It felt rather lonely inside the Gryffindor common room when everybody was out, especially on Halloween. Harry didn't bother going to Hogsmeade because he didn't have a permit to enter Hogsmeade.

Having nothing better to do, Harry simply chose to stay and wait until the others returned.

While he was thinking how much fun Hermione and Ron were having, the Fat Lady's door suddenly swung open and in came Hermione and Ron, who both wearing costumes of some sorts.

Ron was wearing a ripped dark gray coat over a lighter gray shirt and wore metal like shoes. His face was green all over and had swapped his auburn coloured hair for jet black hair. There was also two metal screws on both sides of his head.

Hermione, on the other hand, was wearing her school robes and had an ordinary broom in her hand. The only thing different about her was that she hand an overly pointy nose and chin, and that she had a green hue to her skin. Harry stared awkwardly at the equally weird pair before talking.

"Er, what's with the weird costumes?" Harry asked.

"We're wearing costumes because we're going trick or treating today at Hogsmeade. Haven't you heard of it, Harry?" Hermione said. Harry knew what trick or treating was; it was a time of happiness where children dressed up as scary creatures and went around the town to receive candy from parents. Harry remembers how his very first Halloween experience was for him; his cousin Dudley and his parents sat in front of him while he ate all the candy he received. Harry was young at the time, but he understood the resentment he received from the Dursley's. They hated his kind, and when Harry came to their doorstep, they treated him like rubbish right from the start.

"I know what trick or treating is about, but..." Harry hesitated, but then he continued. "I never got to do some myself, you see. The Dursley's never allowed me to go outside of the house. I didn't even know you were supposed to wear costumes," Hermione looked at Harry with a look of pity. She understood Harry's feelings better than anyone, as she was his best friend. Hermione placed a comforting hand on his shoulder and sat down next to him.

"Well, you can join, Harry. There's not one of the Dursley's here to stop you," Hermione said, comfortingly. Harry quickly felt a lot better, but there was a problem. He still wasn't allowed to go to Hogsmeade.

"I'd love to join you, really, Hermione. But I don't have a permit to go to Hogsmeade, remember? And a costume as well," Hermione smiled.

"You tend to forget, Harry. We're wizards. I could easily make you a costume. Just look at what I did to Ron, his costume looks really believable. And about the requirement of a permit to get into Hogsmeade is wavered for one day, although there are a few Aurors standing by if any thing goes wrong," Harry was surprised, and he surely felt happy because of this. Hermione stood up and pulled out her wand.

"So Harry, what costume would you like? Would you like to be the Wolf Man? Or Dracula?" Hermione asked. Harry didn't know who was the two people she suggested were, but Dracula seemed to be interesting to try.

"Alright, one Dracula costume coming right up," Hermione aimed her wand at Harry and from the tip of her wand came a jet of orange light. A light fog suddenly began to build up around Harry's feet. It started to engulf his whole body, and in a matter of several minutes it made him disappear. And after several moments, the light fog disappeared and Harry had appeared once more, only this time looking different. Hermione handed him the small mirror Harry was holding a few moments ago. Harry took the mirror and stared at his new face; his hair was no longer messy, not a single strand stood. Instead, his hair was well gelled up, his skin was now as pale as snow. He was wearing a cape and underneath it was a black shirt. Something was pricking Harry's lip from the inside. Harry grabbed a mirror from a nearby table and looks at his teeth, finding four fangs that were well over two inches.

"If you don't mind me saying this Harry, but you look absolutely and without a doubt handsome," Hermione said with a smile.

"Thanks, Hermione," Harry smiled back. "Now, how long does this costume last?"

"Oh, it lasts until 10PM. But if Halloween ends early, then I can just remove it myself," Hermione replied. "Now let's go, the others might already be waiting for us."

