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Chapter 7
Sophia held on to Harry's arm all the way to Dumbledore's office. He figured maybe she was afraid he'd try to run off if she didn't hold on to him. They were both walking quietly, following Cody as he led them to Dumbledore's office, behind them Bill walked with Ginny. They were not being quiet.
"What were you thinking?" Bill demanded. "Just leaving the school like that, I think you've spent too much time with Fred and George."
"Harry and I have a right to spend time together." Ginny said. "We have a right to go on a date. We can't do that here, in school. We can't go to Hogsmeade, because nothing is open at night. Where else are we going to go."
"Ginny, if it was any other time I would not make a big deal out of it." Bill said. "But you know how it is right now. It's not safe to go out."
"I doubt very much Voldemort or his Death Eaters are going to attack a vampire village." Ginny said. "And if he did or they did I can take care of myself, and Harry wouldn't let anyone hurt me."
Bill sighed. "Ginny, its still not safe to run-"
"We were fine." Ginny said. "Nothing happened."
"It could have." Bill said. "Mum would throw a fit if she knew."
"You're not going to tell her are you?" Ginny asked. Bill gave her a look. "Bill, please, don't tell her, please."
"I don't know, Ginny." Bill said. "It's an awful big thing to keep from Mum."
"Please," Ginny said. "She'll try to stop me from seeing Harry again, or take me out of Hogwarts. Come on, Bill, Mum just started liking Harry."
"Ginny-"
"Bill, please." Ginny pleaded. "Don't tell on me."
"Alright." Bill sighed. "But, only if you promise to be more careful and don't leave the school again, unless of course it's a holiday break."
"Alright, I promise just don't tell Mum." Ginny said. Bill nodded.
"I won't." Bill said. Ginny grinned real big as they stopped outside the gargoyle outside Dumbledore's office. Ginny ran over to stand with Harry, he smiled at her as she slipped her hand in his. Sophia still holding his other arm. Harry gave the password and the gargoyle jumped aside, and Sophia gave Harry a suspicious look.
"I haven't been getting into any trouble, Sophie." Harry said, as they stepped on the spiral staircase. "I know the password because of the lessons Dumbledore has been giving me."
"What lessons?" Cody demanded from in front of them. Harry quickly explained about the memories about Voldemort Dumbledore has shown him. Cody frowned, wondering what good was any of that when they stopped outside of Dumbledore's door. He reached up and knocked.
"Enter." Dumbledore called. Cody opened the door and walked on in, soon followed my Harry and Ginny, then Sophia, and Bill. He smiled up at them all eyes twinkling.
"Ah, what do I owe the pleasure of so many surprise visitors?" He asked.
"Are you aware that two of your students left school grounds?" Sophia demanded, Dumbledore's smile fall. "We found Harry and Ginevra in a vampire villages that is miles away from here. Did you not know that two of your students left?"
"Yes, in fact I was aware of that." Dumbledore nodded, frowning a little more. "The wards went off to alert me that two students left school grounds without permission." He looked to Harry and Ginny who were looking at each other surprised. "I see you two were unaware of the fact that there is wards on this school that allows the Headmaster to know when a student or students leaves the safely of the grounds without permission. The moment you two apparated said ward went off. I have waited for your return. Professor Snape has been keeping an eye out for you."
"No, sir." Harry said. "Ginny and I didn't know about the wards." Harry thought he should have realized there could be such wards, but he didn't care either way, he wanted a date with Ginny and that's what he got. He didn't care if he got in trouble over it.
"No, we tend to not let the students know that little detail." Dumbledore said.
"I don't care about some wards." Sophia snapped. "My brother left your school grounds after you promised me, and you promised our clan father that you would keep an eye on him, that Harry would be safe here. That is the only reason we allowed him to come back. And I find him and his girlfriend wandering a vampire village when they both should be here. in bed or hunting, in the safety of the school wards. He his a marked man. I will not have my brother killed."
"Nothing happened." Harry said. "So, Ginny and I went out, we have a right to go on a date. I can take care of myself and I can take care of Ginny."
"Harry, this is not about if you can take care of yourself." Sophia said. "This is about Dumbeldore breaking a promise with our clan father to keep a watch on you."
"I don't need someone to watch me." Harry said. "I am not two."
"I assure you, Mrs. Bloodburg, I did not break my promise." Dumbledore smiled, eye twinkling madly. "Harry and Ginny were not alone while on their little adventure. There was an Order member following them. The wards do not only allow us to know when a student leaves, they also tell us where said student went. We can trace where the apparation takes them. You see when the wards went off and they left, I sent Kingsley Shacklebolt to watch over them until they came back."
"What?" Harry demanded. "You're having me followed again"
"It's a good thing too." Bill said. "Running off like you did, very dangerous."
"And against school rules." Dumbledore said, as if he had just remembered. "I'm sorry Mr. Potter and Miss. Weasley, but leaving school grounds without permissions or without a staff member or parent with you is not allowed. We do not even allow our seventh-years to leave school grounds. You have to be punished, but what to do-" Dumbledore thought a moment.
"Ha, yes, Mr. Potter, Miss. Weasley," Dumbldore said. "From now until Christmas Holiday you both are to serve detention. Both of you report to Professor Fltiwick first thing tomorrow morning to see when and what you'll be doing."
"Yes, sir." Harry and Ginny both said.
"Good, now I think both of you should be getting off to bed." Dumbledore said. "Mr. Potter, um..Cody that is, why don't you go and make sure they get to their common room without making any detours."
