A/N Here's the next chapter for all my faithful readers. And please note that the next chapter won't come until I have 10 reviews, so if you read but don't review… SHAME ON YOU!!!!



Once outside the castle, Ara ran for the Forbidden Forest. She barely reached the cover of the trees before she fell to the ground writhing with pain. Every nerve ending was on fire but at the same time they were numb. She could barely breathe the pain was so intense. It was the worst attack that she'd ever experienced.

She had been there on the ground consumed by pain for about ten minutes before she realized that someone was standing over her. Knowing that she could do nothing, she ignored him, lost in her world of pain. Then she was lifted and carried as gently as though she was a child.

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"The bleeding's stopped thank God."

"Lucky the boy was there."

"Luck has nothing to do with it. The girl has survived worse."

The voices drifted to Ara as though from a great distance and she struggled to regain consciousness. As her eyes flickered open the conversation stopped. Ara managed to look angelic while at the same time wincing.

"Bleeding?" she asked.

Madam Pomfrey nodded. "Blood was positively flowing from your wrist."

"My wrist?"

"Oh it was a jagged cut not human inflicted." Madam Pomfrey assured her.

"I want to go back to class." Ara said. "I will not fall behind in my studies."

"Let her go Poppy." Dumbledore said from near the door. "She has great stamina."

Five minutes later, Ara was on her way to Transfiguration, looking quite healthy. In fact she looked as though nothing had happened. The only thing that reminded her of her experience was the white bandage wrapped around her wrist. Sighing she yanked open the door to the classroom.

"Thank you for joining us Ms. Montgomery." McGonagall said acidly.

"Oh you're quite welcome." Ara said airily. "And Professor Dumbledore would like to speak to you after class."

She breezed to her seat in the back row, wincing as Draco grabbed her injured wrist.

"Where were you?" He hissed. "I was worried."

"Later." She whispered back.

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An hour later as Ara slid around a corner a tall dark haired boy stepped from the shadows causing her to halt and stare at him in shock.

"You!" she hissed. "It was you who took me up to the castle!"



Dum dum dum! Who is this Mysterious character? Is he friend or foe to our beloved Ara?

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