flowers and hay would make me sick. My species can’t eat those things, we are omnivores that can’t eat those types of things.” Astra raised an eyebrow “You don’t think I’m some strange or weird entity?”
Velvet smiled “You are very similar to a Minotaur. Yeah some ponies would find that weird but that is because they have never seen a Minotaur before.”
Astra smiled “Since you guys don’t serve meat very often, pancakes with some fruit would be nice if I’m not troubling you too much.”
Velvet smiled “It is not a problem, it is a pleasure to meet you. One so young rarely has good manners.”
Astra laid back quietly, happily enjoying the warmth of the fire. She would have to return home in a fairly short time considering everything that was going on. Plus her friends would want to see her soon, Nicolas Flamel and Perenelle Flamel as well as her much more recent friend Grindelwald.
Astra was able to pull a few strings to ensure that the former dark wizard was in good health, she remembered when him and Albus Dumbledore were young boys. She told them multiple times to get a room.
Astra turned to Velvet “I am biologically about ten nearly eleven but my ageing has been slowed all my life. I am over nine hundred years old, I haven’t kept track of my birthdays given how often other have hunted me.”
Velvet grimaced “That sounds horrible.”
Astra shrugged “It was worse for the dark wizards, the bad ones. I ate their souls and added their power to my own.” At her horrified expression, she shrugged “many of them murdered countless innocents and would murder countless more. I am putting their magic to better use than they ever did.”
Velvet observed Astra closely “You are different from anypony I’ve met, your world must be one of great strife.”
Astra nodded “The non-magical part of my homeworld has wars frequently and the magical part is recovering from the actions of two powerful dark wizards. One fortunately seems to have realised the error of his ways, the other has been hiding in the shadows pretending to be dead.”
Velvet frowned as she entered the kitchen “You won’t find any beings like that, the Princesses have defeated anything like that eons ago.”
Astra turned back to the fire, she wondered what she could learn here comparative. She also wondered what types of dark magic she could learn here to add to her own powers. She closed her eyes for just a moment, she awoke in a realm comprised of complete darkness only to see a short mare with a dark blue coat.
Astra’s eyes narrowed “Why are you here, Princess Luna?”
Luna scuffed her hooves “I’m here to apologise for my actions in the castle. I was not myself.”
Astra sighed “Princess Luna, there is a reason I don’t rule any nation when I could very easily do so. I try to keep away from power and only intervene in the affairs of mortals, beings like us are not fit to rule mortals. We should stay back until the situation becomes dire.” Astra’s eyes narrowed upon the Alicorn “Your actions threatened the very stability of the world because you threw a temper tantrum.”
Luna growled “They loved my sister more than they did I!”
Astra took a deep breath “That is why you should act as grand sages to Equestria, not it’s rulers. Unfortunately you are no in the position to do that, having said that you need to speak you mind to your sister before it bubbles over again.”
Luna smiled “Thank you.”
Astra shook her head “Thank me by never allowing such foolishness to happen again. I would like to…” Astra saw the darkness being punctured by light “It seems Mrs Velvet wishes me to awaken. Farewell.”
Astra awoke to see Velvet besides her with another pony, a pale gray-blue unicorn with a darker blue mane. Velvet smiled “This is Night Light, my husband. I have prepared your pancakes.”
Night Light smiled as Astra stood up, happily taking the armchair and making himself comfortable. Astra followed Velvet into the dining room, the walls were a dark blue like the night sky. Several family pictures hung from the walls. In some pictures in front of Night Light and Velvet was a white stallion and purple filly. In other it was just a white colt.
Astra assumed that the white colt and the white stallion were the same, the purple filly was born later. Astra shook her head and focused on the stack of pancakes on the white plate, she smiled as she took a bite. They were light and fluffy as pancakes should be. It wasn’t long before she devoured the entire stack.
Velvet smiled “I’m glad you liked your food.”
Astra smiled back “Could you show me to my room? I would like to rest tonight so that when I got to the school I am well rested.”
Velvet trotted over to her “I’ll show you to the guest room on the second floor.” Astra followed Velvet out of the dining room and up the bright red carpeted stairs. They stood in a corridor with a similar carpet and nice dark green walls. Velvet headed to the end to the hall and opened a door, Astra close behind.
The room was fairly plain, clean white walls with nicely folded white beddings. A small vanity near the door, a wardrobe in the right corner and a bedside table in the room. There was also a small bathroom next to the room. Astra smiled “Thank you, Mrs Velvet. I can settle in myself.”
Velvet smiled “Very well.” As Velvet left, Astra clicked her fingers the wardrobe opening as a portal opened beside her, clothes on hangers flying out of said portal into the wardrobe. She then took off her clothes and walked into the bathroom.
