Paulo Berness stared out of his bedroom window, stroking Norvie's soft gray fur. Because of what he was, he had gotten his own dorm. Although it was kind of nice to have a room to himself, he did get lonely. Very lonely… He sighed. Now, James knew. Soon, everyone would know. Everyone suspected already, but they only had bits and pieces- tiny scraps of evidence. James was the only one to have worked out the puzzle, to put together all of those scraps. He had one chance with Lily, who had no prejudice, who thought him nice. He smiled. Lily. Pleasant memories of their conversation floated again and again through his mind. Suddenly, a brown rat came up to his window, and started squeaking at Norvie, who then nodded.
"Oh, great! You've found me something to eat? Thanks!", said Paulo. Paulo opened his window that had been made for this special purpose. Smiling, revealing fangs, Paulo's reflection was not cast into the mirror, strangely enough. Suddenly, he let out a whoop, and his body stretched out, shrinking, until a bat that was Paulo stood on the windowsill. He had a four foot wingspan, and on his body, on hopped Norvie. Gliding into the night, Norvie pulled on his body's thick fur to direct him to the bloody road kill deer carcass that was his dinner (Paulo sucked the blood of neither people nor living animals- road kill, although it tasted horrible, was what he ate, so as not to cause anyone pain, despite the nasty gasoliney aftertaste) Flying down for about ten miles, he saw the road, and the majestic stag that had been run over. Dipping his fangs into the carcass, Paulo drank heartily- his next meal would be tomorrow, hopefully- he wouldn't eat if there was no road kill. He hated when that happened because that then he was constantly looking at people's necks, and if it got too bad his vampire instincts would kick in and he would pounce whoever was nearby. Norvie growled at a bush, and Paulo put a wingtip to his lips, his message plain enough.
If Paulo had taken the time to investigate the spot at which Norvie directed his rage, he would find a boy in an Invisibility Cloak (which vampires can see through), clutching a stake.
