"Harry I dun wanna go in there!" Louie wined. Harry was attempting to pull him into the transfiguration class room.
"Act your age, not your i.q.!" Harry growled. He braced one foot on the wall and pulled the vampire harder. "Louis!"
"Harry!"
"Louis!"
"Harry!"
"What is going on here? Who are you?" McGonagall's sharp voice cut through their argument. Louis pulled himself upright and straightened his shirt.
"My name's Louis, I'm one of the vampires, and I'm just watching the class….for reasons…"
Torri started too giggled, when Hermione elbowed her sharply in the ribs. "Professor Louie's a little bit confused. Do you mind if he stays in class with us? He'll be good!"
Louis nodded like a hyper active child. "Good Louie." He dashed up the stairs so he was sitting next to Torri. "Harry get over here." He growled. Harry ran over and plopped down net to Louis.
"Ahem." McGonagall started. "Today we will be…."
Draco didn't hear anything else the old hag said. I'm part vampire. So is Torri and Harry. We're part vampire and vela. That explains why I'm so drawn to him. I can't wait to meet the other vampires. Stella. My aunts a vampire. The way Louie was talking about her probably an important vampire. So I guess she's pretty old, I know Oreo's a human. That means Stella's not my aunt…maybe my great great great great great…I getting a had ache thinking great so much, great times…a lot aunt.
Thankfully class let out quickly. "What do we have next?" the blonde asked.
"Divinatation." Harry sighed.
"They actually teach you that crap?" Louie asked. Torri had a much traumatized look in her eyes. Draco reached over and hugged her. "Hey…Tor?"
"She fell off the ladder last time after that bitch showed her something in the crystal ball." Harry snarled.
"Hm…" Louie's voice was still mischievous, but something had hardened in it. "Maybe she can have an unfortunate fall."
Torri cracked a smile. "I hope."
Hermione and Blaise branched off to go to ancient runs, Milly dashed over to her extra potion lessons, Pansy had to see Hagrid about detention, Torri clung to Draco for dear life, and Harry and Louie exchanged murderous ideas.
"Hey Tor? Can I float you up into the class?" Draco asked when they reached the treacherous ladder.
"If you drop me you are never getting kissed again." Torri warned. Draco smirked and muttered the spell. Torri giggled. "Look how high I am!" She was left floating in the air as everyone climbed up. Draco, carefully directed her body with the wand and she floated through the trap door at the top. "Draco? Can you let me down? Oh shut up Louie! It's not funny!"
The Slytherin climbed up and sent Torri floating into a chair. Draco sat down next to her and shot an evilly pleasant smile and 'the bitch'.
They were doing tea leaves.
Louie took a sip of tea. "Hm…This is quiet good."
"Shut up and drink the tea already." Harry growled. Louie swallowed the rest in one gulp. "Cup." Louis handed the ebony haired boy the cup. "Hm…A grim…You'll die."
"Already happened." Said Louis. He set his feet on the table with a sigh.
"A sun…So something god will happen…A drop."
"A drop?" Louis asked leaning over towards Harry. "Blood probably, as I'm a vampire."
"Professor what does a drop of blood mean?" Harry asked loudly. The bat rushed over to their table."
"Oh you poor dear! This is the darkest and most horrible bad omen! It means you will die horribly. Or it means you have suffered a great deal, and you will loose someone you love."
Louis was on is feet in an instant. "How can you tell that from tea leaves! It's random how they'll form!" Though he towered over Trewnly, she seemed the stronger of the two. Torri felt anger from Louie, but there was more, anguish, loss…Anger was just a wall to protect himself.
"The tea leaves arrange themselves to read whoever's cup it is." She said, he voice stable, no like Louis'. The vampire hissed at her and in a languid motion leapt out the window. Torri dashed over to the window, just in time to see him hit the top of the castle. He started to walk and jumped off the castle again. "Poor dear."
