Bakugan Battle Brawlers At Hogwarts

Second Year

- Mudbloods

"Okay guys! My name is Jake Vallory and I'm the new Team Captain" A boy with tanned skin and orange wavy hair said in a loud and deep voice. He was taller and muscular than the average fourteen year old and his lips were formed into a very energetic smile. He was wearing the Quidditch Gryffindor uniform and his hair was tied up in a little bun at the back of his head "Now me and my team we're going to evaluate your skills and reflexes based on some practices, okay?! Now the rules are…"

"Is it me or you're more nervous than usual?" Runo whispered to Dan as she watched him with curious eyes.

Two weeks had passed since the first day at Hogwarts and the blunette believed that it was a blessing she was able to assist the Quidditch tryouts. She was almost sure that someone was out to get her. Klaus Knight was still bothering her between classes, Baron Leroy was shoving a pen and paper every time he saw her, Hydron Prince was even more irritating and surprisingly she hadn't had a chance to talk with Shun. Her head was going to burst if she kept thinking about it. It was a Saturday early in the morning and Dan and her had been practicing for the Quidditch tryouts almost every night after classes. Her broom, the Nimbus 2001 was not just amazing, it was magnificent. Runo felt super fast in it and she had been able to adapt to it quite fast. Dan would try and ride the broom but his hands would end up slipping out of the handle.

They were currently at the Quidditch pitch and a few people around the stands watching the tryouts; Julie, Marucho and Alice being one of them. Hundreds of seats were raised in stands around the pitch so the spectators were high enough to see what was going on. At either end of the pitch were golden poles with hoops on the end. The pitch was divided in two for the moment; on the right side were the Gryffindors, while the left side the Slytherin team was conducting their tryouts as well. The sun was shinning brightly on the freshly cutgrass and Runo couldn't help but to take a breath of air and admire the sight in front of her. She felt a little nervous about the tryouts but her body was much more filled with excitement and adrenaline. Dan was a completely different case.

"What are you talking about-t?! You're-e confused Runo" The brunette said stammering his sentence out. His forehead was starting to sweat and his eyes kept darting from once side to another. Runo only rolled her eyes and looked towards the other side of the pitch. The current Slytherin Quidditch Team Captain was still explaining the rules to the students in front of him as the blunette searched for a well-known raven-haired boy.

"Wasn't Shun going to try out for the Quidditch team too?" The blunette inquired as her eyes scanned over the crowd of Slytherins from the other side. Her face turned into a frown once she recognized Hydron Prince at the front row of the tryouts.

"Yeah, he told me he was going to be trying out for the team as well" Dan said as he started to look for his best friend, a lot calmer than before.

"Okay champs!" Jake Vallory announced as he clapped with enthusiasm "Remember we only have two positions for the team right now, one for a Beater and the other one for a Seeker" He made a motion with his fingers "Our previous Seeker already graduated and our past Beater took now the position of a Chaser. So now make two lines, on one side the Seekers and the other one the Beaters" The crowd of Gryffindor students stirred as the moved as told by the captain.

"Good luck" Runo whispered to Dan in an encouraging tone of voice. The brunette only managed to nod and moved towards the other line. There were more people trying out for the Beater position than the Seeker. In her line only her and three more students stood ground.

"Okay we'll go first with the Beaters, make a front line!" The captain commanded and everyone followed suit "Now the test is going to be this one, our current Beater, Kenta Kuso is going to throw the Bludgers at you and you have to knock them out of the way okay?! Grab a bat and mount on the broom Kenta will guide you!" Jake explained and clapped. Runo's brows furrowed at the mention of the last name. If she remembered correctly Dan hadn't mentioned a brother or a cousin being on Gryffindor, not even on Hogwarts. She looked over at the brunette and saw how he was already up in the air but his hands were trembling with nerves.

"Okay now Seekers! Your job is to catch the snitch during a Quidditch game, remember? Only then can the game be stopped, so for our test we will-" The captain was explaining until another voice piped in.