"Sure, Professor." Cody said. Everyone walked out of Dumbledore's office, Cody turned to Harry and Ginny. "Wow, I don't think Dumbledore has ever punished a student himself before." He said as he led them toward Ravenclaw Tower and Sophia and Bill headed toward the front doors. Bill was going home and Sophia was going to wait for Cody outside of the school.
"I can't believe those two." Bill said, shaking his head. "Running off like they did."
"I can." Sophia said. "They are in love."
"Like we were?" Bill asked. Sophia rolled her eyes.
"I don't think we were actually truly in love." Sophia said. "More like...liked each other very much."
"What happened to us?" Bill asked. "Why did we break up."
"Oh, two reasons." Sophia said. "You were leaving Hogwarts and you didn't want to tell your best friend or anyone else about us and I didn't want to have to keep sneaking around to be with you."
"Then you got with Adam, your parents died and you ran off." Bill nodded. "You are the one that dumped me if I remember, though I did mention it might be a little hard when I left Hogwarts. Besides I didn't want to tell Jesse because he would have killed me. Sophie, you might not think so, but Jesse did care about you"
"We just weren't meant to be." Sophia said. Ignoring the part about Jesse, she doubted he cared about her, the only one out of her brothers who ever cared was Harry, or so she thought. Sophia is a hard person to get close to.
"Do you um...?" Bill stumbled. "Or did you ever regret, you know?" They stopped in front of the entrance doors and Sophia looked Bill in the eyes, just realizing he had the same eyes as Ginny. In fact they favored each other a lot. Something Sophia found kind of funny.
"No," Sophia answered after a long pause. "Though I wish Caleb could have been my first, if it hadn't been you, it would have been Adam. And I like knowing that's one thing he didn't cheat me out of." Bill nodded with a frown.
"Did you ever tell anyone?" Bill asked. Sophia shook her head. "I never did either."
"And there is no need to." Sophia said. Bill nodded.
"Yeah, because if Jesse didn't kill me that gigantic vampire of yours would." Bill said. He smiled a little.
"Your girlfriend Fleur? " Sophia asked, "her sister Nicolette, she's the one married to Adam, right?" Bill nodded. "Well, she is not the one he left me for, it was a younger Veela, she would have been around Ginny's age at the time and had a father that was lauded with Galleons."
"That would be their cousin." Bill said. "Fleur mentioned Nicolette stealing him from a younger cousin of their's."
"Did she steal him or did he take what he could from the cousin and dump her like he did me?" Sophia said.
"Probably what you said." Bill said. "Fleur did mention before that she has a cousin who somehow went through every Knut of her trust and her parents disowned her for running away, she lives with an Aunt on the other side of her family. Nicolette finds it funny she has to work hard to earn a living now."
"I don't like her." Sophia said. "Harry told me she and Fleur made Ginny cry, that night he took her away from your parents house. That's one of the reason he took her away from there."
Bill frowned. "I think I might have to have a little talk with Fleur."
"I would, but I wouldn't mention anything about Adam." Sophia said. "She might tell her sister and it'll get back to Adam." Bill nodded and rubbed his eyes, with a yawn, it had been a long day.
"I won't." He said. "And I'll look for his vault at Gringots, I might be able to see if he has a note in there, but if he does I don't know if I can get my hands on it. There is a good chance though, a note is not considered treasure."
"Just try your best if not, we'll think of something." Sophia said. Bill nodded and walked out the front entrance, but before he walked down the steps he turned and said.
"Sophie, for me it was truly love." Bill said. Sophia frowned. "I understand if you didn't really love me. But you should know a part of me will always love you." He then turned and walked off into the darkness, being a vampire Sophia could see him until he got far enough away to apparate.
Harry and Ginny made their way to Flitwick's office the next morning to find that from now to the Holiday break they will have to help the caretaker Filch clean the castle, without magic. Which turned into Harry and Ginny doing all the cleaning, while Filch was either just sitting around in his office with Mrs. Norris or walking around the castle trying to get students in trouble or trying to bust Peeves. Ginny really didn't mind the hard work, growing up at the Burrow she was use to hard cleaning, but Harry growing up in the Potter Manor was use to either secretly using magic to get something cleaned or a house-elf doing it for him. He complained the whole time he had to do it. And he completely refused to go into any girl's bathroom to clean it and Ginny thought Harry was being silly about that, and told him he could just do what she did when cleaning the boy's bathroom and hang a 'Out of Order' sign on the door. That way no one would come in to use it while he's cleaning, Harry still refused to clean it. And after just a couple of weeks he was sick of having to clean anything; until Ginny pointed out that Professor Flitwick did not say he couldn't use his vampire speed to clean, only no magic. Harry had smirked and now their cleaning the castle went a lot faster.
When the first Quidditch Match of the year came around, Harry could not go, due to the sun shinning down too brightly on the Quidditch Field. He told Ginny it was fine that she went; shehad wanted to go to keep an eye on the other teams moves. She kissed Harry bye and left with Luna to go watch the match. It was Gryffindore vs Slytherin as always. While his friends were at the game, Harry sat in the common room catching up on some homework, and listening the match, with his vampire hearing he could hear everything that was going on. It would appear Gryffindor was in the lead, and stayed in the lead until the end, when their seeker caught the snitch. Apparently Rigel had put together a good team.
