Wooo! Double digits at last! Hallelujah! I never thought I'd make it. Now, I know I left all of you on a bit of a cliffie last time, but I'm posting these both at the same time, so it hardly matters I guess. Dumblebee is MAD! That is always exciting. I know that I serve my characters angst up with a bit of frost and salt but I have a mild anxiety disorder so I tend to be pretty angsty myself. I feel that excuses me. I hope my characters aren't too mary sue. What do you think? I really hate mary sues and it would just be horrible if it turned out that I wrote them. I would cry. A lot probably.

Disclaimer: Harry Potter doesn't belong to me but everything else does so back off.

Chapter Ten

Christian stirred anxiously in his bed. Something was missing. Something that easily stood out against the cool blankness of the night. Rei Naki's ever present hum of power was gone. He had never come to bed that night. He pushed the covers off of his body and as soon as he pushed the curtains around his four poster away, he saw Draco. The blonde was sitting at the window, watching the grounds like a hawk. As if he had gotten all the sleep he needed when Christian knew for a fact that he hadn't gotten a moment of rest.

" Rei isn't in the castle." He said blankly.

The emptiness of his voice held back a dozen and one thoughts and emotions that his friend was carrying. The vampire frowned. Not in the castle?

"You're for certain?''

Draco nodded. He believed him. The Slytherin Prince had many methods of knowing the presence of whoever he wished inside the castle. Amongst those was a copy of a certain map the Weasley Twins had given him for playing a rather rude but necessary prank on their twat older brother Percy.

"We should tell your godfather. His mate too."

The blonde inwardly winced. He had forgotten about Rei's "mate". Even if he got past the Dark Lord somehow, the vampire would never give up the gorgeous teen. What was he thinking?! Rei was missing and all he could think about was how to get him to go out with him! He was such a dick sometimes. He agreed quietly and Christian ran a hand through his hair, calling for his owl, Peri.

"Severus said that he went to the Headmaster's office at about eight. He said that he never came back to finish their potions after that, even though Rei was very excited about this potion and took his apprenticeship very seriously. No one has seen him since then."

"I'll talk to Jackal, you take your godfather. I hope something terrible hasn't happened…" He whispered with a horrid feeling curling in his gut.

Dread.



Rei woke to find himself bound to a chair. Merlin, was that getting old. He couldn't move anything but his head and his fingers just the tiniest bit. He didn't really have the energy to do either actually. His head throbbed and he knew that he was hurt. He appeared to be in some sort of bedroom. The most frightening part of all though was the man standing before him. Dumbledore had a look of absolute disgust on his usually falsely cheerful visage. For him to be wearing it so openly meant only one thing. No one was going to find them.

"Now, Rei Shida, let's try this again. Perhaps this time you will not be stupid enough to lie to me. I know that you are a vampire's mate. While I have been trying to get this vampire's alliance, I know that, as a dark creature, he will side with Voldemort in the end. If I destroy you or manage to keep you incapacitated for long enough, it will weaken him to the point of uselessness or even kill him. Your disgusting bond can drag you both under. However, I have uses for you yet." He hissed.

Rei spat at him and in return, Dumbledore brought his hand sharply over his face. And just to make sure Rei got the message, he hit him again. Blood could be seen on the teenager's lips now. Dumbledore smirked.

"You're a Death Eater, aren't you? Or are you just the Dark Lord's whore?"

Rei glared but said nothing. He was feeling increasingly weak and light headed. Even more so than earlier in the week. His head fell forward while he tried to rest even one part of himself but the fatigue did not lessen at all.

"I see you're beginning to feel the effects of the isolation."

"Isolation?"He managed to whisper in question.

"Yes. In this room, no one can sense you. You are suffering from the seperation from your hell spawn mates at last. It will drain you dry to the point of not even being able to use your magic. After a time, your magic will be the only thing sustaining you." Rei gave him the most hate filled glare that he could muster. "Until I decide to kill you or trade you away to someone else, you are my possession to do with as I see fit. That includes you doing for me exactly what you did for your pitiful Dark Lord."

Rei thought that he would retch just at the suggestion. He knew that he may not be getting out of this one alive. He would kill himself before he let that old man touch him.

Tsuki gave a heated glare at Tom, but not in anger towards him. More like anger at the whole situation. He knew how she felt. Rei's friend, Kyou, was wringing his hands, staring off into space it seemed. Tom merely stared at his godson in horrible realization. Draco had flooed directly to him in a rush to tell him that Rei wasn't at the school anymore and no one had seen nor heard from him since he left for Dumbledore's office at eight o clock that night. What had happened? If that bastard had hurt Rei…! What if he had found out about them? Had he gotten his lover in more danger just through association? He had to find him! He had to do something! Rei could be hurt or worse!



Jackal threw anything he could get his hands on. What was wrong?! What had happened to his mate?! He could feel rage, fear and pain radiating from Rei's end of the bond before it had gone blank. He couldn't be dead. If he had been killed or died, then Jackal would have known. He would have felt the loss like tearing his own soul in two. The loss had not come but the blankness had. Someone was shielding him and it enraged the vampire further. He would be damned if he went to Voldemort for help on this. Let the mate stealer rot for all he cared. He just needed Rei! A small vampire suddenly appeared at his side. He rounded on the boy with an angry snarl before realizing that it was Christian Anderson, Sertain's fletchling. The boy was obviously flustered and more than a little distressed.

" My apologies, my Lord, but your mate has just vanished from the castle grounds and has likely been gone for some hours now. We are certain that he is no longer on the castle grounds." He said quickly but clearly.

Jackal's rage exploded.

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