Hybrids and Meetings

It all started 4th year, when he first came to the school. Dumbledore had brought him in to help Hagrid in Care of Magical Creatures class. I hadn't had a class with him as of yet, he only worked with the 5th years and up, but I had heard rumors. His name was Niklaus Mikaelson, Klaus for short, and he was a hybrid. The younger kids had their theories, he's part dragon, he breathes fire, he can magically shift into a Pigmy Puff, but I knew the real story. My brother Harry and I had Fred and George tell us, as well as Ron and Hermione about him. He's a cursed werewolf, who is also an original vampire. He is the original hybrid.

I always noticed when he was around, it was almost like I could feel it. Everyone could of course, he has this aura around him, of dominance, everyone instinctively knew not to upset him, and of course, no one ever did. In the first days of him being at the school I found myself staring at him. A lot of girls did, he was amazingly gorgeous, but there was something about him, something that made me content. I noticed him staring at me almost as often and wondered if he felt the same thing. But that's just crazy.

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I laid in my bed watching Harry pace angrily. He had told me all about the dementors after the letter came, expelling him from Hogwarts. I was pissed off, but there was nothing I could do. It was then that the door to our room burst open and I fell out of bed in fright. I looked up to see Professor Moody and Tonks, with a bunch of other people. He explained he was taking us away, and Harry's hearing, just as I grabbed my broom and followed them outside. The ride was quick and we were immediately mauled by Molly Weasley. "Come on, we'll see Sirius soon." I told Harry as we climbed the stairs, only to have Hermione jump on Harry as I hugged Ron. I tuned out of the conversation, feeling a sense of calm come over my body, up until Fred and George popped out of nowhere, of course. They had an extendable ear, and dropped it down in front of the meeting door, hearing Sirius as well as Molly and surprisingly, Snape. It wasn't until after Crookshanks ate the other ear that Molly called us down for dinner, yelling at the twins. I walked down the stairs, being pulled into a hug by Sirius, making me grin. "We missed you so much Sirius!" I exclaimed, hugging as tightly as possible, as if he would disappear, before being let go. I was about to walk into the kitchen, when I was met face to chest with a tall man. I looked up, ready to apologize, staring into deep blue eyes. I felt like all the air in my body had escaped me as I pushed out 'I'm sorry' and backed away, catching sight of Lupin and jumping on him. I hugged him tightly, ignoring the growling noise coming from behind us, imagining it was Padfoot, growling at a rat or something, before going to sit down at dinner. I talked with Fred and George about their new inventions over dinner, and they said they were going to be selling them at school. "Sounds amazing to me, you guys are going to make a killing…Just please don't actually get someone killed?" I begged, making them chuckle.

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Two days later, after a fun trip to Diagon Ally, I found myself walking along the train station with a big black dog beside me. I gave his head a big kiss before dragging my trunk to the luggage cart and then boarding the train. Just as I was walking into a cart, I dropped the cage in my hand, making my pet ferret squeal. I saw a hand shoot out and catch it at the last possible second, making me sigh in relief. "Thank you." I said, looking up and seeing those beautiful eyes again.

"Anytime." He smiled, handing the cage to me before inspecting it.

"Um…do you want me to go, I mean, if you want to be alone-"

"Of course not, you can stay." He smiled, still staring at the cage as we sat down opposite each other. "Odd, most children have owls, don't they?"

"Most yes, and I've always wanted one, but when I went to the pet shop second year, I saw Lucy and just felt like I had to get her. She's really sweet. Hold out your hand." He did as I instructed just as I opened the cage and watched Lucy crawl up his arm and sniff his head.

"Animals usually don't like me, most animals hate vampires." He said, shocked.

"Well, Lucy likes who I like. She also hates who I hate. Draco Malfoy has a small scar, the size of her teeth on his ankle. He decided to be a jackass one day and she bit him." I explained laughing, making him smile.

"So, you like me huh?" He smirked and I blushed.

"Well, yeah, I guess. You're nice to me even though I've practically assaulted you twice. I fell into you, and dropped a ferret cage on you, yet you sit here still talking to me."

He just continued smiling at me as Lucy cuddled in around his neck. "So, why Lucy?"

"Oh, it's short for Lucifer. It was the first thing that popped into my head when I saw her, so I went with it." I shrugged, just as Harry, Ron and Hermione walked in and sat around us. We all talked for the rest of the ride, Klaus with Lucy crawling all over him, and got to know each other, quickly becoming friends.

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I waved to Klaus from my seat at the Gryfindor table, seeing him wave back and listening to Dumbledore speak. He announced a ministry worker as the new Defense Against the Dark Arts professor, and we watched as she made a speech. "I'm sure we're all going to be very good friends."

"That's likely." I chorused with Fred and George, making us all chuckle.

"Now off to bed, pip-pip." Dumbledore spoke making us all walk out of the great hall and go off to bed.