No, I'm not J. K. Rowling. Although I do steal her cloths and wear them and
watch her every move. LOL I'm just kidding. But anyway, I do not own Harry
Potter. Although I do own the characters Faida and Tobias in this story. So
you cant have them!!!! They belong to me!!!!!!! ^_^ * evil laughs of
hysteria *
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Professor Dumbledore sat pondering over his many letters he had been sent over the day. This was the part of the job he hated. All these damn letters and people he had to respond to. But the Professor's thoughts were being dominated by a certain problem today. Faida Raye. Albus had been very conserned about the girl the past week. Every time he saw her she seemed to be so sad. To make it worse, it seemed that she had no friends. Well, Albus had seen her and Draco Malfoy together a few times. This thought depressed the man even more. Malfoy was NOT the person she needed to bond to. Not in the least. He shivered at the thought of what the boy might lead her into. Faida needed real friends. She needed someone to care about her now that her past was catching up to her. He knew of her powers. He knew what she was capable of. The incident with the hat was only the peak of the iceberg.
A bird swooping onto the desk startled Professor Dumbledore. He frowned. He really shouldn't get consumed into his thoughts like that, he knew better than to be open for attacks. Merlin, he was beginning to sound like Professor Aquilus! Speaking of the vampire, he noticed the solid black owl was carrying a letter that was signed from Tobias. He took the letter from the onyx colored owl and sent him off with a pat and treat. Albus unwrapped the letter and read what it said.
Dumbledore,
I would like to bring up the problem of the new moon to you again. If you will remember, the new moon is this Sunday. I wish it to be known that I want NO ONE to bother me Sunday. Under NO exception should anyone come to me.
To respond to your question referring Faida, yes I have noticed. And what would you have me to do about it? She will make friends sooner or later. I am not worried and neither should you be.
Signed,
Tobias
Dumbledore sighed as he read the last paragraph. Tobias, you are a fool, he thought to himself. Albus knew the truth. How couldn't he? He didn't need magic to see the wanting glances and worried stares Tobias gave the girl at breakfast and dinner. It seemed that he would have to see to the situation himself.
Dumbledore pulled out a blank piece of parchment and jotted down a quick response.
Professor Aqulius,
I am very aware that Sunday is the new moon. I will make it very clear that you will not be disturbed by anyone Sunday. And as to Faida, it seems that you know her well, and I will let you deal with it as you see fit.
Professor Dumbledore
Albus chuckled as he wrote the last sentence. He would let him deal with it, but he could lend a hand! He put the letter aside and pulled out another piece of paper. He addressed this one to Harry Potter.
Harry,
I am in great need to talk to you. Please come as soon as possible.
Professor Dumbledore
He whistled sharply and an owl swooped out of nowhere. Albus handed both letters to the bird and sent him off. He then sat back and worked a little more on his papers as he waited for Mr. Potter.
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"Snickers bar"
Harry nervously walked onto the first step as it appeared at the sound of the password. He was rather worried. Harry had NO idea why the Professor had wanted to see him on such sort notice. Had he caught Harry doing something? Did he know about the many raids him and Ron had already done on the kitchens and to Hogsedmede? He decided that whatever it was, it wasn't good.
"Hello? Professor Dumbledore?" Harry asked as he stepped into the office.
"Here Mr. Potter" He turned to see Dumbledore standing next to Fawkes, his pet phoenix, cleaning his ruby feathers. "Thank you for coming Mr. Potter."
"Umm. your welcome, Professor. But, why did you call me?" Harry asked, his voice shaking with anticipation. He wanted to just get in over with and be punished. But Dumbledore didn't even turn to him. He only stood and stroked the firebird's back. Finally, he spoke.
"Isn't Fawkes' feathers beautiful today?"
Harry almost passed out at the man's words. OH COME ON! Than the headmaster turned and smiled at the aggravated boy. He gestured for him to sit as Albus sat down at his desk. Harry took a seat and waited for Dumbledore to continue. The man seemed to have a special twinkle in his eyes. Maybe he wasn't in trouble. Dumbledore than started up a conversation about how well Harry had played in the Quiditich game yesterday. Then he moved on to how Harry's classes were doing. Harry was about to reach over the desk and strangle the old man when he finally snapped and asked, "Headmaster, I don't mean to be rude, but would you please just get on to what you wanted to see me about? It's driving me crazy!"
