(A/N): Hey guys! We're back with the 4th installment of Soul of thy Heart: The BloodCrystal Chronicles! This chapter was written by Heath, who still has no FanFiction account, so I'll make sure to get onto him about that! So enjoy the chapter and please review, they make us feel special! LOL!

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Chapter 4 - Unveiled

Takato woke up the next morning, thinking of only what was to come later that that day. He had a huge Potions exam that he was sure that he would fail, but that didn't seem to bother him. All the while, he thought of the haunting site of the hooded figure and the pale lifeless body. He was exiting the North Tower and heading towards the Great Hall for Breakfast, when he saw Zephyr and Isabella coming down the hall.

"Zeph, what do you think about last night?" Takato exclaimed. Zephyr looked around as if he were thinking on something, then replied, "I know, wasn't that strange?" He knew what had happened, but preferred no to talk until the time was right.

As the group walked past an unfamiliar portrait of a man in his early twenties, Cho Chang and her trio of followers trotted past. Takato looked at Cho with slight fancy and she returned it willingly. Takato and Cho had been best friends since first year and lately, they were flirting a lot. Takato, quite frankly, had been madly, deeply in love with her, but he had not said anything for fear of rejection and the end of their strong friendship. Lately, though, Takato had noticed a change in Cho's personality around him, but, he liked it.

"Hey . . . hey, are you listening?" Zeph and Izzy had apparently been talking to him the whole time, but he hadn't paid them any mind. "We have to go to breakfast, now, we have a Charms quiz and we have to study!"

When they arrived at breakfast Takato didn't feel like eating. He talked to Zephyr and Isabella, but his mind was still focused on his fateful encounter with Cho. When they were done eating, they headed off to their classes. All of Takato's classes seemed to fly by, he even did exceptionally well on the same potions test he feared he was doomed to fail only this morning. When all his classes were over, Takato went to the Library to research information on Animagi. Secretly, he had been studying the art of Transfiguration for some time; he had nearly mastered his alternate being and was not going to give up until he had. He started to read a book entitled Animagi: Unleashing One's True Form and hadn't read much before he was disturbed by a loud thump that sounded like the dropping of a book somewhere nearby. He looked around saw a book missing from the shelf next to him and inside the space the book had occupied he saw what appeared to be Cho's face.

"Cho?" he asked puzzeled. "Cho, is that you?" Cho came out from behind the bookshelf and stood looking at him helplessly. She came closer and said, "I . . . I'm sorry for spying on you, I was just wondering what you were doing. You hardly ever come to the Library and lately you come all the time." Takato hid the book with his arm and replied.

"Why are you so curious, I've just been studying." He hadn't lied; he had just forgotten to mention what it was he was studying.

Cho began again, "I know it sounds strange, but I was beginning to think that you had a girlfriend." Cho's cheeks began to burn bright pink and she giggled, "Do you?"

Takato thought for a second then replied, "No, why?" He suddenly realized that what he had been feeling around her was true, she had feelings for him, the same feelings he had for her. "Do . . . do you like me! You know . . . like-me, like-me?"

"Yeah, do you like me?" she replied, her cheeks now flushed.

"Yeah," Takato answered timidly, "I have liked you for a long time; I just haven't had the courage to ask you out. But, now that I know you like me, too, I have nothing to fear, so . . . do you want to go out?"

"Sure." She returned. "Well, I guess I'll go and leave you to your studies." Cho said, feebly making her way out of the Library. "Bye!"

Takato sat there for a moment, trying to figure out if what had just taken place wastruly real, but before he could even make a move, Cho had run back into the Library and planted a solitary kiss on his cheek, then was gone as fast as she had appeared. He touched his cheek in disbelief, gathered his things, and returned to the Ravenclaw dormitories, silently sliding into the warmth of his four-poster. The following day was Saturday and he had plans to meet up with Zeph and Izzy.

He woke up at around three a.m. when he heard someone stirring downstairs. Takato slid reluctantly from underneath his covers and trudged slowly down to the common room, where he was surprised to find Zephyr and the girl that had pushed them that day on the trrain. When he reached the bottom of the stairs he looked at his best mate and said, "What are you doing here so late?" He was shocked to see him at this hour, he continued yawning, "Do you know what time it is?"

Zephyr looked at him and said, "Of course, but we were wide awake and I have to tell you something. This is Kisea," he motioned to her discreetly, "I came here because I need you to know something . . . a secret."

Takato stared at him fixedly, oblivious to where this conversation was going. He shook the girls hand to find an odd chill resting about her being. "It's very nice to meet you, Kisea, my name is Takato. What's so important, Zeph?"

"I wanted to tell you that," Zephyr paused, "I am a vampire, only ½, but a vampire nonetheless." He had expected this to shock Takato, but, he hardly seemed phased at all. "I just had to tell somebody, but don't tell Izzy yet! There should not be secrets between friends."

"I am also a vampire," Kisea hissed seductively, "but I hope it doesn't change what you think of me."

Takato registered the last thing Zephyr had said and replied, "Don't worry Kisea, it won't. To be truthfully honest, I also have a secret. Allow me to show you."

Both Zephyr and Kisea stood and watched the boy transform himself in an instant into a sly creature. The new creature was almost dog-like; it had narrow eyes, reddish fur, and what appeared to be nine tails. The figure in front of them, no sooner as it appeared, had changed back into the familiar boy that had disappeared moments ago. "I'm an Animagus!" He exclaimed, "I know my form is not the best but, I've grown accustomed to it."

Soon they were sharing mounds of secrets. Takato found out that the other two were also animagi, Zephyr taking the form of a sleek black Raven and Kisea taking the form of a small, white creature she called an Ermine. "I'm glad I'm not the only one with a secret!" Zephyr exclaimed. The other nodded their approval and headed their separate ways. Takato returned to his bed, which had seemed to have become his pondering place, and thought about recent events until he slowly drifted off to sleep.

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