Chapter 33: Rhea's Truth.

Ash and Rhea reached the common room and there was no one in, not one single person, not even one voice or sound was heard.

'Rhea, whats the matter with you?' Ash asked

'I actually have no idea, I feel like fuzzy thing in my brain and then I get really angry and whenever I close my eyes, my eyes feel really weird and then when I open them again… It's crazy' She replied

'Well, at least you're a little calm down… What are you doing tonight?' Ash asked again

'Sid want's to tell me something, probably something weird like he's getting married to Priya or something' Rhea joked

'Well, where are you meeting him?'

'I don't know, common room? I need to ask him, c'mon lets go back and ask!'

'No way, I'm not letting you get angry and I seriously don't want to be arsed to go back to the 5th floor again' Ash sighed

'Well, what do you want to do for now?' Rhea said

'I don't know… Go for a walk around school or something?' Ash smiled

'Sure, if you want, where do you want to go first…?' Asked Rhea

'Well… I want to know more about something… Someone maybe' Ash sighed

'What?' Asked Rhea

'When we went into the boathouse, there was a skeleton, of someone… You must think I'm mad, but I want to know more about it…' Sighed Ash

'Well, we could go and ask someone about it? Maybe… If you wanted' Rhea said

'Yeah, course I want to… But who are we going to ask?' Asked Ash

'We could ask a teacher, I mean theres always a teacher who's always willing to talk about this kind of stuff right?' Said Rhea

'Professor Slughorn? Professor McGonagall?' Ash asked

'Professor McGonagall, Slughorn still doesn't know how to say my name yet…' Rhea's eyes widened

Ash nodded and then they went out of the common room and down to the courtyard to find Professor McGonagall, she would most likely be in her office, but… They didn't know the password to the office! The courtyard was also empty, and very quiet… Ash and Rhea's voices echoed whenever they spoke.

'What are we supposed to do now?' Sighed Ash

'If she isn't in her office, we could check the transfiguration courtyard' Said Rhea

'Maybe, or the transfiguration classrooms?' Said Ash

Rhea nodded and then they made their way over the bridge to the transfiguration courtyard, there was no one there again, and it was completely quiet…

'Why is it so quiet everywhere?' Sighed Rhea

'Lazy day for everyone I'm guessing?' Whispered Ash

'Let's check inside now, its getting really scary here!' Replied Rhea, whispering

They went back inside and there they saw a lady at the end of the corridor, it was McGonagall.

'Oh Phoenix!' McGonagall said as soon as she saw Ash

'What's the matter professor?' Said Ash

'You were at my office before?' She replied

'Yes we were! We wanted to ask you something…' Rhea said

'And what is it that you wanted to ask Miss Basu?' McGonagall looked at both Ash and Rhea

'Well… The other day, we went over to the boathouse and the door was unlocked and…' Rhea stopped

'And… Inside there was a skeleton… It looked like someone had died there, and there was old, dried blood around… We were wondering what or who it was' Ash continued

'Skeleton? Blood? I don't know what you're talking about Miss Phoenix…' McGonagall looked worried

'I'm not lying! It was there, it was definitely real, not some prank, I swear!' Ash said

'Both of you, inside my office now!' McGonagall said

McGonagall made her way to her office with Ash and Rhea, as they were going, they heard storm from the distance… McGonagall looked worried as she looked into the distance, and then they made their way up to the office…

'Sit!' McGonagall commanded

Rhea and Ash sat down and McGonagall sat directly in front of them.

'Tell me more about this…' McGonagall said

'Well, like I said I don't know who this person was, it was just some person who had died there, I don't know who the person was, all I know there was blood around and there was a skeleton and the skeleton had some clothing on… It was a some kind of black robe…' Ash sighed

'I assure you this couldn't be possible, there have been no murders at Hogwarts since…' McGonagall stopped

'Since…?' Rhea said

'It's nothing, don't worry, it was in the past… It was a battle, but never mind' Sighed McGonagall

'Okay?' Said Ash

'Now, both of you leave, I need time to think' McGonagall said

Ash and Rhea left, both feeling confused about what just happened… They made their was back to the common room where they saw more and more people were returning back to the common room, but there was no sign of Sid or James…

'Why the hell isn't Sid back?' Said Rhea

'I'm wondering the same about James!' Replied Ash

'Do you want to go and check now?' Said Rhea

'Okay, I am slightly worried too…' Said Ash

Ash and Rhea then made their way down to the 5th floor and then went to find the room of requirement, their worriedness made the door open to them and then they went inside and inside the room, there was only 3 people. 3 people that they knew… Priya, Sid and James.