Astra clicked her fingers once more and out of the portal came all the bathroom supplies she needed. Her tooth brush in a glass flew over to the white sink along with a bar of soap, another soap and shampoo flew into the shower. She looked around the bathroom, it was plainly white. She tossed her clothes off and stepped into the shower.
After her shower, Astra exited the bathroom and turned off all the lights She then got under the sheets and laid down drifting into peaceful slumber. She awoke with a groan as sunlight pierced through the window, she waved her hand mumbling “Go away, Sun.”
It got dark for a moment the Sun returned, Astra groaned as she waved her hand again mumbling “Stay down!”
Back in the castle, Celestia was desperately trying to raise the sun but something powerful was blocking her. She tried to force but then a huge being made of incredible darkness appeared in front of her knocking her back. The creature spoke “I am a weak manifestation of my master subconscious magic, she wishes to sleep and your sun is impeding that so I am keeping it down till she awakes. If you persist in opposing me, I will kill you.”
Celestia nervously looked at the being “Who is your master?”
The creature smiled “Astra is my master, she should wake shortly and then I will go.” Seconds later the sun returned to it’s position as the creature vanished.
Celestia proceeded to leave the room with a slight scowl on her face, Raven saw her face and scribbled in a scroll “Cancel everything, Princess Celestia doesn't want to wipe the asses of useless nobles this morning.” Celestia smiled, grateful that her secretary understood she didn’t wish to be disturbed.
Celestia left the castle and headed to the Light residence, she soon arrived at the household and knocked. Astra exited, saying goodbye to Velvet as she did so. Astra frowned “I’m sorry about this morning. I need to shut my curtains from now on.”
Celestia frowned as they left the residence together “The fact you were able to hold the sun down unconsciously is an incredible feat of magic” she then whispered “even as one of me and my sister’s former enemies Discord as powerful as he is needed to direct conscious attention to the activity, if he was trying to stop me from moving it. You did it subconsciously. I know of only of a couple beings a who could maybe do that, and one who definitely could.”
Astra frowned “Who?”
Celestia sighed as she whispered “Tirek may have been able to if he absorbed the magic of everypony other me and my sister. I can’t say for sure, likely that Scorpan had done the same thing he could do it. The only other one is the father of monsters, Grogar at full power. Something that is impossible.”
Astra frowned “This is why I keep out of affairs unless the need is dire, mortals need to be able to grow without the help of gold beings like us. We should only step in when it is dire, sadly it is too late for you two to make that choice.”
Celestia nodded as the two approached the school, a large multi-story structure with three towers emerging from the top. They entered the halls that were made of solid granite and had tiled floors. A unicorn that was greyish combat blue coat galloped over. Celestia smiled “Professor Top Marks, Astra here is to learn how our magic works in order to add to her own abilities.”
Top Marks nodded “I’ll take you to my class then. Follow me.”
Celestia smiled “I’ll leave you to it then.” Astra nodded with a smiled as she followed Top Marks she entered a classroom full of older students and took a seat. All of them were unicorns, the room had pretty standard wooden desksand a wooden teacher’s desk as well as a chalkboard.
Top Marks smiled “Since we have a guest student, why don’t you all show her some of the things you have learned at the school.”
Astra smiled as she saw a student teleport assessing the spell closely “That is far better than the Apparition I know, let me try.” Astra took a deep breath and she found herself in the spare bedroom that she occupied. She repeated the process disappearing in a flash.
Astra reappeared in her seat. All the students look at her confused, Top Marks was bewildered “I’ve never seen a student learn a spell that fast.”
Astra smirked “Well I have been studying magic for a long time, figuring out how to do a new spell isn’t that hard.” The other students admired her, she they hadn’t thought much of the non-pony but now. She was clearly gifted and that’s all they cared about.
They showed Astra a few more spells, ones she would definitely practice later. Astra was surprised that they were so accepting of her despite her different species, yet again unlike most others who gave her odd looks. It was likely thanks to Celestia’s influence that anything happened at all.
After a day of picking up some unique spells, observing some new spells. The healing magic seemed incredibly useful, being able to heal wounds and even cure diseases with spells was some different from back home. Sadly knowledge of combat magic was limited here. Astra made her way to the Light household only to see an angry white stallion with a dark blue mane with streaks of teal running through it standing outside the door.
Astra grimaced as the stallion growled “Why are you here!”
Velvet exited the house only to see what was happening “Son, what are you doing to Astra. She hasn’t done anything to you!”
Astra frowned, she had a feeling about her use of dark magic and being a dark mage. The stallion shouted “She is a dark mage, she is dangerous. What if she tries to use dark magic on you?” Astra sighed, that was exactly what she had suspected.
