The night that Paddy Murphy died,

I will not forget!

The entire town got stinkin' drunk,

and some ain't sober yet!

But the thing that I remember most,

that filled my heart with fear:

They plucked the eyes right from the corpse,

and threw them in the beer!

The sound of Brandy Randy's singing filled the entire path of Hogsmeade. It was strange how deserted the town was, even considering it was a week before exams.

"Shut-up, Randy," James said through gritted teeth.

"For once, I'm agreeing with you, James," Kim added quietly.

Brandy Randy looked put out, and did not sing any longer. Instead, he took a giant swig of the bottle of firewhiskey that he was carrying.

"I don't get it," Ginny muttered, "where is everyone?"

"Don't ask me," Kim replied. However, she, too, was curious. Why was the town seemingly empty? Something familiar lurked about the premises. It was like a stench that she remembered from her childhood.

"Everyone's probably back up at school, studying," Orlando said distastefully.

"Well, they're very smart, then, aren't they?" Michael pointed out.

"Well we don't need to study, we're still first years, so we don't really care," Eric said, kicking a pebble out of the road.

"I keep forgetting that you guys have O.W.L.s this year," Ron murmured, "Good luck! They were bloody terrible!"

"Well, I thought that they were quite simple after studying so much," Hermione replied bossily.

"Do you have any idea where Luna went?" Kim wondered, trying to bring the subject away from her upcoming exams.

"No clue. She was here just a second ago," Ginny replied.

"She probably spotted a Crumple-Horned Thingy-Ma-Bob," Orlando snorted and Brandy Randy took another long swig of firewhiskey.

"You know that it's a very bad habit to drink, don't you, Randy?" Hermione asked disapprovingly.

"Hold on," Kim said suddenly. "Something's not right."

"Well obviously! We've just established the weird fact that Hogsmeade is practically empty," Natalie replied. She looked rather tired and Kim was again reminded of the thought that perhaps she was a werewolf like her father. Since the full moon was that night, she wondered whether Natalie would be transforming or whether she had just let her mind wander off.

"No, she's right," Harry, who had been silent up until this point, agreed.

"I don't know why, but the air... smells familiar," Kim went on, as her heart lightened knowing that she wasn't the only one who felt this way.

"It smells familiar?" James repeated disbelievingly, shaking his head as though she were mad.

"Er… I thing we should leave!" Harry suddenly exclaimed and rubbed at his suddenly prickling scar.

"Oh, it's much too late for that," said an icy voice.

Death Eaters appeared out of nowhere. Their black cloaks swished threateningly as they closed in on the group of twelve students. One had the unconscious Luna slung over his shoulder.

"Luna!" Ginny gasped.

"That's right," teased the Death Eater, whose voice Kim recognized as Macnair. "We've got your little friend and now we've come for you."

"Well done, Pettigrew," the voice of Lucius Malfoy issued from the nearest Death Eater's hood.

"You!" Ron exclaimed, looking angrily at Kim, "You sold us out!"

"That's right," Kim replied. This was not true, of course. She'd only found out that very morning from Draco about the planned ambush. She had not thought about it being at Hogsmeade, however, but could do nothing except play along at this point. She'd sent something to Moody by owl, but it was in code, so she realized that it might take a good few minutes to decipher and she wasn't sure when he'd get it. Ginny stared at her and Kim sent the message IT'S NOT TRUE! nervously though her eyes.

Ginny seemed angry however, and did not receive this vague message. Realizing this, Kim turned away, fearing that she had just lost her best friend.

Several of Kim's friends groped for their wands, but the Death Eaters were already ahead of them.

"I wouldn't go for wands if I were you," Jugson said irritably. "Or we'll have to kill your little friend here."

Macnair shuffled Luna on his shoulder and pulled out his wand.

"Stupefy!" shouted a few of the Death Eaters and Kim watched with a pang as the twins and both Weasleys fell to the ground in a stunned trance.

"Dolohov, Macnair, grab the Lovegood girl and the Weasleys," Malfoy ordered, glancing at the twins, "and take the twins, too. They're witnesses."

Wands pointed at the rest of the group, the two Death Eaters hastened to obey.

"Stupefy!" Karl's voice echoed, "Stupefy!"

Kim watched with anger boiling inside of her as the rest of her friends except Harry, Hermione, and Michael were all hit with the red light and stunned.

"Come here, Kimberly," Karl ordered imperiously.

Thinking it best to obey for the moment, Kim strode across the ground over to his side.

"You're a traitor, Pettigrew. Like father, like daughter," Harry spat ruefully at her.

This rather made Kim feel like slaughtering herself on the spot. She did not reply and tried to ignore Harry's angry insults before one of the Death Eater's shouted, "Shut the boy up!" and he was stunned, too, earning a shriek from Hermione.