The man chuckled and said, "Yes Harry, as you wish." He then pushed a bowl of various sweets and candies in Harry's direction. "Candy?" Harry shot Albus a VERY pissed off look and the man laughed. "Only joking Harry!" Dumbledore stopped laughing and a serious look spread over his face before he went on.
"Harry, do you know who Faida Raye is?" Harry nodded. He remembered her all right. He even thought of her often. He had fancied her very much him they had met on the train. But that had changed that night when she was sorted. For one, she was what people had called a monster. He had heard rumors about her being crazy and being one of Voldemort's death eaters. Harry had even heard of her being Voldemort's sex slave. Of course he hadn't believed most of these rumors, but it was more than enough to make him avoid her. To bad, she had seemed so nice on the train.
"You seemed to be friends on the train coming to Hogwarts. What changed your thoughts of her?" Dumbledore went on. Harry didn't know what to say. He could only think of the truth.
"Well. I guess the sorting hat. and I.I've heard rumors about her." It suddenly seemed like a stupid reason to hate someone.
"And that's it? That's why?" Harry nodded, ashamed. "Harry, I'm surprised. I would have thought that you would understand her. You know how its like to have untrue rumors said about you." The boy-who-lived hung his head, he felt horrible now.
"So, they are not true?" Harry whispered.
"No. Not at all. I know what they have said about her. They couldn't be more wrong." There was a long silence between them. Harry looked up to see Dumbledore thinking very hard. As if he was trying to decide what to say. After a few more minutes the old man looked up at Harry. He looked into his eyes.
"Harry, you have a lot in common. Voldemort killed her parents when she was nine. I cannot tell you why he was after her, but I found out about Voldemort's plan and went myself to stop him. But, I was to late to save her parents. I was able to save Faida however. Unlike you, she had NO family or friends to go to. Although your aunt and uncle mistreat you, at least you have a home. A bad home, but a home. I was at a lost at what to do with her. I could not send her to an orphanage for I knew they would find her sooner or later. I finally came to the idea to send her to Tobias. He has taken care of her, but they always were moving around, and she has never had many friends. I cannot tell you details, or why what happened with the sorting hat happened, but I can assure you, it was NOT her fault. She is a danger to no one, an as to the rumors, they are bull shit for all I care."
Harry listened in shock. He had no idea. Faida had told him that her and Professor Aqulius moved around, but never this! Her parents died to. oh god, he felt so guilty. Had he really dismissed this girl over a few damn rumors!? Yes, he had. He knew how it felt to be shunned. He had felt it all to well second year when everyone had thought he was the heir of slytherin. He made a promise to himself to make it up to Faida, some how.
"Do you understand now?" Dumbledore asked.
"Yes Professor. I understand." Dumbledore smiled and the twinkle appeared again. Harry still felt bad, but he smiled back.
"Then you are dismissed. I think your last class started a few minutes ago. Here." The Professor handed Harry a note to get back to class as the boy got up and left.
"And one more thing, Mr. Potter. Make sure next time you sneak out to Hogsmeade, try to be more quiet. You woke me up last time."
Harry nodded and ran down the steps before he really did get into trouble.
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Faida staggered into the great hall for dinner. She was exhausted. Faida hadn't been sleeping much. Depression had left her to just lay awake in bed crying, or plotting ways to end her sorrow. Faida cringed at the thought. She had seriously considered putting an end to it all the past few days. She had even tried. Faida realized she was stroking her wrist at the thought. There wasn't a scar. The wound had healed instantly afterwards. She couldn't bring herself to do it. She was a coward. She was an idiot. She was a monster that everyone hated for no reason. Hell, she hated herself.
She sat down at the long Slytherin table. She sat at the end, alone, as always. That was her seat now. No one sat within four seats of her and she had all the privacy she needed. To much privacy.
"Faida?"
Faida almost fell out of her seat when she heard her name being said from behind her. Who in hell would be talking to HER!? She turned around to confront whoever it was. It was Harry Potter. He seemed very troubled. Faida felt her heart throb. It had really hurt her when the trio had ignored her after THE night. She had had such dreams of being in Gryffindor and the trio becoming the quartet. But no, she was not meant to be happy. She said nothing to the boy in front of her. After seeing that she wasn't going to say anything Harry said,
"Hi. Umm, look, I just want to say that I'm REALLY sorry for ignoring you. And if you want, I'd like to invite you to come sit with us at the gryffindor table."
There was a long silence as Harry waited for Faida to respond. She was in shock. Did he really just invite her to come sit with him? Was that even possible? She didn't think there was a rule saying you HAD to sit with your house. Should she? Should she forgive him?
