Raised By Vampires Chapter 18: A Merry Christmas?, a Harry Potter + Vampire Diaries Crossover fanfic

Chapter 18

A Merry Christmas?

November and the first half of December flew by, and now it was the day before Christmas break. All of us, except Harry, were going home. Hermione was going to be visiting Rome with her parents, much to Elijah's dismay. Ron, Ginny, Fred, and George were also going home, but I knew I'd be seeing them on Christmas Day. Draco's Mother and Father had invited us all to join them for a party that was going to be held at Malfoy Manor. Draco was beside himself, because finally he could have fun at Christmas. He told us that the parties had always been boring for him, because it was mostly his Father's business friends and contacts that were there. Crabbe, Goyle, Blaise, and their families were going to be there too. It was going to be great!

Nothing exciting had really happened since Salazar reappeared, and everyone guessed that Greyback didn't want to tangle with him, but none of us were going let our guard down though. Salazar however, had moved out of his house and into my common room. His quarters were bigger and much more extravagant than mine, but I didn't care. He was a founder after all. His bedroom was located behind the stone fireplace, and only he knew the non-verbal spell that made it move. The wizarding world had finally calmed down once Salazar did an in-depth interview with The Daily Prophet explaining, once again, his intentions and his reappearance. This however, only made Pansy and her friends hate me even more. They still didn't care what Salazar said, they were 100% convinced that he was an imposter, and that Dumbledore had put an old man up to this. Some people are just stupid I guess.

It was after curfew, and Salazar and I were sitting in our common room. I was talking via patronus to everyone, and Salazar was trying to read. He looked up from his book for the hundredth time and glared at the coyote that had bounded through the wall.

"So it's settled then." Fred's voice rang out. "Ron said, Harry said he will be there too. Harry sent a patronus to Sirius, and Sirius sent one to Dumbledore, and Dumbledore said he didn't mind, and that it was up to Sirius if he could go to the party at Malfoy's place. So it looks like we will all be there except for Hermione and Lavender."

"Sounds good!" I said, sending my bat back with the reply.

Salazar sighed and put his book down. "So, will there be any more interruptions to my reading?" He asked.

"Oh hush, you love this and you know it." I giggled.

He gave me a sly smile. "Your right I do. I've missed this, and I'm happy to be back inside the castle with everyone, even if it means putting up with all the commotion. It's just that we have heard the same thing 10 times in a row. Maybe I can come up with a spell that will allow all the patronesses to know what the others have said, that way we can avoid repeating." He said as he stared up at the ceiling in thought.

Suddenly a dragon and a stag appeared in the room, and Salazar sighed again.

"Harry can go to the party." The dragon said, and disappeared.

"I can go to the party." The stag said, and also disappeared.

I glanced over at Salazar, who had pinched the bridge of his nose in frustration, and giggled.

Just then a silvery werewolf appeared in the room and it burst into laughter. "Salazar would you like me to tell them to be quiet?" Remus asked.

Salazar raised his wand over his head. "Expecto Patronum!" he cried and a silvery snake appeared. He flicked his wand at it and said out loud. "No, I'll do it if it really, really starts to irritate me." And then he sent it off, and gave me another sly smile.

"You snake!" I said laughing. "I didn't know you could cast a patronus."

Salazar grinned at me. "Well only those pure of heart can. I have a pure heart, and have no intention of harming anyone. Yes, I dabble in the dark arts, and yes I do have a bit of darkness in me, but those alone don't stop me from casting my patronus. Technically, I'm not a dark wizard anymore."

"So why can't Klaus and Elijah?" I asked confused.

"Maybe they are afraid. It also might be because they have recently did some pretty dark magic with the hybrid curse, and their hearts haven't recovered yet. It takes time for something like that to leave you. I wasn't able to cast my patronus for a long time after I changed."

"So that's why Damon can now." I commented.

"Correct."

I nodded my head. "It makes sense." I laughed. "But I'm still mad you didn't tell me."

He grinned at me. "I can't tell all my secrets you know, but it's almost 1 in the morning and you really should be getting to bed."

"Is this your way of shooing me out so you can read peacefully?" I teased, standing up and stretching.