They arrived at Hogsmeade at exactly 5:30 PM, almost every student from all the Houses were there. The event started only several minutes ago, but everyone was already lining up for the candy the shopkeepers were giving out. The sweet shop was giving out a number of candy to each of the students in line, while the owners of the Three Broomsticks were giving out small glasses full of hot foaming Butterbeer to them. The other stores also gave candy to the students, and it was hard for the trio to choose one out of the many shops.

Ron suggested they start at Florean Fortescues, where the owner was giving out large free ice creams. And after that they went to Zonko's to receive a small bag full of either tricks or treats. Ron eagerly opened his bag, but was disappointed when it simply blew an amount of confetti into his face. They continued on to the other shops, where they gained a whole lot of other varieties of sweets. The Apothecary gave out small candies resembling books, while the Quidditch supplies shop gave out lollipops that resembled Golden Snitches.

After two hours and thirty minutes worth of walking around, the trio came to the very last one, which was the sweet shop. The line was still rather long but it didn't take a lot of time for the trio to get to the front. After they left, they looked through the candies they got. One of the candies the shopkeeper gives to Harry was a bright red lollipop, which Harry easily knew to be a Blood lollipop. He took the stick of candy out of his bag and stared at it in curiosity, and then he removed the plastic wrapper and took a lick. The taste in his mouth wasn't as bad as Harry expected it to be. He instantly put the whole lollipop in his mouth and followed Ron and Hermione, who were now trading candies with one another.

They decided to return to the castle after several minutes of trading candies, but on the way back, Harry felt a weird feeling inside his body. It felt like he was slowly weakening as he walked, and fell down to the ground. Ron quickly notices this and quickly helps Harry up.

"Blimey, Harry, you should be a little more careful where you step o- Whoa," Ron said, quickly becoming speechless.

"Why? What's wron- Oh my goodness,"

Harry didn't know why were they walking away from him, or why they each had a look of fear on their faces, but one thing seemed to be more important to him right now: Harry was hungry, not for candy or for food, but for blood. He couldn't resist the feeling of hunger in his body, and the thought of biting their necks and drinking them dry was a thought to be cherished.

"Stay away from us, Harry. You're not well," Hermione said, her voice was chattering, and Harry knew full well that it wasn't from the cold wind. Harry smiled, his elongated fangs baring.

"Come on, Hermione. Give your best friend a hug!" Harry made a great lunge at Hermione, but before he could reach her, Ron managed of shove him away.

"Get away from us, mate. Whatever your problem is, try to control yourself," Ron said, his voice clearly shivering with fear. Harry laughed mockingly.

"My problem can easily answered, Ron. Just come over here and help me answer it!" Harry quickly dashed forward, much to the surprise of Ron, taking him down with one swift punch, the contents of his bag spilling on the ground. Hermione screamed, and it seemed to awaken Harry out of his trance. He stared down at Ron, who was down on the ground with a bruised and bloody lip. Feeling conscious of what he did, Harry immediately ran and left the scene, heading into the farthest part of Hogsmeade. He could hear Hermione's footsteps following him as he ran farther.

Harry came to a halt when he got into a dead end, and found himself cornered by Hermione, who held her wand at the ready.

"Get away from me, Hermione! Please go! I'm not safe! Leave me alone while I'm still in control," Harry pleaded, but Hermione didn't leave. Harry went to the corner and sat down, his knees covering his face.

"Stay still, Harry. I'm going to try and end the spell," Hermione said, aiming her wand at Harry. But suddenly, Harry began to laugh, growing louder and louder until it turned into a cackle.

"End it?! Never! I wouldn't allow it! You don't know what it feels like, Hermione! The insatiable hunger I feel, it must be fed. And you," he laughed. "You can supply me with enough to last me a whole day," Harry slowly began to walk towards Hermione, his cape swishing behind him. There was a certain type of swagger as he approached Hermione, who was clearly shaking in fear as he got closer.

"Stay back, Harry. Don't make me do this," Hermione said, her voice shaking with fear.

