Authors Note- The author's note is at the end. Please review and tell me what you think or any ideas. Constructive criticism is greatly appreciated seeing as English is not my native language.
Disclaimer- Do you really think I own anything? Nothing, and I repeat, absolutely nothing belongs to me, this is all the property of J.K Rowling. The only things I own are my own original character. I am also making absolutely no money out of this.
It was the week before going back to Hogwarts. Harry Potter was sitting on one of the armchairs on his room in Acinorev. Aria and Elsmere were sitting next to him each with a book in their laps. The fire was roaring and offering a small amount of heat. It was chilly for an August afternoon.
Harry suddenly closed his book and looked up to see both of the teenage Vampires looking at him with foolish grins on their faces. Harry just scowled darkly at them. He was anxious for Hermione's letter and could not hold still for more than a couple of minutes at a time.
It had already been three days since Harry had replied to Hermione's letter saying that he was okay and that he would meet with them in Diagon Alley the day before the train left for Hogwarts. He had also asked her to please ask Dumbledore to meet him in the Leaky Cauldron that same day. Now he was just waiting for her reply.
Harry had already spent a month with the Vampires of Acinorev. His muscles were well shaped and showed a little through his shirt. You could see with just one look at him that he had matured. Apart from his new fitness Harry had gained a lot of knowledge and maturity while living with the Vampires.
Harry was still taking the muggle fighting classes with Antonio and the sword fighting classes with both Aria and Elsmere. He had greatly improved with both types of fighting. He was now able to at least last an hour fighting against Antonio before being defeated. His resistance and stamina had greatly improved and he was in a better physical condition than ever before. In sword fighting he was able to defend himself and had even been able to hit both Aria and Elsmere a couple of times each.
At first Harry had not been completely satisfied with his looks, he used to have little self-esteem and even less confidence in himself. With the help of the Vampires both of this had greatly improved. Harry had taken to his look like a fish to water and was even planning getting a tattoo and maybe even a piercing.
Right now Harry was waiting for a response for the letter he had sent her.
"Harry, could you please calm down, Hedwig will be back any minute now." Aria said trying to calm Harry down. Harry was making her anxious.
"I can't Aria, what if he says no? What if you can't go to Hogwarts? What if-?" Harry was abruptly cut off by Elsmere.
"That's enough Harry; you are making Aria and me nervous and anxious. You do not want to see an anxious and nervous Vampire trust me. Either calm down or do something to occupy your mind while you wait." Elsmere said in almost a whisper.
Harry gulped and nodded. Harry had seen Aria mad at one of the Vampires two weeks ago and had vowed to never be at the receiving end of her temper if he could help it. He was not sure what Elsmere looked like mad, because always had a strong grip on her emotions, but he was no fool and he knew that she had an even worst temper than Aria when she unleashed it, if what the other Vampires had warned him about was true.
"Okay, okay, calm down, would one of you mind sparing with me for a while. That usually keeps my mind pretty occupied" Harry asked them.
"Sure, I'll go with you." Aria responded. Elsmere ignored them and turned back to her book. Aria closed her book and stood up motioning for Harry to do the same.
They both walked up to the training room, when they entered they noticed they were not the only ones there. They made their way into an unoccupied corner and took out their respective swords. Aria's sword was 33 inches in length and the hilt was a blood red color. Aria's had a Topaz in the hilt. The Topaz was a honey-yellow color.
They both cast a charm that made it possible for them to fight without hurting one another before they both took their stance and prepared to fight. Bowing to each other they moved simultaneously and stroked. Both swords connected sending sparks frying around them. They progressed moving back and forward. The blunts of attacks were almost even out. Harry managed to hit Aria ten times and Aria got Harry twice as much. They both fought with a kind of grace that you did not see everyday.
Thanks to all his training Harry had become way more graceful and alert than ever before.
It was like watching a greatly elaborated and difficult dance in the making. After an hour and half of fighting Aria, thanks to a complicated move, managed to make Harry loose his footing and fall t the ground. That was the only thing she needed before she had her sword pointed right to Harry's heart.
"Harry, you need to pay more attention to your feet." Aria commented once she had lowered herself. She extended her hand and offered it to Harry. Harry took it and go to his feet.
"I know, at least I managed to hit you more than six times." Harry said trying to see the positive side of the situation.
Aria laughed at Harry's attempt to make himself look better. She put her arm around Harry's shoulder and led him toward his room.
"Get showered Harry, you stink." She teased him.
"Hey, so do you." Harry retorted.
"Touché" Aria responded before leaving him alone and making her way into her own rooms.
After Harry had taken a bath and was refreshed he made his way into his common room where Elsmere was still sitting in the armchair reading. She was almost finished with her book and it was very interesting. Aria had already come back from her own rooms and was also sited in an armchair, although she was not reading.
