*A/N* Just a warning about this chapter. Contents may be a little suggestive toward the end, but its nothing to horrible i hope. Sorry this is a long chapter, but i didn't want to break it up, because I felt like it should be only one chapter. I hope you guys enjoy!
Chapter 12
Memories
I sat bolt upright in my bed. I glanced over at the clock on my bedside table. It read 12:00. Midnight.
"It was just a dream." I sobbed, more to myself than the sleeping Blue beside me. "I'm not a vampire." I said with a shaky breath. "Blue wake up." I said, and gently shook him. He stirred and opened his eyes, as I lit the lamp on my bedside table. "Is this real? Or am I still dreaming?"
He sat up, stretched, and looked at me funny. Then he meowed softly and started purring.
I sat and thought for a moment, then threw the covers off me, and threw back the curtains that hung around my bed. I looked to where the crow usually sleeps, but it wasn't there.
"Of course." I mumbled. "The one time I actually need you." I glanced at the other sleeping girls, but their curtains were all drawn. Not that I'd actually ask them for help.
"Blue, I just had a real bad dream that only a vampire could give to me. I need you to stay here, because I'm going home. I already have an idea on how I'm going to get there."
I knew the less clothes I wore the easier my traveling would be. I had on fleece PJ pants, a long sleeve shirt, and I was bare foot. Good grief I was gonna freeze. I glanced at the window above my bed, and quickly cast sticking charms on the balls of my feet and fingertips.
"Stay here." I said to Blue again, as I stuck my wand in my mouth.
I climbed up to the window, and silently opened it. I crawled out into the freezing night air and promptly cast a hot air charm around my body, so that I could try and counter the cold air around me.
"Just like Spiderman." I mumbled, as I climbed my way toward the Gryffindor tower.
It took me a good 30 minutes to climb all the way around the gigantic castle, but I made it. I snuck a glance into the Gryffindor common room, but it was empty and dark, so I climbed my way up to the boys dorm and found Harry and Ron's room. I tried to open the window.
"Of course it's locked." I said, glaring at the locked window. "Alohomora." I whispered, and the latched squeaked as it slid open. I lifted the window and climbed in.
My foot caught the window sill and threw me off balance, so I landed with a loud thud onto the floor.
"What the bloody hell?!" Ron yelled, as he threw back his bed curtains.
"What's going on?" A sleepy Neville asked, pulling back his own.
"Ron? What was that?" Seamus asked.
"Who's there?" Dean asked.
"Lynn?" Harry asked lighting his lamp.
"What the bloody hell?" Ron repeated, staring at me.
"Well just so you know, I fancied a chat with all you good looking gentlemen at 12:30 in the middle of the night." I said in my best fake British accent.
Neville blushed, but Seamus laughed loudly, and the others stared at me as if I'd grown two heads.
"Something not right has happened. I'm so sorry. I really didn't mean to wake all of you up." I said suddenly looking serious. "I just needed to ask Harry for a favor."
"What?" He asked looking at me.
"I need to get home. It's very important that I get there fast." I said, and filled them in on what had happened.
"I don't understand, why would Damon do that?" Ron asked, looking at me horrified.
"That's just it. I don't think it was Damon. It was someone else." I said. "He kept calling me Lynn. Damon never calls me Lynn. Even when he's mad at me. He always calls me…"
"Princess." Harry finished, and I nodded my head.
"So who then?" Seamus asked.
"I don't know, but it was a lucid dream that only a wizard vampire can give, and they used Damon's likeness to make me think it was him. No one in my family would ever do anything like that to me. I think it was someone who may be working with Greyback." I said, and proceeded to tell them about the letter, and all that had happened earlier.
"Bloody hell." Was all Ron could say.
"I don't want to just run across the castle grounds and apparate, because the vampire might still be out there, so I need to get off the grounds more secretly." I said, staring knowingly at Harry.
"You need my cloak and map." He said, grabbing his glasses and shoving them on his face.
"If you will let me borrow them."
"I'm going with you." He said jumping up, and throwing on his sneakers. "I'm not letting you go alone. Especially if a unknown vampire is out there."
"No we have classes tomorrow, and…."
"I'm going with you." Harry said, glaring at me. "Or you're not getting my cloak and map."
"Why not just tell Snape or Remus?" Ron asked.
"Because they will tell me I was just dreaming, and to go back to sleep." I answered. "The boys need to know this. It can't wait."
"Well then I'm going too." Ron said, and began to pull on his shoes. "We haven't had a good nighttime stroll around the castle in a while, have we mate?" He grinned at Harry.
Harry grinned back. "Nope."
"Should we get Hermione?" Ron asked. "She will kill us in the morning, if we don't."
