The Blood Clan and the Marauders

The teenage boy was running as fast as he could in the dark and empty street. None of the houses had any lights on. Of course, who would be up at this late hour? He didn't waste his breath calling for help. No one except the men chasing him would hear him and he knew it.

Suddenly, he was grabbed by the arm and pulled into an alley. It had been just in time because he saw a group of men wearing black robes and masks run by.

"Thanks, whoever you are!" the boy said, turning to see his savior.

He was surprised to see a girl. With the strengh with which he had been pulled he had expected a boy, but she was a girl that wasn't older than sixteen years old. She had long pitch black hair, deep blue eyes and her red lips were contrasting with her pale skin. She straightened her black gothic dress and then looked at him with an unreadble expression.

"I really appreciate what you've done. Those Death Eaters would have killed me!" the teenager told her, smiling.

"I wouldn't be so relieved if I were you," she replied.

"Why? Are there other coming?" he wondered, a little confused.

She shook her head and laughed gently. "No. I am," she told him in a whisper.

He looked at her, now completely lost. She grinned and he saw the moonlight play on her sharp canines.

"You...you're a..." he began to say, trying to find his wand.

She grabbed his arm and he looked up, in her eyes. "A vampire? Yes...and hungry one," she told him in, still whispering.

She planted her teeth in his neck before he could do or say anything. He dropped his wand as she began drinking his blood.

*~*~*~*~*

Lily Evans was sitting on her bed, her trunk opened beside her. She was making sure she wasn't forgetting anything. Lily was about to begin her sixth year at Hogwarts and she was so nervous to see her friends again that she had already checked her trunk twice. She finished her third check and looked up to her drawer, where a picture of her boyfriend, James Potter, was resting. She smiled thinking of him and his friends: Sirius Black, Remus Lupin and Peter Pettigrew. She was also anxious to see them...maybe Peter less. He was sometimes kind of annoying, but he was one of them; one of the Marauders.

"You know, someday they'll see what you really are and then we'll see who's going to be their little perfect girl." Petunia, her sister said as she walked in the room. Lily sighed and turned to her.

"Get out, Pet," she said, using the so hated nickname. "Get out or I'll..."

"You'll what? Mom and dad won't let you put a spell on me," Petunia said with a grin.

"No, but I know some guys who are just searching for someone on who they could try some tricks," the red head told her sister.

Petunia ran out of the room. "MOOOOOM!!! DAAAAAD!!!" she yelled. Lily rolled her eyes.

"Tell me she was adopted," she said before laying down on her bed.

*~*~*~*~*

James Potter was sitting in his living room, playing with the family's cat, Ruby.

"Honey, are you sure all your things are ready?" he heard his mom ask as she came in from the kitchen.

"Yes. You already made me check them at least 4 times," he said in an exasperate tone and she nodded.

"Fine, but now go and take out all the pranks out of your trunk or I'm sending Lolly to do it," she told him.

Lolly was one of their house elves. It wasn't his real name, but James had given it to her because she was always following him. He had told her that she was as sticky as a lolly pop. He was then 5 years old and then name had remained.

"Fine," he replied, getting up from the couch.

"Is Sirius ready too?" the witch asked.

"Yeah. He should be down any minute now," James told his mother.

Sirius Black was one James' best friends, maybe even the best of them all, and he stayed at his house since the last year. Sirius' family was one of pure blood, just like James', but one thing made them very different. The Black family hated Muggles and Muggle-borns while the Potter one didn't even care what kind of blood you had. Sirius was the black sheep of the family. The boy was hated by his family because he didn't embrace their ways of thinking, unlike his younger brother, Regulus.

Sirius had ran away a year ago, fed up with all of it. James' parents had kindly accepted him in their house. He was almost a second son for them. As Mrs. Potter opened her mouth to say something, Sirius came downstairs, running, with a huge grin.

"Good morning!" he greeted the witch before turning to her son.

"Are you ever going to get tired of running down the stairs making as much noise as possible, Sirius?" Mr. Potter asked, entering the room.