Astra shook her head “Before you go insulting me, could at least tell me your name?”
Before Shining Armour could go off at her, Velvet frowned “This is my son, Shining Armour, Captain of the Royal Guard and right now he is being very rude.”
Astra knew she had to step in before this got out of hand “Captain Armour, I am a practitioner of dark magic. I understand how that may seem but I intend no harm to any of you, I guess your world has a poor history with dark magic.”
Shining Armour growled “Dark magic is the vilest that has ever touched this world. It must be eliminated.”
Astra shook her head “Light and darkness form a precarious balance. Each one snapping at each other fighting for dominance, dark doesn’t necessarily mean evil and light doesn't mean good. Let the light blind you and you will become as monstrous as if you let darkness consume you.”
A flash of light brought the conversation to a halt. Celestia emerged from the light, seeing the angry glare of Shining Armour at Astra. Celestia frowned at him “Captain Armour, Astra is a guest from another world and is over 900 years old. If she wanted to cause harm she would have already done so.”
Shining Armour turned to Celestia “I mean no disrespect but she is a dark mage. Isn’t it illegal to practice dark magic?”
Celestia frowned “No, it is not. All offensive magic with the exception of simple beams is dark magic of a kind. My sister was the greatest practitioner of dark magic in the kingdom other than the individual in front of us.”
Astra sighed “Can I just head inside, I could use some tea before doing anything else today.” Celestia smiled as she headed in, Velvet nervously following the Diarch inside. Astra following with Shining Armour behind her.”
Night Light was sitting on his armchair, not even noticing as the four of them heading to the dining room. Soon enough all four of them were seated at the table with a cup of tea, Celestia turned to Astra “So how would we go about going to your world?”
Astra smiled “Well we would have to anchor a portal to an object of large size and build a building around it.” She then frowned “While it may cause an initial incident meeting with the Muggles, which are the non-magical community it will be of greater benefit to you as the magical community are very bigoted and would treat you as lesser for not being human.”
Velvet blinked “Should I be here for this? Isn’t this confidential.”
Astra frowned “Just don’t tell anyone and you should be fine. It will be announced at some point.”
Celestia smiled “I will take what I have learned here to prepare for the next step to take with a few trusted individuals. The guard will need to be ready.”
Astra turned to Shining Armour “We will use a show of force to keep them form doing anything drastic, they largely rely on a small group of elites known as Aurors. But with excessive numbers we can show them that they won’t win a war against you. That we have enough power to wipe every wizarding government in the world out should they decide to engage with us. Be prepared for war should it come to that.”
Shining Armour grimaced “I don’t want to send my soldiers into war if they can help it.”
Astra sighed, that was not something she wanted either. She took a deep breath “That is the worst case scenario if the wizarding world is stupid enough to fight a war they can’t win. I hope I don’t bring war to you.”
Celestia sipped at her tea “So what do you suggest would be a good plan?”
Astra smirked “We will build an embassy, that will draw the attention of the nation’s government. How quickly can that be built?”
Celestia giggled “We could have that down within a day once the blueprint, a top priority project like this won’t take very long for us. With several construction crews this will be quick and easy.”
Astra nodded, to her this would spark great change to her homeworld and to this one. With muggle technology she was hoping to see the stars one day. Astra frowned “I would like to keep my official involvement to a minimum. I’ll work behind the scenes to make everything go smoothly. It’s the Slytherin way.”
Celestia nodded “Keep your trump care hidden till the point when it is needed the most. Where revealing it will have the most impact. I can see the wisdom in your words.” She then turned to Shining Armour “Will you come with me. We have much to discuss.”
Shining Armour frowned “Before we leave, what do you know of war?”
Astra closed her eyes “Alright I’ll tell you, it was during the height of the war in Muggle London.”
During the Height of the 1st Wizarding War
Astra stood there, hundreds of flaming dragons orbiting around tearing through giants, werewolves and countless Dark wizards under Voldemort’s command. Astra roared sweat pouring for her “Fiendfyre!” Two more flaming dragons emerging from her hands, a giant ran over trying to step on her.
Astra apparated behind him and grabbed the giant by the am before throwing him into the air where a Fiendfyre dragon torched him. Astra growled as the giant’s scorched corpse hit the ground “What the fuck is the Ministry doing!”
Astra then saw powerful bolts of lightning striking multiple targets, a tall light blond haired man with a white moustache landed. He placed his wand into the ground, wild blue flames surrounding the area preventing any beast from moving past, burning the werewolves and dark wizards trying to get close while leaving smouldering corpses of giants.
Astra ran over and gave him a hug “Grindelwald, you’re a sight for sore eyes. They let you out.”