"Yeah, we should get her."
"No! The more people.."
Harry grinned at me. "No map, no cloak."
"Will you stop interrupting me!" I cried. "The more people involved, the more dangerous it will be."
"No map. No cloak." Harry repeated. "Trust me, we have done this more times than I can count. Please just go get Hermione from her dorm, and meet us in the common room." He said.
10 minutes later, Hermione and I were standing in the Gryffindor common room.
"I'm sorry Hermione, but I didn't really want to wake you up." I said after filling her in on everything.
"No, I'm glad you did. I would have killed you all if you hadn't woke me up." She replied, stifling a yawn. "Besides this is important, and we need to get to your house right away."
"See I told you." Ron said.
"How are the four of us suppose to fit under that thing?" I asked, pointing at the invisibility cloak.
"We usually just huddle under it." Ron said with a shrug.
So we gathered together, and Harry threw it over us.
"There you see." He said grinning, as the cloak hid us all. Then he grabbed his map from his pocket. "Lumos." He whispered.
We studied the map for a few minutes.
"Should we use the whomping willow tunnel, or the tunnel to Honeydukes?" Ron asked.
"Tunnel to Honeydukes." Harry said. "If we go through the whomping willow, we have to cut across the grounds."
"Ok yeah, good idea." Hermione said. "We don't need to come across the vampire running around."
We made our way out the common room and down the stairs with no incident, but when we got to the third floor corridor, we ran into trouble.
"Going somewhere?" A voice asked with a snicker, as a shadow loomed out from behind the One-Eyed Witch, which happened to be the entrance to the secret passage.
We froze right beside the door to the D.A.D.A classroom.
"Remus." I groaned.
"Right you are Lynn." He said lighting up the end of his wand. "Did you really think the four of you were going to sneak out of the castle, next to my classroom and quarters, without being heard?"
"We forgot." Ron mumbled, as Remus yanked the cloak off of us.
"Apparently." He snorted.
"I need to get home." I said. "I need to tell the boys…"
"I know what you need to tell them." Remus said cutting me off.
"I really wish people would stop doing that." I mumbled.
Remus looked at me and grinned. "I was woken up by someone crawling around outside my window earlier this evening, and I've been making rounds to try and track them down. I heard you all talking as I was listening for them."
"Damn vampire hearing." I muttered. "I'll never escape it."
"No you won't." He said laughing. "However I do agree with you. You need to tell them what has happened."
I looked at him in surprise. "You're going to help us?" I asked.
He nodded. "Yes I am, it's what Klaus would want, and it's a good thing too. Shop keepers cast anti-theft alarm charms around their shops at night. The second you would have entered Honeydukes, the alarm would have gone off, and you would have been caught. I'll escort you to the gates, and I'll keep a watch out for the other vampire, from there we can apparate to Hogsmeade. BUT you three," He said pointing toward Harry, Ron, and Hermione, "are to return to your dorms, or I'll be forced to give you detention."
They started to protest, but he flashed his hybrid eyes and bared his fangs.
"Yes sir." Hermione squeaked, as Harry quickly threw the cloak over them.
"Fill us in tomorrow." He whispered.
"I will." I said. "And if you see Draco before I do, tell him what's happened."
"We will." I heard Hermione whisper.
"Wait a minute." Ron said suddenly, throwing the cloak off of them. "How come you didn't show up on the map?"
"The map only shows people who are alive or those who are ghosts. James, Sirius, and I didn't charm it to show the undead." Remus said with a laugh. "Now get going."
We heard them shuffle their way down the hall and back toward the common room.
"Now if you will follow me." He said looking at me. "Be very quiet, so that you aren't heard. I'm going to cast a Disillusionment Charm over you. It'll feel like an egg as been cracked over your head as it works to conceal you."
I nodded, and boy he wasn't lying. I suddenly felt the need to go take a shower. We made our way quickly out of the castle, and when we got outside he stopped a few feet away from the front doors.
"I'm just taking it all in." He said, breathing deep to let the night air, sounds, and smells fill his hybrid senses. "Ok lets go."
The snow covered ground was freezing my feet, and I suddenly remembered I didn't have shoes on. But somehow I managed to stay right behind Remus as he moved fast toward the front gates. We made it in good time, as he pushed open the large gates, and stepped through them.
"Can you apparate? Or do you need to ride side along?" He asked.
"I can apparate by myself." I said. "But I've never been tested."
"Ok then we better do this legally. Grab my hand." He said offering it to me, and we apparated silently right in front of my front door.
