I am stood behind Severus in the Great Hall. My hands are itchy because Dumbledore is wearing silver. I scratch my arms. The doors open. I scratch even harder, A girl right at the front is wearing a load of silver jewellery. Blood trickles down my arms. I carry on scratching
"Stop scratching!" My father hisses at me.
"I can't help it!" I hiss back. Blood is flowing quite freely down my arms, dripping onto the floor. McGonagall is halfway up the Hall now. Professor Sinistra looks at me.
"Is he okay?"
"He is fine. It's just an allergy." I stop scratching. It is rather painful now. The Sorting has begun.
"Allison, Jayna," the girl wearing all of the jewellery walks onto the platform.
"GRYFFINDOR!" She rips of the hat and kicks it. Jayna stamps over to the Gryffindor table, pulling of the snake jewellery as she went. The Sorting finished relatively quickly. Until;
"It is uncommon for a student to be accepted above the age of eleven here at Hogwarts, however, one of the professors has found out they have a son recently. Snape, Serpentine," dead silence as I walk around the Head Table. A lot of the students where wondering who I am- I'm mildly telepathic and can pick up the gist of what people are thinking. I sit on the stool.
Hello again. Serpentine, nice name it fits you very well however you cannot go in Slytherin. But you wish to this time don't you?
"GRYFFINDOR!" I walk over to the Gryffindor table and sit next to Ginny. I look at my father. He is smiling. I pull my book from the depths of my robes. Dumbledore sat still for a few minutes. Then he realised what was going on and stood up.
"I have some rather important news this year. This year's Defence Against the Dark Arts professor is a fae, so you must be very careful if you have any steel jewellery, also she is having a baby later this year so will not be teaching after that. Your new professor is Katalya Blödhfae." He pointed to Katalya. I gasped and looked away quickly, both of my parents are now teaching subjects that I like. Ginny looked at me oddly.
"Remember Li?" She gasped as well. The food appeared on the table and I quickly opened my book.
"Why are you reading Serpentine?" Seamus asked.
"I have a little bit of an issue with food and a lot less of an issue with blood."
"What?"
"I am a vampire, I can not eat as it makes me physically ill to try," Seamus looked at me.
"And why the hell are you in Gryffindor? Shouldn't you be over there with the snakes?"
"No, they'd kill me. Now if you don't mind I'd like to actually start my book. Father is kind of bugging me to translate a potions text." Li glided into the hall and stopped behind me.
"Hello, Hell-Child, how are you?"
"I'm fine thank you Li. I can't eat anymore but that's just a perk right?" Li laughed and nodded.
"Had any problems?"
"A few actually," I admitted sheepishly.
"Oh yes? Care to share?"
"Well, I accidentally broke my cousin's arm and I want you to look at a scar."
"Ah well, the breaking of your cousin's arm is perfectly normal as for the scar… not so. Show me." I took off one of my gloves and showed him the scar on my palm. He frowned.
"How on earth did you get this?" A few people were leaning in to listen to our conversation
"One of the people I was staying with at the beginning of the holiday pressed a silver coin onto my palm. Is it normal to scar this badly?" Li's eyes widened. He looked at the girl with the silver jewellery.
"Excuse me… Jayna, could I borrow something silver?" She nodded and handed him a ring. "I'm sorry," he said, brushing the silver lightly against my skin. Where the silver had touched became an angry red welt on top of the half healed scratch marks. "How did you get those?"
"Scratched myself half to death. Dumbledore's got silver on him and then Jayna had silver… it itched."
"It seems you have a severe reaction to silver which is uncommon, but, a reaction to it is not. Most non humans can't touch it. I am a Wolfsbane so I am immune, like you are immune to the sun. Don't worry. Once Kat leaves I take over as Professor and so I can write you a note for the gloves. How does that sound, Dialga?" I smiled.
"What does Dialga mean?"
"You are my Blood-Childe, it is something we call our… blooded." I nod.
"Hold on," said Ron "I thought Snape was his dad?"
"He means," Hermione started "That as Professor Blödhfae's husband he has a right to call Serpentine his." I look horrified.
"No it doesn't Hermione, a Blood-Childe is what we call the person we blood; it means he is a mentor of sorts, someone I can ask questions about vampires in general." Hermione looked chastened. Li looked damn uncomfortable.