"No." He laughed.

I grinned. "Well you're lucky I'm tired anyway. Goodnight Salazar." I said with a laugh, walking over to him and giving him a hug. "I love you, and I'll see you in the morning."

"Goodnight Lynn. I love you too."

He was shooing me!

Professor Dumbledore had come over to me the next morning, and told me that I should floo home, but I begged him to let me walk down to the Hogsmeade Station Platform with everyone else. He finally relented, but told me only if Salazar was willing to walk with us, which he did. The boys met us on the platform, and we all said goodbye to one another, and promised to talk via patronesses every day, which caused Salazar to roll his eyes at us.

"You all can put up with all the chattering now." He said grinning and waving his hand toward the boys.

"We heard the chattering last night." Klaus laughed. "We were wondering if you were going to hex them all."

"I thought about it." He said with a chuckle. "Lynn, now that you are safe, I'm going to head back to the castle and get caught up with my reading."

"Ok Salazar, thank you for walking with us."

"You're Welcome."

We watched as he headed back toward the castle, and we walked toward the house. We stopped at Honeydukes so I could resupply my candy stash, and as soon as we got into the front door, I made an announcement.

"I'm going shopping in muggle London. I need new clothes, and I need to get Christmas presents for all my friends."

"You're not going by yourself." Elijah said.

"Elijah, I love you, but in two months I'll be 17. I think I can handle shopping by myself."

"What about Greyback?" Damon asked, crossing his arms.

"In muggle London?" I asked, rolling my eyes. "I seriously don't think he would be hanging around there."

"You're not going by yourself." Stefan said sternly.

"But I'll feel weird going clothes shopping with the 4 of you hanging around, and besides how am I supposed to Christmas shop with you there?"

"Fine, just one of us will go with you." Klaus said, glaring at me. "You're not going by yourself."

"Fine." I said rolling my eyes. "But we better get a move on. I wanna try and get this done today."

"I'll go with you then." Klaus said with a smile. "We'll floo to The Leaky Cauldron and from there we can shop in muggle London."

"My Christmas present better be a good one!" Damon yelled, as we made our way into the library.

"I'll get you some charcoal!" I shouted back, and we flooed out.

Boy did I make Klaus suffer. Every outfit I tried on, I made him tell me what he thought. After a while he stopped hanging around the dressing room, and went wandering around the store. He finally got the hint! Hee Hee Hee! ButI could tell that after two hours of clothes shopping, he was getting a little testy.

"Are you done trying on the whole store yet?" Klaus called out impatiently into the women's dressing room.

"Not quite!" I shouted back.

"That's ok dear." A lady in another booth called out. "My boyfriend is having to put up with me as well!"

I laughed. "Are you making him suffer, like I'm making mine suffer?" I asked pulling my sweater over my head.

"You bet I am!" She called back with a laugh.

I could hear Klaus grumbling outside the dressing room, and I just laughed. After I had a good amount of muggle clothes to replace the ones Pansy had destroyed with her little curse, Klaus and I headed into a dark alley. I called for Pinky, and asked her if she could apparate the shopping bags back to the house, which she did. Then we headed out to go Christmas shopping. This itself was a nightmare. Have you ever tried to Christmas shop for a vampire, and have that vampire with you? Well let me tell you, it's nearly impossible to keep his gift a secret. Five hours after we had left that morning, we finally flooed back home, and Klaus was in a pretty good mood. I however, was not. I was going to kill him!

"I think I'm going to like my Christmas gift." He said with a smile, as we landed in the library.

"Not if I burn it." I grumbled, taking the shopping bags upstairs to my room.

"Awe, it's just payback from making me suffer through all your clothes buying this morning. Why don't you come downstairs and have a bite to eat?" He asked as he leaned against my bedroom door.

"I'm not hungry." I muttered with my head stuck in the closet, as I set charms around the presents so that the rest of the boys couldn't get to them.

"Oh come now, you ran around muggle London all morning, without eating. I know you're hungry. I can hear your stomach growling from over here."

I smiled wickedly at him. "You know what, you're right. I think I'll ask Pinky to bring my dinner into the living room. I need to catch up with all the Supernatural episodes that I have missed. I really miss spending time with Sam and Dean Winchester, so I think I'll just curl up on the couch with them."

