OOC: Okay.

I am getting this out later than expected because of really awful writer's block.

Thanks to TonyAnnaAndre though, I got a review.

It would be nice to get more but one review is nice too.

So on to the next chapter.

Lucky Number 13.

Author's friend says "ALL HAIL LELOUCH!!!!!!"

Claire go away and stop commenting on Lelouch. Jareth is so much better!

Anyway on to the story.

It was time to be inside the Common Rooms or risk having points deducted from the house that you were apart of.

There had been new rules brought up to the students' attention at Hogwarts for they had found two more bodies inside the school with familiar bite marks.

What was attacking the school? Whatever it was, it had to be something supernatural.

Fear ran through Emily as she pondered what she was to do.

Of course the Granger in her told her to go out and investigate who and what was destroying the safety of the school.

The other part of her, the more sane part of her, told her that doing so would end in her own death. What would prevent the creature from attacking her?

"Crap! I can't think about any of this! How am I supposed to get anything done when I am so freakin' worried?"

Emily cried out in frustration as she stood up from her bed. Of course she was all alone. The girls that she bunked with had decided to spend the night over at their boyfriends' Common Room.

"I wish I had a boyfriend."

She whispered to herself before turning back to her chest full of belongings. Bending down she unlatched its lock and opened it up, revealing all of her treasures that she kept safe. The notes from Mr. Malfoy were in there as well as the quills and ink that she had gotten on her date with James awhile ago. What she really was looking for was her journal.

When she found it, she picked it up and laid down on the bed with a pen in hand. They were very useful muggle tools when she didn't feel like dipping her quill over and over again.

Opening the journal to the first blank page she began to write.

Dear Diary,

I am deathly afraid of what is happening around here. People keep getting killed. First Stephannie, then the little kid, and the two others who haven't been identified yet because their bodies were so mangled.

What is happening at Hogwarts?

Not only are people getting murdered, but there is a sense of fear, hatred, and foreboding hovering over Hogwarts.

Soon maybe the ministry will get involved and since Dumbledore was murdered we will have to bend to their will.

What is to become of us?

Also lately I have been having conflicting feelings about three guys.

There is James Dean who is very sweet and smart. He seems to like me but hasn't pressured me into liking him back. Whenever he is around I feel all lightheaded and giddy. Maybe I have a crush on him, but I am not sure.

Then there is Mr. Malfoy or Lucius as he would like me call him. I feel so strange around him. I don't know if it is fear of him hurting my friends or the fact that such a man would even like me at all, but he makes me feel kind of special. Like someone actually likes me for me and not for who I hang out with or what grades I get.

The final one is Draco Malfoy. At first when I transferred into Hogwarts, Draco and I were enemies for lack of better words. Yet since he has told me about his father he has been awfully nice to me. It is kind of weird yet nice at the same time. I think now he is seeing me for who I am instead of just the cousin of Hermione.

Oh Journal! What should I do? Normally guys just avoid me and then when I come here, everything starts to change. Why are wizards so weird?

Anyway I have to go. I may have come up with a plan on how to figure out what is on Hogwarts grounds. Hopefully I will be able to write in you again later.

Much love,

Emily

Placing her quill down, she waited for the ink to dry before she closed the journal and placed it gently under the blanket on her bed. Unknowingly to her though, as she got up to leave, the predator haunting the school was in the room with her watching her.

Lucius knew that she would try to figure out what was going on, but he didn't know that she would be this curious especially since it had been only a month since he had been sent here by the Dark Lord.

"That reminds me."

He whispered to himself before he apparated out of her room. Instantly he arrived at the current home of his dark lord and master.

Quickly he strolled into the home and went to the room where he sensed the Dark Lord's thoughts from. Even it would be easy to read them, he did not wish for attention to be brought to himself so he remained put. Before he knocked the door, he heard the sinister voice of his master.

"Come in, Lucius. We have been expecting you.

"Indeed we have."

Nagini responded in parseltongue back to her master.

