NOTES: This is the final chapter, and is quite short. I think it's safe to say that I should have at least attempted equal chapter lengths, but hey.

Only 5 days until Harry Potter and the Half - Blood Prince! Is it just me or has time gone very quickly! Not that I'm complaining.

I saw A Lot Like Love last night and it is FANTASTIC! I loved it! I want the soundtrack but I checked a couple of websites and Im not sure if you can get it in England. How pathetic is that! Also been reading Bill Bryson's Notes from a Big Country. Out of curiosity, how many Americans have read it? Any of you?

ENJOY!

At The Copper, Lavender, Parvati and several other girls in the same year were huddled around a table. Lavender was obviously the centre of attention, yet again, as all eyes were on her. 'Hogwarts boys are just so immature.' Lavender said. Murmurs of 'Yeah,' and 'It's so true' were heard. 'But now older boys, they have - what's the word I'm searching for? - oh yea, Firebolts!' Lavender said excitedly.

'You know, I knew this one -' Parvati began before Lavender stepped in.

'Excuse me, motor mouth, can't a girl finish a sentence?' Lavender said, shooting Parvati a look of disgust. 'Oh My God! I love this song!' Lavender announced, walking over to the dance floor, her followers following.

Outside, Draco, Josso, Seamus and some other stupidly named vampires were walking down the alleyway. The man on the door, who was into a robotic routine, said, 'Money?' Not even looking up. Josso grabbed him. 'Hey! What's going on?' He asked. Looking up, he added, 'Dude, what's up with your faces?' The vampires pushed him into the club, shutting the door.

The vampires ran into the club and secured all the other exits as the people wondered what was going on. Seamus ran onto the stage, pushing the lead singer of the band into the crowd. As the lights shined on his face, people screamed in horror at him.

'OH MY GOD! LOOK AT HIS HAIR!' One member of the crowd screamed.

'Don't worry,' the vampire said calmly. 'There is no cause for alarm. Well,' He chuckled. 'There is, it just won't do any good.'

Hermione loaded up her school bag with weapons from her Pine Weapons Chest (£19.99 from Argos™), and put a large sharp stake down her sleeve for luck. In her bag were axes, holy water, a couple of crosses and a few pineapples.

As she walked through the Gryffindor common room, she found Professor McGonagall waiting for her. 'Hermione?'

'Umm, yes Professor?'

'And just where do you think your going?' Professor McGonagall inquired.

'To The Copper, a club in Hogsmeade. That's all right isn't it?' Hermione asked, unnerved.

'No, I'm afraid it isn't. Professor Dumbledore told me he caught you attempting to leave the campus during school lessons, half of which today you were not present for.' She sighed. 'This sort of attitude is not good, Hermione. It's only your second day of school here at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry and already I'm having complaints from the Headmaster about you.'

'I'm really sorry about that, I swear I'll make up the time I missed today tomorrow.' Hermione said and continued walking towards the exit of the common room.

'I'm afraid Miss Granger, that considering what happened at your previous school you might find there is no tomorrow for you at Hogwarts.' Professor McGonagall said solemnly.

'So... what? Your expelling me?'

'No, no. Not yet anyway.' The Professor said, 'We're merely grounding you.'

'Grounding me? Your grounding me?' Hermione said in disbelief.

'Just for tonight. You will be given work from the lessons you missed today to do and we shall forget the incident... for now.' The Professor said and stalked off. 'Good evening.'

'DAMN IT!' Hermione said out of frustration. She ran back up the stairs to her dormitory and looked out of the window. It was a long way down. 'Shit!' She muttered to herself.

Thankfully, none of the follow dormitory sharer people were in the dormitory, but, Hermione thought with a sigh, they're probably at The Copper. Desperately looking round the dorm for something to aid her escape, she noticed a broom, probably belonging to Lavender, Hermione was sure she overheard a conversation on what a good flyer Lavender was. Whosever it was, Hermione grabbed it and, using a pineapple from her weapons chest, she smashed the window open (in a very roll 'n' roll fashion, of course), mounted the broomstick and flew out of the window and into the cold night air. Damn, she thought as she landed expertly, sunset.