"Can you predict anything positive, professor?" Torri snarled. "Whatever I'm so outta here."
"Child! You must not abandon your destiny! You mustn't go!..."
Torri gather her book and left smoothly. "I don't believe in destiny." She carefully climbed down the ladder and dashed to the front of the castle. "Louis!" She dropped her bags and looked around. No sign of the sliver haired vampire. "Come on Louie she doesn't know what she's talking about."
Suddenly her head jerked towards the forest. He's in there. That's why I was so drawn to it. Vampires live in there. Louie's had a bad past…He's suffered and he's in love. So he's probably hurting a lot in side. Immortality is a double edged sword. How cliché. So he must be one of those people who acts stupid as defense. In that case he probably won't come out anytime soon.
The brunette looked down at herself. She was in what she usually wore, jeans and a t-shirt, some days tight, some days looser. Today it was a short loose dark blue t-shirt over it and Torri wore an over sized denim jacket, she hated being cold. "I'm so not dressed for this." But she took a deep breath and walked over to the woods. "What am I doing? This is crazy I should just wait for the other vampires to get him. But he's hurting. He's my kind…My brother of sorts…."
She walked toward the forest and held her breath. She took one step in and shivered. It got very dark, very fast. She started to hum, and then sing softly. "L is for the way you look at me. O is for the only one I see. V is for very, very extra ordinary. E is for something I don't know. Love was made for you and me."
She smiled. Suddenly she turned and looked behind her nervously, no one there. "Louie! Louis! Please come out and find me." Torri surveyed the area before realizing she didn't know which way she came from. Shit! God I wish I had a better sense of direction! "Louie! Please!" She sighed. "I guess the only thing I do is find you, now."
Torri wondered around the woods calling out to Louie and glancing around nervously. "My bologna has a first name is Oscar…" Torri sung, laughing to herself. "My bologna has a second name it's Mayer. Oh I love to eat it everyday and if you ask me why I'll say! Cause Oscar Mayer has a way with b-o-l-o-g-n-a.
"LOUIS! Louie I'm scared." She whispered. Again she looked behind her, and then heard something. "Louis!" she followed the noise and saw a small lake, sitting on the bank was Louis throwing stones. "Louie?" she whispered. She dashed over to him. "Louis!"
"Torri? What are you doing here?" he asked sullenly. "You shouldn't be here."
"If you're in pain I should be here." She said indignantly sitting down beside him. "Besides we're friends."
"Your so cutely naïve." Louis said with a sigh. "Ignorance is bliss."
It was Torri's turn to sigh. "No it's not. It's painful because the truth hurts that much more. I'm not a fool Louis."
"You're so young. Sixteen. I can barely remember that far back." said Louis, trying to smile.
"Or perhaps you don't want to remember?" Torri asked, politely smirking at him.
"Am I that obvious?" he asked.
"No. You're a damn good actor, almost as good as Harry."
"Kids your age shouldn't have to act. He shouldn't have to pretend to be some one he's not. He's lucky he has you guys, to help him out of that shell. A vampire can feel that sort of emotional barrier. He's one of those people who blames himself."
"Are you?"
"Yes. Torri you should get out of here. If another vampire finds us we'll have to explain a lot. I don't even want to think about a centaur." Said Louis.
"I can't. I don't know where we are." Torri grinned sheepishly. "I was hoping you did."
Louis smiled. "Idiot, no I just ran as fast as I could. It feels good to just run fast."
"You ran away." Torri said, her voice was sharp.
"Yes." Louis closed his eyes and smiled. "I just couldn't take life anymore. So I ran away. They found me, raised me until I was of a suitable age to be turned, then they made me a vampire. At the age of 22. They didn't think I'd be so powerful. I ran away again. And found Jackle. I met Stella and the rest of the coven. Most of them don't even realize about me."
"Like I said you're a good actor."
"You're very empathetic." Louis whispered. "It's a rare gift. You're also so mature for your age. So is Draco. Him because he's been hurt, you….because of your empathy."
