Chapter One

Vampire's Secret

"GIRLS!" Tammy Riddle yelled up the stairs. "HURRY UP AND GET YOUR TRUNKS!" Veera Riddle rummaged though her closet looking for spare books and laughed. "Wow! Aunt Tammy's wand is in a twist today!" She laughed again and looked over at her sister. Rory Riddle was sitting on her bed putting her personal items in her trunk. She smiled and said "She is really going to miss us while we are off at school." She picked up her picture of her boyfriend, Darren Shan, and placed it carefully on top of her folded robes. "Has Evra written to you at all this summer?" She asked lost in thought about how Darren had written to her everyday, at least twice. "Yeah mostly everyday…I can't wait to see him on the train" she said with a smile. "Are you excited to see Darren?" Veera asked her sister fully knowing the answer.

Rory smiled at Veera. She knew Rory loved Darren and would marry him soon. "Oh gosh yes" She said with a smile. "Ready?" she asked Veera. Veera nodded and Rory waved her wand making the trunks float. Rory had turned 17 in June and could now use magic outside of school. "Let's get going" Rory told her sister. They both walked down the winding staircase, their trunks in front of them. The Riddle sisters lived in a huge seven story mansion. The Riddles were very rich. "Another year, another 9 months with the god forsaken Potter" Rory scolded. Veera nodded in agreement. They both hated Potter with the fiery passion of the sun. "He really needs to die very soon" Veera sneered.

"I thought you liked him," Rory said sarcastically. "OH MY GOSH!" Veera screamed. "Ok, I was a FIRST year and it was for a WEEK!" Rory sniggered at Veera's outburst. "I know sis I'm just playing with you. I know you don't like him." They got to the bottom and walked out the front door. Rory was the first to the car. She enlarged the trunk to fit both hers and Veera's trunks. Rory turned around cursing under her breath. "What?" Veera asked hearing her sister. "We forgot the animals," Rory said. Both of them had pets. They both loved their pets very much. Veera had a snake named Destiny and Rory had her owl named Hermes. Rory waved her wand; the windows opened and out came their pets. Rory caught the animals, handing Veera's snake to her.

They stowed their pets in the car. Veera turned around to see that aunt Tammy wasn't there. They walked back into the house to tell Tammy they were ready to go. They found her in the kitchen. Aunt Tammy was sitting at the table. "We are ready to go Tammy." Rory said. She rarely called her Aunt Tammy, just Tammy. She smiled and got up. She walked out of the kitchen without saying anything. Rory and Veera looked at each other. "It is just me or is she acting like she is mad at us?" Veera asked Rory. Rory shook her head and walked out, Veera following behind her. As they were driving to Kings Cross Station, Rory tried to make conversation with her aunt, but her aunt would speak to neither Rory nor Veera. She wouldn't even look at them.

Finally Rory just asked, "Ok Tammy, what is the matter?" Tammy looked at her surprised by her anger. She sighed then said, "Why haven't you told me you are a half-vampire?" Rory whipped her head around and stared at her aunt. "How did you find out?" Rory practically yelled. Her aunt looked at her sadly. "You got a letter this morning" She handed Rory a letter and Rory snatched it from her angry that she was reading her mail. She read it then handed it over to Veera for her to read.

Dear Rory,

Hello my vampire assistant. I would just like to tell you that I will turn you into a full vampire when you get to Hogwarts. I will be the D.A.D.A teacher and will be teaching you and Veera both. Just remember if you wish to turn Veera half after you are full, we must take time off school to get to the mountain. I just needed to tell you that. Please tell your aunt soon. Thank you Rory

Sincerely Larten Crepsley

Veera read it three times and looked at Rory horrified. She then looked at her Aunt. "You knew about this didn't you Veera?" Tammy asked. Veera just bowed her head in shame for an answer. Tammy nodded and just kept on driving in silence.