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"PAPA, WHEN'S MAMA COMING BACK?", OLIVER ASKED. draco sat the boy on his lap as he used the albino peacock quill that victoria had gotten them nearly a year or two ago.

"soon oliver. now what is it that you want to tell mama?", draco asked as he had finished writing his section of the letter.

"mm..tell her to be safe and I miss her VERY much!", oliver smiled. "also that I love her", the boy awkwardly coughed out.

draco simply patted the boy's head as he wrote exactly what the young boy had requested.

"I hope mama replies", oliver said as he heard the flapping of draco's eurasian eagle-owl. draco had taught many wizarding things to oliver in the past week, taking the boy to quite a few places in france too.

     "she will", draco assured as he watched his owl fly off into the dark gray sky.

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     victoria had nearly searched the entire damn school and still could not find the chamber of secrets.

     it was mid december and victoria struggled to push through to find the location of the chamber. salazar continued to refuse to teach the girl parseltongue until she held through the end of her deal.

     the girl mentally cursed dumbledore for sending godric's sword away, most likely to aide harry. after all, it was always harry that came first before others.

     as victoria trudged through hogsmeade invisibly, the girl had stopped in front of honeydukes: a marvelous wizarding sweetshop on the upper streets of hogsmeade.

     though the girl did not linger for long, she did manage to buy some chocolate by discreetly placing galleons on the shelves while she just took what she pleased.

     as she exited out the store, victoria headed back to hogwarts in hopes of speaking to dumbledore once more.

     most would assume that the girl would've sought out for the old wizard's help in finding the chamber of secrets, but victoria was just a bit too proud to ask for his help, as she believed she was able to find it on her own.

though even she knew when to step down from her high pedestal and seek for guidance.

"chamber of secrets? why it's under school grounds. though the entrance is at the second floor, girl's lavatory", portrait dumbledore answered.

victoria thought it strange that dumbledore knew that it was in the girl's restroom, but was nevertheless thankful for that knowledge.

     not even thanking the portrait, victoria immediately headed off to go inform salazar slytherin of the new information she had gained.

     "hmm...I truly didn't expect any less", salazar complimented, though victoria wasn't one to take flattery to heart.

     "perhaps you could teach me how to open the chamber now", victoria grinned.

salazar let out a sigh as he next said something that made victoria confused.

"excuse me?"

"open", salazar repeated.

victoria didn't know whether she was going crazy or not, but salazar slytherin with just hissing at her, making her wonder if he was okay.

     salazar glanced down at the baffled girl.

     "it's parseltongue. all you need to do is say that and you'll be allowed in. though your pronunciation doesn't need to be exact, at least make it recognizable", salazar explained.

     victoria had tried hissing just like salazar did, only to earn a disappointed grunt from the man.

     "keep practicing", salazar commanded as he turned still once again.

victoria groaned as she headed towards the second floor of the girl's bathroom. she refused to not get in at least today. there was only a few days before christmas was here, and she desired to destroy the stupid horcrux already.

     "open", victoria repeated over and over again. though every time she did so, she wasn't sure what to expect, as nothing happened.

     and to top it all off, moaning myrtle's sobbing did not help with victoria's forming migraine.

"OPEN!", victoria aggressively demanded, to which the fountains in the middle had finally twisted open, allowing victoria to enter the dark passageway.

     the girl mildly grinned as she fearlessly walked through the cluttered sinks, revealing a wet ground with snake statues on both sides of it.

     at the very end was an engraving of salazar slytherin. the man's mouth had a large enough hole to allow the basilisk to slither through.

     though all that didn't matter, as the basilisk's rotting corpse laid right beside the old wizard's engraved face.

     victoria's heels clicked with each step she took. with the exception of water droplets echoing through the underground tunnel, the girl's breathing thickened as she excitedly pulled a fang out from the basilisk's skeleton.

as victoria pulled the diadem from inside her bag, the girl clenched the fang as she hurriedly stabbed the diadem, causing an uproar of water to splash onto the entire walkway.

     the girl had pulled out her elder wand, expecting something else to happen, but the only sound was the water droplets once more.

     after a moment of waiting, victoria fell onto her knees and started laughing, nearly sounding like a maniac.

     "FINALLY!", the girl chuckled as she stood up, walking out of the chamber with the invisibility cloak draped over her.

victoria exited hogwarts as she hastily skipped towards the outskirts of the snowy village, where ollie, her owl, had delivered her some letters.

     "thanks ollie", victoria smiled as she grabbed the chocolates from her bag—that were luckily not soaked—and tied the bag to the leg of ollie.

     victoria immediately opened the one that was from draco and oliver as she skimmed through all the words. her heart melted as the corners of her lips stretched upwards.

without another moment, victoria whipped out some parchment and quill and wrote back. though the girl stopped midway as she then realized that the dark lord had sent her a letter too.

'to my dearest victoria,

hope your residence at france is well. though I'm afraid I'm the bearer of bad news, as I need my most loyal and trusted death eater to come back momentarily for a task.

     I assume you know it's about harry potter, as that boy have caused me great grief and demise. I need your assistance in catching him and his friends.

meanwhile, it has come to my attention that the most powerful wand—the elder wand—has completely disappeared. thus in the meantime for searching for harry potter, I need you to find me the wand, or you can offer yours up as tribute.

best of luck victoria. I have high expectations for you as always'.

victoria immediately incinerated the dark lord's letter as she rubbed her temples, wondering whether she should offer up the elder wand or her previous once.

     neither she wanted to part with.

     'harry again...what a troublesome boy'.

     victoria swiftly finished off her letter to draco and oliver as she let ollie fly off. the girl decided that her first step would be to head back to the noir mansion.

     after all, the girl needed to have it festive enough so that when she retrieved draco and oliver, they'd feel right at home.

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