Appearance

10: 35 a.m.

"Harry?" Xander almost yelled across the work table.

Harry looked up suddenly and stared at his co-worker. Xander was one of the newly chosen Aurors and he was very keen to rush into things to easily. But Harry was still thinking about the young woman he had encountered last night. For some reason, she looked familiar. He had no idea why. Harry sighed and pushed himself back to the task at hand.

"Yes?" Harry replied hoarsely.

Xander gave Harry a suspicious look and handed his boss over the reports. "We wrote these reports at the last meeting. I was told to give it to my boss." He looked uncertainly at Harry.

"Right," Harry nodded and took the papers from Xander's hands.

After a few minutes Harry became aware of the fact that Xander was still looking at him as if waiting for a command.

Harry sighed, "You can be dismissed."

Xander gave Harry one for interested look before fleeing from the room.

-x-

3:00 a.m.

That's what the red letters on his clock read.

Harry picked up his wand from the table next to his bed and held it in is arms. The clock gleamed brightly on his emerald eyes and he squinted as he continued to watch the clock. He was planning on looking for this woman again. Ever since he had seen her the morning before, he could not keep his thoughts from coming to her. It seemed for some reason, that he was drawn to her. It felt to him like he had to go find her again.

Just to see what she wants, he told himself as the bright numbers changed to 3:03. That's it. But something about her made him stop and think. She's dangerous. He knew that. But he was a brave man. If she's dangerous to him, then she's probably dangerous to his people. And his job was to protect his people.

It did not seem as eerie this time as he walked into his hallway. The lights were out and he left them out. He needed everything to be the same as last night.

"How…could you?"

Harry stiffened and looked for the source of the horrible voice.

"Who are you?' Harry whispered out into the darkness.

Suddenly the air felt colder around him. It was like he was put into a freezer. The warm air suddenly left and he was shivering in just seconds. Then some lights flashed. But they weren't normal lights. They weren't lights that he had in his house. The lights flashed for a few seconds then left. They were two bright lights that flashed by him and he was left temporally blinded by them.

"Hello?"

Harry whispered in slight fright. He had no idea who or what this person was. He wondered if they were out to get him. Then he gave a small shrug. Everyone is out to get him.

Then he saw her.

She was standing in the same spot as yesterday with the same furious expression. He had a odd feeling he had seen her before this state. Then he shrugged it away.

"Who are you?" Harry demanded again.

"In life…I…"

Harry whispered, "Full name, please."

"Was Alison…"

Then she gave him an infuriated look and then she was gone. It looked to him as if they had disappeared in flames and smoke. Harry moved closer to investigate.

"Oh god,"

The floor had blood stains.

-x-

4:18 p.m

Alison, Harry thought as he walked through the Auror Department the following day. He had gone to bed a few minutes after she had gone, but he was still tired.

"Harry…" Auror Quinn said.

"Yes?" Harry replied.

Quinn gave a small shake of head and made a helpless gesture. "What's up?"

Harry raised his eyebrows. "Not much,"

His friend gave Harry a concerned look. "You sure? Have you been staying up? You look…worn out."

"I do?" Harry said quietly.

"Yeah, man."

Quinn gave Harry a small pat on the back and walked through the door to his office.

Harry stared at the door for a few minutes. Was he really looking that bad? He guessed so. But he'd have to try and cover it up so people would not notice this. He liked doing things on his own. That was who he was. But he might need some help on this mystery. Then he had an idea. But it would have to wait until after he got home. He didn't want anyone knowing about this.

-x-

9:20 p.m.

Harry sat down in his apartment living room with his laptop in his lap. He'd gotten his laptop just a few weeks before when they needed more research sources. The internet always helps. He'd used it a lot since then.

'Alison,' He typed into the search bar.

It wasn't much but it told him something at least, well he hoped it would. But all the results he got was people named Alison on MySpace. Harry sighed. He knew he'd get nothing. He'd have to wait.

He didn't know his waiting would not take that long.

Screech!

Harry heard the sound of car wheels skidding along a road.

Bang!

Then there was a thunderous bang as if something had exploding in his own house.

Harry was up in less than a second with his wand drawn and ready. He moved to his cupboard where he held Muggle weapons like guns and knives. If it was a muggle, they probably would not be frightened by a young man shoving a stick in their face. So he got Muggle weapons added to his list of weaponry. He had been trained fully on the Muggle police ideas also. He held the gun confidently in his hands and moved into his kitchen.