Wednesday

Hireaki woke with a jolt. He was dripping sweat he sat on the edge of the bed starring at his sleeping roommates. He got up quietly pulled on his robes and went down to the common room. It was very dark and just as empty. Hireaki left the dungeons and walked down the corridors just walking no destination.

He was deep in thought and wasn't watching where he was going again and rammed into a column falling back on his butt. He sat there for a while shaking head his head. He went to stand but couldn't, his leg had given out again. He moved and sat there back to the poll. He sat there for what seemed like forever until he saw a short figure walking his way down the corridor. He sat there silently watching the figure get closer. Her face was planted in a book.

Hireaki quickly got to his feet forgetting about his leg and fell back to the floor. He cringed in pain and sat there waiting for the girl to arrive.

Hermione walked down the corridor her face planted in the Aminis manual she walked right passed Hireaki glancing at him slightly then continued walking. She stopped suddenly taking a double take then went back.

"Why are you on the floor?" She asked confused

"My leg gave out again." He said coldly

Ignoring his tone she blurted out the question she had been, wanting to ask him for the last 4 hours. "Why are you afraid of this book?" she held out the book to him.

"He jumped and scampered backwards. " Keep that. that thing away from me!"

She looked at the book. Then sat down in front of him on the floor. She looked at him intently. "You are an Aminis aren't you?" she searched his eyes as if looking for the answer.

"Why do you ask? I'm not going back you can't make me!" He screamed at the book

Just then the book fell from Hermione's hands, and onto the floor. It shivered a little the cover open and it spoke in that language, The language of lie.

"ashka nai mor callina." It hissed at Hireaki. "ithna comboda nall porka sai taya!"

"Hireaki's expression changed from fear to morbid anger. " you won't I wont let you leave me alone!" he shouted. He undid his belt and wrapped it around the book, latching it shut.

"Wh-what did it say?" Hermione asked shaking.

"Nothing. Just get rid of it and keep it as far from me as possible!"

Hermione took the shaking book and stuffed it in her bag.

"I said get rid of it not keep it with you. It will take you over too didn't you hear." Hireaki yelled then trailed off. He looked at his leg moving it slightly. He stood his leg no longer hurting he started his way back to the Slytherin common room.

"Hireaki! Wait!" Hermione stood and ran after him grabbing his arm.

"Let go." He snapped

"I won't, not until you tell me what's going on." Hermione said bravely.

Hireaki lightly shook his arm throwing Hermione against the wall hard.

She fell to the floor and grimaced in pain holding her arm.

Hireaki looked at her and ran over to her. "I. I'm sorry." He took out his wand mutter some spell in that language. Hermione's arm began to glow a crimson green. The color soon faded. Hermione lifted her arm glared at Hireaki. 'Thanks a heap."

"I said I was sorry." He stood and looked around. " Come on lets go somewhere to talk."

He helped Hermione up and they went into an empty classroom.

Hermione sat at a desk and Hireaki on top of the teachers' desk. He looked at her sternly.

"It's rather grim... I don't think you really want to know my true past."

"Yes I do. I wouldn't have asked if I didn't."

"I'd tell you to sit down but."

Hermione smiled a little then coaxed him to tell her. He sat there looking very nervous he didn't really want to tell her after all he barely knew her.

"Wait. I barely know you. My past is too horrible to just tell to anyone. Anyone who knows it is in danger and I don't want you to be put in that situation."

"Hireaki just tell me. I will be fine." Hermione said stubbornly

"Ok you asked for it. I guess it begins 1500 years ago when I was born." He help a hand up at her he could see she was about to ask him how he was so old. "I'm not human hell I'm not even mortal. I'm an Aminas although you already know this you don't know about them. I was born to my mother and my father as carta himoshi. My mother was also an Aminis but my father was mortal. My father knew she was an Aminis but he didn't care he had fallen in love and swore his life to the Aminis. He was not respected and was killed by my mother's father just after I was born. His book was burned and destroyed. I grew up around a designated mentor. He soon became to what I called father never knowing the truth about my real father and who he was." Hireaki paused.

"But if your fathers book was able to be burned why can't we just burn yours?" Hermione asked thoroughly confused.

"Because. the book has a mind of it's own it has an evil spell bound to it that binds it to me. As long as I am alive no matter what I do to the book it will always find me. My father was dead so when his book was burned it had no reason to return therefore vanished along with his memory. I have no choice but to run from it unless I want to be taken back to the other Aminis. They will kill me as soon as they find me. Which after the spell I just used I suspect won't be much longer. I have to leave this place tonight I have no choice now. I am endangering the entire school by just being here. My sole purpose of coming was to protect the tainted one but he is not safe while I am here. They don't know Harry is here. They find me they will sense him and we shall both be dead." Hireaki got up to leave, but Hermione jumped up and grabbed his arm.

"What do you mean 'tainted one'? What about harry is he in trouble?" Hermione looked very worried now.

Hireaki took her to her seat and stood in front of her.

"I betrayed my family of Aminas to save myself and my mother. However they caught my mother and killed her. She had just enough time though to send me away. Harry is known as the tainted one in Aminis terms. It means one who must die. He is most hated by my family. Lord Voldemort was their idol. Once Voldemort was destroyed they decided to go after harry. They plan to no kill him but give him his own book. The book is much worse then killing. The book turns you into an Aminis. It takes your soul and entraps you in it. Once Harry touches the book he will be like me. Empty inside without hope. Stuck to evil within."

Hermione was about to say something when Filtch burst into the classroom.

"I knew I heard trouble. Granger! Masse! What are you doing here? Trouble always surrounds you Granger I'm surprised your cohort in arms Potter isn't here with you. I shall be lenient this time granger but you bot go to your common rooms immediately."

They both dispersed and headed in opposite directions towards their common rooms.