"I'm sorry. It's just very amazing to do noise and not get yelled at.or anything else," The boy answered. "But I'll try to keep it down a little," He added as Mrs. Potter gave him a warning glance.

"Well, you too should go check you trunks. We'll be leaving soon," She told both teenagers.

"But we are all ready," Sirius began.

"Come on, Padfoot. She wants us to empty the stuff that isn't necessary for school," James cut him.

"Oh damn," Sirius muttered.

"I heard that!" James' mother warned.

"Sorry!" he yelled as he and James went up the stairs.

*~*~*~*~*

Remus Lupin was looking out the window of the train compartment he was sitting in. He couldn't wait to see his best friends again. On the other bench, there was Peter Pettigrew, as nervous as every year before.

"Relax, Wormtail! You look as nervous as a first year," Sirius said, stepping inside the compartment with a grin.

Remus smiled at his friend.

"Hi, Padfoot! Where's Pro..."

James came in. "I'm here. Did any of you see Lily? I was supposed to meet her at the barrier, but she wasn't there," he asked. The others all shrugged.

"Get lost, Snape!" they heard a girl's voice shout.

"I'm just telling you this to be friendly, Evans. Potter won't stay with a Mudblood like you forever," they heard a boy's voice reply.

"Never mind," James said going back outside the compartment, followed by Sirius and Remus. They say Severus Snape and Lily standing near the door.

"She's right, Snape. Get lost," James said.

The Slytherin turned to him. "Is that supposed to scare me?" he replied.

"You know, it's pathetic to take on a girl because you're afraid to take on a boy...even more when the girl could kick your ass easily," Remus said with a smile.

Lily grinned at her friends.

"What do you want? It's not his fault he was born a moron," Sirius said as if he was trying to defend Snape, who turned away and went back into his own cabin.

They went back to their cabin with Lily and they started to talk about their summer. As the train began to move, the door opened and a girl their age came in. She had long black hair tied in a braid and contrasting pale skin. Her deep blue eyes looked around the cabin as if looking for something while she bit her red lips.

"I'm sorry to have disturbed you. I was looking for a compartment with a free place, " she said turning away.

"Wait! We can make some place," Sirius said, giving Peter a nudge for him to move and make a place.

She turned to him and smiled, showing her perfectly white teeth.

"Thank you! I'm Elizabeth Rosary," she said as she sat beside Sirius.

"I'm Sirius Black. And here's James Potter, Lily Evans, Remus Lupin and Peter Pettigrew," he presented.

"Nice meeting you," Lily said.

"You're new, right?" Remus asked her politely.

"Yes. I'm very nervous about getting sorted," she answered.

She looked at all of them smiling. She turned her gaze to Sirius, who was trying to show a spell to Peter. She had a feeling about them. A feeling she had never felt for anyone before. She felt as if she wanted to be friends with them. She smiled to herself. Could she finally, after all this time, have friends.

"Don't get illusions, Lizzie," she thought.

Peter tried the spell Sirius had shown him on his Bertie Botts' Beans, but it backfired on him. He covered his face with his hands and ran out the cabin. James, Remus and Lily gave Sirius a questioning look.

"What!? It was a really simple spell," the boy said with an innocent look.

"Well, maybe it was easy for you, but you know that Wormtail isn't very....err..."James told his friend.

"Talented," Lily finished for her boyfriend.

James turned his gaze to Elizabeth.

"Peter sucks at almost EVERY subject in school, but don't you dare mock him for that," he told her, joking, but she felt that he was saying the truth about mocking Peter.

"Don't mind him. He's just acting tough to impress Lily," Sirius said looking at James with a grin.

"Well, I think it's good to see that his protective of his friends," Elizabeth told him, laughing.

"My friends would never stand up like that...." she added in thought.

"Yeah, of course! But he's still saying it to impress her," Remus said, also laughing.