Fear raced through me, as I suddenly realized that maybe I don't want to go through with this, because maybe I didn't want to know who gave me that dream. I was afraid that maybe it was Damon who did it, and he just did those abnormal things to make me think it wasn't him. I was so confused.
"Lynn?" Remus whispered, bringing me out of my thoughts. He reversed the Disillusionment Charm, and looked at me. "Are you ok?"
I nodded my head, and burst through the door. "DAMON!" I yelled frantically. "DAMON WHERE ARE YOU?"
Three vampires and one hybrid suddenly appeared out of nowhere.
"Love? What's the matter? What's going on?" Klaus asked, looking shocked to see me standing there beside Remus, in my PJ's and bare feet.
I ignored him as a looked at Damon. "Tell me it wasn't you!" I screamed lunging at him. "Tell me you didn't do, and say, those awful things to me!" I said, sobbing against his chest. "Please tell me it wasn't you." I cried, as tears flowed down my face. I sank to the floor at his feet. "Please tell me it wasn't you." I begged, looking up at him.
"Princess," He said with a shaky voice, sitting down on the floor next to me. "I have no idea what you're talking about."
"Love, what's happened?"
"I was given a lucid dream by a vampire. In it Damon was trying to seduce me by telling me that he loves me, and I didn't really love you." I said looking at Klaus. "When I protested that, and said yes I did love you, dream Damon said that you really didn't love me, and that you were cheating on me. He then proceeded to tell me how much he loved me, and tried to kiss me. I shoved him away, and said he was trying to ruin our family, by saying and doing those awful things. Dream Damon got mad, and said, that you aren't my real family, because I really wasn't a Salvatore." I said, sobbing, and rocking back and forth on the floor. "Whoever it was must have known Damon had given me blood earlier, because he knew if he snapped my neck, that I'd become a vampire. I died in my dream, but I'm not a vampire. I don't understand what has happened." I finished, still sobbing as Pinky wrapped a blanket around my shoulders.
All eyes were trained on Damon. "Princess," He said taking me into his arms. "Never in my life would I ever do anything like that to you. I will tell you right here and now, that it wasn't me." He said.
"I didn't think so." I said crying into his shoulder. "He kept doing things that were odd. He kept calling me Lynn, instead of Princess, and I couldn't find my wand. Even if you were mad at me, because of how I acted earlier, I knew you wouldn't have done those things to me."
"First of all," Stefan said. "You are a Salvatore, so dismiss that crap right now. Second of all, if Klaus was cheating on you, I'd have found a way to kill him."
"So that begs the question, who would do this?" Remus asked.
The room got real quiet, as we all looked around at each other.
"I don't know, but when I find out, I'm going to kill him." Klaus said, suddenly becoming very angry, and flashing his wolf eyes and teeth. "I'm not cheating on you Love. I would never do that."
"I know." I said, looking at him. "But I think it's someone who's working with Greyback. He said something about the letter, and said that he also smelled Greyback on it too. He said that becoming a vampire would be the only way to stay safe, because a werewolf will stop at nothing to get what he wants."
"Damn it." Damon sighed. "I didn't want you to know that, but that part is true."
"Yeah we can smell Greyback on it, so that means whoever gave you this lucid dream, knows what's going on." Stefan said.
"Not to mention, whoever did this knows where Lynn sleeps, because the only way a vampire can give lucid dreaming is by being there themselves. You can't compel an animal to do that for you." Elijah growled. "They were in your dorm room."
"Um, what letter?" Remus asked looking around at all of us.
Elijah filled him in on what happened earlier, when I received the letter from Greyback.
"So they were watching and listening to us." Damon said shaking his head.
"I don't understand, if I died in my dream, why am I not a vampire?" I asked.
"A vampire can do anything in dreams. They can make you think things are happening, but they really aren't." Klaus explained. "Remember when I kissed you, and accidently bit you in the dream I gave you? You got bit, because I was really kissing you out side of that dream. The vampire who did this wasn't touching you at all, that's why you're not a vampire. If he had been, then you'd be in transition right now."
"But he said turning me into a vampire would save me from Greyback." I said still confused. "It's like he wanted to protect me, but at the same time hurt me. I don't get it."
"I don't know Love. It's possible that by contradicting himself, he wanted to confuse you, and make you afraid."
"So what do we do now? If this vamp knows where she sleeps, and can easily come and go from her dorm, she's not safe there." Damon said. "Because next time, he may really hurt her."
"Let me talk with Dumbledore and see what he thinks. For now, since she's already here, I think Lynn should stay home tonight. That way we know she's safe. I'll try and talk Dumbledore into excusing you from classes tomorrow, so you can try and get some sleep. Look for my owl tomorrow at breakfast, because I should have an answer by then."