"Take the other two, Pettigrew," Karl's father, Rodolphus, ordered and headed off with James and Orlando slung over his shoulders.

Karl had been busy holding Kim's body tightly to his, in places she would have preferred he steer clear of, but let go when this order was issued, of which Kim was glad. She strode over to Hermione and Michael, who were watching her with disgust.

Kim leaned in toward the two of them and attached invisible cords to their hands and took their wands. Meanwhile, she leaned in very close to Hermione and whispered, "I don't know where they're taking you, but when we get there, I'll try to give you back your wand. Try to tell Michael."

She said this in the tiniest of whispers and Hermione seemed shocked.

"Come on!" she said gruffly, tugging at the invisible line so that Hermione and Michael stumbled slightly.

Kim looked at her purposefully and was heartened to see her edge over to Michael and try to whisper something in his ear.

"No talking amongst the prisoners, or we stun the both of you, as well," Malfoy hissed.

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"Here," Lucius said, thrusting a handful of wands into Kim's hands, "guard these. Obviously, you're not to give them to the prisoners. Draco will be watching them with you."

Draco stepped from behind his father and smirked at the captives that had been taken from Hogsmeade, who were all conscious at the moment and bound tightly with invisible cords. Kim cringed. This would be much more difficult with Draco here. He knew all of her tricks.

"The others are in here already," Draco said, holding the door open for Kim so that she could toss all twelve of her fellow students inside. Kim peered inside as they filed in, trying to subdue to Harry, who was trying to resist, and James, who hated her at the moment.

She was slightly surprised to find that the room was not empty. Seven other people who were ranging in what looked like ages 5 to 16 were also inside. There were twenty sets of shackles that were bolted firmly into the wall all in a row.

The first set of shackles held a little black girl who looked no older than five. She was crying and wailing uncontrollably and screaming for her father. Kim's heart went out to the girl, but she couldn't say anything.

The next set of shackles was empty, so she dragged Harry over to them and locked him in. Lucius Malfoy, who was watching to make sure they did it right, seemed to smirk. Harry swore at Kim while she locked him in. She hesitated, feeling worse about the entire situation... like she was going to throw-up, but moved on.

The third set was occupied by a twelve-year-old girl with lots of curly hair, who was speaking rapidly in French and sobbing every so often. Kim passed by her and to the next set of shackles, which contained a girl who she'd seen at Hogwarts and was known as Susan Bones.

The next set was empty, so she dragged Michael over to it and made a great job of locking him in. While doing this, she whispered, "Your wand in my pocket. Diversion later."

As Draco's father was beginning to grow impatient, she moved on and placed Luna, who was staring dreamily at the ceiling, in the next pair of shackles, and Natalie in the next.

The next set was empty as well, and Kim was about to drag Ron over to it, when Draco intervened, "Let me do it." He sounded eager, so Kim let him. He put Ron in the shackles upside-down so that his feet were in the holes instead of his arms.

"Oi!" Ron cried, "what's wrong with you?"

Draco looked at him evilly, then turned to his father in a pleading voice, "Can I please kill him? There's another Weasley..."

"No, Draco," Lucius replied with a smirk, "that'll wait 'til later."

Hermione gave a dry sob from where she was waiting and Kim' began to feel sorry for her. She took Hermione and placed her in the shackles next to Ron and whispered, "Distraction later."

To Hermione's dismay, however, Brandy Randy, who was snoring with a bad hangover, was put right on her other side.

The next set of shackles was occupied by none other than Neville Longbottom, whose head drooped sadly.

Kim slid Orlando in next to him, and passed by two girls who were about the same age, one with silvery-blonde hair, and the other with short blue curls, who were squabbling, one in broken English and the other whose eyes were flashing different colors.

Next to the one with the blue curls, Kim placed Ginny carefully, who tried to kick her. She ignored her and moved on, putting Ethan next to her and another boy who had mousy hair, a large nose, and was rather weedy looking. On the other side of the boy, she put Eric in the shackles and James in the nineteenth set, leaving one pair empty.

Malfoy's expression suddenly changed to a glum look, "Father, can't we lock Nassandra in here, too?"

"Why would you want to lock Nassandra in here?" Kim asked quickly, "she's on our side."

"Yeah, well, she scares me," Draco replied quietly.

"No, Draco," Lucius said impatiently. He turned to Kim, "I have to leave. Make sure my son doesn't do anything stupid."

He left the room to Draco's angry huffing. A few moments passed while the small sobs of the little girl, Hermione, and Susan echoed around the chamber.

"Oh, shut up," muttered Draco under his breath. "Stupid little kid..."

