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Allie reached Gryffindor Tower and began to search for Hermione in the huge crowd of kids. She found her sitting on a couch placed in the center of the room with Ron and Ginny on either side of her. She went over and sat on the floor facing them with her back against the coffee table, it was a little uncomfortable but she didn't mind much.

"How'd it go?" Hermione asked.

"Great. How was your day?" Allie pulled her knees to her chest, resting her chin on them.

Hermione informed her that her and Harry had fun in Hogsmeade. She did say that he dragged her to some kind of joke shop that sold products she did not approve of and she just rolled her eyes at him the entire time they were there, but it wasn't a big deal. Allie made a mental note to check out the shop during the next Hogsmeade weekend, it sounded pretty fun. She just couldn't tell Hermione that was were she was going. Allie thought she'd probably as the twins, Ron, or Harry to take her.

"How'd what go?" The little red headed girl questioned. Allie furrowed her eyebrows at Ginny. She had never been particularly close to the youngest Weasley, she wondered why she seemed so curious about her day.

"I had a date with Cedric Diggory." Allie stated.

"Really? Interesting." Allie heard the thoughts running through the girls mind and she couldn't believe it. Ginny was mad at her. She thought that Allie stole Harry from her and she guessed that Ginny had a small thing for Cedric too. Wow she didn't even know that Ginny and Harry liked each other at some point. Allie was suddenly furious at the red head. She could feel the anger in her blood and her senses heightened. Calm down, you're fine. You cannot let your vampire side get to you! Someone could get hurt! The logical voice inside her head managed to once again calm her down.

She took a deep breath and closed her eyes. When she opened them, Ginny was not in her spot on the couch anymore. Allie didn't even bother to look to see where she had gone, she really didn't care as long as she wasn't around Allie sending her bad vibes.

"Hey, Hermione? Did Ginny and Harry ever have like a... thing? You know like they liked each other and stuff?" Hermione and Ron looked at her, then turned their heads so they were facing each other. They burst out laughing. They were laughing so hard that after a moment they were both out of breath. "I'm glad my question amuses you." She snarled at them.

When they finally quieted down, Ron was the one to answer. "Ginny has had a crush on Harry since the first time they met. He has never liked her, liked her, She's my kid sister to Harry. It's rather sad." He looked at his sister and shook his head. "Poor girl." Ron was right, it was a sad thing. Ginny liked someone for four years who didn't like her back, the blond could not imagine how much that would hurt. Allie was no longer angry with the 3rd year, she felt sorry for her.

Harry came into the common room an hour later and plopped down next to Allie on the floor. When he arrived, Ron made his exit as if the sight of Harry repulsed him. Hermione watched him walk away from their little group.

"Go on, Mione. I can take care of Harry, go hang out with pouting boy over there." Allie nodded in the direction that Ron headed in. Hermione rolled her eyes. She thought the two's fight was ridiculous, also. But there was an unspoken agreement between the girls that when they were in a setting where Ron and Harry were in the same room Allie would hang out with Harry and Hermione with Ron.

Hermione went over to were Ron was sitting on a couch by himself. He had his arms crossed, Allie thought he looked like he was a four year old in a timeout after drawing all over the walls. She shook her head at the red haired boy.

"How's it going, Champion?" She rotated herself so she was sitting face to face with Harry. She lightly punched him on the shoulder in a very Allie-like gesture.

"I'm ok. How was your... date?" Wow way to ease into the question, Harry. He was so blunt sometimes.

"It was good." That was all she was going to say on the matter. One pouting friend was enough for one day and she knew that Harry would be a pain in the butt if she said anything else.

Allie was bored, they hadn't talked in a good five minutes and it was bugging her. She grabbed Harry's hand like they were doing a secret hand shake. He looked down at her with an expression that showed he thought she was nuts.

"Thumb War." She simply stated while making a face that had 'duh' written all over it. Harry signed. She tilted her head at him and pursed her lips, he was refusing to play. "What is Potter? You scared?" She flashed him a smirk that would have given Draco Malfoy a run for his money. He scoffed and then accepted her challenge.

