" Charles, to what do I owe this visit?" He asks as he shakes Charles' hand. "Mr. Logan." Logan nods.
"I've come to warn you that an old enemy of Logan's is coming to Hogwarts, and he coming for Alina."
Albus raises an eyebrow, "But how is that possible, Charles, the castle has protection charms against muggles wandering onto the property." Logan scoffs.
"Didn't you learn anything the last time I was here, Bub, mutants are immune to magic. So whatever trinkets you having guarding this place ain't gonna stop Sabertooth."
"He's right, Albus, Sabertooth is immune to magic just like Logan and Alina are.
"And how do you know this man is coming after Alina?"
"I have been tracking his moments since the day Alina came home after her encounter with the boggart and every indication shows that he is on his way up here, Then I had a vision of him coming here and kidnapping her."
Albus' eyes widen, he had no idea that Charles could see the future.
"When did you see him coming here?"
"Halloween." Charles tells him
"What would you have me do to protect my granddaughter, Charles?"
"Allow Logan to stay here at Hogwarts. He's the only one that can slow Sabertooth down, if not defeat him."
Albus looks at the tall burly man, he was going to stick out like a sore thumb, and raise suspicions.
As if reading his mind Logan smirks, "Don't worry, pal, nobody will know I'm here not even the Kid."
"You're not going to tell her?"
"Nah, why freak the Kid out, if she finds out she'll get all paranoid and shit."
"Logan's right let's keep her unaware of the situation, she'll only become distracted." Charles adds.
"Is this Sabertooth a threat to the other students?" Albus asks.
"He could be, but I sense that his main goal is to capture Alina. For no other reason than to torment Logan."
"I don't understand, why would he go after Alina if you are the one he wants to hurts"
"Because I care for the kid, she's like a daughter to me and the easiest way to get to me is through the people I love. Since he can't kill me, he kills them instead, he's done it before. Plus he enjoys watching them suffer before he kills them."
Albus was shocked to hear that such a violent and evil man could exist. Voldemort was evil, but he had a plan, this man kills for the fun of it.
"Alright, Mr. Logan, you can stay. But please try to keep a low profile."
"No problem, bub, nobody will know I'm here. Just tell me where the kitchen is and get me a room close to the kid and everything will be fine."
"That can all be arranged." Albus tells Logan.
Logan nods and goes back to the fire place and floos back to the mansion to get his stuff, it was only a week until Halloween so he wasn't going to bring much. He was back 30 minutes later with his stuff in a duffle bag.
"Okay, Bub, where do I sleep and where's the kitchen?"
Albus said goodbye to Charles, who left shortly after Logan came back. He got up and lead Logan to the kitchen first. The kitchen is located directly under the Great Hall, down the staircase leading to the Hufflepuff Basement. As they made their way down to the kitchen, Albus had to look behind him to make sure Logan was still there. Logan made no noise of any kind, it creeped Albus out a little bit for a man his size to be so silent. In the corridor outside, they stand in front of a painting of a bowl of fruit; one such fruit is a pear.
Logan quirked an eyebrow, "Okay, so where's the kitchen?
Albus tickles the pear, it suddenly squirms, laughs, and then it transformed into a green door-knob, hence revealing the doorway.
Logan crossed his arms over his chest, "That's just weird."
Albus smiled and lead Logan inside, there inside Logan saw small creatures with big eyes and bat-like ears, bustling about preparing food.
"What the hell are these things?" Logan asks.
"These are House Elves, they are the servant here at Hogwarts."
"Well, judging by their so called clothes they seem to be slaves more than servant." Logan huffs.
"Be that as it may, the elves will get you anything you want."
"I don't need anyone waiting on me, pal, I only need access to the kitchen, I can take care of myself."
"It would be better to use the elves, they can get around a lot easier and faster than you. All you need to do is call and they will come to you.
"Fine, whatever." Logan tell him.
Albus informs the elves that Logan will be staying with them for a time and they should get him whatever he needs.
After showing him where the kitchen is, Albus took him to a room just off the corridor that lead to Gryffindor Tower. Logan went in, it was a lot bigger than he thought it would be. There was a large comfortable looking couch in front of a nice fire place with a cozy fire already burning. He went to his room and discovered a king size four post bed, he put his duffle bag down on the bed and went back out to Dumbledore.
"This is a very nice, room, Bub, this will do just fine."
"The only problem with this room, Mr. Logan, is that students will be going by all the time, will you be able to sneak out and follow Alina?"
"I don't have to be right on her tail to follow her, I can track her by her scent anywhere in this castle, I already knew her dorm was up that maze of stairs you got.
"You can really track her on scent alone?"
"Yeah sure, no problem, I'll also be able to tell if and when Sabertooth gets close to the castle. I'll either smell him or hear him first."
Albus was astonished, never in his life had he heard of anyone with abilities like that, not to mention the claws.
"Well, Mr. Logan I'll let you get settled, classes start early so get some rest."
"Yeah, yeah, Bub, don't worry about me."
"Goodnight then." Albus tells Logan, then leaves.
Logan went and layed down on the bed, pulled a cigar out of his jacket and lights it, taking a nice long drag. His stomach growled, Logan gets up and leaves his room, quietly heading towards the kitchen. He got to the painting and tickles the pear. The pear begins laughing and wiggling, Logan stood back as the green door knob appears.
