A/N: Ok that was really Mary-Sue that last chapter but it'll be less Mary Sue starting now.
As they walked out of the Great hall, a young man stepped out of the shadows. He had long red hair, silver-blue eyes; he looked to be around 27 and looked to stand at 6'3". The man started to trailing behind Keeley who was trailing behind the marauders and Lily and Mia and Lisa and Ellie. He quickly muttered a disillusion charm so no one would notice his presence, though he was certain that Keeley would notice, eventually.
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Later that day:
Keeley sighed. She felt so out of place, no matter how much Lily tried to make her feel comfortable and no matter how much Sirius flirted with her, she felt just like she had at that school in America. Salem Witches Academy. 'Of course' she thought 'the girls were bitches to me as soon as I started to attract the attention of their boyfriends. Stupid ditzes, they should have listened to me when I told them I was betrothed. Thank God I'm not anymore, I would have died (literally) if I stayed betrothed to him. I miss America, it was free than here in England. Is someone talking to me..'
"Keeley, were you paying attention," asked Lily.
"No sorry, what were you saying," Keeley asked sheepishly.
"I was saying that we have a free period now and Dumbledore asked me to give you this. Also, we know your real last name isn't Dumbledore, we all remember your story from last night, the only person that doesn't is Remus-"
"Oh, I retold him as we were walking to Ancient Runes after DADA, it's because of some…medical conditions that ummm-"
"Oh, for goodness sake, we know he is a werewolf and we don't care," said Mia.
"Yeah, makes him all the more handsome and mysterious," said Ellie with a giggle.
"Yeah," Keeley was about to continue when they heard a scream.
"Where is Lisa," asked Lily looking around, panicking.
"HELP ME SOMEONE PLEASE HELP ME!"
"That was Lisa," said Mia. "We have to help her come on."
They dashed down the hall and were met with an ugly sight. Lisa pinned to the wall with her blouse torn with her lips bruised and scratches running along her stomach. A man with long red hair was bending over her neck, looking like he was going to bite her. The fear was dominant in Lisa's eyes. Immediately Keeley recognized him from when she was visiting the Vampire castle and her castle. Vladimir Dalmarkin.
"Vladimir stop this instant," she said in a dead hiss.
"Ahhh, my lovely beautiful-"
"Save it Vlad, I told you that we are through." At that point everyone gasped. "What, he's my ex-fiancé. Anyway, Vlad I told you I would slay you or have you slayed if you followed me and well, you didn't listen so…" Keeley pulled out a wooden stake and a bottle of holy water. She quickly sprinkled the holy water on Vladimir and ran the stake through his chest. With a blinding white light, Vladimir was gone in a cloud of dust.
"Sorry guy," whispered Keeley, feeling ashamed of some of her past (i.e. Vladimir, her betrothal, and her relationship with vampires in general).
"You cold have gotten Lisa killed or bitten," exclaimed James and Remus and Sirius at the same time. Mia and Ellie didn't say anything, just cried over Lisa who was putting up a good front and silently mouthing to Keeley she would talk to her later. Lily shook her head in disappointment, as if she, Keeley, had betrayed them somehow.
"Ok, I'm sorry, I thought Vladimir had more sense than to try to track me down. I'm really sorry guys please…"
"Just go," whispered Lily disappointedly, which scared Keeley even more, thinking that it would be better if she were yelling right now. Yelling, she could take, whispering, she could not. Just then, Prof. McGonagall came running by to see what was happening. Looking at the scene before her, she could only guess and quickly had the eight students go to the hospital wing even though only on (at the most three) of them really needed medical attention.
"Now, could you please tell me what was going on here?" McGonagall asked.
"Well, my ex-fiancé decided to pay a visit and he went after Lisa and tried to bite her."
"Miss. Be-,"
"Please, use Dumbledore here. I don't want people to know my real last name. Too many questions may be asked."
"Alright, well Miss. Dumbledore if you would please go see your grandfather to sort out this mess I'm sure he and some of your class mates would appreciate that." With that McGonagall left after giving Keeley the password, Necco Wafers, and pointing her in the general direction of the Headmaster's office.
Holding her head high, she walked to the headmaster's office to sort out the mess she had gotten her friends- no acquaintances in.
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Hospital Wing:
Lisa lay in a bed with all her wound heeling from the vampire attack with all her friends bustling about and talking about how irresponsible Keeley was, letting a vampire follow her around.
Lisa couldn't stand it anymore. She was just about to yell at her friends to stop talking when Madame Pomfrey kicked them all out to go to dinner.
