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Chapter 9: Vampires
It was an odd day. Sirius woke up again from a dream that he couldn't remember. The good thing was he was starting to see faces more clearly. He stood up when he felt something warm and sticky around his hands. He looked down and looked away from his hands. "It's blood again," he thought as he looked at the bed ", what's happening to me? Why do I always wake up with this?" Sirius took out his wand and cast a magic spell to clean his bed sheets. After a sigh he noticed that Peter disappeared and James and Remus had switched beds. He cocked an eyebrow and woke them up. "Why are you two not in your proper beds?"
"Wha…" James was still trying to wake up. "Where here!" James finally snapped out of his trance.
"This is impossible!" Remus said standing up and feeling himself to make sure he was whole.
"Err…what's going on you two?" Sirius asked crossing his arms.
"Uhm. We kinda had a little trip last night to the Forest." James said knowing that Sirius would get angry if he wasn't with them breaking the rules as well, but not today. Sirius just shrugged and asked why. "Well, remember how Angel wasn't on the map. Well, last night, Remus saw a figure heading towards the Forest. We decided to follow it. But…we shouldn't be here."
"What are you talking about?"
"You see," Remus spoke ", we saw something that could have killed us. It was a vampire. I'm not so sure about this, but I doubt vampires would stay in the Forbidden Forest. It doesn't have any humans to feed on."
"You don't think that…"Sirius asked.
"Angel!" The three heroes ran down the Gryffindor common room and out the door bumping into everyone in the way. They headed to McGonagall's room and busted the door open only to find her someone shocked at their actions.
"To what do I owe the pleasure?" She said putting away some papers.
"Professor, I think something bad is going to happen," James said still trying to catch his breath.
"Why do you say that?"
"Well, we think that there are vampires here in Hogwarts," Remus added.
"How would you know that there are vampires? If you were in the presence of one, you'd be killed for sure."
"Killed?"
"Yes, Mr. Potter. Killed. By the way, why do you believe that there are vampires in this school? Have you broken the rules once more?"
"No, Professor." Sirius said knowing that it was the truth for him.
"So tell me why you believe in a ridiculous story."
"We saw something leaving towards the Black Forest last night. And James saw it a few days ago too. You see, our window is right across the Forbidden Forest."
"Well, I'll talk to Dumbledore about it," McGonagall said getting back to grading her papers as if she didn't care at all about what they said. This left the boys with their mouths open. "You three had better leave and get to class."
During DADA, Angel still wasn't there, but Professor Aries had looked a bit pale. Her eyes glowered dark orange this time and her voice was horse." She had been weak and dragged herself everywhere.
Sirius was again asleep and James and Remus were looking at the empty chair that a Slytherin used to sit on. Peter was in his own little world and completely ignored the lecture or his friends. After class, Peter had told them that he needed to go somewhere and went off before James could ask him where he was going. Remus shook his head and turned his attention to James and Sirius.
"So, what'll we do now?" James asked sitting on the grass under a tree.
"Well, you heard what McGonagall said. She said that if there were any, you two could have been killed. Are you sure it was a vampire?"
"Yes it was! Remus had said so and you know Remus is right about everything!"
"I'm flattered. But yes that was a vampire. The blood red eyes, the body figure, the teeth most likely, and a dead bleeding human."
"That's… nice." Sirius said with a hint of sarcasm.
"Okay, if it's that dangerous, how are we supposed to catch it without being bitten and turning into one ourselves," Remus asked.
"Actually, it doesn't seem all that bad. If we become vampires, we can join you at night, Moony," Sirius said as he truly thought it would be fun to have a curse implanted on him.
"Sirius! Be serious about this." Remus said knowing that the pun would just make it worse. As Sirius was about to say something stupid, Remus spoke first. "I know you're Sirius. But this isn't the time for jokes." Sirius closed his mouth.
"Okay then. It's settled. We'll go back to the Forbidden Forest tonight," James instructed. Both Remus and Sirius nodded their heads.
