The Snow Fox

Futures and Forbidden Books

The next morning Venus awoke early to take the floor powder network to her home. It was a lovely vacation, she and her parents talked about everything and had a lot of fun celebrating Christmas together. As a gift from them both she got a new robe that was embroidered with snowflakes on the inside sheath and black matted ones on the outside. Venus thought it was gorgeous and never wanted to take it off. She also had gotten a new slew of books to add to her library.

Both Venus and her parents were avid readers so it was only natural that in their house they had a large room that mimicked a library, full of books. All three of them could spend hours in there, only pausing to get something to eat.

"Honey, your father and I wanted to talk to you about something." Layla Snow, her mother said.

"Snowflake... you are getting older, year by year and smarter. Soon...it'll be time for you to take my title." Venus looked at her father, Copernicus Snow and smiled grimly.

"Course Dad, but that's a while away... right?"

Both parents looked at each other and then at her.

"Well, we think that once you're 18 you'll be old enough to at least come to work with me to train for the title. What do you think?"

"Yea, sure." She replied, hoping that day would be far away.

When returning from holiday break, classes picked right back up again. Venus got back to Hogwarts early to settle back in and study. One day she was in Herbology, assisting Professor Sprout with moving some of the plants when she spotted an odd trapdoor on a restricted floor. She tugged the handle and peeked under it, seeing a large three headed, sleeping dog. Venus's eyes widened and she silently shut the door and wandered off to her business again.

I wonder if anyone else knows about Cerberus. She thought, walking through the halls aimlessly. She had deemed the dog by that name after the three headed devil dog in Greek mythology.