"Thank you for bringing her here." Klaus said, extending his hand out toward Remus.
"I knew that's what you would have wanted." Remus said with a grin, and shaking Klaus's outstretched hand. "I caught her trying to sneak out the castle with Harry, Ron, and Hermione. They were already on their way here, but I figured she'd be safer with me verses three other teenagers, considering that the other vampire might still be lurking around."
"Stupid hybrid sire bond." I mumbled.
They looked at me and laughed. "Well we do thank you Remus." Stefan said with a grin.
"Pinky," Elijah said looking at her. "Would you please get Lynn a dreamless sleep potion."
"Of course Master Elijah." She said with a nod, and she apparated out the living room. "Here you go Mistress." She said when she reappeared.
"Wait before I drink this and fall asleep, I need to know something." I said. "Where did you go when I left the common room tonight?" I asked, looking at Damon.
"Well Snape came back in and asked me if I could compel Pansy to stop barking, so I did. After that, I left the normal way. I walked out the front doors and apparated outside the gates." He said. "Princess, I didn't do this."
"I know. I just think I'm still on edge. I'm confused, afraid, and a whole list of other things." I said with a sigh. "Klaus, will you sleep with me tonight?" I asked, as I drank the potion.
"Of course Love. I'm not going to leave your side." He whispered, as he picked me up and carried me up the stairs.
I was asleep before we made it to my bedroom.
When I woke up at 10:00 the next morning, I knew I was excused from classes for the day. I rolled over, and found Klaus laying there smiling at me.
"Morning." I mumbled, with a smile.
"Good morning Love." He said, as he kissed me.
"I take it I don't have to go to school today."
"Sort of. Dumbledore sent an owl this morning. He asked us to bring you at lunch time, so that he can speak to all of us."
"Makes sense. What else did he say? Am I in trouble for leaving school last night?"
"We don't know yet."
I groaned as I sat up and stretched. I started to throw back the covers and get up, but Klaus sat up on his knees, and softly slid his arms around my waist.
"And just where do you think you're going?" He whispered.
"Apparently nowhere. Especially if you have something else in mind."
"I do." He said with a lopsided grin.
"Well then, shall we?" I grinned back, as he threw the covers over our heads.
A little while later we made our way laughing down the stairs, and walked into the kitchen.
"What's for lunch? I'm hungry." I said with a grin.
"Well with all the…exercising…you've been doing for the last 30 minutes or so, I guess you would be." Damon said smirking.
"Hush. Besides that's not why." I said, trying my hardest not to blush. "I just haven't eaten anything since lunch yesterday."
"Well Mistress, you should eat all of these." Pinky said, as she placed a large plate of finger sandwiches in front of me. "Pinky will not have her Mistress go hungry. No she won't." And she walked away wagging her finger in the air. "Not Pinky's Mistress."
"Thank you Pinky." I said with a laugh.
"She's not happy about what happened." Stefan said with a snort. "If Klaus hadn't been sleeping with you last night, I do believe Pinky would have."
"Pinky has half a mind to personally curse the one who did this to Mistress." She said wheeling around with a scowl on her face. "Nobody messes with Pinky's Mistress."
"We might just let you if we catch the bastard who did this." Damon said looking at her with a grin. "Though you may get the leftovers, because we get first crack at him."
"Well Master Damon, Pinky has a few elf tricks up her sleeve, and she may put him back together again, just so she can have a fresh go at him." She said with her hand on her hip.
"And we would let you." Elijah said with a grin of his own. "Just so we can watch."
"Thank you Master Elijah. Pinky deems you most kind." She said with a grin.
"I love you Pinky." I said smiling at her.
"Pinky loves you too Mistress. You just watch what Pinky does to the one who did this to you." She said with a nod of her head. "Because they won't like it. They hurt you, and used Master Damon to do it. Pinky won't tolerate anything like that happening again." And she walked away muttering about all the things she wanted to do, to the one responsible for what happened.
"Well we have learned one thing today." Klaus said, with a large smile on his face.
"What's that?" I asked, shoving a sandwich in my mouth.
"DO NOT mess with a house elf's family." He answered.
We all burst out laughing. He wasn't kidding!
After I showered and dressed we apparated to the gates, and went into the castle. The great hall was filled with people eating, and I spotted the guys, Hermione, and Lavender talking at the Slytherin table. Professor Dumbledore was at the head table, so Elijah made his way to him, as we headed toward the guys. Draco saw us first, ran toward me, and nearly knocked me over when he wrapped his arms around me in a bear hug.
"They told me what happened. Are you ok?" He asked, frantically staring into my eyes.
