Chapter 4!

In this chapter, Kacela reaches her final growth and makes a start on her new hive.

Also, I will be keeping Fudge the way he is for this story.

I do NOT own Harry Potter or Aliens Vs Predator, just my Oc's and story idea.

Here we go!

Chapter 4: Snakes and Hive

CHAMBER OF SECRETS

Kacela gave a low hiss as she walked over to the pool of water, her body was starting to ache faintly. She needed this chamber! She paused for a second when she picked up the smell she liked, it was closer now.

Shaking her head she focused on her task at hand, she gave a low hiss making the statue's mouth move and open followed by a low hiss as a form slithered out.

"Keep your eyes closed!" Kacela said as she watched the basilisk looked around the chamber as she shifted with a bit of effort to her full Xeno form which was bigger now.

She gave a hiss making the Basilisk turn to her with a loud hiss of its own, it then stopped looking her over. Thanks to her lack of eyes, she could see using ultra-sounds, smells, pheromones, and echolocation it was like a mix of them all giving her this inverted picture look of the world.

"~Who are you black serpent?~" The basilisk asked in a female voice.

"~I am Kacela Potter, I have recently undergone a creature inheritance to save my life, my species are known as Xenomorphs~," Kacela said giving a respectful bow which the deadly snake returned.

"~I am Edithia, guardian of Hogwarts, why did you seek me out?~" Edithia asked as Kacela shivers feeling her body ache.

"~I will be molting into my final form soon, I also require a large living space to make a hive. This is why I am here, this place is out of the way but close enough to the school for me to keeping learning~" Kacela explained as Edithia hissed.

"~I see, this hive won't hurt the children will it?~" Edithia asked a warning in her tone which Kacela took note of.

"~It won't, I wish to add my hive as a defense for the school to help protect it from harm~," Kacela said as Edithia closed her eyes in thought.

She then opens them and hissed saying "~You're words are filled with truth and honesty, very well I will share my home with you just leave my pool and chamber untouched~" Edithia said before roaring making Kacela roar back as the deadly snake turns and went back into her chamber making the statue close up behind her.

"Kacela? What happened?" Dumbledore asked opening his eyes as Kacela turned to them, she changed to her half form which looked more like a young-adult now with her head crest being bigger.

"I can turn this place into a hive, plus I'm adding it as an extra defense for the school," Kacela said with a smile making Dumbledore sigh in relief.

"Thank goodness, for a second I thought something went wrong," Dumbledore said holding his chest as Fudge nods.

"How long will it take for you to start making a hive?" Fudge asked as Kacela held her chin in thought.

"Hmm, my final growth is very soon by what I'm feeling so by the end of tomorrow if I make a start on it now," Kacela said as her tail flicks, there was that smell again.

"Right, I will inform the other teachers of your absence, please be careful though," Dumbledore said as he turned to Fudge.

"I need to discuss the new additions to the school with Mr. Fudge," Dumbledore said making the Minister nod to her before following Dumbledore out of the chamber.

Kacela smiles before growling as she changed to her full Xeno self and looked around, she had a lot of work to do.

"Need a hand?" A hissing male voice said making Kacela spin around and stood ready to attack.

She paused when she saw another Xeno, only this one was male by scent. He looked thicker in build, his back dorsals were spiked instead of curved, his head was also different. It was dome-like but starting to grow two horns from above his face, he also gave off the nice smell.

"Who are you?" Kacela asked lowering her tail blade.

"I am the king Xenomorph or will be once I being my final growth," He said moving down the wall and over until he stood before her and then bowed in a sign of submission.

"My king? I see, well, if you are to be my mate you will need a name," Kacela said as she moved forward and sniffed her male counterpart.

She looked him over, he was strong but had a cunning yet strategic feeling to him. He also had a feel of magic to him, he must have been born from something or someone with magic. She then remembered an old Norse myth she read a few days ago, one that would suit her new mate, boy! That was gonna take some time to get use to.