Once everyone had said goodbye and had left, Lisa sighed. It's not that she didn't love her friends; on the contrary, they were the only ones she loved. 'It's just' she thought 'thinking back to it, they only recently became protective, ever since 4th year when my mother was killed, they wouldn't let me out of their sight incase I broke down crying and then they lightened up in 5th year only to have them come back full force when it was found that my father killed my mother because she decided she wanted to leave him. Stupid pureblood families. Lily is a muggleborn, Mia is a half-blood, and Ellie is also a pureblood. Sirius is a pureblood, James is a pureblood, peter is a pureblood, and Remus is a half-blood. Sometimes I wish I was a half-blood.' She sighed and wondered if her friends would ever back off her for even just a few hours.
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Dumbledore's Office:
Dumbledore sat passively behind his desk as Keeley retold the vampire story starting with her betrothal. Once she was done her Callahan and the triplets and baby Ty rushed in so she quickly recapped the latest turn of events.
"That-"
"Stop right there Cal, don't even start to say that word that I know you want to say," snapped Keeley.
"Fine," grumbled Callahan. "But come on sis, are you serious. They just abandoned you. I mean, don't they know our- your childhood especially- wasn't all pretty ponies and prince charming/ pretty princesses. Gosh, they are so…"
"Stop. They have a right to be mad and weary of me. I mean, I used to only hang out with vamps; heck I was their leader, in the loosest sense of the word. You remember how I was. It was only too soon in my opinion before they decided to follow me again. Yet somehow, I don't think they would have ever let me have a life with normal people." Keeley sighed and sank down into a chair. The triplets sat on a couch on the far end of the room, quietly passing a small ball of magical energy between the three of them to pass the time.
"My dear-"
"Please, don't say try to persuade them to be on the light side in the war. Vampires, well these Vampires at least, are shrewd creatures that only look out for themselves and are loyal to each other only by default (they are mostly all inbreeded). What drew me to them was not only their sense of knowing where their place was and how to stay neutral in a war but also their use and knowledge of weapons, far greater than what we use and know. They are so well adapt to fighting for their right to stay neutral that they won't hesitate to murder someone who suggest they side with a group. They would kill even their own kin if they were to speak out against staying neutral. But enough praising them, they are making my once simple life complicated and I already have enough on my plate trying to help you jump-start the Order of the Phoenix."
"My dear, calm down, I was only going to suggest seeing if you wanted to go look at possible headquarters at 8 this evening."
"Oh." Keeley felt a bit sheepish for the out burst but quickly shook the feeling and replied, "Sure, so I'll meet you at the gates to the school at 7:55 and then you'll give me the first set of coordinates to apparate to, right?"
"Correct. Now, we have to come up with a suitable punishment for the vampire incident. If we don't, some students might get mad."
"How about I work with Hagrid on feeding the giant spider in the forest. What's his name, Argon or something?"
"That sounds reasonable. All right, go to Hagrid tomorrow at 7 O'clock, don't be late. You are all dismissed."
With that Keeley got up and went over to her brother and took him from Callahan and together, the broken family made their way to the ketches to eat dinner, away from prying eyes.
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Great Hall:
"We should have never let Lisa fall behind," said Sirius in a whisper so no one could hear.
"Yeah, I know, I can't believe we let her get so far behind us and then she got well, don't make me say it," whimpered Mia.
"Hey, what do you think will happen to Keeley?" asked Ellie curiously.
"Probably going to be suspended or something, seeing as she's not here," whispered James.
"Although, she did looked downright terrified that that Vladimir fellow had tracked her down to Hogwarts, she also smelled scared as well," whispered Remus.
"Well, she should have thought about who to get involved with before getting involved with someone," Lily stated as-a-matter-of-fact-ly.
"Oh well, we'll probably find out tomorrow, seeing as Dumbledore's not even here for dinner tonight." Said Peter. After that, they all ate their food quietly briefly exchanging words to ask one of the others to pass this dish or that dish.
Later that night they all sat up in the common room when Callahan entered. He looked at the group before exiting the portrait hole and making them all feel a little sheepish of their actions towards Keeley. However, she had endangered their friend who was already having problems with her family life.
This is going to be a long year they all thought before exchanging good nights and heading towards their dorms, or in James and Lily's case, out the portrait to their portrait of a lily and a lion, also known as the heads dorm.
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Royal Dorm:
Keeley lay awake in her bed going over the day's events. It was already 12:30, and she had gotten back with Dumbledore 30 minutes ago. They ended up choosing a house in Dover, England on a set of cliffs that was isolated for both muggle and wizard society. The house was five stories (magically enlarged) with 12 bedrooms, 5 bathrooms, a kitchen, a den, a living room, a study, a dining room, a basement for entertainment, a room with a large fireplace (for flooing), an attic, and a couple of secret passage ways and secret rooms that had yet to be discover.
Keeley sighed once again, rolled over and closed her eyes, praying sleep would come to her and she wouldn't have to cry herself to sleep. However, she thought of her parents' ad all her resolves broke. Crying, Keeley slowly drifted off to sleep thinking, 'I'll never forget you mommy and daddy.'
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