"Hey! Vallory!" A deep voice said. Runo turned to look at a guy with long blond spiked up hair and with brilliant blue eyes. He was taller than the Gryffindor captain and looked a year older than him. The blunette had to admit that the guy was pretty handsome to look at.

"What's up Clay?" Jake said in a more serious and less enthusiastic tone of voice than before. The girl could even feel the tension between the two starting to grow thicker and thicker.

"I was wondering if you wanted to do the Seeker tests together?" He asked as he motioned to the Slytherin students behind him "I'm only looking for a Seeker so I thought it would be more challenging if they practiced with your team" He looked back at them and smirked "Or maybe not so much since your team doesn't look that competitive"

"Tone it down" He warned and Runo could feel anger radiating out of his body "We'll show you once where at the real Quidditch games"

"I'd like to see you try" The Slytherin only smirked "So you're up to it or not?"

"My team is going to crush you!" Jake exclaimed with fury. The blonde only snickered as he turned to his team and started explaining. The Gryffindor Captain shot him another glare and turned to them "That's Keith Clay, the Captain of the Slytherin Team, he's a Chaser and a tough one if I say so myself" He sighed and tried to remain calm "So change of plans, now we're going to compete with the Slytherins as well, so try and catch the snitch and see how that goes" He finished with a clap.

The Gryffindors scrambled and stood in a horizontal line. Runo gripped on tightly on to the broom's handle and waited for the signal of mounting it. The Slytherin team dispersed around as well, right in front of the Gryffindors. There were a few more students from Slytherin trying out for Seeker and inside the pack was none other than Hydron Prince. The blunette internally groaned but ignored it as Jake commanded them to mount their brooms. She slid on to the Nimbus 2001 easily and tried to calm down her erratic heartbeat.

"Fly!" Vallory roared in excitement. Runo kicked the ground hard as she took off in the air. The breeze of the wind was like a greeting to her and the rays of sunshine were warming up her body. She was the first one on the Gryffindor team to be up on the air and she turned to look at the other participants whom were struggling to do so.

"What do we have here?" An arrogant voice snapped her out of her train of thought. The blunette brushed her pigtails out of her face and turned to glare at Hydron. The blond had a smug smile on his lips as he leaned with his elbows on his broom's handle "I'm impressed you managed to even fly in such a broom, only the highest can use them you know"

"Same goes for you Prince" She snapped back without hesitating "Who would've taught that a rat like you would be even able to fly?" The blond was about to say something else but the voice of his captain made him stop. Soon both of them were now surrounded with the other Seeker participants.

"I'm going to release the snitch, be ready!" The Slytherin captain commanded just as Jake shouted from a far distance 'Give 'em hell Gryffindor!' Runo felt her breath hitch for a moment. Her hands were a sweaty mess but she was ready. She wanted to touch the little golden ball again.

"Start!" Keith Clay shouted as he threw the little golden ball into the air. The blunette didn't move until she saw the ball spread its wings and fly away from the coming crowd. Runo didn't think that flying on a broom required a certain ability, she believed that it was based on a feeling. She sped past the largest crowd of people, trying to spot the snitch somewhere around the pitch. The wind was slapping her face but all she could feel was excitement. She was quickly scanning the area until a flash of golden caught her eye. She flew towards it without a doubt, and bingo she had found the snitch. The blunette was following the ball at a great speed as most of the participants were chasing after her and the ball. She pressed her body farther on to the handle and the broom flew even faster.

"I'm going to win this Misaki!" Hydron appeared next to her with an arrogant smirk. They both started to race to get to the snitch, completely forgetting about the other contestants. The blonde started to sway in his broom, and eventually bumping into her.

"Get off Hydron!" Runo shouted in annoyance. She quickly made a sharp turn to the right and descended as she kept her eyes on the snitch. It was going from one way of the pitch to the other. Suddenly she was pushed to the side hard, making her fall off the broom. Quickly Runo grabbed on to the broom's handle and stopped the fall. She released a gasp as she saw her feet dangling. She heard shouts of her name but she blocked them out.

"Sorry!" Hydron said in an annoying voice. He shot her a smirk and sped up past the snitch with a crowd of students behind him. Some of the Slytherins even shot her a couple of smirks and followed Hydron after the snitch.