"Yeah I'm ok. I was scared and shaken up, but I'm ok now."
He relaxed a bit. "Good. Because I'm pissed that you didn't wake me up too."
"Why so you'd get into trouble? I don't think so. I didn't even want Harry, Ron, and Hermione to go, but Harry said he wouldn't help me if they didn't." I said with a laugh.
Draco crossed his arms in front of him, and scowled. "So let me get this straight, you were going to run around in the dark, ALONE, with an unknown vampire out there somewhere?"
I grinned sheepishly at him, and saw out the corner of my eye, that the boys were grinning proudly at Draco.
"It wasn't Damon by the way." I said.
"I know, because he didn't even go back to the dorm. I watched him get Pansy to stop barking, and he walked out the common room door. I didn't believe it was him, because I knew he wouldn't do that to you. Too Pansy maybe, but not you." He replied, and looked at Damon. "Not for a second did I think it was you."
Damon nodded and smirked. "Thanks." He said.
"Well, Albus says just give him a moment to finish eating, and then we can follow him to his office. Remus and Severus will be joining us as well." Elijah said, coming up behind Draco. "He also says Pinky can join us." He finished with a grin, and called for her.
"Did you tell him what she said?" I laughed as Pinky apparated into the great hall.
"Yes I did."
"Did what Master Elijah?" She asked curiously.
"I told Albus what you said this morning, and he remarked that house elves are very protective over their families. He said you can join us in discussing the matter of Lynn's safety."
She beamed at him. "Oh Master Elijah thank you! Pinky is so happy!" She exclaimed, throwing her arms around his legs.
Stefan grinned at her. "Now just make sure you speak up, if you have anything to say."
"I will Master Stefan." She said, bouncing on her feet and grinning.
We sat at the table and I filled the others in on what's going on, and I couldn't help but notice that Elijah had squeezed himself between Lavender and Hermione. Lav knew what he was doing, and she was all too happy to shove Ron down a little further. We grinned at each other, and snickered. Pansy and her friends however, grew terrified at the sight of them, and bolted as soon as they sat down. I wonder why?
"I think she's learned her lesson." Lavender said with a snort.
"Either that, or she has something to do with it." Hermione said, scowling at the retreating Pansy.
"Do you honestly think she'd be that stupid?" I asked, pouring myself some pumpkin juice.
"Yeah." Harry and Ron, said at the same time.
Draco scowled. "Well to tell the truth, I wouldn't put it past her. Don't underestimate Pansy. She can, and will, do anything for revenge."
"I believe it." Klaus said. "I've dealt with her type many times before. We should keep an eye on her."
"Master Klaus, may Pinky say something?" She asked, looking up at him.
"Of course." He said looking at her curiously.
"As you know, Pinky has many elf friends here at Hogwarts. Perhaps Pinky can ask one of them to help?"
Klaus's eyes glinted evilly at the thought. "If they are willing to help. I'd say that's a very good idea."
"Then Pinky knows just who to ask." She said with a grin, and apparated out of the room. After a few moments she popped back in with an elf that had lots of hats on his head, and socks on his feet.
"Mr. Harry Potter!" The elf exclaimed. "How good it is to see you sir!"
Harry nearly choked on his meat pie. "Dobby!?"
"Yes sir." The elf said excitedly, then squeaked when he laid eyes on Draco. "Mr. Harry Potter, why are you sitting beside him?" He asked, scowling at Draco.
Draco shifted uncomfortably in his seat. "Hi Dobby." He said, with a small smile.
Harry smiled. "Well lots of changes have happened this year. Draco and I are now friends. I promise I will tell you everything at a later time, but right now, I think Pinky has something she wants to ask you. Will you listen, and think about what she says, as a favor for me?" He asked blushing.
"Of course sir. Anything for Mr. Harry Potter." And he turned his attention to Pinky.
"Mistress, this is Pinky's greatest friend Dobby. Dobby this is Mistress and her family. I've told you about them, you remember right."
"Yes of course Dobby does." He said smiling at her.
"Well Mistress was attacked by someone last night, and do you know of the Pansy Parkinson girl?"
Dobby frowned, "Yes, and Dobby knows she's very rude to her house elf. Dobby thinks it would be wise to try and free her elf." He said with a nod. "Because Dobby is a free elf, and thinks it would be a good idea."
"Perhaps later." Pinky said rolling her eyes at him. "But right now Pinky's family wants to keep a close eye on Pansy Parkinson. Would you be willing to do this, for Pinky's Mistress and Masters. I would mean a lot to Pinky, if you could."
"Of course Dobby would. He needs to know what has happened though."
Pinky looked at Elijah. "May Pinky use elf magic, to tell him all that's happened? It would make telling him a lot faster sir."
