Professor Dumbledore was walking gingerly through the corridors, muttering something under his breath. He had been talking to Professor McGondall. He had been having terrible nightmares. Although he had installed a new security system, he felt that they were going to be attacked by dark creatures of the night. That made him feel terribly queasy.

"Professor Dumbledore, what a surprise to meet you here." Professor Lupin

greeted him warmly, stepping out from his room.

"Ah yes, Lupin, I need to speak to you personally." He groaned audibly.

"Yes sir, I needed to speak to you too. Come on in." He opened his door and led him in.

Professor Dumbledore smiled as he saw how brightly his room was lighted by the fireplace. "I see you have been feeling much better after the full moon, Lupin."

"Yes sir," he laughed half-heartedly.

As Professor Lupin settled down onto his favorite chair by the fireplace, Dumbledore asked, "As you know, I have feelings that we are going to be attacked."

"Yes, and by dark creatures of the night. I told you the feeling I got every full moon night has grown stronger. Like I need to listen to someone."

"That is the main reason I thought we should ask someone to keep watch."

"Who would that be? A dark creature? I may presume,"

"Half-correct Lupin, A half-vampire."

Lupin gasped in shock. A vampire brought into Hogwarts would surely bring trouble.

"But sir, a vampire kills."

"Not this one, she is a half-vampire. She can be a terrible killing machine when she wants to be, but otherwise, she is a normal human being who can be exposed to the sunlight."

"Do highlight the part, when she wants to be. She can turn to our kids for blood."

"Calm down Remus, she is a perfectly controlled girl. I know her well; I am quite sure that she can protect our school if there is any attack."

"May I know the name of this vampire? I may know her,"

"Nissa. Turning 16 this month."

"Nissa? Well of course, we know her. But isn't she too young?"

"Experience is what matters. Anyway who will you suggest?"

"I have no idea. All the dark creatures are evil, exception of Nissa."

"Precisely, that was why I chose her."

"Well, she is a Veela. And a full Veela, that is." Lupin sniggered.

"Yes Remus. She is a Veela, pureblooded complete with Vampire blood." Smiled Dumbledore.

"A vampired, orphaned Veela. Oh my, how I pity her." Remus sighed.

"Yes Remus, life has played tough on little Nissa. And being a Veela isn't easy."

"Irrisistable to men? I would agree, Eryna, our 4th year student is a half-Veela. And she have suffered much. I just hope our guys in our school will keep their eyes to themselves."

"I agree. She would be arriving here around next week."

"That's pretty fast."

"Yes, We need to get some protection quickly.

"I see."

"The last time I saw her, she was with the ministry. She was only 14 and was behaving very mature. The ministry was doing the health checks about her not infecting people. She has to report every year since she was born."

"I was wondering, how she become a half-vampire. Vampires don't give birth,"

"Her mum, who was pregnant, was bitten by a vampire. Just as the dark blood flowed to her, she gave birth of the pressure. Nissa has vampire blood in her and has became a very different person. Nobody wanted to adopt the orphan, and she lived in the ministry for almost a year. Then Evelyn adopted her, as you know, she died just 7 years back. Nissa became a orphan again but she did not want to be adopted again. With possible funding and help she is now studying in Dumstrang. She would be studying here now. Poor girl, she is shunned by everyone there, because she lost control during a tantrum and burst into a vampire, even the teachers ignore her. The headmaster appealed to me that I take her in. A half-vampire, a simply rare case."

"Oh my, poor girl."

"You won't think so when she comes here Remus, you won't. She has hardened over the years. But her beauty never faded off. We never managed to find her parents. Doomed to be a vampire forever is hard."

"Yes, I know," Remus replied slowly.

"Okay, I should get going, I need to inform the others. Good night Remus." He smiled as he walked off.

The week went surprisingly quickly for Dumbledore. Soon he was awaiting the arrival of the half-vampire, Nissa. He and Remus planned to meet her at the train station. He was not sure how the school would act to meet this new person. But he was more concerned about the safety of his students. Well, Nissa needs to cope too.

