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P.S: Sorry... Professer Dumbledore and Mcgonagall are being a bit OOC..
Meeting Dumbledore
Hagrid led me to a carriage which was pull by nothing. Ok that was weird. "Hop on." He said. The carriage set off. It went through mountains and finally stopped after half an hour of bumpy road. My arse hurts. "We are here." He jumped off the carriage. I got off as well. There was a massive castle in front of me. Woah…that was a massive castle, the biggest one I had ever seen in books or TV.
"Come on, professor Dumbledore is waiting." Hagrid said as he walked towards the castle. He had big wide foot pace and I had to jog in order to keep up with him. He took me inside the castle and up some stairs. We finally stopped in front of a door.
"Here we are, guess I should leave you here." Hagrid said.
"Thanks." I grinned.
"It's OK boy. Come and visit me in my hut with Harry at anytime!" He said and walked off.
The door opened as I knocked on it. I found an old man standing in front of me. He looked even older than Paris. He had long white beard and wore a pair of round glasses. He was dressed in a bright blue robe and also wearing one of those funny wizard hats I saw in the movies.
"Master SHan! Welcome to Hogwarts! My name is Albus Dumbledore. Nice to meet you. Sorry that I couldn't be there to meet you when the train arrived." He held out his hand to me and I shook it.
"It's ok. Just call me Darren." He sounded like a kind man.
"Thank you for coming to help us out. I heard that your mentor, Master Crepsley is coming with you as well?"
"Yes. He doesn't like taking public transport so he decided to come here by foot. He said he will meet me here."
"Ah I see. Ok then, let us discuss our matter." He waved and a chair came sliding behind me. That was cool. Wish I could do that. "Please take a seat." He then went over to the office table and sat behind it. "I presume that you knew recently the vampaneze have teamed up with our enemy Voldemort. We don't know what they are up to now but we heard rumors about them planning to attack Hogwarts."
"That's why Paris sent me here with Mr. Crepsley to keep an eye on things."
"Yes, Paris has informed me that you are going to be a student in Hogwarts just to prevent any students from panicking."
"Yep."
"I am going to place you with the fifth year students to suit your appearance age. I cannot put you with the new students since they are far too young compared to you."
"If you asked us earlier to come to this school I might be well fitted in with them because I have just gone through the 'purge' which I grew from a twelve year old to kind of a sixteen year old in a week."
"It's OK, I am sorry about that you will have to learn harder than the other students since you are new to the whole magic thing. I have got the things you need ready for you." He waved again and a pile of thick books, robes and a stick appeared in front of me on his table. I picked up the stick. It looked like the one Ron took out before.
"What is this for?" I asked.
"It is a wand. We used this to cast magic."
"Cool…all we have in the vampire world are swords, knifes and finger nails…" I said as I waved the wand in my hand. It made a noise and a light came out the opposite end to where I was holding it, then it was gone in a second. I looked at Dumbledore in confusion. Did I just do that?
"That means the wand is suitable for you." He grinned. "Oh, I almost forgot. You need blood as well."
"Yes but since I am still a half vampire I will only need a little amount."
"I will provide the blood for you. Here," He reached into his sleeve and took out a little bottle. He passed it to me. It was a bottle of blood. "I think this will keep you going for a few days. I will give you another bottle if you need more."
"Thank you." I put the bottle in my pocket. I wondered where that blood had come from. Better not ask.
"I don't suggest you feeding on the students but if, it's an emergency you can." Wow. That's nice of him. I can feed on his students!
"Thanks, I will try not to though."
"I will transfer the books and other stuff in your room. I guess you should put the robe on. The sorting ceremony will start soon."
"Sorting ceremony?" I asked as I put the robe on.
"Yes, we have four houses here in Hogwarts and at the start of each year we have a sorting ceremony which new students will be sorted into the houses. Since you are new you will have to attend the sorting ceremony as well. You will need to wait by the entrance hall until the older students are all seated in the great hall. I will take you there." He said as he opened the door for me and I followed him out. He took me into a little chamber which was full of kids.