Grindelwald smirked as he tapped to metal bands “The Ministry was pretty desperate to stop Voldemort. They just put two Admonitors on me and sent me on my way, I will return to my castle prison once this is over.”
Astra leapt past the blue flames crushing as dark wizard’s skull with her hand, she sent out a blast of Fiendfyre sideways torching a whole group. Leaving ash behind and giant corpses behind. Grindelwald was about to follow suit when a shadow landed, a figure in a dark cloak approached.
Grindelwald grinned, he was hoping for this. He leapt out of the flames firing a powerful bolt of lightning towards the wizard only to see green sparks come flying out, Grindelwald smirked “I was hoping to face the new Dark Lord.”
Voldemort scowled “You failed Grindelwald, it’s my turn to succeed where you failed!” Voldemort started to shake as his spell pushed back as Grindelwald steadily poured out more power before sending the new Dark Lord flying. Voldemort turned to dark smoke and escaped, he apparated over to Astra only to see countless giant corpses lying around.
Astra sighed as she looked around “Such loss of life because someone had daddy issues. I always knew he would be trouble but to be responsible for this.”
Present Day
Velvet gasped “That’s horrible, who would do such a thing.”
Astra grimaced “A disturbed individual, born because his mother used magic to trick a muggle into giving her a child. A child born of lies and deception, from the blood of my family’s house. Some wizards and witches are truly cruel.”
Celestia frowned “I see, this means we will have to be extra careful. Some of his followers must still be out there.”
Shining Armour frowned “Well this has been enlightening but we must take our leave.”
Celestia smiled “I agree, I will visit again.” Celestia and Shining Armour left, Shining Armour giving Astra one last dirty look as they did so. Astra was not bothered by his attitude, she remembered the most worst part. Shortly after the Dark Lord’s fall she arrived at the Longbottom residence to hear screams.
Velvet shook her “What’s wrong?”
Astra sighed “I was thinking about something painful.” She remembered having to mentally heal the minds of the two members of the Order of the Phoenix “Having to heal the minds of those who were tortured by others is difficult. Had I gotten there any later it may not have been fixable.”
Velvet looked at her “What happened to the perpetrators?”
Astra frowned “Barty Crouch Jr managed to escape but I deal with Bellatrix Lestrange as well as her husband and brother in-law that did the deed. I personally applied the Dementor’s Kiss to each one.”
Velvet frowned “What happens to them?”
Astra grimaced “I consume their soul, gaining the magical power of the caster. I’m not sure if the same applies to a non-animagus Dementor. Still it is reserved as a punishment for those who have done truly bad things, only the worst of prisoners go to Azkaban where Dementors reside.”
Velvet shuddered “That is so cruel!”
Astra sighed “Yes but it’s not like they don’t deserve it. Plus Dementors need somewhere to stay else they will start attacking the whole world, it prevents them from hurting innocents.” she then frowned “As for me most times they are hunting for me anyway, they are asking for trouble.”
Velvet lifted up her tea in her magic, taking a sip before speaking “You are talking about those who have no trace of empathy in them. I still don’t like but at the same time I can understand why it is that way.” Astra and Velvet enjoyed their tea together hoping for the rest of the day to be quiet.
It had been a couple of weeks since Astra had arrived in Equestria, she raised an eyebrow as a cotton candy cloud flew by “What the fuck? Is this someone’s idea of a joke?” She turned around and grabbed a giant serpentine creature out of the air. At closer inspection, it seemed to be made of multiple animal parts.
Astra tightened her grip as it wriggled “You are quite odd, who even are you?”
The being started to turn blue she dropped him, the being clicked it’s claws and smirked “I am Discord, the Lord of Chaos. I can see you causing quite a bit of chaos in the future.” Then one of his ears grew much larger “I hear people talking about me, I’ll be back.”
Astra shook her head “Weird guy, oh well better get back to the school.”As she walked by she started seeing buildings flying through the air, she leapt back as she got attacked by an army of donuts. A wave of Fiendfyre turned the hostile pastries to ash, Astra blinked “Wait wasn’t tat Discord fellow one of Celestia and Luna’s former enemies.”
Astra sighed as she headed towards the castle “That explains why so much madness is going on.” The streets turned to gum, Astra burnt the gum away with Fiendfyre striding towards the castle. She entered the castle, noticing the guards were absent. The reason quickly became evident as the banners and suits of armour were attacking the guards. The castle’s carpet was constantly bouncing up and down.
Astra grumbled as she leapt across the walls, easily avoiding all of the random nonsense below her. She burst into the throne room to see Celestia sitting on the throne, surrounded by giant poisonous cakes with razor sharp teeth. Astra’s hands glowed as she sent a wave of Fiendfyre burning the cakes to ash, Astra growled “What’s happening!”
