~Chapter 5~

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The next day Harry had another Potions lesson, he turned in his homework, it wasn't great but he did his best, pissed off that Hermione wasn't doing Potions and couldn't help him.

After Harry, Ron and Hermione came out of Charms, they passed Cho Chang in the corridor. She gave Harry a sympathetic look. "Why don't you talk to her?" asked Ron.

"Because I don't give a shit anymore,"

"Harry, that's really mean," said Hermione.

"Oh, I mean she doesn't care about me so…. "He trailed off, "I do care about Cedric dying…" Talking about this reminded him of Voldemort and how he must kill him.

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That afternoon, Harry went to the Library as usual, completing any homework he had but not having any luck researching. He finally gave up and went to dinner. After he ate, he decided to visit Hagrid, as he hadn't done this for months and felt slightly guilty for not going earlier.

He walked across the grounds towards the hut, the sun had just set and it had become colder. When he arrived at the hut he knocked on the large wooden door, he then realised that he had heard voices that suddenly stopped.

Hagrid soon appeared at the door and hugged Harry, "Come in Harry, just have a visitor," Harry entered the hut and saw Professor Zats inside.

"Well, I must be off then," she said picking up a large flask and quickly walked out of the hut waving goodbye.

"What was she doing here?" asked Harry after Hagrid had shut the door.

"That's none of your business, she's doing her best coming to me for animal blood – "Hagrid said quickly without thinking.

"What? Animal blood?"

"Oh, I shouldn't have told you that…"

"She's a vampire?"

"Yes – Oh – I shouldn't have told you that," Hagrid looked quite annoyed with himself. "Listen, Dumbledore doesn't want anyone knowing; don't go telling anyone who can't keep the secret,"

"I wondered about why Dumbledore had suddenly chosen her,"

"Yes, she has been loyal to Dumbledore for some time and she's been having trouble getting a job of course so I agreed to helping her fetch animal blood, although it's not as nice as human blood."

"God we always have the weirdest Defence Against the Dark Arts teachers, I'm glad she isn't evil though."

"No, vampires aren't evil; she is still half human, just like Remus Lupin,"

The two of them talked for a while and Harry apologised for not coming to see Hagrid earlier in the week as he left.

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On Friday afternoon Harry was, once again, in the library. He had just found a particularly old looking book, he turned a page and saw that the book contained a ritual to bring someone back from the dead. Harry felt mixed emotions as he read on.

'The deceased must be willing to walk the Earth again, they cannot be brought back against their will.  This ritual must be performed with good intentions, it must not be used to seek knowledge about the afterlife-'

"Harry, what are you reading?" It was Hermione.

"Nothing," He had quickly shoved the book under his backpack.

"Don't be stupid," She picked up the book from under his back and opened it to the page he was reading, she quickly looked around to see if anyone was within earshot, "Harry," she said quietly "this is very complex, and some of the things you need, blood of someone close to the deceased – that's you Harry,"

"But he didn't want to die, he wasn't meant to" he said in an urgent whisper, "Please help me Hermione,"

"I'll help you gather ingredients, but I can't help you with the ritual, you have to do it yourself,"

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