"Anyway, there is a purpose for me coming over here and confusing everyone. Serpentine, I have a fairly late birthday gift for you. As a vampire you need a familiar and vampires traditionally have a bat or a wolf, not ideal for a school so I decided to get you a snake." He held out his wrist and coiled around it was the most gorgeous snake I had ever seen! It was blood red with a black streak going from head to tail. I held out my wrist and it flicked its tongue at me. It then slowly uncoiled itself from Li's wrist and onto mine.
Hello, sserpent. Do you have a name?
A name? It asked, confused
Ssomething to answer to when ssomeone talksss to you.
No one hasss ever talked to me before, sso no. Will you name me?
Yesss, are you male or female?
Male.
Salazar, then, after Salazar Slytherin. The snake nodded its consent.
"You're a parselmouth?" Asked Li.
"Yes… meet Salazar!" Everyone laughed at the irony. Li walked up to the Head Table and stood behind Katalya. She snapped something at him and he hurriedly made his way back down. A few people snickered. He handed the girl her ring and then turned to me.
"Sorry to ask these questions but… When did you last drink?" I looked at him.
"Day before yesterday," he nodded.
"How often?"
"Once or twice a fortnight."
"Good, when will you next drink?"
"Tonight," everyone looked alarmed.
"Why?"
"I have to be ready for potions tomorrow." Hermione looked thoughtful.
"Who from?"
"Madam Hooch offered. Dad can't give me any for a few weeks." Li smiled. He'd heard. "And he did puke. I went on a long rant about purging and he told me he didn't even know how! So I told him and he was like 'that's it?' So yes, he did puke." Li laughed, he caught sight of Kat he turned back to me;
"Well, I was only pretending to hunt and that little fae over there got suspicious when she didn't smell blood so I actually have to go hunt now." We both laughed. Li's lack of punctuality with blood drinking had what caused all of this.
"So she is okay after…" I left the question hanging.
"Yep, she says that her little baby girl- trust me it is a boy- is restless because she can't hear me anymore- I stay away when I haven't fed."
"Well there is a simple solution to that isn't there."
"Oh yes?"
"Take less blood, more often." His face brightened then paled (a feat) considerably when he saw Kat walking towards us. He ran for the doors as fast as he could. Kat smiled and looked at me.
"Hello Dialga, how are you?"
"I'm fine thanks…" I trailed off. Not knowing what to call her.
"They don't know?" I shook my head. "I think Ajyne is a good one."
"Ajyne?" I asked, stumbling over the awkward pronunciation.
"It means what I am to you." I smile. "Anyway, less idle chit-chat, I also have a gift for you." I look at her. She held out a black box. I opened it. Inside was a white gold snake pendant. " I gave one to Severus a long time ago." I smiled and put it around my neck. Katalya walked back to the Head Table and sat down.
==Gryffindor Common Room==
I sat down on floor by the fire, appreciating the warmth. Ron came into the room, Dean, Seamus and a seventh year were with them. They all had grim expressions. I watch them warily.
"So, Snape, are you spying on us for your precious Death Eaters?" Asked Ron. He didn't mean it though, I can tell.
"The Death Munchers and Moldyshorts mean nothing to me." They all looked disbelieving.
"What did Blödhfae mean? 'what I am to you'"
"She means nothing." I discreetly cast a parseltongue translating spell on Ron. My father is delivering my potions.
Ron, don't be alarmed, I am speaking in the snake-tongue. I hiss at them. I am about to attack you, I do not mean it and I will not hurt you, my father is coming and he will pull me off you. Don't struggle you will make it worse. Clench your fist if you are okay with me doing this. Ron clenched his fist. I jumped up, giving them my best glare. They all paled, including Ron. I spring at him, slicing his face. He jerked backwards and raised a hand feebly. I pretended to stiffen, as if drawn by the blood.
I'm sorry I bite into his flesh, blood filling my mouth. The portrait opens and Severus walks in.
-- Severus--
I walk into the Gryffindor common room to find my son feeding from his best friend. I look around, spotting someone I thrust the box I am holding at them and pull my son off Weasley. Serpentine looks dazed. He looks around. He runs for the window, He crashes through it. Unfolding his wings- and ripping his robes- as he went.
Dialga is pronounced dee-algah
Ajyne is pronounced A-een
I will try and update once a week but no promises.