It was an all out brawl. Their arms were flying everywhere trying to catch the others thumb. The kids who grew up in the Magical Realm had no clue what they were doing and stared at them like they should be in the psych ward at St. Mungos and not at Hogwarts. After four rounds Allie and Harry were tied.

"Scared, Potter?" Allie evilly said. Harry thought she sounded exactly like Draco, only her voice was a lot easier on the ears then his. Harry gave her the same response he had given Draco in their second year when he asked the same thing.

"You wish." She grinned and the battle was on. Harry almost had her small thumb when they heard the portrait hole crash open. They turned to see who was coming through. Whoever it was, they were not happy about something. Allie thought it was probably some silly girl who had a fight with her boyfriend. To every Gryffindor's surprise, their least favorite teacher was storming their common room. He scanned the room with half crazed eyes searching for something... or someone. His gaze landed on Allie and he stomped over to her.

She stood up followed closely by Harry. The dark haired boy stood a little in front of Allie, he didn't like the way that Snape was looking at her. His professor stopped in front of Harry and gave him a death glare. "Move aside, Potter." Harry didn't move an inch. Allie took a step so she was standing next to him. She laid a hand on Harry's arm, making sure he kept calm. Harry tended to over react when a situation involved Snape.

"Is there a problem, Professor?" The tone in her voice was icy. Harry didn't know how but it gave him shivers. Snape looked down at the tiny girl and then grabbed her wrist. He started to pull her out of the tower. Her feet skidded across the marble floor, trying to resist the greasy man. Harry followed after them. He had hold on Allie's other wrist. She was trying to free her hand from Snape's grasp, but it was no use. She was too weak.

"LET HER GO!" Harry yelled.

"Yeah, I second that!" Allie was still trying to wretch her wrist from the gross hands of her Professor.

Snape spun on his heels so that he was standing in front of Harry. "This is none of your concern, Potter. And I suggest you stay out of it." The greasy haired man spun back and headed for the portrait hole, pulling Allie behind him.

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It was dark, the sun had already gone down. Had it really been that late? They traveled through five corridors and down two flights of stairs, Snape was still dragging Allie behind him. He would not relinquish his hold on her. Allie could feel her vampire instincts kicking in. She was not afraid of the greasy man in desperate need of a shower. He yanked her wrist especially hard causing her to jolt forward and stumble slightly. "I don't know how it is in England but in America this is considered sexual harassment."

Snape stopped walking and turned around to face her. His muddy eyes were blazing with fury. She had no clue what she had done to piss him off this bad. Okay she had been a smart ass in potions Friday, but that wasn't any different from any other day. Maybe he snapped like one of those guys you read about in the newspaper and went insane... it was a possibility.

"I know what you are." Allie's confidence drained out of her along with what little color she held in her cheeks. "I knew there was something about you that wasn't quite right from the first moment I saw you. It took me nearly a month but I have figured you out, vampire." His voice was deep and threatening. Allie stood there with her mouth hanging slightly open for a moment before regaining her composure and confidence. "I am taking you into my custody until the proper authorities are called to transport you." He finished.

What was she a criminal? She couldn't believe she let herself be intimidated by this man for even a second. "Wow, good job, Professor. You caught me. You deserve a cookie for being such a smart boy. " Allie said in a sarcastically sweet voice. She patted him on the head. She looked at her hand and fake gagged before wiping the grease from his hair onto his own robes. His face grew so red with anger than he looked like a tomato. Now that she thought about it, she was guessing that wasn't the best idea in the world...

"Why you little..." He raised his hand and struck Allie across the face. Her head whipped to the side and her hand went instinctively to her stinging cheek. Yeah, definitely not a good idea. Ouch.

"Allie?" She heard a voice call her name out of the darkness. She turned to see Cedric coming towards her. He wore a confused look on his face. He looked at the tiny blond Gryffindor then to the potions master who still held her wrist in his hand. He had no idea what he had just walked into.

"What are you doing here, Mr. Diggory?" Snape tried to control his voice.

"I am doing my rounds for Prefect duty, sir." His eyes strayed to where Snape held Allie's wrist and then up to her face. A clear red hand mark shone on her pale skin. Cedric took a step closer. "Allie, are you alright?"