As the train pulled into the station, Dumbledore almost held his breath. It was almost a year since he saw that kindly figure. She was tall for her age, and lovely looking. The fact that her eyes and hair had turned black had deeply alarmed the Ministry though. Nissa had just replied that she was aware and it was not her doing and smiled. That sweet smile which lingers on her lips quite rarely sweeps a man's breath away. But it was rare for her to even expose her emotions. Helpful and kind, she never ignored anyone.

Nissa and Dumbledore had established a friendly relationship with her since her childhood. Since young, she had only a couple of friends who would often cuddle and play with her-Dumbledore and a few other officials. She was no one Dumbledore knew. Yet, none other had a closer relationship to Nissa than Dumbledore. She wrote regularly to him. And he wrote back as often. Frequently, he would visit her and occasionally, Dumbledore will ask to bring a friend. Nissa would quietly shake her head, she only wanted him.

Suddenly, a young girl swept her hand into Dumbledore's. Dumbledore, surprised turned to look at the figure beside him. Nobody can sweep up so unnoticeably to him, except Nissa of course. Nissa smiled her usual smile and hugged Dumbledore. Her cold cut Dumbledore short for a while but he tried to ignore the fact.

"Nissa, how I longed to see you, how are you, darling?"

"I am more than fine sir, I am glad to see you so healthy." Nissa piped in.

Dumbledore let her go and looked fully at the 16-year-old beside him. She had changed quite a little. Yet, she was more gorgeous as ever.

Dressed in a simple black robe, she had left her hair down. She still looked cheerful but the usual twinkle present in her was gone. It worried Dumbledore though.

"Hello mam, I am Remus Lupin." Remus reached for a handshake.

"Pleased to meet you sir," Nissa replied politely.

After a brief introduction, Dumbledore and the two others made their way to Hogwarts.

"I am appointing you as part-time Defense against the Dark Arts. I will tell you the rest in detail later."

Nissa nodded.

"Dumbledore, sir, you seem disturbed by something, or may I say, troubled?"

"Yes Nissa," he paused.

"Your chain is gone," he looked into her eyes so that she would not be able to lie.

Nissa dared not look at Dumbledore's eyes. It would make her spill the truth. Professor Dumbledore watched her eyes ground under his glare.

"No sir, I can't tell you that, not yet." She said softly.

"Never mind then, cheer up." Dumbledore smiled and turned away.

Nissa looked at him walk away. I don't have the courage to tell him, no. I will probably never be able to tell him. Oh dear, I've upset him a little more than I expected to.

"So, Nissa, would you like to look around the school grounds later?"

"Yes sir, and I would like to make a request." Nissa said quietly.

"Go ahead," Dumbledore prompted.

"I would like to look around the Forbidden Forest." She said softly.

"Nissa, Witches and Wizards who went in never returned, I hope you know that."

"I am not a Witch sir," Nissa smiled her curt smile.

"Oh, I see." Dumbledore paused. "May I know why you would like to visit there?"

"I believe your students like wandering in there." Her reply rang a deep bell in Dumbledore.

"My students? No, they have been warned."

"No sir, I sensed their warm bodies when we passed the Forest now."

"Are you sure Nissa?"

"Quite sure."

"Well then, would you like Remus to follow you?" he asked. Deep in his heart, fear drew a circle.

"No sir, I would prefer meeting your students alone."

"You may go alone then."

"And sir, may I know if a Malfoy is studying here?" she asked with a raise of her eyebrow.

"Yes, Draco Malfoy. He is our Head Boy." Dumbledore was surprised.

"And speaking of Head Boy, would you like to be Head Girl with Ms. Hermione Granger? It may help you,"

"Yes, I was about to ask you that. I would love to be Head Girl." She smiled curtly.

"Well then, I am sure you are going to cope well with being a Head Girl, a teacher and a student."

Nissa sniggered. She was going to have some real fun now.

