[Kitty: Chapter 7.

Lina: Longer than usual, yay!

Kitty: (grins) This fic got more and nicer reviews than I thought it would. Hope you enjoy this chappie.

Yugi: R&R!]

Chapter Seven:

 Fangs and Flying Lessons

Diana went to the Hospital Wing after their visit to Hagrid's, getting Ron, Marik and Harry off her back by saying she wasn't hungry for dinner and was going up to bed. But that wasn't where she was doing...not by a long shot.

She was then led over to a room in the Hospital Wing that had three secure locks on the door and steel walls, along with chains and manacles for someone's feet and hands.

Diana closed her eyes as Madame Pomfrey fastened the chains onto her wrists and ankles.

The last thing she heard were Madame Pomfrey's retreating footsteps and three sounds of locking bolts, before...

-Randall, let me out!- a voice hissed in her head, -I need blood...I need blood NOW!-

Diana felt like her skull was being ripped apart, and then she knew no more.

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Diana awoke the next morning on the steel floor, aching all over and remembering nothing of the night before.

Diana tried to get up, but her legs wouldn't support her weight. She had a very bad headache, and she could feel that she had a couple of livid bruises and a black eye. Her shirt was badly ripped, and one of her pant legs was ripped off.

One thing Diana had learned the hard way about Artemis was that she felt nothing. She never felt regret for her actions, or pity for her host. She didn't even feel if she got a cut or a bruise. Of course, there were some benefits of this, but for Diana, there was nothing but pain...quite literally, because every morning, she felt everything Artemis would have felt, but had no memory of anything that caused it.

Diana then licked her front teeth to find a trace of blood there. What kind of blood it was, she couldn't tell.

Now, you'd probably be disgusted if you found blood on your teeth in the morning, but by now, you probably could guess my main character was very used to this.

Diana suddenly heard three short clicks, and the steel door opened.

She looked up into the solemn face of Dumbledore.

"Professor," Diana said, trying to give a smile, "Forgive me that I don't stand up and look more respectful..."

"That is the least of my worries," Dumbledore replied, "I doubt highly that you had a good night."

Diana could barely shake her head no from the throbbing in her ears.

Dumbledore sighed.

"I'm sorry, Diana. I just don't know what else to do..."

"It's alright," Diana said weakly, "I'll get over it, or, hopefully, used to it..."

Dumbledore shook his head. "I doubt highly that you'll ever be completely used to this."

"I'll have to go along with your doubt, then," Diana said, licking her teeth again, "By the way, what did Artemis eat last night? It's blood tastes terrible."

Dumbledore, for the first time in the conversation, smiled subtly.

"We were able to find a deer that she would eat without her making a fuss."

"She's a spoiled brat," Diana muttered, "You'd think she was a queen or something."

Dumbledore said nothing in response to that, but he took out his wand and waved it at her legs.

"Can you stand?"

Diana tried to and this time, she found she could. "Now I can."

Dumbledore handed her a new uniform.

"You can dress, and then go on downstairs. I think your friends will want to see you."

Diana nodded grimly. "Thank you, Professor."

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"Where were you this morning, Dare-kun?" asked Yugi, "We didn't see you at all."

"I...I was feeling a little under the weather," Diana lied, "But I'm fine now."

Harry frowned. "You looked fine last night, Dare. And where'd you get the black eye?"

Diana was cornered. "Fight," she lied.

"With who?" asked Yugi.

"Uh...Malfoy."

"He looks fine to me," said Harry, stealing a look at the Slytherin table, "I would've thought you'd make more damage to HIM."

"Uh...um...its like this..."

Diana didn't know what to say.

She looked at Ron pleadingly, but he shook his head.

"Might as well tell 'em, Dare," he said.

Diana sighed. "Alright," she muttered, "But privately."

That night, Diana met Harry, Ron and the Japanese boys in the library and told them everything.

They took it MUCH better than Diana thought they would. In fact, Marik and Ryou almost had the look of someone who knew exactly how it felt to have someone control you...but then Diana reasoned, this was impossible.

Diana, true to her lies that morning, actually did fight Malfoy after Potions class because Malfoy had teased Yugi during class without getting in trouble with Snape.

Diana was pretty proud of herself for giving him a black eye, mind you, but when Snape caught her, he took fifty points from Gryffindor house and put Diana in another detention.

