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" Oh! Where did Tenny go!" Elaine said looking around the meadow for the small foal.

" Really, you gave him a nickname?" Sirius said as he handed Hagrid another meat bucket.

" If you could see him, you'd agree that he's a Tenny!" Elaine huffed.

" His mum let 'em run off by himself? Hecate normally doesna let 'em wander to far from her." Hagrid said worriedly. The mare must have understood them because she let out a shrill clucking sound. Her milky white eyes darting around in search of her curious foal.

" He couldn't have gone to far. I'll go look for him!" Elaine said standing and looking around for the foal's tracks.

" Are you sure?"

" Well considering Hagrid's busy here and you can't see them, yeah!" Elaine huffed walking following the tracks.

" Wait! Winters-"

" S'alright Sirius, Elaine can handle 'erself." Hagrid mused as he brushed the main of the nearest mare.

" What about that thing you told us about!" Sirius said firmly. " What if it's around here."

" Elaine's a good dueler and can handle almost any magical creature in this forest."

" But you said that you don't know what that thing is. How do you know she can handle herself against it?"

" Because I trust 'er and 'er I've seen 'er hold 'er own again' some seriously dangerous creatures." Hagrid grinned. " Ye should probably 'ave a bit more faith in yer girlfriend, Sirius."

" She's not my girlfriend!" Sirius said quickly.

" Really? The way ye two were a cuddlin' up there with them Thestrals would give anyone the impression that ye were." Hagrid grinned, obviously enjoying the embarrassed look on the Fifth Year's face. " Ye both looked awful cozy together. Maybe ye should ask 'er to share a butterbear at Hogsmeade this weekend. I'm sure she'd love it."

Sirius' face was redder than a tomato at the Gamekeeper's words. " Just like I'm sure she'll enjoy ya calling her Ellie."

" What are you talking about?"

" I heard ya call her Ellie. Ya normally call 'er by 'er last name. I'm sure she'll like the change."

Sirius' ears were now red.

" Tenny!" Elaine said looking around for the foal. She had followed his tracks so far into the dark forest that she had to use Lumos to be able see. " Where-"

Elaine broke off when she saw the foal in a small clearing eagerly chasing bats.

" Tenny!" She said approaching the foal cautiously. The foal looked up at her, cocking his head slightly as she made her way cautiously to him.

" Come on, little one. Your mama is very worried about y-" Elaine broke off when she movement off to her right. The grip on her wand tightened as her other hand inched towards the stiletto hidden in her clothes.

She came to a dead stop when she saw a handsome young man about twenty years old stepped into her view.

He had long, unruly red hair down to his shoulders. She couldn't tell what color his eyes were as his hand was in-front of them, blocking the light from them.

" Put down your wand, lass."

He had a deep baritone sounding voice, thickened with a Scottish Accent.

" Who are you!" She demanded, her wand not moving an inch.

" Wand, lass."

" Tell me who you are and maybe I'll consider lowering it!"

" My name is Gavin."

" Gavin what?"

" Gavin Griffith."

" What are you doing in the Forbidden Forest?"

" I gave you my name, lass. Now lower your wand."

She did, but only slightly.

" What are you doing in this Forest!"

" What are you doing in this Forest?" Gavin asked her, managing to finally look at her.

Green eyes.

Forest green.

A subtle red beard lined his square jaw.

" I live on the grounds." She said calmly Tenebrus nuzzling her knee slightly.

" As do I."

" Then why haven't I ever seen you at the castle?"

" Ah, so you belong to the school." Gavin said smirking over at her. " You appear to be a student, Hufflepuff from the color of your tie."

Her green eyes narrowed her green eyes on him.

" I was in Gryffindor when I attended." He said when she refused to respond. " But that's been a while ago."

He continued smirking at her as he took a few steps towards her, lifting his hands to show he was weaponless.

" Stop!" She said firmly causing him to stop inches from her.

" I'm not a threat to you, Little Hufflepuff."

" Someone who is a threat would say they weren't!"

