Okay guys, I'm horribly sorry for such a long wait, but I totally drifted away from writing this. Anyways, even more sorry for such a lame chapter aswell, it's short and barely covers anyone beside Dominque. Basically it's a filler... I feel horrid to be honest, but better to get it out of the way now :)

Dominique took a nervous step away from the voice, 'what did she mean by released?' she narrowed her eye's, trying to see into the darkness. She pulled out her wand to create light and was puzzled when nothing happened.

"Here, just follow me. I'll take you to the others, you'll love it here." The girls voice spoke up again, "Well, come on then." The soft yet cold voice called from farther even away. Dominique hadn't heard any foot steps, so she tried her best to follow the voice, deciding that being with the new stranger was better than sitting alone in the maze like corridor.

She felt her way along the walls, trying her best to guess the direction of travel the girl was taking. If need came for escape then she didn't want to end up more lost than she already felt.

The girl chattered away. She told tales of adventure that Dominique couldn't help but be suspicious of, and talked about the castle and all the myths and mysteries it contained. The voice had gotten so loud that it seemed Dominique was directly behind her. Hesitantly, she stuck a hand out into the dark, trying to find the girl so she wouldn't run over her ankles. But she was surprised when her hand passed through air instead of hitting a solid person.

The voice abruptly stopped, leaving Dominique in silence. She took several short steps forward and as her left foot hit the ground, a sharp chill ran through her body. She shivered, her stomach panged and twisted in a sickening plunge. She quickly lept back, rubbing her arms to warm them up.

"You're not supposed to be here." The girl's voice returned, yet it was cold and laced with fear.

"But a minute ago you said-"

"Ya, but I thought you were dead!" The voice screeched.

Dead. Dominque drew in a shallow breath at the thought. She pinched her arm and moved her hand over her heart, waiting for the tell-tale sign of a heart beat. She melted to the floor in relief as the steady thump nuzzled against her skin. "Nope," She whispered mainly to herself, "I'm not dead."

"Oh no no no, you have to be dead." The girl pleaded. "You have to be."

Dominique quirked her head and narrowed her eye's once again into the darkeness. Slowly, she moved her arm down towards the floor, the familiar clamy feel of scales grazed across her hand. She bent lower, enough so that Pie could pull himself up onto the pale skinned Slytherin. She moved the great snake over so her was draped over her shoulders and cradled on her chest, putting the demonic force between herself and whoever this girl was.

"It's just you and me." She muttered quietly to the snake, her eye's darting through the shadows trying to find the form of the girl who blatantly stated she wanted her dead.

"What am I going to do? If the others know you're here... Oh..." Katarina moaned. "How'd you even get in here?" She asked in desperate confusion.

Dominique shrugged. "Through the door." She said coldy.

"There are no doors." Katarina groaned again, her voice was aggrivated and came out hoarse.

Dominique blinked. This girl was either A: Stupid, or B: A nutcase. "Well, how'd you get in then?" Dominque questioned, still holding onto the heavy snake for protection.

"Because I am dead! Just like you're supposed to be! Only ghost are supposed to be here, that's how it works, it's how it always worked!" Dominque took a quick step back, trying to step as lightly as possible. "What am I going to do!" Katarina moaned again, a hazing glow started to emit from her and Dominque could make out the image of a girl.

Dominque gave the faint shape the one over. She was short and frail, like a tree sapling that just went through a storm. Her hair was long, thick, and slightly matted. It was dark, but in the poor lighting Dominque couldn't be sure on the exact colour. But it was her eye's that sent another chill through the petite Slytherin's spine. Katarina's eye's were wide and circular, they gave her a permanent surprised expression, and they looked dark and glossed over, like two plastic buttons off a jumper.

With another double take, Dominque confirmed that this girl was in fact dead.

Katarina, who had been muttering to herself, suddenly looked up at the snake in Dominique's arms. Her dark eye's became black and she stepped back, baring her teeth as if to hiss. "Get out!" She screamed, a long scar across her cheek grew dark and shiny, as if coated in blood.

Dominique tilted her head to the side, confused with the sudden flip in personality. Dominique took a step closer to Katarina, holding Pie out towards her. Her face twisted into a small smile when the girl stumbled back again.

"I SAID GET OUT!" Katarina screeched, the cut on her face now dripping with black blood, the thin line dripping down her front. The ghost took a quick leap towards Dominque, though there was no true passion in her small attack. Her translucent feet lifting off the ground slightly. The ghost was slowly transforming into a gruesome scene, her dusty robes ripped and soaked with blood, her hands shaking, a look of crazed fear mirrored in her eye's. Suddenly her shoulders dropped and she looked up at Dominque, all anger vanishing into a pained expression. "Please don't. Please.." She looked afraid. She cringed away, pulling her head into her hands. Her eye's were now glued on the snake. .

Dominque, horribly confused, dropped Pie to the ground and took off in a sprint around the corner, her brain rattling hard in her skull trying to work out what had just happened. She could hear the tormented screams of the ghost filling the corridor. Banging on the walls the dark haired third year tried to find the door. She was yelling now herself, hitting the wall with her hands. She heard a thick grating farther down the hall and ran towards it in blind hope.

Throwing herself throught the tiny door and quickly pulling Pie along with her, Dominque took up a full on sprint to the Slytherin common room without a thought about being caught after cerfew.

Huffing for breathe, Dominique smoothed out her hair and gathered Pie up into her arms. Sliding into the her dorm room, she gave a dark glare to one of the girls who had woken up before sliding into bed herself, not even bothering to change her clothes.

There it is, the next chapter will be longer and have everyone in it! I promise! Soo any confusion or questions, or some helpful critique, don't be afraid to review :3 Next chappie we get to see what was with Katarina's sudden change in sanity too! Hopefully everything will start to roll together :D