Elijah nodded and we all watched in amazement as Pinky closed her eyes, and placed her hands on top of her head. A small ball of blue light appeared between her hands. She lifted up one of Dobby's ears and gently shoved the ball of blue light into it. Dobby wobbled around for a moment, then suddenly gasped and covered his mouth. Then he launched himself at me.
"Oh my goodness!" He cried. "Pinky's Mistress and Harry Potter's friend, are you ok?" He asked, staring up at me with big green eyes.
"Uh yeah I'm ok." I answered, looking at Pinky confused.
"Pinky showed him everything that she knows, about all that has happened. Starting with Pansy, and the first day of school, to what happened last night."
"That's quite impressive Pinky." Stefan commented, looking at her with a grin. "I wish I could do that."
"Yeah no kidding." Draco said with a grin. "I didn't know house elves could do things like that."
"Master Draco, Dobby is no longer mad at you. You have become Harry Potter's friend, and you have helped Pinky's Mistress. Dobby is proud to call you Master, even though you're no longer his family."
"Well that's good to know." Draco said, giving the elf a genuine smile. "Thank you Dobby."
Dobby beamed at him. "Dobby will keep a close eye on Pansy. You can rest assured of that." He said with a nod of his head.
"Well I do believe the Headmaster and the others are ready for us." Elijah said standing up, as Dumbledore smiled at us from the head table.
"I'll fill you guys in, don't worry." I said, and they nodded.
We left Dobby and the others and followed Dumbledore, Remus, and Snape to the Headmaster's office. My mouth dropped open in awe, as we walked in. The portraits of the other Headmasters alone were simply impressive, but the phoenix held my gaze for the most part. I thought he was the most beautiful bird I had ever seen. Then I realized that I was probably in lots of trouble, and decided to keep my attention focused on Professor Dumbledore.
"Fawkes is beautiful isn't he?" He said, looking at me with a twinkle in his eye, and motioning for us to sit in the oversized chairs surrounding his desk.
I blushed at being caught. "Yes sir." I mumbled, with a shy smile, as Pinky sat next to me in the chair.
"Well I have asked you all to come today, because I know there is concerns with Miss Salvatore's safety, and I can't say I blame you. When Remus came to me last night, and told me what had happened, I must admit that I myself was very shaken up." He said, seating himself behind his desk. "I must also admit, that this type of situation has never occurred here at Hogwarts. We have dealt with werewolves and dark wizards, but I'm ashamed to say, vampires are not something we are personally familiar with. Since you all have come to Hogwarts, I have been doing my best to understand vampires, and their needs and habits. I am honestly at a loss on what to do here, and I would like to know if any of you have any ideas." He finished.
"Well it seems that the logical thing would be to keep Lynn home." Stefan said, and when he saw the horrified expression on my face, he continued. "Let me finish. We could apparate her out after classes, and back in the morning. We live so close, so to me that seems to make the most sense."
"I agree with Stefan." Klaus said nodding his head.
"NO! I don't agree!" I exclaimed. "We have study groups in place, and making me come home after classes would mess those up. Even after curfew, Draco, Blaise, Crabbe, Goyle, and I are up at midnight doing homework and studying in the common room. Please not that. Is there some kind of charm or something that can be placed on the window, so that only you guys can enter?" I asked. "I really don't want or need special treatment. I don't think it would be fair to the other students."
"The only thing that will keep a vampire from getting into your room, and you know this, is the invitation clause." Elijah said. "But since it's a community dorm, and it's not your personal room, that clause won't work."
"If I may, what is the invitation clause?" Snape asked.
"A vampire can only enter the personal dwelling of a human if they are invited." Damon explained. "Once invited, they can't be uninvited. A barrier forms on all windows and doors, and unless you burn down the dwelling, they remain unable to get into it, but like Elijah said, that doesn't work on community dwellings, such as dorm rooms."
"I see, so Miss Salvatore would need her own room then. Hogwarts could easily provide her with one." Dumbledore said.
"She could be next to my quarters." Remus offered. "I could listen out for anything unusual."
"No, Remus I love you to pieces, but I'm a Slytherin, and wish to remain near the common room. But I really don't want any special treatment either, and doing that isn't fair to the rest of the students." Did Snape just smile? I don't think I've ever seen him smile!
"Well Princess, we are quickly running out of options." Damon said with a frustrated sigh.
"Perhaps if we viewed what happened last night, we could be better informed." Professor Dumbledore said, standing up. "I have a pensieve."
"Excellent suggestion." Elijah said sitting up straighter in his chair.
"A who-do-what?" I asked confused.
