AN- after a very very long wait here is chapter 4, sorry it has taken so long to get this up. Keep an eye out for an update to Hidden Flame within the next day or two. And thanks very much to SnowTigerQueen for all the help. Read and Review!

"Vladimir come on get up."

Gabriel groaned and stuck his head under the pillow. Only one person at Durmstrang was brave enough to call him that.

"Come on Viktor. It's Saturday, why in the name of Merlin's saggy ball sack would I want to wake up this early?" Gabriel grumbled from under the pillow.

"Do you kiss your mother with that mouth?" Viktor asked yanking the pillow away.

"No, I kiss yours with it though." Gabriel snapped back scowling at the sunlight streaming in the window.

"Haha very funny. You have a visitor get out of bed lazy ass." Viktor rolled his eyes yanking Gabriel's blankets off the bed as well. "And it isn't very nice to keep Mr. Lupin waiting."

This caught Gabriel's attention. Lucius had kept the secret of Gabriel's location and change from Remus since he had been changed. Gabriel didn't want the man to find him even though Lucius had explained on multiple occasions that it wasn't what Gabriel thought the boy still felt betrayed by the werewolf.

"Well in that case I'm going back to sleep." Gabriel curled up in a ball on the bed.

"Come on Gabriel, at least go see what he has to say." Viktor coaxed. The older student had taken a liking to the young Vampire four years previously when he had started at Durmstrang. Because the school population was small only two boys shared a room and the two of them had been bunking since Gabriel's first year.

Gabriel liked Viktor because he was the only pureblood in the school who treated him like a normal person and not a 'Dragon Prince.'

"Can I at least have breakfast first?" Gabriel pouted. It hadn't taken long to realize that one of Gabriel's vampire traits was a thirst for blood. Viktor was typically a willing donor but then again so was over half of the school population, partly due to the euphoric after effects of a vampire bite.

"If you get up now and get dressed I will ask Antoine to be your donor this morning." Viktor bribed.

Some people liked orange juice better than apple juice other people liked beef over chicken. Gabriel liked Antoine Vasily's blood over anyone else in the school.

The Russian fifth year student was rather taken with Gabriel as well but he like Viktor treated him like a human being.

"Fine, I'm up." Gabriel sighed going to his closet grabbing an arm full of clothes he disappeared into the bathroom.

A few minutes later he emerged fully dressed. Though Gabriel was well liked in the school his choice of style was looked down upon by a majority of the pure blood students, the males anyway. The small female population of the school practically drooled on his feet.

The young vampire never paid them any mind however and no matter how often Viktor asked Gabriel would never say why he took no interest in any of them.

Gabriel was dressed in a pair of loose fitting leather pants, Dragon hide boots and a black shirt with mesh sleeves.

Viktor was pretty sure the muggles called this style Goth. "He's in the entryway. Grab your jacket." the older boy instructed sitting down at his desk with a book.

"Yes mom." Gabriel rolled his eyes grabbing his leather jacket throwing it on. Sure Durmstrang was cold but he was also part vampire he didn't really feel it. "Where is Grim?" He asked before heading out the door and as if being summoned a tiny dragon the size of a teacup Chihuahua scampered out from under the bed taking to the air on small wings to land on his shoulder.

'Good Morning Grimoir.' Gabriel hissed to the dragon.

Gabriel had found the dragon's egg in the yard a few days after the adoption ritual which proved to everyone that he truly was the dragon prince.

Remus was in the entry way outside of Igor Karkaroff's office examining paintings. Viktor Krum had went to fetch Gabriel but Remus wouldn't be surprised if the boy didn't show.

Remus and Sirius had been searching for him for years and what pissed the werewolf off the most was that Lucius had known where he was the whole time.

Now if the Lord Malfoy was to be believed young Gabriel Walker was the Dragon Prince. That meant that the dark lord had made his choice correctly.

"Why are you here?" A sharp voice demanded. Remus turned to look at the youth who had addressed him and couldn't believe he was looking at his godson. The dark dragon design on his face proved the truth behind Lucius' story not to mention the dragon on his shoulder.

"I have nothing to say to you." Gabriel stood his ground an unhappy look on his pale face his eyes sparking in anger.

"Do you have anything to say to me?" Sirius asked coming out of the headmaster's office.

"No, Remus at least came to see me for a while. You never did." Gabriel was remaining stubborn. Grim hissed and spit sparks at the men.

"You have every reason to be mad; would you at least allow us the time to explain a few things?" Remus begged.

"Fine, start talking." The young vampire remained standing where he was.

"Somewhere more comfortable maybe?" Remus suggested.

"Not that you deserve it but we can go to the library." Gabriel finally dropped his arms to his sides leading the way. Grim never once took his eyes off of the men. His green scales matched Gabriel's eyes and reflected the torch light in the halls making him sparkle like an emerald.

After the three had been seated Sirius leaned forward. "You have all the right to hate me and what I'm about to tell you probably won't make things better. I was selfish and that was why I never came to see you. I will never forgive Moony for taking you to that orphanage. You are my godson and I was supposed to raise you. When I found out you had been adopted by muggles I couldn't stand it. I wanted you and they had taken you from me. It would have hurt too much to visit and not be able to take you with me."

Gabriel nodded in understanding. "I can forgive you for that Padfoot but my trust won't be won as easily. I will however give you the chance."

Remus blushed. It was his turn to explain. "Gabriel, that day you ran away. I'm not sure how much you overheard but it wasn't the whole story. When I said I couldn't take you it wasn't because I didn't want to. It was because I really couldn't. There are laws that prevent werewolves from adopting just like vampires. I left as soon as I explained that to ask Lucius and Sirius if either one would take you. Sirius of course jumped at the chance. Lucius wanted to take you too as a friend for his son. Sirius had more right though. We've been looking for you every day since."