"Harry, guess who came for you?" she asked.
"Who?" Harry asked.
"Hedwig!" Aria exclaimed excitedly.
"With a letter?" Harry asked.
"No, she came without any, ignoring your command to not come back without a response." Aria said with sarcasm lasing her words.
"Oh, sorry, so were is she?" Harry asked.
"She left, but we have your card." Elsmere responded handing him a folded parchment.
Dear Harry
I'm so happy to hear you are okay. I am really glad that you are doing your homework, unlike Ron who hasn't done his yet. Well I think it is a great idea and yes, the Weasleys and I can meet with you two days before going to Hogwarts. I have asked Dumbledore and he says that yes he can make it to meet with you in The Leaky Cauldron.
Love and hope you are well
Hermione
"Yes!" Harry exclaimed when he finished the short letter. It did not surprise him that Hermione had included the homework part, but he was happy that he would get to see her and the Weasleys before mounting the train station. He was both exited and nervous about the meeting with Dumbledore, although the Vampires were in general pretty confident that he would say yes, Harry was not so sure and the anxiety was killing him.
"Did she say yes?" Elsmere asked.
"No, he is cheering because she said no." Aria responded once again her voice full of sarcasm. Elsmere turned and glared at her.
"And, what exactly is your problem Aria?" Elsmere asked in a harsh tone.
"Oh, nothing, just imagining, what will happen to us if he said no. if Dumbledore says no, we will be doomed in this war." Aria replied also harshly.
"No we won't because we can always defend ourselves." Elsmere retorted.
"Says you." Aria practically screamed.
"Could you both calm down! It is obvious that you girls are nervous also, because you don't usually try to take each other's head out. Now, I won't let him say no. I would even threaten to drop out of Hogwarts, we would both know it is an empty threat, but if I play my cards right he will fall for it. Second I will not be abandoning your clan, I am an honor guest and have the same right as any of you within the clan, and one of the responsibilities that I took when I became sixteen was to protect the clan. I will not fail." Harry declared breaking up that particular argument.
Both Elsmere and Aria were gapping at him. It was not always that Harry shoed such self-confidence and both girls knew better than not to take him seriously. They knew that even if he was not serious when he said he would quit Hogwarts they both knew that Harry had taken the responsibilities that came with being part of their clan very, very seriously.
"Sorry" Aria apologized.
"Yeah, sorry Harry." Elsmere agreed.
"Don't worry, I just wanted you to know, that I will protect you guys. I have not put this much effort in learning to fight for nothing you know?" Harry asked.
"Yeah Harry, sorry once again." Aria repeated.
"Okay don't sweat it." Harry joked and changed the topic.
It was exactly two days before the train ride to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizarding was to leave the station at King's Cross Station. Harry Potter, Antonio, Elsmere and Aria had arrived in Diagon Alley half a week ago. Harry had already done his school shopping; he had gone with Aria to get another pet apart from Hedwig. He had decided on a blue and black snake. Harry had entered the pet's shop and had looked around for a couple of moments before his eyes had landed on the two foot long snake. The snake had identified him as once as a 'speaker', Harry still had no idea how, but the snake had known instantly the he could communicate with him, and had started talking to him. After a short conversation Harry had bought the snake and named her Maya.
Harry had also gone and had his piercing done. He had gotten a dragon fang just like Charlie in his left ear, but his had a rune designed specifically for protection. His earring will turn hut when anyone wanting to cause him harm approached, at least that was what it was supposed to do.
Harry had also gotten a tattoo. This was in the shape of yet another rune. This rune was the rune for family. Although Harry did not have a family of his own, he considered the Weasleys, Hermione and now Arai, Elsmere and Antonio part of his family and he was going to win this war, so that they could be safe and live in peace.
Right now Harry was sitting on an empty table in The Leaky Cauldron waiting for Hermione and the Weasleys to arrive. Aria and Elsmere were both nearby but Harry had told them to stay out of sight until Dumbledore knew about them. They will be following him all day without any of Harry's friends noticing; at least that is what they hoped for.
Just when Harry was about to get up and stretch his legs for a while the fireplace in the corner turned green and out came Ron, after Ron came Hermione, followed by Ginny, then Fred, then George, then Mrs. Weasley and finally Mr., Weasley. The next thing Harry knew he could see nothing but a bunch of brown bushy hair.
"Hermione, I can't breathe" Harry managed to get out. Hermione was nearly suffocating him.
"Sorry!" Hermione exclaimed before letting go of Harry. Once she could take a good look at him she gasped.
Harry could not fault her; he must be a sight to see. He had transformed from the skinny, short, glasses, and messy hair kid to a 5'11'' young adult, with a piercing on his ear, no glasses and short died hair, not to mention the muscles he had developed.