" But I'm not." He said and before she could blink he grabbed her by the wrist and jerked her to him. He placed her wand right at his jugular, a wicked grin plastered across his face. " If you don't believe me, then say it."

" What?" She squeaked at the cold feel of his skin against her own, her nerve shaking slightly. Tenebrus offered an disapproving whine, ruffling his wings at Gavin's actions.

If her cousin Rodolphus were to see how easily she had been grabbed he'd never let her hear the end of it.

By time he had graduated she had made vast improvements in dueling.

He had even given her a few compliments.

Something that was completely out character of him.

" If you don't believe me Little Hufflepuff, then curse it from me. From the looks of you, you're either a Fifth Year or a Sixth. You should have been taught which Curse will get the truth from me."

" Are you talking about an Unforgivable Curse!" She gapped in horror at him.

He raised a red eyebrow at her statement, looking unsure of what she was referring to.

" If you want me to use the Imperius or Cruciatus Curses they've been illegal for over two centuries now!" Elaine said causing Gavin to continue giving her a confused look. " If you went to Hogwarts then you should know this!"

" Ah yes…they were deemed Unforgivable and made illegal in 1717." He finally said.

" Let go."

" But you still haven't decided if I'm a threat or not." He said leaning his face closer to her own.

WHAM!

" I said let go!" She said before driving her knee firmly into his groin earning an approving squawk from Tenebrus.

He released her instantly and crumpled to the ground, cupping himself in pain. A small whimper came from him as he pressed his head to the ground.

" A threat or not, you're definitely rude!" Elaine huffed, angling her wand at him. " When someone says for you to let go, you do it!"

" What an truly uncultured girl you are!" He whined from his place on the ground.

" Well, no true gentleman would manhandle a girl the way you did!" Elaine snapped angrily.

" What kind of girl assaults a man's genitals!" Gavin gaped, taking a deep breath as he managed to pull himself into a tripod position.

" What kind of man just grabs a girl and refuses to let her go when she demands he do so!" Elaine said, the tip of her wand turning red.

The women of this era are so violet! Gavin thought as the red haired girl continued to point her wand at him. How can someone in Hufflepuff be so violent.

" Why are you on the Hogwarts grounds?" She asked firmly.

" You're such a violent girl." He wheezed. " Are you sure you're not a Slytherin?"

" You're a pig are you sure you weren't in Slytherin!"

" What makes you think all Slytherins are pigs?"

" What makes you think they're all violent?"

" Are you sure you're not a Ravenclaw?" Gavin laughed, placing a hand on the nearby tree and rising to an almost straightened position. " I don't care what kind of pain I feel, that's always going to be the worst."

" Uh-huh."

" You'll never know how much that hurts!" Gavin gaped at her, his face slightly sweaty.

" You'll never know how painful childbirth can be."

Touché." He smirked. " You never gave me your name, Little Hufflepuff."

She glared uncertainly at him.

" I could just keep calling you Little Hufflepuff. You are rather short after all."

" Flipendo!"

Gavin was sent flying backwards.

" Yeah, I think you should have been in Slytherin." Gavin laughed from his spot on the ground.

" I am not short!" Elaine huffed.

He couldn't stop laughing at her statement which only seemed to irritate her more. " I'm not! I'm a 162 cms! I'm average! I'm not some weird giant jerkwad like you!"

" What's a jerkwad?" Gavin asked not moving from where he lay.

" What were you, raised by wolves?"

" My childhood was not like yours, Little Hufflepuff." He smirked at her.

" Keep it up and I'll set you on fire." Elaine said firmly as Tenebrus made his way to her.

" Well Little Hufflepuff, if I don't know your name, what else am I to call you?"

" Elaine." She said after eyeing him for a bit.

" A interesting name."

" How so?"

" It's an old name coming from both France and Scottland." Gavin said from the ground. " It means Shining Light."

" Uh-huh…"
" It can be found in Arthurian Legend as well."
" Really?"

" I take it, like most Magical Children you never heard the other side of the legends. You only ever learned about Merlin, correct."

" Yeah…why?"

