Chapter 10
Halloween
That night Kyle couldn't sleep, so he went down to the common room. He found Draco sitting in front of the fire.
"Hey, cue ball."
Draco glanced up looking puzzled. "Cue ball?"
"Yeah, you've never played pool before, have you?"
"No, so what's with the sparks?" Draco asked.
Kyle looked down at his staticy hands. "Well, I'm going through a transformation."
"Why?"
"I died and was brought back to life, so my body has to go through some changes. I don't exactly understand it. My turn, if you are so tough, why are you taking shit from Sleem."
"His parents are in higher standing with Lord Voldermort than my parents."
"Oh, okay, he's the bad guy, right?"
"Yeah," Draco replied gloomily.
"So you don't like the guy?"
"No, I put on the appearance, but I don't want to be a Deatheater."
Kyle nodded his head. "I get it, not to sound all girly, but if you want to talk."
Draco nodded his head, "thanks. How long does your transformation take?"
"Well, as long as I stay away from Max for a few weeks."
"Halloween is in two weeks." Draco frowned.
"Halloween is a bad?"
"Very, something always goes wrong at the feast."
"So it's jinxed."
"Jinxed, hexed, as long as I've been here it has been bad."
"Hmm."
Halloween
Kyle and Draco are walking to breakfast. "So I got a letter back."
Draco looked up at Kyle. "So what's wrong with Jim?"
Kyle smiled. "Jim's a girl ferret."
"Wha…" Draco stopped walking and stared at Kyle.
"Apparently, because you were once turned into a ferret you give off ferret pheromones."
"Which Jim picks upon?"
"Yeah, face it, Dra, you're a ferret babe magnet."
Draco gave Kyle a face he could only describe as eww.
Kyle laughed, "sucks to be you."
"I hate you."
"I know." Kyle laughed as they entered the hall.
"So what's so bad about Halloween?" Michael asked Ron at lunch.
"Shh! Don't talk about it." Ron shushed.
"I don't understand you two." Hermione said. "If something going to happen then it will. Not talking about it is not going to do anything."
Michael laughed at Ron's annoyed look, "you are hilarious. You know that."
"At least they are not canceling." Harry commented, "the food is excellent."
"Excellent," Michael said in a Mr. Burn's voice.
Which made even Hermione laughed.
That night everyone seemed on edge. Dumbledore did his best to make the feast enjoyable. The Roswellians who did not understand the mood were probably the happiest people in the room, along with the first years, and some people who were thinking like Hermione. Once the dinner food was eaten the deserts appeared, and the kids started to lighten up. Kyle as a joke made up name cards for everyone's plates at the Slytherin table. Even the Bloody Baron got one, right next to Adam Sleem. Draco snickered at seeing Adam annoyed with his seating arrangement. Maria got Amy to sit with her during the feast, but Amy left at desert with Remus. The two went to talk quietly in a near by classroom, leaving Maria with Sirus.
Michael watched as Ron pointed out the best deserts to him. Ron reached to grab a piece of chocolate cake. He found something blocking his way, his hand wrapped around something cylindrical. Michael saw and reached out to touch it. Whatever it was felt meaty, Ron and Michael glanced at each other as their hands pulled away. As Michael stood up he grabbed Harry and Hermione and pulled them away from the table as Ron jumped away.
"Hey, what?" Harry asked.
Suddenly a loud 'Whoosh' echoed through the hall. On top of all five tables were several Deatheaters. There was a loud gasp from all the children through out the hall. Sirus' barking broke the silence.
"RUN!" He told Maria.
Michael grabbed Harry and threw him over his shoulder.
"Hold on!" He yelled as he grabbed Hermione and Ron's hands and ran out of the hall. Dumbledore and the other teachers began yelling hexes right and left. Sirus pulled Maria after him; she reached out and dragged her roommates with her. Max and Isabel began attacking Deatheaters as Liz and the prefects led the children out. Peeves helped by throwing food at the Deatheaters. Kyle started to get staticy, so he concentrated and threw the energy at a Deatheater.
"Draco, get them to the dorms!"
"But…"
"GO!" Kyle roared.
Draco ran to his housemates.
Amy and Remus are talking in a room next to the hall.
"When's the full moon?"
"Next week, but Snape has a Potion for me."
Suddenly Michael runs by with Harry over his shoulder and Ron and Hermione behind him. Before Amy could say anything, they hear screaming.
