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this chapter is pretty short but it's because i couldn't really go too far with it, it was just one of those things needed to explain some more stuff in the story. I hope you like it!

Harry sat in Charms tapping his leg ferociously on the ground. He had no idea what to think about what had happened that morning.

What happened was Allie tried to suck your blood!

No! She tried to but she didn't, that's what matters!

The voices in Harry's head kept arguing all through class. He had not heard one word that the teacher had said, in fact he had no clue what he was even talking about. Harry asked Hermione to go check on Allie during break, she of course, said she would. Hermione informed him that she was still sleeping like a baby in her bed. She asked him what happened to her. Harry responded with the only answer that he could. "I don't know."

The minutes passed slowly feeling more like hours, the hands on the clock didn't even look like they were moving to Harry. When the class finally ended he raced out of the door only to be stopped by Lupin.

"You need to come with me." He stated simply to the Gryffindor. He started to walk away, not checking behind to see if Harry was following. Harry ran down the hall to catch up to the werewolf. As they walked Lupin kept his gaze forward.

"What's going on? Why are you here? Where's Allie? Is she-?" He was cut off by the werewolf.

"Everything is alright. Allie is fine, tired, but fine. And I am here because I had a meeting with Dumbledore, I was on my way to his office when I found the two of you." Lupin explained.

Harry followed Lupin until they reached the gargoyle that guarded the entrance to the Headmaster's office. The two went up the spiraling staircase and entered the room. Dumbledore was sitting at his desk talking with a very weak looking Allie. Dumbledore's words stopped when he saw Harry and Lupin come in. Allie turned to look at Harry. She gave him a weak smile, the blond didn't seem like her normal bubbly self.

She was weirdly still and paler then usual and if possible, smaller. She wore a look of regret and sadness on her face. The thing that was strangest of all to Harry was that her amazing sapphire blue eyes did not sparkle. They were a dull blue like the sea after a big storm. The glow was gone from Allie.

"Ah, Harry, take a seat." Dumbledore instructed. Harry sat in the chair next to Allie, the need to tap his foot while sitting was long gone. He looked once again to Allie. She returned his gaze, silently begging his forgiveness. They stared at each other until they were interrupted by Dumbledore clearing his throat to get their attention.

Both Gryffindors snapped their eyes forward. Dumbledore's light blue eyes held their familiar twinkle, like there was something about this situation that was enjoyable to him. Allie tapped her pointer finger frantically against the arm rest of her chair.

"Now Harry, Lupin and Allie have both told me about what happened this morning in the corridor. And we have come to a conclusion." He paused looking from Lupin to Allie then back to Harry. "Allie brought up the idea of her leaving the school." Harry sat up straighter in his chair. She couldn't leave him... and the others, Harry didn't know what Hermione would do without her there.

"No, Professor, she can't. What happened was an accident, she didn't mean it-" Dumbledore put his hand up to silence him. Harry's lips zipped closed.

"As I was going to say, this would be impossible. You two are stronger together. Since the Death Eaters have returned, you will be needing all the power you can muster." Harry gave a sigh of relief. "Now the way we are going to solve this," Dumbledore looked to Allie who gave him a small nod, like she was reading his next thoughts. (Well ok, she CAN read his next thoughts Harry admitted to himself) "Allie will be required to hunt in the Forbidden Forest once a month to ensure that she keeps her blood lust in check." The headmaster finished.

Allie didn't seem too keen on the plan from the way she had her arms firmly crossed against her chest. She traded in tapping her finger for tapping her foot. She was so nervous and uneasy, the last time she was like this was when he first found out that she was a vampire and also the girl who lived.

"Harry," Dumbledore shoved him back into the present. "Allie has informed me that you two have already made an agreement about what to do when she loses control." Alllie narrowed her eyes ever so slightly at the gray haired man. She didn't like to admit she was able to lose control, and for someone else to so blatantly say it made her blood boil.

Harry nodded to the Professor saying that they had made a pact about him leaving her when she thirsted for his blood. Dumbledore returned the nod. "Well, Mr. Potter, I need you to make the same oath to me. We both know you enjoy bending the rules, but this is a matter of life and death. If you are not worried about your safety always remember that if you do not follow orders Allie will be the one to have to live with the consciences."

