hey guys, sorry exams and work are keeping me busy- i need the money to go volunteerign abroad this summer! am so excited- still very sorry fro the long wait but i promise i will ghet back on track soon- thank you all of you who are still following this despite the wait- will try as hard as i can to update weekly now :)
Hermione entered the lunch hall and was immediately accosted by some of the girls who had been glaring at her previously. This time she didn't have the two boys, but the girls didn't know that they weren't needed by the witch.
"There are some guys who are seeing miss, now we want you to back of and leave them alone." A blonde said, her face caked in make up.
"Yeah coz like, just coz your new here and all it don't mean that you get the guys. Beside what ever slutty things you promised the guys here wont work on these guys. They're not school boys and you cant have them." Hermione smirk grew.
"Sure thing." Ignoring them completely Hermione slid into her seat and gained curious looks.
"Some boys are here, they were warning me to stay away."
"You don't look to bothered by that."Aaron commented and Hermione looked towards the door as it opened.
"I don't need to be warned. There's no way I want to have sex with any of them." Fer frankness threw the boys as they watched the three newcomers. The man in the middle had mess black hair and was shorter than the other two. His glasses did not hide the piercing green eyes and a scar peaked out from under the mop of hair that fall around his face. He wore dark trousers and a dark blue shirt, the top buttons undone. To his left was the opposite. The pale, blonde haired man could have been a vampire and his icy eyes matched the chiselled body framed by a tight black shirt and trousers. The red head on the other hand was scruffier, through in a shirt also, and his hair was longer as he slouched- he was clearly the tallest with the blonde at around 6 foot 1. the girls immediately grouped round them.
"Hey boys, your just so gorgeous"
"Why are you here? Do you need a place to stay?" The group of boys Hermione was sitting with raised their eyebrows at the audacity that the female members of their year were displaying.
"Do you want a private tour?" Hermione smirked at the supposed sultry voices as put down her sandwich, completely ignoring them.
"Oi, slag, don't you wish you didn't have our lot now." A girl named Hannah called and Hermione turned to see the girl, her skirt far too short to be decent and stood.
"Not particularly, have them." The way the newcomers looked at Hermione told Vlad she knew them and her smirk showed she was up to no good.
"Come one Granger, you still turning me down? You know I love a girl in uniform and you are certainly one hot piece. Man I wish we could have got together in school. Weasley your a fool for choosing Brown over this one in our 6th year." The blonde said smirking, watching as the red head flushed, and de attached himself form the gaggle of girls to hug Hermione and kiss her on both cheeks.
"Get off your high horse Malfoy, there was no way I was going to join your ranks of groupies of be a one night thing. Besides you were a man whore, still are actually and I was..."
"Prudish?" She hit him lightly and grinned.
"No you git, completely uninterested in you- I was more interested in getting good grades than having a tryst in a broom cupboard."
"Yeah but now we're not in school together you wanna give it a go kitten? I'll make it worth your while." The flirting was aimless, neither was serious though Vlad grew quickly annoyed at the ease of which she slipped into banter with this man compared to the closed off attitude she could hold around him. He was not the only one, Hannah's outrage showed on her face as she watched the familiar exchange.
"You know this slag, she's stolen our boys and now you. Filthy whore." Vlad saw all three men tense and each of their eyes flashed. Unlike Hermione the ginger and dark haired men seemed to hold purer magic, the blonde slightly darker and he knew this could not end well. As did Hannah after she saw the fury in the groups eyes. Immediately the group formed what appeared to be a protective formation. Hermione behind the three.
"Did you just call 'Mione a whore?" Weasley asked, his voice chilling- something he learned in the war.
"I'm afraid we can't have that, you see Hermione here is no whore and we're a tad protective of anyone who thinks so. In fact by looking at you I'd say...Draco what do you think?" The spectacled man asked, taunting the shocked girl.
" I agree Potter. You my dear" Hannah leaned in expecting a compliment despite the chilly situation, "Yes, you dared to threaten our girl, shes done more for this world than you ever will, shes a far better person and you are merely trash compared to her."
"Now I suggest, if you don't mind that is, that you don't dare hurt Hermione's feelings again because she knows a few people who could make your life very miserable."
"Besides she doesn't want to get into her pants and has this thing called brains. I suggest you stop leering at us- there no way your coming near us again." Weasley finished.
"Run along." As the group of boys, including Vlad, looked at the quartet they saw all wore eerily familiar smirks, as of their posture indicated anger, and, as Hannah and her friends ran off in tears, as shared malicious grins.
"Damn I've missed you Mione, mum says you must pop over for lunch." Weasley said hugging her before she was swept into Potter's arms. The transition from the formerly cold atmosphere as shocking, as though they had eradicated the event from their minds. But then again, Vlad supposed, she had been through a lot worse.
"Of course, just send me a letter or call. How have you been Harry?"
"Good, training's hard but fun."
"You've finally got muscle on you, no more scrawny git eh? What am I gonna tease you about now?" Hermione pouted and was poked by Harry who ginned.
"I was never scrawny."
"No offence mate you were a twig. Now im starving,is there anything we can eat?" Hermione smiled.
"Some things never change Ronald, come." She sat down and they crowded round her. "Vlad, Aaron, this is Draco, Harry and Ron. They're some of my best friends." The boys eyed each other up before Harry held a hand that was shook. He was the only one to offer.
"Look after our girl, she may think she's tough but shes not really."
"Potter I will kick your arse as soon as we're not in public and you know how easily I will do it. How long are you staying?"
"Only to see how your doing and to tell this lot to treat you well." Draco answered.
"Why would we not?" Aaron asked confused, normally people transferred, they did not have people like this to protect them. The three glanced quickly at Vlad who, unlike the others at the table, caught their glance and nodded.