James was looking around the room, but then went up to Ash and Rhea when he saw they were there, Sid and Priya were talking and laughing in the corner… Rhea was getting furious.

'SID?!' Rhea screamed

'Oh hey Rhea!' He moved away from Rhea

'Hey Rhea' Said Priya as she gave her a look

'Rhea calm down…' Whispered Ash as she moved away from Rhea

'I've been waiting for you all this time and you just want to spend your time, talking to that idiot?' Said Rhea as she got closer to Sid

'EXCUSE ME!' Priya said

'Shut up idiot' Rhea said

'Rhea, you cant speak to her like that' Said Sid

'Wait, so you want to choose me over her? I'm your girlfriend Sid, she's not anything!' Rhea screamed

'She's my friend!' Shouted Sid

'BUT SO ARE ASH AND JAMES, AND ME SID. GIRL-FRIEND. GET IT?' Rhea sighed 'You know what I give up…' Rhea ran back to Ash, she started tearing up

'Come on Ash, lets go' Rhea said as tears started coming out of her eyes

'Great thinking Sid…' Ash said as she looked at Sid

'WHAT?' Sid said

'Sid, I thought you were better…' Sighed James

'James, just forget about him, come on, lets go… He can spend as much time with that idiot' Ash grabbed James' hand and then Rhea, Ash and James left the room

They then reached the common room and then they sat on the floor near the fire… It was raining heavily outside, and it was already dark.

'Rhea… We need to tell you something, something Sid wanted to tell you today' Said Ash

'What… What do you want to tell me?' Sighed Rhea

'Its… Its pretty big, we just don't want you to be shocked' Said James

'I won't be!' Rhea wiped her tears

'Well… Sid told us… And it's kind of obvious now' Said Ash

'You're… You're a vampire Rhea' Said James

'Wait… Really?' Said Rhea

'Really… Your eyes turn green, you haven't gotten fangs I don't think, and you get really angry because you ARE a vampire' Said Ash

'Woah… But…' Rhea was shocked

'Yeah…' Said James and Ash

'That's awesome, but I don't know anything on how to be a vampire… I need-' She stopped

'Sid?' James said

'Yeah…' Sighed Rhea

'Well, try talking to him when he's back' Smiled Ash

'No, he's going to be mad at me, and he's probably going to be with Priya' Sighed Rhea

Before anyone else could say anything, the painting opened and there was Sid, he walked in, looking a little sad and upset.

'Sid!' Rhea stood up

'Oh, Rhea' Said Sid

'I'm a vampire?' Asked Rhea

'Yeah, you are…' Sighed Sid

'Why didn't you tell me?' Said Rhea

'Because, I thought you might not want to be a vampire, and I thought you might blame me for it' Said Sid

'No, I love you Sid, I couldn't ever be mad at you… UNLESS YOU CHOOSE ME OVER THAT IDIOT' Said Rhea

'I'm sorry, Priya was just telling me things… And she told me to be like this with you!' Sighed Sid

'Don't listen to her, you have your own life, she isn't even a proper friend if she told you that' Said Rhea

'I think I'm off to bed now, I need my 'vampire' sleep' laughed Sid

'Me too… Night Sid' Said Rhea

'Night Rhea…' Smiled Sid

Before going to sleep, Sid lightly kissed Rhea on the lips and then let go of her hand and went up and then Rhea went up, Ash and James were downstairs now.

'Wow, that was a lot of drama in one day' Smiled Ash

'Not really…' Sighed James

'Yeah… Rhea found out she was a vampire, it was really quiet everywhere, there was no sign of Chloe anywhere and McGonagall told me about some battle from when my mum was at Hogwarts!' Smiled Ash

'Battle?' Asked James

'Yeah… I don't know what it was about, but there was something about a skeleton in the boathouse and somehow they were related…' Said Ash

'I could ask my dad if you want? I mean he was in school the same time your mum was!' Smiled James

'Okay, sure' Smiled Ash 'Well I'm off to sleep now!'

'Yeah me too, I'll write the letter before I sleep and then I'll send it tomorrow if the weathers any good, night Ash' Smiled James

'Night James!' Ash went up to the girl's dorms

James quickly got out a piece of parchment and then started writing a message to his dad:

Dad, I just wanted to ask you something, for a friend, well Ash. She went to the boathouse the other day, she found a skeleton with blood around it… She said that McGonagall said that it had something to do with a battle, around when her mum was at Hogwarts. Her mum's name is Romilda. She was Romilda Vane, now Romilda Phoenix. You must've known her, just if you know anything, please tell me, and I got my arm checked… It… Its crazy what I was told… But I'll tell you more at Christmas.

James.