-1Chapter Four: Beast of Blood
"The
scent of blood intertwined around my breath,
Floats about the air
on this night of esctasy
The future dyed in fresh blood... my
tortured senses
The scent of blood intertwined around my breath,
floats about the air on this night of ecstasy."
-Malice Mizer "Beast of Blood"
The next day, Ara was cocky as ever, especially after last night's events. Today was double Divination for Slytherin and Gryffindor, an easy 'A' for Yumi and herself. Even though her fellow housemates gave her trouble about befriending a Gryffindor, they had long since stopped their nagging. Fully knowing that Yumi would still be in her common room stuffing her face with her daily chocolate fix, Ara knew she had time to shower and grab cereal in the Great Hall before classes.
Even though he kept staring at her out of the corner of his eye, Ara survived the day with Draco. At the end of her tolerance, and just about ready to hit him, Ara was surprised to see Draco absent from lunch. Enjoying her lunch in peace, Ara headed up to Divination, meeting Yumi on the latter up to the tower. Like usual, they chose puffs in the back to sit on and ignored every word the crackpot Trelawney said. As punishment, they received a foot long essay on moonstones and their effects on the sick, though neither girl was really sure. Though neither Yumi nor Ara truly cared about the essay, being that Ara was especially good at Divination and could pass O.W.L.S. without the class, Yumi did complain rather loudly about it to her friend. She didn't complain about the essay itself, just that it was her turn to write it. Since Ara had transferred to Hogwarts, only slightly after Yumi, they had started a system. They would take turns writing essays and the other would simply copy. It wasn't as if the professors truly cared enough to read them.
As the two girls packed up their things and prepared to head down the latter out of the incense filled room, two people blocked their exit.
In her most polite way, Ara said,
"Yo gumba! Move before I beat your ass!" The two people did not even react to her voice, so Ara proceeded with her threat and was about to kick them down the ladder when Harry turned around.
"Oh, it's you…What do you want? Didn't we already go through this last night?" She taunted, playing with the flame of a nearby candle, letting it travel over each finger then back to the wick.
"If I were you, I wouldn't say such arrogant things. You never know when you are going to be all alone in the dark when the flame goes out." He bent down and blew the flame of the candle out, a smug look on his face. His green eyes dropped her gaze and looked over her shoulder at something behind her. Following his gaze, Ara turned around to see Yumi unconscious, lying over Draco's shoulder. He stood holding her up, a needle clutched in his other hand. An empty needle. Meaning he had shot her up with something while Ara was verbally fighting with Harry. Warning bells going off in her head, Ara turned around just as Harry covered her nose and mouth with a white cloth saturated with chemicals. After mere minutes of resisting him, Ara's vision began to dim, slowly being eaten away by the dim black of unconsciousness.
Ara opened her eyes slowly, chills running through her body from the cold, damp atmosphere. From the look and feel of it, she was most likely in the school dungeons. Hearing a groan from beside her, Ara turned her head slightly, only to find herself face to face with a barely awake Yumi.
Ara rolled her eyes, remembering with a smile how long it usually took Yumi to wake up. Shouting in her face did nothing to wake her up, she just groaned and fell back into sleep.
"That's it. Yumi! Get your fat self up before I take away your chocolate and yaoi!" That got her up. Just as Ara thought, Yumi snapped her eyes open at the sound of chocolate and yaoi.
"No! Don't! Plea…What? Where the hell are we? Ugh….My neck hurts…" Yumi groaned as she attempted to rub her stiff neck muscles, but could only move her arm slightly due to the chains holding her to the wall.
"Well, I only need four words to explain everything to you. Dungeons. Shackles. Harry. and Draco." Ara answered coolly, noting that neither of them had their outer house robes. Not that they were naked, it was just the principle that someone would take their robes, leaving them in a white blouse and a short skirt. Before Ara could point it out to Yumi, the metal door creaked open, revealing none other than the two perverts themselves. Draco and Harry. Harry walked stiffly over to Yumi and unlocked the chains from the wall, using the previously chained length as a leash. Pulling her along, he left the room, closing the door softly behind him. Through this Draco merely leaned against the wall, his arms folded over his chest. Sauntering toward her, he caught Ara's chin in his hands. Noticing the look of worry on her face, he warned,
"You shouldn't worry about your friend, Yumi. Instead, you should be worried for yourself." With that, he let her chin go, moving his hand to stroke her cheek.
