I don't own anything except Aeryn and Traian

The training went well. Dudley picked up magik and weapons quickly, and the accent easily. Aeryn wouldn't have a problem with drinking blood, he could just illusion it so it looked like human drink and was able to eat food fine. Eventually September 1st came. Alucard put the glamoure on to make Aeryn look like Harry again, and to make Dudley's features more Transylvanian. Before setting off Elisabeta hugged her son and told him to be good, which he smirked at. Seras fussed over the two of them, she had grown fond of them over the past month, and Integra told them to be safe.

Alucard took the boys to the station and, before leaving, gave them a look that they had come to interpret as 'cause chaos.' Getting on to the train was relatively easy, no one noticed them, and they got an empty compartment in the back. "So, now we wait" Aeryn said with a sigh, "people will come sooner or later."

Dudley nodded, "I moved into your neighborhood, and we met at the park right." He got a barely perceptible nod in return.

A few minutes later a slightly bushy head poked into the door. "Oh Harry, there you are," Hermione sounded relieved. "I was worried you hadn't made it."

"Traian, this is Hermione. Hermione this is Traian." Aeryn said in his perfected English accent. Dudley blushed slightly as the beautiful girl smiled at him and shook her hand.

"How do you know him Harry?"

"I'm a transfer student from the Wallachian school of magik and I moved into Harry's neighborhood this summer"

Hermione smiled again, "Oh! I visited Transylvania once. The history was ever so fascinating, especially the things about Vlad Dracula. Did you know he was a wizard and had a son who went missing?"

"Slow down!" both boys exclaimed.

"So," began Aeryn, "do you think he is really a Vampire?"

"Well, it certainly is possible. I mean his tomb is empty and his body hasn't been found."

"How about the book being true?"

"Absolutely not. The personality of the character is far too different than that of the man. He was a brutal tyrant, not a romantinc. Also, he was too devoted to his wife to do something like that."

Dudley snickered, and asked "What would you do if you met him?"

"Hmm. I would probably ask him questions, before I realized that he could kill me. Then I would just pray he would let me leave."

'Hey Dad,' Aeryn called out, 'My friend called you a ruthless tyrant and then said that if she met you she would start asking questions before she remembered you could kill her'. He heard his father snicker mentally.

"Ron was staying at Hogwarts this summer," Hermione said. "He just stayed there instead of coming on the train"

"Who's Ron?" Dudley asked.

"He's one of our friends," Hermione answered. "Only he hasn't been acting like much of a friend lately."

"Oh"

Just then the compartment door opened again and Luna Lovegood came in. "Do you mind if I sit here?" she asked in her dreamy, faraway voice.

"Not at all" replied Aeryn, a faint blush on his normally pale face. Dudley figured this must be the girl he had a crush on. "Luna, this is Traian. He's a transfer student from the Wallachian school of magik."

Luna smiled at him. "Nice to meet you." Luna reminded him (Dudley) of someone, but he wasn't sure who. "Did you hear?" she asked suddenly "All fourth and fifth years are going to be resorted. The sorting hat insisted. Apparently some people are in the wrong houses"

Both Aeryn and Hermione looked nervous. Luna smiled and started reading her newspaper. They sat around talking quietly until they arrived at Hogwarts. Dudley didn't gasp or gape at the size of it. For some reason it actually looked a bit small.

Aeryn sighed, he hoped he wouldn't mess up his act at all and that he wouldn't lose his temper around Dumbledore. It was going to be a long year.