I was found by a wizard in a muggle orphanage when I was three years old. He took me to Dumbledore and he, in turn, gave me to the Potter family. I don't know my real parents but I know I'm a pureblood. The Potters took me for a test to determine what I am. They tried to trace my heritage but neither the spells nor the potions worked. I was just one big mystery. How do I know all this? I can remember everything. Well, not entirely everything. I can't remember my parents.
I didn't look like the other Potter's. The most obvious thing that set me apart was my eyes. One was a light silvery green and the other was a silvery blue. No one knows why my eyes are like that. Another thing that set me apart is that I have a black hair, with a blueish hue. Yes, it is natural. Despite those oddities, and the fact that I can talk to snakes, I was treated just like Rosaline. Harry was treated a bit better than us since he was the chosen one, the amazing boy who lived, the stuck up brother that I have to deal with. He was a few months older than me. Now that you know a bit more about me, on with the story.
Today was Harry and Rosaline's birthday. We were going to Diagon Alley to get their Hogwarts supplies. Unfortunately, I couldn't go the next school year as I wouldn't be eleven at the start of term. I would attend a year at Durmstrang so I can go to Hogwarts as a second year with Harry and Rosaline.
We had just arrived at our main vault in Gringotts. We already went to Harry's trust vault as well as Rosaline's. When our parents are done here we're going to my vault. Our parent's were in their vault while the three of us waited outside. We weren't allowed in the vault until we were seventeen.
Harry walked over to me. "So, little brother, are you going to miss us when you're at Wurmrang?" he asked, messing up the name on purpose.
"It's called Durmstrang, and I won't miss you all that much. I'll miss Rose though." I replied coolly.
"Knock it off Harry. He's twice the wizard you'll ever be." Rosaline told him. Harry tried to tackle her as a joke, but she stepped out of the way and he crashed to the ground.
Instead of getting mad Harry laughed. "Rose, I think you broke him." I stated, grinning. That lasted for a few seconds then we all laughed. Mum and dad came out of the vault as Harry was dusting himself off. Mum raised her eyebrows and shook her head and dad just laughed.
We got to my vault soon after. I was the only one that got out. Griphook, the goblin that was helping us, opened my vault. I stepped in between the small mounds of galleons, going to the very back. I retrieved the small bag hidden in the corner, beneath some knuts. I opened it and sighed in relief. I closed the bag again and tucked it into my robes. I quickly shoved around three thousand galleons into the bottomless money bag I got from my parents.
After we came out of Gringotts we each got an ice cream. Most of the time it was silent. When we were finished, my mum came over to me. "Honey, are you sure you'll be fine? Getting your school supplies all alone? You could always come with us to get Harry and Rosaline's things then-" my mum asked frantically. I laughed slightly.
"Yes mum. I'll be fine. We've been over this. I won't go too far into Knockturn Alley and I'll stay away from the creatures there." I replied, giving her an assuring smile. She hugged me and I heard her whisper something. Probably a protection charm. The rest of the goodbyes were quick. I had until nightfall.
First, I needed a trunk, writing equipment, robes and all the boring stuff. I spent around ten minutes getting those. They weren't anything special, just standard. Well, except the trunk. As soon as I bought it, it locked on to my magical signature so only I can open it. It also had the featherlight charm, enlarging charms and various other protection charms on it. It could also shrink down to any size. All the supplies were in my trunk and it was shrunken in my robes.
Now came the interesting part. Books were to be bought at a shop in Knockturn called 'Dreaded Dark Books'. It had all the required books for Durmstrang first years. The classes were Flora and Fauna, Charms, Magical Combat, Potions and Transfiguration as manditory classes. Other subjects that first years can take is History of Magic, Ancient Runes, Arithmancy, Flying (Brooms), Dragons (Taming, Training & Flying) and Dark Arts. My choices were Ancient Runes, Flying (Brooms), Dark Arts and Dragons.
I walked through most of Diagon Alley and finally got to the narrow street leading to Knockturn. I pulled up my hood, walking straight to the book store. When I entered I was greeted by the vampire that owned the store. I pulled down my hood. "Ah, fresh blood. It's been too long since I had the blood of a youth. Who are you, child?" the man asked walking closer.
"I'm Demitrius. I'm here for the first year Durmstrang books, all from this list." I stated, holding out a list of all the required books. "And perhaps I should add a book I've heard about. It's called 'Vampire Hunting for Profit'." The man stood back. "Ah, yes, you're one of those. How will you be paying?" he asked, getting the books. "I'll be paying with blood. You look like you need a good meal. But I'll browse for a while first." I explained. He took all the books to the front for me.
I found books on Occlumency and Legitamency, Vampires, Dragon Care and Dueling. There was another book that seemed interesting. It was titled 'Symbols of Magic". It had various symbols in it, what they meant and their origins. I brought them to the front. The vampire looked slightly surprised at my choice but didn't say anything. I stuck out my wrist for him.
"You aren't afraid that I'll drink you dry, are you?" he asked. "No, because I won't die from blood loss. When my body acknowleges that my blood is getting less, it adapts by making just enough blood to make up for the lost blood. I don't know the full extent of my ability and I'd rather not find out. Now let's get this over with." I stated.
After getting my books I decided to get my wand. There was only one shop in Knockturn that made wands, Moribund's. I walked through the Alley with my head down and my hood up. I finally arrived several stores later. Reaching the door, I saw a faint green glow coming from the small window. "Oh yes, I almost forgot." I whispered to myself. I tapped the window in a pattern, 2-4-1-3. The glow changed to orange. I heard a faint click and the door was now unlocked. Reaching for the door again, I opened it and went in, not noticing the one boy standing outside, watching me.