"Curse you Prince!" Runo yelled at the boy. She sighed and pushed herself upwards, barely managing to get up on the broom. She was panting now as she watched the chase of the snitch was still going. Hydron had lost sight of the snitch and another Slytherin was blindly chasing the ball and some students went after him. The blunette looked back and saw that the Chasers had already finished their task. Biting her lip she concentrated in looking for the snitch once again. Her eyes were jumping from one side to the other. Her friends were on the stands cheering for her and that's when she saw it. It was near from where Julie was standing.

Not thinking she flew at great speed directly towards her friend. She heard a couple of shouts behind her and knew she would have company real soon, so she pressed her body even closer to the handle. As she approached her friends, she could see the look of confusion in their faces.

"The snitch!" Marucho exclaimed and pointed besides Julie. The Hufflepuff only turned to see the ball and the un-coming students going straight towards her. With a yelp they moved as the golden ball flew away from the blunette. Runo snarled as she turned and without missing a beat flew after the snitch. She sped up after it and she started seeing the ball closer to her hands.

"I'm going to win Misaki!" The voice of Hydron was ringing behind her, but she wouldn't distract herself with it. She went downwards with a sharp turn, making almost everyone loose focus on the snitch but she was still going. She stretched her hand out and then a force knocked her out of her broom. Instantly her body crashed onto the grassy field and a pain shot up on her back. Her head was spinning but she managed to sit up. She could her the distress calls for her name. Suddenly she felt a weird sensation around her hand. Runo turned and her eyes widened. On her right hand was resting the golden snitch.

"I caught it!" She exclaimed with glee as she fist bumped the air. Hydron was now descending on to the ground a full on glare directed at her. Most of the participants were now surrounding her, the Gryffindors and some Slytherins congratulating her. The Slytherin Captain only sent her a smirk but called back his participants.

"You!" Jake Vallory's index finger was now pointing at her. On his face, the brightest smile the blunette had ever seen on someone. He was shooting smirks at Keith Clay but the blonde seemed to ignore the taunts "What is your name?"

"Runo Misaki" She responded and stood up, dusting off her clothes and turning to look for her broom. It was lying not too far away from where she was standing. She went and picked it up with ease as she noticed her brunette friend running towards her.

"Idiot!" Was the first thing out of his mouth but the emotion on his face was another one. He had his usual goofy grin but his aura was full of happiness and bliss. Runo felt her breath hitch at the sight.

"Wait! You're Runo Misaki?!" The voice of the captain snapped her out of her daze. He was suddenly standing next to her, with a face full of awe and surprise. The girl wasn't sure if she had to answer the guy.

"That was amazing Runo!" Dan was now next to her "You should've seen Hydron's face when you caught the snitch" He snickered quite loudly as he turned to send smirks at the blonde boy.

"I wish I could've seen that" The girl muttered and smirked. That definitely would've made her day entirely. Then Jake's hand was in front of her, and his face had a big proud smile.

"You're the new Seeker for the Gryffindor team!" He exclaimed with glee. The blunette felt her mouth drop at the words "I was doubting on telling you right now, but I think it fits the mood" He laughed loudly and crossed his buffy arms over his chest "But as little Kuso here said, that was an amazing performance! We would have to work on you trying not to fall off your broom, but the sharp turns were pretty great!" He started patting her quite hard on the back "Welcome to the team Misaki!"

"That's great Runo! We both made it into the team!" Dan exclaimed besides her. The blunette took a moment to process everything. Then her face was full of shock and surprise.

"Wait! You got in too?!" She exclaimed her lips breaking into a smile.

"What's with the tone of surprise?" The brunette smiled nonetheless "Apparently I was the best out of the participants for Beater since I was able not to hit anyone with the Bludger" He smirked and shrugged.

"Heads up!" Another voice interrupted. Suddenly a firecracker went over Runo's head and it popped in fluorescent lights and emitting strange sounds. The blunette only turned to look at the source where it had come from and just heard Dan and Jake sigh in annoyance.

