Once again, I won't be able to post any chapters this week from Sunday to Saturday.
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Simply Mudblood
Chapter 7
Shadow in the Forest
That night at about twelve o'clock midnight, I joined Hagrid for a walk in the Forbidden Forest.
"I've been noticing a lot of dead animals around here, and we'll be trying to find out what's been doing it," he said. "Stay close. You don't want to get lost in these forests." I nodded silently, then started to follow Hagrid into the Forbidden Forest.
We hadn't walked too long when Hagrid stopped. I followed the direction of his eyes and saw a dead centaur. There was blood everywhere, covering the ground around it. "Where is all that blood coming from?" I asked.
Hagrid merely pointed to teethmarks on the centaur's neck. "Looks like we've got ourselves a vampire."
I just stood there, trembling. A vampire? I couldn't deal with that. That was scarier than my mum! Mum's just make you want to die, vampires actually kill you.
"Then, isn't it a little. . .dangerous for an eleven year old student whose only been at Hogwarts for two days and hardly learned any magic at all?" I asked hopefully.
"Don't worry," Hagrid said. "There are creatures much worse than that."
"Oh, that makes all the better," I said sarcastically.
Then, I heard the crunching of a twig, but that wasn't what scared me. Inches in front of me, was a human figure covered in black wrappings from head to toe. "W-what was that?" I stuttered.
"Sorry," Hagrid replied. "I just stepped on something."
"But. . .just now. . .Nevermind," I said. No one ever believed me on anything, why should they start now?
"Now," Hagrid said. "We need to find this vampire and either lock it up, or put it out of its misery."
"But how?" I asked.
"We have to set up a trap. Maybe with some bloody meat. . ." Hagrid trailed off. Man, that was the dumbest thing I've ever heard.
"Vampires aren't that thick," I said. "Even if I am a Muggle-born, I know enough about vampires to know that they won't fall for that trick."
"How do you suppose we catch it, then?"
"We need something living. . ."
"What do you suppose we do, murder someone? We'd be just like You-Know-Who!"
"Why do you still say that? You won't be cursed if you say his real name, or more of his nickname. Anyways, a vampire won't come if it's dead, we just need bait. It'd be best if the bait was human, but. . ."
"There's a chance that they'll end up dying, and no one would want to do it anyways," Hagrid finished.
"We should get something that's stronger than a vampire, like Fluffy! Do you still have that three headed dog?"
"How do you know about Fluffy?"
"Read it in a book. . ."
"But only the school council and Harry, Ron, and Hermione knew. . .They couldn't have. . .Could they?"
"They didn't tell me anything, I just know it," I didn't want to tell him that in the Muggle world Harry Potter books were being sold, and I had thought it was fantasy until the day I got my letter.
"He lives here in the forest, but how will we. . .?"
"First we'll find him, we'll start playing music so he falls asleep, and as soon as the vampire comes, we stop playing," I said simply.
Hagrid nodded and we started to look for Fluffy. When we found him, Fluffy was in an enclosed area, completely flat with only tree surrounding. Then, Hagrid pulled out his flute and started playing the Harry Potter theme song. The moment the flute touched his lips, the Cerberus closed its eyes drowsily and fell asleep.
We waited for what seemed like an eternity, but still, the vampire never came. I rubbed my eyes, yawning, but stayed awake. Then, I saw the dark shadow off in the distance.
"It's over there!" I whispered anxiously.
Hagrid nodded as if saying "It shouldn't be long now. . ." But at that moment, the shady figure disappeared among the trees again.
Then, I heard a scream. The scream was cut off by a soft gurgling noise, and Hagrid stopped playing. Fluffy woke up and started growling menacingly.
"What's going on?" I heard myself whisper.
"Looks like we both underestimated this vampire. It's too smart to come after Fluffy," he said. "Let's go."
We then started running as fast as we could towards the gurgling noise. I was surprised that a fat old man like Hagrid could run so fast, but I suppose that he got that from being half giant.
The gurgling sound was getting louder and louder, then it stopped. We couldn't hear anything, so I just randomly ran forward to see the dark figure disappear into the distance.
I heard a gasp from Hagrid, so I looked down and saw the most horrible thing. The vampire hadn't killed just any witch.
Minerva McGonagall was dead.
