(A/N): Hey Guys! So, I have two more days of school, tomorrow and Friday, and then I'm off school for two weeks! Then, I only have one term before Christmas break, and then I'm a year 10! *Sob* I grow up so fast!

Disclaimer: I own nothing but Leo, Elaine, Shari, Nicholai, Brooke and Mia.

Leo

As we 'snuck' towards the Great Hall, James slowed down to meet me, and Remus glanced at him before speeding up to join Sirius and Peter.

"Leo..." I cut him off with a small smile.

"You know." He blinked, looking startled, and I knew my assumptions were correct.

"Know what?" I rolled my eyes at him but didn't reply. "Oh." He stayed silent for a minute. "Well, it was kind of obvious after Remus's...I guess I'm a little bit of an idiot for not having seen it before now." I nodded in agreement, and he frowned.

"So, who else knows? I mean, I'm assuming Remus does, at least, and Elaine, but is there anyone else? Any teachers?" I considered what to tell him in the split second I had to make it look like a natural response.

"Dumbledore does, obviously. And McGonagall, Madam Pomfrey and Hagrid. Maloney did know, which is one of the reasons he picked on me, along with Remus." James's eyebrows wrinkled and I realised that he still didn't remember anything from the time of Maloney's trance.

"Were we mean to you? During the trance, I mean. Was it bad?" I shrugged, not making eye contact.

"You insulted half-breeds, but you didn't know what we were, so it wasn't as bad as..." I took a deep breath, steeling myself. "It wasn't as bad as Elaine's." He raised an eyebrow, but decided to drop the issue.

"So, how you fought off Remus..." I saw Remus head turn towards us slightly, and knew he was listening.

"Careful, he can hear you." James looked at Remus just as his head snapped back so he was facing forwards again.

"How you fought off Remus...that was a...a vampire thing?" He asked the last part a little meekly, but I merely smiled, almost used to these sorts of questions by now.

"Yeah. That's also how I didn't get infected by the wolf DNA afterwards. Vampire DNA counteracts it." He looked both fascinated and a little disgusted.

"Sorry, this 'DNA' stuff freaks me out a little. So...your dad...he's a vampire too?" My smile widened slightly.

"I'm half-vamp, he's full vamp. So is Shari." I explained, and his eyes widened, though he stared straight ahead this time instead of at me.

"We were in a house full of vampires for Christmas." He whispered, trying to digest it, obviously not thinking I could hear him.

"Well, yeah." His head snapped around and he stared at me, shocked.

"You heard that?" I grimaced.

"I hear a lot of things." I told him, before increasing my speed slightly to catch up with the other boys. "McGonagall is about to come around that corner." I explained quietly as I pulled them all behind a tapestry that smelt like mothballs and lint.

We remained silent, barely trusting to breathe, until McGonagall had turned the corner, passed us, and turned another corner.

"Alright, we should be safe now. The next closest is a Hufflepuff near the kitchens, Filch and that dreadful cat of his." The other boys, except for Remus, and partly James, looked confused, but shrugged it off after a minute or two.

"Let's go then, shall we?" James announced, somewhat awkwardly, and my lips twitched up in the corners.

"Uh, right." Sirius muttered, pulling the curtain away so we could all exit the small alcove behind it. We marched almost uniformly to the Great Hall, where it was guarded by a yawning Professor Slughorn.

"Great, now what do we do?" James whispered, and the others boys paused. Obviously, they hadn't thought this far ahead.

"Create a diversion." I stated simply, before crossing to the other side of the corridor, still out of Slughorn's view, and down into the next corridor, where I was out of even the Marauders views. Scanning the floor quickly, I found two tiny rocks that must have been dragged in on the bottom of someone's shoes. I removed my wand from my pocket, and pointed it at the two pebbles.

"Engorgio." I whispered, and they were now about the size of my fist. "Perfect." I fit my wand away, and fit a rock in each hand, before throwing the first one, pressing myself against the wall to avoid being more visible as Slughorn jumped to his feet, gut wobbling, as the first rock thudded to the ground.

"Who's there?" He asked, raising his wand, and I knew, if he cast Lumos, I was pretty much done for. Thank the lord though; that teachers didn't usually think to use the simple, first year spells. I threw the second rock, as he had remained by his chair, and his eyes widened further, and he started to venture over in my direction to check it out.

"Who's there?" He repeated, as I slipped past him, using vampire speed and stealth, and 'reappeared' behind the boys, pretending to pant somewhat realistically.

I gestured to the door, and James pushed it open, squeezing through the gap, and the rest of us followed, glancing back to make Slughorn didn't catch us.

"What spells do we use?" I asked, having not been in on their earlier planning, and James grinned.

"Agglutino, and Splendeat." I shook my head at the simpleness of it. For something that was going to be very messy, it sure was easy to do.

We split up, each covering a part of the Great Hall, lifting our wands to the sky.

"Agglutino, Splendeat." I whispered, and my two spells shot into the air, and I grinned, an idea coming to mind. "Scintillans Ignis." The boys didn't notice as a third spell shot from my wand, this time the same electric blue as the fake duplicating spell I had used earlier in the year to fool Slughorn into thinking his stock was still complete.

Odd.

I rejoined the other boys as they pried the door upon, and, upon seeing Slughorn still missing, snuck from the hall as if nothing had happened.

We made our way back to our dorm, avoiding the occasional teacher and, once, Peeves, before collapsing into our beds, exhausted, but staying up later talking, like all young people do.

"Night." Peter said, and we all echoed his call.

After that, it was silence.

(A/N): So, what did you think?

Agglutino = Glue in latin

Splendeat = Glitter, also in latin

Scintillans Ignis = Sparkling Fire

SPOILER ALERT

Brooke plays a bigger part later in the story...

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And she's Leo's first girlfriend!

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