The inside of the shop was nothing special. It was mostly empty, dark walls making empty rows. There was a counter at the front and a man sat behind it.
"Here for a wand? I'm surprised, few are able to get in. Most of them are creatures or dark wizards, not mere children. And you need a wand to get in, so now I ask, do you have a wand or do you know wandless magic?" The man, Moribund, asked.
"I suppose I have strong enough magic to get in. It wouldn't be the first time." I stated.
"So, a wand, yes? Step this way." He stated. I went to stand near the one wall. "Give me your hand. We need some blood." I held out my hand. He got out his wand and used a cutting charm to make a cut over my palm. I placed my hand on the wall. The wall glowed slightly, then faded. We repeated this with all six walls. "How odd. None of my standard stock will fit you." He stated.
"Then show me your special stock." I stated. He lead me back to the counter.
"These can't be chosen through blood like the others. These are more dangerous and could injure you if you touch them. Hold your hand over each wand, and if you feel a connection pick it up. If it doesn't hurt you, it's your wand." He explained, packing out the wands. I hovered my hand over each wand, feeling nothing until I held my hand over an odd wand. It was made of a dark colored wood. It looked different. It had a skull at the end of the handle and was covered in snake and skull designs. I picked it up and it produced a strong wind carrying whispers of darkness and power.
"How odd." He said softly. "Blackthorn and Thestral tail hair. Powerful. Only other wand with a Thestral tail hair core. Death. You must treat this wand well, or many lives will be wasted. That'll be 20 galleons, 30 if you take a holster." He ended it with thoughts of money. I took my wand and looked at all the holsters. I chose a wrist holster that was black with a dragon design in brilliant gold. I gave Moribund the money. Before leaving, I strapped the holster with my wand to my wrist.
I looked at my list. Basics, check. Books, check. Wand, check. Now all I needed were pets. Yes, pets. I walked through the alley, light already starting to fade. I didn't have much time left. I finally reached the shop, Msaw tare. They sold all tipes of pets here. There weren't a lot of people in there. I went straight to the counter. There was a woman. She didn't look completely human. She looked normal in most aspects, some would even say she's beautiful. She had long dark brown hair and fair skin. Her eyes were a bright gold. The thing that made her stand out was that she had a slight scale imprint on her skin, and something resembling gills at her throat.
"Excuse me, I'd like to purchase an eagle, preferably one that can deliver mail. Do you have anything like that?" I asked politely.
"Why, yes. We have quite a selection. We have fast and ferocious." She replied, leading me to a large room filled with birds. I looked around for a while, then saw one that stood out. "That's an African Crowned Eagle. They are fast and merciless. Twenty galleons each." She explained, seeing my interest.
I held my one arm out to see if any were interested in leaving. A younger one jumped out, onto my arm. If it weren't for my cloak, it would have hurt. "I'll take this one please. Do you have any dragons or snakes?" I asked. She took me to another room filled with large eggs.
"Dragons are in here. Snakes are in that room." She stated, pointing to the next room. "Dragons are anything from a thousand galleons. Snakes are anything from fifteen galleons." She then walked back out to help anyone else.
I walked through the room, the eagle still on my arm. I walked past eggs of all colors, but none of them stood out. I walked further and saw a strange sight. The one egg, a dark blue one, kept lighting up red. I saw the shadow of a dragon on the inside. It looked like it would hatch in a few days, despite the room's cold temperature. I picked it up. I then walked into the room with snakes.
There were full grown snakes and eggs. I looked mainly at the young snakes. They were easier to tame. I looked around and saw a gold and black one. 'What isss your name?' I asked it.
'I do not have a name. You know the sssserpentssss tongue. Why would you, Ssssspeaker, have an interesssst in a young sssserpent sssssuch asss I?' She asked.
'I am ssssearching for a sssserpent to come with me. I need a trusssssted companion who can alwaysssss be with me. Tell me, young ssserpent, are you interessssted?' I asked. She answered me with a small hiss of excitement and an odd looking nod.
"I see you've found one that interests you. Very few of my customers would talk to serpents. Don't look so shocked, my ancestor was a siren and all sirens could understand snakes. I can understand most of what they say, but I can't talk to them. Now, let's see what you have. The eagle for twenty, the dragon egg for two thousand and the snake for thirty. I'll tell you what, since you were so polite and you can speak to the snake and possibly also the dragon, I'll give them to you for two thousand galleons instead of two thousand and fifty. That is, if you can pay." She stated with a smirk. I took out my money bag.
"Two thousand galleons." I stated. The woman held a bag underneath mine. I tipped mine over and the galleons started pouring out. It took a few minutes but when it was done she looked into the bag, looking at the magic number that confirmed two thousand galleons.
"Who are you?" She asked, passing me an arm protector that came with the bird. It flew up for a few seconds as I put the protector on. It then landed again.
"What would be the fun of that?" I asked, putting the dragon egg down and picking the snake up. I then picked the egg back up and walked out of the store.
I arrived back in Diagon Alley just as the sun fully set. I walked back to the entrance to Diagon, to find a very worried Lily Potter and the rest of my family. "Where have you been?!" She nearly shouted when she saw me. She looked mad.
"Sorry Mum, it took a bit longer than I thought it would. On the bright side, no one found out who I was so they wouldn't ask you about it." I apologized. "And I got a dragon that won't take years to hatch. It ought to hatch a week or two before term starts. I also have a few extra books." I grinned.
"If that dragon burns the house down, it's on your head." Mum stated, shaking her head. "You had better read ahead in dragon care."
"Yes! Thanks Mum! Now, we better get home. My arms are getting tired." I nodded to the bird, who I have yet to name, and the egg. We then used the floo to get home.