My fear is growing. I feel him closer to me and I worry. The more I panic the more I drink. But for me blood is like the strongest liquor and if I don't get more then I will crack. I fear I will go insane and hunt in the school, or worse. Why can't you reveal yourself to me and then we can finish this once and for all. Or do you enjoy the torture you are throwing at me night after night.

Lucrius Next

Hogsmede 1:00 PM 14th December

"Well," said Lucrius turning to Harry and Will, "Where shall we go next."

"I can't think of anything more I want." Replied Harry

"Me either." Said Will "I think we should be heading back to the castle anyway."

"Yes we should shall we grab a drink before we leave?" Asked Lucrius

"Only thought you drunk from your cup." Joked Harry.

"I left it at school so I'm stuck with this filth." Said Lucrius as they reached the pub. They ordered their drinks and carried on walking home. It took them the best part of half an hour to get home and when they finally walked in the front doors and closed them. Lucrius removed his mask and said goodbye to the two boys and headed off to pack.

He had to leave in exactly 12 hours so that he would be ready to appear for his enrolment into the Wizengamot, this meant that he would then have even more work to do. He wished that he had not become a legal adult so early. Physically he was ready, and as far as the council knew, he was ready mentally too. But in Lucrius' mind it was too close to his transformation. And so he could not uphold all the duties that would be required of him. And this was adding to his ever-growing list of concerns. He now ran across the ceiling at night so he wouldn't be spotted by filch but that way he could keep a watch out for his sire the one who was causing him most of his problems. When he arrived back to the dormitory he noticed that nailed to his bed was another piece of paper. He tore it down and looked at it. It read,

"I'm watching you Lucrius." Lucrius shuddered and looked all around his room, he couldn't see anything and so he packed more things into his case and then started to add spell books to his clothes in the case. He then put his wand into his pocket and picked up his case and walked down the corridors to Dumbledore's office. As he entered the office he put down his case and then wondered whether or not to tell Dumbledore about the messages he had been receiving both in his dreams and on paper, the kind of paper which burnt in his hands. But the longer he waited the less he seamed to want to tell him and so he walked out of the office only to be met by Crabbe and Goyle. They had had enough of terrorising little kids for the day and so were wandering back to the Slytherin common room.

"Well what do we have here." Said Crabbe.

"Planning to steel something from Dumbledore were we Mr. Next." Said Goyle

"You really are stupid and you sound like a good cop bad cop television show I watched in Romania." Replied Lucrius as he stared at them.

"What?" they both said at the same time.

"Point proved." And Lucrius walked on down the corridor towards the Gryffindor common room. As he was walking down the corridor a sharp seething pain in his back.

"You idiot," Goyle was screaming "Draco will kill us."

"Not if I kill you first said Lucrius drawing his wand.

"There will be no duels in the corridor thank you Mr. Next" Said McGonagall as she walked slowly towards the 3 boys.

"Of course not," said Lucrius "I was merely going to give these boys a lesson in charms and hexes."

"Well I think you should leave that to Professor Flitwick." Said McGonagall.

"Very well Professor I will, however I believe that I was hit in the back by a stunning hex."

"Please turn round so I can check." Replied McGonagall. Lucrius did as he was told and sure enough there was a hole through his black T-shirt that he was wearing and it had burnt into his skin.

"That's it you 2 come with me." Snapped McGonagall to Crabbe and Goyle. As she escorted them down the corridor into her office. Lucrius continued down to the common room and headed to the boy's dormitory. He decided that he needed the rest and quickly checking that there were no more letters for him he slipped beneath the sheets and drifted slowly uneasily to sleep.

Hogwarts Gryffindor Dormitory 12:00AM 15th December

Harry woke up and heard what he could only describe as a rush of air through a small hole. He was mostly right the window was open and the air was rushing in through it, and so he went to the window to close it. He reached the window and as he looked out he could see darting away against the black sky a small golden ball. He very quickly realised someone was chasing a Snitch and being pounded from 2 sides by bludgers. Harry unclipped his broom and climbed up to the window, after pulling on a robe to keep him warm. He pushed off from the window and flew out over to the quidditch pitch. When he arrived the first thing he noticed was that the person on the broom had long black hair longer than he was expecting and secondly he was wearing the Romanian quidditch team colours. As the man turned and dived on the snitch harry caught a good glimpse of 2 rows of perfectly white teeth, and as the man turned up to look at him he shut his mouth quickly. Harry then saw that he had been watching Lucrius for a few minutes now and that he was very good at quidditch.

"Harry!" said Lucrius very shocked, "I didn't think you stayed up this late."

"I don't but I heard the window was open and saw you out here."

"So you came to investigate."

"Yeah something like that. Anyway what you doing"

"I'm practising. It's the last time before I leave so I'm going for lots of difficult catches."

"Like what?" asked Harry intrigued. Lucrius pulled a Galleon from his pocket and held it between his thumb and finger.

"Who ever catches this gets to keep it ok?" He said. Harry looked at him dumbfounded.

"Ok." he said

"Now don't go until I say said Lucrius. And then he dropped the galleon straight down.

"GO!" He shouted and both the boys shot downward chasing after the large gold coin. Harry seamed to have the upper hand and was reaching out for the coin but no matter how much he reached forward he could not reach the coin. Lucrius shot forward past the coin and sped below the coin bringing his broom up in a slow arch and he came up on the coin and snatched it from the air just bellow Harry's hand. Lucrius then pulled out and keep away from Harry's speeding broom.

"The coin increases in speed like the Snitch does. Try to get bellow it and come at it from bellow or the side you'll get it every time." Lucrius, having said this left the fields and climbed in through the window ready to leave the next day.