Celestia took a deep breath “Sorry, give me a second.” Celestia then sighed “Discord escaped form his prison, I sent the Elements Bearers to find their elements.”
Astra blinked one hundred times, she then facepalmed “Considering his blatant disregard for reality and it’s rules, he could decided to trap them in an alternate universe somewhere. I’m going to kick his ass!”
Astra teleported outside onto a flying pig, she leapt onto a flying mansion before teleporting onto a ten foot unicycle. As she cycled her way down to the town, she saw a tree growing out a cloud with fish swimming through the branches.
Astra shook her head as she saw a floating sign that read welcome to Ponyville, she arrived in Ponyville and leapt onto a place where the ground looked like a chess board. She focused as she saw Discord sitting on a throne. Astra growled as she flared out a huge aura of darkness, eating away reality around her.
Discord turned to Astra only for her to deliver a flaming kick to his face. Discord rubbed his face as as Astra got ready to fight, the dark flames of Fiendfyre flowing over her entire body in waves “How did you hurt me!”
Astra answered his question by slamming his head into the ground, she then pulled him by a horn and stared into his eyes “I would like if you stop this madness so we can discuss this properly.” She dropped him to the ground. She ducked under a blast of chaos magic and proceeded to shove her foot into his face.
Astra then delivered multiple punches to his gut, bringing him to his knees. Astra placed her right foot on his chest “Now maybe this discussion can be handled more appropriately, Mr Chaos Lord or shall I have beat it into you a little more.”
Discord rolled his eyes “Fine, you are no fun.”
Astra shrugged “I can be pretty serious” she then smirked as clicked her fingers creating a giant flying wrestling ring as as a cruise ship began wrestling with a plane “I can do some crazy absurd things if I want to” she then clicked her fingers causing it to disperse “but that is not my style. Not saying that chaos is bad. Just tone it down, think about chaos that everyone will enjoy.”
Astra got off him and walked away “Think of it as challenge, to more inventive with your powers.”
Discord thought to himself “That is an interesting thought.” He then smirked “I have never been one to back away from a challenge.” Discord teleported away, eager to figure out his new chaotic plans. Astra watched as everything seemed to return to normal.
Astra then blinked as a pie parade headed into Ponyville, she shook her head teleporting into Canterlot only to see an army of cakes pouring into the palace. She saw the look of gobsmacked ponies, she giggled “Well that’s a good start.”
She looked around, in her mind it was good that the buildings were back to where they belong even if some weird things were happening. Astra wondered as she walked, what was going on back in the wizarding world.
Back in the Wizarding World
A gigantic towering fortress built in the Austrian Alps, this was the dreaded Nurmengard which now was the prison holding Gellert Grindelwald. Grindelwald was drinking tea at a table, when he heard knocking. He washed as three aurors entered behind Amelia Bones “Gellert Grindelwald, due to your efforts in the first Wizarding War against the one who shall not be named you are free to go.”
Grindelwald bowed “My thanks Madam Bones.” He then stood up “If you excuse me, I will be on my way. I know of two people who would be glad to see me.”Amelia Bones watched as Grindelwald exited the doors of his former castle and apparated away.
Grindelwald found himself in an alleyway of a quaint little village, he stepped out of the alleyway walking down a narrow street towards a two story building with a small gate and hedges surrounding the building. He opened the gate and walked over to front door. He delivered three solid knocks.
The door was opened by a tall, thin man with hazel eyes and messy black hair that wore glasses. A beautiful woman with dark red hair and almond shaped bright green eyes. The man smiled “It’s been years Gellert, finally free now.”
Grindelwald nodded as they let him into their home “James, Lily I’m glad you two are alright still. How’s Harry doing?”
Lily smiled as they walked across the wooden floor, pictures of Lily, James and their son covering the walls. Their son, Harry ran out with a smile. He looked like a younger version of his father but with his mum’s eyes. Harry looked up at Grindelwald through similar glasses to his father’s “Who is he?”
James smiled “He is the reason that we are still here to care for you. We owe him a lot.”
Grindelwald smiled “Thank you for the recognition” he then frowned “I wish to discuss something with you two.”
Lily turned to James “Take Harry to his bed, this is serious.”
James head up a series of stairs “Come on Harry, how about I show you some magic?” Harry followed him eagerly. Lily meanwhile headed into the kitchen with Grindelwald. It was a plain kitchen, a muggle sink, oven and a cedar wooden table surrounded by chairs nearby. The tiled floor was cold to the touch.
Grindelwald knew this was a standard muggle style kitchen and dining room. Jame soon returned and the three took their seats. Grindelwald dropped the shards of a ring with a stone in the centre “this is the ring of Marvolo Gaunt, a friend of mine discovered it and helped me destroy it. It’s a Horcrux, a piece of dark magic bound to another through a soul shard and taking the life of another.”