Malfoy did soon become the Japanese boys' least favorite person. Diana had told them about when she and Malfoy had to spend time together when they were little, and how awful he was, and they soon found out that he was almost worse than she described.

Diana told them about when she and Malfoy first met at a party for Ministry of Magic employees, when they were both 5.

Diana remembered vividly when he mocked and teased her, and then ended up insulting her mother. She ended up so mad that she let Artemis out by accident, and she attacked Malfoy, almost killing him if the Minister hadn't stepped in and forbade the Malfoys of ever telling her secret to anyone.

Now, whenever Malfoy saw a Muggle born or "Muggle lovers", as he called them, like the Weasleys, he either mocked them or sent curses at them. And his victims knew better than to try and fight back, because Malfoy and his cronies, Crabbe and Goyle, never seemed to pick a fight when Snape wasn't there to blame them instead of Malfoy, just like he had when Diana had given him a black eye to match her own.

Like on Wednesday, when Yugi was walking in the halls, chatting with Ryou and Diana, Malfoy used a Trip Jinx to make Yugi crash right into Ryou and make them fall like dominos.

Diana was about to fight back after he, Crabbe and Goyle started to laugh and taunt them. She resisted the temptation, knowing that she'd get in trouble for the second time in two weeks for fighting, until Malfoy called out, "Look at that! I guess the Mudbloods aren't fit to get up, are they?"

"Why you little... Rictusempra!"

A flash of white light flew out of Diana's red tipped wand, slammed into Malfoy, and made him fall on the ground in large fits of laughter. Diana had hit him with a Tickling Charm.

She smiled at her work proudly, but not for too long...

"RANDALL!"

She froze. She didn't need to turn around to know that it was Snape.

"Finite!" Snape snarled from behind her, and the Tickling Charm was taken off Malfoy.

"Detention, Randall, and twenty points from Gryffindor!" Snape barked, "My office, tonight, 7:00!"

Diana heard the swishing of his cloak and his fast footsteps down the stairs.

She gritted her teeth as Malfoy stood, smirked at her, and then walked away, Crabbe and Goyle behind him.

But even that was acceptable. It was on Thursday when the Gryffindors were the most upset, when they found out they would have their first Flying lesson with the Slytherins, and then the Hufflepuffs and the Ravenclaws would have theirs afterwards.

"Typical," said Harry darkly when he saw the notice board, "Just what I always wanted. To make a fool of myself on a broomstick in front of Malfoy."

"You don't know you'll make a fool of yourself, Harry-kun," Yugi noted logically.

"I know Malfoy's always talking about how good he is at Quidditch," Marik said, "But I bet that's all talk. Besides, at least I'll be there with you, so I can look even dumber than you will."

Malfoy did talk about Quidditch a lot, but then again, all the pureblood students seemed to talk about Quidditch constantly.

Ron and Diana were also very talkative on the subject. The two had always been practicing it with the Weasley twins, who were already on the team, and knew Quidditch like the back of their hands.

In contrast, Yugi, Marik and Harry had never even touched a broomstick that was magical, let alone ride one. They were much more nervous than Ron and Diana were.

But even they weren't as worried as Neville Longbottom, who had a lot of accidents with both feet planted firmly on the ground and was forbidden by his grandmother to go near one, for good reason, most people thought.

But the most nervous of all the students was Hermione Granger. She must have realized that this was something you couldn't memorize from a textbook. But that didn't mean she didn't try.

She got a book out of the library titled Quidditch Through the Ages and bored everyone by reading out stupid flying tips from it. The only one who had even the slightest bit of interest was Neville.

Yugi was walking toward his Potions class with Ryou, when a hand grabbed his shoulder.

"Hey, Yugi," whispered a harsh voice.

Yugi turned to look at Ryou, only Ryou wasn't there.

"Bakura?"

"I need you to do me a big favor," said the tomb robber.

"What?"

Bakura pulled something round and gold from his pocket.

The Millennium Eye.

"Where'd you get that?" Yugi demanded, sounding shocked.

"Duh, I stole it," Bakura said sourly.

Yugi looked at him reproachfully, then Bakura got back to business.