"Louie come on. We have to get out of here. Draco might come looking for me."
"Harry we have to find her!" Draco half screamed. "Why did she go after him! Why does she care!""Some people just do Draco!" Hermione snapped. They had searched the castle, now they were heading to the front door. "She's a caring person. Obviously she likes Louie a lot. She was the one who was so drawn to him!"
"Stop bickering." Harry yelled. "If we're going to find her we-"
"What?" Draco asked. Harry pointed to her stuff, sitting next to the castle. Draco looked toward the forest and snarled. "She's in there."
"How do you know?" Hermione asked.
"I just do. It's a feeling." Draco murmured. He started to walk to the woods, as he was a doll returning to his master. "Hermione go get a teacher."
"I'm coming with you, Bastard." Hermione growled dropping her won bag and following Draco. "Harry?"
"I'm coming to." He followed the suit and broke into a run toward the forest. As the trio ran into the forest, they didn't notice someone watching from the window. "Remus why are Harry, Draco, and Hermione dashing into the forest?" Morgan asked.
"What!" Remus yelled. He ran to the window and cursed. "Are they insane?"
"Whatcha yellin' about?" Sirius yawned.
"Harry, Draco, and Mione, are going in to the forest." Remus yelled. "C'mon!" he ran out of the class room followed. Morgan looked out the window thinking for a moment.
"Sirius I'm going to jump."
"Are you insane! You're not a full vampire Morgan, what if your powers haven't recovered form the bind they put you in!"
"Trust me!" She murmured.
"Fine." Sirius kissed her cheek, grabbed his wand and ran after Remus. "If you die I'm never talking to you again!"
Morgan cracked a smile. Feet don't fail me now. She deftly jumped from the window and realized she was falling. Shit! No I'm part vampire! I have red eyes god damn it! I'd better not die!
She landed on her feet and crouch to absorb the impact. "Oh whose good!" She started to do a little disturbed victory dance. "Sirius I'm alive!"
Sirius grabbed her in a bear hug. "Good." He kissed her and then followed Remus into the forest. The werewolf sniffed the air. "Remus? What are you smelling?"
"The full moons tomorrow idiot! I'm very wolfy right now." Remus snarled. He sniffed the air again.
"Whatcha smell doggie?" Sirius teased.
"Torri's in here to…Wait…Vampire. I smell vampire!"
"Is it him?" Morgan growled, her ruby eyes flashing.
"Louis…What the fuck is he doing here?" Remus growled. "Morgan if you can jump from a window you can feel him."
The half vampire closed her eyes and let her senses over whelm her. "He's here. At a lake. Something upset him, he's with Torri. This doesn't make any sense."
"Let's just go." Sirius yelled. So they ran through the woods calling the students names.
"Did you hear that?" Draco asked.
"It's your imagination." Harry growled.
"No I heard it to!" Hermione whispered. She moved closer to the other two. The witch felt a cold chill tingle up her spin and she glanced behind her. It was misty, but she could make out the form of a man. "Harry!"
The ebony haired boy looked back at Hermione and caught sight of the form. "What the hell is that?" Draco turned and saw it as well.
"Run." The blonde whispered. The three took off in the opposite direction. When they ran right into somebody. Hermione and another woman screamed.
"Sirius!" Draco laughed. "You gave us a god damn heart attack!"
"Why are you three in here!" Remus yelled. "You could've been killed! Draco there is nothing funny about this!"
"Torri came in here looking for Louis."
"Wait you guys know Louis?" Morgan asked, rubbing her head. Harry pulled Mione to her feet and let her grab onto him for support.
"Hagrid brought him in, as a surprise. We took him to all our classes, but in Divinatation that old bat predicted that he had suffered a lot and he would loose some one he loves." Harry gave them the condensed version of their day.
"Damn!" Morgan scowled. "That'll set him off for sure."
