The day has come…he arrives today.  Silence blankets my crypt, laced with the slow steady beating of my heart keeping in time with the rhythm of the void.  The beating of my heart has become a novelty; it could stop beating and I would be none the worse for the wear.  It serves only to circulate my icy immortal blood…possibly an evolutionary ploy to keep it from becoming stagnant.

I can feel the coolness of fear mingling with anticipation snaking over me.  It grips me with its coils causing my heart to quicken its pace.  The fear is making my heart tremble and my skin cool but it is the anticipation that makes the day drag on forever.  It feels like night will never come…a blessed curse.  It is an interesting sensation to want something and to not want it at the same time.  It is a sensual pain that encompasses ones very being, the knowledge that pleasure lies in the waiting.  It is only during the chase that the hunter experiences a symphony of emotions; the mounting pressure of pleasure, the catch is simply the release…and at this point I'm too enthralled in the chase.

Sleepless have the days been in my crypt.  Wasted away on thoughts of the coming evening…of our meeting.  He will be the first mortal-besides the Headmaster, Hagrid and Professor Snape-to see me fully since my change.  What if he is disgusted by my appearance or my lack of…life as it were?  What if he refuses to work with me as a result?  What if he tells the ministry?!  What will happen to the headmaster?  What will happen to my beloved Hogwarts?!

Calm yourself Kaida.  Why do you fear a mortal man?  Why does your mind race for a stranger?

I…I don't know…

Could it be that it is this unknown that makes your vampire blood want to burst from their icy grave?  Or could it be that you've just finally lost it?

Okay, Kaida.  Just breathe…breathe…

I can't believe I still tell myself to do that!  I can't even remember the last time I felt the crisp air fill my lungs…no…wait…I do.  It was the night I changed…my last mortal breath…it had been perfumed with the heavy aroma of blood…my blood…  It still sends chills down my spine reliving that moment…I remember feeling the blood drain out of me…the numbing bliss of deaths grip upon my throat…I wait for death to take me but it never did…it was only an instant but it seemed to last an eternity…not unlike this one.

Knocking

"The headmaster wishes to see you now, Kaida"