"A pensieve allows us to view memories." Dumbledore said, chuckling at my choice of words. "I will need to extract your memory of last night, but do not worry, it is painless." He opened a cabinet, and floated a stone basin toward us. "Now Miss Salvatore I need you to concentrate on everything that happened last night."
"Start with when you got the letter from Greyback, since we believe he has something to do with this." Klaus suggested.
"I agree." Dumbledore said.
I scrunched up my face in concentration, and Dumbledore placed his wand to my temple. I watched as a slivery string appeared, and he placed it in the stone basin. One by one I watched as everyone put their faces in the water, and got sucked in. When it came to me, I looked at Klaus, who had yet to go.
"It's ok Love, nothing in here can hurt you. It's just a memory."
I nodded and stuck my face in the water. It felt like I was being sucked through a straw, and I landed on my hands and knees beside Damon. He looked down at me and smirked.
"Shut it." I said grinning up at him. "Don't say a word." And I grabbed his hand and pulled myself up.
Once all of us were in, the memory started. Pinky took my hand and said, "Don't worry Mistress Pinky will protect you."
I looked at Klaus who grinned at her. We saw me sitting on the bed talking to Blue with my History of Magic homework spread in front of me. Then we saw me burning the letters, and the owl fly in, and me reading the letter out loud to the crow. Then after a few minutes we saw Damon climb in through the window, and our fight that happened afterward.
"Was that really you Master Damon?" Pinky asked, gasping at my bleeding nose.
"Yeah it was Pinky." He answered, sounding ashamed of himself.
"Remind Pinky to exchange your regular tea cup, with a nose biting tea cup." She grumbled, and we all laughed.
"You have our full permission, to do just that Pinky." Elijah laughed, and Damon glared at him.
Then we watched as I climbed the stairs back to the dorm room.
"Uh, for those of you who may be uncomfortable, you might want to advert your eyes, because I'm fixing to change into my PJ's." I announced.
Remus, Snape, Dumbledore, Elijah, and Stefan all cast their eyes downward, but the rest of us watched. I looked at Damon and snorted.
"What? It's not that I actually want to see you naked, but…."
"Who's that man?" Pinky interrupted.
"What man?" I asked, looking at her confused.
She let go of my hand and walked over next to Pansy's bed. "That man Mistress." She said pointing to what looked like the empty corner.
"I don't see anyone." Klaus said.
The others had looked up, and were staring at the corner too.
"He's right there. Pinky can see him plain as day." She said looking upset.
"Wait." Remus said.
"I saw it too." Snape said. "He just moved. He's using a disillusionment charm."
"Ugh, I'm so mad at him!" Memory me said, throwing my robes across the end of my bed. "I just wish he would listen!"
Memory me suddenly went rigid, and fell face first across the bed. I had just finished putting my PJ pants on, but my shirt was still laying next to me. Then it was like a ghost me rose up out of my body, and turned at the sound of Damon bursting through the dorm room door.
"Not so fast Lynn." Damon said, walking into the room. "You and I are going to have a little chat." He cast a silencing spell on the doors, and walked over to the bed. "Why are you acting like a brat tonight?" He asked staring at me oddly.
"That's definitely not me." Damon growled, baring his fangs at the imposter. "Because I would have said something about her lack of clothing."
I turned bright red, because memory me had no shirt or bra on at that moment, and everyone could see…well you get the point.
"Because everyone has been telling me not to worry about stuff, so I don't see what the big deal is with Greyback sending me a love letter." I said shrugging my shoulders.
"You didn't notice that you didn't have a shirt on?" Klaus asked.
I shook my head and stared at myself with wide eyes. "No I remember clearly having a shirt on. I don't know why that's like that."
"Maybe it was part of the dream." Elijah remarked. "To make it seem more real."
Damon's eyes grew dark as he stared at me, but then he sighed and relaxed. "Just stop with the attitude. You know good and well that it is a big deal, because now he's targeting you personally." He said softly, changing his approach to the situation. "I'm worried about you."
"Why? You weren't worried before, when I was worried about you guys."
"It's different, because your human."
"So turn me into a vampire, and we can all just be one big happy blood sucking family." I said sarcastically.
"Don't think it hasn't crossed my mind." He said quietly walking toward me.
"Stefan will kill you." I said quickly, trying not to show the panic I was feeling. "Not to mention Klaus."
"Wow, I really wasn't good at hiding my panic was I?" I said to no one in particular.
"Nope you're clearly panicking." Stefan said.
"I can handle them."
"Damon! Have you lost your mind!?" I cried, walking backwards.
