The Talk Outside

"Umm.. could you please leave me alone for a second with the girls? I'm sure they have something important to tell me..." Chateaunoir's words puzzled the other professors, but they did leave the room, with a little suspicion that something weird was going to happen the moment they'd be out.
"I'll talk with you two later," she added.

Mel spoke once they were outside to Sliver and Selena. Topanga had already walked off.
"I must get the creatures here..." - Melody began to walk off, - "...there's a lot to do." muttering to herself as she stroded quickly down the corridor.

"She really does worry to much." Selena worried.
"She works too hard too, I just wish her and Aylin would let us help more,
take on more."
"I agree, but involving the students isn't going to help," Selena pointed out.
"They are wiser and stronger than you think," Sliver returned wisely as a bolt of light went through him, he vanished in a black cloud leaving little stary sparks behind formed in his image.
"I wish he'd just walk away like the rest of us for once," Selena muttered to herself this time and walked away.


Professor Melody Riddle reached the Red Vampire common room. On the rug in front of the roaring fire lay a curled up large deadly diamond python, its head turned to her, flicking its tongue, smelling her presense. It uncoiled and slithered up towards her, swaying as it went, and began curling around her legs, wrapping and coiling itself around her body, moving upwards, swaying at an unheard beat. Its face came to her own face level, its tongue flickered at her lips smelling her, smelling for fear, it swayed side to side, Mel's eyes went a cloudy white as she became intraced.

"Ready Missstressss?" - Ares said.
"Ready!" Her voice was mono-tone and unlike her normal voice, her mouth remained open and the python stopped swaying.

A student entered the common room, the python's head bolted forward and into Professor Riddle's mouth, her body shook violently, her eyes filled with blood as her python Ares pushed his entire body into hers, her skin rippled under the force, the tail went in. The python was no longer seen, the girl watching gasped in fear, Mel's head turned, eyes wide open. Black now and not human, she vanished.

The student stood there in shock and finally screamed. It was Beki. She couldn't shake the sight of her head-teacher looking so evil. Jasmine ran to the screams from her dorm upstairs.

"What is it! What is it?" - She cried out.
"Pro...Pro... Professor Riddle is evil!" Beki said wide-eyed.
"No, she's not, take that back!" Jasmine was angry.
"She swallowed a python and disappeared" - Beki said, tears running down her face.
Jasmine walked over, understanding now, put her arms around Beki. "No, no, no, that's how she travels to Shandalar, it's a horrid, scary, disgusting way, but fast. It's a part of black and green mana. I can do it too, working with serpents in such a way. It's okay, she's not evil, it's all okay."
Beki began to calm down.
"Let's go to the hall and get a drink. We'll wash your face first, eh?!"