Screams could be heard everywhere. Harry led the way outside, after they realized that Hogwarts was where Voldemort was. They were just near the one-eyed witch, when something came screeching down the hall. Hermione was in back and the first one to notice what it was.

"Vampires! Run!" Hermione turned around when something grabbed her arm.

"Going somewhere… My master has been expecting you…" the man whispered in her ear, his fangs grazing her skin and making it crawl.

"Hermione!" Harry screamed.

"Harry go! Don't worry… I'll be fine!"

"Hermione no!" Ginny and Luna began to tug on his arm.

"Remember what Loren said. There will be a time to fight. You need to get out of Hogwarts!" Harry shook his head as he backed up into the hole. One of the vampires, a tall female, started for Harry.

"Stop him! He's getting away!" The male who had hold of Hermione shrugged and shrieked out a loud cackling laugh.

"Master said to get the girl. Let Voldemort's death eaters deal with the Boy Who Lived."


"Remus!"

"Harry? Ginny, Neville, Ms. Lovegood. What are you guys doing in Hogsmeade and where is Hermione?"

"Voldemort attacked Hogwarts and we managed to escape. As for Hermione, Vampires took her."

"Vampires!" They all turned towards Mad Eye Moody and Dumbledore.

"Dumbledore!" they exclaimed in unison. The old man nodded wearily.

"Yes, yes. But I'm afraid proper greetings are for later. Voldemort has taken hold of Hogwarts, more concentration, though, has been put on the Great Hall. Reasons, we don't know."

"Hermione! Their taking her to the Great Hall. They must be."

"But why?" Remus beckoned over someone.

"I believe Bill can explain what's going on."

"Well. Look Harry, Hermione's not exactly in the best of circumstances. Voldemort's going to use her to get to you."

"How?"

"Through Wellington. I've done some research and found out that this is the Year of the Vampires."

"So."

"Think about it Harry. Hermione gets raped. Then this guy follows her to Hogwarts. An obsession only triggered by want of something. This guy, Wellington, is the King of the Vampires Harry. He's going to make Hermione his queen."

"WHAT? But… how is that going to lure me?"

"The process. The process takes hours, and isn't pleasant to see, or hear."

"Hear?"

"Unfortunatly, Voldemort and Wellington know Hermione is close to you. Her screams are going to be heard wherever you are. Everyone will hear her." Harry blanched. No! I promised I would keep her safe. Dammit!

"What's the plan?"


"Well then… look at what we have here." That voice sounded familiar.

"Wake her up!" Hermione was poked in the side and she jerked into full consciousness. She found herself staring into the red eyes of the man that scared her most.

"Oh no…"

"Oh no is right. Personally, Wellington, I would never have chosen a Mudblood, but, then again, you're not me." Wellington came in to sight and she glared at him, muttering profanities under her breath.

"Well, you know, I've always had a thing for feisty woman." Voldemort turned around and walked toward the entrance of the Great Hall. She now realized where she was. She was tied, standing up, on the teachers table and she noted that about quarter of Hogwarts was in front of her, cowering from the death eaters. She held down the bile that threatened to come up her throat when she saw the dead bodies littering the floor and how death eaters and vampires alike stepped on them as if they were bloody trash, scattering the floor.

"Wellington! Don't waste my time. I want Potter and the only way I'm going to get him is through that littlebitch over there. Now get going! Malfoy! Goyle! Get your men and come with me. The rest of you stay here until I send word." With that he left the Hall. Hermione watched as Wellington approached her.

"You're an obssesedfucking asshole you know that."

"Well, you know what? That doesn't matter and now. You're going to find out the meaning of real pain." His eyes began to glow and suddenly excruciating pain fell upon her. It felt worse than daggers. Like being consumed by fire. She screamed for the help that she knew would never come. She felt something warm run down her back.

"Would you like to know what happened to that tattoo I gave you this summer?" he asked sadistically. He pulled out a mirror. "Something nice about mirrors and vampires. You never have to worry about what you look like when you kill someone! Mirramosa!" The image of her back came into view and this time the bile did come up. Her back was bleeding and pulled up. The skin looked burnt as the blood flowed freely from the patterns the tattoo had made. Her throat shrieked and her stomach burned as she willed herself to pass out.

Just let me go…

Leave me here to die…

Death would be better than this pain… Torture…

Let me die…
"Voldemort! I'm here!" Harry called out, trying hard to ignore the tormented screaming of his best friend.

"Ahh… Harry… I see you brought some friends with you. I brought some people of my own." The Hogwarts steps filled with death eaters. "I hope you told your friends you loved them before you saw them die. Oh… I forgot… I'd like you to meet someone… Wellington and his little group don't exactly approve of him, but I think he'll be very useful. Don't you?" Voldemort stepped aside as a shadowy figure revealed itself. The only thing visible on the figure was a large hairy, claw. Harry could hear it breathing.

"This is the end Tom!"

"Not for me… but for you… ATTACK!" Both armies surged forward while Harry and Voldemort moved off to the side. The figure stood there for a minute then screeched, pulled of the cloak and caused several people to scream.