They kept talking for the rest of the trip and when they arrived t destination, they got out of the train together, still talking. As they were going towards the carriages that would take them to the school, they crossed Snape and Malfoy's way.

"Look, Elizabeth, don't be scared, but these are other students and not monsters," James told the new girl, pointing at them.

She grinned and Sirius kept looking at her instead than the two Slytherins. She looked so pale in direct sunlight.

"Potter, still with your Mudblood?" Malfoy said with an evil grin.

Snape gave him a nudge and gestured to Elizabeth.

"And who's this? Not another Mudblood I hope," the greasy haired boy asked.

Elizabeth smiled and took a step forward.

"No. I'm not." Malfoy, smiled at her.

"You're new, right? What house do you think you'll be in?" he asked at her in a more interested tone.

"I don't know. What house are you in?" she asked him.

The Marauders and Lily looked at her in shock. She was interested to know his house? Would she be a Slytherin?

"We both are in Slytherin and I'm Lucius Malfoy. My friend is Severus Snape," Malfoy answered.

"My name is Elizabeth Rosarie and I just hope not to be in Hufflepuff," she replied.

"You want to come with us?" Snape asked her.

Elizabeth looked at her Griffindor friends.

"Don't be stupid, Lizzie. You're going to Slytherin anyway. You have to make Slythering friends."

She smiled slightly at them.

"It was nice meeting you all," she told them. She gave a rapid kiss the cheek to each boys and nodded at Lily. Then she turned to the Slytherin boys.

As they were walking away, Malfoy asked her why she had kissed them on the cheek.

"Keep your friends close and your enemies closer," she said in an even tone.

"Now the question is who's which," she thought.

*~*~*~*~*~*

All the students were sitting and their house's table as they were waiting for the first years to come in and get sorted.

"Silence, please. Albus Dumbledore, the Headmaster, said in a very calm voice.

All the students stopped talking, anxious to see how many first years their house would get.

"You'd think it'd get boring when it's the 7th year you see it," James said shaking his head.

"James, it always was boring," Sirius said, throwing him the wrapping of the candy he was eating.

"Sirius, you're not supposed to eat before they're all sorted," Lily said, even though she knew she was losing her time.

The boy looked at her and shrugged.

"I never heard anything about candies," he replied.

"In fact, we were told not to throw candies during the Sorting," Remus said, grinning.

James threw the paper at his girlfriend.

"Stop it, James!" she said.

Lily threw it back at him, but he ducked and it hit Peter instead.

"Pay attention!" they heard someone tell them.

"She's the Prefect here, so shut up!" Sirius said.

They stopped talking as the doors opened and the first years came in. The 11 years old wizards and witches were followed closely by a groupd of 4 older teenagers that seemed about 17 years old. Elizabeth was one of them, but she didn't seem to be friends with the others.

In fact, they were ignoring her and she threw them somewhat disgusted looks. Nonethless, they were all walking together behind the first years. Evert students were starring at them and the room was soon filled with whispers.

"Silence," Professor McGonagall ordered. "As you all realised there are a few new 7th year students this year. I will leave the explainations to the Headmasters, but before that, we will sort the first years. I ask you, please, to be as respectful as always," as she finished, she turned towards the Gryffindor table and gave the Marauders a warning look.

"I think she doesn't want us to do like last year," Remus said.

The other boys laughed.

"You mean when we shouted at the new Slytherins?" Peter asked with a grin.

"The funniest part was the teachers reaction," James whispered.

Once the first years were all sorted, Dumbledore got up.

"This is very rare, but these students," the wizard gestured to the new students, "have been accepted at Hogwarts even if they are in their 7th year. Three of them have, until now, studied at home with private teachers, but they desire to continue their studies in a more public way. The last one had to change school when her family moved. Now, on with the Sorting." he sat down and smiled at McGonagall.

"Whoa. I don't say one new student, but four!" Lily told her friends.

"It's as crazy as...as a werewolf being a student here!" they heard a one of Lily's friends say.

Remus almost swallowed the candy he was eating and starting coughing. The other boys looked at the other Gryffindors, but they were just ignoring them.

