Disclaimer: I own only the obvious, the rest belongs to JK Rolwing.

Authors Note: Sorry for the wait, but I've been sick the last couple of days.

-Chapter Seventeen-
Mayon grinned as a couple of Hufflepuff students ran down the corridor screaming that it was the end of the world. How he loved terrifying people. If he hadn't been on a mission from Harry to talk to and annoy the resident Potion Master, he would've followed the two students.

The Dark Angel walked down the steps and into the Hogwarts dungeons. A Slytherin student pressed up against the wall in fear as he passed, and another who'd just been exiting the common room, went straight back in. Life was good.

The office of the Slytherin Head of House wasn't too far from his classroom, and mindful of his wings Mayon entered without knocking. He just went straight through the wall.

Severus Snape was grading essays, but looked up when Mayon cleared his throat loudly. The black-eyed man slowly put his quill down and stood up just as slowly, and it surprised the Dark Angel a bit when he noticed that Snape was nearly as tall as he himself was.

"May I help you?"

"Yes, actually you may." The Dark Angel replied. When Snape made no move to ask him to sit down or offer him tea, Mayon continued: "As this undoubtedly will take a great deal of time, how about we sit down in those chairs by that inviting fire?"

"I doubt I could stop you," the Slytherin mumbled, but motioned to the black chairs with deep green snake-like patterns embroidered. He sat himself in the other chair and turned to Mayon who was busy trying to fit his wings into the winged chair. In the end the Dark Angel gave up, and let the wings go straight through the back of the chair. "Now, what did you want to talk to me about? And why couldn't you have gone to some other teacher?"

"Do you remember last year when Rex Chase mentioned that Death Eater spy in the school?" Mayon waited for the other man to nod before continuing. "We have just discovered exactly who it is."

"Are you planning on making me wait here forever, or are you going to tell me who the little traitor is?" Snape asked after a while in silence.

"I was thinking of playing 20 Questions with you, but since you don't seem up for it right now, I think I'll skip it." Mayon carefully noted that the man opposite him didn't offer himself to beg on his knees for the answer.

"Too damn you will, now who is it?"

"Terry Boot, Ravenclaw 6th year."

"Logical." The Potion Master mumbled and stared into the fire. "How is Chase by the way?" he asked suddenly.

"Fine as far as I know, why?"

"Just some rumours I've picked up," Snape's black eyes turned back to him. "As I have no idea how to contact Chase, I guess you'll have to convey the message."

"And what's the message?"

"Voldemort's planning on capturing him," came the blunt answer.

Harry was definitely not going to like that one.

"You can consider it done," Mayon said, then he grinned. Time to explore what kind of person this Potion Master was, and at the same time annoy him to hell and back. Damn, was he multitalented.

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Ok, so Harry admitted that he was dead tired. Right after the planning with Cian and Mayon he had met Neville in the form of Lily Joyleaf in Cian's office. They had only had some small talk and a cup of tea and that would have been it hadn't Mayon told him about the Dark Lord's plan to capture Rex Chase; however, the last couple of days had finally caught up with him and right now he couldn't care if the apocalypse was coming, he was going to sleep.

Not bothering to change clothes, Harry just fell onto the bed after taking off his glasses, and in the nest second he was asleep.

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Harry watched from a perspective that only a satellite would have, as England came into view. He went lower still, and soon names started to appear on the various cities and hills. Here was London, and there was Birmingham. He flew further north towards Scotland, and stopped right above Edinburgh. His attention however, was not drawn to the city itself, but out towards sea. Even with his sharp sight it would have been impossible to see the island that came into view.

But before he could discover the name of the island, a knocking from somewhere distracted him. Harry looked around and found a window hanging in mid air, with a very distressed Athan flying outside. How the hell did that immortal end up in his dream anyways? He decided to ignore the vampire, and focused back on the island.

'Potter! Open up before I wake up the whole damn castle! POTTER!!!!!'

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'POTTER!!!!!!'

Harry sat up in bed and looked around. And sure enough, Athan was flying right outside the window to the Gryffindor boy's 6th year dorms, looking wildly around. And if that wasn't enough, Zev was floating right behind the other man glaring at everything that even dared to move in his presence.

'This better be good, or I swear I'll knock those two out of the air.'

'What? Not happy to see them again?'

'Ah, the ever annoying voice returns. And for your information, no I'm not happy to see them. The two of them in the same room is like putting Sirius and Snape together with their wands.'