Klaus rolled his eyes. "I should have never agreed to record all those episodes for you. "

"You're such an awesome, sweet, and wonderful boyfriend." I said with a grin, planting kisses on his lips.

"You know, you have an infatuation with the Winchesters. Maybe I should be jealous."

"Pffft." I said waving my hand at him. "I do not, besides you have something Sam and Dean Winchester don't have."

"What's that?"

"A sexy English accent."

"And more." Klaus said with a teasing grin, and flashed his hybrid eyes and teeth. "I wonder if the Winchesters could take me on? They hunt monsters and demons, so I wonder who would win that fight?"

"Well I wouldn't want to take any chances. Lucifer himself didn't stand a chance against those two, and I wouldn't want them to find another way to kill you. So let's just leave it at that."

"Ok Love, for you, I'll leave the fake monster hunters alone." He grinned.

"Thank you." I said giving him a kiss.

He would totally get killed by the Winchesters! They have Castiel!

The days seem to fly by, and before I knew it, it was Christmas day. We had spent time as a family that morning, opening our gifts and laughing at each other. I had missed them. Yeah I know, I saw them all the time, but being able to wake up and see them every day was something I hadn't been able to do for months. We were getting dressed to go to the Malfoys, and since it was Christmas time, I had chosen to wear a sleek red satin muggle dress, with matching red heels. I fixed my long black hair up in a clip, with loose curls that hung down around my shoulders. It was time to party!

We apparated to Malfoy Manor, and I was surprised to find that the front doors opened by themselves when we approached them. I was even more surprised to find that the boys didn't need and invitation.

"Well what do you expect us to do all day?" Damon asked with a smirk. "Sit around and be bored?"

"No, I guess not." I laughed.

We walked in and were immediately greeted by Mrs. Malfoy. "Oh Lynn, you look so beautiful!" She exclaimed, giving me a warm hug. "I must confess, sometimes I think it's a shame that you are already spoken for, because I'd have Draco marry you in a heartbeat."

"MUM! Are you trying to get me eaten!?" Draco cried with a grin.

We all burst out laughing, and Klaus playfully growled at Draco.

Draco looked at me and grinned. "Salazar is already here, as is the Weasleys, Crabbes, and Goyles. We are just waiting on Harry and Blaise."

"The twins promised to behave themselves right?" I asked with worry.

"Yeah. I think Mrs. Weasley threatened their lives if they didn't." He laughed. "Come on, let's go in with the others."

We followed them into the drawing room, and it was beautifully decorated with two Christmas tress and every decoration you could imagine. Mr. Weasley's face lit up when he saw us and hurried over me.

"I just wanted to say that I found your Christmas gift remarkable. A battery operated muggle lamp with lead lights that change colors on their own. It's amazing!" He said grinning.

I chuckled at his lead light comment. "I thought you might like it. We did charm the batteries so that they would never need to be replaced, and the LED lights so they wouldn't burn out, but otherwise, it's all muggle."

"I think it's brilliant!"

"I'm so glad you like it." I replied, as Ginny tugged me away from her father.

"He has been talking about it all morning." She said with a grin. "It really is fascinating though."

I laughed. "Well I'm just glad he liked it."

Blaise and his family arrived, followed by Harry. Sirius and Remus couldn't make it because they were professors, and had to stay at school with the kids that didn't go home. Draco was grinning from ear to ear as he gave us a tour of his home, and I knew it was because he finally had friends that he could share it with. After dinner, we danced, and although I can't dance, I danced with everyone there, even Ginny. We were laughing the whole time because we weren't really dancing, just jumping up and down, and shaking our butts. It was fun though!

We finally broke free of the adults later that night, and decided to go walking outside. The Malfoys had a beautiful garden that was all lit up, and the snow on the ground made it look like it was glowing. I had Klaus's black dinner jacket on, and cast a hot air charm around myself to stay warm. We were running around just having fun and laughing at each other, when I heard a rustle off to my right as I walked down the garden path.