"Hermione, over here. Wait." Harry shouted over the crowd of students to the Hall.

Hermione tossed her head back and just glimpsed Harry jostling into the crowd of students.

"Already so excited huh 'Mione?" Harry piped in.

"I guess so," Mione smiled away as they entered the hall.

"I am glad I do not need to sit with Malfoy on the first day of school. My, I can't stand him."

"Yes, but tomorrow you have to," Harry sniggered as they settled down onto their seats.

"Hey, look who's sitting in the DADA seat." Hermione whispered.

"Wow, she looks pretty young to be a teacher. And she's wearing our uniform?" Harry raised his eyebrows.

"Is she a teacher or a student? She looks our age anyway."

"Gosh, but she's so damn pretty." Harry gasped.

"Speaking of pretty, she is so gorgeous. Shhh, Professor Dumbledore is starting. Let's find out, Harry."

Dumbledore noticed many whisperings in the Great Hall. He heard some 'pretty' and 'young' and some 'teacher or student?'. He looked over his shoulder and met Nissa's eye. She seemed very cool and relaxed. And she was wearing another chain. Pushing away his doubts, he cleared his voice and turned back to his pupils.

"Welcome to Hogwarts. We have a new bunch of students as usual. Let's welcome them. We also have our new Head Pupils as Mr. Draco Malfoy and Ms. Hermione Granger." Cheers erupted from the Slytherin and Gryffindor tables.

"And Ms. Nissa." Professor Dumbledore added. The whole hall went quiet. Who is she?

"Ms Nissa, who is seated in the DADA seat is teaching DADA as well as being a student in here. And as you can see, we have a new Defense against the Dark Arts professor. This is Professor Nissa. It would be a very different lesson for you as she would be taking 2 years by 2 years. As in, she would be teaching a whole lot of you in one go. For your information, most of her lessons are not theory at all. I hope you enjoy her classes as well as her company. Ms. Nissa will be joining the 7th year students. I will now pass the time to Professor Nissa as she has some very important things to tell you."

Nissa stood up. Harry almost gasped again in the dead silence.

"I am Nissa, and I would prefer you to call me that. Things are not going very well in this world as you know. War may erupt any time soon. I am not really a teacher. I don't teach but I want you to learn. As all of you know very well, you are not supposed to enter the Forbidden Forest. I know that many have entered. It is not safe, and I want you to know this." She hesitated and looked at the sea of students.

"Mr. Ronald Weasley, can you step up here for a minute." She ordered.

Ron stepped uneasily with encouraging looks from Hermione and Harry.

"You entered the Forbidden Forest a month ago, you needn't answer this."

"You've been bitten." She did not look at Ron but instead at Harry.

She raised her hand to Ron's hand and waved her hand over Ron's. His sleeve rolled up. She muttered something and a deep green bite mark appeared on his hand. Ron gasped as well as the students.

She turned to the students. "You' won't notice anything but it stays. Something like a leaf may rustle past you and you're bitten. There is poison in it." She waved her hand over Ron's again and it disappeared.

"You may go back now. Meet me in my room later, I'll give you the healer." She whispered to Ron before turning to the students.

"Those who did go to the Forbidden Forest, please meet me later. I am sorry I spoiled your mood. But this is serious, please understand this. My classes are different. Some are in midnight, some early in the morning. It is not because I have no time. Lastly, for your DADA classes, most are conducted in the Forbidden Forest. So make sure you wear proper attire. Thank you and I don't mean to scare you." She laughed lightly.

The students started to gasp and whisper among themselves. Some even cheered that DADA classes are not going to be very boring. She excused herself from the hall and Professor Dumbledore took the time.

"Now, let's begin our feast. The forbidden forest is only for DADA classes. No wandering otherwise." He laughed and the feast began.

After the feast finished, Professor Dumbedore dismissed the Year 1s, 2s and 3s. He even asked the teachers to leave. He asked the others to stay back for a while. As the last student stepped out, Dumbledore closed the heavy door.