"Woah that was pretty good Kenta!" A boy with purple hair loudly exclaimed. He was standing at the edge of the Quidditch pitch along with some other older students of the Gryffindor house.

"Thank you Kenji, definitely something to marvel at!" A boy similar to the other one was up on a broom looking down at them. They looked the same in Runo's eyes, the only thing different their hair color; his was orange colored.

"Kenta! Keiji! Stop that, you're going to scare away the new members!" Jake scolded the two guys and frowned. He turned to them with an apologetic smile "Sorry, about that they're a handful" Then he turned to them still scolding.

"Tell me about it" Dan muttered as he sent the boy on the broom a glare. The other boy noticed but only sent him a sweet smile before going towards the boy similar to him. "I haven't told you have I?" Runo only gave him a confused stare and he sighed in defeat as they both started walking behind Jake "Those two are my late cousins. They're from my dad's side of the family but we don't see each other that much" He started scratching his head "But well as you can see they're both on the Gryffindor team. They're the reason I'm being called little Kuso by most of the older students and they're a nuisance"

"Oh yes we are!" The one with purple hair was now in front of her with a mischievous smile. Runo was suddenly pulled back by her arm and stood next to Dan, his face more annoyed by the second.

"Oh would you look at that Kenji?" The one with orange hair now dropped to the floor with a grin on his lips "So, this is the girl our little cousin has been hanging out with?"

"Seems like that Kenta" The two of them approached her, and she honestly felt kind of weird at being stared like that.

"Stop it! You're going to scare her!" A girl with ash brown hair and blue eyes intervened, giving the pair a death glare. They both only backed away, muttering something to themselves.

"Okay people gather around!" Jake's voice snapped them back to reality. Everyone made a circle around him as he cleared his throat "I have already decided who our new recruits will be" He motioned for Runo and Dan to step forward "Runo Misaki will be our new Seeker and little Dan Kuso will be our new Beater" The brunette only gave a glare at his cousins who in turn just shrugged innocently. "Guys, this is the current Gryffindor Team, as you know I'm Jake Vallory, Fourth Year and I'm the Captain and the Keeper" The captain proudly smiled.

"I'm Taylor Harada, Fifth Year, and I'm one of the Chasers" The girl with ash brown hair smiled brightly as she introduced herself.

"I'm Casey Miyasaka, Seventh Year and I as well am one of the Chasers, and the oldest one here" A boy with golden eyes and spiky blue hair said, crossing his arms over his chest.

"And we are!" Dan's cousins linked arms with each other "Kenta and Keiji Kuso! Both Fourth Years" They twirled in their place as they introduced themselves. "I'm a Beater" Kenta announced smugly "And I'm a Chaser" Keiji responded and finished with a pose. Runo hoped that she wasn't the only one confused by their strange behavior.

"Alright enough with the show" Jake commanded with an un-amused tone of voice "Okay so this is the current Gryffindor Quidditch team, remember practices are three times a week after school, I'll post the schedules on the Gryffindor Common Room" He clapped once more and then turned to the youngest recruits "And once again welcome to the team!" The other members clapped and cheered for them. Runo felt blood rose over her cheeks during the moment.

"You guys! That was amazing!" Julie exclaimed and released a laugh. After the chat with the Quidditch team, Runo and Dan had managed to change out of their training clothes into their usual uniforms and stored their respective brooms on the broom closet of the Gryffindor locker room. Julie, Alice and Marucho met up with them after the tryouts and everyone was currently in their way towards the Black Lake.

"You should be more careful about falling off your broom Runo" The redhead warned as she gave her friend a stern look "But I'm happy you both got into the Quidditch team though"

"Oh come on Alice nothing bad happened" The blunette tried brushing off the comment but her friend was still giving her the look "I mean it was Hydron's fault for pushing me once"

"Actually he did it twice" Marucho perked up "I mean-n, I saw him tip your broom upwards at the end of the practice and that's why you fell down" The boy looked like he was still nervous to be talking or even walking among them.

"That little sneaky rat" Runo muttered under her breath, trying to calm down the rage she felt for the Slytherin. She seriously hoped that he wouldn't be picked as the Slytherin Seeker.