"They won." Ginny entered the Ravenclaw Tower fifteen minutes after the match. "Rigel and Teddy won." Harry smiled as she walked over to him and sat down on the arm of his chair.
"I know." Harry said. Putting his arm around Ginny's waist. "I heard, bet Malfoy didn't like that."
"He didn't show up." Rigel and Teddy had walked in behind Ginny, and sat down on one of the couches. Harry frowned.
"Didn't show up?" Harry asked.
"Nope," Teddy said. "They had a replacement for today, said Malfoy was sick. But I saw him on my way down to the pitch, he was standing in the entrance hall arguing with Crabbe and Goyle, he looked fine to me."
Harry frowned. "Odd."
"I think whatever he is up to he took this time when everyone is out on the pitch to try to do it." Rigel said.
"Yeah, we need to find out what that is." Harry said.
"Do you two still think Malfoy is a Death Eater?" Teddy demanded. "Why would he want a child?"
"Because he had something inside Hogwarts he wanted done." Harry said. "And Snape couldn't do it, he would be too suspicious plus he's acting as Dumbledore spy, so Voldemort needed a student, and who better than the son of one of his biggest supporters."
"I...guess when you look at it that way it makes sense." Ginny said.
"Just because he's doing a job for Voldemort doesn't mean he's a Death Eater." Teddy said.
"Rather he is or isn't doesn't matter." Rigel said. "What matters is finding out what he is up to and putting a stop to it."
"Yes," Harry said. "Because whatever it is it would be bad."
Two Months soon passed and none of them learned what Malfoy was doing, though they were keeping an eye on him and trying to find out what Malfoy was doing. And Malfoy was starting to look awful, well, more than usual Ginny said when Teddy pointed that out. He stopped combing his hair, he had bags under his eyes, like he wasn't getting any sleep, and snapped at anyone who just called his name and Teddy swore he passed him in the hall one day and Malfoy was mumbling to himself.
One night Ginny and Harry were having to do their cleaning; since they were not getting anything clean lately because they were using that time to do other things, Filch separated them he made Harry go with him to clean the fifth to the seventh floor corridor and Ginny was stuck cleaning the fourth to the second floors. She made sure her neck was covered so she could put her hair up, and wore old jeans and an old Ouidditch T-shirt so she wouldn't mess up any of her good clothes and after giving Harry a quick kiss they were separated to head to the corridor they was supposed to clean. Ginny cheated on the fourth floor she used magic to help her get it done fast, then moved down to the third, not wanting to get caught and made to do it all over, she cleaned that one by hand, it took her two hours clean just the corridor, then another hour to clean the classrooms, and she was started on the bathrooms. Ginny had cleaned the girls within just twenty minutes and was now cleaning the boys, she was down to the last stall, mopping it, when someone came in.
She frowned, hearing footsteps, no one should be up and about, it was way after curfew, plus she had hung a 'Out of Order sign on the door just in case someone was, no boys would come in here to use it while she was cleaning. She turned to open the stall and tell whoever it was to go back to their common rooms or she was going to take points, it wouldn't be the first time she or Harry ran into someone out after curfew while doing their detention, and if said person got smart when told to go back to their common rooms or if it was a Slytherin they would take points. But as Ginny opened the stall she heard the person speak.
"I'm never going to get that thing fixed." A familiar drawling voice said. "I have to think of something else." There was a sniff then the sound of crying, and then someone hit the wall. Ginny slowly and quietly opened the stall door and peeped out. She saw the back of Draco Malfoy leaning over the sink, mumbling things. "Yes, next weekend is a Hogsmeade weekend, I'll have to get someone somehow to give it to him."
As Ginny stood listening, the mop she had leaned against the wall decided to fall over and announce she was there. The mop hit the floor with a loud bang, and Malfoy spun around as if someone shot at him, his eyes fall on Ginny, before they widened, then narrowed.
"What the hell are you doing in a boy's bathroom.?" He demanded.
Ginny glared at him. "What are you doing out after curfew?""
Malfoy snarled. "You're just waiting to meet some boy." Ginny narrowed her eyes. "Is that it, Potter is in bed asleep and you're waiting for some other boy to meet you." Malfoy smirked. "How many Galleons will this one be paying you?"
Ginny cried out in anger took her nasty cleaning gloves off and threw them in Malfoy's face. She then pulled out her wand, and sent a spell at Malfoy, he ducked and the spell hit the mirror behind him shattering it, a piece of glass cut Malfoy on the back of the neck, he growled in anger and pointed his wand at Ginny.
"Sectumsempra." The spell hit Ginny on top of her shoulder, she grabbed it and cried out as her back slammed into a closed stall, an slid to the ground, dropping her wand as she went, it rolled over under the sink.
"That's what you get for being such a little slut." Malfoy spat. Ginny just wished she had used the blood potion Harry gave her earlier after drinking her blood, but it was just so nasty and it made her sleepy. But now she wished she had, because, with that loss blood and the curse Malfoy just sent her she sloped down in the floor and passed out.
Malfoy frowned down at Ginny's form, then he grabbed hold of her arms and dragged her over to a little closet in the bathroom and shoved her init then closed the door, that way no one would find her and she wouldn't be able to rat him out. If he got lucky the little blood-traiter would bleed to death before she was found He then stuck his wand in his pocket and left the bathroom.