" Do you know of Elaine of Astolat? Or Elaine of Corbenic?"

" No."

" A true shame, really. Their stories of unrequited love are truly interesting. Both longing for the same man, neither ever truly having him. Wonderfully written."

" Really?"

" A lot of Muggle Authors are surprisingly good." He said running his fingers through the grass beside him. " You seem like someone that would enjoy them."

" You don't know anything about me!"

" No, but I'm an excellent judge of character."

" Why are you just laying there?"

" I'd rather not chance you blasting me again." Gavin smirked. " Plus I think I may have hurt my back with I landed on this rock."

" OH MERLIN!" Elaine squeaked hurrying over to help him up. " I'M SO SORRY!"

Gavin burst out laughing at her action.

" Oh My Little Hufflepuff, you are far to innocent and naïve." He said before sweeping her feet out from under her.

" GYAH!" She screamed as her body slammed hard into the ground.

Before she could register what had happened, Gavin was on top of her, his full weight locking her securely in place, one hand pinned her wand over her head.

" Far, far to innocent." He said giving her a wicked grin.

" Get off of me!" Elaine growled, squirming underneath his heavy weight.

" Why, I'm quite enjoying to view." He said tracing her bounding carotid with his tongue. " And if you keep squirming like this, I may lose all my resolve and have my way with you."

He nipped her pulse lightly, licking the small trickle of blood that oozed out. Gavin then buried his face into her throat and inhaled deeply. " Delicious." He growled, his free hand roaming downward along the curve of her waistline " Absolutely mouthwatering."

" You lecherous pig!" She whimpered fearfully, causing him to laugh before releasing her.

" Be on your way, My Little Hufflepuff." Gavin said before pulling her to her feet. " Take the baby Thestral and scamper on back to Hogwarts and don't come back to this part of the Forest again."

She couldn't move, fear had her locked in place, her wand hand trembling.

" Go on My Little Hufflepuff," He whispered standing behind her, trailing a finger lightly over her shoulder. Dipping his head forward he whispered in her ear. " There are worse things than me that lurk here that wouldn't hesitate to devour a delicate little mouthwatering morsel like you."

" What are you-" Elaine whirled on him, wand raised only to have her breath catch. As he stood there, grinning hungrily at her, shining in the wand light, was a set of snow white fangs. She quickly gathered Tenebrus into her arms and almost flew from the clearing, his laughter echoing in her ears.

Sirius was worried.

Elaine was taking to long and with each passing second he become more and more concerned.

" Hagrid-"

" I wonder what's taking Elaine so long with find'n that foal." Hagrid said eyeing the surrounding woods warily.

Hecate, Tenebrus' mother, pawed the ground anxiously, letting out another shrill cry for her missing foal.

" I'm going t-"

Sirius broke off as Elaine came barreling into the meadow, leaves and twigs cluttering her red curls, scratching littering her face and arms.

Tenebrus squawking fearfully for his mother, his wings wavering frantically in her arms. Sirius watched her knees bend shakily as she set the foal down before it took off for its mother.

" Ellie!" Sirius said hurrying over to her as she straightened, her arms trembling.

He was surprised at how much she was trembling. It was worse than one of the school's old racing brooms.

" Elaine, what's wrong?" Hagrid asked hurrying over.

" Winters?" Sirius said as the red head continued shaking, tears now pricking her green eyes. " Hey Winters, what is it? What happened out there?"
He reached out to rest a hand on her shoulder when she launched herself into his arms, sobbing. " Hey, hey, hey Winters! What-"

" Vampires…"

Sirius thought he had misunderstood her. " What?" He asked as she buried her face into his chest and mumbled something.

" Elaine, what did y-"

" Hagrid! There're vampires in the Forest!" She said quickly causing the Gamekeeper's face to drain of color. " That's what's been killing those creatures! That's what drained them of blood and left the meat untouched!"

" Sirius, ye get 'er back up to the school an' 'ave Madam Pomfrey look at them cuts!" Hagrid said quickly gathering the empty meat buckets. " I'm gonna 'ave to see Prafessor Dumbledore about this! I'll bring yer stuff teh the Hospital Wing after."