"Oh come one Runo, you beat him! Ohohohoh! But don't get your hopes up, Hufflepuff is going to win the Quidditch cup this time!" Julie twirled as they continued to walk.

"Yeah right, with us two on the team, we're so going to win!" Dan exclaimed proudly. Runo only nodded in support and shot the silver haired girl a taunting smile. Julie only stuck her tongue out at her and proceeded to argue with the brunette.

"Are they always this excited about Quidditch?" Marucho asked in curiosity as he looked at the pair still arguing with one another.

"Dan is usually the one pumped up for this though, Julie I'm kind of surprised" Runo commented as she turned to the pair. She stopped mid-step once she noticed the silver haired girl grabbing onto the brunette's arm.

"Something wrong Runo?" The blonde asked with concern and Alice turned to look at her.

"Nope, I'm fine" She answered and looked the other way not noticing the teasing smile the redhead was giving her. Before they knew it they were approaching a certain oak tree that was at the edge of the Black Lake. The group left their bags at the tree and sat down on the grass. The blunette let out a sigh of relief as she stretched her arms over her head.

"Hey wasn't Shun going to try out for the Slytherin team as well?" Alice asked as she took out a heavy book from her bag and looked at Dan. Marucho sat near her, but his eyes were drifted off, admiring the Black Lake, his face full of awe. Julie was sitting next to the brunette, occasionally looking at him.

"Yeah he was, but I don't know what happened" He sat cross legged on the grass and messed up his hair even more "Now that I think about it, I haven't seen Shun that much lately…" He had a look of concern on his face.

"Oh but you know how he is!" Julie tried cheering him up "He always appears when you least expect it! Maybe he's been busy with other stuff" She had a bright cheerful smile on her lips but the Dan and Alice still looked concerned.

"Who is this person you're talking about?" Marucho turned to them, confusion and concern across his features.

"Oh he's a friend of ours, but we lately haven't seen him around" Alice commented still with a look of worry on her eyes "He's quite independent on his own, but still…"

"He's in Slytherin and in the same year, and surprisingly good at Transfiguration and Potions" Dan commented as he crossed his arms over his chest and stared deep in thought at the grass.

"Well he sounds like he can manage pretty good on his own" The blonde commented bluntly "I-I mea-an it's normal to worry but maybe just talking things out could be the solution" The worried pair looked at Marucho with a bit of a shock.

"Yeah we shouldn't worry too much about him" Runo waved it off "Like Julie said, maybe he has been busy. Don't worry too much" She smiled until a laugh made her stop. The girl turned and her face turned into a scowl.

"Don't worry about Kazami, he finally realized who's a better company" Hydron Prince commented bitterly as he approached them. He had another two Slytherin students following him that Runo hadn't seen before. One had light brown hair and slightly taller than the rest, while the other one was shorter than them and had dark brown spiky hair. They were both besides Hydron, as if they were his bodyguards.

"What the bloody hell do you want Prince?" Dan asked a frown already in his face.

"Oh nothing, just here to gloat about my new position on the Slytherin Team" He shot Runo a dirty look but she only scoffed.

"Like we care, now go away!" The blunette exclaimed with annoyance; She was irked by the thought of being near him. Alice now had put her book down and was glaring full on at the Slytherin, while Julie tried to calm her friends down.

"Unlike you Misaki my father has enough power here to afford me the best." The blonde's lips twisted into a dark smirk "Oh but you know it's true, the statement about Kazami"

"Like hell Shun would do that!" The brunette was now standing up, his face full of anger. The blunette swore she could see fire coming out of the boy's eyes. The only response Prince did was laugh in front of him. Now Runo was stood up as well.

"If you're here to only spread out lies then you better leave Prince" The girl glared at the boy. He stopped laughing and glared back at her while approaching her.

"Look here Misaki-" He was about to continue until someone intervened between the two. Surprised Runo turned to look at the person and even more of a shock was when she saw the short blond boy glaring at Hydron.

