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As we stepped into the hall we met Isabel, who smiled at us. She shook her head a few times as if to say that we had no remedy, but she said nothing; she just joined us on the way to the dining room. Once there, the reactions to my return were immediate.

Dumbledore greeted me with a smile from the staff table, Severus glared at me and McGonagall completely ignored me just like the other teachers. After kissing me goodbye, Hermione sat with her friends. I saw that Potter was sitting next to Longbottom and that he barely looked up from his food. I felt sorry for him. He has risked everything, even his life, so that the wizards could live happily in peace and yet he is now completely alone.

His friend is ignoring him, focused on the Asian girl across the table, his ex-girlfriend is lost in her thoughts-probably thinking about my sire although he didn't know it-his best friend has begun to smile again after two weeks of sadness and that was thanks to one of his enemies. I really feel sorry for him.

Isabel walked with me towards the Slytherin table. I guess she was eager to know everything I had done while I was out, but I had no intention of saying anything. However, I was surprised to see that she sat next to Blaise and gave him a quick kiss on the lips. I guess that's the reason Blaise is calmer than before, because she is officially with him. I'm not surprised.

I sat next to Isabel and I played with the food on my plate without eating it.

"Excuse me for a minute, Blaise," Isabel said before looking at me. "Where did you go?"

"I was with Tony," I answered vaguely.

"Well, what did that grandpa have to say?" she asked curiously.

"Not much. We talked about history mostly." I couldn't tell her the whole truth in front of the entire Great Hall, so instead of telling her straight out where I was I told her that we had been talking about some places; of course she knew what that meant. "We talked about Imperial Rome, Ancient Greece, Athens, Sparta... You know how he is, he really loves classics."

"Yes, he really loves history. How is Julia?" she continued with the interrogation.

"Lovely, as always. I helped her a little bit with her new greenhouse," I smiled mischievously. "Now she has planted hundreds of orchids."

"She is really good with plants," she took some pumpkin juice. "Nothing interesting has happened here."

"I know, Hermione told me. Are you with Blaise now?"

"Yes, he is a very passionate young man. I can't stay away from him for a long time."

I understand; she has bitten him. That is why he has been looking at me askance since I sat down, he is trying to notice something in my physical appearance that will confirm his suspicious about me being a vampire.

"Well, I guess it's like how I feel about Hermione," I said jokingly.

"No, not even close." She looked at me with a sneer, "Blaise and I get along very well, nothing else." What she wanted to say was "I'm still keeping my mind on my work, he is only a passing entertainment."

(AN: please, read the author note when you are finished with the chapter)

While I was away from her, Hermione spent her free time with Longbottom and Lovegood because they were the only ones that didn't judge her for being with me. I discovered that the young Longbottom boy was quite friendly when he put aside his shyness and that the sweet Lovegood was an explosion of happiness. It was impossible to spend more than five minutes with her being serious, and a week after my return I got used to spending my free time with them.

One afternoon of October we were sitting under the same tree where I had waited for Hermione after our first night together. As always, she was leaning against me with a book in her hands and Longbottom was helping his girlfriend with an essay for Herbology. It was fun to hear how the blonde girl insisted on trying to convince her boyfriend that there were some plants, of impossible names, that allowed someone to become invisible when eating the berries.

"Luna, darling," Longbottom sighed, about to give up, "I assure you that you can't do the essay about those berries. You have to do it about the topics Professor Sprout told you.

"But I assure you that plant exists," she insisted.

"I don't doubt it, honey," he smiled at her complacently, "but you still can't write the essay about that plant."

"Okay," she huffed and finally started reading the Herbology book that was beside her.

I heard the sound of high heels approaching us, and despite having my eyes closed I could identify the owner of those shoes. Taking into account the slight scent that was becoming stronger with each step, I knew that the owner was furious and that she was going to attack me. I tightened my muscles waiting for her attack. I didn't open my eyes because that would have made her change her mind and she would have chosen a less direct approach to attack me.

Isabel had been telling me for days that I had to train and whenever she had a chance she complained of not being able to have fun. But I didn't think she would fulfill her threat of a surprise attack. I didn't understand what she was thinking when she decided to attack me right at that moment. I would not be able to move those two around, but she didn't seem to care. Most likely that was her main intention: a lesson of self control.

No shadows because it was still early and I couldn't control them, no weapons, my nose didn't detect the smell of steel that she always carried, nothing-just a fight. And of course I would have to control my speed and strength. I hated the Assamita so much at that moment.

I pushed Hermione gently enough to not hurt her just a second before a stone impacted against the tree where my head had been just seconds before. I got up immediately, inwardly cursing myself for not controlling my speed.

Longbottom and Lovegood jumped in surprise. I don't know if they jumped because of the stone or because my reaction.

Isabel stood smiling in front of me, holding another stone in her hand. "You're rusting, English. You have to train a little bit." She forcefully threw the stone at me and I dodged it while I advanced towards her.

"It would be better to train somewhere else, Isa," I whispered. "You don't want to hurt Hermione."

"But it's better here. This way she can enjoy watching how I make you eat dust." She ran quickly towards me and kicked me hard in the chest, forcing me back a little bit. She wasn't holding back at all.

"No way, darling." I stopped her punch before it hit my face and I hit her stomach with all the strength I could muster. "Maybe I will be the one beating you."

"Now you're daydreaming." She turned around and her elbow went straight into my ribs. "But it will be fun to see you try." She captured my neck with her arm, trying to throw me to the ground.

"Why not?" I bent down to grab her by the waistband of her trousers and I threw her over my head. "Do you think that's a good start?"

She landed on her feet, her back to me and I charged against her.

"Not bad." She turned around quickly and stopped my advance with a direct kick to my face.

She threw me against the tree. I spun halfway and pushed myself against the trunk to attack her again, and I wasn't going to hold back this time. I threw a kick against her chest, but she blocked it with her arm and her fist slammed into my shoulder while my knee hit her ribs. Soon we were moving nonstop, fighting with punches, kicks and blocks, completely forgetting the three wizards that were watched our fight with stunned expressions.

Hi everybody!

I'm here again with a new chapter. I know the chapter is very short but I don't have time right now. As I told you the last chapter, I have my exams this month, but today, my history teacher told us that he put off our history exam, so I decided that since I had some free time I would translate another short chapter.

PD: I'm a little bit sad because the previous chapter got only 5 reviews. I hope this chapter will get some more than 5. I'm sacrificing some of my free time that I could be using to study (and God knows that I need to study) but I know what it is to wait to read a chapter of a story you like and that is why I published this chapter and the one before this, and taking into account that more than 130 people read the last one I don't really like the fact that the previous chapter only got 5 reviews. I don't plan on publishing another chapter until March, but If this chapter gets lots or reviews I will try to publish another chapter in two weeks, even if it is a short one.

This is the review of the beta that corrected this chapter:

Twilight684: Interesting… I don't get why Isabel is fighting him out in the open like that in front of Neville and Luna, but I guess she has her reasons lol. Can't wait to see more, and I'm glad to know you had some free time for this. I know how bad exams can be so it's good to have some time to yourself for a while.