" Come on Winters, let's get back to Hogwarts before the sun goes down." Sirius said comfortingly. It's a full moon tonight, I need to get her inside before Remus makes his way to the Shack.

" Ye weren't bit were ya, Elaine?" Hagrid asked noticing how she curled into Sirius.

" No." She said in a small voice.

" Are you sure?" Sirius asked stepping back so that he could give her a once over.

" Y-Yeah." She said in a shacky voice.

" Well, let's get you back to school and get those cuts looked at, then." Sirius said wrapping his arm comfortingly around her, locking her protectively against him.

" Best be off, ya two. I won't be far behind ya, promise." Hagrid said as Sirius guided Elaine to the main path.

" Winters…you uh, you've got some twigs and leaves in your hair." Sirius said, pulling some from her red curls.

" It must have been from when I fell after he grabbed me." Elaine said causing his temper to flare.

" He grabbed you!"

He tightened his grip around her when she nodded. " Damn it, I knew I should have gone with you!"

" Hagrid needed your help and you c-"

" Don't argue, Ellie!" Sirius growled causing her to jump. " I could have done something to protect you from that sick-"

Sirius broke off when she hid her face into his chest.

She was still trembling, he could feel her tears beginning to wet his shirt.

" Fine," he said pulling a few more leave from her hair. " I'll yell at you later, let's just get you to the Hospital Wing."

She nodded weakly as he rubbed her back. Silently thankful that James and Remus weren't around to give him grief…but he had a feeling that Hagrid would fill them in.

" Are you sure he didn't bite you?" He asked softly as she sniffled weakly. " Ellie?"

" What?" Elaine said weakly.

" I said-"

" Did you just call me Ellie?" She asked causing his face to flood with heat.

Sirius found himself stuttering uncontrollably, his normal cool demeanor gone. His grey eyes wide with surprise. He felt his heart skip a beat at the shy smile she gave her.

" I liked it." She said standing on her tip-toes and placing a soft kiss on his cheek.

" W-W-W-What-"

" Let's head back." Elaine said placing her forehead against his chest, hiding the blush that now matched her hair color.

" Yeah…it's a full moon tonight." Sirius said awkwardly escorting her towards the school.

" Remus! Is he going to be alright?"

" Yeah, he has a routine to make sure everyone's safe."

" Does he ever get lonely?"

" Yeah…" Sirius said rubbing her shoulder with his thumb. She wasn't shaking as bad now, both their faces were red still.

" I wish their was something we could do for him." Elaine said causing Sirius to chuckle.

" You never change do you? You were just attacked by a two legged leach and you're still concerned about others." Sirius laughed causing her to huff slightly. " I'm not saying it's a bad thing, Winters! It's an interesting change of pace from the other idiots we know."

" I liked it better when you called me Ellie." She huffed causing his face to redden again. " You can call me that, I really don't mind."

" We best hurry or else Filch'll catch us and assume the worst. He's been itching to use those shackles in his office." Sirius said as they made their way past the greenhouses where Professor Sprout emerged from.

" Filch keeps shackles in his office?" She gapped in horror. " For what!"

" Miss Winters, Mister Black, what are both of you doing out of the castle at this hour?" Professor Sprout asked curiously. " Miss Winters, just because you're a Prefect doesn't mean y-oh my, what happened to you?"

" I…um…fell, Professor."

" Clumsy as always, Miss Winters. Honestly, did your mother and father put a bubble charm around you growing up?" Professor Sprout sighed weakly.

Elaine shifted awkwardly hiding an embarrassed smile. She knew that her Head of House was only joking. She was very rarely stern or upset with her own House.

" Mister Black, please see Miss Winters gets to the Hospital Wing in one piece."

" Of course, Professor."

Gavin Griffith stood near the edge of the Forbidden Forest, watching the red haired Hufflepuff as she made her way back to Hogswarts with some dark haired boy.

A slight twinge of annoyance went through him s she stood on her tip-toes and placed a kiss on his cheek. He fought the urge to go and rip the boy's still beating heart out of his chest.