"Ginny!" Neville called. Ginny turned around just in time to kill the death eater. "Ginny! We need to get inside and get Hermione!" She nodded and led the way towards the entrance to Hogwarts. Once they managed to gain entrance Luna blanched. All over the entrance were dead bodies. They were pale and the only way of showing the reason for death was the two rather small puncture wounds on their exposed necks. They could hear Hermione's screams coming from behind the closed doors and knew what else was behind there with her.
"One more hour! One more hour, Hermione, before you become my queen." Hermione continued to scream. Technically, by the pain she felt, she should be dead, but she knew he was keeping her alive. Making her suffer. She wanted nothing more than to stop screaming, to pass out or die, but the pain was too unbearable. One of Wellington's vampires approached him.

"Sire, there is so much fresh blood and your servants are hungry."

"So?"

"Sire please! We are lusting for food, outside or hear. Young blood, fresh blood." Wellington turned around and snarled, bearing sharp fangs and red eyes. The vampires shrunk back shrieking in fear.

"Don't talk to me of blood! If you want some, go out and fight with those death eaters! Or if you are good, I will let you take one from… what the hell are you doing here!" A small man was lurking around the entrance…Wormtail? He shrunk back into the shadows but was to late. To females swooped down and grabbed him and forced him up to the platform where Hermione and Wellington stood.

"I… w-was just… checking u-u-up on t-th-things." He squeaked. Wellington growled.

"No one from Voldemort's group was supposed to be hear once the alarm sounded! Fool! Get out of my sight!" He flung Wormtail across the room and watched as he scrambled out of the Great Hall. Wellington was about to turn back to the suffering brunette when he saw a flash of green light emit from the doors. Suddenly the doors slammed open and Neville, Ginny and Luna entered the Hall.

"GET THEM!"


The creature was on a rampage! It hacked and sliced its way through students, teachers and others who got in its way. It was at least two feet taller than anything else. It had hair everywhere, and moved in cat like motions. When Harry first saw it he almost mistook it for a hairy werewolf until he saw the face. It had cat like slits for eyes, the pupils, though glazed slightly, were cat like also. When it sounded though, it sounded like a large screech owl.

"Avada Kadavra! What's wrong Potter? Stay still so that I can kill you slowly!" He cast a spell that caused Harry's glasses to explode.

"ARGH!" He cried out in pain. The glass had pierced his right eye and now there was more blood dripping down his face. He knew he was losing.

"Reducto Momentum!"

"Crucio!"

"Impedimenta!"

"Revesco!"

"Avada Kadavra!"

"Avada Kadavra!"

Suddenly a roar sounded. The creature turned towards Hogwarts and thundered in. Voldemort smiled.

"That son of a bitch is about to find out what happens when you try to tame a wild animal!"


"Luna duck!" Luna dived under one of the tables where some of the students were cowering. Suddenly the vampires began to scream. The creature from outside came bounding into sight to find Ginny lying limp on the floor. The thing screeched out a blood curdling cry and charged for Wellington. He screamed out orders, which the vampires didn't follow, then changed into his true form. A large winged beast faced of with the creature from hell. (Have any of you seen Van Helsing. Wellington now looks like the vampire from that movie. The creature also looks like Van Helsing when changed, except of course a lot more cat like.) They bit, scratched and clawed each other and blood flew everywhere. They then tumbled out the broken window and the last heard was both their screeching, which faded into the night. Suddenly lightening struck and rain started to fall. Neville ran up to Hermione while Luna tried to make her way to Ginny through the chaotic mass of confused vampires. Hermione had stopped screaming a few minutes after the two creatures had made their exit. Neville untied her and held her.

"Oh Hermione." Her face was deadly pale and her mouth was producing blood from all the screaming. He now realized that he was sitting in tons of blood. Her blood. It was now dripping down from the platform into the area in which the surviving students were.

"Neville! Ginny's alive!"

"So is Hermione… for now… We need to get her to a Healer!" Luna nodded; helped up Ginny and made their way outside but not before something scary happened. The vampires began to screech even louder, flew and broke their way through the ceiling of the Great Hall and began to fly higher, in a circular pattern. They ran outside, Neville carrying an unconscious Hermione. As the vampires circled above Harry did his best to stay alive. He was a mess. Blood was all over his tiring body.

"Tired Harry… Let me help you! Avada Kadavra!"

"Avada Kadavra!" The green lights hit each other and stopped the fighting. Everyone watched as a white mist grew over the two fighters.

"HARRY!"

BOOM! BOOM! Explosion after explosion came from the mist and everyone fell, protecting him or herself from the debris.

"HARRY!" Ginny screamed again. The dust began to clear and everyone watched as two bodies fell to the floor.

"VOLDEMORT'S DEAD!" a death eater screamed, sounding strangely like Malfoy. Suddenly death eaters were making a run for the gates. Some got away, but others were either killed or captured by Aurors or Order members. Ginny made her way towards the bodies where Remus and Arthur Weasley were standing. Arthur kneeled down and placed his head against Harry's chest.

"Dad… is he…" Arthur stood up.

"HARRY POTTER'S ALIVE!"

A/N: Hope you enjoy. This will be my last chappie for a while so I hope you're satisfied. Special thanks to:

simply-sirius: Thank you for reading. Please, don't worry about Ron...well... maybe you should worry about him...:-) As for your creature problem... there you go...

connieewing: Like I said to simply-sirius. Ron is... well... I don't want to give to many details on Ron. But don't worry. Hermione still loves him.

hahaha: As for you... what the hell are you talking about?

Chapter Tease:

"Don't..."

"Don't what..."

"Don't leave me hear alone..."

"I have to..."

"Why?"

"You broke my heart..."

"How?"

"You slept with Harry..."

A/N: Ahh...young love... R/R!