"That is still weird." Logan says, as he goes inside.
The house elves look at him and continue going about their business. When one of them walks up to Logan and bows.
"Does Master Logan wish to have something to eat?" Asked the little House Elf called Padky
"Yeah I would, bub, only don't call me master, I ain't your master, call me Logan.
"Oh no, sir, Padky could never call Master Logan by his first name."
"Well you're gonna have to, pal, if you want me to respond."
The little elf agrees to call him Mr. Logan.
Logan rolled his eyes, "Whatever, bub, you got any meat ready?"
The little elf bows and disappears around the corner, he comes back with lamb chops, roast potatos, and asparagus. He sets the plate down in front of Logan who has sat down on one of four tables. Logan thanks the elf and begins to eat. Once he finishes the elf comes to take away the plate.
"Got any more?" Logan asks. The elf happily goes and gets Logan more.
Once he finishes he goes back to his room and goes to sleep. The next morning Logan hears all the commotion of the kids going down for breakfast. He goes to the door and with one claw makes a peep hole so he can see the students passing by. Just then, Padky shows up with Logan's breakfast. Bringing him eggs, bacon, sausage, toast, pancakes, waffles and anything else he could think of. For someone else it would have been a lot of food, but it was just right for Logan.
Once he was finished and heard that the hallway was clear, he carefully opened the door and slipped into the shadows of the castle. He almost immedietely caught Alina's scent and followed it into the Great Hall. He hung out outside the hall waiting for her to come out. Logan closes his eyes so he can concentrate and blocks out all the other chatter in the room, so he could listen for Alina. What he heard disturbed him a bit.
"You do too like him." Maxine insisted.
"I do not!" Alina responds.
"Come off it, Alina, we all know you like the professor, you can tell us we're your best friends. We're not going to judge you or make fun of you." Dylan whispers to her.
"Fine, yes I like the professor, okay."
"I KNEW IT!" Samantha yells getting the attention of the Gyffindor table.
"No, nothing, do worry about it." She tells them, the all go back to their breakfast.
"Alright so I admitted it, big deal, it's not like anything can come of it."
"Damn right." Logan says to himself
"I'm sure that when he looks at me all he sees is a student."
"I don't know about that, Alina, he gets this goofy grin when you walk in the room."
"No way, you lie!" Alina exclaims, once again getting the attention of the Gryffindor table.
"Nothing, go back to eating." She tells them.
"Would I lie to you? He does, he gets this look in his eyes everytime he looks at you."
Logan growls at what he's hearing. 'What is she thinking, she can't like a teacher, she's just a baby.' Logan thinks running his fingers through his hair.
"So what should I pursue him or let it go?"
'Let it go, let it go.' Logan thinks.
"Why don't you wait and see if he makes a move, if not you can. What have you got to lose, if he's not interested you'll be embarrassed for a while then we graduate. You'll never see him again." Samantha tells her.
"Alright that sounds like a plan." Alina tells her friends.
Logan rubs his face in frustration, well, it looks like he's going to have to kill a teacher.
The quartet head for class, it was Monday so they were on their way to Transfiguration. Logan lingered around the Great Hall for a while trying to figure out which teacher Alina had a crush on. The thought sickened him, he couldn't see her as anything other than the 8 year old he met and trained.
He watches the teachers leaving the Great Hall. The first one to leave was the greasy hair Dracula he had met. Logan scoffed at the thought that Alina liked him. Then Dumbledore left, he was definitely out. A few women teachers passed by him, then He saw a giant hairy man leave.
'Nope, it couldn't be that one.'
He was about to leave when he caught the scent of wolf, at first he thought it was Alek, then noticed that the scent was coming from the last teacher to leave the Great Hall, he was a tall man with scars across his face with brown hair and green eyes. Logan growls softly.
"That's him, it has to be." Logan's eyes narrow as he watches Remus leave for his class.
Logan sticks to the shadows for the rest of the day, tailing Alina where ever she went. When the quartet got to their last class of the day, Defense Against the Dark Art, Remus was outside his classroom greeting the students as they went in. When he saw Alina, he smiled, putting a hand on her shoulder, he greets her.
"Hello, Alina, how are you today?" Remus asks giving her shoulder a little squeeze.
Alina blushes. "I'm doing very well, Professor, I been looking foward to your class all day."
Remus blushes, "I was looking forward to seeing you in class too."
Alina beamed at Remus and went inside the classroom. He sighed and followed her inside.
As they are having their conversation, Logan was in the shadows outside the Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom, He could hear and see everything. How he squeezed her shoulder causing her to blush. How she beamed at him and that sigh he let out as he followed her into the classroom. That's when he suddenly hears Alek growl next to him.
"Damn dog, you scared the shit out of me." The wolf continues to growl.
"You don't like him either, huh? There's something off about him, I can't put my finger on it. It's almost like he's not completely human, but he's not a Mutant. What the hell is he?" Logan says to himself.
Whatever he is, Logan doesn't like it. He doesn't like the look he gives Alina, but he'll have to worry about that later. His main concern was Victor, not some dude that smelled oddly of wolf.