*Dorien sat up on the ledge, looking out over the grounds. He had had to hide recently because of all the hype with the clearing of the 'dark' creatures. He sighed and extracted the potion from his pocket that would control his blood lust. He downed it in one go, immediatly doubling over from the intense pain in his stomach. The glass slipped from his hand and shattered ont he ground with a small tinkling noise. He straightened up when the pain had passed and leaned his head back, closinng his eyes, unaware of the slightly feaverish appearance that he posessed at the moment*

*Melanie had been walking around the castle and was near the Astronomy Tower when she heard the sound of something breaking. She decided to investigate. When she reached the tower she saw someone leaning against the edge. She had met Dorien before, but didn't quite recognize him yet.*
Melanie:"Hello?" *she asked cautiously*"Are you okay? I heard breaking glass...."



~Mel

*Dorien looked up when Mel spoke* "Yeah I'm fine, thanks....I just dropped something" *He smiled a little whe he realized who it was* "I think I've met you before. Mel, right? And you have a son? And a slug collection, if I'm not mistaken?"

Melanie:"Snails." *she corrected.*"Or was it slugs...I don't remember. Anyway, that collection doesn't really exist." *she smiled*"Are you sure you're okay? You don't look well...." *She was genuinely concerned about Dorien even though he had sort of freaked her out the last (and first) time they had met. That was just how Mel worked: always caring about everyone and everything.*



~Mel

*He nodded* "Yeah, I'm feeling a little sick. Feaver maybe." *He shrugged and nudged the broken glass with his foot* "I guess that Tyrin fellow's been getting to me. With all that talk of clearing the world of magical creatures and all. What do you think of all that?" *He wanted to be sure she wasn't a physopath like Tyrin before continuing*

Melanie:"Why's he trying to get to you?" *she asked, speaking and moving quickly as she went towards him*"It's okay to tell me...I don't think like he does...my best friend is a werewolf if you don't believe that. And if you don't believe that, my mum worked in the Werewolf Support division at the Ministry...she also helped out with vampires and centaurs sometimes, too...she helped all of the creatures and people that Tyrin's trying to destroy. So please...tell me...I can help even...."



~Mel

*He tenced at the mention of a werewolf. Werewolves and vampires were natural born mortal enemies. He tried to ignore it. He was going to make something up when she mentioned that her mom worked with werewolves and vampires. He may have knownher* "Wait....what's your mother's name?"

Melanie:"Katrina Hunter." *she answered*"If you think you met her recently...it's not her," *Melanie told him*"Because she's...not alive. So if you know her, it would be from a few years ago, meaning 3 years ago or more. She didn't only help out those who had recently become werewolves or vampires, either. She helped anyone and everyone...."



~Mel

"I happen to remember her very clearly." *He said with a small smile. He remembered her being the one in her class that had stayed after to talk to Dorien who had vollunteered so that the students learning to become healers would get to examine a real vampire. And he had often gone to her to seek advice.* "I'm sorry to hear that she's passed.....Mungos lost an excellent healer."