Harry, Hermione, and Ron sat in the Gryffindor common room. It was past midnight and Rik still wasn't back.
"Do you think she got in trouble?" Ron asked.
Hermione and Harry shook their head at the same time. "But she did look worried," Hermione said.
"Hunted," Harry said. "She looked like an animal that was being hunted."
They all gave a start as they heard the portrait door open and the click of heeled boots and Rik strode in. She looked genuinely surprised to see them.
"What are you guys still doing up?"
"Waiting to see if you would come back," Ron said. "You ran of kind of suddenly back at the club."
"Is everything alright?" Hermione asked.
"Everything is fine," Rik said. "Just an old …acquaintance."
"And from the look on your face it wasn't an old friend,' Ron said quietly.
Rik looked at each of her friends, her brow furrowed with worry. "Alright," she said. "I know you have a lot of questions. The only problem is I cannot answer any of them right now. But, if you see anyone with these marking-" She held up her hands. Triangular tattoos, almost like claws, were marked on the first digit of her fingers, where they met with the palm of her hand, both front and back. A silent question passed between her friends: how come we've never noticed those tattoos??
"-Anyone with these tattoos you haul ass to me. I don't care if its in the middle of the night or in the middle of class, you come to me. Understand?"
Her friends nodded. Rik sighed. "Thank you. Now, get to bed before Dumbledore murders me for keeping you up so late."
Draco stumbled into his dorm, exhausted. His companions were still asleep, thanks to the hex he placed over them. He stripped down to his boxers and kicked his clothes under the bed. He collapsed onto the bed and groaned as there was a sharp report as he hit his head with an object of some sort. He angrily picked up the object and held it up to the dim light of the moon to see what it was. It was book, the book of spells he had used in order to be able to meet any challenge that was given to him. This book was the reason he was able to dance to Rik's level. He sighed and dropped the book to the ground. He lay down and fell asleep with song he and Rik had danced to in his head.
A/N Sorry for such a short chapter people.