Elsewhere in the castle Harry was done with his cleaning and looked all over Ginny's corridors and couldn't find her, so figuring maybe she used magic to get done fast, he headed up to the Ravenclaw common room to see if she was waiting on him, since it took him a while to clean, with Filch watching his every step, he was unable to use his vampire speed to clean. When Harry got to the common room he looked around with a frown. Ginny was not there. He sighed and decided that maybe she went to bed, the potion he gave her does make her sleepy and with all the cleaning she just had to do, she was probably to tried to wait up for him, so thinking he would she her tomorrow, Harry headed up to bed.
About seven the next morning Harry got up, showed, dressed in all black again, and grabbed his bag and headed down to the common room to meet Ginny, so he could walk her down to the Great Hall, then go to class, but when he got there, Ginny wasn't there. Frowning he sat in his favorite armchair to wait for Ginny to appear. After sitting there a half-hour Padma Patil and her friend Lisa Trupin came walking down the dorm chatting.
"Hey, Padma." Harry called to her. "Has Ginny got up yet?" She frowned.
"Ginny isn't up there, Harry." Padma said, Harry frowned. "She must have left before we got up."
"Okay, thanks." Harry stood and followed them out of the common room and down to the Great Hall, Padma and Lisa headed to the Ravenclaw Table and Harry after seeing Ginny wasn't over there he headed to the Gryffindor Table.
"Hey, Lightning." Teddy greeted, "Where's Sassy?"
Harry frowned. "She hasn't been down here?" Teddy shook his head. "She wasn't in the tower either."
"Maybe she's in the bathroom or something?" Rigel said. Harry frowned, he was starting to worry now.
"I'll be right back." He said to Teddy and Rigel and headed to the Ravenclaw Table, he walked up to Padma and her friend. "Hey, guys, can you tell me what time Ginny came in after her detention?" Padma frowned.
"Sorry, Harry, but I fall asleep before she did." Padma said.
"What time?" Harry asked. Padma frowned.
"I little after eleven, I think." She answered.
"I wasn't able to fall asleep until one." Lisa said. "And Ginny hadn't come in then." Harry frowned, that was about the time he made it back to the common room. He had thought Ginny was in bed by then. Harry frowned, and left the Great Hall, and headed toward Professor Flitwick's office.
Over at the Gryffindor Table Teddy turned to Rigel.
"You don't think Ginny's missing, do you?" Teddy asked, feeling a little worried. Rigel snorted.
"She and Harry probably had a lovers spat, and now she's hiding from him." Rigel stood. "I wouldn't worry, they'll both probably pop back up later hair and clothes all messed up, and Ginny with more marks on her neck." He patted Teddy's shoulder. "I'll see you in class, I'm going to find an empty bathroom somewhere and grab a smoke first." Teddy rolled his eyes as Rigel grabbed his bag and left the Great Hall. The first two bathrooms he came to were too full of students, but when he got to the third floor bathroom he saw a "Out of Order' sign on the door, smiling, he looked both ways to make sure no one was coming and pushed open the door and went in. He walked in and frown thinking it was awfully clean to be out of order.
Rigel pulled out a smoke and stuck it in his mouth, he lit it with a lighter, and frowned at a mirror, it was broken, he looked and saw some blood on the floor. Guess someone got in a fight. He took a few puffed then walked over to the sink to put out the smoke when his foot hit something that rolled further under the sink and hit the wall, frowning Rigel bent down to see what it was and saw a wand, he reached under the sink and pulled it out, his eye widened.
"This is Ginny's wand." He mumbled to himself, and looked around, something caught his eye under the bathroom stall, he walked over and found a necklace lying there in blood. He picked it up and looked. It was Ginny's raven necklace she wore ever since she came back from Harry's clan's house. Rigel stuck both necklace and wand in his pocket he was going to go find Harry and show them to him when something seem fishy to him, from the stall over to the closet was little drops of blood, as if something had been dragged. Putting two and two together, Rigel rushed over and threw open the closet door, and there lying in blood and white as a sheet was Ginny.
"Ginny!" Rigel cried, he knelt next to his friend and shook her, she mumbled and turned her head, Rigel saw a big gash in her shoulder. He pulled her shirt down a little and looked, he had a feeling the gash was done by a dark spell.
"Ginny?" Rigel asked, he tapped Ginny's cheek gently, her head turned again and she mumbled. "Come on, girl. Who did this, can you tell me?" She didn't say anything. Rigel cursed. Harry was going to kill someone was his only thought as he lifted Ginny up and carried her out of the bathroom. He rushed up to the hospital wing and laid Ginny on a bed.
"Hey, Pomfrey." He called. Madam Pomfrey came running out of her office, saw Ginny and came rushing over.
"What happened?" She demanded.
"I don't know." Rigel said. "I found her in a bathroom closet like this. I think she was attacked." He reached over and showed her the gash on Ginny's shoulder. "I think that was done by a dark spell." She gasped, and waved her wand, the big gash closed a little, but not all the way. "Mr. Black, do me a favor and fetch me the Headmaster, no wait, he's gone again. Go get me Professor McGonagall." Rigel didn't even refuse the command, he nodded to the nurse and turned and headed out of the room as Madam Pomfrey got to work on Ginny. Giving her potions and anything else that would help her.
As Rigel ran for Professor McGonagall, Harry was starting to panic, he still could not find Ginny, he reported her missing to Professor Flitwick, who seem quite upset by this and had told Harry that Filch complained to him right before Harry got there, that Ginny did not finish her detention last night, she didn't clean the second floor and he had to do it. Harry was just wondering if it would be too sunny for him to go to the owlery and send Sophia a note when he saw Rigel running real fast down the hall, he ran into Professor McGonagall's classroom, then seconds later they both ran out and back tthe way he came, Harry decided to follow and ran to catch up with them. Within seconds Harry was next to Rigel, who jumped at his suddenly appearance.