"From now on, your name will be Yggdrasil," Kacela said as she moved forward and nuzzled the newly named king Xeno making him give a hiss purr as by instinct Kacela let his mind merge with hers.

Both kept nuzzling until Kacela pulled back with a startled hiss as her body grew a few inches, shaking her head she looked at Yggdrasil who motioned to the chamber making her nod.

They soon started working on the hive, making sure not to touch the Basilisk's home and pool. Thought they did add a tiny bit of their hive material to give her chamber extra warmth, it was getting close to winter after all.

NEXT DAY

AFTER BREAKFAST

Kacela pants as she stood in the middle of the huge chamber, turns out it had expansion charms in the smaller rooms they found. They could be useful later.

She nods satisfied as she looked down at herself, she was very glad to have finished working on it since she had just hit her final growth not long after finishing it. She gave a low moan as she flexed her new smaller chest arms while looking her tail over, she couldn't see anything wrong so far but her magic did feel a little jumpy.

She looked over at Yggdrasil as he went through his final growth, it would take another hour before he was done. Looking around she gave a nod before sitting down to rest.

She was about to doze off when the sound of footsteps made her look up to see Dumbledore and Fudge walking over, only there was another man and a woman with them.

She gave a hiss making them look over at her, the unknown pair's eyes went wide in shock as Fudge grinned and walked over with enthusiasm as he looked her over.

"Simply stunning! Is this your final growth?" Fudge asked making Kacela nod as she looked over at the woman and man as Dumbledore lead them over.

"Kacela, this is Amelia Bones, she is head of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement, and this is Head Auror Rufus Scrimgeour," Dumbledore said as Kacela nods.

She decided to use a new ability she had gained, it was rather weak at the moment but she was getting stronger.

"Greetings," Kacela said using her mind to speak making her voice sound echoey.

"Amazing, I thought you would be smaller from what I was told," Amelia said as she gazed at Kacela while Fudge went over to the molting male Xeno.

"I have just finished molting, this is my final form," Kacela said as she glanced at Rufus who was quietly looking her over.

"Um, who is this?" Fudge asked touching the molting male King only to pull his finger back with sticky resin now attached.

He shook his hand as he backed up from the molting male as Dumbledore looked at Kacela who gave a low hiss before speaking.

"That is my mate to be, the Xenomorph king, Yggdrasil," Kacela said as she sensed a change in her mate.

"Mate? Oh, that would explain how we found the professor," Dumbledore mutter as he remembered the other reason he called Amelia to the castle.

"Other professor? What happened?" Kacela asked as Dumbledore quickly explained what happened to the Defence of the dark arts professor.

"I see, the royal facehugger must have got him and lead to the birth of my mate," Kacela said as she glanced at her mate.

"It was quite gruesome," Amelia said remembering the professor's chest.

Kacela hissed lightly before giving the group a quick rundown of the Xenomorph life cycle, ranks and thanks to her magic she would change the life cycle. She then looked up as the sound of cracking was heard, the group turned around to see Yggdrasil exiting his cacoon with a roar.

The humans backed up as Yggdrasil shakes sending liquid flying as Kacela roars making her mate turn to her, he paused seeing the humans he was about to attack thinking they were here to harm the queen when Kacela gave a warning hiss making him snap out of his raging instincts.

"Amazing," Fudge said as Yggdrasil walked over and nuzzled Kacela making her hiss softly.

"You better take good care of her Yggdrasil," Dumbledore said as he went 'grandfather mode' on the male Xeno to Kacela's amusement.

Rufus who had been quite suddenly moved to Fudge and whispered something to him, this made the minister gain a thoughtful look as he quietly talked with Rufus.

After a few minutes, Fudge nods as he went over to Kacela.

"Kacela? I have a proposal for you," Fudge said making everyone look over at him as Yggdrasil sat beside Kacela.

