Hyacintha sat outside the headmaster's office as her father and Snape held a meeting. She was so bored of sitting there. She thought about just wondering around the school but reframed from that idea. Instead, she found herself watching the paintings interact with one another. They were not very interesting but it was better than staring at a blank wall. She sighed and unbuttoned the cloak she had been wearing. Hyacintha kept glancing very so often to the statue that blocked the office. She could not wait for the meeting to be over with. The sooner it was over, the sooner she could leave such a cheerful place.
'Damn. How long is it going to be?' she thought. She did not realize that it was going to take so long for her father to finish simple paper work. She hated to wait for anything. Hyacintha was becoming bored just sitting there. She took one final look at the statue before heading off down the hall.
'Better take a look around if I'm going to be stuck here.' She thought. She wondered by empty classrooms and closets. Without realizing it, she had made it back to the entrance hall. Looking around, she thought she would try to make a break for it while she could. She ran up to the main doors. Just as she was about to reach the doors, a darkened corridor caught her attention. Stopping just short of the door, she looked down the hall. Hyacintha looked once to her escape before heading down the dark corridor.
Upon realizing the corridor lead to the dungeons, she went down the stairs and explored the darker area of the castle. Her excitement grew as she learned about how large the dungeons actually were. She soon passed the potions classroom. She walked inside and looked around. There was not much in the room to keep her attention. She soon left the room and continued down the hall. She came upon an open door. Instead of walking on by, Hyacintha stopped in the doorway and glanced inside. The room turned out to be the potion masters office. Snape was sitting at his desk, getting some things ready for the start of the year. Hyacintha leaned against the doorframe and watched him for a few moments.
Snape shuffled around some papers before glancing up at the door. He was surprised to find Hyacintha standing there.
"Come sit down." He said to her.
Hyacintha walked into the room and sat across from him. He watched her for a few moments before speaking.
"How did the meeting go?" he asked her.
She shrugged. "Still going on I guess. Last I knew Father was filling out paperwork."
"So you just walked out?"
"No. I got bored of waiting."
Snape smirked at her reasoning. "Do you want something to do?"
"I guess." She said in a bored tone.
"The potions in that cabinet need to be relabeled." He said pointing to a tall cabinet to the right of the room. He watched as she stood up and gracefully walked over to the cabinet. She opened the doors and began to re-label the potion bottles. He figured that would keep her busy for sometime.
"Well that should cover all the paperwork necessary." Dumbledore said as he stood up and walked around the desk.
"Well I think you for your time. I must be going now."
"I look forward to seeing your daughter and her friend this coming school year." Dumbledore followed his guest out of the office and into the corridor. He looked at the bench where he thought Hyacintha would be waiting, only finding the bench and the corridor empty of anyone.
"Looks like she did not want to wait for you." He said.
"Or she wanted to leave. I may know where she has gone off to." Jason said.
Dumbledore glanced to the left and noticed someone coming. He took a closer look and noticed it was Harry. Turing back to his guest, he pretended that he did not notice the boy.
"Will you need help finding her?" he asked just as Harry showed up in front of them.
"No that won't be necessary. Besides, you have company." Jason said smirking.
Harry chose that moment to make his presents known. He glanced, first at the headmaster then to his guest.
"Um sir, I was wondering if I could speak with you for a moment?" Harry said.
"Ah Harry, my boy, head on up to my office and I will be there in a few moments." Dumbledore said smiling down at Harry. Harry just nodded before heading up to the office door. Dumbledore watched Harry for a moment before turning his attention back to Jason. He was shocked to discover that Jason had slipped away while his attention was on Harry. Chuckling softly, he headed back into his office to see what was on young Harry's mind.
Jason easily found his way into the dungeons. He knew there was no other place that would draw his daughters' attention. Smirking, he headed to the potion masters office. He easily knew the way with his daughters' scent leading him to the room he wanted. He walked on until he came upon the potion masters office. He leaned against the doorframe and watched the scene before him.
Snape was sitting at his desk going through some papers, while Hyacintha was sitting on the floor in front of a cabinet looking through the potions that were there. Neither one noticed his presents in the doorway. Jason walked quietly into the room and sat in front of Snape's desk. It took some time before Snape became aware that someone else was in the room.
"My Lord!" Snape said in surprise. Jason just smirked at his remark. Hyacintha stopped what she was doing and glanced over at the desk. She watched the scene play out, not saying a word.
"You sound surprised. I would have thought you would be keeping a better eye here since my daughter is present." Jason said.
"I just was not expecting you anytime soon. I take it the meeting is over?"
"Yes it is and all went well. Both Hyacintha and Auaraya will be attending when the school year starts."
"The school will be in trouble if both are going to be attending."
"I know you can handle them." He turned his attention to his daughter. "Hyacintha, come here."
Hyacintha stood up and proceeded to the two adults. She sat in the chair beside her father waiting patiently.
