The Newest Snek in Town PV Slytherins Closed

[font=Times New Roman]With the arrival of the new schooling year, also came the new title of Second Year for the twelve year old Isabella Hills. Sorted into the house of emerald only a year ago, the brunette sat at the end of the Slytherin table - proud to be a new student of the Second Year classification for 2018. Deciding on her seating at the table weeks before, she had decided to try and help the newest of her house - whether they be pupil or professor.

The presence of an older person was one the younger girl noticed almost instantly. Being at the very end of the table, it would be hard to miss. Choosing to ignore rather than acknowledge, her plans were quickly demolished when the woman spoke.

Raising an eyebrow at the mention of ‘the new Head of Slytherin’ the interest of the twelve year olds was peaked and her full attention was turned onto the professor. “You’re our new Head of House? But what happened to professor Scheinberg?” Her tone was kept light and airy, to let the professor know she could easily brush the question off if she didn’t want to answer it.

While she didn’t show it on the surface, her interest in the sudden leave of her old Head of House was big. While she hadn’t exactly been close with the professor, she had known her from her period of prefectism. Curiosity was something she had been gifted with at birth, and the feeling of the need to be informed hadn come hand in hand with it. Being uninformed was a feeling the Young’s Slytherin didn’t enjoy the slightest.

Shuffling over on the seat, she nodded towards the free space next to her - be knocking for the newly introduced professor Jensen to sit next to her. “Oh, my name’s Isabella by the way - Isabella Hills. Everyone calls me Bella though. I’m a Second Year this year, as you might of guessed from my mention of professor Scheinberg before. Are you excited to be Head Snake?”

The childish question was one Isabella was eager to know about most Head of Houses. She tended to judge people by the answer to the question she asked first. When it came to professors or Head of Houses at Hogwarts, this was the mandatory question she always felt the need to know the answer to - she judged their teachings and leadings so not their eagerness to do their job.[/font]

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I KNOW I said no more posts but I couldn’t resist the opportunity to meet the new Head Snek IC

Hjørdis smiled gently towards the young Slytherin, slightly bemused by her shock. She did not sound or appeared shocked, in truth. However, the fact that she chose to question the role before even saying hello gave Hjørdis the impression she was. "Professor Scheinberg? I can't say, I'm afraid. I was hired after she left and didn't get a chance to meet her." The female replied, waving her hand in the air. Did she know? Perhaps. But her expression said nothing of the sort. As far as anyone was concerned, she was clueless in the matter and was simply here to do her job. Whether or not she knew what happened to former Professors was something that no one knew. It was likely that she did not but that too was unconfirmed.

She turned her heard to another girl who spoke up, "Oh? Did you know her well?" She asked the latter girl. Nice was probably not a definition that people used to describe Hjørdis but she was interested to know what the students deemed nice. Perhaps she ought to be that way. She nodded in return to the French that the girl spoke, "Bonsoir," She replied, with her limited knowledge of the language. She was no pro when it came to languages but she knew a greeting or two and a few key words in a variety of languages. It was useful in life.

"Pleased to meet you, you both," The Professor replied with a nod of her head as she took the seat next to her, after being prompted to do so. Glancing at the blonde haired girl, she smiled gently, "Ah, I'm afraid this is actually my first time here." She replied as she scanned the group, "I didn't attend Hogwarts myself but if I had, apparently I would have been a Slytherin like yourselves," She explained, not surprised about the sorting that the hat had given her. It was definitely of no surprise to her.

She made a mental note of her name and year. Isabella Hills, second year. Alexx whose surname she did not know, also second year. It was something she did for each person she met. Whilst most people turned out to be a waste of time, she thought it was worth knowing their names.

She was paying more attention to these children than she normally cared for but they were Slytherins. This made them the best, just on the basis of their house, "I am, I imagine it will be quite an experience - perhaps also a challenge," Hjørdis replied honestly.

She was looking forward to her time as Head of Slytherin but there was no doubt that there would be challenges to face. For starters, she was now responsible for a whole bunch of children she had never met and knew nothing about. It did not help that working with children was actually relatively new to her. It was not her forte, but it was something she would challenge herself to do and improve on. Perhaps she would be able to get along with them. And if there was anything she enjoyed, it was a good challenge. Hogwarts would keep things exciting, that was for sure. Speaking of challenges in the school, the new Professor was reminded about the update she had received when she arrived - about the incidents that happened over the last year, "What about yourselves? Did you both enjoy your first year here?" She asked them both, wondering if they were excited to be here and how their first years had gone.

As she sat there conversing with the two girls, she suddenly heard another voice pipe up. Hjørdis looked over to see a young boy with a quizzical look on his face. His question was full of worry - but it was justified. Over the last year, they had already had two Heads of House, a third was definitely not going to be helpful. It appeared this change was not just in Slytherin but all over the school. Whatever happened must have been bad.

He quickly apologised for speaking out of turn and then proceeded to introduce himself. Hjørdis sighed softly and shook her head, "No need to apologise, Mister Escanora," She replied, "You have every right to ask that question and express your worries." The new Professor explained. There was no reason for him to apologise for asking such a basic question. Questions were actually rather good. Hjørdis preferred people to ask questions - even if they were simple and basic ones - than suffer alone or do things incorrectly as they did not ask.

If the subject matter was too personal for her, she would easily dismiss it. That was not an issue. "As for your question..." She started slowly, wondering what reply to give him. The truth of the matter was that she had no idea. She had her own goals to reach in life. It could take a year, it could take ten. She had no idea how long she would even want to remain here. But more than that, Hjørdis did not believe in false promises. There was no point in guaranting she would stay when she could get hurt tomorrow and end up unable to work. Life was unpredictable, after all. Especially Hogwarts, it seemed. "I would like to believe that I will be around for a while," She started, "I cannot guarantee how long this would be but I can say that I have no plans in the foreseeable future to leave you," Hjørdis replied honestly.