"What made you change your mind?" Faida asked wearily.
Harry thought for a minute than said, "I just realized that I was being a big dick. I know how it feels to be shunned, believe it or not." His eyes seemed to plead to her. Maybe he really was sorry.
"The great Harry Potter? Made fun of!" She said sarcastically.
"More than you think."
Faida examined him for a few minutes. She looked him up and down, trying to decide if she should trust him. She decided to take her chances. She was so lonely. Faida was at the point that she would even except a fake friendship, as long as she had someone to talk to. Faida stood up and smiled for the first time in over a month. He smiled back and turned to walk to the Gryffindor table. It was then that she realized that everyone in the great hall was staring at them. The slytherins were throwing poisonous darts at her, while everyone else was just taken aback. She grinned and followed Harry to his table.
She sat down beside a brown-haired girl that she remembered as Hermione. The girl looked surprised and shot a glance at Harry, who only nodded his head and smiled. Hermione looked at Faida. Faida tried her best to put a smile on and look friendly. She couldn't let them get away now. This was probably her last chance. After a minute Hermione smiled warmly back.
At first everyone at the table looked at her fearfully and didn't speak, but Harry gave all his attention to Faida. Slowly, most of them came around until they were all laughing and joking about nothing in particular. Faida was introduced to all the Gryffindors from first to seventh year. They greeted her and accepted her. After all, if the Harry Potter approved of her, than there was no way she was a deatheater! It was as if no one remembered she was a slytherin and that it was always like this.
Fiada couldn't stop smiling! Could it possible be that she was becoming friends with these people? She didn't know, she couldn't really remember having friends. Faida decided that she would allow herself to be friends with them. She was still suspisous of how fast they had welcomed her, but she really didn't give a damn now. She had friends! Faida felt her heart swell as she regained that hope she had lost on that night. Hope for a happy future. Maybe her life wouldn't be so bad after all.
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Tobias watched as the boy known as Harry Potter walked up to Faida. What was he up to? He watched curiously from the professor's table as they talked. Faida stood up and walked to the Gryffindor table with Potter. What? She was sitting at the Gryffindor table! And she was talking to Potter! But she was smiling. She was smiling at Potter. Tobias felt the sharp pain of jealousy in the pit of his stomach. She never smiled at me like that. Tobias knew that he should be overjoyed for the girl. She had been so depressed, and as much as he hated to admit it, he had really been worried about her. But now, she was sitting next to Potter and smiling at him. Potter, not Tobias. Never Tobias. He sighed.
Why was he such an asshole?! Tobias felt like banging his head against the table! Why did he torture himself so much? Why couldn't he just tell her how much he cared? Why couldn't he comfort her? Why couldn't he hug her? Why couldn't he kiss her? Why couldn't he. No. He could never do that. Tobias slapped himself mentally for thinking such thoughts. He couldn't start this again. It was because he was only a few days until the new moon. The moon was Sunday, today was Thursday. Soon it would be over and his raging hormones would be controlled again.
Tobias looked up at the sound of laughter. Faida was laughing. His heart sank. She never laughed for him. She was happy. She was happy without him. She no longer needed and depended on him. She was no longer a child. But he still wanted her to depend on him, just for other things now. He loved her. He had loved her since the moment he saw her eight years ago. But he was not a pervert. Yes, it had started off as a love you felt for a sister or daughter, then Faida had grown and blossomed into a beautiful young woman. How could he resist her?
He stared at the girl as she was introduced to everyone at the table. He really should be happy for her. At least one of them was happy now. Tobias suddenly realized someone had been watching him. He looked over to see twinkling eyes of Dumbledore staring at him.
"What do you want?" Tobias growled.
"There is no need to get aggressive Tobias. I was only noticing how sad you looked." The old man said. When no response was heard from the vampire he turned to look at the Gryffindor table. "I see Ms. Raye has made a few friends."
Tobias turned back to stare at his love, the sorrow returning to his heart. Then he smirked.
"I told you she could do it on her own. See, you had no need to worry about her." Tobias grunted.
Dumbledore had to bite his lip in order not to laugh.
"Yes, Professor Aquilus. You were right."
Neither said anything else. Tobias stared at Faida sadly, and Dumbledore stared at Tobias. After examining the vampire Dumbledore said,
"You could be down there laughing with her if you would let yourself. Believe it or not, she does need you. She needs you more than anyone now. I think you'd be surprised at how much she misses you."