Harry laughed and quickly lunged at Hermione, narrowly missing the spell she just fired off. They fell down together on the snowy ground. They came face to face where Harry's emerald green eyes met Hermione's hazel brown eyes. Harry took his wand (not his other wand, lol) from his pocket and pointed it at Hermione's face. He siphoned off the green make up and removed the false pointy nose and chin.

"I'm sorry, I just can't take you seriously with that look, my dear. You look better without the nose and the chin. And now, back to the important part," Harry raised his head and his elongated fangs grew longer by two more inches. He smiled greedily at Hermione, and then he lowered his head towards her neck, but when he was about to bite, he saw his reflection in the water. Harry looked very pale and his pupils were all black, there were dark circles underneath his eyes. All in all, he looked very frightening. The hunger suddenly disappeared and momentarily regained control of himself.

"What am I doing?" Harry asked himself. He looked at Hermione, who lied below him, her eyes closed and ready for her untimely death. A tear fell from Harry's left eye and landed on Hermione's forehead. He lowered his head again and whispered in her ear.

"I'm so, so sorry Hermione," Harry said shakily. "I didn't know what I was doing. I-" There was a jet of red light suddenly hitting Harry, and he suddenly flew off of Hermione's body and slammed into the nearby wall. Harry looked up and saw Severus Snape standing behind Hermione with his wand aimed at him. Harry felt a trickle of blood fall from his forehead and pain in his back. Harry felt the hunger reappear and felt seething anger towards Snape.

The hunger had suddenly took control of Harry's body again. He looked up and stared at Snape, who stood his ground.

"How dare you attack me, you worthless example of a Professor!" Harry shouted angrily, baring his three inch fangs and his long sharp claws. He ran forward swiftly, his claws in front of him ready to slash Snape's neck. Snape, however, was quick to react, and fired a spell.

"Petrificus Totalus!" Harry suddenly froze and fell face first into the snow. He heard his nose snap and felt the blood oozing from his nose. Hermione quickly knelt beside Harry and rolled him on his back, taking out her wand and healing his wounds. Snape walked up behind her.

"Care to explain what happened here, Ms. Granger?" Snape asked with the same loathing tone. Hermione first finished siphoning the blood out of Harry's head and face before speaking.

"I changed his appearance into a vampire but I-I don't know what went wrong," Hermione explained. Snape grimaced.

"It's a pity that you don't know, Ms. Granger, that if you change one's appearance into something that it is not, there's a chance that the character one is pretending to be may take over completely," Snape knelt down over Harry's frozen body. "How many hours has it passed since you changed his appearance?"

"More than three hours, I suppose. But he should be turning back at any moment, Professor," Hermione said, as he stared at Harry's frozen form.

"Well, it's easy to see that the vampiric part of Mr. Potter is controlling him. And he is too far gone for you to end the spell. I'm afraid there is nothing else I can do for him, Mr. Potter will have to wait until he returns to his normal self," Snape stood up and left the scene without another word, leaving Hermione alone with Harry.

Hermione had no choice but to stay and wait for Harry to return his normal form, she first tried to end the spell, but it did absolutely nothing. After several minutes of freezing in the cold snow, she decided to go into the Three Broomsticks to warm up and possibly to spend the night.

Even though she deemed it was a bad idea, Hermione un-froze Harry and quickly conjured magical ropes to tie him up with. Harry struggled to remove the ropes but the more he moved, the more tighter the ropes go. There were several moments where Harry broke his bonds, but Hermione was quick to react by conjuring metal chains and wrapping it around Harry.

After an hour or so, Harry returned to his former self, and quickly remembered what happened. He asked Hermione if he had killed anyone, but was relieved to know that he didn't. They quickly left the Three Broomsticks and went home, but as they went back, Harry slowly felt himself weakening.

All the hits he took was now taking its toll on his body, as every step he made meant pain.

He felt dizzy, most likely from losing the large amount of blood from earlier. Everything suddenly went black, and then he was out.

End of Chapter 1.