Chapter Eight

"Enter The Lycan"

Shortly after Lupin turned into a werewolf, the door to the Ministry burst open and four more lycan showed up. They went after the group of vampyres. Rachel and Michelle opened fire at the on coming vampyres while Dumbledore on the other hand was using his wand to the best of his abilities. One of the vampyres managed to get a hold of Michelle. She couldn't break free. The vampyre was just about to sink his teeth into her neck when he was shot. He unhanded Michelle and his body instantly incinerated by the effect of the ultra violet liquid potion that was in the bullet.

Meanwhile, Snape was on the prowl looking for Viktor and Sakora. Wand clutched in his hand, and a gun in his robe pocket. Gun or no gun. His wand was the only weapon he needed. Its' use had never failed him yet, so why should it now? As Snape was walking down the hall, he noticed something lying on the ground. It was too dark in the corridor to see what is was.

"Lumos". Snape said. His wand emitted a light at the tip. Sakora's wand was lying on the floor. It was obvious she had dropped it during the struggle.

"Accio wand." Snape said. The wand floated into Snape's free hand. He put it into the free pocket in his robes.

The further Snape walked, the darker the halls got.

"Lumos Maximum." He commanded. The light at the end of his wand grew brighter; almost blinding. Snape reached a set of stairs that led underground. He kept following it until it led to an abandoned warehouse of some sort. When he opened the door, he saw Sakora tied up and seemed to me motionless.

Back at the Ministry, the only people were conscious were Selene, two other vampyres, Michelle, Dumbledore and Remus.

"Remus." Dumbleodre said. "I want you to get Ms. Roe, Mr. Malfoy and Mr. Fudge back to Hogwarts and get them to the hospital wing."

At this point, Lupin had turned himself back into his human form. He pointed his wand at the three bodies. They were suspended in mid air and Lupin guided their limp and motionless bodies back to the fireplace.

"We're not through, yet." Selene hissed out of breath.

"As far as I'm concerned, we are." Lupin retorted. Selene took a few steps toward Lupin. Dumbledore stepped in front of Selene.

"Take one more step and you're gonna regret coming here." Dumbledore said.

At this point, Lupin disappeared from the fireplace and appeared at Hogwarts. He floated the bodies up to the hospital wing. Mad' am Pomfrey came running to Lupin's aid.

"What happened!" she exclaimed. She helped Lupin put the three people into the beds.

"Long story." Lupin panted.

"You're in need of rest too, Professor." Pomfrey said.

The sun started coming up.

"Until we meet again, old man." Selene said. Her and the remainder of the vampyres took off to leave Dumbledore and Michelle standing alone.

"We must go find Severus and Ms. Sparrow." Dumbleodre said.

"We nothing." Michelle said. "I'll go find them" She quickly took off before Dumbledore could get another word in. He headed back to the fireplace, threw some floo powder in and an emerald, green flame surrounded him.

"Hogwarts" Dumbledore said.

Back at the abandoned warehouse, Viktor seemed to have fled the scene. Snape pointed his wand at the ropes that bounded Sakora. She fell to the floor. Snape walked over to her. He hoisted her up into his arms. He looked at her with deep concern.

Since Snape couldn't appearate into Hogwarts, he took the underground trail back the way he came. Halfway back, he saw a small moving light halfway down the tunnel. Balancing Sakora in his arms, he grabbed his wand, pointed it strait ahead and said,

"Lumos Maximum." As he moved closer to the light, he realized it was Michelle.

"Miss Moon." He said. "What are you doing here?" Michelle shielded her eyes. She was blinded by the bright light. Even though she couldn't see who was talking to her, the voice was unmistakably Snape's.

"If you dim that light some, I'll tell you." Michelle said.

"Knox." Snape said. Then he said,
"Lumos." The light became a dimmer shine.

"I came to find Sakora, but I see you've already got her." Michelle said. "Is she okay?" She added.

"We need to get to the to the hospital wing." Snape said. "After that, we should be able to determine her vital signs." He added.

Once they got to the upper floors, the headed to the fireplace.

"I'll go first." Michelle said and stepped into the fireplace, threw in the floo powder, and disappeared from the green flames. Right as soon as Snape stepped into the fireplace, he could feel Sakora's grip tighten slightly around him. He looked down at her.

"It's okay." He said softly. "You're safe now." Weather she heard him or not, Sakora seemed more at ease and loosened her grip.

"Hogwarts." Snape said and vanished from the fireplace and the emerald green flame