Chapter 4: The Echo of the Past
AN: Two chapters in one day! Yay!
All she could see from the steam rising from her body was her good friend Nanabelle pointing her wand at her. Suddenly, Professor Granger ran to the room and took her out of her bed.
"You're not safe here…" Granger said as she escorted her down the stairs.
"What's happening?" Misty asked.
"A vampire's hunting you…" she said quickly.
"Well that's ironic…" Misty Echo said.
"We need to see the Headmistress…" the majestic professor said as they left the common room.
After a few minutes of silence, they went into the Headmistress's office. To Misty's surprise, she was still working, even in the middle of the night.
"Professor," Granger said, "Misty woke up on fire. I believe Zanamine did it."
"Well, obviously…" she said. "He's been hunting her for days."
The professor took a second to talk again. "W-What should we do?"
"Occlumency would probably help, but that would take too long to master for dreams. We need to take Zanamine down."
"You mean me?" a voice from the corner asked. Everyone turned around to see the same pale sullen figure from Misty's dream. He was standing in front of a clean mirror.
"How'd you get in?" the headmistress asked.
"I have my ways," the man said. He turned to look at Misty Echo. "Misty? Nice to meet you in person now. I knew your father. He gestured at a hole in his chest. To Misty's horror, although there was a hole in his heart, it was still beating.
In a flash, the man broke the window behind him, grabbed his wand, and cast a spell to send all of the glass flying at Misty. She tried to cast protego, but the glass broke through. As she fell to the ground, bleeding, she saw the man throw the headmistress and Professor Granger across the room, knocking them out. After that, he took Misty's wrist, and bit down on it. As his venom glazed Misty's bodice, he suddenly pulled back, grimacing.
"Your soul is too pure…" he said through clenched teeth. "This won't be the last you hear from me…" He wiped the blood off of his mouth and started to run out of the office.
Lamentations of Life…
Hypocrisies of Power…
Buerocracy of Order…
Meaning of Power…
STRENGTH OF LIFE!
Misty woke up in a hospital bed. She saw many other people staring at her.
"I uh…see you're awake…" the nurse said.
"Why's everyone staring?" she asked.
"You were kind of yelling back there…" she replied.
"Oh…sorry," Misty said, embarrassed by the glazing stare of the other patrons.
"It's okay. That stuff happens all of the time," they said.
"Where am I?" she asked.
"St. Mungo's. Normally we'd be able to heal you in an instant, but the vampire's venom seemed to have an odd effect on you. Instead of turning you into a vampire, it just started to destroy you from the inside. We stopped it, but you'll still be in here for a while."
"What happened to the vampire?" Misty asked.
"He…umm…he captured Lance Lionhart and fled the castle…" the nurse said.
"He did what?" Misty asked. "I need to get out of here. I need to get out of here now." Misty began to get out of the bed.
"I'm afraid you can't do that miss…" the nurse said, "It is too dangerous…"
Misty felt in her pockets. "Where's my wand?" she asked calmly.
"I can't tell you th-" the nurse began.
"WHERE'S MY WAND?" she yelled.
"A-Accio Misty Echo's wand…" the nurse commanded. Suddenly, Misty's wand flew into her hand.
"Thanks you," Misty said. She took the wand and stood up. She ran out to the mail room and took three owls. She wrote three letters: one to Julie, one to Nanabelle, and one to Jacksyn. They all said the same thing.
Meet me in the Forbidden Forest at midnight on Saturday. Be prepared for a long journey.