"Fred or George, so help me, if you jump out from behind one more bush and scare me, I'm going to hex you!" I laughed.

But it wasn't Fred or George, or anyone I knew. I didn't see the stunning spell that flew at my back. I just blacked out.

When I woke up, I had no idea where I was, or how long I had been out. I was laying in a dank musty bed, in a dimly lit room with black walls. I knew I was somewhere near the ocean, because I could smell the sea air. I carefully felt around for my wand, but that's when I remembered that I had left it in my purse at the Malfoys. I heard a rustling sound off to my right and jumped up. I still had on Klaus's jacket, and I felt the familiar sliding of the blood necklace around my neck. Thank goodness I had listened to Salazar!

"Oh now, no need to be alarmed. I'm not going to hurt you." A gruff voice said. "However Greyback should be here little while, and I can't promise he won't."

"Who are you and where am I?" I asked, pulling Klaus's jacket tighter around me.

"Oh, I don't expect anyone in your precious family circle to know me. After all, I'm just another nameless face your cousin Damon decided to turn." He said standing up. He wasn't very tall and he had short blond hair. His blue eyes were sunken, and he was very thin and pale.

"You're a vampire?" I asked with wide eyes, and backing away. "Why are you working for a werewolf?"

He laughed. "Because I have no loyalty towards vampires. I didn't even want to become one!" He shouted. "I was in the wrong muggle bar that night, when your blasted cousin decided I'd make a good meal. I couldn't even grab my wand to defend myself. He turned me and left me on my own, and I never saw him again. Until that is, your family showed up in The Daily Prophet, and I recognized him from his shinning hero picture!" He yelled, throwing the paper at me. It was the one where Pansy had spouted off all our family secrets when Greyback attacked the school.

"Why are you doing this to me?" I asked.

"For revenge. Ever since that article came out, I have been tracking down Greyback, and I finally found him. I told him my story, and agreed to work for him. All I asked in return, is the chance to kill your blasted cousin Damon for what he did to me!"

"What is your name? We can help you!" I cried, as he advanced toward me.

He laughed again. "Oh, I'm sure now he'd want to help, seeing that I have kidnapped his precious little Princess. Oh yes, I have been listening. For many weeks I have been tailing your family, and watching you all. I could have killed him at anytime, but Greyback wanted you, and I finally had my chance at the Malfoy party. One little stunning spell to your back was enough to knock you out for 2 days. Imagine that." He said with a chuckle.

2 days! Holy crap! They must be going nuts trying to find me by now.

"Please sir, I need to use the bathroom. I have no wand, I'm sure you know that. I won't try to escape, please let me use the bathroom."

"Very well, it's through that door. But if you try anything, I will rip your throat out." He said with a growl. Then he flicked his wand at me, and I suddenly found that I couldn't talk. "That's so you can't call for that blasted elf of yours."

I made my way into the tiny dirty bathroom. I took off Klaus's jacket, and reached for the blood necklace around my neck. I knew Salazar had charmed it so that only I could open it, and I was thankful for that. I uncorked it and downed the blood inside trying not to gag at the horrible taste, but nothing happened. I had always suspected something to let me know it had worked, but there was nothing. No warm tingling feeling, no calming voice inside my head, reassuring me that they were coming. Nothing. I looked at the vile in my hand, and noticed that it had refilled itself. It didn't work. I tried again and the same thing. It kept refilling itself. Four more times, and again…nothing.

I sat down on the nasty looking toilet and began to cry. It didn't work. Salazar, it didn't work! I sobbed. How could you! IT DIDN'T WORK!

"Hurry up girl! Stop your blubbering!" The man shouted banging on the door. I quickly flushed the toilet, so that he would think I had used it. My only chance was to run, but the windows were boarded up. I could see that the sun was up, because small hint of sunlight was coming through. I grabbed hold of the boards, but they wouldn't budge. I tried to pound on them with my fists to see if they would break. The man must have heard, because suddenly the bathroom door was ripped off its hinges, and he grabbed me from behind.

"No my dear," He said gruffly throwing me onto the bed, "you can't escape."

