A/N: Sorry, I forgot to give you pronunciations in the first chapter.
Aithne is pronounced: aye (like the sailors: aye aye captain) th (as in the beginning of thin) knee (as in the part of your leg)
The five walked across the grounds and up to Hagrid's front door. Lupin stepped forward and knocked on the door three times. They heard Hagrid's lumbering footsteps and Fang's excited barking. The door opened a crack to reveal Hagrid's wary face. Seeing Lupin, Hagrid grabbed Fang's collar and threw open the door.
"Back so soon, Professor? Did ye ferge' sumpthin'?"
"No, Hagrid. . ."
"Harry! What in the name o' MERLIN do you think you're doin' out?! And at this time!"
"Please, Hagrid, calm down.We merely want an explanation as to why Aithne was out," Hermione interjected calmly.
"And not only that! We want to know why she was consorting with Lucious Malfoy!"
"She was doin' what!?" Lupin hurried to intercede,"Don't worry, Hagrid. There is a perfectly feasible reason for all of this. If we may come in, then Aithne and I will explain everything."
"All righ', all righ'. C'mon in. I'll put some tea on." They all entered the hut to the warm glow of the fire. Lupin seemed unconcerned at Aithne's whereabouts and perfectly confidant that she was following and wouldn't try to run away. Harry and the others, however, were not so trusting and so they flanked Aithne so that she could not escape.
Aithne, who was ignoring the trio, seated herself comfortably in one of Hagrid's infamous hardback chairs.
"Proffessor? What's goin' on?" Hagrid gave Lupin a guardedly confused expression.
"Don't worry, Hagrid. I'm about to explain everything."
"Remus," that one soft-spoken word grabbed the attention of everyone in the room. "I think it would be best," Aithne hesitated and then continued, "if I explained." Lupin nodded and gestured that Aithne should begin.
"My past goes back further than time allows for me to explain adequetely, so a short summary will have to do."She paused for a moment and then continued. "I am not whom you assume I am. Contrary to popular belief, I am almost as old as Professor Snape and Lupin." Harry, Ron, and Hermione all looked suitably shocked, as did Hagrid; Lupin, however, already seemed to know this.
"I did not attend Hogwarts for my training, but rather Rotaluclac(1), an Amerian wizarding school. I moved to England after I finished my training. I had sincerely hoped that the wizarding population here would be more accepting of my . . . condition . . ."
"You're a werewolf TOO!?" Ron exclaimed in question as he jumped out of his chair.
"No. Actually I'm a vampire." The statement was completely deadpanned and seemed to send shockwaves (excluding Lupin of course) throughout the room. Ron promptly sat back down as all the blood drained from his face.
"You're what?" Hermione gasped into the silence.
"I need not repeat myself, Ms. Granger. You heard what I said," Aithne stood; Harry following with his own course of action.
"Sit down, Harry." It was Lupin who spoke this time.
"But Professor . . ." Harry began to protest, but Lupin interupted. "Harry, not only is she a graduated wizard, she's a vampire and an authorized auror. Trust me, if she had wanted to escape, you woudn't have been able to see her let alone stop her."
Harry completely dumbstruck, sat back down and followed Aithne's movements as she prepared the tea.Aithne returned to the table with two mugs of tea and nonchalantly handed one of the mugs to Lupin, who accepted it gratefully. Aithne sat back down and sipped on her tea as she continued from where she had left off, "Concerning the Order of the Pheonix
Disclaimer: Don't take what's mine, but what I didn't create I have no claim on.
Thanks to all of you who reviewed and sorry about the long delay, I was having trouble with my computer.
A/N Please R&R tell me what you think. Hope you like! I don't care if you give negative comments. I'm desperate enough that I'm on my knees begging for reviews. Please forgive me for the shortness of the chapters, I felt that was a good spot to end this chapter. Oh, and thank you so much to those who reviewed this story so far!
Aithne is pronounced: aye (like the sailors: aye aye captain) th (as in the beginning of thin) knee (as in the part of your leg)
The five walked across the grounds and up to Hagrid's front door. Lupin stepped forward and knocked on the door three times. They heard Hagrid's lumbering footsteps and Fang's excited barking. The door opened a crack to reveal Hagrid's wary face. Seeing Lupin, Hagrid grabbed Fang's collar and threw open the door.
"Back so soon, Professor? Did ye ferge' sumpthin'?"
"No, Hagrid. . ."
"Harry! What in the name o' MERLIN do you think you're doin' out?! And at this time!"
"Please, Hagrid, calm down.We merely want an explanation as to why Aithne was out," Hermione interjected calmly.
"And not only that! We want to know why she was consorting with Lucious Malfoy!"
"She was doin' what!?" Lupin hurried to intercede,"Don't worry, Hagrid. There is a perfectly feasible reason for all of this. If we may come in, then Aithne and I will explain everything."
"All righ', all righ'. C'mon in. I'll put some tea on." They all entered the hut to the warm glow of the fire. Lupin seemed unconcerned at Aithne's whereabouts and perfectly confidant that she was following and wouldn't try to run away. Harry and the others, however, were not so trusting and so they flanked Aithne so that she could not escape.
Aithne, who was ignoring the trio, seated herself comfortably in one of Hagrid's infamous hardback chairs.
"Proffessor? What's goin' on?" Hagrid gave Lupin a guardedly confused expression.
"Don't worry, Hagrid. I'm about to explain everything."
"Remus," that one soft-spoken word grabbed the attention of everyone in the room. "I think it would be best," Aithne hesitated and then continued, "if I explained." Lupin nodded and gestured that Aithne should begin.
"My past goes back further than time allows for me to explain adequetely, so a short summary will have to do."She paused for a moment and then continued. "I am not whom you assume I am. Contrary to popular belief, I am almost as old as Professor Snape and Lupin." Harry, Ron, and Hermione all looked suitably shocked, as did Hagrid; Lupin, however, already seemed to know this.
"I did not attend Hogwarts for my training, but rather Rotaluclac(1), an Amerian wizarding school. I moved to England after I finished my training. I had sincerely hoped that the wizarding population here would be more accepting of my . . . condition . . ."
"You're a werewolf TOO!?" Ron exclaimed in question as he jumped out of his chair.
"No. Actually I'm a vampire." The statement was completely deadpanned and seemed to send shockwaves (excluding Lupin of course) throughout the room. Ron promptly sat back down as all the blood drained from his face.
"You're what?" Hermione gasped into the silence.
"I need not repeat myself, Ms. Granger. You heard what I said," Aithne stood; Harry following with his own course of action.
"Sit down, Harry." It was Lupin who spoke this time.
"But Professor . . ." Harry began to protest, but Lupin interupted. "Harry, not only is she a graduated wizard, she's a vampire and an authorized auror. Trust me, if she had wanted to escape, you woudn't have been able to see her let alone stop her."
Harry completely dumbstruck, sat back down and followed Aithne's movements as she prepared the tea.Aithne returned to the table with two mugs of tea and nonchalantly handed one of the mugs to Lupin, who accepted it gratefully. Aithne sat back down and sipped on her tea as she continued from where she had left off, "Concerning the Order of the Pheonix
Disclaimer: Don't take what's mine, but what I didn't create I have no claim on.
Thanks to all of you who reviewed and sorry about the long delay, I was having trouble with my computer.
A/N Please R&R tell me what you think. Hope you like! I don't care if you give negative comments. I'm desperate enough that I'm on my knees begging for reviews. Please forgive me for the shortness of the chapters, I felt that was a good spot to end this chapter. Oh, and thank you so much to those who reviewed this story so far!