OOC: Sorry guys for the wait.

I have been busy catching up with school work which is all vital to my life seeing as how the first trimester ends in seven days.

It's awful.

I have to maintain at least a 2.0 or get my head chopped off and fed to me.

Yeah so um enough about my life.

It was hard to decide what to do with this chapter so I hope you guys like this one. Anyway, enjoy!!!


"Do you think she's okay? I mean she was found outside in the freezing cold! Even Professor Snape was worried about her!"

Ron asked as he looked down upon the sleeping form of Emily. Her skin was finally starting to regain some color as the heat in the room began to warm her up. Dried blood seeped from a wound on the back of her head. Whatever had hit her hadn't tried to kill her, but had succeeded in hurting her anyway.

"Ron, Shut Up!"

Hermione snapped as she continued to pace about the room. Now she was extremely worried. With the murders that had been occurring and the attack upon James Dean and her cousin, it was time to find out the cause behind all of this. She had recalled seeing two pinpricks on the victims' necks. Also they lacked blood so their organs had stopped functioning. Unfortunately there was nothing distinctive about the attack on James and Em.

"But Hermione! Emily and James could have been killed. I mean James was so beaten and cut up that Madam Pompfrey almost gave up on him. She didn't think he would have survived but somehow he did. Who ever came after them must be stopped? What if there are more murders? Hermione we need to do something!"

A clearing of the throat broke up the mini argument that the two lovebirds were having. They both looked toward their friend with his signature scar. Harry stood up and walked over to Emily's bed and sat down right next to it. He brought up his hand and began to stroke her hair in a comforting way.

"Isn't it suspicious that these incidents keep happening one after the other? There have been two murders involving bite marks. From what I remember in muggle school before I began Hogwarts at all there is a type of battle that makes similar marks when hunting for food. The vampire bat or something like that. Maybe a creature that is similar to the vampire bat has marked this area as its hunting territory. Oh well. At least it didn't kill James or Emily."

Hermione nodded her head, understanding Harry's theory. It made sense and she was surprised that she hadn't remembered her former muggle education at her previous school. Dang it! She was such an idiot!

"You may be right, Harry, but we can't investigate anything about this issue until one or both of them wake up. We need to interview them to see if they remember anything. We may have a creature, a legendary creature, a creature that was made famous with Bram Stoker's book Dracula, invading the grounds and surrounding areas of Hogwarts. The students and faculty are all in danger if Harry's and my assumptions are actually true. We won't know until we investigate."


A week later, Emily was back and kicking from her injury after healing from the mild concussion that she had received. Hermione had attacked her with questions, but she knew that if she had said anything to her that all hell would have broken lose.

As she walked through the dungeons to get to her potions class, she was pulled off to the side and dragged into a corner. Looking up she saw that it was the one person that she didn't want to deal with right now. Draco Malfoy. God! He looked so much like his father except he hadn't threatened her or those that she cared for...yet.

"What do you want Malfoy?"

He seemed so nervous about something that he looked like he would cry if he didn't tell someone.

"I need to tell you something."

Emily looked at him with a puzzled expression before asking what was on her mind.

"What do you want to tell me?"

There was a pause and then he inhaled deeply. He looked into her eyes and shook his head as if to convince himself that he didn't want to say anything. Then he spoke.

"I know who attacked you and James."

Her eyes widened as she struggled not to gasp out loud. He knew?

"Who?"

He bit back tears before he announced the culprit.

"My dad."

Crap! If Malfoy knew then she was screwed. Now his dad would come after her and her cousin and everyone that she had a little affection for.

"He visited my room last night and told me everything."

What? Now this surprised her. She understood that fathers and sons needed to chat but to explain everything?

"Everything?"

She whimpered. Her hands went up to cradle her face as the tears started to flow out.

"But when he spoke about you and James, he...he seemed to hold your name in a higher standard. Is my dad after you, Emily? Has he threatened you? Has he told you how he feels about you?"

All she could was nod her head at his questions. Everything was true. Everything and there was nothing that she could do.

Suddenly she felt warm arms wrap around her waist and her body being brought closer to Malfoy's own. He brought a hand up to stroke her hair in an attempt to comfort her. Honestly she didn't think that he could show this much compassion to someone like her.

"It's alright. This hurts me too. Now I know that he doesn't care about my mother at all. Here. I'll walk you to class if that makes you feel better."

Her body went rigid at his offer. What if Mr. Malfoy saw his son walking her to class? Would he come after him like he had done to James? Would he beat him bloody and lock him in the dungeons in the same way he did to her date? No. She couldn't accept his offer. All it would end in would be pain.

"I am sorry, Malfoy but I don't want you to be hurt too. I will walk myself to class."

With that she walked away leaving one very confused guy. It wasn't often that anybody like Malfoy treated her nicely but she couldn't repay his kindness with inexplicable pain. That wasn't right and even Malfoy didn't deserve that.

"I understand, Emily. I understand."

Malfoy whispered before walking to potions behind her.


OOC: Sorry that it was so short.

I will try to post another over weekend.

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