By: MeEm
Dedicated to Sab- who is just as obsessed with vampires as I am!
Special thanks to: Shakespeare's Muse, my faithful beta reader!
Summary: A new 6th year at Hogwarts will change two individual's life forever. Literally. The arrival of new girl, Xtiana, means six words: Blood; Draco Malfoy; Betrayal; Death; Vampyrs. But how will people's choices determine their destiny? Hell knows…
Disclaimer: Elixabetta Xtiana and the plot are copyright of mine- MeEm. The rest are copyright JK Rowlings.
A/N: Please bear in mind that my uncle's computer that I'm using is set in Slovak so I can't understand a word the spell/ grammar check/ tool bar etc. says. Also, people who might say I've spelt vampyr wrong- I haven't! It can be any of the following; vampyr, vampire, vampyre, vampir, nosferatu- it depends on your culture. Anyways, happy reading!!!
Take care how you cut yourself-
it is more dangerous than you think
– Dracula, Bram Stoker's Dracula
Chapter Two: New places, new faces, new life
The sixteen year old girl strode condfidently into the Slytherin common room, valiently keeping the image that she was not at all nervous and perfectly fine thank-you-very-much. Her mousy brown curls were neatly piled on top of her head, in an elizabethan style and her brand new Hogwarts robes floated with an eerily immaculate fashion, not a speck of dirt in sight. She had recently been sorted into Slytherin, but she did not particularly care which school house she was in as one word pierced her mind, screaming over and over again.
Blood.
She could smell fresh, warm human blood everywhere, all the time and how it tempted her! 'i must wait until later at night' she told herself. 'when not too many mortals are near...'
"Hello," a female voice drawled from behind her. Swivvelling around, she replied "Hello, my name is Elizabetta Xtiana. I am new here and will start the Slytherin 6th year." The girl who had said "hello" was a rather ugly specimen with pale blonde hair and a pug face. Her pale blue eyes looked spiteful and Elizabetta Xtiana noted this girl was jealous of her looks from a single smirk. "Well my name's Pansy Parkinson," The girl said, holding out a hand. "And I'm in the 6th year too!" She then let out a squealy sound that Elizabetta presumed was a laugh. "I'll be your official friend and show you around!"
"Mmm...I thank you for your outward hospitality," Elizabetta politely said. 'Oh God! Why her?! Anyone but this retarded hog!' As Elizabetta shook Pansy's hand, she felt the surge of fresh blood rushing through the girl's veins. It felt so tantilising to feel the blood swim so freely under the skin, she briefly considered tearing the flesh open and draining the girl's hand.
She quickly put these thoughts out of her head. They were not only irritating to have, but were dangerous too. If she did attack her, she would be kicked out of her new home immediatley- Dumbeldore had warned her of that.
"Elizabetta!" called the idiot Pansy mortal. "Come and meet Blaise Zabani and Draco Malfoy!" she let the name Draco play on her tongue as she said it, rolling out the 'r' in a disgustingly soppy way. Sighing, Elizabetta walked over to meet the two boys. One had slick black hair and smooth brown eyes, the other had pale blonde hair and stormy gray eyes. Both the boys were very good looking.
"Hi," the dark-haired one said, shaking Elizabetta's hand. "Elizabetta? That's a cool name, is it foriegn?" he asked. Elizabetta nodded. "Please! Call me Xtiana, Elizabetta is too posh! It is foreign, you are correct. I am half Slovakian,"
"What's the other half?" the blonde boy asked curiously. Pansy cretin hissed "Drakkie! That's rude!"
"I am half Slovakian, half Transalvainian. I do not think it is rude to ask such a question!" Xtiana laughed, an unearthly sound, like a skeleton's cackle. "Vhat origin are you, Deraco?" Xtiana pronounced Draco's name slowly, in her exotic voice that sent inward shudders down the three slytherin's spines.
"I'm English, pure wizard through and through." Replied Draco proudly. He added "You are a pureblood aren't you?"
Smiling, so her pearly, ever so slighty pointed canines showed, she replied cooly "My blood is the purest blood you vill find, Mr Malfoy."
Draco smirked. "I doubt that. Not unless you had Malfoy blood running through your veins!"
'I will have Malfoy blood running through my veins, extremely soon, if you do not cease your incesant prattling about the purity of your family!'
"Fair enough, Deraco." Xtiana shrugged. "If you believe Malfoy blood is the purest you vill find i do vonder vhat is becoming of the vorld today as such scum vould be labelled the taintless blood."
Blaise snorted and desperately tried to keep a straight face as Draco's pale cheeks slowly flushed magenta and his stationary smirk became fixed. "Well, i have never heard of the Xtiana family!" he chided.
"Vell, you are English, aren't you?" quipped back Xtiana. "You may never have heard of my family name, Malfoy. But i do assure you, I have heard more than enough about your indecent family!"
"What's that supposed to mean?" Draco snarled, reaching for his wand. Xtiana only smiled, aggravating Malfoy even more- things were to become nasty..."Okay, folks." Blaise said in a friendly but firmly way. "Shall we go down to supper? I'm sure Xtiana's very hungry after you're journey." He looked to Xtiana, who was still smirking at Draco. "I presume you flew from somewhere?" he queried. "I don't recall seeing you on the Hogwarts Express." Nodding, Xtiana said "Yes, I took a muggle plane from Transalvania, my old home and as soon as I arrived at Hogwarts, Dumbeldore took me to his office, sorted me and I came straight here."
'a little white lie never hurt anyone,' she thought quietly to herself. 'pathetic mortals...'
"Shall we go then?" Pansy said, starting to walk off. "I heard it's sheperd's pie tonight!"
Xtiana followed the three out of the Slytherin common room and down to the Great Hall where she pretended to eat.
As Xtiana said goodnight and cheekily pecked Draco on the cheek (he scowled but Blaise reckoned he was pleased with the attention) as an appology for insulting his family honour, she went up into her dormitary. Pretending to fall asleep, she felt the surge of anticipation well up inside her.
'Soon now,' she promised herself. 'Then it will be time to feed. I do love new prey...'
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A/N: Well, i hope you like it! Please review, especially if you have any plot ideas/ future romances/ victims etc. That you would like to suggest, i would be v grateful!!!
Peace n Luv,
Xxx MeEm xxX