She looked at him then at the man standing next to her. "I'm..."

"Return to your duty's, Diggory." Professor Snape snarled. Cedric narrowed his eyes at him. Cedric stood a good 3 inches taller than the potions master and towered over him. Cedric put his hand in his pocket, reaching for is wand....

"Severus!" From around a corner Professor McGonigal's voice flooded the corridor. "Release her at once!" Authority laced her voice. Her face was hard and her mouth was twisted into an intimidating frown that would probably even make Allie listen. She looked more intimidating than normal.

"Minerva, she...."

"Is a Gryffindor" McGonigal cut him off. "Not a Slytherin, thank Merlin. Release my student." Snape growled before letting go of Allie's wrist. She stepped back a few steps and looked down at her wrist to see that his grip was so strong that it left finger marks there. She absently rubbed at the forming bruises. She raised her eyes and was surprised to see the Cedric had stepped in front of her much like Harry had earlier. He was blocking her so that Snape couldn't see her at all, which really wasn't that hard to do with his height.

"Mr. Diggory, would you please escort Miss. Cullen back to Gryffindor Tower?" McGonigal said her eyes still locked on Severus.

"Certainly." He replied. He placed his arm around Allie's shoulder and started to urge her back the way of her common room. After they traveled a couple corridors from the scene, Cedric stopped her by placing his hands gently on her shoulders. He looked deep into her blue eyes. His own gray one's were filled with concern. "Are you alright?"

Allie didn't respond. She walked backwards until she hit the wall and then slid down so she was sitting on the cold, hard floor. Cedric knelt down in front of her. She rested her elbows on her knees and her head in her hands. Cedric caught a glimpse of the hand print on her wrist. He grabbed her arm and gently caressed the sore spot. He then looked up at her face, she still had a hand print there as well. Her normally pale face was flushed red.

He cupped her cheek in one of his hands. Allie noted that his hands were rough, from what she assumed to be years of Quidditch. He ran his thumb up and down her cheek. After a moment she met his gaze. She gave his a small smile. "Are you ok?" he repeated. Allie nodded.

Cedric then sank down so he was sitting next to her, resting his head against the wall. They sat like that for a while. The only thing to be heard was the sound of their breathing and the quiet snores coming from one of the pictures above them.

"What the bloody hell just happened?" Cedric was trying to be patient and let Allie calm down but he couldn't help it. What he just witnessed was one of the most bizarre things he had ever seen. A teacher attacked a student.

"Snape must have lost it, I guess." Allie stated, she sounded relaxed. She pulled herself together quite speedily, even for her. Cedric raised his eye brows at the small blond. She was playing with the bracelet on her wrist and acting like they had just taken a lovely stroll around the school.

"Allie, he slapped you across the face and was dragging you across the castle by the wrist! You are not wondering why?" Allie let out a deep breath. She stood up and offered him her uninjured hand.

"It's getting late, we should probably head back to the tower." He took her hand and stood up. He was so confused. She seemed to have bounced back to the regular Allie. The mark on her face was still visible and she was acting like it never happened.

"What did you do?" Cedric questioned. He was really worried about her. She looked at him with surprised, almost angry eyes. Cedric squinted his own eyes at her own. He thought he say a flicker of red appear in her amazing blue eyes but he wrote it off as a trick of the light.

"What makes you think I did anything?" She was defensive now. She knew that Snape figured out that she was vampire but she wasn't going to tell Cedric that. She didn't need him finding out about her. One person freaking out about her origins was enough to last her a while. "I get dragged out of my common room by an insane teacher and I did something?"

Cedric thought about it, there was nothing she could have possibly done to deserve what Snape had did to her. Even if she pissed him off (which he knew she did quite often) he never should have done that to her. He felt awful for questioning Allie. "I'm sorry. You're right, your the victim here."

She scoffed at him. "I'm not a victim. Shit just happens to me." She paced a bit in front of Cedric. He just stood there. He watched as she walked to and fro, her facing glowing in the light of the candles that lite the hall. She tried to be so strong but her fears were showing through and she hated it. She stopped pacing and pinched the bridge of her nose. "I'm sorry. None of this is your fault and I'm being a total jerk." Allie rolled her eyes at herself.