Lily looked at him in horror “Who would be mad enough to do such a thing!”
Grindelwald grimaced “You know exactly who would do this. As long as they exist he will return, I hope to get as many as I can destroyed before he can return for they bind his spirit to this world as something less than even a ghost.”
James frowned “Where would you go?”
Grindelwald raised an eyebrow “The Black family largely were Death Eaters, with Sirius’ help I may find something. I thought you should be informed in case he somehow decided to finish what he started.”
Lily frowned “Harry will soon be a student at Hogwarts, we will stay here and keep close watch on the house.”
Grindelwald nodded “I better take my leave.” He grabbed all of the shards, stuffing them into his pocket. Grindelwald apparated out of the Potter household with a new mission, to destroy the objects tethering the dark lord to the world.
Celestia frowned as she left the castle, the cake parade was an interesting experience. She was interrupted by Discord who had a big smile on his face “What did you think of the parade? It was fun right!”
Celestia raised an eyebrow at the question “It was really annoying actually, it made a big mess that will take three days to clean up.”
Discord frowned, he pulled his mouth off and made it larger. He stepped through it, his mouth proceeded to grow wings and flew away. Celestia shook her head (Even when he is being more serious he is still silly.)
Celestia shook her head (Now where is Astra?) Celestia trotted through the city, Astra seemed to be nowhere in sight. Celestia frowned “She’s probably at the school.” Celestia frowned as she saw a black shield spell form around the school for a split second before vanishing.
Celestia teleported to the school and walked through the halls. She bumped into Astra who was walking through the halls. Astra raised an eyebrow “Princess, what is it you wish to discuss?”
Celestia shook her head “Not here, I need you to come to the castle.” Astra nodded in response, Celestia’s horn glowed and the two dissapeared in a flash of light.
They arrived in a room with Luna sitting next to six mares, one was purple with a tricoloured mane who was reading a book, the second was a white mare with a purple mane brushing her mane, the third was a rainbow mare with a multicoloured mane who was fidgeting in her chair. The fourth was an orange mare with a blond mane who was sitting there patiently, the fifth was a shy pale yellow pony hiding behind a light pink mane.
Astra blinked she saw the pink one in addition to sitting at the table was also hiding under the table, and was hidden behind a curtain. Astra shook her head, it seemed the others couldn’t see the other two. Astra looked at the pink one sitting at the table “I was not expecting to see a Schrodinger here?”
The purple one blinked “You mean Pinkie Pie?” She then shouted “Wait you understand her!”
Celestia smiled “How we get introductions out of the way first, the pony who just asked you that is my student Twilight Sparkle. Rarity and Pinkie Pie are next to her, in between them are Applejack, Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy.”
Twilight smiled eagerly “Can you explain Pinkie Pie!”
Astra giggled at the mare’s excitement “Alright.” Astra frowned “Pinkie is most likely something similar to a rare type of person back home known as a Schrodinger. One in a million who is in a state of being both dead and not, immortal in almost every way. Reality starts to warp and twist around them. With a practice they can extend this power infinitely, most don’t even know they can do that though. They also one of the few creatures immune to the Killing Curse.”
Rainbow growled “You have a curse for killing!”
Astra frowned “Humans are far more aggressive, magical humans don’t have as many wars but that is due to the fact that we are trying to hide. Muggles, the non-magical humans on the other hand have wars almost every decade and through history there has been a war going for some reason or another.”
Celestia frowned “They are not that different from Griffons, we can work with them. We will have to be careful with how to approach this, that is why I brought you all here. All of you lead very different lives and would allow us to achieve a balanced approach to this other world.”
At that moment an owl flew through the air and dropped a letter. Astra sighed as she saw the blood red symbol with a H “This is mine.” She opened it and after quickly reading it summoned a piece of paper and wrote a quick reply before attaching it to the owl. Astra grimaced “It seems my help to you is limited. I have to get my supplies for Hogwarts, it’s why I am officially unemployed. I am was not of biological age to receive education until now.”
Celestia frowned “Well then we will head over tomorrow to construct the buildings required.”
Astra nodded “Very well, I will head over tomorrow as well. I will hope that all goes well.”
The next day, Astra had opened a portal to one of the buildings she called home. Celestia and several guards escorted construction crews through the portal. They ended up in large room with crimson carpets and dark blue wallpaper lit by a fireplace that was perpetually powered by magic. A single armchair near the fire for reading.
Astra guided them out through the central hall which had a similar aesthetic to the relaxation room they left. They moved along through the central hall to the big green fields, Astra gestured to the area “There is plenty of space to build a large structure but it will take time. In the meantime I need to go somewhere.”
