Well, it looks like I didn't get the 5 reviews that I asked for. However, it seems to me somewhat stupid to write a story just for the reviews... So, here you go -- Chapter IV.

Also, Thanks to Sanjana for writing my first and only reviews! Thank you! I was really pleased that you thought Carmilla was an interesting character. By the way, Draco isn't in love with her. It's just animal lust -- ooh, she's hot, gotta have her! Later he gets over it, 'cause they become sort-of friends. Blaise is the lucky guy who gets Carmilla... :)

Anyways, keep reading, and REVIEW!

A full month had passed since the school year had started. Carmilla by now had become friends with quite a few Slytherins. However, she was closest to Blaise and Draco. Several weeks ago Blaise had asked Carmilla out, and they were now officially a couple. Even though Draco tried to become close friends with the girl, she still remained rather cold to him. Every time she saw Draco's face, Carmilla was reminded of Lucius Malfoy, who had murdered in cold blood both her baby brother and her mother. Draco admitted that he never was in love with Carmilla, he thought her beautiful, loved her as a friend, and respected her, but the lust he felt on the Hogwarts express when he first saw her was long past. This was surprising to most of the Slytherins, because they always knew Draco (and Blaise) as being heartless seducers, who threw a girl away the moment they got bored.

In October the Halloween masquerade party passed by uneventfully. Carmilla went with Blaise as a partner (after all, they were an official, loving couple) while Draco decided to go with a pretty Slytherin girl. They had all dressed up in elaborate and expensive costumes, in fact, Carmilla and Blaise won the "Best dressed couple" contest, beating all the other students. Several months later the Yule ball was much the same, with Slytherin sneaking crates of Firewhisky into the Common room, and all of the Seventh Years getting drunk.

Weeks passed and life slowly continued... Then on a cold January afternoon, life took a turn for the worst. On that day most of the halls were empty because the majority of the students were busy in class.

Carmilla, Blaise, and Draco were paying close attention in their DADA class

"...'Avada Kedavra' is one of the worst Unforgivables, its consequences being instant death... Thus, only use it if you are completely sure that you cannot escape the duel without the death of your opponent, however..." suddenly Magnus' speech was cut short by the sound of a siren that shook the walls of the castle. All the students glanced around in surprise, but Magnus quickly collected himself:

"Damn it! Deatheaters! The school is being attacked!" the students rushed from their seats in panic, but Magnus closed all the doors "I won't have you storm out of this classroom in a panic. Calm down! Now, file out quickly and make your way to the Great Hall. Do not stop to look out windows, or look for friends. If you think anyone in missing, please inform me when we reach the Great Hall. Now, hurry!"

The students quickly rushed out, joining the other throngs of frightened students who were all running as fast as they could to the Great Hall. Carmilla and Blaise, as Head Boy and Girl, joined the teachers to help herd the first years and watch out for stragglers. As she grabbed a lost and crying first year by the hand and began to drag him in the right direction, Carmilla accidentally happened to glance out the window.

What she saw made her blood run cold. On the hill outside the castle walls, Carmilla could see several hundred death eaters, their cloaks billowing in the unnaturally cold wind. Several neon-green skulls lit up the stormy sky, and she could make out several Death Eaters standing in front of the others and pointing their wands at several human figures, which were clearly writhing in pain under the Cruciatus curse.

"Probably some hapless villagers from Hogsmeade..." Carmilla thought, as she looked out the window in horror. She was so lost in her thoughts that she couldn't hear the frightened first year she was holding begin to scream and the other students still running down the halls. Carmilla only broke out of her reverie when a strong hand roughly gripped her arm and dragged her away.

"What do you think you were doing? You could have been seen! Hurry, join everyone else in the Great Hall." It was Magnus who held her tightly.

"But..." cried the girl.

"No buts," said Magnus, "we are in greater danger than most of the others. Go, I will join you later" he finished, and he lightly kissed her cheek.

"You won't betray us, will you? Even if we lose?" asked Carmilla with tears in her eyes, just as she moved away.

"No. And neither will you. If I need to, I'll kill you and myself, before we give in to the enemy."