Kim shot him a glance and went over to the little girl. "What's your name?" she asked calmly to the five-year-old.

"C-Cindy," she replied through her tears.

"Cindy is a pretty name. What's your last name?" she went on soothingly.

"S-Shacklebolt," she stammered, clearly taken by surprise at this act of slight kindness.

Kingsley's daughter, Kim realized, and her heart began to feel as though it had been pierced.

Draco, however, snorted. "What a fitting last name," he sneered, glancing at the girl's shackles that bound her hands.

"Hush, Draco. She's distressed. Honestly..." she trailed off.

"Why do you care? You're supposed to be heartless. But then, what do I know," he sneered at her, "I'm just a middle-rank Death Eater, and you're part of the high-rank, the Dark Lord's right hand..."

"Yes I am, and don't you forget it," she snapped.

"You're both scum," Ron hissed from his upside-down position. His legs were up against the wall and the rest of him was sprawled over the floor. He had Hermione's hand in his and was trying to calm her down.

Kim said nothing, but Draco retorted, "Yeah, and you're upside-down, locked up, and you don't have a wand... and insulting me. Does that sound smart to you?" He turned to Kim for her answer and she shook her head 'no'.

"You think you're a big man, don't you, Malfoy?" Harry said from the end in-between Cindy and the French girl.

"You know it, Potter," Malfoy replied with a sneer.

Kim snorted behind his back, remembering when he'd dropped his trousers in front of her.

"What's that supposed to mean?" he exclaimed looking angry.

"I, er, something flew up my nose," she said with a tiny smile that revealed she was lying.

Draco eyed her angrily and fell silent as though wishing he could hex every inch of her body.

"I love it when they turn on each other," the weedy boy that was in-between the twins said with a small laugh.

"And who do you think you are?" Draco snapped.

"Lance Vance, thirteenth and last child of Emmeline Vance," he replied proudly.

"Thirteen?" Draco exclaimed, "that's worse than you, Weasley!"

Ron and Ginny growled at him and glared.

"I have twelve older sisters," Lance Vance went on.

"Sucks to be you," Draco snorted.

"I find it interesting," Kim contradicted and turned to the two girls who had been fighting with each other.

She realized suddenly that the girl with the blue curls suddenly had long brown hair to her waist and realized that whoever she was, she was probably related to Tonks as the girl with the silvery-blonde hair pulled the brunette's hair and it changed to orange.

"What are your names?" she asked them.

"Me?" the girl with the changing hair asked, pointing to herself. When Kim nodded, she replied, "I'm Serelina Tonks, not that it's anything to you, Death Eater scum!"

"I am Gabrielle Delacour," the girl with the silvery hair added with a French accent. Both of the girls seemed to be about nine years old. Gabrielle seemed to regard Kim with a look as though she were something nasty she had stepped in.

"Why are we here?" Neville piped up.

Draco smirked, "I wondered when someone would be asking that question, Longbottom. You're here to lure the Order of the Phoenix members here, so my master can spring a trap on them. But I suppose it depends on who you are..." He glanced at Harry.

"Oh, I see," Kim murmured. Then louder she went on, "Cindy's father is in the Order, Harry's here because the Dark Lord wants to kill him, er, I dunno why the French weirdo's here, Susan is here because her uncle was in the Order and her aunt is an anti-Dark wizard representative at the Ministry, Michael's here because his dad's in the Order, the same goes for Luna, Natalie, and Ron, Hermione's here because she's Muggle-born and knows too much about the Order, Brandy Randy is here because his uncle is in the Order, Neville is here because his parents were in the Order-" Neville gave her an angry glare and a dry sniff "-and because his great uncle belongs to the Order as well, Orlando... why is Orlando here, Draco?"

"He was with the group when they were ambushed," he grunted.

"Oh, sorry, Orlando, looks like you don't even need to be here... Gabrielle and Serelina are here because their sisters are in the Order, Ginny's here because her parents are in it, er... Ethan?"

"Same as the other one," Draco replied gleefully.

"Oooh, bad luck, Ethan and Eric, I guess you didn't need to be here either. Lance, your mother is in the Order, right?"

"Yep," he replied proudly.

"Okay, and James' parents are in the Order, too!" she finished.

"What was the point of keeping us here, then?" Orlando asked, bitterly.

"You're witnesses," Draco replied simply.

There was a stony and tense silence for a long time.

Finally Draco said hoarsely, "Night is arriving."

"What does nighttime have to do with anything?" Kim wondered.

Michael turned pale and Orlando and James cast nervous glances at him, while Natalie seemed to be thinking hard about something.

"Nothing," Draco answered sullenly, jamming his hands into his robe pockets. "I just like nighttime better…"

"Er, I have a bit of a confession to make," Michael said, looking at his legs so that his face was indistinguishable.