"I need you to hold it for me. I don't want Ryou to drop it in his Flying Lesson, and yours is right before his. Kaiba wouldn't do it for me...you know how he is. I don't trust Marik either, he'd probably try to use it to help him fly better or something. And the others don't know about...y'know."

He pointed to his Ring, and Yugi nodded.

"Too many questions," Bakura continued, "So, can you?"

After a short pause, Yugi nodded again.

"Sure," he said, taking it and putting it in his pocket, "I'll take good care of it."

"Thanks, just don't tell the Pharaoh," and with that, Ryou returned.

"What did my Yami say to you?" asked Ryou.

"Oh, nothing," said Yugi dismissively, "C'mon, we better get to class."

The two continued to walk toward Professor Snape's classroom, but they didn't know a pair of icy silver-blue eyes had seen the whole thing.........

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"Good afternoon, class."

"Good afternoon, Madame Hooch."

Madame Hooch was their Flying teacher. She had short gray hair, and narrow amber eyes like a hawk.

"Welcome to your first Flying lesson," Madame Hooch stated.

"And last," muttered Marik to Yugi.

"Well, what are you waiting for? Everyone stand by a broomstick. Come on now, hurry up!"

The Slytherins and Gryffindors stepped next to their brooms. Some had twigs sticking out at weird angles, some had chips of the broom cut off, and some had almost bare tails.

"Stick your right hand over the broom," said Madame Hooch, demonstrating, "And say 'Up!'"

"UP!" everyone shouted.

Diana's broom went into her hand at once, but it was one of the few that did. Harry's had also jumped to his hand, but most of the other students' brooms hadn't moved at all.

Choruses of "UP!" were yelled among the students. Malfoy got it on his third try. Ron got it on his fifth try, and Hermione Granger didn't get it until her tenth try.

Diana smirked. /Finally, something Granger CAN'T do perfectly./

Marik, no matter what he tried, couldn't get his broom to jump into his hand. Finally, it hit him squarely in the face, almost breaking his nose.

"Shut up, Harry-kun," Marik growled, when Harry started laughing, "I told you I'd be even worse than you."

Madame Hooch then showed how to mount a broomstick without sliding off the end, and walked up and down the rows to check and correct their grips. Diana and Ron grinned when she told Malfoy that he had been doing it wrong for years.

"Now, when I blow my whistle, you kick off from the ground hard," said Madame Hooch, "Keep your brooms steady, rise a few feet, and then come straight back down by leaning forward slightly. On my whistle, three, two-"

But Yugi, slightly nervous, pushed off hard before the whistle had been blown.

"Come back, boy!" yelled Madame Hooch as Yugi flew up higher and higher like a cork shot out a bottle, twelve feet...twenty feet.........

Without warning, the broom suddenly turned over, and Yugi lost his grip when he was flipped upside down.

"YUGI!" yelled Diana and Marik as he fell on the grass in a heap, with a loud WHAM and a nasty CRACK.

Madame Hooch ran over.

"Broken wrist," she muttered, picking Yugi up onto his feet, "C'mon, boy, let's get you to Madame Pomfrey."

She turned to the rest of the class.

"No one is to move while I take this boy to the hospital wing!" she barked, "You leave those brooms on the ground, understand? If you don't, you'll be out of Hogwarts before you can say, 'Quidditch.'"

And with that, she left, supporting a very fearful-looking Yugi up to the hospital wing.

Once they were out of earshot, Malfoy burst into laughter.

"Did you see his face, that star-haired Mudblood?"

The other Slytherins joined in.

"Shut up, Malfoy!" Marik snapped.

"Shut up yourself, Ishtar," said Pansy Parkinson, "Filthy Mudbloods like you don't deserve to talk, even if you are a Slytherin!"

"Hey, look," said Malfoy, "It's that thing Whitey gave him."

And he held up the Millennium Eye.

Marik's eyes widened, recognizing the Millennium Item, but Harry stepped forward.

"Give that here, Malfoy," he said quietly.

Everyone stopped to listen, sensing a fight might start.

"Nah, I think I'll put it somewhere for Starfish Head to find," Malfoy said, smiling nastily, "How about...up a tree?"

"GIVE IT HERE!" yelled Diana, but Malfoy had leapt onto his broomstick and taken off.

He hadn't been lying; he could fly well.

"Come and get it!" he taunted.