Before Hermione could open her mouth to ask anything Mrs. Weasley had enveloped Harry in a hug also.
"Well, dear wherever you were, you certainly seem to have taken great care of yourself. You are not nearly as skinny." She commented when she released him.
"Thanks Mrs. Weasley." Harry responded with a smile on his face.
The other Weasley kids were still looking at him open mouthed. Fred and George were the first to snap out of it.
"Hey Harry-"Fred started.
"Had a good summer." The other twin finished.
"It was actually great guys." Harry responded just when the other Weasleys were greeting him.
"That's god to hear mate" Ron said patting his shoulder.
"Yes, Harry, it is so good to hear." Ginny agreed giving him a hug.
After Harry had greeted the rest of the Weasleys, Hermione, Ginny, Ron and him went to buy their school supplies, except Harry who already had his and was only accompanying them. After the whole day of shopping, they had meet with Neville and his grandmother and Luna, but thankfully not with Malfoy or any other soon to be Death Eater.
It was two o' clock when Harry separated from his friends. Harry had been aware of Elsmere and Aria following his all day long but luckily none of his friends had noticed. Now as Harry made his way alone both girls stepped from the shadows and joined him.
"What is the game plan?" Elsmere asked with a curious look on her face.
"Could you please tell Antonio to be in the shadows until I give the signal?" Harry asked them.
"Sure" Aria replied.
"Okay, Dumbledore must already be here so go hide." Harry said before entering the private room he had reserved just for this meeting.
As he had expected Dumbledore was already sitting in one of the chairs on the table. His twinkle in the eyes was missing and instead he looked concerned.
"Harry, where have you been you had us all worried." Dumbledore said getting up from his chair.
"I'm alright headmaster. I wanted to talk to you about something very important." Harry knew that Dumbledore did care about him, but he was still a little mad at the headmaster.
"Sure Harry, but first were have you been all summer?" he asked.
"That's part of what I want to talk to you about." Harry responded. "What do you know about the Acinorev forest?" Harry asked with a grin.
"Harry!" the headmaster exclaimed. "Are you okay? There are many dark and dangerous creatures in that forest. Please tell me you did not go there."
Harry felt anger rising in his. It was not fair to judge a whole society just because some few individuals did not fight for the 'light' side or because of what they needed to do in order to survive because they did not receive the help thy needed, or because of fears and prejudices.
"Exactly what kind of dark creatures inhabit that forest, because I did not see any in the month and a half that I spent there." Harry answered trying to keep a reign on his temper.
"Well Harry you see there are many werewolves and Vampires in that forest." Dumbledore replied as through this was obvious.
"Oh, really, and what exactly makes them dark? Is Remus a dark creature then?" Harry asked starting to loose his temper.
"No Harry! You see there are always exceptions to every rule." Dumbledore replied.
"Oh, I see." Harry replied while discretely giving the signal that told the Vampires that they could appear. When they appeared Dumbledore looked startled for about a minute before he hid it. "Are they dark headmaster?"
"Hello, you must be headmaster Dumbledore, I am Antonio, leader of the Acinorev clan and this is my daughter Aria and my niece, Elsmere." Antonio introduced himself and his family as through he had not just heard Dumbledore calling them dark.
"Hello, yes, I am, a pleasure to meet you." The headmaster replied now with the twinkles back in his eyes.
"Thank you." Antonio replied.
Aria and Elsmere sited themselves beside Harry while Antonio sat at the other side of the table next to Dumbledore.
"Headmaster, I have agreed to let the Vampires fight with us, they will not fight for us, but with us." Harry got right to the point and stressed the word 'with'.
Dumbledore's twinkle dimmed a little but then they were back full force.
"Very well, this is after all your war." Dumbledore agreed.
"Yes, it is as it is my war I would like for you to grant permission for the Acinorev Vampires to come and live in the Forbidden Forest for the school term and also to let both Aria and Elsmere attend the school." Harry declaimed.
Dumbledore looked a little hesitantly but then sighed. "Very well, but you must swear to not harm any of the students, and we will have to arrange special living quarters for both of this young ladies." Dumbledore agreed.
Harry beamed and noted. When they had finished with the details Aria and Elsmere went there separate ways to buy their school supplies. They had decided that they will wait until the train ride to surprise Ron and Hermione.
Author's Note- Okay, this was definitely not my best chapter. Actually I did not like it.
For anyone who cares I hate my Spanish class. If you think my English need work you should see my Spanish, and my native language is Spanish! I absolutely suck at grammar. Ok enough about my problems. Please tell me what you think about this chapter. I honestly did not like it.
Now I have some questions:
I was thinking about having Fred and George back to finish their schooling and cause a little mischief, of course, what do you think?
Do you guys want to see Draco good or bad?
If you have any ideas or suggestions please feel free about telling me!
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