Dark Angel

"Headmaster! Minerva! Come see! She's ok; I've saved her, come quickly!" Poppy Pomfrey ran through the halls of the teachers' quarters yelling and whooping and making a fuss. The teachers all headed to the Hospital wing to observe this miracle. After and hour or so of temperature checking and other such medical things most of the professors returned, more lighthearted, to their rooms. When it was just Albus, Minerva and Poppy left by the sleeping girl's side talk became much more serious.

"Poppy, what exactly did you do?" Albus asked her. She retrieved the book from her office and showed him.

"This is a very dark book, full of the darkest magic ever known… Wherever did you get it, Poppy?" Minerva asked, caution growing in her voice

"I meant to talk to you about that too… A student came here tonight and gave me this, he said that he knew it looked suspicious but he would never do something like this to anyone." Albus looked at her, exasperated.

"Who was it Poppy!" he cried as quietly as he could, so as not to wake Hermione.

"It was Draco Malfoy, but Albus I don't think he could have done this."

"You don't think Draco Malfoy, who, may I remind you, is most definitely his father's son, could not have done this?" Minerva asked incredulously. Poppy shook her head.

"No, but I do believe he knows who did…"

Serenity had been severely beaten for saving Draco's life, Kurt had left her beaten and battered, with her clothes torn in the middle of a dark deserted hallway. She couldn't move, she could hardly breathe and she refused to cry. She sat there for hours, not doing anything, barely even thinking, until a small light appeared at the end of the hallway. She felt her eyes go wide but couldn't react anymore than that, she was petrified that Kurt would find her and do it all over again, just because she couldn't stop him. A small whimper of fear escaped her lips and the light came towards her a little faster, she let her head fall to her knees and prayed that he would kill her this time; it would make everything so much easier. The light was right beside her now, and slowly dimming, an angel hovered above her, his dark hair blowing in the non-existent wind, he was holding her and the light was almost out.

"I'll take care of you," the angel said, "I promise."

"Thank-you," replied Serenity weakly, then the light went out.

Draco was running through the halls back to where Serenity was, he never should have left her, he had to take care of her and he had abandoned her just when she needed him. He came around the corner and saw her broken body with her shirt torn half off lying against a statue. He took a few steps towards her and then saw the other figure down the hall, the light blinded Draco for a moment and he jumped around the corner to avoid being seen, he watched as the figure sped up when Serenity had made a sound, and as the figure scooped her up ad carried her off.

"I'll take care of you," the figure said, "I promise."

"Thank-you" Serenity said, and went limp. Draco turned and went back to his bed. The halls were pitch-black and Draco could hardly see his hand in front of his face, when he hit something solid he was not surprised.

"Ouch," he stated flatly. The something moved in front of him.

"Lumos," It said quietly and a blinding light erupted from the tip of the something's wand. When Draco's eyes adjusted, Harry Potter stood, half naked, in front of him.

"Uhm… Hiya Harry, what are you doing?" Draco asked bewilderedly.

"I could ask you the same question, Malfoy," Harry responded coldly. Draco sighed; he was not in the mood for a meaningless fight right now.

"Well, have fun with whatever you're doing, 'night" and he continued his determined walk down the hall, I am going to sleep and tomorrow this will all be a bad, bad dream…I hope…

Harry watched Draco walk down the hall and was suddenly very aware of everything about the pale blonde boy, from his masculine beauty to his radiant personality. Even if Harry hated him, he could still appreciate his presence, there's no time for appreciation right now, Hermione's waiting! A small part of him yelled, he shook all thoughts of Draco Malfoy from his head and walked to the infirmary.

Serenity tried to open her eyes but found that she had neither the energy nor the desire to do so; she lay on the soft surface and soaked in the sounds around her. Small branches were snapping in the distance and the sounds of small animals were everywhere. She tried again to open her eyes and this time succeeded. At first a blurry light shone all around her but gradually, as her vision focused, she realized they were stars; she was lying in the middle of a forest. Trees were all around her but a clearing directly above her showed the beautiful night sky.

"I must be dead," she said to the trees, as the memories of her horrific night came back to her, she remembered a dark angel carrying her away but couldn't remember what he had said or where he had taken her or even who he was. A rustling to her left caught her attention and she looked over to where her angel was standing, only, instead of wings he had sharp, glinting fangs…

A/N: Yay! Even more hints at some slash, and a new character whom I think I absolutely adore even though he's meely a thought right now... I hope you like him, review please... Au revoir