"Miranda DeathClaw," McGonagall called.

"No doubts where she's going with that name," Peter said.

No one replied anything. A blond girl walked to McGonagall.

"SLYTHERIN!!!" the hat yelled as soon as it touched her head.

Kevin Murray and William O'Connor were also sorted in Slytherin. "Damn! They're all Slyths!" Sirius muttered.

"Do you think Elizabeth will also be one?" Peter asked.

"Elizabeth Rosary," McGonagall called.

Elizabeth smiled at the obvious fact that it was her who was called. She sat and the older witch put the Sorting Hat on her head. She closed her eyes.

"Here I come Slytherin," she thought.

"Ahah! You really believe you're going there, do you?" she heard the hat ask her. "Well, I admit that I would be tempted to put the likes of you there along with the others..." It went on. She closed her eyes and concentrated

"Just put me in Slytherin," she thought, trying to impose her will to the hat.

"AH! You truly believe you can impose your will to me? It doesn't matter. I know where I'll put you. You're going to...."

"GRYFFINDOR!!!"

McGonagall took the hat off, but Elizabeth didn't move. She could believe it.

"How the Hell did I end up in Gryffindor? I'm going to get killed!" she told herself.

"Miss Rosary?" she heard the witch call her.

"I'm fine, professor," she answered getting up.

She threw a look at the Slytherin table and saw Severus and Lucius giving her a hateful look. She swallowed and walked slowly towards the Gryffindor table.

When the hat yelled Elizabeth's house, the Marauders and Lily's face suddenly lit up.

"Yes!" Sirius let out.

The others grinned at him and he cleared his throat.

"I'm just happy there's is at least one of them that isn't a Slyth," he said, his cheeks getting slightly red.

"Well, well. A lot of girls will be disappointed when they hear that they're handsome Sirius is in love with the new girl," James said in a mocking voice.

"Shut up, Prongs!" Sirius warned him.

The others couldn't resist to laugh. A lot of girls had crushes on Sirius, but, then again, it was the same for James and Remus. They were all handsome and they were "bad boys" and popular.

"I'm not in love with her and I don't even have a crush on her," Sirius defended himself. He shook his head, laughing. "You asume too much."

Elizabeth came towards them and smiled shyly.

"Don't mind if I sit here?" she asked Lily, pointing to the empty seat beside her.

"No," the girl replied.

"Hi! I'm glad you were sorted in our house, Elizabeth," Remus told her.

"Yeah, me too," she replied.

"Mind if I call you Lizzie?" James asked.

"Not at all. You all can if you want."

Kevin, William and Miranda went to sit at the Slytherin table. There were to free chairs one beside the other and another one a little further to the right. Kevin and Miranda sat on the two first ones. William, who was on the other side of the table, glared at the teenager who was sitting in front of Kevin.

"Move or I'll make you," he said.

"Very funny. Get lost," the guy replied.

Miranda reached to him, over the table, with her arm and pulled him towards her.

Move, arsehole!" she growled at him. "You're sitting at his place."

The Slytherin pulled back on his shirt. "What's your problem!?!" he exclaimed.

"Shut up and move!" Snape told him suddenly.

The other got up, glaring at William and went to sit at the other chair.

"I'm Severus Snape and this is Lucius Malfoy," Severus told Kevin.

The three newcomers turned to him and Lucius, as William sat down. They looked at each other and then back at them. Kevin grinned.

"I'm Kevin Murray and this is my girlfriend, Miranda Deathclaw. And he's William O'Connor as you heard when we were sorted."

Lucius looked at the girl. Her long curly blond hair and her keen green eyes made her look like and angel. He new better, though, for having seen her grab his fellow Slytherin like she did earlier.

"Seeing something you like?" she asked him, realizing he was starring at her.

"Maybe. Got a problem with that?" Lucius asked her with a smirk.

She bent over Kevin's legs to get closer to him, grinning mischievously. Her gaze detailed every bit of him that she could see.