"I found Ginny." He said, after Harry asked what was going on. "She's hurt, no time to explain." Harry by passed them and ran at top speed to the infirmary, he got there in seconds and tossed open the door and ran in. He frowned at the sight of Ginny lying there very pale and out cold. Harry walked over to her bed and sat down and took her hand. Then reached up and pushed her hair out of her face.
"I fixed her the best I could." Madam Pomfrey said. "I finally got the wound closed all the way, and gave her a few potions, she had lost a lot of blood." The door opened and Rigel and Professor McGonagall walked in. "She came to right after Rigel left. She spoke a little." Madam Pomfrey smiled a little at Harry. "First thing she did was asked for you." Harry felt like crying when she said that, he moved closer to Ginny and laid his hand on her face.
"Did she say what happened?" Professor McGonagall asked. Madam Pomfrey shook her head.
"She was too weak from loss of blood to talk to much." She explained. "But Rigel was right, it was a dark spell, she was attacked. It wasn't too powerful, so it was done by either a very weak wizard or my gusse a student who really didn't know what they were thank god they didn't or it could be a lot worse."
"Damn Slytherin." Rigel spat. "When I find out who-"
"Mr. Black, we do not know that for sure." McGonagall said. "We'll have to wait till she wakes up."
"Um..." Madam Pomfrey spoke up. "There is something else." They all looked at her. "It could be completely un related, "but...last night around something to one, Draco Malfoy came in here needing healing."
"For what?" Harry demanded, frowning.
"He had a cut on the back of his neck." Madam Pomfrey answered. "I even had to dig a piece of glass out of it, it looked like a broken piece of mirror." Rigel's head snapped up and he narrowed his eyes at her.
"Like a bathroom mirror?" He demanded. Pomfrey nodded. "The bathroom I found Ginny in, it had a mirror broke." Harry's head shot up, his eye turning yellow.
"Malfoy," He growled, sounding like some kind of animal. "He did this to Ginny."
"Potter, just calm down we don't-"
McGonagall was cut off by Harry making a growl like hiss and he turned and ran from the room so fast they didn't even know he did till he was gone.
"Shit." Rigel cursed, he turned and ran from the room after Harry.
Harry ran down the corridor, before stopping and sniffing, he was trying to find Malfoy's sent. He found the sent and followed it, it was coming from the Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom, and Harry ran that way, he hid by the door and watched as one by one the class emptied out; Malfoy was the last to come out, and the moment he did Harry grabbed him and tossed him back in the room, Malfoy landed hard on a table and fall to the floor. Harry hissed and walked toward him, he grabbed Malfoy by the frt of his shirt and lifted him off the ground with one hand, Malfoy kicked his feet and stared down at the monster before him.
Draco did not realize it was Potter, the thing attacking him had yellow eyes, fangs that stuck out, face as white as a ghost, blue under the eyes, bones around the eyes stuck out, along with its cheek bones, its face looked hollow and sunken in. To Draco it looked like some monstrous corpse.
"You dare." The thing growled, in a monster like voice. "Curse her! You'll be lucky if I don't kill you."
Malfoy's eyes as Harry pulled him toward him a little, then shot his hand out, tossing Malfoy across the room, he slammed down on a table hard and bounced off onto the floor. Malfoy moaned in pain then tried to crawl away, wanting to hide before the thing made it to that side of the room, only to turn and bump into its legs, Malfoy looked up and the thing hissed down at him, grabbed him lifted him up and tossed him across the room again, this time Malfoy hit the wall breaking the pictures Snape had there, before he fell to the floor.
Harry couldn't stop himself, the creature inside him was anger, this boy dare hurt his marked one, he will have to pay, and pay with his left. Flashes of Ginny pale and unconscious went through his mind, and Harry rushed back over to Malfoy and lifted him back up and holding him he slammed him into the wall. He hissed showing his fangs when a door off to the side flew open and Snape ran in.
"Potter, what?" Snape cried. He threw a Stunner at Harry, who let Malfoy drop and turned to Snape who backed up. He walked toward Snape, who just kept firing Stunner, they just bounced off Harry's tough body.
Then the classroom door flew open and in ran McGonagall, Madam Pomfrey, and Rigel. Who at seeing Harry out of control and possible could hurt someone and get himself in a lot of trouble, they too pulled out their wands and cast a Stunner at Harry, at four different Stunners hitting him, Harry finally fall to the floor, the moment his body hit the floor, his face changed back.
"Potter?" Malfoy said. "That thing was Potter?" They all turned to him, and he fell over, and passed out.
Harry moaned, he felt as if he had been hit by a muggle truck, he opened his eyes to find he was in the hospital wing. He tried to move his arm to find it was chained to the bed. He frowned, off to his left Ginny's voice said.
"The cruel bastards chained you after you attacked Malfoy." Harry turned to see his bed was right next to hers. He was happy to see she wasn't so pale anymore and was scowling on his behalf. "I tried to get them to unchain you, I told them you wouldn't hurt anyone innocent, but they wouldn't listen Rigel and Teddy even tried to break the chain, but apparently they put an unbreakable charm on it."
Harry pulled on the chain, but even his vampire strength would not break it. He smiled when he thought about how his friends tried to get him free and how Ginny spoke on his behalf, it was more likely she screamed at them when she saw he was chained up.