"No reason, we just want to talk to the count as well. Kingsley says he hopes you are well."
"I am not four Harry, im a grown up girl now." She shot them pointed looks.
"Yeah well your always getting yourself into trouble."
"That's normally your fault Harry and you know it. I kind of like it here you know. No trouble, crazy teachers, just normal." The raised eyebrows told them what they thought at that comment but all three knew not to comment.
"Yeah, anyway how are you really?" She shrugged.
"I'm sleeping, eating, im fine. Its good you know, the normality. Hows training?"
"Hard, I wish you would come back and help us- mum won't she says we deserve it for wanting to go into the field and refuses to patch us up."
"You'd have think Weasley would have learnt by now."
"Not everyone has servants to do it for them ferret."
"Boys." Though the school boys couldn't understand the hidden words they could see the closeness of the four. "How's Moony and Padfoot?"
"Sirius misses teasing you, Remus said he needs someone to have an intellectual talk with because we're all idiots."
"Understandable, I'll talk to them soon." Ron mock punched her on the shoulder.
"Understandable? nderstandable? We are intelligent." She raised eyebrows, "Well Draco's intelligent and he's related to Sirius."
"He's everything Sirius hated about snobs, no offence Draco, and Remus needs someone who doesn't only want to talk about sport and girls, he's nice and sweet and you are all players. If I were him I would have moved out a long time ago."
"Yeah but him and Sirius are too close for that, Sirius wouldn't let him move out and Remus would miss the company of his old friend." Hermione nodded in an 'if you say so' manner as the bell rang and the lunch hall cleared out.
"Have to go to class boys, I'll see you soon. Try not to burn anything." Though the insult could be taken lightly the group understood that even though she was checking up on the vampires they were not to be harmed in any manner or else they would have hell to pay- once she decided she was loyal to someone the female was loyal to a fault and the boys knew that she would either lecture them or make them never ever want to cross her again. The witch was powerful and they all knew that the power combined with her knowledge would easily cause damage to them if she wished to- thankfully they had only each annoyed her a little- merely watching what others had endured during her rage.
"Yeah we know Mione, still no fun." Ron drawled in a manner that was eerily like the blonde, his eyes flicking to the stoic vampire behind Hermione as he gave her a hug.
"Stay safe, don't do anything stupid. I still cant believe you came back to school."
"You know damn well that I am working." Hermione whispered as Harry tickled her slightly.
"You love learning Granger, don't lie. I'll tell the men you miss them, they are probably grateful your out of their hair."
"I have my own house Malfoy, I just don't like being alone."
" Then pop into my bed any time." He winked and instead of being affronted Hermione just laughed- used to him hitting on her in a teasing manner, knowing that neither would ever take the next step but each trying to outfox the other and take it as far as they could.
"In your dreams blondie, run along. You have a man to speak to do you not?" Draco bowed mockingly.
"As the lady wishes." And the three left, the barley audible pop sounding as the doors swung shut.
"They seemed nice."Aaron commented. "Have you always been close?"
"I met Harry and Ron when I was 11. Draco was a bit of a bully but a couple of years ago things changed and we've been like that ever since. They are practically my brothers. What do we have?"
"Maths." Vlad stood by the door, holding it open.
"Thanks Vlad, what are you studying at the moment?" He smirked.
"Nothing you cant handle Hermione." Aaron said, Vlad snarling slightly as the other answered the question directed at him.
"He's right its easy. This way." Vlad held open the door.
"Thank you Vladimir," When no one was looking he leant down to whisper into her ear, his breath ghosting over her neck.
"You have interesting friends, I don't think they are too happy you are here with us dangerous vampires."
"Your not that dangerous." She stated, walking forward as she spoke so no one would know what was going on. The vampires eyes turned black as he clutched her arm painfully.
" But I can be Granger, don't you forget it. You are just a witch, despite being higher than me. I am the chosen one and respect was earned by violence. I could destroy everyone in this corridor in seconds." His tone was still silky but she didn't not show any visible reaction as Aaron noticed they had stopped.
"Come on guys, I don't want to be late again." Hermione ignored him in favour of looking up at the taller teenager.
"But you wont unless someone really pisses you off. Let go please Vlad." Using magic she forced his fingers from her person as he failed to comply, it wasn't dark magic, just a protective shield she had been working on yet he felt her power again- it bordered on dark magic he could tell as his vampire side flared and his darker self reared its head inside him, trying to take control- he only just stopped his fangs from emerging in front of the breather that was his friend and watching too intently for Vlad to get away with anything.
"Using dark magic Hermione. Tut tut tut, what a naughty little witch you are." And with that he left her confused, the gentleman and bumbling teenage gone- replaced with a powerful vampire who transitioned into someone slightly more heartless in mere moments. Hermione vowed to find Ingrid, she had to know why it was Vlad had done such a thing, even the threats-despite not knowing him for long, seemed unusual for the vampire who wanted to live in harmony, from what she had heard, with humans.
"Are you okay Hermione? Vlad looked pretty angry- fighting already?" Aaron took her bag as he led her to maths, the dark haired boy long gone.
"I don't quite know what just happened. Have you ever felt worried about him?" The human shook his head.
"No, but I've heard he can be pretty frightening when he wants to be. A few of the boys are scared shitless of him. He exudes a kind of power and sometimes I think he could kill us all. A bit of a socio-path that one. Nonetheless he's normally an alright bloke. Cant have you in detention on your second day even if you are a friend of the counts." And he steered her away, her mind still processing Vlad's odd reaction to her magic and how it had affected him. It hadn't before which left her curious and her mind wandering throughout the lesson. She knew that curiosity killed the cat, but Harry's had always paid off in the end and besides, as her mother used to tell her 'curiosity killed the cat... but satisfaction brought it back.'
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