"Nah. I'm in my mating season and I wouldn't mind a little diversity," she said, giving a quick look at her boyfriend.

To the other's surprise, Kevin and William started laughing. She straighten up and started kissing Kevin.

Once the feast was over, all the prefects called the first years.

"All first year Gryffindors, please follow me!" Lily called with a happy tone.

She wasn't a Prefect, no matter what Sirius liked to say, but Gryffindor didn't have one. So she decided to take the job as Head Girl on her. She looked down at Lizzie, who was still seated.

"Want to tag along or go with the guys?" she asked. Lizzie, who was lost in her thoughts, snapped her head up at her.

"Uh..." the girl said, looking at the people around her.

She wasn't sure if befriending Gryffindors was acceptable. She bit her lip, trying to think of some reason to go with neither of them.

"I'll just tag along all the others," she finally answered, waving at the Gryffindors who were still seated at the table.

Lily nodded, smiling. She turned back to the now regrouped first years. She led them out of the room. Sirius, James, Remus and Peter got up, ready to go to their common room. Sirius and Peter started walking towards the exit and Remus grabbed James' by the arms.

"Wait up! Lizzie's not following us," he told them.

Sirius turned to the table and saw Lizzie, sitting there, all alone. She was looking around, like if she was trying to find someone. Then, her blue eyes met his and she seemed to freeze there.

Lizzie was looking around, trying to see the other three new students. Sadly, there were too many people walking around and she couldn't find them. When the boys had gotten up, she had just remained seated, hoping they wouldn't realize she wasn't following. Then she met a blue gaze, not unlike her own.

Sirius was about five meters away from her and he was, without mistake, looking straight at her. At that moment, she realized how handsome he was with his black hair just long enough to fall in his eyes, his deep blue eyes, his well built body...She blinked twice and shook her head. He was cute, but that was all. He was a Gryffindor...a righteous, courageous and loyal person and she was...her. She bit her lip.

Then, a thought stroke her. Maybe he could become one of them. She'd have to talk about it to Marisa. She also realized he was giving her a questioning look and so were James, Remus and Peter.

"Are you coming, Lizzie?" James called.

She smiled at him. Maybe they could be useful. Maybe it was even a good thing she ended up in Gryffindor...and maybe Marisa would even be pleased. Darn. She really had to talk to her soon.

The Marauders saw Lizzie get up and walk up to them. They all smiled at her and she smiled back. Remus frowned discreetly at her. Something was about her was bothering him, but he didn't know why. It was like a part of him didn't like her, but he had no idea why.

"Are you ok, Moony?" Peter asked him.

"Yeah. Tell me, Wormtail, do you have weird feeling towards Lizzie?" Remus asked his friend.

Peter gave him a confused look. "What?" Remus shook his head. It probably was just his imagination.

"Nothing. Never mind what I said."

*~*~*~*~*

Later, Lily and Lizzie were the last ones in the common room. James, Sirius, Peter and Remus had just left to go to sleep and the girls were supposed to also go.

"Hey, Lizzie, you got any brothers or sisters?" Lily asked, not moving from where she was seated.

Lizzie shook her head.

"No. My mother died giving birth to me and my father...well...he was killed by a werewolf," the girl answered, looking down.

Lily' mouth dropped open.

"I'm so sorry! I'm sorry I asked you about it," she said in a sorry voice.

Lizzie smiled at her.

"It doesn't matter. I never knew my mother and my father was...he wasn't such a good person."

Lily nodded, but still looked very sorry.

"I like your friends," Lizzie said to change the subject. "It's true anyway..." she thought.

Lily smiled and laughed a little.

"Sirius likes you too I think," she said.

Lizzie was happy she had been able to change the subject, but why did they have to talk about him? Why not James? She tried to look casual as she answered.

"He's really funny. They all are...except Peter looks a little...erm..."

Lily grinned.

"Nervous and like he isn't really part of the gang?" she asked.

Lizzie nodded.

