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Mr. Crepsley's POV

I walked back into the room, expecting to see Darren still watching TV. Or for him to be eating or for him to be looking out of his window, or actually be in his room! But no, he was gone. And when I mean gone, I mean gone.

He was not in there at all.

I got Harkat and we went to look for him. I followed his sent to see where he had disappeared to, but when we had found where it was, there was another scent that almost overpowered it. Vampaneze. I could smell a hint of his blood, but a little more I smelt Darren's blood.

I looked around for a while. They must have had a fight because there were a lot of places where the scents intertwined together.

Finally, it had disappeared. Altogether. I mean, he had been separated from the vampaneze, but after that, he had disappeared. (A/N: For those of you who can't tell what he's talking about: He's talking about the part where Darren fell into the crate then was taken into the ship.)

After a few nights of searching, Harkat had grown more and more anxious. He was worried that the Vampaneze had killed my assistant. I did not believe him at first, but then even I was starting to get a little worried.

We were watching the news, eating (a bowl of cereal for Harkat and oatmeal for me) when a couple of young boys and a familiar face appeared on the screen.

"Tonight we are here with three of the missing girl's relatives. Harry, Ron and Gavner are here to tell us what had happened to this girl," The news lady reported, handing the microphone to Harry.

"Thank you. Well, we had a...disagreement and then the next day she had left. She didn't leave a note or anything. We are really worried for her. If you see her, tell her to contact us. "

The microphone was then handed to Ron. "Please! She's my girlfriend! I love her, and I can't stand not knowing if she's alright, hurt, or even if she's alive!" He started to sob and handed the microphone to Gavner.

"Well, technically I am just a friend of Ron's mother asked to come here, but I'll tell one thing very fast to somebody who might be able to help." He looked dead into the camera. "Oi! Carrot head! Get over here and help! Trust me, you'll want to see something down here."

Gavner giggled and handed the microphone back.

"Thank you. If you are wondering we are tracking signs down about her disappearing act at Famous Acting's Drives."

I shut off the TV and got up. Carrot head? Ridiculous. "Come, Harkat. We are going to Famous Act Drives to see what that snoring fool wants."

*** a few hours later***

We stopped flitting to see Gavner outside of a car. He smiled and walked over to me.

I eventually caught my breath and glared at him. "What do you want?"

He opened his mouth to speak but looked around. "Wait a minute," he started. "Where's Darren?"

"He is missing as well. We have been looking for days for him now." Gavner looked at me, mouth agape. He blinked a few times then nodded his head. "I'm sorry. I didn't know," he said in a soft tone.

Darren and Gavner had become close friends in a short amount of time and, no doubt, he was missing Darren.

"That is alright. Where is everybody?" I asked.

"Huh? Oh the family? They're inside a hotel that they're staying at while they are looking for the girl, Hermione, here in town. They let me take their car."

I snickered. "YOU? I hope they know what they are doing."

"Yeah, so do I. But get in, I want to get a room with you before all the empty rooms are taken. If not, I can bunk with Harkat. Right?" Harkat nodded.

I looked at him with my eyes wide opened and growled "You would not dare!"

He laughed and started the car. As soon as he started to go forward, the car went UP!

We were in a flying car!

And I thought that Darren was crazy for even wanting an iPod.

***a terrifying hour later***

I literally leapt out of the car as soon as we hit ground. I took a few breaths before standing up. "Well, let us get this over with," I sighed as we went into the hotel. I looked for my room with Gavner and Harkat as they looked for their separate(thank the Vampire Gods!) rooms. "Ah, 245. I shall see you two later," I said. Just as I was about to go into the door, I heard a boy speak. If it were not for what he said I could have sworn it was Darren speaking.

"Well, are you going to help us find my friend or not!"

I turned around to see a boy with a scar on his face in a shape of a lightning bolt. He had glasses and black hair. He was a little tall for his age, which I guessed was 18. I rolled my eyes and went out of my room to help.

"Right. I'm Harry Potter. And you are?" The boy, Harry apparently, asked Harkat and myself.

"Larten Crepsley. But you will call me Mr. Crepsley. And this is a little person, Harkat."

"What's a little person?" Harry asked.

"It is a long story."

"OK. Well, come this way to meet the rest of the gang," Harry said, waving us to where the rest of the "gang" was.

I walked into their room where most of them were gingers. Harry, in fact, was the only one who wasn't ginger.

A mother was telling off two of the boys, which I assumed were twins, for something. A father was looking at a map and a brother and sister were sitting with their heads in their hands.

The mother looked up and saw me. She stopped, threw down her hands and gave her sons a look that said we'll talk about this later. I have given this look to Darren multiple times. She came over to me and held out her hand for me to shake.

"Hello. My name is Molly Weasley. These are George, Fred, Ginny, Ron and Arthur. We are so grateful that you could help us look for Hermione."

"Darren's missing too," Gavner chirped from across the room.

"Who's Darren?" One of the twins asked.

"He is my assistant."

"Oh, really? How old is he?" the other twin asked.

"I have no idea. I turned him when he was 11, but now he looks to be about 18-ish."

"You turned him when he was 11? How cruel are you?" The girl, Ginny, asked.

"Well, he took my spider and then she bit his friend-" I started to explain.

"So you made him be a vampire! You monster!"

"Ginny! Show some respect to the man, he's helping us!"

"We've already got one vampire, why do we need another one?" Ron asked.

I could tell this was going to go on for a while, so I went back to my room to see that another person's suitcase was there. When I went over and sat down on my bed, Gavner came in and said "Hey roomie!"

Oh...no...Gods, please, NO!

Darren's POV

I took Hermione out onto the decks. There was a pool, water slide, hot tub, basketball court, bar, and then there's the adults only patio. But nobody goes on that when it's four in the morning. We were pretty much the only ones up. So I have no idea why the captain would tell us that there was a stowaway (me) if nobody was up...