Outside, it was dark and the only light came from a few shimmering bubbles that Kim had provided with her wand. The moon, however, was not yet in sight.

"What do you want?" Draco asked impatiently as Ron's stomach growled.

"Well, you see..." Michael began and looked up into Kim's face, making her gasp, "I'm a-"

"VAMPIRE!" Susan screamed and edged over to the French girl as far as she could. Luna, however, stayed stationary.

It was true. Two long white fangs were protruding over Michael's lower lip. He looked sad and tired.

"Er, guys-" Natalie began.

"Not now, Natalie, we've got a vampire in here with us!" Ron exclaimed.

"Er, guys-" she said again, looking outside the window, where the moon was emerging from behind a cloud.

"We're trying to solve a problem, Natalie, hold on a minute!" Hermione said exasperatedly.

"Er, guys-!"

"Nah, Michael's safe. He's got great self-control," Orlando was reassuring everyone. "Hey, Michael! Haven't you still got some of those Blood-Flavored Thingies?"

"Er, guys...!"

"Yeah, I suppose, but they're in my pocket and I can't reach..."

"GUYS!" Natalie screamed so loudly that the walls echoed with it for half a minute.

"What?" Ron exclaimed loudly.

"I'M A WEREWOLF!"

A horrified silence fell about the group.

"Oh my goodness, and you haven't had your potion, have you?" Hermione asked, stricken.

Natalie shook her head.

Kim was about to apologize for what she was about to do, but then remembered that she was a Death Eater: she could do whatever she wanted.

Ron edged away as far as he could from Natalie so that he was practically on Hermione's lap. Luna, however, who was chained in between both Michael and Natalie, didn't seem to care.

Kim rushed over and made the window lock tight so that no moonlight could come inside and stunned Natalie with her wand. There were a few sighs of relief and a couple cries calling out injustice.

There was a moment where no one said anything for awhile.

"Hello, everyone!" a cheery voice called so suddenly that several people jumped.

"Ack! Nassandra!" Draco cried and jumped behind Kim.

Into the room stepped the strangest looking girl any of them had ever seen. She was dressed in black robes, but there were several bright-colored pins attached to the front. She had dyed her hair green and it was flying everywhere. She had a plastic ring in her nose that was orange in color and was carrying a large cauldron of sickly-looking water. Six small children where hanging off of her in odd places; one was on her head, two who looked about one year old each and were twins were in both pockets, one was hanging onto her leg, one was on her shoulder and another was following her on his own legs. She looked about seventeen or eighteen.

"Hi, Nassandra," Kim said cautiously, "what've you got there?"

Nassandra's voice was oddly high-pitched and sounded like she was always laughing. "Soup," she replied simply with a cackle.

"Oh, er, that's nice," Kim replied eyeing what she'd thought was tainted water, while Draco tried to hide behind her, failing miserably.

"Yeah, I made it-" she began before the little girl who was sitting on her head slid into the cauldron with a splash, spraying Kim with "soup", as well as Nassandra. "Revenge! Get out of the soup!"

Nassandra pulled the little girl from the cauldron. She was soaked but looked happy.

"She's the spawn of Satan, himself!" Nassandra shrieked in her shrill, high-pitched voice.

"Calm down, Nassandra!" Kim said quickly. "It's fine."

"Yeah," Draco agreed, feebly, while the captives stared at the strange girl.

"Er, excuse me," Lance Vance said politely, "why were you shrieking 'revenge'?"

"What?" Nassandra asked quickly. "That's her name: Revenge."

"Oh, what a horrid name," Susan whispered from her corner, next to Michael.

"Thank you," Nassandra replied, happily, "my other children are Moonunit, she's the one on my leg, my oldest is Celtelusios, the one on my shoulder is Eleven, and the twins are Zute and Zilch."

"Zut! Zut! Zut a lores!" cried the French girl, making the baby on the left gurgle.

"Yes, quite," Nassandra agreed and made to leave the room.

"Er, Nassandra, can you do me a favor?" Kim said quickly. Nassandra turned around to listen. Kim walked up to her and whispered something into her ear.

"Of course I can," Nassandra replied, "that's the reason I'm here. Otherwise, I'd change my ways and go join those Order of the Phoenix maniacs in protest."

She left the room.

"What did you ask her to do?" Draco wondered lazily, simply happy that she was gone.

"Nothing," Kim snapped, "don't ask questions."

Draco's eyes narrowed in suspicion.

Kim sighed, "If you MUST know… I told her to get me a tampon, okay?"

Draco recoiled and made a disgusted face.

"Hey, deal with it. You needed to know…" Kim smirked.