Blast! How is he so good at knowing what will make me listen to him? Harry thought.

"I promise, Sir." Harry assured the older man. Dumbledore searched his eyes trying to find a hint of dishonesty in them. There was none to be found.

"Very well, you two may be excused. Mr. Potter if you wouldn't mind, please make sure that Miss. Cullen makes it safely back to the common room. She is still slightly weak."

"Of course, Professor. I'd be happy to." Harry and Allie both left the office and went to the spiraling staircase. Allie held on to the wall to steady herself as they slowly went down. They walked down the corridor, leaving the gargoyle behind them. Harry and Allie didn't talk for a while. She felt so bad about what happened, that she could barely look at Harry. They passed by students filing out of their last classes of the day, all heading in different directions to the various common rooms throughout the castle.

They were almost to Gryffindor Tower and they still had not said a single word. Harry needed to talk to her about what happened, this morning and with Cedric. He suddenly stopped in the middle of the hallway. Allie kept walking a few steps before noticing her companion was not at her side. She turned back and tilted her head at Harry.

"Don't do that." He stated simply. She furrowed her eyebrows at him. She was not in the mood for games or cryptic words.

"Don't do what?" It came out a little harsher that intended. Allie was tired and she didn't want to look at Harry, every time she did it just made her feel worse than she already did. She tried to suck his blood....

"Don't feel so bad! You didn't do anything!" He walked over to her. He looked deep into her eyes trying to explain that is was alright, he was fine. No foul, no bruise.

"I could have killed you Harry! Don't you get that!?" She looked around them, thankful to see that no one else was in the corridor they occupied.

"But you didn't!" He was frustrated now. She was being way to hard on herself in Harry's opinion. "That's what matters!"

She pursed her lips at him, still not convinced. Allie shook her head at the taller dark haired boy.

He forced air out through his nose. "What Dumbledore said about you hunting. Will that help the blood lust?" Allie's sapphire eyes shot him a look. She nodded slowly. "Then whats the problem?" he questioned, not understanding what was so bad about that. It would make her more comfortable around him and others, wheres the bad?

She scoffed and took a step towards him. "What's the problem?" She questioned angrily. "The problem is I would be drinking blood, Harry. Like the monster I am supposed to be, like everyone who knows what I am excepts me to be." She turned around so she wasn't facing him. He stood there, shocked that she called herself a monster. He realized that was the really issue here. He came up to stand behind her.

"Is that what you think? That if you drink blood you will become a monster?" She nodded slowly. He saw her try to casually wipe her face to hide the tears that had formed in her eyes. "Allie, that is crazy. You are by no means a monster and drinking animal's blood will not change that."

Allie just stood there, her body full of tension and fear. She finally spoke. "What if I can't stop at animals blood? What if I need more?"

Harry thought about her words. What if she couldn't stop? Would the substitute for human blood make the lust better or worse? Harry concluded that what ever happens, she could handle it. "Then I will help you get through the... hungry pains." He chuckled at his own joke.

Allie smiled and smacked his arm lightly. She was happy he was using her approach to defuse a serious situation. Humor made everything better, no matter what. "Thanks, for everything. And I'm sor-" Harry held up his hand to silence her.

"What did I just say about apologizing?" Harry asked, fully annoyed with her need to keep feeling sorry. She scrunched her eyebrows at him. He thought she had given up when she nearly shouted "I'm sorry!" She said it quickly and covered her mouth fully knowing that Harry would be even more annoyed than before, his hair seemed to get messier as his mood got worse. She started laughing through her hands at the silly thought. Harry pouted for a few seconds before joining her.

They calmed down and started back on their way to the common room. They entered and saw Hermione and Ron sitting on the couch, close to each other, deep in conversation. Ron and Hermione saw Harry and Allie come in. They stood up and raced over to them. Hermione hugged her best girl friend and then smiled at Harry. "Are you alright, Allie?" Her hazel eyes were filled with worry.

Allie looked at Harry and then nodded her answer. "Yeah, I'm fine. But guys" she addressed both Hermione and Ron now "there's something I need to tell you."

Harry gave a her a shocked wide eyed gaze before leading the group to a secluded part of the tower to talk.

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