"How long have I been out." Harry asked, what happened came rushing back to him. "Are you okay?"
"I'm fine, Babe." Ginny said. "And it's now night-time."
"So, was I right?" Harry asked. "Was it Malfoy who cursed you?" Ginny nodded, then explained what happen to Harry, about her cleaning the bathroom when Malfoy came in and what she heard him mumbling. He frowned.
"He's up to something." Harry said. Ginny nodded, as footsteps came hurrying over.
"So, you're awake." She asked. She walked over to the side of the bed and held out a goblet. "Here drink this." Harry reached up and took the goblet and sniffed, found it to be harpy's blood, then turned the goblet up and drained it, immediately his strength returned. He handed it to Madam Pomfrey who nodded to the chain. "If I take that off will you behave?"
"Yes," Harry almost shouted. "I'll be good I swore." Madam Pomfrey gave Harry a searching look, before running over and taking the chain off.
Harry was let out of the hospital wing the next morning, but Madam Pomfrey kept Ginny for two more days to make sure she was fine. Harry was told by Professor McGonagall, that while Malfoy was out of it, they were able to confound his memory a little, and he forgot all about the monster Harry tried into and just thinks Harry gave him a good beating for cursing Ginny, and Malfoy was giving detention with Professor Snape for using a dark cures and attacking another student along with two hundred points taking from Slytherin. Harry didn't think that was enough, since Snape would probably just let Malfoy sit around during detention and do nothing. Harry thought Malfoy should be thrown out of school, but he and his friends were still set on finding out what Malfoy was up to. And Ginny was still steaming over Harry being chained to a bed. Something Harry found funny.
By the end of the week an early snow came, and a lot of kids skipped going down to Hogsmeade, including Rigel who hated cold weather. But not Teddy, He had a date: With the way he dressed and the hairstyles he kept not many girls were into him, but Teddy never really cared, that was until the feelings for a friend started growing more after he took her to the Yule Ball and got to really know the real her, the caring and loving her. Feelings that only grew when he saw how good she fought in the Ministry last year.
Teddy's date was none other than Luna Lovegood. Yes, a lot of people find her weird if not a bit crazy, but Teddy had gotten to know the real Luna, the one underneath the weird things she did and said. She was who Teddy was writing to when Rigel showed up at his grandparents over the summer. He hid it because he knew Rigel would tease him about it, another reason he hadn't told any of his friends about him liking Luna and he was pretty sure she liked him. She did after all say yes when asked to go to Hogsmeade with him, and had said yes to go to the Yule Ball. They were not officially a couple yet, but Teddy hoped they were close.
Teddy had gotten up before Rigel, dressed in his usual way, with his hair long, because Luna had told him he looked better with the long hair he sometimes had, more than the mohawk he favored. Said it really brought out his heart-shaped face. But instead of the blue he's been keeping it, it took him a while to get the color right, but he finally did, he turned his hair the silvery-gray of Luna's eyes. Instead of just throwing it back in a messy ponytail like he usually did, Teddy had brushed his hair and neatly tied it back in a ponytail. He wanted to look somewhere nice for Luna. He was nervous too, because after their date when he walked her back to the castle, Teddy planned on kissing her for the first time. In fact he was so nervous he changed his clothes three times, before deciding on his black pants with silver zippers all over the leg, and his black T-shirt with a silver skull and cross bone, he wore a big think black winter cloak. Luna has never complained about the way he dressed, not like other girls who thought his sense of style was odd.
When Teddy met Luna at the front doors, he thought she looked. beautiful, in silvery robes, and her hair pulled back out of his face. She wore her butterbeer bottle cap necklace and her weird earrings, along with a thick winter cloak of her own, but he liked it, it's her, the Luna he knew, he wouldn't have liked it if she had tried to look 'normal'.
They had a real good time. Teddy and Luna though they seen it all before, went to every single place in Hogsmeade, from the post office to HoneyDukes. As if it had been their first time. After a couple of hours of walking around, they decided to grab a bite to eat at the Three Broomsticks, and warm up a bit and headed that way.
"Teddy," A voice said behind them, Teddy turned around to see his Mum. She looked between Luna and Teddy and his face turned red as she smiled.
"I see I am interrupting a date." She said, Teddy's face turned redder. Tonks walked up to her son and put his arm around his shoulder. "Who is this lovely lady?"
"Hello, Mrs. Lupin." Luna grinned. "I'm Luna Lovegood. Nice to meet you." Tonks gave a nod.
"Oh, yeah, I believe you were the one he took to the Yule Ball." Tonks' grin grew.
"Yes, that would be me." Luna smiled. "But, I think Teddy might had been infected with Nargles that night, the way he dressed and had his hair. I rather have him normal looking, the way he looks now. He is very handsome this way." If possible Teddy's face turned even redder.
"Ah, yes. I agree with you there, Luna." Tonks said. "Now, if you wouldn't mind, can I have a little talk with my son. I promise I won't be long."
"Of course, he might belong to me, but Teddy is your son." Luna grinned. "I'll just go on to the three broomsticks and wait for him. " She turned and skipped off down the road. Teddy turned to Tonks, face still red.
"Did she just say you belong to her?" Tonks asked, eyebrows raised.
"What do you want, Mum?" Teddy said. "I'm on a date."
"I know." Tonks winked at Teddy. "Just thought we would chat about how close you and Luna are."
