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Chapter 3: I meet the oldest guy on earth (not including Seba or Paris)

Darren's POV

I was kind of really confused. Did the clan know what we were doing? Did they approve? Did they know what I was? Who knew. I just hoped Evanna knew what she was doing, letting me loose with all those kids that were arriving tomorrow. Those oh so human kids that I would probably want to drink from. I couldn't let the thirst get hold of me. Especially not here.

"Come in, come in," the old guy behind the desk said as soon as those weird teachers had gone. I had liked the woman in the front. Well sort of. She was probably normally very strict but I wasn't sure. But the other guy I had instantly disliked. He had spent the entire trip here staring at Evanna as if she was a super modal. Ok so she had a pretty face on but if he knew what she really looked like he would be running for the hills. So I was keeping a very close eye on him.

"Sit down. You must be tired from your long travels," the old guy said. Hah. Fat chance of that when your half-sister can just make a portal to wherever you want to go. It had been kind of funny to see the witch jump though. And the look on that guy's face… Concentrate I thought to myself.

"Thank you," I said in a much more convincing voice to him than I had used on the teacher. Well you would be kind of overwhelmed when the biggest thing you've had to live in was a mountain.

I took the chair opposite him and tried not to look impatient. I hated the charade I had to keep up and I really was not that good at acting. The only times I had had to act was for short periods of time not whole terms of school years. This could be a very tedious year.

"My name is Albus Dumbledore and I am the headmaster of this school. I bid you a happy welcome to Hogwarts even though the world may be far from happy. Now I understand that you are at war as well?" He said.

I sighed. I just wanted this over with. And anyway I thought it's none of his business. Out loud all I said was "Yes. Your enemies have joined with ours and the only way to survive is to unite our forces with your own. My father sent me here to negotiate terms and to learn about your people." I thought it sounded good and Evanna raised an impressed eyebrow. Ok so I didn't spend the entire journey wallowing in sorrow for myself. I did think about what I was going to say to people as well sometimes.

"Oh. This is a development that I didn't know about but thank you for that. You will indeed be learning about our people and in return your protector has agreed to teach the students about yours. The truth is what she said yes?" the old guy-Albus Dumbledore- turned to Evanna. Protector? When had she said that? Probably when she was talking to them about me.

"That is correct." Evanna went back to being quiet in her corner. I didn't mind but Dumbledore frowned. Get used to it I thought. He really didn't know much about us but he looked like Paris. Quiet, thoughtful and old. Very old. I wondered how old he really was.

"Where will I be sleeping?" I asked drawing his attention away from my half-sister. She looked sort of thankful. I knew she hated being in that form and I wanted this over as quickly as I did.

"In the dormitory of the house you will be sorted into," Dumbledore replied smiling down at me. I wasn't so sure that that was such a good idea.

"And what of blood. I need human blood to survive and you seem to have many students at your disposal." I hated sounding like a stuck up jerk but this had to go along. This was the really important bit.

"We shall provide you with all the blood you need. And if you could leave the students alone we will get along nicely." Dumbledore's smile looked slightly strained. I felt bad about that but tried not to show it.

"What lessons must I go to?" I asked to fill the growing silence. This seemed an appropriate question. I had no issues going to school again so long as I didn't have to do any of the work. Or anything really. There were better things to be doing other than watching some lesson that I had no part in.

"You will only have to attend the classes you wish to go to. But are you sure that you will be able to travel around the school during the day?" Dumbledore asked. Did he have a brain of lead or had he just asked the thing I thought he had? Will I be able to move around in sunlight? Well what had I been doing all day? Crawling?

Fixing him with a hard glare I said tightly, "I am only a half-vampire and so can move freely during the day. Does that answer your question or would you like to know what happened to my mother?" I put in the right amount of anger a Prince would have. There was no way that I wasn't offended by that!

"Ah my mistake. Is that all?" he asked. He looked slightly guilty which made me feel sorry for him but there was no backing out now. Standing and with an air of indifference I walked out of the door of his study. There I waited for Evanna who wasn't long behind me.

"Well. That went well," she said in the silence. I smiled at her and pulled back the hood of my cloak. I hadn't taken it down all the while we had been here. I didn't want people to know what I looked like. People would probably put it down to the dislike of sunlight vampires supposedly had and I wanted it to stay that way.

Evanna led the way to where we were staying for tonight. I didn't think that any of the teachers knew that this was going to be a sad night for us. Tomorrow I was going to be sleeping in a different part of the castle and struggling to cope with an undying thirst for blood.