He found himself amused by his Little Hufflepuff.

She had an interesting hint of determination and boldness that made him wonder why she hadn't been placed into Gryffindor or Slytherin.

Perhaps the Sorting Hat had been wrong with its decision.

Gavin cocked his head to the side as he watched the teens enter the school. He ran his tongue over his lips, enjoying the echoing taste of her blood.

It had truly been savory.

Her naivety had added a sweet honeyed textured to her blood. He had detected her purity and inexperience as well, something that he had wanted to sample more off. Something that he would enjoy corrupting.

An image of her laying naked on the forest floor, her red hair fanned out around her like a bloody halo.

Just the thought of sinking his fangs into her creamy thighs and enjoying the blood easily following from her femoral.

The idea of opening her legs, enjoying the sight of her that no man had privy to, and driving himself into-

" You let her go."

Gavin groaned at the sound of a high pitched male voice interrupting his fantasy.

He shoved his hands into his pockets before turning to see the source of the voice.

Upon a tree branch roughly twenty five feet from the ground crouched a man who appeared to be in his early twenties. He had tight curly blonde hair that hung slightly past his shoulders and crystal blue eyes that portrayed just what type of predator he truly was.

He had delicate almost feminine features. Where Gavin was athletic built, this man was slim and gangly.

" What have I told you about following me, Dolion?" Gavin said, his calm voice not revealing one once of his true feelings.

Of how utterly revolting he found him.

" It's not my fault you haven't reported back to the Nest in almost two months." Dolion said in a fake whiny tone, his voice heavy with a Greek accent. " Hadeon's patience with your current bout of rebelliousness is wearing thin."

" Report back on what exactly?" Gavin asked, feigning ignorance.

" On which of the students here would be candidates for joining our happy little family." Dolion said grinning at Gavin who currently wanted to vomit.

" Family is not the word I would use." Gavin said causing the man to wave his hand dismissively.

" Always the black sheep in our happy home!" Dolion said before hopping from his branch and landing effortlessly near Gavin.

The red head noted that Dolion had put a safe enough of distance between them. So much so that Gavin wouldn't be able to snatch him and crush his windpipe.

So he can be taught. Gavin thought. Only took the twat three hundred years, and Morana says I'm a slow learner.

" You didn't answer me."

" About?"

" You let her go."

" That's a statement, not a question. Now, even if you had worded it as a question, I'm still not required to answer you."

" But you let her go!" Dolion gaped, stepping closer to him. " YOU!"
" I did."

" Why?"

" None of your business."

" Come on, Gavy! Tell little Dolly why!"

" I've told you not to call me that." Gavin said as Dolion actually leaned in to sniff him.

" She's smells yummy, seriously, why'd you let her go?" Dolion asked curiously. " You could have tupped her and then drained her."

" Because, unlike you, I have something called self control."

" You!"

" Yes."

" You? Have self control?"

" Of course."

" I have seem you fuck one cunny in the blood soaked bed of another while its owner's body still cooled."

" I've grown."

" And you don't think I have?"

" I saw you screw your last human male and then drained him dry in less than five hours."
" See, self control." Dolion said chipperly.

" I don't know how Sephtis puts up with you."

" Cause I'm cute and I'm his little cuddle buddy.

" I think I'm going to vomit." Gavin said trying his best to not picture the bubbly little Greek and his overly large Persian male.

" Sephy find both my normal appetite as well as my sexual one endearing."

" I think I'm going to vomit directly on you."

" Like I said before, I've seen you go through your fair share of quim!" Dolion huffed, placing both hands on his hips and cocking it to the side.

" As I said before, I've grown and you have not. Besides, if I were to drain her now then that's all she wrote. I wouldn't be able to enjoy her in the future." Gavin grinned savagely. " Those full lips of hers are going to look wonderful around my cock."

" But you didn't even bite her."

" I scraped her with my fangs, just enough to slip some venom into her veins." Gavin smirked. " Just enough to sway her resolve and bring her to me, begging for my cock."