~*~ Three hours later ~*~
"What're you doing here?" Spike asked as Destiny sat down beside him on the velvety black couch (mug of blood griped tightly in hand).
"You know exactly what I'm doing here," Destiny said somewhat sadly. "My fate will be chosen soon, and this is where it is to happen, or near here. I am to parish to a hell dimension, or continue on with my un-life."
"All our fates will be chosen soon," Spike said turning off the TV.
"Yeah, but you guys have already hit your high point of evilness, then you were able to take control of it. I've seen what danger I'll be, and there won't be any chances of me taking control of it," Destiny said just barley keeping from crying as she looked into her mug.
"Don't worry. You always worried too much," Spike said with a small laugh that could only be heard by another of their kind.
"Why shouldn't I worry? For the first time in all of my existance, I'm unable to see what's to come. I've tried all my spells time and time again, none of them have worked," Destiny ranted. "I don't know if Akuma will succeed where Glorificus failed."
"She won't be going after Dawn will she?" Spike asked with a bit of worry flashing through his eyes.
"No, no, of course not. She's much too powerful to need a key, and she's not even a god," Destiny said looking up at Spike, most of the sadness gone from her expression. "It's amazing how the little one that we playfully called 'Little Demon' could actually turn out to be such a demon girl."
"You do know that she's a minor devil, right?" Spike asked almost sarcastically.
"Of course I know that. That's what dad named her Akuma, Japanese for devil," Destiny said, now trying to keep from breaking out in a smile.
~*~ Meanwhile ~*~
"That was a strange class," Harry said to no one in particular as he, Ron and Hermione walked along the shore of the lake.
"Yeah, Destiny seemed so…so," Ron said unable to find the right word.
"Worried. Scared. Probable even terrified," Hermione said coming to the word that Ron had been looking for.
"Right," Ron said agreeing with Hermione (A/N: for once).
"No, that's not what I'm talking about, though that was strange," Harry said shaking his head. "They kept talking about when they were younger. Destiny practically outright said that Professor Spike was a vampire, too."
"She did, basically," Hermione said.
"But why would Professor Dumbledore hire a vampire?" Ron asked aloud. "I understand him hiring Lupin, seeing as there is a potion he can take."
"But there isn't a potion or spell for a soulless vampire," Hermione stated.
"Right," Harry said thoughtfully. "Destiny said something about something coming, about how Professor Spike was the worst of them, and how it was like they had each other's parents, Slytherin and Griffindor."
"Yes, so they must have been here during the times of the founders, or somewhere near that time," Hermione said. "I'm going to go to the library and see if I can find anything, alright?"
"Ok," Ron said all too used to Hermione running off to the library.
"I'll see you for dinner," Hermione said over her shoulder as she ran off.
~*~ Halloween ~*~
"There you are," Dawn said as a large silvery bird flew through window to the small room in the inn. "I was hoping you'd come soon. I was getting bored just sitting around waiting for you all day."
The bird made a clicking sound with it's beak as if reprimanding Dawn for something.
"Oh, yeah, the curtain, sorry," Dawn said quickly closing the window then the curtain blocking the sunlight from the room.
"Thanks, don't like staying in bird form for so long," Destiny said appearing where the bird had been. "So, are you ready."
"As ready as I'll ever be," Dawn said grabbing her new black cloak, and wrapping it around her. "So how're we going to get this there?"
"Like this," Destiny said pulling out her wand and pointing it at the trunk, two suitcases, and three duffle bags, muttering something too softly for Dawn to understand.
Instantly the bags shrunk to Barbie doll size, which Destiny put into a shoe box that she had conjured up quickly.
"Here, take this," she said handing the box to Dawn.
"Now, can we go?" Dawn asked impatiently.
"Yeah, yeah," Destiny said shaking her head in brief disbelief. "I'm going to turn into a cat, a silver cat. You MUST follow me, no matter what, ok?"
"Ok, you've told me this, what, a hundred times," Dawn retorted annoyingly.
"Dang, are you lucky right now," Destiny said before turning into a cat and walking over to the door.
Dawn opened the door and followed the silver cat (which was Destiny) out of the inn, and into a horseless carriage that was waiting for them.
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Short…I know…but I'm kinda in a hurry to post something…it's been too long.
Gaz Destiny
