Authors Note: Well here's chapter six! Sorry it was so short, but I wanted to leave it with a little bit of a cliffhanger. Anyways, this chapter is dedicated to Angelica and Escape my Reality gets a cookie for reviewing. R&R!

Reply to Escape my Reality: No, they don't have any clue about chiropterans. Ron just said that because Saya was getting a blood transfusion and, because he's Ron, and he says some weird things on occassions.

Secret Rose

Chapter Six

An Unexpected Surprise

Saya, Ron, Harry, Hermione, and Haji were on their way to transfiguration once again. It had been a few weeks since the incident at the hospital wing. Since then, Harry, Ron, and Hermione had been researching in, (of course) the library. They had been looking for anything about a long sleep and about Diva, though they still had no clue who that was.

Anyways, the five teens were just walking into transfiguration. There were a couple people already in there but not very many. They all found some seats near the middle of the classroom while Haji put his case against the wall. They all sat down and class began shortly afterwards.

It was going pretty normally until both Saya and Haji heard something that they had not in awhile. It was the roar. The roar of a chiropteran. It was near, just outside the school. Saya got wide-eyed.

"Oh no…" she said, making everyone look to her.

"Is there a problem Ms. Otonashi?" Professor McGonagall asked.

"I have to go take care of something." she said, giving Professor McGonagall a look, trying to make her see what was going on.

McGonagall went wide-eyed too in understanding and then said, "I understand. You should hurry."

Haji grabbed his case and they went running out of the room, not bothering to close the door. All of the students were curious but three of them knew something was going on, and they were determined to find out what.

Harry spoke now, "Professor, I'm not feeling well."

"Neither are we." the other two lied.

"Can we go to the hospital wing?" Harry asked, trying his best to look sick.

'Hmm… that letter did say that sometimes people can be affected when one of those creatures is near.' McGonagall thought and then said, "Yes, you may go."

The other three grabbed their stuff and walked out the door, closing it behind them. They wasted no time and made their way towards the entrance doors, seeing a glimpse of Haji as he ran out them.

"We have to stay hidden." Hermione said and the other two nodded.

They rounded the corner and saw a surprising sight. Haji and Saya were standing in front of some huge creature. It had to be ten feet tall and it was brown with yellow eyes. It was so skinny that its ribs were sticking out.

The creature let out a roar once again. "What is that thing?" Ron asked, clearly scared for both his friends and the new transfer students.

"I have no idea."

They watched as Haji set his case on the ground and opened it. He took something out of it and they all gasped when they saw what it was. Haji had pulled out a sword and handed it to Saya.

"Is that a sword?" Harry exclaimed.

"I think it is." Hermione said, her mouth hanging open.

Saya grabbed the sword and unsheathed it, throwing the sheath on the ground. She pressed her thumb on the sword, feeling the blood flow from her and into the sword. She closed her eyes for a second and opened them. Her eyes were as red as the blood flowing through her veins and her sword.

Saya ran forward and jumped into the air, landing in front of the chiropteran. The beast noticed her and swung its arm at her. She ducked under the arm and cut the other one off when it wasn't looking.

It roared in pain once again. Now Haji was approaching the beast. He threw daggers that landed on the creatures face and in its right eye. While the creature was distracted, Saya lunged her sword into the chiropteran's stomach. She kept pushing the sword until it went all the way through, slicing the monster in half.

The two halves of the monster fell on the ground with a loud thud. Saya swung her sword in the air to get the blood off. She picked up the sheath and placed the sword inside it.

"I was wondering when a chiropteran would show up." Saya said.

"Saya, are you alright?"

"Yeah, I'm fine. Let's go back up to Gryffindor tower so that I can change." Saya replied, heading towards the door.

Harry, Ron, and Hermione ran back into the building, hiding behind a statue as Saya and Haji passed them.

"What, in the bloody hell, was all of that?" Ron said.

"I don't know. But I knew something was up. I wonder what that thing was."

"Wait, didn't Saya call it a chiropteran or something?"

"Yeah, she did! That will give us something to search for." Hermione said.

"Let's go down to the library since we have a free period next." Ron said.

The other two nodded and they all headed to the library, determined to find out just what exactly was going on.