"I'D DO ANYTHING TO SAVE YOU!" He bellowed. "A werewolf will stop at nothing to get what he wants! At least if you're a vampire, you'll have a fighting chance!"
I looked around in panic, and quickly realized how trapped I was. My back was pressed firmly up against the wall, and he was standing between me and the door. Where is my wand?
"Damon, I seriously doubt Greyback actually sent that letter to me. It was probably just some random wolf playing a sick joke." I said hurriedly. "Besides, if you turn me I'll be sired to you."
"It was Greyback, because I could smell his scent on the letter too." He said. "And I don't see why being sired to me would be a problem."
"I can see why you said earlier that he was contradicting himself." Klaus said.
"Never in my life would I do this to you Princess." Damon said, still glaring at the imposter with his fangs bared.
"But Klaus…"
"Oh stop. You don't really love him."
I could hear Klaus growl on the other side of me. Remus hissed, bared his fangs, and flashed his wolf eyes.
"Yes I do!" I cried, shocked at his statement. "Damon you really are scaring me now. What's gotten into you?"
"I love you, and don't want to see you hurt." He said quietly, pressing his body against mine.
"Well I love you too, but I don't think…"
"No." He said softly. "I really love you."
Damon, Stefan, Elijah, Klaus, and Remus all hissed at the same time, and I thought Damon was about to attack imposter Damon. Pinky walked back over to me and squeezed my hand. "That's not Master Damon." She spat.
"Damon you've gone crazy. Seriously, when was the last time you got laid? You know Klaus, Stefan, and Elijah are listening. You guys are always listening."
"Well if Klaus is listening then where is he? He knows how to get into this dorm room. He doesn't really love you anyway. You should see what he's been doing with other women while you have been here." He whispered in my ear.
Klaus flashed toward the imposter Damon, and tried to punch him in the head, but his hand went right through him. He stared at him and growled. His hybrid eyes and fangs clearly visible.
"You're lying. He'd never cheat on me."
I looked at Klaus, and he looked at me and smiled.
"Really? Do you really believe that?"
"Why are you trying to hurt me? Even if you're not lying and Klaus has cheated on me, why are you telling me this?" I asked, with tears in my eyes.
"Because I love you." He whispered, kissing my ear softly.
"No you don't. I pissed you off earlier, and now you want to take your revenge out on me, by playing with my emotions."
"Never, never, never, would I do something like this, and this bastard used me to…." Damon was so angry, that he balled his fist and punch the wall beside him. Thankfully it didn't hurt him, because it was a memory.
"That's not true Lynn." He said, as he bent down to kiss my lips.
The three vampires, and two hybrids hissed again.
I looked at him curiously, and I summoned all the strength I had and pushed him away from me. "It is true you lying bastard. Now just stop. You're going to ruin our family."
Imposter Damon suddenly transformed into the unknown vampire, and we all got a good look at him. He had long black hair to his mid back, and was really skinny. He was very pale and sickly looking, with sunken brown eyes.
"That's him!" Pinky cried out. "That's the man!"
"That didn't happen. I remember it still being Damon." I said with a shaky voice.
His evil laugh echoed around the dorm room. "Who's family Lynn? Surely not yours. Not your perfect family! You're not even a real Salvatore!" He cried, as he flashed toward me. The last thing I felt, was the pressure of my neck snapping, and the dorm fading to black as I hit the floor.
The unknown vampire stood there seething at my ghost form laying on the floor. Then he flicked his wand, and ghost me disappeared, and he turned his attention toward memory me. He rolled me over onto my back and bent down over me.
"So beautiful and perfect." He said, as he smiled at passed out memory me.
"Oh, I feel like I'm going to be sick." I said, as I sank to my knees. Klaus was at my side in an instant, and Damon began to glare and pace back and forth beside the vampire bent over me. Stefan joined him and they both looked ready to whip his butt if he tried anything.
"But Greyback wishes me not to hurt you. He wants you for himself." He said as he picked up my shirt. "And I can see why." He laughed. "But he has allowed me to play with you for awhile, and I'm looking forward to that." And he began to slowly put on my shirt.
Once he was done with that, he gently lifted me up, and placed memory me into the bed, and covered me up.
"Good night my beautiful and perfect Lynn." He said, and then leaned over to kiss my forehead, but Blue jumped into the open window, and saw him. Blue hissed and attacked the vampire, but the vampire moved quickly, and laughed at him. Then he climbed out the window and disappeared. We watched as Blue jumped on the bed, and it looked like he checked me over to make sure I was ok. Then he nestled down beside me and growled toward the window, and fell asleep.
"Good kitty." Elijah said.
The memory swirled around us and we found ourselves back in Dumbledore's office. I was about to lose my lunch.
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