She paused for a second before saying quietly and slowly "Thank You." She gave him a small smile. He walked over to her and wrapped her in his arms. The top of her head didn't even reach his shoulders. She rested her head on his chest where his heart resided and returned the hug. She listened to the even beats coming from Cedric's chest, it brought her comfort. They stood like that for what seemed like an hour just breathing deeply and slowly.

"I'd better get you back." Cedric informed her, his tone didn't agree with his statement. She didn't want to go back to Gryffindor Tower. She was fine right were she was. Allie reluctantly let go of Cedric and nodded her agreement. They walked slowly back to the portrait of the fat lady. The two lingered outside the common room when they arrived.

"Are you going to be ok?" He questioned, his tone was sincere. Allie smiled and gave him a small nod.

"I'll be fine. Believe it or not it's not the first time a crazy guy has attacked me." She laughed on the inside about her last statement. Cedric didn't get it, the only person who really would was Harry. "Thank you, again." She stated. She wasn't looking at him, instead she cast her gaze downward at her hands, she was twisting the fingers of one hand between those of the other.

"Anytime." He said in a whisper. He pulled her into one more embrace and kissed the top of her head. She backed away and gave him a smile.

"Get some sleep, or else you are really gonna suck tomorrow." She tried to use humor, it was her way of defusing a serious situation. She was tired of being upset it was so exhausting. He chuckled lightly at her. Cedric promised that he would do what she requested of him before leaving. She walked into the common room and saw Harry waiting for her.

He was pacing the length of the room, fingers laced behind his neck. He hadn't noticed that she was there. She walked over to him and tapped him on the shoulder. He jumped back, she must have startled him. "Allie! Are you alright!? Did he hurt you!? I swear if he laid one hand on you I will..." Allie covered his mouth with his petite hand. She put her pointer finger up to her mouth and shushed him. She nodded her head in the direction of a couch were Hermione had fallen asleep.

He understood what she was trying to tell him and quieted down. She turned her head to look at Hermione and Harry gasped (well she didn't know if guys gasped, that didn't seem like a very manly thing to do, but that was pretty much what he did so that's what she's gonna call it) his hand went up to her sore cheek and she winced slightly. He retracted his hand so he wouldn't hurt her, instead he grabbed her chin and turned her head so he could inspect her face closer. "He slapped you?" Harry scowled.

Allie shrugged. "Apparently he doesn't like it when I talk back to him. Who knew?"

Harry did not appreciate her attempt to lighten the mood. He was beyond mad. Allie was hurt and it was his least favorite teacher's fault.

"Why did he take you?" Harry questioned. His voice was dripping with quiet fury. Allie sighed.

"He knows who I am, Harry. He knows I'm a..." She lowered her voice until it was almost inaudible "vampire. He said that he was going to hand me over the the 'proper authorities' I mean what is that? Vampire control?. I personally think he's been around weird potions for too long and he went loopy, but that's just me."

"Does he know about the Voldemort thing? You know how your like me?"

"I don't think so. He is not that smart." Allie started to bite her nails. It was another of her nervous habits. But this time the nail biting wasn't caused by nerves, she was thinking deeply.

"What is it?" Harry raised his eye brows at her. She lowered her hand and crossed her arms. She averted her gaze from Harry and looked at the floor by his feet instead. No matter how hard you looked, the floor never stared back, that was one of the numerous marvelous things about marble. Allie had trouble keeping eye contact with people, she had no clue why, it just made her feel weird or something.

"I think that we should tell Ron and Hermione about me." She said it as a question. She wasn't completely sure that she wanted to do it, but she had a feeling in the pit of her stomach telling her it was the right thing to do. Harry chewed over what she said. Why would they tell Ron and Hermione when Allie clearly didn't want people to know about her. After all she did hide her scar.

"Why?" He wanted to know what she was thinking that led to this conclusion.