"What is it?" Kacela asked with a tilt of her head.

"Rufus has come up with the idea to use the life cycle of the facehuggers as a form of execution for those on death row or that have committed crimes against nature, the dementors as a form of execution are fine and all but they are hard to control and in some cases they go after those on duty during the event," Fudge explained.

"Plus from what I've heard so far these Facehuggers keep them asleep until the chestburster is born so there is less chance for them to escape," Fudge said making Kacela nod.

"Yes, but sometimes people wake up faster than others so they are stuck to the hive walls," Kacela said as Amelia nods.

"This proposal of yours sounds like it will be beneficial to both of us," Kacela said as her tail came around and in front of Fudge.

"You have a deal Minister Fudge," Kacela said as Fudge grins reaching over and shaking her tail while being careful of the blade.

"I get the feeling this is the start of a beautiful relationship my dear," Fudge said as Rufus nods while Amelia sighs.

"Or a headache in my case, Mr. Dumbledore could you take me to Professor Quirrell's office? We still have to find out why he was down in that area, to begin with," Amelia said as Dumbledore nods.

"This way, we can discuss it as we walk, I'll leave you four to discuss the school's defenses and new, uh, minister program," Dumbledore said with a tone of relief.

While he did have many positions he found himself with a week stomach when it came to the gory side of crimes, he had been on many death eater cases or regular crimes before but each time he had to have a week to himself to get back in order. His involvement in the past war had left its marks on him and while he was more of a 'pacifist' these days even he knew there were some people out in the world that not even he had a shot at saving or fixing for their crimes.

Some of them not long after the war had been horrible from mild to nothing short of horrific, he shook his head before focusing on Amelia as they left the chamber.

Kacela hissed as she was nuzzled by Yggdrasil as he sniffed at her neck, she ignored him as she talked with Fudge and Rufus about the new punishment and how it would be done.

After an hour-long chat Fudge and Rufus left the chamber letting Kacela relax as she did some grooming with her mate, Yggdrasil paid extra attention to her crown and back. The grooming soon leads to other activities as they ended up sealing their bond together sooner than Kacela had planned, she was happy though.

5 HOURS LATER

Dumbledore was coming into the chamber to check up on Kacela with Professor McGonagall while discussing Kacela's education since it would be hard for Kacela to tend to her new hive and the school's protection while also being a student.

"How about teaching her over the holidays?" McGonagall asked making Dumbledore hold his chin in thought.

A loud hiss caught their attention making them look over to the huge chamber to see Yggdrasil walking around Kacela as she was suspended off the ground with thick beams of resin connected to the top of the ciling, the beams connected to her back. Dumbledore then took note of something big now connected to Kacela's under side.

Looking closely he saw a sack with Kacela's feet resting on it as the sack pulsated, he saw it curve around slightly as Yggdrasil worked on the resin around Kacela as she gave off a purr like hiss.

"I think the holiday teaching would be just fine," Dumbledore said as McGonagall muttered an 'Oh my' under her breath.

Dumbledore couldn't help but feel both joyful as he saw the first leather like egg, he was finally a grandfather in a way. He just hoped none of them inherited the prankster gene of their mother, that alone would be disastrous.

Shaking his head he carefully made his way over to check on his surrogate granddaughter.

Done!

Now, it will be a while before the next update since I'm busy with projects at home that need my urgent attention.

Also, for those who wish to have their own type of Xeno in the hive I.E Bat-Xeno, Snake-Xeno ect. Just leave a description of the Xeno in the reviews or Private mail me and make sure to add in what it does like it's special ability or it's place in the hive. I will put them in the story if they catch my eye with credit going to the owners of the creations.

I will also be basing Kacela's hive hierarchy based on various Ant, termite and wasp/bumblebee colonies since the hive is similar to that of insect colonies.

In the next chapter, Kacela's hive slowly grows as her classmates come for a visit.

Until then, SaberbladePrime signing out!