Chapter 2: Hogwarts
Isabella was excited. It was September 1st at last. Salathrian was hidden underneath her robes and she was in a compartment to herself. Every now and then, someone would poke their head round the door to see if they could sit there but Isabella just said, "Go away." They seemed frightened of her. She grabbed some liqurice wands when the trolley finally got to her and soon, the train was slowing down. That's when she got nervous.
'Oh man!' she thought, 'I forgot about what was going to happen after I'm sorted!' Isabella got into the boat and was taken up to Hogwarts. It went in alphabetical order, but when Isabellas' name was called out. SHe wasn't ready. The Sorting Hat was placed on her head and when it spoke, it spoke to the entire hall.
"Aha! Your ancestors are the four founders, the first one in over a thousand years." whispers filled the hall.
"Make sure you keep your familiar under control, I wouldn't like to be eaten you know." Isabella gulped.
"I know exactly where to put you. SLYTHERIN!" Professor Yantai took the Sorting Hat off her head and she was about to walk over to Slytherin table when she let out a howl of pain. She fell to the floor, screaming and writhing in agony. Her hair slowly grew longer and darker as her eyes went cold and black. Everyone was screaming out of fear. Professor Kaltrin, the headmistress was walking over to Isabella when she suddenly stopped screaming. She got up slowly, sweating. She looked over the students and they all screamed again. She had gotten taller and her hair was completely different. What they noticed most though, were her eyes. They had gone completely black, cold, lifeless.
"You're a vampire!" cried a voice from the back of the hall. It was a Ravenclaw. Isabella looked at them and smiled. She walked to the Slytherin table and sat down. Then, Salathrian showed himself.
"My familiar is a vampire as well as the purest blood of all. This makes me happy." several people screamed, someone fainted.
Did you have to do that Salathrian? You just scared the living daylights out of everyone." said Isabella. The snake nodded and everyone was staring at Isabella. No one payed attention to the sorting. When it came to the food, Salathrian grabbed the meat that was closest to him. Isabella shook her head and laughed. She grabbed some chicken and ate. The entire hall was talking about what happened with Isabellas' sorting.
"I'd prefer it if you all didn't talk about me please." said Isabella, her new vampire voice projecting across the hall. Everyone fell silent. The prefects led the First years to the dormitories and then left them to themselves. Isabella went straight up to bed. Her transformation had tired her out.
When she woke in the morning, she had a quick shower and got dressed. Salathrian slithered under her robes and was hidden from view. She went down to breakfast and grabbed an apple.
"May I have some meat?" asked Salthrian, his head poking out. Some of the people around her gasped and stared at the snake.
"It's rude to stare." snarled Isabella. They looked away and went back to their food. Isabella grbbed some meat and gave it to Salthrian.
"Here you are." said isabella, handing over the meat. Salthrian swallowed the food whole. Isabella finished her breakfast when Professor Drey came round, handing out the timetables.
"Snakes aren't allowed Miss Rosselini." she said.
"Well, Salathrian is my familiar. I couldn't just discard him now, could I?" Isabella stated simply. Professor Drey drew her wand and pointed it Isabella. A red light shot out of it and hit Isabella square in the chest. Then, herself and Salathrian started to glow. Professor Drey stared at her in shock then handed her her timetable. Isabella looked at it and simled. She had DADA first. She was partly dark arts herself by being a vampire. She picked up her bag and walked slowly to DADA. She was 10 minutes late.
"Miss Rosselinin, you are 10 minutes late. Explain yourself." said Professor Vector. Isabella smiled and carefully edged her way into a shady part of the room.
"I had to be careful sir. As you shold know, I'm a vampire. Sunlight is excruciateingly painful seeing as I'm only half vampire. If I was fully vampire, then I'd burst into flames." she smirked and sat next to one of the Slytherins.
"I'm Xander." he said.
"I'm Isabella. Hi." suddenly, hissing filled the room. Everyone was looking around, trying to find the source of the sound.
"Salathrian! Be kind." everyon stared at Isabellas' snake. One of the Gryffindors' had fainted. All the Slytherins burst out laughing and the concious Gryffindors glared at Isabella. Once the lesson ended, she walked off to the common room, Xander close behind her.
"Why aren't you going to herbology?" he asked when he finally caught up with her.
"I don;t want to. I'll just that Salathrian here is allergic to most of the plants normally on show in the greenhouses. He will not leave my side." Xander nodded and followed her. They ended up chatting till lunch.