A-Snake's-Lament [Chapter 280]

~~Nott Manor~~

Nagaini stared at her human leaving the throne room from the corner of her beady eyes. Her human was an extremely possessive and ruthless man, she liked that, but sometimes, he could be way too overbearing for her liking. He could understand that he was worried for her, she liked that part of him, but forbidding her from going hunting was a big red flag in her books.

She wanted to hunt juicy rabbits or some other unsuspecting animals, but her human forbade her from leaving the mansion and for whatever reason, she couldn’t disregard any of his wishes. It had been months since she last ate a human and it was starting to grate on her nerves, but her human was leaving tonight.

Nagini knew that she wasn’t as smart or intelligent as her human, but she was smart enough to understand what was happening. Her human might have forbidden her from leaving, but she was her own snake… His control over her would decrease if he wasn’t near her, which meant that she could do whatever she wanted.

Nagini decided that she wasn’t going to any of those weak humans residing in the manor… First of all, her human would be furious if she did that and they were more bones than skin anyway, so there was no way that she would enjoy eating them… However, she could simply slither out of the manor and hunt some animal.

Even that would be better than staying coiled up inside her human’s throne room…

Nagini knew that her human would be angry, but she knew that he would understand, and even if he didn’t he would eventually forgive her. Nagini perked up when she felt her human leave… She knew that he was gone. She could always feel his presence at the back of her mind. Most of the time, his presence would be overbearing since he would always be around her, but the presence would be light when he was away.

Nagini slowly uncoiled herself and started to slither out of the throne room, being careful as she didn’t want to be seen by any of her human’s servants. They would try to stop her and she couldn’t have that… Nagini knew that she was a big girl, but thanks to her dark scales, she could easily meld into the shadows as long as she stayed out of the light.

Nagini froze when she heard some footsteps heading in her direction and shrunk into the shadows as much as she could… Then she started to hear some voices and the tension started to rise in her coils. She didn’t want to be caught as they would try to prevent her from leaving the manor. However, she started to relax when the voices and the footsteps continued to become faint.

A couple of seconds later, the footsteps and voices were gone… Nagini finally hissed in satisfaction and started to move again. She continued to stick to the shadows and after slithering for a whole minute, she finally managed to leave the manor… Nagini slithered into a bush and stretched her massive body, starting to feel free after a long time.

Nagini hissed in glee and continued to slither through the grounds, but she found no animals to hunt… Refusing to return to the manor on an empty stomach, she decided to venture outside the manor grounds. It was risky, but Nagini was not worried… While she couldn’t use Magic like her human, she was confident in her own abilities.

With her beady eyes glinting in glee, she finally ventured out of the manor Wards and she was immediately glad that she decided to leave the confines of the manor to hunt… She was finally in her natural habitat. She could hear the birds chirping and a mild breeze blowing through the bushes… Nagini was finally free to play her part and become what she was meant to be.

She could finally be the predator she was born to be…

“Oh… Look there. Such a cute snake” A voice spoke in an amused tone, surprising Nagini… She twisted her body and went for the strike, but all of a sudden her brain was rattled when she collided against something solid. “Such a feisty little creature you are… I was warned about that temper of yours” The same voice continued, grating on Nagini’s nerves.

The massive snake finally managed to regain her bearings and decided to evaluate her situation in a calm fashion… Nagini inspected the person who had dared to ruin her good mood only to find herself staring at a young female with blond hair and sharp blue eyes with a Wand in her hand. Nagini realized that the girl could use Magic just like her human could.

Nagini carefully backed away, tensing her coils… She might be somewhat arrogant, but she was aware of her weakness. She could kill humans with Magic without any issue, but for that to happen, she needed to strike them from the shadows or surprise them with her speed. However, she could feel that the young female standing before her was different.

The human caught her by surprise, but not only that, but she failed to take her down with her initial attack… Now her target would be wary and alert, which would make it hard for her to kill the young female standing before her. “Ohhh… Look at you. Worrying your cute little head over small stuff. Though I wonder what you are thinking” The woman cooed.

Nagini hissed angrily at the girl… She could feel that the girl was mocking her and the way she was acting and speaking, it was clear that the girl knew about her… Nagini started to contemplate her options. She could try and kill the girl or she could escape, giving up on her hunt… She didn’t want to give up her opportunity to hunt, but at the same time, she knew that she was at a disadvantage.

The girl finally stepped forward and once again Nagini hissed threateningly as she reared her head, ready to strike, but the girl continued to approach her. The girl pointed her Wand in her direction and Nagini immediately knew that she needed to strike her down… “Avada Kedavra” The girl muttered under her breath and a green beam came out of her Wand tip.

Nagini was quite familiar with the Spell… It was the instant death Spell, she had seen her human use this Spell quite regularly, so she knew that she needed to dodge. Nagini twisted her body and managed to evade the curse, but then all of a sudden, her senses blared, screaming at her to move aside, but it was too late…

All of a sudden, she found herself falling and then she finally came to a stop, only to realize that she was staring at her own body, but the body was missing the head…

The last thing she ever saw was another female, a bit older than the other one standing over her body with a gleaming blade in her hand…