Mason's eyes flew open as she felt the hot air on her neck. She let out an irritated groan. Who in Merlin's name breathed on someone in the middle of the fricken night?! She scowled slightly and rubbed at her sleep-heavy eyes, "Wh-"

But as she lay eyes on the thing that was breathing on her, the blood seemed to freeze in her veins and her mouth seemed to just flop open. What the hell even. . . ?!?!?!

"GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!! !!"

She was sure that that scream could have woken the entire castle, she hoped it had. There was no way that they could deal with this thing alone.

She tried scrambling away from it, only to have her back hit the headboard with an enormous thud. Pain shot through her spine and her eyes started to water. She reached frantically under her pillow, searching for the only thing that could protect her and a short-lived relief washed over her as her fingers wrapped around the Yew wand.

Light! She needed light before she could even think about jinxing this horrid thing! She raised her wand, "Lumos! Lumos! Lumos!" she shouted frantically and prayed that her spell worked.


Light emanated from the tip of her wand, making the features of the thing visible and she regretted it as soon as she saw it more clearly.

Oh. My. Sweet. Merlin.