"I don't know. I guess because they know about you (duh she thought it her head.), and from what I've heard they help figure things out, like why strange things happen to you. And right now we could probably use some help Harry" After the words came out of her mouth she realized that it made sense. "Besides, I want them to know before everyone else does. I owe them that at least, they have been really good friends. They deserve to be told by me, not those Ravenclaw gossips." Allie shifted her weight from foot to foot uncomfortably.

"Are you going the let everyone know about you, then?" She shot her sapphire blue eyes up at him like he said something to insult her.

"Of course not!" That was the last thing she was going to do. She'd rather chew off her arm and smack herself across the face with it than left everyone know her secrets.

"Then what makes you think they will find out?" Harry questioned her.

"I don't know. But it will come out eventually, right? Who knows, one day my bracelet could slid off and reveal my scar. People will obviously start talking and freak out. Anything could happen, ya know? I just want to be the one to tell my friends." She crossed and uncrossed her arms, again. The whole idea of people knowing who she was freaked her out.

They were quiet for a moment. Harry was thinking about how things would change if people found out about her. She would be more famous than him, he didn't care at all but it was true. She would be the witch-half vampire who lived (that is a really long title he thought). He knew some would be fascinated by her while others would fear the small girl. And when the parents found out that a vampire was at Hogwarts with their children they would demand that she leave.

He couldn't stand the thought of Allie being escorted out of Hogwarts by a smiling Snape like she was a criminal or a... monster. But he didn't know if she thought about that. He wondered if she wanted the fame that came with the terrible event that happened when she was just a baby. "Do you want people to find out?" He asked with uncertainty in his voice.

She cast her intense blue gaze on him. She was taken aback by the question. She thought for a minute before answering. "No." Allie walked over to a table, sat on top of it, and swung her legs back and forth.

Harry was relieved to hear her answer but still curious about why she answered that way. Why didn't she want the fame? He hated it, but most people would kill for that type of attention. He asked her the question floating around in his head.

"Because you can handle the fame better than I ever could." She stated matter of factly. Harry was still confused and she sensed it. She continued with her explanation. "I'm not 'the boy who lived'." She used finger quotes to help make her point. "Thats your job, not mine. Your the chosen one or whatever. I'm just a spectator in your freaky life who happens to be like you."

He was still confused. Allie let out a frustrated breath of air. She was no good with words she didn't even know how to start to make him understand. Everything she said just came out stupid, like she was that kid in the back of the class eating glue and when the teacher asked him a question he would answer with "two" even if it wasn't a math question.

She tried to think of a simple answer that would sum up what she was trying to say without caused further confusion. "There is only room for one 'person who lived' in Hogwarts, and you, my friend, have that position, I don't want it." Something in Harry's mind clicked and he pretty much understood what she was talking about. He nodded his head. She retracted her intense gaze and focused on the wall behind him, he turned to see what was so fascinating.

"Besides," Harry looked back at her as she spoke. "you think I want people to be scared of me, to judge me based on what I am, not who I am?" She paused remembering how Jake's fellow werewolves feared her when he brought her back to the reservation with him. She wasn't terrifying, the thought of what she could become was.

"No." He stated. She had given him insight about why she was so against others knowing about her. He fully understood something about her, finally. She gave a small smile before letting out a huge yawn and stretching.

"I'm really tired, I think I'm gonna call it a night." She looked at the sleeping bushy haired girl. "I should probably wake up Sleeping Beauty and take her with me." She went over to Hermione and put a hand on her shoulder. She lightly shook her friend. "Hermione?" Hermione's eyes fluttered open slightly. Her eyes were half closed and she was pretty much still sleeping.

"What happened?" She questioned. Allie put Hermione's arm around her shoulder and helped the girl to her feet. Due to Hermione's sleepy condition, Allie held most of her weight. "I'll let you know later." Allie replied

With that she headed to the stairs, steering her friend and making sure she didn't run into anything and hurt herself. Before exiting the common room she gave Harry the peace sign.

Harry shook his head at the girl and chuckled slightly. He went up the boys stair case and into the 4th year dorm. He laid down on his soft bed and tried to sleep. He had to rest if he was going to beat Cedric in the first task and win Allie back.