Hagrid walked Mira back to the school, leaving her at the front doors. "Yer safe now, on ter bed with yeh." He said, allowing the front doors to slam shut behind him as he walked away from her.

Mira rolled her eyes, but turned towards the dungeons, her footsteps echoing quietly through the entrance Hall.

"There you are! Where in the bloody hell have you been?" A silvery flash of blond emerged from the shadows of the Entrance Hall, and Draco strode quickly over to her.

Mira rolled her eyes. "Out." She said, hastily pulling down her white sleeve to cover the fresh cut over her wrist. She didn't need a confrontation with him about this right now.

"Nice. No more "outings" right?" Draco said, catching her arm.

"Stop fucking touching me!" Mira screeched, jerking herself away from him.

"Miss Smethwyck! Enough of that kind of language." Severus Snape, still dressed in his best black dress robes, came out of a nearby classroom, glaring at the pair of them.

"Sorry, sir." Mira mumbled, though she didn't mean it.

Draco nodded. "We just had a meeting with the Headmaster, sir. We're going back to the dungeons right now." Draco lied, and grabbed Mira's arm again, squeezed tighter, and began to literally drag her off in the direction of their dormitories.

"Mr. Malfoy, I will not allow you to manhandle other students. Release her. And Mira, follow me. Go to bed, Draco."

Mira smirked at Draco, then followed Snape into the very classroom he had left. Snape opened the door and let her in first, locking it with a wave of his hand as he sat down in front of her. The classroom was a bit small, only a few broken desks scattered around, and one blackboard at the front, behind Snape. He had set up two chairs, like he was preparing for an interview.

"The Headmaster has informed me of your choice…to join the Order."

Mira's mouth opened in shock. "I never said one fucking thing like that! And how do you know about the Order? Surely Draco wasn't telling the truth!"

Snape sighed in an exhausted sort of way, pushing his oily hair back from his face. "That is neither the subject of this mission, or pertinent for you to know. Know only that I have chosen the right side, and you have done well to join us."

Mira rolled her eyes. "Whatever. Everybody in this place is fucking crazy."

"The plan is this, Mira. Soon, very soon, Dumbledore will not be with us…."

Mira narrowed her eyes. "Going on vacation, is he?"

Snape shook his head. "No, he's going to be killed. He's going to die, Mira. And that will leave the wizarding world very vulnerable, and in very much toil. You and Potter are going to have to save it."

Mira rubbed her temples with her index fingers. "Why the hell do I have to do this? I just want Draco to love me, and that's all! But no, of course I have to fucking die to save people I couldn't care less about!"

"Enough!" Snape spat. "Self-pity is a form of the lowest weakness. So soon, Mira, will you save the world. For soon Malfoy will put into action his feeble attempts at the assignment the Dark Lord has given him in secret."

Mira looked surprised at this. Voldemort had never kept secrets with her, why had she not known of this?

Snape, catching her inquiring look, nodded. "Yes, I suppose it's alright for you to know…perhaps you can even help him….Draco is to kill Dumbledore."

Mira's jaw dropped slightly, but she caught it before she made too big of an idiot of herself.

"What do you mean? Draco, killing Dumbledore? It's absurd!"

Snape nodded. "Yes, it is. And I have taken the Vow…with Bella and Narcissa. If Draco cannot perform this duty, than I shall have to kill him instead."

Mira stood up quickly. "I don't believe this, I don't believe any of you." She snarled, making her way for the door.

"Then why did you venture into the Forest tonight? Why did you perform the Horkuli, if you are so unbelieving?"

Mira stopped, slowly turned around and faced him again. "I don't know…" she whispered, and her whole body seemed to glow with sadness. "Maybe I just want to save Draco."

"And you shall." Snape responded, as he stood to join her.

Well, that's the end! Of this fic, anyway. I'll be putting the sequel up shortly. Thanks for reading!