"Students, I need you to listen carefully. DADA lessons are fun, but it is mainly to prepare you for War." He raised his hands and the tables disappeared. He got them to sit in another big circle sofa and he sat in the middle.

"How do you feel if a vampire is teaching you lessons?" he asked.

"Sir," Draco stood up. "How can we expect vampires teaching us lessons? Unless we are vampires that is."

"Now now, Draco. Nissa is going to take over. She is your age and you expect her to tell you everything about her before we start our proper lessons." Dumbledore hushed them down. Nissa stepped in from the heavy doors.

"Am I a little later?" she joked as all the eyes turned to her.

"No no Nissa, we're just done. Come on in."

She stepped into the circle and smiled again. "I'm no Snape and I don't Snap. I called you all alone to meet as you can understand more." The others all laughed. She was no different from us. Harry thought.

"Firstly I am a half-vampire. You needn't worry as I am not dangerous." She looked at the sea of surprised faces.

"Professor Dumbledore called upon me as he was having illusions of you all being attacked by Dark creatures. All Dark creatures are evil. I am one too and that's why I know more about them. Of course, I make mistakes too, I burst one day and I could not control myself. Which ended me being out of Dumstrang. I don't know who my parents are because my mum was bitten by a vampire and I was born. Something happened and Vampire blood flowed to me but I survived. And yeah, you would be learning to fight without wands. It's fun, I assure you. And one more thing, I don't take points off whatever you do. I am as old as you are and talk to me freely. Any questions, feel free to do what you know."

"Yeah, Nissa." Draco stood up. "How did you find out that Weasley went to the Forbidden Forest?" he sneered lightly.

"Puz-lee, I am Vampire, hello, and I bite. Actually I don't. But it's just one of my abilities finding who and where they were bitten. And Draco, do you mind calling him Ron?"

"Yeah sure. Is being a Vampire fun? You get to bite people," Draco smirked.

"No, I have Vampire abilities but I don't fancy blood. I can sense it though. And I am not sensitive to light. Hmm, being a vampire is definitely not fun. And being a Veela is worse."

"You're a Veela?" Harry asked. Nissa nodded.

"What is a Veela?" a fourth year asked.

"Err," Nissa scratched her head. "Professor?" she asked Dumbledore with a plead of eyes.

"Veela is a type of characteristic and blood where one is very beautiful." He explained.

The students nodded in understanding.

"It is almost nighttime, finish this off Nissa."

"One last question, Can you show us your Vampire look?" Harry asked.

Nissa looked at Dumbledore in approval. He hesitated a while but looking at the sea of eager pupils, he nodded.

"Well then, I'll create a circle for myself so that you won't be very frightened. But please don't have nightmares." A bubble enveloped her.

As the transformation slowly took place, her nails turned white and long. Her hair grew till it reached her waist and it swinged crazily in the bubble. Her eyelashes grew long and two fangs made their way to her mouth. Her ear turned it and sharp. Eyebrows grew archy and fine. Her lips turned black and she began to levitate. Her eyes remained closed though.

The students felt themselves getting cold. Many grasped their friends. Her robe began to flutter and Nissa looked as if she was being blown against. When she opened her eyes, many stepped back. Her eyes were red coals and she looked very scary. She tried to smile but it turned out to be a nasty sneer.

Enough she told herself and changed herself back

Soon she returned back to her kindly figure. "How was that?" she laughed. It was a beautiful laugh and the others began to follow suit, laughing at their own scariness.

"I am not dangerous, remember that," she said as she bid them good night.

"Nissa, do you sleep in coffins?" Draco asked.

"No, Draco. Don't try to be funny, how can I drag a coffin here?" she laughed as she walked away.

Professor Dumbledore dismissed them and they returned to their dorms.

"That was some really cool transformation." Harry sniggered as he, Ron and Hermione walked back to their dorms.

"Yeah, I believe she would a really cool DADA teacher and friend." Mione said thoughtfully.

But Ron was the only one not speaking.

"I am suspicious," he replied.