Darren was dumbstruck.

How the hell did this old man know that he was a vampire? And why was he eating a frog? And why was he just standing there smiling like a warthog on crack? And most importantly, why in the names of all the vampire gods was this man wearing a purple DRESS?!?

All of these questions had to wait. Because while Darren was mentally ranting and the old man was staring blankly into space and drooling on his dress, another person had joined them at the front door. The new addition was an elderly lady, with her gray hair pulled back into a bun, and a dress that looked curiously similar to the one that the old man was wearing.

"Albus, are you just going to let this poor boy just stand outside all night? Or are we going to let him in?" The old lady asked the old man, whose name was apparently Albus.

"Oh! We're did you come from Minerva?" Albus said as he was started out of his stupor. Looking down at Darren he asked, "And who are you, young man?"

Minerva sighed and motioned Darren inside. As he stepped through the giant oak doors he found himself in a huge room. Being the keen and cunning Vampire prince that he was Darren instantly started studying said room. There were many doors branching off into what one can only assume are corridors, a huge, and I mean huge staircase leading up to gods only know where, a gigantic set of wooden doors through which he could see….students? eating and talking away, and behind him were what looked like four rather large time turners. But these time turners were not filled with sand, as one would expect, no, they were filled with very shiny stones. Darren stood there staring at the stones for a moment. Just then he heard a loud crash immediately followed by someone shouting "10 points from Hufflepuff!". The disturbing thing was that right when those words were spoken Darren saw 10 shiny rocks float back up into the top of the yellow time turner. That can't be normal, Darren mused.

"Would you care for a lemon drop, young man?" Albus asked.

"Umm… no thank you."

"What about a chocolate frog?"

"…" Darren was lost. "A chocolate what?"

"A frog. Look it bounces!" to prove his point the old man took, from what Darren could tell, an actual frog out of his pocket. Ew. The frog dived for the stone floor, and much to Darren's surprise, the creature actually bounced.

Thankfully, it was that precise moment that the woman called Minerva decided that it was time to rescue poor Darren.

"Albus, go to the feast." She ordered.

The senile, for he obviously was, man replied simply by walking through the giant wooden doors through which all those students were seated.

"Follow me young man." Darren had no choice but to follow the old woman up the huge staircase. She led him through a maze of corridors that seemed to go on forever. They finally stopped at one of the many doors in this corridor. She took out a stick and waved it at the lock on the door, which sprang open. Now, Darren was confused, and rightly so, but he was pretty sure that waving sticks at doors didn't usually have that effect. The woman held the door open for him and told him to take a seat. As he walked in he noticed that the room resembled his old principal's office. Large wood desk with a nice, plushy chair behind it, with a few rather uncomfortable looking chairs in front. He sat down on one of the uncomfortable chairs and waited. The woman sat down across from him.

"What is your name, young man?"

"Darren Shan."

"Why are you here?"

"I don't know."

'How did you find this castle?"

"I don't know."

"Are you a part of our community?"

"I don't know.'

"Merlin's sake boy! Do you know anything?"

"I know that I was kidnapped!"

"Kidnapped?!" Alarm in her voice. "By who?"

"Des. Tiny."

"You were kidnapped by destiny?" She questioned unconvinced.

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WOO!! I have finally updated. lights self on fire and does happy dance.

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