"Hey you! Um, bully!" Marucho said with a nervous and trembling voice "Stop saying such bad rumors!" Runo's eyes widened at the bravery of the blonde. Impressed was a better word for what she was feeling.

"I can say what I want, when I want!" Hydron snarled at the boy "And who are you even to talk to me?" Runo was about to intervene but Marucho answered with confidence before she could even open her mouth.

"I'm Marucho Maruka, and at least no one on the Gryffindor Team had to buy their way in, unlike some" The boy said bluntly and the blunette didn't even hide her grin after the statement. Prince's face went red in anger.

"Why you?!" His nostrils were flaring and Runo saw a flash of recognition across his eyes as he looked at the blond. Suddenly his face turned into a dark smirk and he lowered down enough to be at and eye level with Marucho "No one asked your opinion, you filthy little Mudblood"

Runo instantly knew that Hydron had said something out of place. The two guys behind him had nervous smiles over their lips and the girl swore they wanted to leave the place. Julie gasped loudly and yelled at a boy a loud profanity. In an instant she was by their side still yelling at Prince as he backed away with a nervous face. Alice had shock written all over her face, but she still looked pissed. The redhead had stood up and taken out her wand. Before she could even flick it, a spell had crashed onto Hydron's upper body and he had been sent flying into the grassy floor. Dan had conjured the spell, a furious look all over his face. When Prince tried to sit up he started vomiting for no big reason. Runo looked in amusement and disgust as he started throwing up what seemed to be slugs. Without hesitation the brunette boy was already in front of the Slytherin, wand pointing at his chest.

"I swear if you use that word again, I'll make sure you don't only end up barfing slugs" Dan warned him and Hydron only kept on throwing up the dirty animals.

"What happened here?!" The voice of Professor Klaus broke through the confrontation. He quickly rushed to the fallen boy, the two other Slytherins trailing behind him. He was wearing similar set of robes but in colors of rich green and wine. The professor was about to kneel but once noticing the state he was in thought better of it. "Mr. Kuso care to explain what happened to, um…" The professor made a face of disgust as Hydron threw up a couple of more slugs "…Mr. Prince?"

"He called my friend a derogatory term" Dan had a fierce glare on his face as he looked at Hydron "And I wasn't going to let him get away with it"

"I see…" Professor Klaus commented as he gave a slight pat on the blonde's back, a face of disgust on his face "I know you were defending your friend and all of that Mr. Kuso, but you can just take justice in your hands" Runo's eyes widened at the statement the professor had just made. Even the brunette looked surprised by the words coming out the man's mouth "I'm sorry but minus 20 points from Gryffindor and I'll see you in detention Monday night" He sighed, and almost looked as if he regretted doing it but turned to the pair of Slytherins "You two, accompany me and carry Mr. Prince to the Hospital Wing, so his barfing problem can be resolved!"

In an instant the pair of boys hoisted Hydron up and trying not to barf as well carried him inside the castle. The Professor only sighed and followed after them, head held high as he directed them the way to go.

"Well that was unexpected" Dan commented in a light-hearted tone of voice. Runo noticed that he in fact was smiling from ear to ear and she couldn't help but to do the same.

"I'm so sorry Dan!" Marucho exclaimed out of nowhere and started bowing in front of the brunette "If it weren't for me interfering, you wouldn't have detention!" The brunette only started laughing and rested a hand on his shoulder.

"Hey no worries little guy, it was actually pretty brave what you did there" The blond looked up at the brunette, surprise on his eyes "And I mean I wasn't going to sit here and let Hydron talk that way about you"

"But why would you do that for someone like me?" Runo's eyes widened once the blond asked.

"Well we're friends aren't we?" Without missing a beat Dan answered with a small frown on his eyebrows "I mean that's what friends do" Marucho's eyes widened. They were full of joy and surprise.

"Was it that bad?" Runo asked as everyone's eyes turned to her "I mean what Hydron called Marucho" She didn't even remember the word anymore but if it had that big of an impact on everybody, she supposed it was really a bad word.