Sure enough, darkness was all around.

By the time Hermione reached The Copper, Harry, Ron and Flitwick were already huddled outside. 'Your late,' Flitwick observed as she arrived, no wonder he was a watcher.

'I got grounded, are they inside?' Hermione said.

'Yea, we think there maybe 10, 15,' Harry said, shivering from the cold.

'Ok, here.' Hermione handed over her bag of weapons to Harry. 'I'm gonna find my way in through the ceiling, you guys try and find a back way in. Don't get into any fights and just get out as many people as you can, OK?' Hermione ordered. Bossy boots.

Inside the Copper, Seamus, the vessel, was feeding on the door guy when Hermione showed up. She had a managed to get in through the ceiling and was now observing everything from the first floor, where she had spoken to Flitwick just last night.

'More! I need more! Bring me another one! I can feel Mouldevort's strength growing! Bring me more!' Seamus shouted from the stage. Greedy idiot, Hermione thought.

A floor below Hermione, Flitwick, Harry and Ron had managed to creep in and stake the vampire guarding the door. They were now telling as many people as they could reach to get out.

Just as Seamus was offered another sacrifice, Hermione jumped down from the first floor. 'It's me you want.' She said simply, staking the vampire that tried to get her from behind.

'Slayer. Bring her to me!' Seamus ordered.

Hermione kicked another vampire that ran at her as she walked up to the stage. She bared her neck to Seamus and said, 'You want it, come and get it.' As the vampire walked over to her, Hermione punched him square in the face, sending him flying backwards.

Flitwick watched with pride from a distance as Draco jumped on his back.

'Flitwick!' Harry yelled in horror, as she speedily brought the bottle of Holy Water from her bag and threw it on the vamp, whose head began to burn. Draco ran out screaming as Josso shouted, 'DARLING!' and followed him.

Hermione, meanwhile was caught up in a fight with Seamus, who currently had the upper hand and threw her into the drum kit in the back. As she got up, Hermione could see, through her good eye, that Ron was about to be jumped by a sneaky vamp. She instinctively threw the symbol from the drum kit towards the vampire, beheading him.

Seamus laughed. 'You actually think you can defeat us?'

'I don't think so, I know so,' Hermione spat back, rather childishly.

'Yea? Well.. You smell!' Seamus retorted.

'Do not!'

'Do too!'

'Oh, I am SO gonna stake you,' Hermione said, seething. If there's one thing she prided herself on, it was the fact she did not smell. Lunging at the vampire, Hermione threw him to the ground and staked him. Seamus then exploded into an array of dust and bad special effects.

The remaining vampires in The Copper fled, leaving Flitwick, Harry, Ron and Hermione stood alone.

'Did we win?' Harry asked gingerly after a long silence.

Outside, Blaise saw the vampires flee. 'She did it. Good for her.'

'Come on, Ron, what were you expecting?' Hermione asked, as she Ron and Harry walked across the lawns in the brilliant sunshine.

'Well the dead rose, we should've at least had an assembly.' The three laughed as Flitwick joined them.

'Good morning.' He said.

'You know what?' Hermione said, 'It is a good morning. We prevented Mouldevort from escaping, we saved a lot of lives and it's sunny.' She said with a smile.

'Yeah, your right!' Harry said enthusiastically.

'Well we may have stopped him this one time, but who knows what the Hogmouth will give us next.' Flitwick said, breezily.

'You mean Mouldevort isn't defeated?' Ron asked.

'Oh, on the contrary, I believe now he'll try harder than ever to escape his confinement.'

'So? More vampires?' Harry asked, losing her enthusiasm.

'Not just vampires, no, what we face next could be quite different.'

'Well, I for one am going to be positive,' Hermione beamed. 'Who knows, I could still get kicked out of school.'

'You could blow something up, I hear there really strict about that,' Harry contributed as she Hermione and Ron walked off toward the castle.

Flitwick, turned, sighed and breathed, 'Hogwarts is doomed.'