Tobias turned back to the headmaster. Dumbledore was shocked to see rage burning in his black eyes.
"Don't presume to understand me you old git!"
The infuriated vampire got up and left the Great Hall without another word.
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Professor Dumbledore sat pondering over his many letters he had been sent over the day. This was the part of the job he hated. All these damn letters and people he had to respond to. But the Professor's thoughts were being dominated by a certain problem today. Faida Raye. Albus had been very conserned about the girl the past week. Every time he saw her she seemed to be so sad. To make it worse, it seemed that she had no friends. Well, Albus had seen her and Draco Malfoy together a few times. This thought depressed the man even more. Malfoy was NOT the person she needed to bond to. Not in the least. He shivered at the thought of what the boy might lead her into. Faida needed real friends. She needed someone to care about her now that her past was catching up to her. He knew of her powers. He knew what she was capable of. The incident with the hat was only the peak of the iceberg.
A bird swooping onto the desk startled Professor Dumbledore. He frowned. He really shouldn't get consumed into his thoughts like that, he knew better than to be open for attacks. Merlin, he was beginning to sound like Professor Aquilus! Speaking of the vampire, he noticed the solid black owl was carrying a letter that was signed from Tobias. He took the letter from the onyx colored owl and sent him off with a pat and treat. Albus unwrapped the letter and read what it said.
Dumbledore,
I would like to bring up the problem of the new moon to you again. If you will remember, the new moon is this Sunday. I wish it to be known that I want NO ONE to bother me Sunday. Under NO exception should anyone come to me.
To respond to your question referring Faida, yes I have noticed. And what would you have me to do about it? She will make friends sooner or later. I am not worried and neither should you be.
Signed,
Tobias
Dumbledore sighed as he read the last paragraph. Tobias, you are a fool, he thought to himself. Albus knew the truth. How couldn't he? He didn't need magic to see the wanting glances and worried stares Tobias gave the girl at breakfast and dinner. It seemed that he would have to see to the situation himself.
Dumbledore pulled out a blank piece of parchment and jotted down a quick response.
Professor Aqulius,
I am very aware that Sunday is the new moon. I will make it very clear that you will not be disturbed by anyone Sunday. And as to Faida, it seems that you know her well, and I will let you deal with it as you see fit.
Professor Dumbledore
Albus chuckled as he wrote the last sentence. He would let him deal with it, but he could lend a hand! He put the letter aside and pulled out another piece of paper. He addressed this one to Harry Potter.
Harry,
I am in great need to talk to you. Please come as soon as possible.
Professor Dumbledore
He whistled sharply and an owl swooped out of nowhere. Albus handed both letters to the bird and sent him off. He then sat back and worked a little more on his papers as he waited for Mr. Potter.
* * *
"Snickers bar"
Harry nervously walked onto the first step as it appeared at the sound of the password. He was rather worried. Harry had NO idea why the Professor had wanted to see him on such sort notice. Had he caught Harry doing something? Did he know about the many raids him and Ron had already done on the kitchens and to Hogsedmede? He decided that whatever it was, it wasn't good.
"Hello? Professor Dumbledore?" Harry asked as he stepped into the office.
"Here Mr. Potter" He turned to see Dumbledore standing next to Fawkes, his pet phoenix, cleaning his ruby feathers. "Thank you for coming Mr. Potter."
"Umm. your welcome, Professor. But, why did you call me?" Harry asked, his voice shaking with anticipation. He wanted to just get in over with and be punished. But Dumbledore didn't even turn to him. He only stood and stroked the firebird's back. Finally, he spoke.
"Isn't Fawkes' feathers beautiful today?"
Harry almost passed out at the man's words. OH COME ON! Than the headmaster turned and smiled at the aggravated boy. He gestured for him to sit as Albus sat down at his desk. Harry took a seat and waited for Dumbledore to continue. The man seemed to have a special twinkle in his eyes. Maybe he wasn't in trouble. Dumbledore than started up a conversation about how well Harry had played in the Quiditich game yesterday. Then he moved on to how Harry's classes were doing. Harry was about to reach over the desk and strangle the old man when he finally snapped and asked, "Headmaster, I don't mean to be rude, but would you please just get on to what you wanted to see me about? It's driving me crazy!"
The man chuckled and said, "Yes Harry, as you wish." He then pushed a bowl of various sweets and candies in Harry's direction. "Candy?" Harry shot Albus a VERY pissed off look and the man laughed. "Only joking Harry!" Dumbledore stopped laughing and a serious look spread over his face before he went on.