I looked around for any kind of wooden object, but there was none. He flashed toward me, threw me against the wall, and stared into my eyes. My instinct took over. I squeezed my eyes shut so he couldn't compel me, summoned all the strength I had, and pushed him off me. I ran to the door, and tried to grab at the door handle, but I didn't get far. He grabbed me again, and threw me over to the bed. I tried to apparate, but he had placed an anti-disapparition jinx around the place. I ran to the door again, but I still had my high heels on, and I fell and twisted my ankle. My heels! I slipped one of them off quickly, and just as he reached over to grab me, I shoved the heel part straight into his chest. I missed his heart, but it was still enough to slow him down. I ran to the door and kicked it open, which flooded the room with sunlight. I saw him burst into flames, and his screams echoed behind me. I quickly slipped off my other heel, and just kept running. I'm in Liverpool! I looked around for a dark alley and quickly slipped into one. I doubled over, and tried to catch my breath. I started crying. Why didn't it work? How could Salazar let me down? Pinky is going to be furious with him! I knew that I was breaking the law, but I didn't care. Damon had spent a lot of time teaching me how to apparate safely, and even though I didn't have a license, I was fully confident in my apparation abilities. I just hoped they were home.

I apparated right into our living room, and franticly looked around for them, but no one was home. Not even Pinky. I ran outside hoping to see someone, but there wasn't anyone around out there either. I still couldn't speak, so I knew flooing was out, so I looked up toward the castle. Someone would be there. I quickly apparated to the front gates, and ran as fast as I could. I saw Hagrid's hut and banged on the door, but he wasn't in there. Good grief, am I the only one on the planet?! I ran as fast as I could up the long path to the front doors, and hip bumped them open when I reached them. I stopped for a moment to catch my breath and listen, there were voices coming from the great hall and I ran toward the doors. I threw them opened, and nearly burst into tears when I saw all of my friends standing there. There was a large map hanging in the air, and it looked like they were split up into groups. The boys, the guys, Lavender, Hermione, Ginny, Mr. and Mrs. Malfoy, Mr. and Mrs. Weasley, Carling, Stephen, Pinky, Dobby, Dumbledore, Hagrid, Snape, Remus, Sirius, and Salazar. All of them! Silence reigned for a few moments, as everyone stared at me opened mouthed. Then I was surround by two hybrids, and six vampires. I hung onto Klaus so tightly that I thought I was going to choke the breath out of him.

"Love, are you ok?"

"Princess, what happened?"

"Who took you?"

"Was it Greyback?"

"Mistress, why didn't you call for Pinky?"

I held my hands up, and backed away. I didn't know why the silencing spell hadn't worn off yet, but all I know is that I still couldn't talk.

I can't talk! I pointed to my throat and shook my head.

"A silencing spell?" Dumbledore asked.

Yes! I snapped my fingers at him and pointed.

"How long ago?" Salazar asked. "We knew you had activated the blood spell, and we were forming a plan to come and get you, but when did they cast the silencing spell?"

I don't know! It seems like hours! I shrugged my shoulders. Wait, did you say you knew I activated the blood spell? I thought it didn't work. I pointed to Damon's wand, then to myself. I need my wand.

He reached into his back pocket and handed it to me. "We found it in your purse, when we noticed you were gone."

I stepped back and used the Flagrate Charm to spell out fiery letters in the air.

"Salazar, I don't know how long it's been." I wrote. "20 minutes, maybe more."

"That's about how long it's been since the blood spell was activated." Damon said.

Damon, I'm so sorry, but this isn't going to sound right at first. "Damon, I was taken because of you."

"ME! What do you mean!?"

I looked at Professor Dumbledore. "Pensieve?" I wrote.

"Quite right. An excellent idea." He said nodding his head.

"Sir, would you like Dobby to get it for you?"

"If you would be so kind Dobby, thank you."

He disappeared and reappeared in about 30 seconds. I closed my eyes and concentrated as Dumbledore pulled out the memory. He dropped it into the pensieve, and one by one we all jumped in.

Damon kept shooting me glances, but Klaus wrapped his arms around me, and didn't let go. It was crowded in the memory, but we all had a good view. We watched as the 2 days passed in a blur. The man never touched me, or hurt me. He just waited for me to wake up.

