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Chapter 7 Defense of the Dark Arts Rumble

The next day, it was time for the reports to be turned in. Prf. Aries seemed a little pale that morning as well. She had large eye bugs and a part of her hair was messy. One would think that with magic, she could have fixed herself a little bit. She dragged herself to her desk and sat down. With a glance at the students, she could see that everyone was present and accounted for.

Remus and Angel sat next to each other again while Sirius, James and Peter huddled in the corner as usual. Snape was glaring the teacher down. All the teacher did was give him a smirk, then gave her attention to her classroom. After she told the class to settle down, she took out a small box. She explained that everyone's names were written and whoever she picks will go and give a speech about their report. Plenty whining later, Snape and James ended up going first.

"Well, let's see. You two did a nice report on vampires am I correct," said Prf. Aries. James nodded. "Let's hear it then."

"Ok. First off, Vampires from the old days aren't the same as those today. Before, they couldn't stand the sun and burned whenever they touched holy ground. The only way to kill them was put a stake through their hearts. Today, they still have the same immortality as they did before. Though, they've gotten stronger," James explained with pride.

"The vampires today however as much more trickier than before. They now have adjusted to the sun so they are allowed to walk around like normal witches and wizards. Also, they can step foot in a church or take a bath in holy water and they'll live. Some vampires are trained to stay in their human form for as long as they wish. Others must transform during a certain time of night. There is only one way to kill a vampire: One of it's family members has to be the one to put a stake through it's heart. If not, they will go on living whether they want to or not," Snape breathed.

"Very well done. Now, how can you tell if someone is a vampire?"

"Well, Prf. Aries, there are many ways, but there is the common way. If someone has a mark on his or her neck, that can point fingers. And it's not just a bite mark. The bite mark they received turns into a different kind of mark. The source of their immortality."

"Good job, uhm…10 points to Gryffindor and Slytherin." James and Snape sat down as Remus and Angel were called. Snape passed Angel and purposely bumped into her making her fall on the ground.

"Watch where you're going!" Snape exclaimed.

"You're going to pay for that!" Angel got up and got her wand ready.

"What are you going to do huh? You know you can't do anything. Go ahead, get expelled!"

"That's your dying wish huh? Fine." Angel raised her wand and said "Cru…" Remus caught her. "Remus?"

"It's not worth it," Remus said trying to calm her down. Angel looked at him then at Snape. With that, she stomped out of class and ran to her room. Remus turned to the teacher and said ", I'll do the speech." Remus walked up to the stage looking towards the window. He gave a sigh and went on about the history of Centaurs, then the Dangers, the personality, and how to be friends with one.

"Alright, was that everyone?" Prf. Aries asked. The class nodded. "Alright then. Go ahead to your next class early, I've got to find Angellous," Prf. Aries said as she walked out the door.

"Hey Lupin! Did your girlfriend go off crying?" Snape said hoping to get a rise out of Remus as well. "It's your fault for going out with some dumb prick." Remus hardened. He didn't know whether to punch Snape of to leave it alone. Snape walked to him. "What? You gonna hit me? You can't do it. Remember where you stand. You'll always be behind your friends." Remus blew up. Remus jumped on Snape. He forgot about magic. He forgot about the rules. He didn't care. He was tired of being seen as the weakest one. Every punch that landed on Snape made him feel a lot better. James and Sirius finally dragged him off Snape. "You're crazy!" Snape ran off outside hoping to escape the humiliation. "I'll get you back you dog! Trust me, I know exactly how!"

"Remus, are you ok?" James asked still holding on the Remus.

"Fine. Thanks." His friends finally let go of him. "I'm sorry. I guess I flipped."

"Sorry? Moony, that was great! Snape was bleeding in two places. You totally beat the grease out of him." Sirius complimented.

"Err…thanks?"

Snape turned to the Slytherin common room and there he found Angel sitting in front of the fire place. Snape tried to ignore her at first, but couldn't resist the torture he could overwhelm her with. He walked behind her quietly, but she already knew he was there. "I see someone beat the wizard out of you," Angel said not turning around.

"I know your secret. Too bad Dumbledore isn't here to save you. I can expose you and you'll be expelled. I know you wanted to make friends, but you don't' belong here," Snape walked away.

"You won't tell anyone yet. It's not time." Angel turned to see Snape gawking back at her with blood running through his right eye and lip. "If you say anything, you're going to look worse than that."

James walked around the school alone leaving Sirius and Peter to calm Remus down. That was the last class for the day. As much as he didn't want to believe it, Gryffindor's points were going to disappear and it was for once Remus who broke the rules. James didn't really care who won the House Cup, it was Remus he was worried about. He decided to take a trip with his broomstick to get some relaxation done.

Once up in the air, James found himself thinking more about his friends. He had to find out what was wrong with Sirius and Remus. He flew over the clouds as he closed his eyes when a bat flew by him and almost knocked him of his broom. After realizing what just happened, he noticed that the bat was holding a large black book. The bat turned and stared at him for a while, then flew over him and dropped the book. James caught it and looked to see which direction the bat was going , but it was nowhere in sight. He looked down and in deadly handwriting the book held the title, Black Prophecy. James grew curious as he flipped the pages. On the page he stopped had a family tree, much like the one Sirius had at Grimwauld Place, with one difference: There was two more people with a bloody line that crossed out both names. James was getting closer and he knew it. This book could answer why Sirius was feeling out of place. But what had the bat have to do with it.

A/N: Sorry, I kinda rushed on it, I'm going to the Philippines today, so I won't be able to Update until about a week. O BTW, first fanfic I made. Yep…heheh. R & R. Thanks.