"What will happen to me?" Draco dared to ask. "I don't know. If we are lucky, you will just receive a few minutes of the torture curse." Snape leaned back in his chair. "And if we are not?" Narcissa prodded. - They weren't. Draco is brought before Voldemort a Failure. His punishment...well it's the worst he can imagine.

Hermione found a secret room in her third year of Hogwarts. What she didn't realize was that she wasn't the only one regularly using it. What happens when Hermione finds out who else has access to the room, and how will these unlikely friendships unfold and flourish? What will happen when Hermione starts to trust serpents...will they end up biting her instead? A/U Hogwarts 8th year