"Oh now, no need to be alarmed. I'm not going to hurt you." A gruff voice said. "However Greyback should be here little while, and I can't promise he won't."

Klaus and Remus growled, and the other vampires hissed and bared their fangs.

"Who are you and where am I?" I asked, pulling Klaus's jacket tighter around me.

All eyes turned to Damon, and he stared at the man, as if he suddenly recognized him.

"You're a vampire?" I asked with wide eyes, and backing away. "Why are you working for a werewolf?"

He laughed. "Because I have no loyalty towards vampires. I didn't even want to become one!" He shouted. "I was in the wrong muggle bar that night, when your blasted cousin decided I'd make a good meal. I couldn't even grab my wand to defend myself. He turned me and left me on my own, and I never saw him again. Until that is, your family showed up in The Daily Prophet, and I recognized him from his shinning hero picture!" He yelled, throwing the paper at me. It was the one where Pansy had spouted off all our family secrets when Greyback attacked the school.

"Why are you doing this to me?" I asked.

"For revenge. Ever since that article came out, I have been tracking down Greyback, and I finally found him. I told him my story, and agreed to work for him. All I asked in return, was the chance to kill your blasted cousin Damon for what he did to me!"

Damon sunk to his knees. "Princess, I'm so sorry. I'm so sorry." He looked up at me with tears in his eyes. "I'm so sorry."

I knelt down beside him and kissed his cheek. It's ok. I got that dumbass. You'll be proud.

"What is your name? We can help you!" I cried, as he advanced toward me.

He laughed again. "Oh, I'm sure now he'd want to help, seeing that I have kidnapped his precious little Princess. Oh yes, I have been listening. For many weeks I have been tailing your family, and watching you all. I could have killed him at anytime, but Greyback wanted you, and I finally had my chance at the Malfoy party. One little stunning spell to your back was enough to knock you out for 2 days. Imagine that." He said with a chuckle.

2 days! Holy crap! They must be going nuts trying to find me by now.

The Malfoys glared at the man, and the hybrids and vampires hissed again.

"Please sir, I need to use the bathroom. I have no wand, I'm sure you know that. I won't try to escape, please let me use the bathroom."

"How dare you talk to Pinky's Mistress that way! How dare you keep Mistress from summoning her Pinky! You better hope Pinky doesn't find you!" She screamed, shaking her little fist at the man.

Already taken care of Pinky. I smiled at her.

I made my way into the tiny dirty bathroom. I took off Klaus's jacket, and reached for the blood necklace around my neck. I knew Salazar had charmed it so that only I could open it, and I was thankful for that. I uncorked it and downed the blood inside trying not to gag at the horrible taste, but nothing happened. I had always suspected something to let me know it had worked, but there was nothing. No warm tingling feeling, no calming voice inside my head, reassuring me that they were coming. Nothing. I looked at the vile in my hand, and noticed that it had refilled itself. It didn't work. I tried again and the same thing. It kept refilling itself. Four more times, and again…nothing.

I sat down on the nasty looking toilet and began to cry. It didn't work. Salazar, it didn't work! I sobbed. How could you! IT DIDN'T WORK!

"You thought it didn't work, didn't you?" Salazar asked, with a smile on his face.

I hung my head low, and stared at the floor.

"It's my fault. I forgot to tell you. I charmed it to refill itself, so that no one would know it had been drunk."

I stared at him, then smiled. Salazar you're a genius!

Everyone jumped.

"No my dear," He said gruffly throwing me onto the bed, "you can't escape."

I thought Klaus was about to attack the man, but he just glared at him with his hybrid eyes glowing, and his teeth bared.

"That's why women shouldn't wear high heels!" Draco shouted.

My heels! I slipped one of them off quickly, and just as he reached over to grab me, I shoved the heel part straight into his chest. I missed his heart, but it was still enough to slow him down.

"And that's why we SHOULD wear high heels!" Mrs. Malfoy shouted, as everyone whooped and cheered.

I ran to the door and kicked it open, which flooded the room with sunlight. I saw him burst into flames, and his screams echoed behind me.

"Way to go Mistress!" Pinky shouted.

