Chapter 11: DADA again.

Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter. All I own is Rose, Mary, and their owls.

The next few days went by in a blur. Wednesday was soon there and the Gryffindors were going to DADA. Luckily no one noticed that Mary was looking nervous and upset. When they got into the classroom Mary sat in the very last seat close to the door. Today she just wanted to be hidden, almost invisible.

"Good Morning class. Today we will be learning something slightly different then last week." Professor Lupin began. "Turn to page 32 in your textbooks." Mary flinched as she turned to page 32.

"Vampires?" Someone who Mary hadn't met yet asked. Mary felt like shrinking, disappearing, anything that would get her out of the class for the day. Mary looked over at the door. It was open as were all the windows because it was a nice day outside. She could easily turn invisible and leave the classroom.

Mary stopped listening to what Professor Lupin and her classmates were saying. She just sat there thinking. About fifteen minutes into the class Mary had had enough. She looked around to make sure no one was looking, no one was. 'Good,' Mary thought. She quickly made herself invisible and then made her bag and books invisible. 'I love this part of my powers.' Mary thought. She got up and slipped out of the classroom. Once out of the classroom Mary breathed a sigh of relief and started to walk up to the Gryffindor common room. When she was near the front doors she got a better idea and made her way out of the castle.

'I never realized how nice it was out here.' Mary thought looking out at the mountains, the forest, and the lake right in front of her. 'It's such a nice area.'

Mary, still invisible walked toward the forest. She found a very nice tree that was excellent for climbing and she made herself visible. Mary started climbing and when she reached a high branch that was thick enough to lay on she stopped. Mary pulled her hair out of the high pony tail it was in and lay down on the branch. She looked up at the sky and thought for a while.

Mary fell asleep and woke up about an hour later to the sound of footsteps. Mary blinked against the sudden light when she opened her eyes. She looked down and saw someone she really wished would leave. Professor Lupin.

"Why are you here?" Mary asked rudely. She knew she shouldn't be acting like this but her mind had a habit of running away when she was mad.

"Would you like to come down?" He asked casually.

"Would I like to?" Mary raised an eyebrow. "I'm never going to get used to the way people speak around here." She shook her head and then sat up. Mary tied her hair back up and climbed down. She had been climbing trees since she was very little. It was her way of running away from her problems. But even with years of experience she ripped her sleeve. "Damn it," She muttered. She waved her wand and muttered a spell fixing her sleeve. 'Man, why am I so mad?' Mary asked herself in thought. 'Because you just had to be in a lesson about Vampires.' She answered herself in thought again.

"I'm guessing you are mad at me." Professor Lupin stated.

Mary snorted and looked away. "What would give you that idea?" She turned her head around and shot a glare at him. 'What the hell am I doing? He's a teacher. He was just doing his job.' Mary thought to herself. Mary stuffed her hands in her pockets and kicked a rock. "How'd you know where to find me?" She asked.

Professor Lupin laughed, "Would you believe that it was just a lucky guess."

Mary shook her head. "I may act two but I'm not as stupid as a two year old." She answered.

"I asked your friends." He said.

"How would they know where to find me?" Mary looked confused. "I never told them where I was going to go."

"They said that you mentioned that you loved to climb trees. The only place to climb trees here is the forest."

"I'll never tell my friends anything again." Mary muttered and kicked another rock.

"I'm sorry about the lesson, but as I said before it's something I'd rather not do but I have to" Professor Lupin said.

"I still don't understand though." She said. "You teach us how to defend ourselves against the dark arts, but I'm not a dark art, Vampires are not a dark art." She kicked another rock against a tree. The rock bounced back and Mary caught it as it did then threw it back into the forest. "Sure I know that some Vampires have killed innocent people before but that doesn't mean we're evil."

"I know that, again I did not want to teach that lesson."

Mary glared at him for some reason. She didn't quite believe him. She took her hands out of her pockets and reached up, there was a low hanging branch. Mary pulled herself up and sat on the branch. She put her head against the trunk of the tree and crossed her arms.

"How can I believe you?" She asked. She made one of her front teeth stick out over her lip. "I've only know you for what a week? My past had taught me not to trust everyone I meet."

"That's quite wise." Professor Lupin said.

"Who pays people to say that?" Mary asked.

"Santa Claus," Professor Lupin joked. Mary couldn't help it, she laughed.

Mary swung off the branch. "All I need now is my banana." Mary joked. Then she acted like a two year old, "Let's go see the monkey." She laughed at her own joke. Then she realized something, she was laughing and joking around with the person that made her mad in the first place. "Okay, what kind of spell did you put on me?"


"Hey, Mary! MARY!" Mary swung around. Of course it was Rose. "Mary, wait up." Rose yelled. Mary stopped and waited. "Thanks." Rose said when she caught up to Mary. "Where have you been all morning?"

"Around," Mary answered.

"That's not an answer." Rose said.

"What are you my mother?" Mary snapped rather annoyed. Then she saw the hurt look on her friends face. "Sorry, I didn't mean to be so harsh. I'm just," Mary searched for the word.

"Being a complete jerk." Rose provided. Mary punched her playfully on her upper arm. Mary smiled lightly and they continued walking to the Great Hall for lunch. "So you don't want to talk about why you ran out of Professor Lupin's classroom and disappeared?"

"Not really." Mary answered she kicked the ground while staring at her feet.

"You sure?"

"Yes, I'm sure Rose. Thanks."

"Hey Rose, Mary wait up!" Rose and Mary twirled around and saw Harry, Ron, and Hermione.

"Hey guys." Mary greeted them as if she had just seen them less then an hour ago when it had been about three and a half hours.

"You missed Divination." Ron said.

Mary shrugged. "Am I supposed to be very sad right now?" She raised an eyebrow.

"Not at all," Harry said, "Just next time you plan on skipping the most boring and annoying class in the world would you please tell us?"

"Sure," Mary blushed. Hermione had a sour look f disagreement on her face. "Hermione," Mary started. "It's not like I missed something important, like err some important class."

"You ran out of Defense against Dark Arts." Hermione argued.

"I did not run out of Defense against Dark Arts." Mary stated. "I left casually." Hermione rolled her eyes. "And anyway, I already knew all a person would need to know about Vampires."

"How would you?" Ron asked. "You said yourself this is your first time in a magical school."

"So? They teach you how to read in muggle schools." Mary said matter-of-factually.

"What's wrong Mary?" Harry asked, "We're you're friends but you're treating us like your enemies."

"Nothing is wrong." Mary said, "I'm just, I don't know."

"Come on let's get lunch." Ron said. "I'm hungry.

"You're always hungry." Rose laughed.


WOW! That is a 2 and a half page chapter on Word. Hope you guys liked it. It is now, 12:50 AM. I started writing at about 5 PM, man I write slowly.

Anyway you guys know Mary's secret now. That is if you read carefully. Please don't kill me for any crappy-ness.