Lucius, despite the fact that he knew he was better than the Dark Lord, bowed down before him in reverence while holding back the words that he so desperately wanted to shout in the Dark Lord's presence.

"You may rise, Lucius and tell us how your mission is going."

He rose solemnly and decided that he would tell the summarization of his doings without revealing his growing emotions for a certain halfblood Gryffindor.

"Milord, I have managed to bring Hogwarts slightly offguard. It was awhole lot easier to do now that Dumbledore has been extinguished for lack of a better word. Some of the more educated students though are consulting their books but many believe that it is just an animal that needs to be dealt with and not a dark wizard. All in all the plan is going well. Just a few more deaths and then you can take over Hogwarts fully and successfully."

The Dark Lord smirked, which is awfully hard for someone who has no lips, and chuckled to himself.

"You have proven once again, Lucius, that your loyalty is forever strong especially in my presence. Do carry on with what you are doing..."

Lucius turned to leave.

"But be sure to kill in a less strange way. We want the people of Hogwarts to think that something dark is at work and not some animal is committing these crimes."

His ice blue eyes widened.

Does he know what I am?

He thought before turning around to bow to his master.

"I promise that I will get the job done, Milord."

With that he apparated away, back to Hogwarts to observe his favorite girl.

"Do you think he knows that you know, Nagini?"

The Dark Lord asked while gently carressing the snake's belly.

"That I know that he is no longer an ordinary wizard? I would think so. I am curious to see though what he has been tainted with. There are no traces of mudblood in him but there is something darker that could rival your own darkness, Milord."

Another smirk crossed the man's snakelike features before he let out a boisterous chuckle.

"Yes we shall see how this plays out. Then maybe things will get more interesting.

Meanwhile back at Hogwarts, Emily had decided to sneak out and go down to the Forbidden section of the library to look through the books about one of her theories - vampirism. Though it would be very strange that a vampire would be hunting on Hogwarts Grounds, it wasn't too impossible to imagine.

The clues that she had deducted from all of this were:

1) The bite marks were similar to a vampire bat's marks

2) All the blood was drained from the victim's bodies

3) All of the murders had been committed at nighttime.

Well that was all she had so far as clues went but at least it was something.

Once Emily finished walking down the corridor, she looked around carefully before she flipped a portrait open after she gave the password. This secret passageway was better than having a chance to get caught by the wrong people.

Normally she wouldn't break rules like this but she just had to know what was going on.

As Emily slipped quickly inside to the secret passageway, she could barely see someone standing just a couple of feet away from her leaning against the wall.

It wasn't until that person began to speak that she felt truly afraid.

"Do you always sneak out like this, Emily? Or is this a one time thing for you?"

Before she knew it, the person disappeared. When she backed out to go back out of the portrait, she bumped into a solid mass. Afraid but hopefully feeling some sort of strength, Emily looked up to see those familiar ice blue eyes that haunted her dreams frequently.

"I don't want you to fear me, Emily, but answer my question."

Her emerald green eyes met his ice blue ones and slowly she could feel herself going into a trancelike state.

"This is a one time thing."

Her answer was honest even though she had wanted to lie. What was happening to her?

"I want you to come out more like this, Emily. Sneak out more at night because I want to see you. I am not forcing you to come but I would love if you did."

As she continued to stare into his eyes, she found it harder to stay awake. Why was she getting so tired? She couldn't remember herself feeling this way before except when she had first met him.

"I...um...I...okay."

Suddenly she felt her lips being claimed by his causing the trancelike state to deepen. Her eyes fluttered closed while the shock set in. There was something wrong with Mr. Malfoy. If it wasn't him, then it was his power.

Whatever it was it would spell out her doom.

OOC: Sorry to end on such a weird cliffie but it is almost 4 AM and I need to sleep sometime.

Also it is Xmas Eve and I need to finish wrapping stuff later on today.

Maybe if I get a review today or tomorrow, I will type up something as an Xmas pressie to all of my readers.

I don't know yet.

Most of it depends on how cheerful I am after I spend time with my family on Christmas.

It depends.

Hope you enjoyed it despite the length of time it took to get it out.

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