"Mum!" Teddy snapped. "No disrespect, but I don't think that's any of your business, besides we haven't even kissed yet."
"But you want to." Tonks grinned.
"Mum!" Teddy cried.
"Look, Teddy, I just want to remind you, if you two do end up, going that far, to make sure you use protection." Tonks said.
"Mum, please." Teddy said, holding up his hands and looking around to make sure no one heard them. "Dad already gave me that talk a couple of summers ago, and it's a little embarrassing not to mention gross, to talk to either of your parents about that." Tonks just grinned.
"Okay, you may get back to your date." Tonks snickered, enjoying embarrassing her son. Teddy turned without another word and fled, making Tonks laugh.
Luna had already found them a table when Teddy got to the Pub with his face still red, she did not ask what his Mother wanted, and to that he was thankful. They ate and chatted a bit about nothing, Teddy mostly listened to Luna go on and on about some weird creature that probably didn't even exist, but then again, Muggle thought magic or werewolves didn't really exist, so maybe one or more of Luna's creatures did too.
After they ate Teddy and Luna decided to call it a day and head back up to the castle, Teddy's nervousness came back as he thought of how he could go about kissing Luna. As he walked he felt a small hand slipped into his, he looked over and smiled at Luna who smiled back, nearly taking his breath away. Teddy turned his hand so he could slip his fingers between Luna's as they walked toward the school in a comfortable silence. Both with smiles on their faces. A silence that was soon broken by loud voices arguing in front of them, and Teddy's smile fall when he saw it was his little sister and her friend.
"It has nothing to do with you, Britney." Tiffany snapped. The wind blew and began to howl, dark grey clouds rolled and looked as if they might snow. "Mind your own business!"
"You're my friend it is my business." Britney said, sounding a little hurt. Just as Teddy was about to speed up and see what his sister and her friend was fighting about, Britney made a grab for the package Tiffany was holding, she jerked it back, and fall to the ground.
At once, Tiffany rose in the air, her arms outstretched, as though she was about to fly. Her long blonde hair was whipped around her face by the fierce wind, but her eyes were closed and her face was quite empty of expression. Teddy, Luna, and Britney all halted in their tracks, watching.
Then six feet above the ground, Tiffany let out a terrible scream. Her eyes flew open but whatever she could see, or whatever she was feeling, was clearly causing her terrible anguish. She screamed and screamed; Britney let out a cry and covered her face, Luna and Teddy rushed forward to help, Luna hugged Britney to her, and covered her eyes as Britney covered her ears and cried. Teddy grabbed hold of Tiffany's ankles trying to pull her down, Luna let go of Britney and the both of them ran over to try to help. As they tugged on Tiffany's ankles she fell on top of them; Teddy managed to catch her, but she was writhing so much he could hardly hold her. Instead they lowered her to the ground where she thrashed and screamed.
"What's going on?" Tonks suddenly appeared next to them. She looked at Tiffany, then the others, her eyes fell on Britney, who began to cry as she watched her friend and she rushed to her and held her. "One of you go find help!"
Teddy didn't need telling twice he turned and ran toward the school. He hurtled around a bend in the lane and collided with someone who was about the same height as him, but felt as if he was made of rock.
"Harry!" Teddy cried, shocked to see his vampire friend out in the daylight. Next to him stood Ginny, a big thick cloak around her to keep warm, but all Harry wore was a black leather jacket. The cold not even bothering him.
"Hey, Morph." Harry greeted, holding a hand down to help Teddy, who fall on his butt when he had bumped into Harry. "What's the hurry?"
"Harry, someone has been cursed!" Teddy cried. "We need help getting her up to the castle."
"Who?" Harry asked.
"Tiffany, Britney's friend." Teddy said. "We can't carry her, because she keeps thrashing around."
"I can." Harry said, and together he, Teddy, and Ginny took off running, Harry soon left them behind as he ran toward the sound of the screams. He didn't give any of the people standing there a thought as he bent and scooped Tiffany up and ran back toward the castle. With Tiffany thrashing a screaming the whole way, but with Harry's vampire strength and ability he was able to hold her.
As Harry got out of sight, Tonks turned to the others as she hugged Britney to her. "What happen, guys?"
"I don't know." Teddy said. "Luna and I were leaving the Three Broomsticks when we heard Britney and Tiffany yelling, then suddenly she was in the air screaming."
"It's the package." Britney sobbed. "When she touched it." Tonks turned from Britney and looked down to the package. Which had split open to show a greenish glitter. Tonks bent to pick it up when Teddy grabbed her wrist.
"Don't touch it." He warned. "I've seen it before." He said, and knelt next to it. An ornate opal necklace was visible, poking out of the paper. "It use to be on display in Borgin and Burkes ages ago. The label said it was cursed. Tiffany must have touched it."
Tonks frowned at her son. "How do you know that? And why were you even in Knocktrun Ally, little long, Borgin and Burkes."
"We all snuck there once." Teddy said. "Right before second year, Rigel, Ginny, Harry, and I all did." Ginny nodded. "But that was years ago, Mum. We haven't been since."
"We were just wondering why all the adults made such a big deal out of not going in there." Ginny said.
Tonks sighed, made a note to have a talk with her son later and turned back to her daughter. "How did Tiffany get a hold of that?"