"Harry, do you know who Faida Raye is?" Harry nodded. He remembered her all right. He even thought of her often. He had fancied her very much him they had met on the train. But that had changed that night when she was sorted. For one, she was what people had called a monster. He had heard rumors about her being crazy and being one of Voldemort's death eaters. Harry had even heard of her being Voldemort's sex slave. Of course he hadn't believed most of these rumors, but it was more than enough to make him avoid her. To bad, she had seemed so nice on the train.
"You seemed to be friends on the train coming to Hogwarts. What changed your thoughts of her?" Dumbledore went on. Harry didn't know what to say. He could only think of the truth.
"Well. I guess the sorting hat. and I.I've heard rumors about her." It suddenly seemed like a stupid reason to hate someone.
"And that's it? That's why?" Harry nodded, ashamed. "Harry, I'm surprised. I would have thought that you would understand her. You know how its like to have untrue rumors said about you." The boy-who-lived hung his head, he felt horrible now.
"So, they are not true?" Harry whispered.
"No. Not at all. I know what they have said about her. They couldn't be more wrong." There was a long silence between them. Harry looked up to see Dumbledore thinking very hard. As if he was trying to decide what to say. After a few more minutes the old man looked up at Harry. He looked into his eyes.
"Harry, you have a lot in common. Voldemort killed her parents when she was nine. I cannot tell you why he was after her, but I found out about Voldemort's plan and went myself to stop him. But, I was to late to save her parents. I was able to save Faida however. Unlike you, she had NO family or friends to go to. Although your aunt and uncle mistreat you, at least you have a home. A bad home, but a home. I was at a lost at what to do with her. I could not send her to an orphanage for I knew they would find her sooner or later. I finally came to the idea to send her to Tobias. He has taken care of her, but they always were moving around, and she has never had many friends. I cannot tell you details, or why what happened with the sorting hat happened, but I can assure you, it was NOT her fault. She is a danger to no one, an as to the rumors, they are bull shit for all I care."
Harry listened in shock. He had no idea. Faida had told him that her and Professor Aqulius moved around, but never this! Her parents died to. oh god, he felt so guilty. Had he really dismissed this girl over a few damn rumors!? Yes, he had. He knew how it felt to be shunned. He had felt it all to well second year when everyone had thought he was the heir of slytherin. He made a promise to himself to make it up to Faida, some how.
"Do you understand now?" Dumbledore asked.
"Yes Professor. I understand." Dumbledore smiled and the twinkle appeared again. Harry still felt bad, but he smiled back.
"Then you are dismissed. I think your last class started a few minutes ago. Here." The Professor handed Harry a note to get back to class as the boy got up and left.
"And one more thing, Mr. Potter. Make sure next time you sneak out to Hogsmeade, try to be more quiet. You woke me up last time."
Harry nodded and ran down the steps before he really did get into trouble.
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Faida staggered into the great hall for dinner. She was exhausted. Faida hadn't been sleeping much. Depression had left her to just lay awake in bed crying, or plotting ways to end her sorrow. Faida cringed at the thought. She had seriously considered putting an end to it all the past few days. She had even tried. Faida realized she was stroking her wrist at the thought. There wasn't a scar. The wound had healed instantly afterwards. She couldn't bring herself to do it. She was a coward. She was an idiot. She was a monster that everyone hated for no reason. Hell, she hated herself.
She sat down at the long Slytherin table. She sat at the end, alone, as always. That was her seat now. No one sat within four seats of her and she had all the privacy she needed. To much privacy.
"Faida?"
Faida almost fell out of her seat when she heard her name being said from behind her. Who in hell would be talking to HER!? She turned around to confront whoever it was. It was Harry Potter. He seemed very troubled. Faida felt her heart throb. It had really hurt her when the trio had ignored her after THE night. She had had such dreams of being in Gryffindor and the trio becoming the quartet. But no, she was not meant to be happy. She said nothing to the boy in front of her. After seeing that she wasn't going to say anything Harry said,
"Hi. Umm, look, I just want to say that I'm REALLY sorry for ignoring you. And if you want, I'd like to invite you to come sit with us at the gryffindor table."
There was a long silence as Harry waited for Faida to respond. She was in shock. Did he really just invite her to come sit with him? Was that even possible? She didn't think there was a rule saying you HAD to sit with your house. Should she? Should she forgive him?
"What made you change your mind?" Faida asked wearily.