Astra headed inside grabbing a small purse with enough galleons for the purchases she needed to make. She grabbed a bag and teleported away, arriving in Diagon Ally in an out of sight location. She stepped out and made her way through the crowded streets.
Astra headed to a bookshop with a sign that read Flourish and Blotts. She went in and purchased copies of the books she needed. The wand was the next thing on her list, she headed to a store that had a sign read Ollivanders. The store appeared to be narrow and shabby. An old man stepped out, his wide moon like eyes shone through the shadowy store.
The old man smiled “I am Garrick Ollivander. Follow me.”
Astra shook her head as she pulled out a black shroud, as soon as she did the entire room’s temperature dropped by several degrees. Ollivander’s eyes widened “A Dementor's shroud, you wish that to be your wand core!”
Astra nodded “Yes, it wasn’t exactly easy to acquire but yes.”
Ollivander frowned “Let’s see if I have a wood strong enough to hold such a dark wand core.” Ollivander walked through the back of his shop. He quickly made to the place where he stored his woods. Ebony, Ash and Cherry were just some of the wand materials he had.
Yet none of them seemed to fit for such a core until he found a single box, Ollivander opened it to reveal enough wood for a singular wand “I was wondering when I would need to use you. The only wood that may be able to handle it.”
He walked out slowly and placed the wood on the table, Ollivander grimaced “I have never made a wand with Elder because it was so rare and would unsuitable for most but this would require such a material.”
Astra nodded “Elder hmm. Thanks.”
Ollivander smiled “You are welcome.” He then turned around “I will get to work immediately, wait there until I am done.” Ollivander summoned a pair of tweezers to pick up the shroud, he walked into the back. He placed the wood down carefully, he pulled out his own wand as he refined the material into a core as it merged with the wood.
The elder wood suddenly shifted as it became darker than darkness itself. Ollivander grabbed a pair of dragon hide gloves and picked up the wand. Carrying it over to the front of the store, he winced as he placed it on the table the parts of the glove where he was holding the wand started to blacken.
Astra picked up the wand and with a quick swish the entire store all light vanished for a second before it flooding the room once more. Astra placed twenty galleons on the table “Consider it extra for the quick completion.”
Ollivander smiled “Thanks, honestly I wanted to get that shroud out of my store. I have never worked with something so dark, I don’t want to do so again.”
Astra nodded as she put her wand in her bag, she then left Ollivanders. After that she purchased the rest of school supplies, she looked nervously at her potion supplies “I am so going to fail potions.” She sighed as she returned to where she had arrived in Diagon Alley and teleported away.
It 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.)
Astra woke in green lit female dorm room, she was laying in a bed with green drapes hanging from the upper part of the bed. Other beds like hers had other student sleeping on them, she got up and started to get dressed in her robes. She also grabbed her class supplies.
Astra walked downstairs into the green themed meeting area of the common room. She took a seat on one of the armchairs near the fire and closed her eyes. She backflipped over the armchair as she heard the sound of students climbing down the stairs.
Everyone eyed her warily. Astra ignored them as a thin, intimidating man with black hair entered the Slytherin Common Room. Astra bowed “Professor Snape.”
Snape nodded, Astra could see the slightest trepidation in his eyes. Something that no-one else other than the headmaster would be able to see. Snape commanded his students to head to the hall, all of them immediately following his instructions.
They exited into the dark, damp halls of the dungeons that glowed green. Following their professor they soon found their way through the moving stairs without issue. They took their seats amongst their fellow Slytherin, Astra saw herself surrounded by Draco, Crabbe and Goyle.
She frowned as Dumbledore stepped forward “The third floor corridor on the right side is out of bounds to everyone who does not wish to die a most painful death.”
Astra blinked (Has Dumbledore finally gone senile? Please tell me that was a joke.) As Dumbledore announced everyone to eat food materialising on the table, Astra sat there ignoring the food.
Draco blinked as he was eating, he paused “Aren’t you going to eat?”
Astra shook her head “Can’t, my body throws up anything I eat. One of the ramifications of my dad’s experiments, I have no need for physical sustenance anymore. It all tastes like ash as well.” Draco was quiet, saying nothing. Astra sighed (I just hope nobody gets hurt by this.)
Astra pulled out her schedule, Charms with Professor Flitwick was first on the list. Once the meal was over Astra and the rest of the first year Slytherins headed out. Soon they found way through the moving stairs to the Charms Classroom, three rows of desks that were all facing the teacher’s desk which had a large chair behind it and two blackboards either side.
A very short, brown haired professor sat on the chair watching the Gryffindor and Slytherin first years enter the room. He gestured to them with a smile “I am Professor Flitwick, please take your seats.”