"I don't know." Britney cried. "We were in the Three Broomsticks, Tiffany had to go to the bathroom before we left and when she came back out she had it. Said she was told to give it to someone. It was a surprise. She looked all funny when she said it and we fought over it. I thought she should have thrown it away, but she argued she had to give it to that person. Her face was all blank and her eyes kept blinking, she didn't seem herself, she won't even really look at me. She stared off into nothing when she spoke."
"Imperiused." Tonks said, frowning. "She didn't say who gave it to her did she?"
"No." Britney cried. "Will she be okay? Tiffany is my only friend." Tonks hugged her daughter to her again.
"I'm sure she will be fine once the curse is lifted and she gets rest lets go up to the castle and see how she's doing." Tonks led Britney away, and Ginny took the scarf from around her neck and ignoring Teddy's gasp bent down and covered the necklace with it.
"Why-"
"We'll have to show them what cures Tiffany." Ginny explained. She careful not to touch it, Ginny wrapped the necklace up with her scarf and stood, holding it in both hands. Luna held her hand out to Teddy, making Ginny raise her eyebrow at Teddy, who decided he didn't care anymore if he got teased by his friends, he wanted to show he cared for Luna and took her hand in his and they headed toward the castle together. Shaking her head with a bit of a smile on her face Ginny followed them.
They had just made it into the front doors when Professor McGonagall came rushing over to them. Harry right beside her.
"Potter said you guys saw what happen to Tiffany Miller." McGonagall said. "Upstairs to my office at once, please, What is that you have, Ms. Weasley?"
"It's the necklace Tiffany touched." Ginny said.
"Good lord," said Professor McGonagall, looking alarmed and panic came on Harry's face as he rushed forward and took it out of Ginny's hands.
"Merlin, Ginny, why on earth would you pick that up?" Harry demanded. McGonagall reached over and took it from Harry.
"Filch," McGonagall called the caretaker who had been standing in the shadows watching over. "Take this necklace to Professor Sanpe? Keep it wrapped in the scarf and don't touch it." After giving Filch the necklace she led Ginny, Teddy and Harry up to her office. McGonagall closed the door and turned to them.
"What happen?" At once Teddy tried to explain with the help of Luna. Harry told her he and Ginny got there after it happened and didn't ask questions as he picked up Tiffany and ran her in full vampire speed up to the school.
"Professor McGonagall, may I see Professor Dumbledore, please." Harry asked.
"He is away till Monday, Potter." McGonagall said.
"Away?" Harry demanded.
"Yes, Potter, away." McGonagall said. "Why do you wish to speak to him."
"I think I know who might have cursed Tiffany." Harry said. McGonagall frowned as her eyebrow went up.
"And whom, might that me?" Professor McGonagall asked.
"Draco Malfoy." Harry said.
"Potter to you know how serious it is to blame someone of such a thing without proof." McGonagall said.
"But, Professor, Malfoy has been up to something all year, and I think.." Harry stopped and licked his lips. "And we know he cured Ginny the other night."
"What about what I heard him say?" Ginny demanded. "He said he had to get someone to bring someone something somehow. It must have been that necklace. He bewitched Tiffany to bring someone he wanted to curse that necklace, and he's trying to fix something and he's failing to do it."
"Miss. Weasley, I know what you said you heard." McGonagall said.
"I did hear it." Ginny cried. McGonagall held up a hand.
"I believe you could have." She said. "But he denies saying it, and without proof there is no way we can accuse him, and it does not mean he was talking about that necklace or is the one to give it to Miss. Miller. Why on earth would he do that anyway?"
"I think Voldemort had him doing something." Harry said. "He wants Malfoy to get something done inside the school."
"Potter."
"I think he might have gotten the Dark Mark." Harry cut across her. " I think-"
"Potter, enough." McGonagall said. "I will look into Miss. Miller's attack, and see where Malfoy was at the time, but you can not go around accusing people of cursing others and taking Drk Marks without solid proof."
"He cursed me." Ginny cried. "And all he got was a slap on the wrist."
"I left it up to his head of house to decide what punishment Malfoy got." Professor McGonagall said. "I too thought he could have gotten more, but it was Snape's place to say what punishment he got."
"I'll get your proof." Harry snapped, he then stormed out of McGonagall's office without another word, a minute later, Teddy, Ginny and Luna appeared.
"I bet anything it was Malfoy." Teddy said. Harry nodded.
"We're just going to have to either catch him doing whatever it is he's doing or find out what he's doing." Harry said. He slipped his hand in Ginny's.
"Harry, can we go down to the Great Hall?" Ginny asked. "I'm getting a little hungry." Harry smiled at her.
"Of course, we'll come up with a way to catch Malfoy latter." Harry said. "You two want to come?"
"No thank we've done ate." Luna said. Harry nodded and led Ginny down the stairway toward the Great Hall. Teddy turned to Luna who smiled up at him and slipped her hand in his. He smiled back and decided that he would take his chance, and leaned in and pressed his lips to Luna's. She let go of his hand and reached up and put her arms around his neck and Teddy deepened the kiss as he wrapped his arms around her waist and pulled her to him.
"What in Merlin's beard?" A voice said. Teddy and Luna broke apart and looked to see Rigel standing there. He raised his eyebrows. "Is there something I should know?"
"Not really." Luna said. "You should already know Teddy is my boyfriend. After all you are one of his besfriends" Rigel looked at Teddy questioningly. Who just smiled at him.
"I'm dating Luna." Was all he said, before taking her hand and walking off leaving Rigel shaking his head with a smirk on his face.
A.N I'm leaving it there, and hope you liked it.