A.N. It's been a while since you've all heard from me and I am terribly sorry. Life has chaged so much in such a short time and I have had no time to write. I came up with the idea for this story when I was playing a game by the same name and similar story line. I hope you enjoy this new fic and I am working on Secrets and Dreams and the second installment of Things are about to change.
Chapter 1 – Meeting the beast
In the small town of Hogsmead, the people were in a panic. They were being attacked by a vicious creature that stalked the night and terrorised them constantly. This creature would steal villagers from their bed and they would never return. But tonight the people had had enough. The mayor of their little town, Lord Vernon Dursley, was preparing the men of his village for battle against the demon.
"We have been hiding in our houses, letting this thing take our women and children for too long. ItT's time we took the fight to the enemy. It's time we burned down the forest with the beast inside." Lord Dursley bellowed to his fellow men. A small woman appeared at the edge of the crowd, a scowl across her face.
"And how are you prepared to do that Uncle? The beast took our guards,; some of the toughest and bravest men of this village, imagine what it would do to you!." Hermione Granger shouted over the entire ruckus. Her cousin Harry pulled her aside roughly.
"'Hermione please! He is just doing this so the people will trust him again. He may be an oaf but he's only doing it for our sakes." Harry whispered into her ear. Hermione reached back and glared at her favourite cousin. Both of their fathers and mothersparents had been killed by the beast when they were little despite being. Both their parents had been skilled defenders of the village. and Harry's father was once in fact mayor of their village. When both parents had been murdered by the beast, Harry and Hermione were forced to live with their uUncle, who treated them more like slaves than family.
"Oh please Harry. I know you want to see the best in people but our Uncle is leading these men to their deaths. He cares not about his people but his reputation." Hermione replied angrily in front of everyone.
"That's quiet enough out of you, Hermione. You will return to our house and start on your duties and be finished by the time we return home or you will be without supper for one whole week." Lord Dursley ordered. Hermione gave her uncle one last scathing look and the turned to return home. As Hermione turned she noticed something shinny on one of the rooftops. A head of bright blonde hair and piercing grey eyes looked at her from the rooftop. Hermione stood frozen looking at the eyes of the man on the roof but when she blinked he vanished.
"I said return home immediately or it will be 2 weeks with no supper" Lord Dursley snarled. Hermione glanced back at her uncle once then kept walking.
Instead of returning home like she was ordered, Hermione went to the butchery where she had seen the man on the roof. She opened the cellar door quietly on peeked in. The room was lit by the moonlight flowing in, making everything appear a silvery blue.
"Hello? Is anyone here?" Hermione called to the darkness, the flapping of wings could be heard as bats flew around in the rafters. One came towards Hermione as she ducked and screamed hitting the floor with a very loud thud. Hermione felt something sticky on her hands and forearms and looked to see that she had landed in a pool of sickly ruby red blood. Hermione screamed and got up immediately almost falling backwards on her backside. Hermione looked up trying to see if the blood had come from anything in the rafters.
"Probably from the meat." She scoffed as she walked out of the cellar wiping the sticky mess on a nearby towel.
'What was I thinking? A man skulking around while there is a beast about? What a stupid thought.' Hermione scolded herself as she returned home. She entered her home that she shared with her Uncle and cousin and walked over to the fireplace. The embers had died down since she was last in there, so she relit them, bathing the room in a yellow glow.
"Never have I smelt such sweet blood from such a strong headed young lady" A voice from Hermione startled her as she whipped around coming face to face with blonde hair and silver eyes. The man grabbed her wrist and liked her arm from elbow to palm keeping eye contact with the frightened girl while groaning in delight.
He was quiet handsome even with the two long sharp fangs hanging out of his mouth. He had strong aristocratic features, implying that he was from a very wealth or noble back ground. He had a strong chin and pointed nose along with high cheekbones. His best feature to her were his luminescent eyes. They captivated her, making her feel like she could drown in their mercury depths. This man was something Hermione had only read about in horror stories. A beast that walked the earth only at night and fed from the living. An evil horrible creature that made grown men cower like children.
"You're a Vampire." Hermione whispered to the man in front of her. He grinned exposing his pointed fangs even more.
"Delicious, beautiful and smart. You're the whole package princess." The Vampire replied huskily making Goosebumps rise on Hermione's skin.
"If you're going to kill me just do it already!" Hermione replied bravely. If she was to die tonight it would be with her head held high. The vampire chuckled and gasped her chin with his cold hand.
"Unfortunately for me princess, the dawn is coming and there's not enough time for me to eat you. Besides, why eat you now when you're just too much fun to play with." The vampire smiled widely revealing the potential of his long teeth. He let go of her chin and rushed out the window so quickly it took Hermione a second to realise he was gone. As Hermione came back to her senses she noticed a medallion on one of the dining chairs. He must have left it there on purpose so she would go after him. And boy was she ready to take on this vampire, fangs and all.
She grabbed the medallion and her cloak and headed off into the forest. She was determined to find this vampire and kill him like the animal he was. He had no right coming into her village and killing her friends just so he could feed his face. He was an arrogant, self-centred, egotistical male just like her uncle and he needed to be put in his place.
And no one called her princess!