Diana and Harry both grabbed their brooms.

"No!" shouted Hermione Granger, "Madame Hooch told us to stay on the ground, you two will get us all in trouble!"

"Oh, shut up, Granger!" snapped Diana, "Just because you don't have friends to stand up for doesn't mean you can stop others from protecting theirs!"

And with that, Harry and Diana both took off.

Diana knew she was good. She didn't know about Harry, but he seemed to get the hang of it quickly enough.

Malfoy looked stunned; he must not have known they were this good.

"Give it here, Malfoy, or we'll knock you off your broom!" called Harry, "It's two to one!"

"Oh, yeah?" said Malfoy, trying to sneer, but looking worried.

The two took either side of him, and tried to catch him, but he dodged them at the last second.

"No Crabbe and Goyle up here to save your neck, Malfoy!" Diana mocked.

The same thought must have struck Malfoy.

"Catch it if you can, then!" he shouted.

He threw the Millennium Eye into the air, and started to streak back toward the ground.

Diana flew over slightly and caught it in her hand deftly. She smirked, feeling very proud of herself.

"DARE-KUN, LOOK OUT!" yelled Marik from the ground.

WHAM!

Malfoy slammed into her, she dropped the Eye and her broomstick cracked in two.

She fell off, but she gripped a gargoyle on the stone side of Hogwarts to stop from falling.

The Eye started it's descent, and Harry dived for it. He gathered speed, reached out his hand, and a foot from the ground, he caught it, just in time to pull his broom straight and collapse onto the grass with a soft FLUMP.

Diana climbed back down the stone wall and next to Harry. Harry threw it to her and she caught it again. She smiled down at it, making a mental note to give it back to Ryou A.S.A.P.

"POTTER! RANDALL!"

Diana's heart dropped faster than Harry had just dived.

She threw the Eye into her pocket so no one could see it, as Professor McGonagall ran toward them, looking speechless and her eyes flashing furiously.

"Never, in all my time at Hogwarts...how dare you, might have broken your necks-"

"It wasn't their fault, McGonagall-sensei-"

"Be quiet, Mr. Ishtar-"

"But Malfoy-"

"That's enough, Mr. Weasley! Potter, Randall, follow me, now."

The two sadly followed McGonagall. Diana noticed Malfoy's, Crabbe's and Goyle's triumphant faces as she and Harry left, walking numbly in McGonagall's shadow.

/Great,/ Diana thought, /I'll be expelled for sure...Oh, what will Aunt Gwen say? I haven't even lasted two weeks. I'm going to dishonor the Randall line...Mother would be so ashamed of me if she knew.../

Up the front steps, up the marble staircase inside, and still McGonagall didn't say a word to them. She wrenched open doors and marched along corridors, but still didn't say a word. And Harry and Diana knew better to try and say anything to her.

/And Ron and the others will become wizards while I'm at home, having to act like a Muggle the rest of my damn life,/ Diana added in her head, as her stomach clenched painfully.

McGonagall stopped outside of a classroom. She opened the door and poked her head inside.

"Excuse me, Professor Flitwick, could I borrow Wood for a moment, please?"

/Wood?/ thought Diana, /Is Wood a cane that she's planning to use on Harry and me?/

But Wood was a person, a burly fifth year boy who came out looking confused.

McGonagall said, "Potter, Randall-"

Then an almost absurd thought hit her.

/Wait, not Oliver Wood-/

"This is Oliver Wood. Wood, I've found you a Seeker and a Chaser."

Diana gawked at McGonagall, thinking she must be joking, while Wood's expression changed from puzzlement to delight.

"Are you serious, Professor?" Wood asked.

"Absolutely," said McGonagall crisply, "These two are naturals. Miss Randall caught a tiny ball, about the size of the Snitch, in her hand without it slipping at all!"

Diana gripped the Eye in her pocket nervously.

"And Mr. Potter, Wood, you won't believe this, he caught that same ball in his hand after a fifty foot dive, without scratching himself! Even Charlie Weasley couldn't be compared to these two!"

Wood looked as if all his dreams had come true.

"Was that your first time on a broomstick, Potter?" asked McGonagall, and he nodded, "Randall?"

"No," she said, "I-I practice with the Weasley twins during the summer-"

"Oh, yeah, Fred and George told me about you," said Wood, "Carly Randall's daughter, right?"

