James Potter sat at his desk and started to grade the NEWT essays on vampires. He read Hermione Granger's and gave her an outstanding. The next to read was Shade's essay.
There are four different types of vampires. They are Demonic, Souled, Born and Half Turned.
Demonic vampires are the most agressive and are more common in America, found mostly near an active vampires are the ones many muggles hear about and try to base their stories on. Demonic vampires have no soul, lust after blood, can't walk in the sun, can die from a stake to the heart and are repelled by crosses, garlic and holy water. They do not have souls and when they go to attack, their faces change as well.
A Souled vampire is a Demonic vampire with his soul. They feel all normal human emotions and are repented for what they did. They prefer animal blood, can't walk in the sun and are basically the same as Demonic vampires except they do not attack humans. They feel guilt for the ones whom they attacked. The most famous Souled vampire is Angelus. He currently lived in California and when I met him, was very pleasent. The spell for returning a soul to a Demonic vampire is Ancient Romainian Gypsy magic. The manuscripts for this spell has been lost since Angelus was given a soul.
Half Turned vampires are a mix. A Half Turned vampire is made from a failed turning but, it is unknown what they can do for their is only one recorded case in history and he went crazy. It is unreliable to base the facts off just this one vampire.
The most horrific vampires that are recorded in europen history was the Scrouge of Europe. They were four vampires who came from The Order of Aurelius. The Scrouge was made up of Darla, a blonde vampire who was turned by The Master, Angelus, a sadistic vampire who took pleasure in torturing his victims. Angelus' greatest piece of 'artwork' was Drusilla. When she was human, Drusilla had the ability to see into the future. Angelus murdered a habit on the day she was to take her vows to become a nun and totured her into insanity before having intercourse with Darla infront of her. Drusilla has since remained insane. The last member was a poet who was name William the Bloody as his work was 'bloody awful'. William is now known as Spike as he tortured his victims with railroad spikes. Spike aimed to be like Angelus. To this day, it is unknown where or if the scrouge is still together or disbanded.
The essay was a bit more longer but it was the main gist of it. James was confused and didn't know what to make of it, so he decided to take it up to the Headmaster.
Albus read the essay and looked up at James. "What do you think Albus?" James asked. "Well James, Many other Defence Against the Dark Arts Professors have come to me asking about the same student and his essays. Mr. Black is a talented student, more so than Miss. Granger if I may. Hermione's scores for her owls were amazing but Shadow's score were the first time in history. He recieved a perfect O on all his exams. I suggest asking him to explain his essay and where he got the information from. All the our other colleagues have learned to do so. I think I only have to tell the Defence teachers once, mind you, Remus enjoyed having conversations with him" Albus said with a smile. James nodded, collected the essay, thanked Albus and left to return to his office.
Once James was back in his office, he flooed Remus Lupin and asked him to come over. When Remus came through, he was surprised to see that his friend looked like he had a headache. "What's happened James?" Remus asked as he sat opposite him. James just handed over Shadow's essay. Remus read it and raised an eyebrow. "This is what has you baffled?" He asked curiously. James looked at him sourly. "Hermione Granger has been friends with Matt for years now and I've never known her to be wrong. Her essay is about all vampires in a general sense. I've never read anything suggesting that there are different types of vampires." James explained with a sigh. Remus chuckled at James' confusion. "Shadow Black was born in England but raised in America. The books that he gets are the unedited version than the ones we get. The Ministry of Magic has strict guidelines while the American Ministry follows the constitution. He's a brilliant young man. I was surprised he didn't want to attend one of the American schools" Remus said. James sighed in annoyance. "So I should pass him?" He asked. "It's up to you but it's all correct. I've never known him to fail before" Remus said before getting up and leaving via floo. James sighed again and continued to mark the essays.
The young man causing James Potter's headache was currently in the library helping Luna with her homework when Ginny came over to them. "Hey guys. Guess what?" Ginny said excitedly. "Hey Ginny, what's got you so happy?" Shade asked while Luna looked at her with wide, blue eyes. "Notices have gone up about a Halloween ball. It's a costume one and it's 4th year and up. It should be fun." Ginny said. This annoucement caused Shade to groan. Luna looked at Ginny piercingly. "That's not all that's got you happy" she stated. Ginny ducked her head in embarrassment. "I got on the Gryffindor Quidditch team as a chaser." She told Luna. Shade was sulking in his seat about the ball until Luna and Ginny both swatted him over the head. Shade sobered up and looked at Luna seriously. "Will thy fair lady wish to be escorted to thee ball with thou?" He asked. Luna raised and eyebrow at him while Ginny giggled at the two. "Good sir, I accept thee offer" She replied. Shade smiled and got up from his seat. "I've got to talk to Flitwick ladies. See you later" He said before leaving.
Ginny and Luna traded looks before breaking out into a fit of giggles, getting themselves kicked out of the library in the end. The two girls decided to go out to the lake and just sit around before dinner.
Shade had lied to the girls when he said he was going to see Flitwick. He had actually gone up to his room in Ravenclaw Tower and planned to pen a letter to his dad.
Dear Dad, Cordy, Wes and Gunn.
How are you all? I returned to school not long after you left for Pylea so I hope you are back and safe. Did you get the girl, Fred, from Pylea too? Was Lorne a good guide? Anyways, I hope you all had fun. So far, school has been uneventful. The Headmaster has decided to host a costume ball on Halloween. Dad, could you please send something and Darla would have or did, if you have any left, worn about the time in 1900s. I had a wicked idea for a costume. I also asked Luna to the ball.
Anyways, tell me all about Pylea and your experiences. I wish I could have gone but, school must come first. (Hope you see the sarcasm)
Sorry this is short. Take care.
Shade.
When he finished the short letter, he went to the owlry and found his snowy owl, Hedwig. After calling her down and telling her where to go, he watched her take off to the sky. Shade went to the Great Hall just before dinner started and sat next to Luna, wearing a secretive smile on his face. This caused Luna to wonder what he was up too.
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A/N: Chapters may take a bit longer now as I am currently job searcher and I'm doing a private research project. Thank you all. Regards, Mizz.
P.S. The universes in this story is not mine, just the plot.