Astra made her way to her chair, she noticed that all the Gryffindors were on the opposite side of the room. Astra looked at the feather on her desk, Flitwick nodded “I have placed a feather on each of your desks. I am going to teach you the levitation charm, Wingardium Leviosa. Remember, swish and flick, also make sure to speak the charm clearly or else there will be side-effects.”
Astra did as she was instructed with her wand and she grumbled as the feather simply decayed into nothingness. Flitwick observed as he passed her more feathers, he raised an eyebrow “I am sensing a lot of dark magic coursing through your wand.”
Astra frowned “My magic is dark not neutral so objects a frail as this decay in my magic.’
Flitwick loosed at her wand “I have never seen a wand that is that dark, it’s as if it is eating the light around it.”
Astra shrugged “Well it is a wand of Elder with Dementor Shroud as a core. It makes for the best conduit for my magic.” The Gryffindors looked concerned, Crabbe snatched the wand out of her hands. He then began screaming as the dark magic worked it’s way up his arm, Astra pulled it out of his hands. Astra then closed her eyes pulling the dark magic out of his arm.
Flitwick stood up and leapt of his chair “I’ll take him to the infirmary. You all stay here.” He gently levitated him out of the room.
Astra sighed “He will be fine with some rest but still that was close.” She then looked around “I’m sure now all know that it would be unwise to touch my wand.” Astra frowned as a few Slytherins tried to leave while several Gryffindors did. Astra glared at the members of her own house that were about to leave “Get back to your seats!”
All of the Slytherins followed her instructions without question. The room was quiet after that, at least until Professor Flitwick returned. Professor Flitwick frowned “The staff all wish to speak to you tonight Miss Slytherin?”
Astra nodded “Sleep isn’t exactly necessary for me, I don’t need anything really to function, I just do it because everyone else does. I will be there.” Flitwick brought an end to the lesson not long after that.
Astra looked at her schedule, Transfiguration was the her next class. She headed off to Transfiguration classroom, she entered the large classroom four that had four large windows. There were four rows of three desks, several bookshelves and cages as well as a desk for the Professor. Astra calmly took a seat. Professor McGonagall nodded as they other students entered.
The classroom was very quiet as Professor McGonagall pointed to the one of the two chalkboards explaining the importance of the Transfiguration alphabet and how they should memorise it. Astra noticed that some of the Gryffindors weren’t super invested in the lesson. A brown haired Gryffindor student and a black haired Gryffindor student were taking quite a few notes.
Astra noted those two may be people to observe, she returned to taking notes. The class passed relatively uneventfully, Professor McGonagall was a strict teacher as the few students who misbehaved were soon to learn.
After that class was on her schedule was double potions, Astra groaned as she headed to the dungeons. The Potion’s classroom was dark and dreary with large desks in the large square room, there was also several shelves covered in potion ingredients. She was soon joined by her fellow students.
Astra took a seat before Professor Snape, Snape acknowledged the class with scorn “As there is little foolish wand-waving here, I suspect many of you don’t believe this is magic. I don't expect you will really understand the beauty of the softly simmering cauldron with its shimmering fumes, the delicate power of liquids that creep through the human veins, bewitching the minds, ensnaring the senses... I can teach you how to bottle fame, brew glory, and even stopper in death if you aren't as big a bunch of dunderheads as I usually have to teach.”
Astra frowned internally (Why is he teaching first years, he is better suited to teaching older students in their older years. A teacher of his strictness is required for those classes.) Snape raised his arm “Today I will tell about the standard ingredient for potion making. I will then get you to make a Cure for Boils potion, do not disappoint me. Now turn to page 197!”
Astra opened the book to the page quickly, she rolled her eyes as she looked over the pages. She had read this all before, she grimaced as remembered that every potion she ever tried to make exploded. Once they were instructed to make the potion, Astra used her wand to create a powerful barrier around herself and her part of the desk.
Snape eyed her warily as she continued to brew her potion, her cauldron began to bubble before exploding, Snape was about to approach only to see darkness mist escaping from. Astra then let out a wail that would make a Banshee’s wail sound like a pleasant lullaby. The entire class collapsed to the ground, Snape gritting his teeth cast a protection spell to hold back the sound.
Astra turned to him, Snape felt a shiver go down his spine as he stared into the deepest dark pits that stared into his soul. Dark ooze slowly made it’s way out of those pits, dripping from Astra’s face onto the floor of the potion's classroom. Snape watched as the floor which even the most dangerous of brews would be unable damage started to dissolve.
Astra took a calming breath as the darkness faded the ooze vanishing from her face. Snape took a moment to calm himself before heading out the door and locking it. Astra grimaced as she looked at the unconscious students “Fuck.”