``dance with the S H A D O W S { jade.

Do you know how I did it?
It was so easy. So easy! It's almost ridiculous to remember, actually...I hadn't expected Kyle to be that foolish. Of course, I knew that he was an idiot, but not to that degree. Shouldn't everyone be smart enough to know not to trust letters?

That's how I did it; with a letter. I wrote up a girly love letter, professional really, and sent it to him. I told him to meet me at four o' clock in the morning in the Entrance Hall, so that nobody would see us, because I wanted to show him how I felt. I even sprayed the parchment with perfume to add more realism to the whole situation! And he fell for it. Poor Kyle Klimbo was there at four o' clock in the morning, waiting for his secret admirer to step forth.

He was startled when he saw me. Infuriated, really; he started marching toward me and yelling something about how he was going to put me in my place for ruining his sleep for nothing. See, I told him I was his secret admirer. Cute, eh? He drew his wand, but I already had mine out and I disarmed him in seconds. I think that's when he noticed my girl, Kali, slithering on the floor around my feet, because he froze and pointed toward her. He was about to say something when I cast a body-binding curse on him and he crashed rigidly to the ground, very much alive but unable to move.

Then I spoke to Kali, asking her very kindly in Parseltongue to bite Kyle. She didn't hesitate; see, Kali is a very obedient snake. She slithered up to him and he screamed, still able to talk but quite helpless against my girl. I asked Kali to make sure she injected a lot of venom, since adders tend to be too merciful, and she did as I asked. Kyle died right before my eyes, screaming and begging and crying.

It was so easy, and now the world benefits from its lack of Kyle. Really, I never imagined it would be so easy to kill a man...