Hireaki awoke the next morning. His neck was sore and as he stood his leg gave out. He fell hard onto the floor. As he was trying to get up a first year Slytherin came up and stared yelled to him.

" Hireaki come on! Snape has called a meeting something has happened in the castle!" After that the boy ran out of the room and down to the common room of the dungeons.

Hireaki grabbed his broom and used it as a crutch. He still didn't have good balance on his leg. He limped down stairs after getting dressed and sat on the only empty couch seat and listened as Snape started talking after making sure everyone was there.

Snape spoke in random phrases at first not really talking to the crowd but rather to him self at first. " Travesty, disgrace the person who did this." Snape cleared his throat and looked at the crowd. " Quiet down! As quickly word spreads I'm sure you all know what happened last night."

Hireaki looked at Snape confused. He had no idea what happened. What is everyone so upset about? And why is Snape avoiding telling them what happened?

Snape continued. "However, professor Dumbledore wishes me to tell the students some of the details of what happened for safety sake. "Snape paused slightly thinking the best way to break this to the, now shaking, group of Slytherins. Draco and Hireaki, however, were the only two not shaking. " Last night something came through the castle no one saw it directly, but one person. She is now dead. I have been advised that everyone pick a partner and stick with them always. The buddy system is key here. A teacher shall be out side every classroom door." Snape looked very pissed and turned to leave. Hireaki stood and asked slowly. " P-Professor. Who was the girl killed?" hireaki stood there terrified of what Snapes reaction would be.

Snape whirled around and glared at Hireaki for a few seconds then replied. " That is no concern of yours." And left.

Draco sat there scowling as usual, he didn't seem to care that someone had been killed just the night before. Instead he sat there talking to Crabbe about who it could be. " I hear it was a Gryffendor! Maybe it was that mudblood Granger!" Crabbe sniggered. Draco kept naming off Gryffedor girls. Hireaki tried to stand and fell to floor again. " damn this leg!" he cursed. He stood leaning on his broom and made his way back up to his bed. He lay on it starring at the ceiling. " It can't be." He whispered to himself. "Not again."

Hireaki sits up. He had fallen asleep on his bed. He looks at his watch and realizes if he doesn't run he will be late to his transfiguration class. He gets up grabs his bag of books and runs as best he can through the dungeons out into the hall and to his classroom. He stops abruptly in the doorway to his class. Everyone was in they're seats. He limped over to an empty seat next to some Gryffendor Girl. He said nothing to her, but sat down and sighed relieved Professor Mcgonagal wasn't there yet. Almost as soon as he thought this she burst into the room apologized for being late and started the class. "Today class we will be learning how to turn animals into a book" She adjusted her square spectacles and continued. We will be using the spell you learn in the signed reading you are matched into pairs the one to your left will be your partner." He went and sat at her desk turning a small bird on her desk into a book and then back into a bird several times.

Hireaki looked at the girl next to him who had already changed their rat into a nice new book. She quickly changed it back into a rat so Hireaki could try. He cleared his throat nd took out his wan and pointed it at the rat. " Literictas Inflectus" he yelled clearly. And the rat quickly changed into a book but it wasn't shiny and new like the one his partner had turned it into, it was a shabby old one with writing on the cover. He looked at the book for a while. He picked it up examining it. He opened the cover and flipped through the pages. They were all blank he turned to the very end of the book, it had a single sentence written on it. As he read the sentence he screamed and dropped the book. Jumping out of his seat.

McGonagal stood. "is there a problem Mr. Masse?" she asked she made her way over to his table. His partner was sitting there starring fearfully at him in her seat and not moving.

"Um. nothing professor just surprised it didn't turn out like hers did." He lied

"Well do try to keep your surprise to a minimal roar there are other in the class trying to concentrate." She looked at him very oddly and then went to check on the rest of the class. Hireaki just sat there staring at the book. Soon the bell rang. Hireaki grabbed his stuff and jolted out of the room and down the corridor. He didn't stop running until he hit the library. He walked inside and sat at a table just starring in front of him.

Hermione was sitting at the next table reading a book called "ghosts and goblins what's real and what's a hoax? She was indulged deep into it and didn't even notice Hireaki had entered the library.

Hireaki sat there starring at the wall for several seconds then dropped his head into his arms. Hermione stood up to go put the book back and noticed Hireaki sitting there with his head in his arms. She walked past him bumped his back glared at him a little then continued to the book shelf. Hireaki lifted his head and looked at who bumped into him. He didn't care and put his chin on his arms tears were streaming down his face.

Hermione returned with an arm full of several more thickly bound books. She glanced over at Hireaki and saw he was crying. Confused as to why she decided to be nice.

" Hey, why are you so upset?" she asked taking the seat next to him.

"Why should you care?" he snorted at her

"Hey I'm just trying to be nice you look upset."

"You'd be upset too if you had my past." He quickly shut up and looked at the books in her arms. "can I see that one?" he pointed tot he one in the middle the binding looked oddly familiar.

"Uh yeah sure." She pulls it out and pushes it in front of him. "What about your past?"

"It's nothing." He lied again he took one glance at the book and screamed. Stood up knocking his chair backwards and ran out of the library.

Hermione watched him leave with great confusion. She pulled the book closer to her to see why he screamed. It had a weird, style writing on the cover. She could barely make out the words. But managed to read them.

" The Evil Undead and The Aminis"

She looked intently at the book not remembering picking it off the shelf. "I know I didn't take off this one how'd it get here?" she looked at the book a little more before picking it up and opening it. Gasped at the insides of the book it was in some foreign language one she had never heard of or seen before. She stood and went over to the language section of the library. But she couldn't find a book with the same kind of words. She looked crestfallen she was really curious as to why this simple book scared Hireaki so much.

Hireaki stood right out side the library breathing heavily and thought to himself. " Why is it following me? What does it want? I won't read it not again!" he shook his head violently and ran off. Hireaki went back to the dungeons and lain on his bed starring the same spot on the ceiling.

After a while Hermione checked out the book and ran off to the Gryffendor common room. Harry and Ron were sitting by the fireplace keeping warm and playing wizards chess. Hermione ran up to them the book in her arms she was breathing heavily. "Honestly! One would think you two would have had enough of this game by now!"

"Pipe down her-mi-one! I almost have Ron check mated." Harry hissed

"No you don't! I'm white! You cheater. You turned the board around!" Ron growled

"Oh yea! Hehe would you look at that!" Harry grinned at Ron and turned the board back around still grinning. " My bad!"

hermione rolled her eyes and interrupted their quarrel. " Do you guys know that new kid the transfer from Japan? He's a Slytherin."

Harry grimaced slightly but didn't look at Hermione. " No why would I keep up with new Slytherins? Oh wait I know him he is in my Charms class. Kept starring at me I think his name is Hieeki or something like that." Harry said this still not looking at Hermione. "What about him?"

"I was in the library and he was sitting there crying. He was a real jerk in potions but felt bad for him so I said hi and he saw a book I had accidentally taken off the shelf." She hands the book to Harry. He was finally looking at her. "He looked at it, screamed and ran out of the library."

Harry took the book and scanned it closly flipping through the pages then reading the cover. "The Evil Undead and The Aminis? Hermione this book isn't in English it it isn't even in Latin!"

"Don't you think I know this Harry? I want to go back to the library and try to find a book that translates it. They aren't in the allowed section I think it might be in the restricted section. Can I borrow your invisibility cloak?" Hermione looked at Harry intently until he conceded. "alright you can borrow it!" harry ran up to the boys bed rooms grabbed his cloak came back down and handed it to Hermione. "Please be careful!"