'Oi, you're right about that one.' The voice was quiet for a while. 'Well? Are you going to open the window or not?'

'You know as well as I do that they can get in without my help.'

'It's called manners, though I highly doubt you ever heard of that.'

'Now you sound like Snape.'

'Harry, don't be disgusting!'

Harry chuckled and stood up. He silently made his way across the room between his dorm-mate's occupied beds, and opened the window.

Sticking his head out, he glared at the two vampires.

"What?" he hissed.

"Can we come in?" Athan asked. "It's bloody freezing out here!"

"Can't say I feel sorry for you."

"You're a heartless man, Harry Potter."

"And I care?"

"Mr Potter," Zev spoke up. "You will let us in or you won't get to know the message that we carry."

"So sure of yourself, aren't you Master Zev?" Harry asked in amusement, and let the full force of his power show. The vampire would have fallen to the ground in shock hadn't Athan grabbed him in time. "Oh very well, get in; but if you even think about... munching or snacking on any person inside this school, you'll wish you never met me."

"I already wish I hadn't met you," Athan joked. "After I got to know you, my life became more action filled and dangerous than ever."

"You'll get hooked on it after a while, Athan; this way." Harry led them to his bed, waited until the two vampires were inside before closing the curtains and casting Silencing and Privacy Spells. Then he lit up the place with a simple 'lumos'.

"Now, may I inquire as to why the two of you are here?" the Gryffindor asked, his green eyes boring into the two immortals.

"We were on our way to our sleeping places after another incredibly boring meeting, when we came across a certain couple of Death Eaters."

"Really? Care to tell me who they were, I'm not up to guessing games right now?"

"Malfoy sr., and a Mr Peter Pettigrew."

"Interesting."

"Yes indeed it was. With a little help of our Mind-Reading talent, we managed to discover some vital plans of the Dark Lord. For example, he's planning on capturing Rex Chase. He's planning on attacking the Order of the Phoenix, and he's also planning on capturing you."

"Again? Does that guy never learn?"

'He does. For every time you escape, he learns something new about your character and abilities. Of course, that was before you became a Pretender.'

'God, I hate Dark Lord's.'

'Welcome to the club.'

Harry looked up at the two vampires.

"As long as you're here, perhaps you should pay a visit to Cian? I suspect he might have something to tell you." It was a spur-of-the-moment thing to say, and it felt strangely right. Athan and Zev nodded and Harry sent them a mental image of the way to the First Vampire's rooms. A second later both of them were gone, not a trace left.

'Why me?'

'C'est la vie.' The voice replied comfortingly. 'Not even Fate, Destiny and I have control of everything. Magic really cannot be fully controlled. It lives its own life, choosing whomever it wants to be its bearer. Its complicated.'

'Then why the hell didn't Riddle stay as a Muggle?'

'I guess it was just meant to be.'

'This gets weirder by the second.' Harry sighed and went back to bed.

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Lord Voldemort was gazing upon the captive. The normally honey-coloured skin was pale as marble and stained with blood. The normally shining black hair was dull, and the proud eyes seemed broken. In fact, the whole creature was broken.

"Now, my dearest immortal," the Dark Lord began, "tell me who the first of your kind is and I'll let you go, even pay you with blood."

"... never..." came the weak, quiet whisper.

"Never say never, as the saying goes. We'll get the truth out of you in the end," he smirked. "Of course, it would be less painful if you just gave up being so Gryffindor-ish. All I want is to talk to the First Vampire."

"... go to hell..."

"Already been there and back." Voldemort crouched low, and whispered into the creatures ear: "Don't be stupid like your mate, or you're going to end up in the same way. Either you tell me the name of the First Vampire, or you do the job yourself."

"I-I'll never make you one of us." A note of anger had crept into the once- broken voice. The numerous cuts and wounds slowly began to heal and strength began to return to the body.

"Foolish bravery." Riddle shook his head and straightened. "I was right, you are a Gryffindor through and through. Oh well, have it your way." He drew his wand and pointed it at the man lying at his feet.

With all the strength he could muster, the captive suddenly jumped up. Ignoring his protesting limbs and his weakness, he set towards the only window in the room and threw himself through it in the nick of time. But now he faced another enemy. The dawn.

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I know, short again. I'm doing my best here. Also, I'm going away for a couple of days next week, so I'm not sure if there'll be an update before that. You can always hope.

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