Hi! HAPPY HALLOWEEN! I know I havent updated for a while and honestly... I have no excuse. Simply, I procrastinated and got lazy with all the work from school I'm getting. Sigh. Anywho, I'm BACK!

So, what did you all do for Halloween? Tell me what you guys were! I was a vampire (of course) and did this awesome bite mark on my neck that people actually thought was real. People in my class kept asking if it was real. Also, my friend Danny was a hot dog (WITH MUSTARD! lol) and today, my school was on the news. See, we had a Walk Out cause of our "vermin problem". This includes cockroaches, maggots, flies, and rats (dead AND alive). How wonderful... But back to the story.

Thank You's:

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Hells Queen 666

With the last word, the Marauders got up leaving McGonagall standing there. Lily looked next to Dawn next to her. "Well?"

Dawn just nodded, still laughing. Lily looked at Alec and saw that he too was laughing.

Oh yeah. It felt good to prank the Slytherins

…

Back in the room, The Dark Lord was looking at the note. 'Something isn't right here… Dumbledore can't scare this easily… Alec is lying.'

Alec stared down at the brown bottle in front of him. "Are you sure I'll like it?"

Both Lily and Dawn nodded, Lily responding. "Trust me Alec. You'll like it. There isn't anyone in the world I know that doesn't like Butterbeer."

The three were currently in the Hogs Head pub in Hogsmeade, trying to convince Alec to have his first Butterbeer. He had never had one (due to his living conditions with Voldemort) and he wasn't really sure he wanted to…

The girls didn't get what the big deal was. It was JUST a drink! Lily sighed impatiently and crossed her arms over her black pinstriped jacket. "Alec, just drink the damn thing already."

Alec saw the impatient looks in both girls face and looked down at the bottle again nervously. It probably wasn't THAT bad. Slowly, he took the bottle up and putting it to his lips and took a quick swish of it before placing the bottle back down quickly onto the table.

Lily and Dawn leaned in slowly to see his reaction.

Alec sat still for a few moments before grabbing the Butterbeer thirstily and chugging the rest of it. He slammed it down on the table, empty, and looked at them with hungry eyes.

"More."

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Thump. Thump. Thump. Thump. Thump.

The sound of running feet could be heard through the masses of adults and students alike on the streets of Hogsmeade. All they could see was a dark head running past them and then a flash of short brown hair.

The black haired boy never looked back, running as fast as he could from his follower. He could feel his breath getting short; he had been running after all for almost an hour after all. He glanced around looking for a place a he could run into. Someplace he could hide.

"OH JAAAAMMMEESSS!!" A high shrieking voice interrupted his thoughts.

The said boy ran quicker and running through a crowd, he quickly ran into a nearby shop and hid behind a shelf, his eyes above it and watching Sherry Thompson run by.

She had been following him, while her friends, Bridget Robinson and Summer Gates, chased after Remus and Sirius. Peter naturally was left alone because, well, he just wasn't hot or cool like they were. Sherry's other friend Heidi Ridges was the only one not chasing them. No, she was currently at the Marauder Fan Club meeting located in the Hog's Head, acting as President in Sherry's place.

Seeing the brunette finally out of eyesight, James sighed in relief and let himself relax. Damn, that girl needed a new hobby.

Feeling himself get his breath back, James turned to see himself in a large and dusty book shop. He glanced out the window. What was the harm in just looking around?

Truth be told, James loved to read. More than Remus in fact. However, that just wasn't part of his "image" if you know what I mean. Each member of the Marauders had their own image that others portrayed them.

Sirius was the bad boy, rebel with a crazy side.

Remus was the quiet yet devious bookworm.

Peter was kind of just of as a tag along.

And he, James, was in simple terms, a smart jock, looking for mischief.

So, reading wasn't really his area of expertise. He just knew that his image would be ruined if people actually knew he LOVED to read.

Looking around and seeing no one, James went over to a shelf and picked up a Muggle book.

To Kill a Mockingbird.

Eh, he read it already. He placed it back before going down an aisle and taking out a different one.

Dark Creatures Encyclopedia: Specters/Ghosts

Now this looked interesting. Looking at the books around it, he saw there were all different volumes of the Encyclopedia ranging in size from Reptiles (probably about Basilisks and Runespoors) and Multi-Animals (most likely with Chimeras and Centaurs) to basic dark creatures such as Werewolves (though he knew all about those for OBVIIOUS reasons) and Vampires.

Picking up the Vampire edition, he opened it to the title page and saw it had been published at least 16 years ago. He turned the page to the introduction and began reading.

Vampires are known as dark creatures in both the Wizarding and Muggle worlds. They originate from the high mountains of Romania and Transylvania. It is not known who the first vampire was, though it is rumored to be Dracula in the Muggle World and Marius in the Wizarding world.

James sighed impatiently. He knew this already from studying them in Defense Against the Dark Arts. Quickly he scanned through the pages, looking for anything interesting and new.

Vampires in Modern Society

In this day of age, vampires are quite hard to find but most often, they are found in covens or large groups. Together, the members of these covens live together in rural and less populated areas though some covens have been known to be found in branches with a "Main Coven" as the place of leadership.

Two of the largest and most respected covens today are the Delarosa and Lumen covens.