"Maria!" They both yelled as they ran from the room. Amy ran into the hall as tons of kids are fleeing. Remus spotted Liz. "Liz, where's Maria?"
"She's headed to her dorm with Sirus." Liz yelled back.
Amy saw Max, Isabel, Kyle and the teachers fighting off the Deatheaters.
"Remus, help the kids. I have to find Severus!"
Remus saw a group of kids cornered, so he attacked.
Kyle left the hall and followed after Draco and the last of the Slytherins. Kyle caught up with Draco just as two Deatheaters cut them off from the rest of their house. One removed his hood. It's Lucius Malfoy.
"Hello, son, welcome to your right of passage. Pass our test and you'll receive the mark!"
Kyle pushed Draco behind him, "No!"
A spark of recognition flashed in Lucius' eyes. "Kyle?"
"How you know my name?"
The other Deatheater removed his hood.
"Mum?" Draco asked.
Kyle's eyes narrowed into slits. "You're the Malfoys?"
The woman had long dirty blonde hair. "You don't remember me?"
"Should I?"
"I'm your mother."
"Yeah, right."
"I left, because I wanted a powerful son, not a lowly squib." She told him. "But you are more powerful than I ever imagined."
"I don't believe this!" Kyle's static radiated out and pushed the Malfoy's down the flight of stairs behind them. Kyle grabbed Draco and ran further down the hall to the dungeons.
Michael reached the portrait hole to find the fat lady looking very defensive, she saw Harry and spoke. "Are they behind you?"
"We don't know," Hermione breathed, "warted toads."
The portrait swung open. Inside they found, Fred and George along with a few Hufflepuffs and Gryfindors.
"Michael, have you seen Ginny?" Fred asked.
Ron went white realizing he left her behind.
"Stay here all of you! If a Ravenclaw or a Slytherin is out there let them in. Everyone stay here, don't go to your rooms, they could be waiting up there. Hermione, Fred, you're in charge until the perfects get here." With that Michael ran out. He tore down the hall using his powers the keep the Deatheaters away.
Max and Isabel found the last of the kids and perfects. They gathered them together and dragged them into the hallway. "Leave Dumbledore, he can handle himself." Max yelled at the stragglers.
Adam Sleem spoke up, "but they got Snape!"
Amy ran over. "Where did they go?"
"I don't know."
"Max, get them out of here. Go take them all to your house, I'll find Snape."
Michael tore down the hall. "Ginny?" He screamed. A split-second later two voices screamed his name, Ginny and Maria. Ahead he saw Ginny struggling against a boy her size. "Get off her!" The boy turned around. It was Nicolas.
"You!" They both hissed at the same time. Nicolas waved his hand and sent Michael flying back the way he came.
Maria found herself surrounded by Deatheaters. She heard Michael screaming. "Michael!" She screamed. Sirus transformed and shot hexes at the Deatheaters.
"Maria, run!"
She tore down the hall toward Michael's voice. She turned a corner and ran right into him. "Michael, we have to help Sirus." She tried to pull him forward, but stopped. She saw two Deatheaters struggling to control Snape. She looked up at Michael to see his hair change; it shortened into a Mohawk. "You're not…Rath!"
"Hey, Maria. Guess what boss wants to meet you."
"No!" Maria breathed. She then screamed, "MICHAEL!"
Rath hit her; she fell to the floor unconscious. Sirus walked over and saw Rath picking Maria up.
"Put her down!" Michael yelled.
Sirus turned to see Michael running towards them.
"Well, if it isn't Mikey-G." Rath commented.
"You're supposed to be dead." Michael said.
"Yeah, well, Tess was just such a good actress." Rath grinned.
"And you what ditch Kavar for a high power."
"You wish, nope, Kavar he's joined with that Voldermort dude. Hate to be you." He looked Michael up and down, "specially in those threads."
Sirus held up his wand. "Put her down."
Rath raised his hand and both Sirus and Michael flew down the hall. Rath carried Maria to where Nicolas was waiting with Ginny and a group of Deatheaters. The Malfoys joined them with a group with Snape.
Amy ran into the hall just the large group of Deatheaters gathered around a small boy and a Michael look alike. They had Snape, Maria, and the Weasley girl with them. The boy raised his right hand and a swirling column appeared. Amy raced toward them, as one by one they all walked into the column. "Nooo!" Amy screamed as it closed.