The sun was setting as Nikole stepped over underbrush and under fallen branches. She could scarcely see when the sun was up in the sky, but now with its light leaving, she could barely even see anything within two inches of her face. "Lacarnum Inflamare!" she whispered, and a little ball of fire appeared in her outstretched palm. "Much better," she prided to herself. She looked to the ball and chanted, "Ye have come this far by me, to come with many more times three!" And, instantly, the fireball divided, like a cell going under mitosis, into three individual fireballs. "Now, search and strangle far and wide to find the source of lives divide." The fireballs fled in three different directions, north, east and west.

She heard a twig snap behind her and she turned. She couldn't see, now that the sun had set and the balls of fire had fled like a vampire from the sun. She could hear footsteps now. Clear, crisp footsteps, but she couldn't quite tell how many, but it sounded like four pairs, if not two. She crouched down near the ground and whispered, "Lacarnum Inflamare." A ball of fire appeared in front of Nikole and she could clearly see what was behind her. It was a spider. The biggest spider she had ever seen in her life. She was about to scream when the spider spoke softly.

"Why, hello, young lady. I'm Daisy. Who are you?" It spoke these words evenly, no emotion running with them.

"Um, I'm Nikole. Nikole Piper." Nikole took a step back.

"No need to fear me, Nikole. I'm quite friendly. I haven't eaten a human in years!"

"Does that mean you wanna eat me because you've hadn't had one in years, or was that sentence supposed to be an encouragement that won't eat me?"

Daisy giggled. "I wont eat you dear."

Nikole sighed that sigh of relief and most of her fear had left her body. "Good."

"Although, my brothers and sisters might."

Nikole gasped. "Oh joy. Something to look forward to."

"Don't worry, Nikole. I wont let them harm you."

Nikole stared at Daisy suspiciously. "You sure?"

"Yes, Nikole. I'm sure."

"Thanks." Nikole cleared her throat. "Um, are there vampires in the Dark Forest?"

Daisy replied, "Yes."

"Can you show me where?" "Just walk north."

Nikole turned around and asked, "Where is your nest of family?"

"East. Don't go east." Daisy turned to the east and began to walk away.

"Thanks, Daisy," Nikole called after her.

"Welcome, Nikole. I wont tell them you're here." Daisy continued on her way, leaving Nikole all by herself with the fireball.

Sighing, Nikole walked toward the north direction, the fireball directly in front of her. It zoomed forward and zigzagged, just like a snitch would. She sighed and continued following it.

{Nearly two hours later}

Nikole had been walking and following the fireball for nearly two hours now. It was pitch black. She couldn't see much but the four feet in front and behind the fireball. She heard another twig snap from...in front of her. No one was following her...apparently she'd been following someone else. "Telepathia," she whispered. The fireball immediately disappeared as Nikole stepped closer.

She could see a dim light up ahead. She paused, looking around and listening. She heard and saw nothing but the dim lighting up ahead. "Great," she murmured to herself. "Just great." She walked silently toward the light and felt her surroundings. She felt rocks. "Great. I'm in a cave. Of all hiding places, they had to choose a cave," she murmured. She walked deeper inside and saw a wooden desk with a chair and a lamp, which was the cause of the dim light.

"Welcome to my home, Piper."

Nikole turned and saw something she never wanted to see. She saw a man. "Who are you?"

"Tom Marvolo Riddle, my dear."