"How do you know him?" Draco asked.
"My dad was a member of his coven. He was always like a brother to me. Louie had…Problems with his parents. All we know is that he ran away from home, and was turned by a different coven. He came to my dad's coven in….Dunno…three hundred years ago maybe. But he's sensitive." She explained
"Morgan can you sense them? We should find them before something else does." Said Sirius.
She closed her eyes and smiled. "That way." She sprinted off into the forest followed by all of them save Sirius.
The grim stood very still. Suddenly his midnight blue eyes flew open. "Mallvorn."
"Sirius…"
"Show yourself you bastard!"
"Why do you hate me so?"
Sirius whirled around nervously. "Because you tried to frame Remus with murder! You nearly killed Morgan by binding her powers, and you…Your just a bastard."
"I love that fire in you Sirius…That's why I chose you. James' son is far more beautiful then his father…Strange isn't it?"
"Don't you lay a finger on Harry!" Sirius yelled. "If you so much as look at him I'll-"
"What? The voice was amused. "What if I made you one of us? You'd be so powerful. You'd be the ruler of us all. You'd answer only to me, you could walk in the day light and kill all you wanted."
"Fuck you." Sirius snarled. He took off after Morgan, ignoring the tears streaming from his eyes. "Stop! Get away from me." Sirius turned into Padfoot and almost banished all the emotions Mallvorn flooded into him. Finally he heard Morgan, she was hugging Louis tightly. He changed back into himself and winced at the resurgence of all his human emotion.
"Sirius where were you!" Remus yelled. "You had us worried." The werewolf grinned. When the grim didn't answer it faded quickly. "Sirius?" He walked quickly over to him.
"Mallvorn. He's here." Sirius moaned. "Remus I probably led him here."
Remus' amber eyes flashed with rage. "Sirius did he hurt you?"
"No."
The werewolf let out a breath he hadn't realized he was holding. "Don't worry, here just sit down."
"Sirius!" Harry yelled. Hermione looked back at the forest and screamed. Every head at the lake turned to her. With a trembling hand she pointed to the forest. At the edge of the clearing she saw a man.
He had long matted brown hair and piercing black eyes. His pale naked chest was covered in blood. Carved onto his chest was the word violin. Just like Draco! The brunette thought. Instead of fingers he had claws, he raised on hand to his lips and licked each slender pointed claw free of blood so they glinted in the darkness. All over his chest needles were stuck into his chest.
Everyone looked at her like she was crazy. "Don't you see him!" She shrieked. She reached over and grabbed Harry. The boy jumped and his eyes went as wide as tea saucers.
"There's a man standing there. And I think only Hermione can see him." Harry stammered. Sirius was sitting on a rock with Remus next to him. Morgan was next to Louis hugging him, Torri was brushing Draco off and walking over to Sirius and Remus. Draco was standing alone.
The man grinned cruelly and suddenly was rushing at Draco. "Draco!" Hermione screamed. The blonde turned and didn't even see the man who seemed to fly to him, his claws at the ready.
Torri's heat froze. Suddenly Draco was being attacked by some invisible ghost. Horrible red cuts appeared all over his chest. He was lifted into the air, trying to escape from his attacker.
Time stopped for a moment. Draco…Torri thought. Fear for him vanished, doubt, all emotions washed out of her like a river, being replaced by a tidal wave of hate, anger, and her own fear. She didn't understand why that was pushing her, but it did.
Suddenly every shadow writhed, Torri's eyes went totally blank as she raised clenched her fists. The shadows wrapped around her, and when she raised her hand, they did exactly what she wanted. They slammed into whatever was hurting Draco. The blonde tumbled to the ground, and was caught by the shadows. They wrapped around him in a small dome.
She could see the gruesome sight the man was and for a moment she wanted to vomit. But Torri pushed that away desperately. The man suddenly picked her up and grinned at her. He let one claw trace her cheek bones, leaving cuts. He licked the blood. "Exactly like a shadow witch should taste."
