Disclaimer: After the 6th book I have no problem saying that I am not J.K. Rowling. Why? Well the answer is simple, I fear RemoCon's wrath. If Jo is not careful there will be an angry mob of Snape/Sirius/Draco fans at her doorstep. Warning: Impersonating J.K. Rowling would not be a good idea at the moment.

A/N: Any couples, deaths and or betrayals in the 6th book will not apply to this fic considering I began writing it before the book came out.

Chapter 12

Vampire revealed

Applewood, 2:00

"Harry! Ron!" The boys turned to see Ginny waving frantically at them. She was at the edge of a small park and behind her was a small group of familiar people.

"She's gone and gathered nearly the whole D.A.!" Ron cried as they hurried over to her.

"Ginny, what are you doing?" asked Harry, "Why is everyone-," he stopped when he spotted Draco, "What is he doing here?"

"He lives just up there and he was helping Hermione but his father found her," Ginny explained, "She's got attacked by a vampire and lost her memory, we need to get her out of there."

"Come on," said Dean, "If we stay in one place for too long the muggles will think we're up to no good. We should split up; smaller groups will seem less suspicious."

"Alright," said Ginny and she looked at Harry and her brother, "Well you're here now, take over, I don't like when the whole group depends on me."

Harry and Ron were a little bit behind, "Wait," said Harry, "So Hermione was bit by a vampire which causes her to lose her memory?"

"Yes," answered Ginny impatiently.

"How long has she been like that?" asked Ron.

The others turned to Draco, "oh, um…..about two days I think. I found her in the woods the day before yesterday." He explained.

"We have to go and get her out," said Harry.

"Well we can't just waltz up there in broad daylight. We have to wait for it to get dark but we'll have to hide. My father will be looking for me." Draco said.

"Ya know," Ron said to Harry, "How do we know we can trust him?"

"You don't have a choice," Ginny said, "I'm in charge here!"

Harry frowned and asked "I thought you didn't like when the whole group depend son you?"

"Well, I just decided that you two can't handle it. Besides I've done a great job up till here. I figured out where to find Hermione. You two just ended up here on accident I expect."

"But-." Harry began.

"You don't always have to be the hero Harry, let Ginny share some of the glory," Lavender said.

"But I like being the hero," whined Harry like a little kid.

"Oh grow up Harry!" came Fred's voice as he and George approached.

"Yeah" agreed George, "Let Ginny be the leader, it looks like she's done a good job up until now."

"You're only saying that because she's your sister!" shouted Harry as he ran off crying like a little girl.

"He's such a cry baby," scoffed Cho. (A/n: Ironic that she would say that, anyway, sorry for that, I just needed a bit of comedy……I'm all better now…..back to seriousness.

Rewind:

"You don't always have to be the hero Harry, let Ginny share some of the glory," Lavender said.

"Fine," mumbled Harry

"It looks like she's done fine so far," said Fred as he and George as they approached the group.

"You think you can handle it Harry?" George asked Harry glared at him but didn't reply.

"So you decided to join us?" Ron said.

"Well we had to make sure you lot were okay."

"That and Fred was getting freaked out in the woods."

"I was not, that was you!"

"Whatever! We can't take on a group of death eaters ourselves, we need help." Ginny said.

"Why?" asked Neville, "There were only six of us at the department of mysteries."

"But Dumbledore and some other wizards showed up eventually," Luna pointed out.

"But we did do fine until they got their and there are more of us this time," said Ron.

"And no adults would let us go with them once we got to them," Harry added.

"Well technically Fred and I are of age and we don't have a problem with it."

Ginny rolled her eyes, "That's only because your not part of the order and they wouldn't let you fight with them either until your older. But you all, minus George, have a point. We have to try on out own.

3 hours later At Bridgeford Castle in Scotland.

"He should have been back by now," Severus said, "The old fool must have been caught!"

"Malfoy may have figured him out," said Minerva, "Either that or something has gone horribly wrong."

"Well, if Lucius is going to follow through with whatever his plan is it will be soon. We can't wait, we need to get in there and find the captives."

"We can't just apparate at Malfoy Manor without a plan or proof, we need to wait for Dumbledore."

Right on cue there was a small pop and Albus Dumbledore appeared in the room, "Well?" he asked.

"Mundungus has yet to return." Severus told him.

"And the children?"

Minerva explained, "Harry and the Weasly boys have not been found. When they were missing for longer than planned without any contact Ginny ran off and it seemed there seems to be a sudden disappearance of 7 young wizards that have all been in touch with her. Molly and some of the other order members went to search Mercer, Miss. Granger's hometown and spoke to Mrs. Granger. She claims that Miss Weasly and miss Luna Lovegood visited her this afternoon and left around noon. They haven't been seen since."

"Then," said Dumbledore, "I think our best bet is Applewood; we may be able to find all our missing wizards there." He looked at McGonagall, "I want, Molly, Remus, Kingsley and Tonks here as soon as possible." She nodded and disapparated.

"If he has the girl he will use her to get to Harry. You know how he is, he would never forgive himself is something happened to his friends on his expense; he will do anything to get her away safely." Severus said.

"That is why we must find them before anything does happen."

Malfoy Manor, 5:00 pm

It was getting dark. The sky was dimming. Soon the moon would be up. Hermione was feeling a little odd. It was as if a strange change was going to happen to her. She looked at the man who called himself Mundungus. He had long given up on trying to help her get her memory back. She didn't think he knew that much about her anyway. They only met last summer he refused to say much about where or why. It seemed he didn't want to be overheard. She didn't know why he was so worried; nobody had even opened the door since he had joined her. One thing that she did know was that Draco had lied to her. Her name was Hermione Granger, not Danielle Weasly; though the name Weasly did sound vaguely familiar. She had trusted him, and he lied to her. He seemed to really care. Maybe it was all an act. Maybe he wasn't hurt when his father tried to curse her. Maybe it was planned. Maybe he didn't care.

As Hermione was lost in a see of maybes a memory flowed back to her. She was mad at somebody, her parents. She had run away to join her friends. She was in the woods, there was a creature coming at her. He had wiled black hair, his face was as white as a ghost, his eyes were red and mad looking, his mouth opened to reveal two long fangs. A vampire.

Hermione gasped realizing why she lost her memory. She had read about Vampires once. "Mr. Fletcher!" she cried, she could feel herself changing, it was painful, the memory of the night before came back to her, "Mr. Fletcher!" she cried again, she could hardly talk now; her conscious was leaving her; he had to warn him.

"Hermione what's wrong?"

"I-. Vampire!" she gasped in pain and her body became limp against the magical binds.

"Hermione!" Mundungus cried. Suddenly she looked up at him and he saw what she was trying to tell him. Her eyes were fiery red, her hair black and her skin pail. She should her fangs as she tried to break free of her bonds to get to him. She was a Vampire.