"I will see you in the ceremony." He said then walked away.
I stood by the corner of the chamber to avoid any attention. A while later, a woman with a witch hat walked in. "Alright everyone! Settle down! I am Professor Mcgonagall and I will take you into the great hall, where the ceremony will be held. Now, get into pairs and line up in front of me." The kids quickly lined up and followed her. I was at the very back since I was the tallest. As we walked through the massive door of the great hall, I was stunned by what I saw. It was as big as the hall in Vampire Mountain, which could easily hold hundreds of people. It had tall walls that reached up to the ceiling. And that wasn't just it. The real thing that amazed me was the ceiling…well I shouldn't call it the 'ceiling' since I could see the sky. Stars were shining. Magic!
We walked towards the front of the hall, where there was a long table and Dumbledore sat in the middle. As we walked along, I heard people whispering: "What's he doing there?", "Isn't he too old to be a new student?"…I sighed and ignored the comments. "He's kind of good looking…" I smirked when I heard that.
I saw Harry, Ron and Hermione sat at one of the tables and they waved at me. I smiled at them. We stopped at the front of the hall. Dumbledore started speaking about rules and stuff about the school but I didn't really listen to him, since I was too busying looking around the hall.
"Now let the sorting ceremony begin." Then a voice started singing. I looked over where the voice was from. It was a hat. Yes. A hat. I wasn't dreaming. It laid on a stool in front of the staff table. After the song the kids were being called up one by one. Professor Mcgonagall placed the hat on each kid's head and the hat shouted the house name the kids would belong to. So that was how they sort houses out. After a while, every kid was sorted and seated. I was the last.
"Darren, Shan!"Finally. I walked up and sat on the stool. Everyone was staring at me like I was some kind of a freak. Well I had already got used to this since I had performed in the Cirque as a freak for six years. Professor Mcgonagall placed the hat on me.
"Ummm…" I was shocked when a voice rang out in my head. "Don't worry, relax…" I found out that it was the hat. "A vampire, huh?" It knew? I started to panic. "Calm down. No one will hear me…you are the first ever vampire in Hogwarts….now this is tricky. A natural leader…very resourceful….could be well fitted in Slytherin…but…" It mused.
"Oh for god sake will you be a bit quicker? Everyone is staring!" I hissed. Does he need to talk that much? I was annoyed with the hat.
"Be patient…" I rolled my eyes. Here it goes again. "You don't have the ambition in you for a Slytherin…but you have nerves. Since you have the courage to fight against the dark…let's say…GRYFFINDOR!" The hat bellowed. Took it long enough.
I walked towards the Gryffindor Table. I saw Harry waving at me so I walked over and sat down next to him. Hermione and Ron were sitting opposite me. Some people from the table shook my hand and greeted me. People here do love shaking hands.
"Welcome to Gryffindor Darren." Harry said, smiling to me. I smiled back.
"Let us begin our feast!" Dumbledore announced. He clapped and food appeared on the table in front of me.
"Wow that was cool…" I couldn't stop myself saying that out loud.
Harry chuckled. "This is the reaction everyone gets when they first come." I was not really hungry but I still ate some of the food just in case I got hungry later on. The food was delicious. Way better than the bat broth and the rock hard bread in vampire mountain.
After the feast I followed the Gryffindor crowd to the boys' dormitory. I was fascinated on the way. There were mvoing and talking paintings everywhere, the staircases moved, and i could see ghost wondering around!
I lay on my bed in the dormitory after sorting my things out. I hadn't slept on a bed for years. All I have in the vampire mountain was the small hammock in my room. I sighed contently and fell quickly into a deep sleep.
[UNKNOWN PERSON'S POV]
I followed everyone to greet the boy and shook hands with him at the Gryffindor table. When I touched his hand, I froze. He had a scar on the tip of each of his fingers. He was a vampire. I had to tell my master about this.
Sorry about the short ending… I don't know what more can I write.
I know this is not a very good story but still, thanks for reading! Please R&R….reviews keep me going :):) Tell me if you like it or not…