The current leader of the Delarosa coven is Niall and his wife, Alexia. The coven consists of at least 47 vampires. The heir to the coven is yet to be decided between the two's oldest daughter, Emily, age nine, and only son, Alec, age five. Along with Emily and Alec, Niall and Alexia also have two more daughters, Raven, age eight, and more recently, Dawn, age four.

The Lumen coven is closely connected to the Delarosa clan and is ruled by Celeste and Adam. A mystery of the Lumen coven is whether or not there is an heir. There are rumors that Celeste and Adam have a daughter though none have been officially proven true. If the rumors are true however, reasons for such secrecy would probably be for protection from rival clans.

Should there be no true heir however leadership would be passed onto Adam's bother, Seth.

James paused his reading to look at two pictures, one of the Lumen coven leaders, and the other the Delarosa.

His eyes widened as he saw the pictures, noticing just how similar the Delarosa leaders looked to Alec and Dawn and how Lily looked like the leaders of the Lumen clan.

'Well then,' he though to himself as he began reading again. 'Better look into that.'

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"NO! I need MORE!" Alec said loudly as Lily and Dawn were pulling him away from their table now covered with at least 20 empty Butterbeer bottles. The girls were now regretting giving Alec Butterbeer. He was now an official addict.

Lily made her grip on Alec's arm tighter as people, including other students, began watching the three, some with curiousityt and others with annoyance and the ruckus he was causing. "Alec, come on. You can have one next time we come. Okay?"

Alec struggled more. "No, I want one now!"

Lily then glared her hardest and coldest glare. and said in a chilling voice, "Alec, we are not staying here any longer."

Alec stopped at once seeing that glare. It was actually quite scary, even for him. He crossed his arms and sulked slightly.

"Good. Now come on. We're going to Hillywigs Book Shop. Dawn's Transfiguration book was totally destroyed by a Firecrab during Care of Magical Ctreatures. And I could go for some light reading of my own."

Dawn shook her head. "I swear. Hagrid needs to find new pets."

The three continued on their way to the book store, entering silently and spread out, Dawn going to the school books, Alec staying in the front, and Lily wandering around.

Lily went down an aisle grabbing a book about Famous Aurors and went to put it down when she saw something through the opening in the shelf her book had made. She leaned down a bit, holding the book in her arms, and saw James Potter reading.

Lily felt herself slightly shocked. She had never seen James read a real book though she had an idea he was more knowledgeable that he let on. Lily's eyes wandered curiously to the book in his hands, wondering what had seemed to captivate him. Her eyes widened in horror as she saw the title.

Dark Creatures Encyclopedia: Vampires

'Shit,' Lily though to herself. She stood up straight, replacing the book silently and hurrying around to James. Lily knew Dawn's family was mentioned in there with PICTUREs of her parents. This would NOT be good if James Potter figured out their secret.

"Hi James."

Her voice made James jump and turn around quickly. "Jeez Lily," he sighed. He glanced down at the book and attempted to hide it behind his book but Lily quickly reached and grabbed it from him. She looked at the title and back at James.

"Never knew you were the type to read this stuff." She placed the book into an empty spot she knew the book was from and faced him again. "I wouldn't believe that book. A bunch of rubbish really. Don't know what they're talking about."

James stared at her, noticing her looking quite tense. He just nodded.

Lily began walking away and James follwed her and found Dawn and Alec in the front of the shop, waiting for Lily.

The two looked questioningly at James and Lily spoke. "Got your book Dawn?" Dawn just nodded and Lily walked out, the other two following her and leaving James standing there.

After a minute or two, James turned and walked back to the aisle and took the Dark Creatures Encyclopedia Lily had returned just a minute before. He approached the old, dusty cash register and handed the old man behind the counter 10 galleons not waiting for change and walked out, minimizing the book and put it in his pocket.

He planned on reading more later. Finding out what kind of familiarity he had with the idea of vampires.

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As the three walked up the familiar dirt path to Hogwarts, Dawn suddenly stopped, eyes blank. The two stopped walking, noticing.

Lily instantly recognized the look on Dawn face and spoke softly. "Dawn. Show me what you see." She touched Dawn's head and her eyes went blank as well.

Alec watched curiously as he saw Lily and Dawn standing there with blank looks, wondering what was going on. He had been with the girls for a few months but had never seen them like this.

After a couple of seconds, Lily stepped back and shook her head. Dawn too looked a bit woozy but the two quickly got over it and turned to Alec.

"Umm.. what just happened?"

"Dawn just had a vision and passed it onto me."

Alec looked a bit confused, still notgetting what had just happened. "Okay…" He then noticed the girls looking at him. "Why are you guys looking at me like that," he asked nervously.

Dawn remained silent as Lily answered. "Dawn's vision was about you. About Voldemort."

Alec's eyes hardened at this, his fists clenching. "What about Voldemort," Alec asked, his voice ice cold.

Lily looked him straight in the eye, her own green eyes not showing any of the fear or nervousness she felt. "He knows you lied. He's going to send someone to get you."

So? Was it okay? Short I know but its better than nothing! So Jame's is getting some hints now about the vampires, and Alec is a Butterbeer addict. I needed to put some humor in.

CYBER COOKIE TIME!

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