After class Remus and James walked to the dorm together. Sirius stayed behind in the library to do an assignment which James found rather odd because Sirius never really does his homework. When they entered the common room, it was empty. James sat on the floor and Remus made himself comfortable in the sofa. They stared at the fire for a while until James thought of something. "Hey Moony, I just remembered. When I was doing that assignment, I noticed a few things. Vampires are very secretive creatures am I right?" Remus nodded his head. "What if there's something they want from Hogwarts?"
"I can't answer that. We need some more clues as to what is happening."
"Maybe, I should show you what I found." James stood up and ran to his room, grabbed the black book, and ran back to Remus. "I was flying and saw a bat holding this book. And the weird thing is, Sirius' name is on here along with 2 others.
"Why didn't you show this to me before?"
"I figured that I should show you when things got better."
"Let me take a look at that." Remus took the book and flipped through the pages and stopped at the Black Family Tree. He then saw that there were the two boys and two other names covered in blood. Remus tried to rub it out, but more blood would appear before they could see the names. "I think this tie in with Sirius."
"It can't. It's not supposed to!" James said giving Remus a look on his face that Remus had never seen. James turned to the last page and showed Remus the prophecy and how all of them will die. "This can't deal with Sirius!"
"James…it does deal with him. But maybe we can fix it. If we know our future, then we most likely can change it."
"We have to go and find Sirius." James suggested. The two ran towards the library only to find Sirius asleep again. "Sirius, wake up!"
"Wha…what's going on?" Sirius said yawning.
"Ok, good, you're ok."
"James Potter, what are you talking about?" Sirius said as he stretched his arms out.
"I'm talking about this." James slammed the book on the table. Sirius picked it up and flipped through it. Then he went in a sudden mode of trance. "Sirius, are you ok?" James said eyeing Sirius who wasn't hearing anything.
"Sirius! Help me!"
"I'm coming! Don't worry, I'm nearly there. I'm coming…No!" Sirius looked at a girl who was bleeding on the ground.
"Sirius…I…I'm sorry." The little girl said. Sirius picked her up and carried her back home cautious of his surroundings. He laid the girl on his bed and tried to stop the blood from pouring out. Blood was all over the sheets and all over his hand as he tried to protect her from turning into a monster.
Then a skinny woman slammed the door open. "She's never entering this house ever!"
"Mom, no she's too young to be on her own!" Sirius defended.
"There's no buts!" The woman left stomping away. Sirius looked back at his sister and held her tight. He didn't care if he was bloody as well. He didn't care if she would kill him. And he didn't care about his parents.
"I'm so tired…I want…to drink something. But, I don't know what…."
"…here." Sirius held his arm out. "You're a vampire and I want to be the first person you drink from."
"I don't want to be like me. You deserve more than that." Fangs started to grow.
"I won't. Just don't bite me in the neck. I'll be ok." The little girl nodded and gently felt his arms looking for a good place to bite. Sirius took a breath as the little girl bent down and slowly entered her teeth in his skin. Sirius wanted to scream, but instead, hold her. As she fed on her own brother, Sirius just let her take more from him. More, until they both fell on the floor fast asleep in each other's arms.
Sirius shook his head and turned to see his friends shaking him. "Stop it! You're making me dizzy!" Sirius' eyes glimmered. "Maybe we can do that to Snape. Pick him up and then…"
"Sirius." Remus said sternly.
"Moony? Prongs?"
"You were staring out at nothing," James said taking a seat.
"Is there anything you can remember whenever you sleep? Me and James wake up in the middle of the night hearing you talk to yourself. What are you dreaming about?"
"I'm not quite sure, but…I just had another one. It was clearer this time. I had a sister I guess. But that's impossible because I don't remember having one. Then I got bit by a vampire. But nothing else. So, all these things that are happening can't possibly happen. I grew up with a brother and if I was bitten, I wouldn't be here at the moment. I'd be feeding on you James…hmm…which makes me wonder what your blood tastes like." Sirius took James' arms that snatched it right away.
"Are you crazy! If you're going to bite me, bite me in the…"
"Can you two stop playing around," Remus said getting annoyed with his friends joking about the situation.
"Sirius, you're coming with us tonight. We're going to the Forbidden Forest."
"Right."
Ok, that's the chapter. Please R&R. Anyways I have to go to class again. Remus and Sirius rocks! Love to them.!
