(A/N): Hey Guys! So, this chapter was actually pretty fun to write, but it may be a little bit choppy. It's longer than the previous ones, so yay!

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Leo

A Few Minutes Earlier

I was maybe halfway to the Great Hall when I realised Maloney was up, and following me. You couldn't exactly get the slip on a vampire, or, technically, half-vampire, especially when you were bleeding. I felt my senses heighten, and I fought them back, knowing if I didn't I would attack him. Not that he didn't deserve it but...

"You're going to pay for that." He said, and I could feel him raise his arm, just as I could feel the blood pumping through his veins, anger burning as his heart beat quickened. I heard him fire off a spell, and as if he were moving in slow motion, I dodged to the side, letting the spell barely miss me before turning to face him.

"Not like that I won't." I felt fear, an elixir almost as seductive as blood, shock through him at the sight of my darkened eyes. See, when a vampire, or, again, technically, half-vampire is thirsty, and feels the need to feed, their eyes darken from whatever colour they were.

Like with my eyes, which were usually bright blue, were now a dark blue, and my pupil expanded slightly to take in more light, making the image clearer, sharper, just like when I hunted. I felt that familiar sort of warm clenching in my chest, and the tickling in the back of my throat that told me it was time to quench my thirst.

I didn't listen to it though, instead pulling out my wand.

"Hardly going to be an even fight, is it? A pity." I grinned at him, showing off my slightly sharper pearly whites, which I knew could look somewhat intimidating.

"It is nice to have the upper hand, I must say." He scowled at me, raising his wand again.

"Reducto!" He yelled, and a shock of light blue, almost white, came soaring at me from the end of his wand, but I simply smirked at him as I easily dodged it.

"Stupefy!" He yelled.

"Flipendo." I said, pointing my wand quickly, sending the spell at him while the stunning charm continued towards me.

"Protego." I waved my wand in front of me, and the spell glanced off the invisible barrier I had made for myself.

"Stupefy!" Maloney repeated, and I side-stepped the spells. I heard footsteps, and saw McGonagall, Remus, Elaine, James, Lily, Sirius and Peter race around the corner, mouths gaping as they saw the two of us locked in combat. Maloney spun on his heel quickly, and before Minnie could raise her wand, he aimed his wand at the stone above the doorway they stood through.

"Reducto!" He yelled, and the wall came tumbling down on impact with the spell, sending the others reeling back, before disappearing as the misshapen stone wall blocked my view.

"Stupefy, stupefy!" He yelled again, and I dodged the spells with ease. That is, until the third one he had fired, using nonverbal magic, struck me in the chest.

I came to a few seconds later, to see him standing over me, his wand in my face. My vision was blurred, but I could see, or rather, hear, McGonagall hastily trying to move the rocks blocking their way.

"Avada K-" I realised what he was about to say, and things slowed down dramatically, just like they had when I was thirsty, or during our battle, but now I knew I wasn't thirsty.

I was fighting for my life.

My hand moved almost of it's own accord, gripping the wand that had fallen from my hand, and brought it upwards to point at him.

"Expelliarmus!" I felt a sort of shock go up my arm, except it wasn't painful. It was almost pleasurable, in fact, as the spell was cast. The spell, which would usually have been red, was bright, electric blue, the same blue I had seen when I had duplicated Slughorn's stock in order to hide my theft earlier in the year. I felt the power in the spell, and I was left breathless as it contacted with Maloney, throwing him across the length of the room, and through the already half demolished wall, thankfully missing those on the other side.

I blinked blearily as McGonagall and the rest appeared through the dust-filled doorway, pushing myself to my feet, wobbling slightly as I did so. I started to fall, but was quickly caught by McGonagall.

"Leo!" She exclaimed as she did so, supporting my weight, and Elaine appeared on my other side, pulling my arm over her shoulder to help balance me.

"'m fine. Just tired. Got hit with a stunning spell you know..." I trailed off, swaying slightly as Remus helped them stand me straight.

"To the Hospital wing with you." Minnie said sternly, leaving no room for arguing. "Miss Folley, Miss Evans, Mr Potter, Mr Black and Mr Pettigrew, you should either go back to the Great Hall or to bed." Remus took Elaine's place under my arm without complaint, and they had half-guided me, half-carried me out of the room before the others could protest.

McGonagall shifted my weight slightly to knock on the door to the Hospital Wing, even though by now I was having a little more luck standing. I couldn't stand on my own yet, but it was progress.

"What-?" Madam Pomfrey asked as she opened the door, before a grim smile graced her features at the sight of me. "Ah, Leo. My favourite patient. What is it this time?" She greeted, pulling the door open wider to admit us.

"He took a stunning spell to the chest." McGonagall explained as we hobbled inside, and our lovely healer raised an eyebrow.

"I'm surprised he's still not unconscious! Take a seat on the bed over there." She said the last part somewhat absentmindedly, gesturing to one of the beds closest to the door.

Minnie and Remus helped me up onto the edge of the bed in question, and I thrust my arms out behind me as I wobbled, off balance, to catch myself. McGonagall stared at me in concern as Madam Pomfrey put her face close to mine, examining me. She paused for a second, before turning to the other two.

"It might be best for you two to leave." McGonagall and Remus stared at her for a minute, and Remus started to protest, before McGonagall put her hand on his shoulder, steering him out.

"Take care of him." She said to Madam Pomfrey, almost warningly, at the doorway, before closing the door behind her, and Madam Pomfrey rushed over to lock it before returning to me.

I felt somewhat puzzled, but my mind was growing hazy.

"Leonides, drink this." She pressed something into my hand. Something cold, yet warm at the same time like...like glass, with something liquid inside. She unstoppered it, and I shivered at the smell that overwhelmed my senses.

Blood.

This vial was bigger than those previous, designed to heal me, not only to satiate my cravings. Still, I downed it in three large gulps, and everything heightened.

I felt my hands start to shake as I clenched them together, trying to override the cravings and urges now flooding my system.

Drink. Thirst. Kill.

That's what they told me, and I fought them. Some might thinks it pointless, but I knew what it would cost me.

Remus, Lily...Elaine.

No. I wasn't going to, and as I decided that, I opened my eyes, and upon realising I was on the other side of the room, looked up.

Madam Pomfrey. Unscathed, but looking severely terrified. I caught a glimpse of myself in the glass case opposite me, and I could definitely see why. I was in full vampire mode, my eyes darker than I had ever seen them, the colour completely gone from my skin, my teeth sharp, designed to sever skin and tissue to get to the blood I so sorely desired.

I saw, for the first time, that my fingernails had elongated slightly, and were now razor sharp. My stance was predatory, and dominative.

I stood up straight, and, looking her in the eye, said one thing before rushing out.

"That was the stupidest thing anyone has ever done."

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