"Lucius knew where I was. He used to bring Draco over to play all the time before we started school." Gabriel fired back even though he knew Lucius had sworn not to tell. Gabriel couldn't make the feeling of betrayal go away.

'Young Master, He is being sincere you know. You can't go through life living in the past, you'll never make it to the future.' Grim encouraged.

"You both are forgiven." Gabriel sighed. "But as I said my trust is not so easily won."

"Thank you, Now if you have the time we need to talk to you about something very important. If you can agree with what we say, you could be a big part of some life altering plans taking place this year."

When Gabriel returned to his room an hour later with a brain buzzing with information Antoine was sitting on the end of his bed shirt off ready to go.

"Here for the daily feeding." He chuckled.

"Good to see you Antoine." Gabriel smiled his canines reflecting the light coming through the windows.

"Let's get this party started then." Antoine grinned.

Gabriel needed no further invite he moved swiftly to the bed tilting Antoine's head to the side for better access to his neck.

"As soon as your finished we need to go train." Viktor barely looked up from his book as Gabriel finished and wiped his mouth on the back of his hand.

Antoine sat there for a moment his eyes dilated a stupid smile on his face. "Tell me why people are so afraid of being bitten?" Antoine finally shook his head.

Gabriel laughed before shooing the boy out of the room so he could change into his jogging pants and sweatshirt.

"When are we leaving for Hogwarts again?" Gabriel asked as they ran through the forest.

"Two weeks. What did the wolf want?"

"To explain and ask forgiveness," Gabriel replied.

"That's not the full story though is it?" Viktor glanced over at the boy he had come to see as a brother.

"No, not exactly. But I can't say anything more right now."

Viktor let it go at that knowing Gabriel would talk when he was ready. "So who do you think it will be? Me or you?" He changed the subject.

"What competing in the tri wizard tournament? How do you know it'll be either one of us? They supposedly use an impartial judge. Someone who won't care that I'm the Dragon Prince or that you are a Quidditch prodigy." Gabriel grinned knowing Viktor hated people making a big deal of his Quidditch career.

"Other than us the only other person who would stand a chance is Antoine and he isn't going."

Gabriel stopped dead in his tracks. "What!"

"Calm down Vlad. I'm sure there will be lots of tasty morsels at Hogwarts to feed on." Viktor laughed.

Gabriel blushed and continued to run beating Viktor to the sparring ring by a good fifteen minutes.

A thought finally clicked in Viktor's brain. It wasn't only Antoine's blood Gabriel had a thing for. It was Antoine...

"Gabriel, why didn't you tell me you were gay?" Viktor asked entering the sparring ring picking up his sword before he asked. Gabriel was wicked fast with a blade and in the event he lost his temper Viktor didn't want to be unprepared.

"I, you, what?" Gabriel blushed again his pale cheeks turning pink.

"Your reaction to Antoine, you like him don't you?" Viktor took a few practice swings of his blade to avoid looking at the boy.

"Oh! You thought. Antoine. No no no. It's not Antoine I was blushing about. It was your comment about a tasty morsel at Hogwarts." Gabriel laughed. "I know someone at Hogwarts I've wanted to sink my fangs into since I was changed."

"I'm guessing your fangs aren't the only thing you want to sink into him either." Viktor teased raising his eyebrows suggestively.

Gabriel blushed an even brighter shade of red and brought his blade down onto Viktor's effectively ending the conversation.

When Durmstrang arrived at Hogwarts a great feast was held to welcome them and the beauxbatons students. The Durmstrang students chose to sit at the Slytherin table where it looked like they would fit in the best. Hogwarts was huge compared to Durmstrang but much less homey it was a large drafty castle, not fit for living in in Gabriel's opinion.

Gabriel searched around the great hall looking for a familiar face but unable to find it. Viktor watched him in concern through the entire meal which the Vampire didn't eat much of. He hadn't fed that morning either which had Viktor even more concerned.

As soon as the meal finished Gabriel dragged Viktor out for a tour of the castle. As they walked down the halls looking at the paintings a faint scuffling noise caught Gabriel's attention, a whimper followed the scuffling and he immediately took off in the direction of the noise. A confused Viktor followed swiftly behind.

They rounded a few corners before finding the source. A tall dark skinned boy had a short petite blonde boy pushed against the stone wall.

"You are worthless and pathetic. The only reason anyone talks to you is because your daddy has money. You think you're going to do better than me? You are nothing and you will get nothing." The tall boy spat pushing the blonde into the wall harder eliciting another whimper from him.

Gabriel rushed forward knocking the taller one away placing himself between the two of them. The tall boy regained his ground and began to charge Gabriel, He didn't make it far before Gabriel back handed him sending him sprawling onto the floor.

"Don't you dare talk to him like that you waste of space. You are a piece of shit and nothing more. Never let me catch you touching him or talking to him like that again! Do you know who I am?" Gabriel bellowed.

The tall boy Gabriel would later learn was Blaise Zambini touched a hand to his cheek where a small cut from Gabriel's Walker family ring had cut him had started to bleed. He nodded dumbly before picking himself up of the floor. One last look at Gabriel and Grim and Blaise was gone.

"Gabriel?" The blonde asked, stepping away from the wall.

"The one and only." Gabriel grinned from ear to ear. "So tell me Draco. What have you gotten yourself into this time?"

"It's a long story." Draco sighed rubbing the back of his head.

"For you Dragon, I've got all the time in the world."