"After he told me I supposed it was really bad" Marucho agreed with her "But I don't know what it means or even if it was that bad"

"It was bad" Julie spoke up, a frown covering her face as she remembered the event "Just thinking about it makes me want to strangle him!" She made a motion with her hands out of frustration.

"It's about the most insulting thing he could think of" Alice said as she saved her wand inside her robes. Her eyes seemed to be thinking of something else and Runo could tell that she was angry and worried about the situation "Mudblood, the nerve to say something like that" She spat the word like it was venom on her tongue.

"You see, mudblood's a really foul name for someone who is muggleborn, you know non-magic parents" Dan started explaining as he as well hid his wand on his back pocket "There are some wizards, like the Prince's family, who think they're better than the rest of us because they're what people call pureblood, meaning both magic parents" They all sat down once again in the grass as the chatting continued.

"It's a disgusting thing to call someone" Alice commented with anger lacing her voice "Dirty blood, common blood, it's utterly ridiculous" She finished as she crossed her arms over her chest and tried relaxing once again.

"Like Alice said it's disgusting and ridiculous that someone could think like that" Dan finished as he sighed "I mean most wizards nowadays are half-bloods. If wizards hadn't married muggles, we would've died out in a few years"

"It's horrible that people are so close minded about that" Julie pouted "Like if blood is going to make us better than some people, please!" She exclaimed exasperated. Now Runo understood why they all argued back. She agreed with them all the way. It was stupid that someone could think like that. Maybe that's a reason as to why Hydron thinks he's better than everybody else.

"That stupid git" The blunette muttered under her breath. She made a mental note that next time she saw him, she would be the one jinxing him first.

"Well, I'm very grateful to you" Marucho commented, now his face more serious than before as the impact of the words started to sink in. He looked up to Dan and smiled in gratitude "Thank you very much" Dan only grinned the same as always.

"No worries little guy" The rest of the day was spent sitting and talking at the oak near the Black Lake. It was moment's like this that made Runo grateful for being in Hogwarts. The sun started to set and the group of friends was forced to pick their things up and head towards the Great Hall and eat. They said their farewells once they got to their respective house tables and separated.

Runo sent a look towards the Slytherin table seeing that Hydron was still missing. She smirked quite devilishly and was about to turn to talk to Fabia until a sight caught her eye. It was the first time she had seen Shun after the first day of classes. She was tempted to wave and greet him, but he hadn't noticed that she was looking at him. He looked very tired and drained out. The blunette's eyes furrowed in confusion as she noticed big bags under his eyes and he looked paler than before. When she was about to call to him, the boy suddenly stood up and left the Great Hall without glancing back. She bit on her lower lip. She knew she had told her friends that they shouldn't worry too much about Shun, but seeing him like that made her concerned. She turned to continue talking with Fabia, her mind hoping that the Slytherin would be alright.

"Eh? He's in detention right now?" Fabia asked as she looked around the Great Hall. The weekend had passed and Monday was already reaching its end. Most of the students were already at the Great Hall eating their respective dinner and chatting away their day. Runo sat in front of Fabia and Chan Lee as she told them that Dan had detention tonight. She looked around before wrapping some cookies and little pies in a napkin and stuffing them in her robes. If the brunette was still in detention with Klaus Knight she was sure he wouldn't get to eat anything.

"I know Kuso is kind of an idiot but why is he on detention?" Chan Lee asked quite interested in the topic as she continued to eat from her plate. Runo bit on her apple and explained what had happened during the weekend, making the two girls turn to glare at the blond sitting at the Slytherin table. Hydron had been able to recover on Sunday but rumor was that every now and then he would throw up a slug at the middle of a class.

"He's the worst I swear" Fabia commented and turned to look at the blunette "And Dan was the one who got detention?"

"Professor Klaus said that it was because Dan hexed him, but I still think Hydron should've been the one punished" Runo huffed angrily as she finished off her food. She sent a look at the Slytherin table and Shun wasn't around. If she remembered correctly, she hadn't seen him step a foot in here during the day. She let out a breath of air as she stood up.

"Where are you going?" Chan Lee asked with curiosity. Fabia looked up to her as well.