I quickly slipped off my other heel, and just kept running. I'm in Liverpool!

"Liverpool?" Remus asked. "Why there?"

I looked around for a dark alley and quickly slipped into one. I doubled over, and tried to catch my breath. I started crying. Why didn't it work? How could Salazar let me down? Pinky is going to be furious with him! I knew that I was breaking the law, but I didn't care. Damon had spent a lot of time teaching me how to apparate safely, and even though I didn't have a license, I was fully confident in my apparation abilities. I just hoped they were home.

The memory swirled around us as I apparated.

"I didn't know you could apparate." Harry said.

I just shrugged my shoulders and pointed to Damon, who grinned.

The memory swirled again.

I quickly apparated to the front gates, and ran as fast as I could. I saw Hagrid's hut and banged on the door, but he wasn't in there. Good grief, am I the only one on the planet?!

"I'm 'orry I wasn't there for ya when ya banged on my door." Hagrid said quietly.

I walked over to him and squeezed his hand, and he smiled at me.

I ran as fast as I could up the long path to the front doors, and hip bumped them open when I reached them. I stopped for a moment to catch my breath and listen, there were voices coming from the great hall and I ran toward the doors. I threw them open, and nearly burst into tears when I saw all of them standing there.

"Damon, what the hell?" Stefan cried, shoving his brother across the house tables, as we landed back in the great hall.

Damon landed in a crumpled heap against the wall, and just laid there. Stefan flashed toward him, but Elijah was faster and cut Stefan off.

"Not now." Elijah growled. "We need to take care of Lynn."

I glared at Stefan, stomped my way over to Damon, and helped him up. He looked at me with sorrow filled eyes. "I'm so sorry." He whispered. "If I hadn't turned that guy, none of this would have happened."

It's ok. I smiled, placed both hands on the sides of his face, and kissed his lips. I love you.

"I love you." He whispered.

I wrapped my arms around him, as we sat on top of the Slytherin house table. I looked around at everyone. So what's the deal with the silencing spell?

"Why can't she talk?" Ron asked. "It should have worn off by now."

"I want to know who in the hell that guy was!" Stefan shouted, glaring at Damon. "When did you turn that guy?"

Damon sighed and looked up. "It was a while ago. Do you remember, at the beginning of the school year when Lynn was ignoring us. We were all going crazy, because we couldn't get her to talk? That was the guy I turned."

"Are you sure there haven't been others!?" Stefan shouted.

Damon jumped up and glared at his brother. "Yes Stefan, I'm sure. I haven't turned anyone in years. He was the only one, and I only did it because I was depressed!" He shouted.

"Well now we know what can happen when little Damon goes on a deadly rampage!" Stefan yelled.

I conjured up a hammer and banged it on the table. ENOUGH! I glared at the both of them.

"First of all," I wrote, "I want it known that I do not blame anyone for what happened. It's not Mr. and Mrs. Malfoy's fault, and it's not Damon's fault. Crap happens. Second of all, why can't I talk?"

Stefan sighed. "You're right. Ok so why can't she talk?"

I glanced at both Dumbledore and Salazar, who pointed their wands at me. You know, it's an unsettling feeling when the two most powerful wizards in the world point their wands at you, but I swallowed a lump in my throat, and decided not to run. They stood there for a few moments, with looks of deep concentration on their faces, but shook their heads.

"I can't find it." Dumbledore said with a large sigh.

"Neither can I." Salazar said, shaking his head.

"Perhaps Poppy might." Elijah said, looking at them with hopeful eyes.

Dumbledore nodded. "I hope so. Ok Miss Salvatore, let's get you to the hospital wing."

I shook my head.

"Lynn…" Klaus started to say, but I cut him off.

"Not right now." I wrote. "I've been laying in a dirty bed for 2 days, and I feel yucky. I need to take a shower and change my clothes. Other than not being able to talk, I'm fine. Please just let me get cleaned up. Then I'll go to the hospital wing, I promise."

I looked at Dumbledore, who nodded. "Very well, but you remain in the castle. Shower and change in your quarters, we will wait for you in your common room."

I nodded. "Thank you." I wrote.

At least I was able to take a shower.

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