A New Beginning

By Silverwolves

Silverwolves: OMG! I am SOSOSOSOSOSOSOSOSOSOSOSOSOSOSOSO SO sorry for taking SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO long to put up another chapter. I just had surgery for my scoliosis. Scoliosis is disease that causes your spine to grow curvy instead of straight, I had to have the surgery or my spine would wrap around my heart or lung and I would obviously die. So now I have metal rods in my back which keep my spine in place, but prevents me from growing any taller. Anyway, I know I could have still written, but trust me it's hard to type when your so high off morphine that the clouds are green and there are pink babies floating around your room. So here is chapter 12.

Summary: Taking place several years after Harry and his friends leave Hogwarts, this story follows the adventures of a shy werewolf, Caleb Lupin, (Remus Lupin's son), a mysterious vampire named Karmithius Dellon, a energetic half cat demon named Ryoku Leonne, and Akmed Sevmetto a sarcastic descendent of an Egyptian god.

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!PS: The next chapter will be up soon! VERY soon! Don't give out on me!

Chapter 12

Suspect

Ryoku woke up with a growing feeling of anxiety. A mixture of worry for Kar, nervousness about confronting her friends, and her conversation with Caleb were overwhelming her with apprehension. She opened her tired eyes and saw Alu sitting on her bed brushing her long dark hair.

"Uh...Alu?" Ryoku stopped, would now really be a good time to confront Alu? After all she didn't want her to stress all day...

"What?" Alu asked brightly.

"Oh, nothing, I'll tell ya later..." Ryoku faked a smile and went to go take a shower.

"Weird..." Alu said aloud. She set her brush down and sighed. She had another premonition last night. She had seen Caleb and Alu talking; only Caleb was a wolf and Ryoku was a cat. She wondered if the premonition was taking place in the past, present or future.

Caleb awoke feeling like he had just been dragged down a freeway, run over by several cars, flung into a ditch, mauled by a bear and shot by a hunter. (Silverwolves: Where did THAT come from?) Of course, he felt like that once a month every month, so it was nothing new.

Yet he felt something he hadn't felt in a long time. Guilt. Like he had done something wrong, or hurt somebody.

Then it all cam flooding back to him. Ryoku, her cat form, talking, and telling her everything. Just like that, he was pretty sure he had ruined his pathetic life.

Caleb got dressed as fast as a fatigued werewolf could and made his way towards the castle feeling like a complete moron. Now Kar was going to kill him. Caleb could see it then. Kar's eyes flashing dangerously, his claws itching to grab his stupid wolf neck and hurl him off the astronomy tower.

Then again, Kar can't be too mad at me. Caleb thought. After all, Ryoku and him are friends, I mean, he's not gonna care if she knows is he?

(Silverwolves: Little does he know that she already knows about Kar! Bwahahahahaha! Me sooooo evil!)

Arithmacy, History, Herbology, Transfiguration, passed unbearably slow. Ryoku was fidgeting in her seat so much that several teachers asked if she had to go to the bathroom.

The average student uses the restroom in school 2-3 times while in school. Her brain uselessly informed her.

"Ms. Leonne! Is there somewhere you'd rather be? You just had two weeks off and now you're itching to go! Perhaps you'd like a break from school and would like to see me in my office after class!" McGonagall glared at Ryoku.

"Please Professor!" Ryoku pleaded. "I have to do something after class!"

"What." McGonagall hissed. "Could possibly be more important then Transfiguration?"

"Um... nothing." Ryoku gave in, McGonagall knew all the best ways to make you want to curl up and die.

Akmed and Caleb stared at Ryoku.

Alu eyed Ryoku suspiciously. Could this have anything to do with what Ryoku wanted to say to her earlier?

As Alu, Caleb and Akmed were about to leave they were grabbed by Professor McGonagall.

"Whatever it was I didn't do it!" Akmed shrieked.

"Oh, uh, Professor? Did we do something wrong?" Alu asked nervously.

"Not at all dear."

"Then why are we all here?" Ryoku asked, with her hands on her hips.

"Shhhh... now come with me." McGonagall lead the four to her office, where each of them took a seat in four comfy armchairs that McGonagall had conjured up from nowhere with a flick of her wand.

"Now, as you know..." McGonagall began. "Recently one of your professors has died. I'm sure other members of the faculty have told you that he was in an accident. But our dear professor Holloway was actually murdered by a supposed vampire. And I'm also sure you know about your friend Kar being a vampire. He has been with Dumbledoor for the past day and a half. The reason being is that he is one of the suspects for Professor Holloway's murder. Now I know..."

McGonagall was cut off by the four friends shouting a united "WHAT?"

"Try to keep it down children..." McGonagall sighed.

"Kar would never ever ever ever hurt anybody!" Ryoku shouted.

"He even told me he's never tasted human blood!" Caleb said only a little quieter.

"Besides, Kar was at Ryoku's house over Christmas break!" Akmed yelled, leaping up from his seat in a very dog-like fashion.