"Is he?" Lily got up and started walking towards the dormitory. "He's been friends with he guys since first year. James, Sirius and Remus protected him against Malfoy and he's been following them since."

They changed and went to sleep. Lizzie was lying on her back, thinking of everything that had happened lately. First of all, Marisa had asked her, of all people, to accomplish a mission. Then she had went to London, where she had killed an innocent muggle born. After that, she had come to Hogwarts for her mission. She was supposed to go to Slytherin, but had ended up in Gryffindor. She met James, Remus, Peter, Lily....and Sirius. She closed her eyes and remembered the faces of the three other new students. There were three of them and one of her. She sighed deeply and got up.

She silently, more silently than any human may have, to Lily's bed. She was so thirsty. She gently sat on the edge of her friend's bed. She pushed her long black hair back. She started to bent towards Lily, but she stopped. She remembered how she and the boys had welcomed her in the train. How they hadn't even mention her little escape with Severus and Lucius. How they were accepting her in their gang. How they made her feel like...like she belonged somewhere.

"Damn!" she whispered, straightening back up.

Here she was, at Hogwart...in Gryffindor, with those five people, and possibly more, ready to be her friends. She never had friends before, but now that she had it felt so good. She closed her eyes and shook her head. What a fool she was. As soon as they'd learn what she was they'd reject her.

She suddenly remembered a detail and frowned, thinking of it. Then it struck her. He was one of them...how could she not realize it. Had he felt her? Was he one of them. No. He wouldn't be a Gryffindor otherwise. He thoughts then shifted to Sirius. The boy she wanted to turn.

She passed her tongue on her pointy vampire teeth. No. She couldn't do that to him. He was so...she didn't know, but she was sure, now, that she wouldn't be able to go through with it. She laughed at herself, remembering her vow. *~*~*Flashback*~*~*

"Liz, I want you to promise something to me," her father told her, holding her small 3 year old face in his hands.

"What, daddy?" she asked with her innocent voice.

"If I don't come back tonight, Marisa will care for you...but I want you to promise you will never damn somebody like she has damned me. Promise me you'll never become a monster like me. You're mother has sadly came in my life...or un-life, rather, too late, but you have a chance. Do not waste it."

The girl starred at him, not really understanding. She was too young to be able to.

"I promise, daddy," she said anyway.

"Also, the Blood Clan is a group of cold blood murderers, but so is this one...if you ever get the chance, fly away, my little angel." he told her before getting up. *~*~*End of Flashback*~*~*

He had left that night and had never came back. He had been killed by the Blood Clan. Marisa had taken care of her, but probably not in the way Lizzie's father would have wished. Lizzie had for a long time forgotten the promise she had made, but now she remembered it and she finally understood it. She couldn't damn Sirius. She was torn apart from the inside by her double nature. Her father had been a vampire, made by Marisa, the leader of a powerful vampire clan and her mother a good witch with who her father had fell in love just before he was turned.

He had returned to her, in the night following his damnation and she, Elizabeth had been created. Her mother had died in labor and her baby had been a total mystery for she had no pulse. After that heart shattering event, her father had went back to his creator had had swore allegiance to her. He had served her until his death at the ends of the Blood Clan.

She smiled as she thought, once again, of Sirius. She wouldn't be able to go through with it. She couldn't damn it. He was so...she didn't know, but she just couldn't.

She looked down at Lily to find her starring back.

"Lizzie? What are you doing?" she asked.

The black headed girl got up and stepped back, trying to think of some excuse.

"I...I'm..." she stammered.

"Is something wrong?"Lily asked, obviously concerned.

"Yes," Lizzie said, before realising what she was saying. "I mean no!" she quickly corrected, but it was too late.

"Lizzie? If you want to talk, I'm right here," Lily offered. "You know, sometimes talking makes your problems fly away."

Lizzie stopped listenning at that point. Fly away.

"...if you ever get the chance, fly away, my little angel." Her father's voice echoed in her mind.

She closed her eyes, remembering what Marisa had told her.