Torri tried to summon the shadows again, but instead she felt as weak as a kitten. The man screamed as a set of claws burst through his back, Torri was sprayed with blood. He dropped her, and she was caught by someone.
A pair of emerald eyes looked down at her in concern. "Louie?" She asked.
"Thank god." He breathed. He set her on the ground. Torri rolled over and vomited. Louis was pulling her hair away form her face. "Better?"
She nodded. "Sorry." Torri started to cry softly. "Did…Who was that…What did I-" her entirely world went blessedly blank.
"Torri!" Draco cried, running over to her. "Lou?"
"She's just unconscious." The silver haired vampire murmured. "Sirius!" He cried hoarsely.
The grim and Remus ran over. "What?"
"That ghost was one of Mallvorn's."
Sirius sighed and sat down. Morgan plopped down next to him and wrapped her arms around her next. Remus straightened is shirt and took the role of the care taker. He
tried to keep himself together by counting in his head. The werewolf gathered Harry and a very traumatized Hermione.
"Louis!"
All of them save Draco looked over at the man standing there. He had bright violet eyes and chestnut brown hair, which fell silky over his shoulder. Louis smiled at him. "Remy…Is he dead?"
"No. Is the girl alright?"
"She'll be fine." Louis murmured. "Where are the others?"
The new vampire dipped his hand in the lake to wash the blood off. "Their coming."
Remus had just gotten Hermione and Harry settled down. The werewolf was fighting hard to keep himself together. Mallvorn…He was here. In this forest. "Rem?" The werewolf asked in a tiny kitten like voice. The vampire fixed his violet eyes on Remus and smiled.
"Hey wolfie." He was at Remus' side in an instant and caught the fallen wolf. "It's okay. The other will take care of them. Now you just relax."
"I'm glad you're here." Remus muttered before falling asleep in the vampire's secure hold.
"As am I." The vampire sighed. "Louis we have to get them out of here."
The other vampire nodded and grinned. "Jesus Stella it took you long enough."
"Shut up Louie. You're damn lucky the centaurs didn't find you." She tossed her platinum blonde hair over one shoulder and surveyed the scene. Draco was holding onto the girl, Torri. Remy had his attentions fixed on Remus. The other girl was in shock. Sirius was also in shock, Morgan was holding onto to him for dear life. Harry was confused, unsure what to do. "Remy! Get there werewolf and the girl.
"Louis take Torri back, I'll handle Draco. Where's Alex!"
"Here snookums." A vampire with blood red silky waves and electric blue eyes teased. "I can smell Mallvorn."
"Go take care of Sirius and Harry, please?"
"Course."
Alex darted off to Sirius, Stella in one leap jumped over to Draco. "Draco? You have to let Louie take Torri okay?"
He nodded mutely. And then looked back at her. "Stella?"
"Hey…" She hugged him tightly. "Sorry I haven't talked to you in so long. Jesus look how you've grown."
"I did grow huh." Draco grinned. Stella looped his arm over her shoulders and jumped. "Wow! We're flying." They landed back on the ground and Stella jumped up again.
"No silly it's a vampire gift. We can't fly, but this is close enough." Stella smiled at him. "Oh! Dear you're in shock! After being attacked by that thing…"
"What was that?"
"It was a creation of Mallvorn's twisted perverse mind. Probably some poor soul he tortured and killed. Sush. Go to sleep Draco. We'll explain when you wake up."
"Torri?"
"Louie's got her. Don't worry, he's chosen her."
"Chosen?" Draco asked, his voice thick.
"We vampires often choose a mortal to protect, someone we have a strong bond with. It's the equivalent of a guardian angel. Well, we're not exactly angels…More guardian devil."
A/N: MUAHAHAHAH confused? Don't worry if u review I'll explain next chapter. As a cure to confusion have a cookie! leaves out a basket of cookies and runs back into room evil light…..