"Yeah! And Professor Holloway was killed when Kar was at Ryoku's house, so how could he have killed him?" Alu was up off her seat too, shaking her fist, looking completely mad.

"Calm down! Please, we needn't spread this around the whole school!" McGonagall rubbed her temples and leaned back against her seat. Shouting always gave her a headache.

"I also was not implying that Kar was the one who killed Professor Holloway. Kar is just a suspect. We also have two other suspects that we know of. It has been very difficult to find a place where we can keep the suspects. Do know how hard it is to keep vampire attacks from the muggle police?" McGonagall leaned forward again. "If Kar is the one who killed Holloway... then I'm afraid he will go to Azkaban."

"It wasn't Kar though!" Ryoku was on the verge of tears. Akmed and Alu hugged her sympathetically. They knew how attached she was to Kar.

"Can we see him?" Caleb asked. "Where is he?"

The other's nodded in agreement.

McGonagall considered. She thought hardly about the consequences of letting a cat, a dog, a wolf, and a seer visit a vampire. If she had a sense of humor, she would have laughed at that.

"I don't think you could do to much harm seeing him." She nodded. "Yet I'm afraid there would be know one to take you."

"I could take them." Someone said from behind them.

It was Hermione. Hermione Granger the muggle studies teacher.

"You were... were listening?" McGonagall asked with surprise.

I know about all of them, remember Dumbledoor told the entire faculty. Including me, sorry about eavesdropping, I just popped in to borrow that book you told me about."

"Oh, yes of course, the book." McGonagall handed Hermione a red leather book with gold writing on the cover and Hermione quickly stuffed it into a shoulder bag.

"And if you were to take them, what would you do about you muggle studies class?"

"Well I was going to take the week off anyway to visit my fiancé, and Kar's staying at the Redwood Hotel in correct?" Hermione smiled. "Well Harry lives around that area, so it would work for all of us, I could drop them off for a week check up on them every day, and make sure they keep up with there homework."

"Harry? Harry Potter is your fiancé? That is so cool!" Akmed said excitedly.

Ryoku whacked him on the arm.

Hermione blushed. "Yes, and I'm sure he'd be eager to meet you all. Seeing as Caleb is the son of the famous Remus Lupin, our former professor." Hermione smiled at him.

Now it was Caleb's turn to blush.

"Well, that seems like a fitting plan, and as long as the students don't have any big exams to study for, I'm sure it would work out. I'll just ask Albus about it." McGonagall stood up and ushered everyone out of the room.

Before they left McGonagall whispered to them. "No matter what happens make sure no one knows where Kar is, or where you are going. If anyone finds out about your friend, not only is it the end for him but the end for our school."

The four students looked back at their teacher.

And then they ran all the way back up to their dorm.

Obviously they needed to talk.

Silverwolves: So there ye have it me mateys! Arr! Have ye selves a nice day!

To me lovly reviewers!

Kaori Bibishii: Thank you SO much! You have no idea how much I love hearing things like this! I'll send Akmed over to give you a big hug an some cookies. I really don't know who going to end up with who... stay tuned...

Dark and prone to violence: (Love the name) Thank you for your comment! I like it when my stories kick fecking ass! Yes, Caleb is adorable... wiat till he grows up! He's going to be Sex-say! Thankies Muchly!

Wilddog14( ): Thank you! Glad to hear you like the whole gang! Even though Kar is a big sour puss, Akmed never shuts up and Caleb never talks... THEIR STILL ALL SO FUN TO WORK WITH! Ahem. I shall keep writing, I shall I shall. Jist fer ye.

wilddog14( ):I'mrepying to you twice since you had two reviews... anyway. Yes, vampire and werewolves kick tush! And so do puppies and kitties and seers... Kar was the most fun character to write, he has that sort of cool moodeness to him ya know? Anywho. (Garsh I say Anywho alot...) Thank you for the input I totally appreciate it... Sorry for the humungous dely, but if ya read the above, ye'll know why... Thanks agaian and again!

(An here be a word from de wolves!)

Soto: Oh where oh where did my stuffed bunny go, my stuffed bunny go, oh where oh where could he BE?

Wicca: Ahem.

Soto: ACK! Wha-what are you doing here?

Wicca: Em, I live here?

Soto: Don't tell anyone bout' the bunny?

Wicca: Um, okay...

Aiden: (in baby voice) Oh where oh where did my wittle ickle stuffed bunny wunny go? Oh where oh where could e' be?

Soto: (sweat drops) ARE YOU MOCKING ME?

Aiden: Yes, yes I am.

Koji: Can't we all just get along.

Aiden: (Clobbers Koji)

Soto: WHY MUST YOU BE SO VIOLENT!

Aiden: Because I'm the Alpha wolf, and you are all OMEGAS!

Wicca: Keep dreaming Aiden, keep dreaming.

Aiden: As Martin Luther King Junior once said; "I rock and you all smell like cheese."

Wicca: Martin Luther King Jr. DID NOT say that!

Aiden: Well I said it and that's all that matters.

Soto: Whatever. OKAY HUMANS BUYBYE!