"Listen, little bastard child, this mission is very important. If you fail or expose us I swear I'll deliver you personally to the Blood Clan!".

She was sure Marisa would be true to her threat. She was always serious when she made threats. She knew. How many times had Marisa threaten her? Too many to count. Marisa hated her because she wasn't pure. Luckily for Lizzie, she wasn't the thing she hated the most and she could be useful.

She opened her eyes to see a very worried looking Lily.

"Lizzie, I know we've known each other for less than a day, but..." Lizzie was looking at Lily.

The girl was honest. So honest. Maybe...maybe this was her chance to fly away...if he she was right about him, then maybe they'd accept her.

"If there's anything I can do to help, please tell me," Lily said, almost pleading.

"There is something, Lily," Lizzie finally said, taking all her courage. "Is...is Remus a werewolf?" she asked, expecting anything.

She knew this could be the thing that woudl ruin whatever friendship she might have started to build with Lily and the boys. Lily's eyes went wide with shock and she remained silent for at least two minutes.

Lily couldn't believe the question Lizzie had just asked her. How could she know? She knew Remus for less than a day. After a while, she swallowed and decided to play it safe.

"What makes you think that? Remus isn't evil," she said, in a voice that showed clearly that she'd defend Remus to the end.

That gave Lizzie some more courage.

"I've felt it...it's hard to explain, but I do," she said, not sure if Lily would believe her.

"You say he's not evil?" she asked.

Lily shook her head. She seemed to still be in shock.

"N...no. I can prove it if I have to," Lily replied, now completely on the defensive.

"You don't have to, I believe you," Lizzie said with a smile. "For now anyway." She added in thought.

"Right. Now, tell me how you really found out and what you were about to do?" Lily asked.

"I told you. It was kind of a gut feeling. I think it's because my father was killed by one," Lizzie replied, saying the last part in a lower voice.

"Great excuse, Lizzie! Very credible! she sarcastically thought, but Lily nodded.

She seemed to accept that answer for now.

"And you were..." she said, waiting for Lizzie to finish the sentence.

"I wanted to ask you, but then I chickened out," the half-vampire said.

She sighed inside her mind. This lie wasn't as bad as the previous. Lily seemed to finally be relieved.

"Oh. You don't want to denounce him?" Lily asked.

"No! Not unless he does something to someone," Lizzie answered, regretting the last part right away.

She shouldn't have said that, but she hated werewolves so much. Even more than most of the vampires, who all did.

"Then you won't. There's no way he'll hurt anyone," Lily replied, her beautiful smiled appearing on her face.

*~*~*Slytherin common room*~*~*

Kevin, Miranda and William were sitting, all alone, in the room.

"She's one of them. I could smell her even all the way from our table," Miranda said with a disgusted face.

"Then how come she was in the day light?" William asked her in a mocking tone.

"Shut up, you moron. She's right. I smelled her too. It's must be her," Kevin said in a calm voice.

"You mean the half-vampire?" Miranda asked. "You think she really exists?"

Kevin shrugged.

"There's no other explanation, baby," he told her, kissing her in the neck as she sat down on his lap.

"Well, then....why the Hell is she in Gryffindor?!" William asked his acolytes.

"She's half-human...maybe she's not as evil as a pure vampire...or maybe she manipulated the hat," Kevin replied, exasperate by the other's ignorance.

"Who cares anyway," Miranda said, grinning at Kevin. "Let's kill her."

"We have to understand our enemy," William countered.

"Not if we kill them right away," Kevin said.

"Next full moon's in two weeks," Miranda said with a mocking pout.

"Well, we'll just have to kill her another way," Kevin said with an evil grin.

"As long as it hurts..." Miranda said as she kissed him just beside the ear.

"Well, we've got our first class with Gryffindor tomorrow. Well, just have to see if she knows who we are...and we'll kill her even if she doesn't. She's got vampire blood anyway," William said with a similar grin.

"Now you're making sense, Will!" Kevin exclaimed.