Harry thought for a minute than said, "I just realized that I was being a big dick. I know how it feels to be shunned, believe it or not." His eyes seemed to plead to her. Maybe he really was sorry.
"The great Harry Potter? Made fun of!" She said sarcastically.
"More than you think."
Faida examined him for a few minutes. She looked him up and down, trying to decide if she should trust him. She decided to take her chances. She was so lonely. Faida was at the point that she would even except a fake friendship, as long as she had someone to talk to. Faida stood up and smiled for the first time in over a month. He smiled back and turned to walk to the Gryffindor table. It was then that she realized that everyone in the great hall was staring at them. The slytherins were throwing poisonous darts at her, while everyone else was just taken aback. She grinned and followed Harry to his table.
She sat down beside a brown-haired girl that she remembered as Hermione. The girl looked surprised and shot a glance at Harry, who only nodded his head and smiled. Hermione looked at Faida. Faida tried her best to put a smile on and look friendly. She couldn't let them get away now. This was probably her last chance. After a minute Hermione smiled warmly back.
At first everyone at the table looked at her fearfully and didn't speak, but Harry gave all his attention to Faida. Slowly, most of them came around until they were all laughing and joking about nothing in particular. Faida was introduced to all the Gryffindors from first to seventh year. They greeted her and accepted her. After all, if the Harry Potter approved of her, than there was no way she was a deatheater! It was as if no one remembered she was a slytherin and that it was always like this.
Fiada couldn't stop smiling! Could it possible be that she was becoming friends with these people? She didn't know, she couldn't really remember having friends. Faida decided that she would allow herself to be friends with them. She was still suspisous of how fast they had welcomed her, but she really didn't give a damn now. She had friends! Faida felt her heart swell as she regained that hope she had lost on that night. Hope for a happy future. Maybe her life wouldn't be so bad after all.
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Tobias watched as the boy known as Harry Potter walked up to Faida. What was he up to? He watched curiously from the professor's table as they talked. Faida stood up and walked to the Gryffindor table with Potter. What? She was sitting at the Gryffindor table! And she was talking to Potter! But she was smiling. She was smiling at Potter. Tobias felt the sharp pain of jealousy in the pit of his stomach. She never smiled at me like that. Tobias knew that he should be overjoyed for the girl. She had been so depressed, and as much as he hated to admit it, he had really been worried about her. But now, she was sitting next to Potter and smiling at him. Potter, not Tobias. Never Tobias. He sighed.
Why was he such an asshole?! Tobias felt like banging his head against the table! Why did he torture himself so much? Why couldn't he just tell her how much he cared? Why couldn't he comfort her? Why couldn't he hug her? Why couldn't he kiss her? Why couldn't he. No. He could never do that. Tobias slapped himself mentally for thinking such thoughts. He couldn't start this again. It was because he was only a few days until the new moon. The moon was Sunday, today was Thursday. Soon it would be over and his raging hormones would be controlled again.
Tobias looked up at the sound of laughter. Faida was laughing. His heart sank. She never laughed for him. She was happy. She was happy without him. She no longer needed and depended on him. She was no longer a child. But he still wanted her to depend on him, just for other things now. He loved her. He had loved her since the moment he saw her eight years ago. But he was not a pervert. Yes, it had started off as a love you felt for a sister or daughter, then Faida had grown and blossomed into a beautiful young woman. How could he resist her?
He stared at the girl as she was introduced to everyone at the table. He really should be happy for her. At least one of them was happy now. Tobias suddenly realized someone had been watching him. He looked over to see twinkling eyes of Dumbledore staring at him.
"What do you want?" Tobias growled.
"There is no need to get aggressive Tobias. I was only noticing how sad you looked." The old man said. When no response was heard from the vampire he turned to look at the Gryffindor table. "I see Ms. Raye has made a few friends."
Tobias turned back to stare at his love, the sorrow returning to his heart. Then he smirked.
"I told you she could do it on her own. See, you had no need to worry about her." Tobias grunted.
Dumbledore had to bite his lip in order not to laugh.
"Yes, Professor Aquilus. You were right."
Neither said anything else. Tobias stared at Faida sadly, and Dumbledore stared at Tobias. After examining the vampire Dumbledore said,
"You could be down there laughing with her if you would let yourself. Believe it or not, she does need you. She needs you more than anyone now. I think you'd be surprised at how much she misses you."
Tobias turned back to the headmaster. Dumbledore was shocked to see rage burning in his black eyes.
"Don't presume to understand me you old git!"
The infuriated vampire got up and left the Great Hall without another word.
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