Diana nodded.

"Well, your mother would be very proud of you if she saw you now, Diana," McGonagall said gently, "She was a fine Beater in her day."

Diana's eyes widened. Her mother had been on the team too?!

She then turned to Harry, and said, "And I must say, Quidditch skills must run in the family for you, Mr. Potter. James was an outstanding Chaser himself."

Harry looked stunned; then again, he had never known a thing about his parents.

"We'll have to get them decent brooms, Professor," said Wood, "Nimbus Two Thousands or Cleansweep Sevens, I'd say."

"I have a Nimbus at home," said Diana quickly, "I can ask Aunt Gwen to send it to me."

"Excellent!" said Wood, sounding ecstatic.

"But what about the first year rule?" asked Harry, "Aren't we technically not supposed to be on the team?"

"That is true," said McGonagall, "I think I'll talk to Albus and see if we can bend that first year rule. Heaven knows we need a better team, flattened in that match by Slytherin, I couldn't look Severus Snape in the eye for weeks..."

She then got a hold of herself, her real aura shining through.

"I want to hear you're working hard, you two, or I may change my mind about punishing you."

"Aye, aye, captain!" said Diana with a mock salute.

[Kitty: That's Chapter 7.

Yugi: Man, Diana & Harry were lucky to get on the team.

Kitty: You guys might ask about the other girl Chasers in the book. Well, soon Diana will decide to be a substitute player, because she'll get in detention so much. Obviously you've seen she's got a knack for getting in trouble... (sweatdrop)

Diana: (grins) I gave him a black eye AND put a Tickling Charm on him! HA, HA, I love it!

Kitty: (sighs) One can only hope so.

Yugi: (types on Kitty's computer) There're two new reviews.

Kitty: (blinks) Alright, go on and read 'em, Yugi.

Yugi: The first's from Kani. She says, "Yay! You're so nice! lol. I likey the chapter. Curious, but when does Artemis come into the story (like 'when does she take over')? Cuz I like vampires! Please update soon."

Kitty: Unfortunately, Artemis didn't have much of a POV in this chapter...but don't worry, when the climax hits, Artemis's role will get bigger!

Yugi: Kitty, nice? Guess she has to be if she baby-sits brats at a summer camp as an assistant counselor, I could NEVER do that... (sweatdrop)

Kitty: (sighs) The things your mother makes you do during the summer so you won't be bored...

Yugi: Of course, we addressed most of the above in our email already, but whatever.

Lina: What about the other, Yugi?

Yugi: It's from SGCred. She says, "Such a fabulous chapter, now the plot is twisting quite well together. You make the characters go well together. Such talented work. I also gave the story to my friend who also loves it. Wonder if Dare will transform by accident in front of her new friends. Also will later question who the other souls with two minds the hat talked about are. Everyone's secrets may be in jeopardy! Things may become confusing. Wonder if the Millennium items & spirits are involved. Anyway look forward to an update, as I will try to update soon, so hope to see a review. Also your lovely relationship with Yugi has inspired me. I have a special treat planned now that I think you'll like. You will have to reply to me in a review or in your next update (which ever comes first) if you want to know what it is though. I have to know if you are interested in it first."

Kitty: (grins) Long, friendly reviews are always nice to read. And I'm glad your friend enjoys it!

Diana: The Millennium Items/spirits will have an important role later...

Marik: And yeah, lots of secrets will come out, even though the Yamis haven't been introduced to Dare yet...

Artemis: But as you see from this chapter, Dare did not let me out by accident...but it was mentioned that I was let out on Malfoy, too bad I didn't kill him...

Marik: I agree with that!

Kitty: (sweatdrop) Anyway...(GRINS) I'm glad my Yugikins and me inspired you! And I like special treats!

Yugi: (grins) Me too!

Diana: Alright, people, R&R!

Artemis: (evil grin) If you dare!

Diana: (slaps her) Shut up!

Kitty: (glares at Artemis) Yes, please do. I don't want my readers to get scared.

Artemis: (glares at Kitty) Whatever...

Atem: (grins) Looks like you get the raw end of the deal, don't ya?

Artemis: Shut it, Pharaoh...

Kitty: Anyway, do R&R! I love comments! I love reviews!]