I don't own Harry Potter or Wizards of Waverly Place

During the night, Alex lied down on her bed. She couldn't sleep for the thought that someone was after her, haunted her thoughts. Not only that, but she worried about Mason as well. She hadn't heard from him in days! She hoped that he wasn't captured and was back at Waverly Place safe and sound instead of the Forbidden Forest.

She let out a loud sigh as she threw a pillow to the side of the bed and the the covers off her. That's it! She couldn't sleep tonight. She put on her slippers and got out of the girls dorm room and entered the dark common room. At first, she surveyed the room to make sure that no one was in the room and to her luck, the room was empty. She sat down on the couch and stared off into space. Even the emptiness of the common room wasn't soothing her thoughts.

"Man," she sighed as she walked towards the window. She closed her eyes and breathed in the night air. Her eyes suddenly opened when she heard a twig snap into the distance. She leaned forward to the window and saw a dark figure suddenly appearing from the ground. She couldn't make out his facial features from the darkness but she saw the figure running into the dark forest. She thought that it was Mason who probably wanted to see her again. She pulled away from the window and ran out of the common room.

Once she stepped out of the room, she was conscious of her surroundings. She made sure that a teacher wouldn't pop out of nowhere and catch her. While she was climbing up the stairs, she wondered what Mason was going to tell her. She hoped that he didn't have any bad news about her parents though she new that they were both doing fine.

She stopped in her tracks when she heard the footsteps and voices of two teachers. "Shoot," she whispered as she took out her red wand that she always carried with her unless there were any emergencies. "Go through, mo through," she said as she walked inside the gray stone wall. She slowly poked out her head and saw that it was Professor McGonagall walking down the hall with Professor Dumbledore. She hoped that they didn't see her. She wanted to avoid getting detention again, not that she minded since she was with Harry, and losing house points as well. After the two professors had left, Alex walked out of the wall and continued to her destination.

When she arrived to the outdoors of the castle, she ran down the path, past Hagrid's hut, and entered the dark forest. Once she stepped foot into the forest, she got a chilling sensation, a feeling that she didn't like. She knew the rule that no one was supposed to be near the forest but rules were made to be broken.

The fragile twigs snapped under her feet as she walked down the path. She wished that she had bought a flashlight with her but she doubted that anyone around here knew what a flashlight was. She took out her other wand and said, "lumos," where a dim light from the tip of the wand shone. She flicked her wand back and forth to see the silhouetted figures that stood in front of her. No one was there. "Mason?" she said his name but she got no reply from him.

Another twig snapped. "Mason are you here?" she finally shouted. "Mason!" No answer. The cold breeze hit her face, making the leaves rustle against one another, creating an uncomfortable scenery for Alex.

What if the person that she saw was not Mason? What if it was someone else? Someone devious who had already poisoned a student at Hogwarts. Alex couldn't stand into the dark forest anymore. She whipped around and ran when she heard another twig snap. Alex wasn't the athletic type but she ran as fast as her legs could carry her. Her foot caught onto something and she collapsed to the ground. When she looked up, she was horrified.

What she saw was gray fur with horse-like hooves and gray flesh with a human torso and arms. The creature had the face of a human but the ears of a horse. It was the corpse of a centaur and it had been brutally murdered by something or someone.

Another twig snapped near her. She scrambled to her feet and continued to run. Wherever she ran or turned to, she as trapped by a trees that blocked her exits. The more she tried, the difficult it became for her. Her ears perked up as the snapping got closer and closer. She turned to run but she felt as if the trees were working with whoever was snapping the twigs. She couldn't shut her eyes and scream for help. That would show that she was a chicken and Justin would never let her forget it. Wait a minute, that's it! What would the great Justin Russo do to get himself out of this predicament?

She heard another snap and a low but dangerous growl. It was coming towards her! "I've had enough of all this fear, so hurry up and get me out of here!" she said as she waved her wand around her head and she disappeared. She felt herself traveling through the thin air as she plummeted on a dark couch in the Slytherin common room. She was finally back and she was fine. She let out a sigh of relief as she pulled herself together, got up from the couch, and went back to the girls' dorm, hoping to get a good night's sleep.

In the forest, the dark figure growled. The girl was almost in his grasp but she had disappeared into thin air. He had to try again. He wasn't going back until he caught her. This proved to be quite challenging since the castle was well guarded and he couldn't just waltz in there as a human. He transformed himself into a rodent, where he scurried back into the castle.