"While you are here, you must listen to Severus and the other professors as well. Do you understand?" Jason said to her.
"Yes Father." She said.
"Well, we need to be going soon. Quickly finish what you were doing and we will leave." Jason said.
Hyacintha went to quickly finished with the potions. Snape smirked at her as he watched her finish in record time. He was not the only person wanting to finish quickly. Just as Hyacintha finished the last bottle, Jason stood up and headed for the door, his hood already back into place.
"See you at the next meeting, Severus." Jason said as he headed out, followed by his daughter.
Snape finished with the letters he had been working on and began to file some papers away. 'It's going to be an interesting school year.' He thought as he headed for his private lab to being brewing some potions.
Harry was restless waiting for the headmaster. Many questions began to come to mind. Mostly over who the man was that the headmaster was talking to. Finally, after a few shorts moments, the headmaster arrived. Harry sat in front of the desk ignoring the headmasters' friendly smile.
"Now Harry, what did you wish to talk to me about?" Dumbledore asked.
"I want to know why I have to stay at the castle. Why can't I stay at the Burrow?" Harry started asking. "Why don't you tell me anything that is taking place?"
"This is all for your own good. We can't afford to play around with your safety."
"That's not a good enough answer!" Harry yelled as he magic pulsed. Dumbledore could feel the high levels of magic radiating from Harry.
"Calm down before you hurt yourself." He tried to reason with the boy.
"No! I want answers and I want them now!" Harry finally gave in and sat back down, trying to calm himself back down.
Dumbledore looked at Harry; the twinkle in his eyes was completely gone.
"I'm sorry but I cannot answer your questions right now. Trust me when I say it's for your safety."
Harry, not wanting to yell, stood up and stormed out of the office not liking the situation at all. He left knowing Dumbledore was not pleased about his power display. He smirked, as he thought about Dumbledore being sacred by asixteen year old.
Dumbledore was left with a huge problem. The boy was already becoming more powerful than anyone realized. 'There has got to be a way to harness his magic and bring him under control once more.' He began to look through his many shelves of books, trying to find something that would help set is plans back into action before he lost more control over everything.
As he worked, his thoughts drifted off to the two new students that would arrive. He had only met one of them. 'I wonder if I can bring them under my control as well. Wonder which house they would end up at. It would work out perfectly if they ended up in Gryffindor.' Dumbledore thought as he began to come up with a solution to both his problems.
Harry wondered through the castle calming back down some. He did not notice when he reached the library. Taking a chance, he snuck into the restricted area to do some reading. He was able to catch on quickly to new material. This year, he was going to give Hermonie a run for her money. He smirked as he imagined how surprised and upset she would get if he got better grades than she did.
Looking at most of the titles, he realized he had already read most of them. Nothing really caught his attention until he came upon anancient text that looked to have been forgotten about. He pulled the book off the shelf and sat at a table near a corner. He read the title: Ancient Creatures of Times Long Past. It looked interesting enough, so he opened the book and began to read the pages.
Harry did not know how long he had been there, but when he looked up from the book, it was already dark outside. He quietly snuck the book out and headed for Gryffindor tower for the night. He decided to keep the book since it seemed as if time forgot it was there and no one would miss it. He hid the book under his mattress and laid down for a nice long dream. Before he fell asleep at night, his last thoughts were hopeful that there was not another dream as before.
'Another restless night, another time to hunt, another time to feed. To once again feel the fear coming from the victim, to taste the sweet coppery liquid of life. A chance to feel whole again, a chance to forget and live.'
The same thoughts kept running through her mind as they did nearly every night since she turned sixteen. She thrived on the thrill of the hunt. It was going to be her last hunt before she returned home. As much as she loved the foreign land, she missed her home. Mostly, she missed hunting with her best friend. The trip had been the longest they spent apart since they were mere babes. They had challenged each other over the number of victims each could get in a single night. She had one by two, but she knew that her friend's appetite was growing the closer her friend reached sixteen. She had gone through the same thing nearly four months ago. She thought back to her life long friend as she stalked the empty park for her next meal. Her father told her two days ago about the move back. She had been away from her home for three months. She could not wait to spend some time with her friend again.
Getting tired of waiting around the park, she hit the streets of the city in search of something as a gift. She walked into a store she loved. The store sold a variety of weapons. She already owned nearly two of everything in the store. Pulling out several gold coins, she bought a few things to give as gifts. As she walked out of the store, a stranger caught her eye. Using every way she knew, she led the strange man to an empty ally. There she fed off her last victim of the night before heading back to her home before her parents caught her out. Two more days until she was finally home for good. No more running, and no more moving. Hopefully, the plans would go off without any problems.
A/N: The pairing mentioned in the disclaimer may end up changing for a few of the characters. It depends on how the story will progress. If there are any points that dont make since or needs to be explained more than what it was and i will try to explain it better in the next chapter. Hopefully, i havent confused most in this chapter. Anyways, hope everyone is enjoying the story so far.