Anyway, we went up the stairs leading up to the "Adults only" deck. Technically, we were old enough to go up. We were at the top of the stairs when we found that the gate was locked. I was about to break it when Hermione said otherwise. "Why?" I asked in a curious voice.

"Watch. Alohomora," Hermione said, waving her wand by the lock.

Suddenly, the lock was unlocked. It was incredible. "Magic does really exist?"

"Well, I'll answer your question with a question. Do vampires?"

"Fair enough."

We walked over to the bow of the ship (the back) and leaned on the gates. I watched the water as it splashed against itself. After a few minutes of silence, Hermione spoke up. "What do you want to do?"

I grinned and looked at her. She was looking at me, hair blowing in the wind. "Well, that's up to you. We could swim, play basketball, whatever you want. I promised you one of the best times you'll ever have, right?"

She nodded. An idea filled my head suddenly. My grin grew wider. "I know what we can do."

(A/N: a really good song to listen to right now would be Radioactive by Kings of Leon. Don't own that either.)

She ran down the decks screaming as I tried to chase her. I had found a water gun and started to spray her with it. The crew were yelling at us to stop, but we didn't listen. She got ahead of me and turned a corner. I turned and she was gone. "Hermione?"

We were by the pools and I thought that maybe she had gone into one. I went over to the edges of the pools and was looking around them when I was pushed in. I swam up to the surface to find Hermione laughing at the edge with her hand over her mouth.

"Oh, you think that's funny? These are my only clothes!" I said as I got up on the deck.

"Oh. Sorry I forgot," she apologized.

"Nah, it's fine...as long as I get to push you in!" I said as I shoved her in. She came up to the surface, and that's when I took off running with her right on my heels.

I went into the lobby doors and closed them. Then I ran to where the elevator was. No, I'd be a lot faster if I took the stairs.

I was on the third stair when Hermione came in and took the elevator. We raced each other down to the 3rd floor down and went in search of some fun. I stopped when I read a sign above a door. "Hermione, come on!" We went into the room with the words Vampires Vs. Wizards on the sign. We stepped into the room. It was dark and only two lights were on. A blue one on the right and a red on the left. Above us, something said in a dark voice, "Choose your side. Red for blood. Blue for spells."

We, of course, chose what we were. So I chose red and Hermione chose blue.

What we did was simple. You would get a stick if you were a wizard and a gun if you were a vampire. Then you would shoot lasers at each other. First to hit the other player 10 times wins.

We of course dodged most of them and shot at each other for more than an hour. I never thought that laughing while shooting a gun could be this much fun!

Later, Hermione got some ice cream and brought it over. When she said she was done, she took a little on her finger and smeared it on my face. I licked it off with my tongue as she laughed and laughed.

Then I took her over to a roller rink. We rented our roller blades and started out fine. Well, I did. Hermione was having trouble just standing up.

I literally went around her in circles. "Show off!" Hermione accused as I laughed. Then I tried to do a flip as a special trick, but stayed in the air for about ten seconds when Hermione cast a charm on me (Later I found out that it was a Hover charm.).

After that I took Hermione to a place that I don't think anybody has been in for a while. The door was jammed so I had to barge it open. When it was finally open, there were a bunch of spider webs and plastic skeletons hanging on the walls, and plastic bats were thrown all over the room. I stepped inside and Hermione followed. When the door shut, it was pitch black. I could still see, yes, but Hermione couldn't. I looked around and found a torch. "Lumos." Hermione's wand it up and I could see much better now. "Is there a spell for you to light something on fire?"

"Yes. Why?"

"I found a torch." I got some of the hay next to it and put it on the torch so it could burn longer.

Hermione pointed her wand to the torch and said the magic word "Incendio". And just like that, the torch was set ablaze. I took it over to the other torches and lit them, then I let them hang on the wall, lighting the room.

"It's beautiful," Hermione whispered. I looked at her and studied her. "Yes, it is." She looked at me and blushed.

"I saw a coffin used for show in here a little earlier," I said. "Would you like to sit on it?" She nodded.

I got the coffin and brought it over to where we were standing. She sat down on the lid and I did the same. We sat there for a while in silence. I looked at her and looked away. "Did you have fun today?" I asked, trying to break the silence.

"Yes, more fun than I have had in a while. Thank you." I nodded. I glanced over to her eyes and she looked at me.

Our heads were really close together. I leaned in a little more and gave her a peck on the cheek. "You're welcome. Thanks for not telling on me."

She nodded and leaned in to kiss me back. Only this time it was more intense. I pushed on her lips and she pushed back. I lapped my hands through her hair and she leaned on me. She pushed me down on the coffin and she kissed me for a while, only stopping to breathe. After a while, she pulled back and got all of her stuff. "Hey, what's wrong?" I asked.

"I shouldn't have kissed you. I'm sorry. Ron would kill you if he found out. I'm sorry, but I have to go. I promise I won't tell anybody, but, Darren. I can't see you anymore. I'm sorry."

And with that, she ran out of here. I felt my tears only after she was gone a few minutes later.

***an hour later***

I was looking around for a place to sleep that night. I obviously couldn't sleep in Hermione's room and I couldn't sleep on a bench-that would give me away as the stowaway.

I figured that I could sleep in the storage room again. Though I decided when I woke up I was going to get a lifeboat and get out of there. Mr. Crepsley was right; Love is for fools.

I walked down to the storage deck, which was about the last level there was for the ship. I got on the first crate, lay down and drifted off to sleep. I only woke up when somebody started yelling. I couldn't tell what they were saying at first, but when I did, I booked it.

"We found him! We found the stowaway!"