The next morning, we boarded the Hogwarts Express. Ron tripped me and I almost landed flat on my face. But two strong arms caught me. I looked up and saw that it was Aro.

"Thank you."

"No problem."

We started to walk. Ron tried to trip us again. But Aro stomped hard on his foot.

"Ow! That hurt!"

"Did it? I'm so sorry. Would you like me to call your mommy so she can come and kiss it to make it better?"

"Come on, Aro. He's not worth it."

Uncle Sev and dad saw Ron limping into the Great Hall. Alexander saw that Aro was annoyed.

"I think we found the culprit, Severus."

The minister stood up.

"Welcome back to another year at Hogwarts. As you can see, we have a new headmaster. His name is Alexander."

After dinner, Alexander called me and Aro up to his office,

"What happened to Mr. Weasley?"

"I stomped on his foot." Aro said.

"Why?"

"He tripped Trixie. I helped her up. When we started walking off, he tried to trip us again."

"I will talk to his parents. Go on up to the secret room."

We walked hand in hand up to the secret room. Dad was sitting in a chair reading a book. We explained to him what had happened on the train.

"Did you break his foot?" Emmett asked.

"Unfortunately not. But if he tries again, I will not hesitate."

Jasper calmed him down. I took a walk. But then I saw Albus. He pointed his wand at me.

"You got me fired!"

He blasted me into the wall and started hurting me. Jasper felt my distress.

"Emmett, come on."

They ran down to where I was. Albus was already gone.

"Trixie!" Emmett yelled.

Jasper ran over to me. I started to wake up. I tried to sit up. But I cried out in pain.

"Stay down. Emmett, go get dad! Trixie, what happened?"

"Albus was mad. He said I had gotten him fired. Then he attacked me."

Emmett and dad were back two minutes later.

"Who did this?" Dad asked.

"Albus. He was mad because he thought she got him fired. So he attacked her."

Dad lifted me up and took me upstairs. Aro ran over to me. Dad bandaged my wounds just as Uncles Sev and Lucius came in.

"What happened?"

"Long story short; Albus attacked her."

I stood up and walked with Jasper.

"What are horcruxes?"

"Pieces of a soul that has been separated from a body. In this case, there are seven. Where they are, I don't know. I can only guess."

"But how is she alive?"

"People can live without their souls. But they are pure evil. It's almost like selling your soul to the devil."

I then sensed that Dracula was in the school. Jasper must have sensed it too. We both ran into an empty classroom and locked the door. We then pulled out our wands. Two hours later, someone was unlocking the door.

"Get ready to fire." Jasper whispered.

"Jasper? Is that you?"

It was Uncle Sev. We put our wands away just as he came in.

"Uncle Sev! We thought it was Dracula. He was in the school earlier." I said.

"How did he get in?"

"Could Albus have told him about the secret passages?"

"You have a point there. We have to block them. The Charms professor is retiring next week. Lucius is taking up that position."

"That's going to be interesting. Especially when the Weasleys are in his class."

The three of us went up to the secret room. Halfway up, I stopped.

"What's wrong?" Uncle Sev asked.

"We're being followed by Ron."

"Where is he?"

"Around the corner behind us."

He snook around the corner behind Ron.

"Weasley! Detention with me tomorrow night at eight. Get back to your dorm."

Ron jumped and ran. We went up to the secret room. I told Emmett how Uncle Sev scared Ron and he burst into laughter.

"I bet he wet his pants."

"He was scared, that's for sure." Jasper said.

They both laughed.