"I'm going to look for Dan. I'm sure Professor Knight is capable of keeping him up all night, I'll see if I can distract him" She waved to her friends "I'll see you back at the Common Room!" And with that she turned and walked away from the Great Hall. If she remembered correctly Professor Knight's office was on the second floor of the Hogwarts castle, next to the DATDA classroom. Releasing another sigh the girl sped up her step in the stairs as she headed towards it. Reaching the second floor the blunette headed straight towards the office until a slithering sound stopped her.

Runo frowned as she looked around. She was the only one on the floor and then she heard it again. The girl gripped onto the stonewall, her eyes wide as she tried to hear the thing again. She looked around once again until a faint whisper reached her ears.

"Kill…time to kill" It started saying and Runo felt her stomach doing summersaults. She backed away from the wall as the voice started to move away from her. With her heart hammering in her chest, she started running through the whole second floor, forgetting all about her brunette friend.

"…Sooo hungry…for so long…"

Runo turned her head in both ways, trying to see something in the dim lit floor. Nothing was out of place in her eyes as she kept on running. Where was the voice coming from? What was it talking about? And why wasn't anyone coming to search for it as well?

"…I smell blood…I SMELL BLOOD" The blunette covered her ears as the voice started shouting in madness. She stopped for a moment, trying to regain her breath and clear her mind. The voice was still screaming, making her head hurt in an incredible amount. Runo was panting in effort as she continued to run, in whichever direction. It didn't matter anymore she just had to find out what was happening. Suddenly the voice stopped and her mind was free from the torture. That only made her terror rise up. She continued to run until she was face to face with a deserted passage. She was panting as she gripped onto the wall for support.

"What the hell…" She whispered to herself as she looked at the wall far ahead. Her stomach almost dropped. At the end of the passage the windows were illuminating a set of foot high words that had been written with some sort of red ink. She carefully approached it, her scar sending tingles down her body.

THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS HAS BEEN OPENED. ENEMIES OF THE HEIR, BEWARE.

A huge amount of water was beneath those letters and Runo could smell a foul stench coming from them. What was going on? She walked slowly towards it, trying not to slip on the water until she noticed something on one of the torch brackets. She released a gasp once her eyes adjusted to the sight, almost making her lose her footing.

A black cat was hanging by the tail from the torch bracket. It was stiff, not moving, not even blinking. Its eyes were wide and Runo could sense fear coming from them. She looked around once again. No one was around, but how did that happen? Who could've done it? She looked up towards the cat once again unsure of what was she supposed to do. Then a bell was heard from downstairs. The students were leaving the Great Hall quite fast and before she could even escape the place, the hallways were flooded with students trying to get to their Common Rooms.

Runo was in the middle of it once the students noticed the words and the hanging cat. They all stopped at once, terrified faces looking up at the cat's body and reading over the letters. Some students where watching her with horrid eyes, as if she was the one who could've done it.

"Enemies of the Heir, beware! You'll be next, Mudbloods!" A well-known voice yelled through the quiet. From a crowd of students, Hydron Prince walked proudly out of it as he stood with a grin, looking in triumph at the immobile cat.

HEY GUYS! So I almost made it in time for the monthly update but oh well it's something haha I really liked how this chapter turned out tbh and Dan and Runo did make it into the Gryffindor Quidditch Team! Also in this story Kenta and Keiji are the twins from one of Bakugan's episodes, they are supposed to be Dan's late cousins and I didn't introduce them earlier since just now did I mention the Quidditch Team. And I think you can agree with me that Hydron is a total git, even though he's the counterpart of Draco, I liked Draco Malfoy a whole lot better than this guy. Also things for Runo will only get more confusing and dangerous from this point on of the Second Year, haha

For the next update, as always I'll try to have it by next month or earlier, but this time I can't promise much. My final projects come up like a month before we actually leave school and they're a handful, so I don't think I'll have too much time on my hands to be able to write freely (Not for ABHS or MBB, sadly) but I'll try to do the best I can! Anyways, hope you enjoyed reading this chapter like I did writing it, and if you have any comment or question leave a review or PM to let me know! Have a great week!