I tried my best over the next couple of weeks to ignore Edgeworth as much as possible. That goal was kind of hard considering we had all the same classes, shared the same room, and he was my teacher.
I have to admit that as a fellow classmate, Edgeworth was smart, funny, and god-like. But as a teacher, it's almost as if he's Voldemort on a bad day.
A REALLY bad day.
He scares me as much as Professor Snape scares first year Gryffindors.
I comprehend the saying, 'No pain, no game', but Edgeworth- I mean Professor Serpentine- takes that to a whole new, excruciatingly painful level. It has happened more then once where almost a whole class had to be sent to the emergency wing because of his training techniques. But, the techniques actually DO work. I could feel myself getting stronger, faster. The thought of all that power made me happy until, one day, a certain question came up in class.
FLASHBAAAAAAACK
"Professor Serpentine, will we ever be as fast and strong as you?" asked a hopeful Hufflepuff. And with an absolutely wicked grin, Serpentine replied-
"Not even if you managed to outlive me and 100 years over."
END FLASHBAAAAAK
After that, everyone was on the edge (A/n: -HEADDESK- Must. Stop. 'Edge'. PUUUUNSSS) around Edgeworth. Well, when he was Professor Serpentine anyway. I know that quite a few students were begining to wonder if he was even human. How do I know?
Because I am one of them.
I was so curious, that I decided to do some secret research. But to do that, I needed to know what exactly I'm supposed to be researching. And the only way to find that out, is to get a professional's opinion on the matter.
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"Lovegood."
"Malfoy."
I approached the blonde Ravenclaw who was standing knee-deep in the dark water of the lake. "I need your opinion on something."
"Well this is certainly a first." she replied, "Well, what are you waiting for? Ask me anything."
Merlin, why does she have to make this more awkward then it already is?
"What do you think of Edgeworth Serpentine?"
Luna bent over and began digging through the mud of the lake with her hands. "He's quite handsome and smart and--"
"No, no. I mean, what do you think about his power? Do you think they're even human?"
"Oh! I see!" she stood up straight, now holding a crab-like creature in the palm of her hand. "From the moment I saw him, I knew he wasn't human. In the beginning, I even thought he was a god."
So I wasn't the only one...
"But then I began to wonder why such a god came to live among us -children no less!- without a reason." she began to stroke the underbelly of the crab making it have a mini seizure. She looked at the creature thoughfully before looking up at me. "That is when I came to believe that Edgeworth was no god, but a vampire."
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And that is where my strange vampire obsession began. I spent countless hours in the library.
And nothing.
Not one single book.
But, I still have to check the restricted section. But how? The 'My father basically owns this library' excuse didn't work. I think I might just have to pull a Harry Potter.
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Having Crabbe and Goyle distract Potter while I stole his invisiblity cloak was a genius idea, if I don't say so myself. I would have loved to see Potter's face when he discovers it missing. But first thing's first- the restricted section.
I scrurried through the rows of books, a difficult task with Filch and his cat doing their nightly shift. At last, I found my way to the darker part of the library that might just carry the book that I need. With a flick of my wand and a mutter of "Lumos" I began scanning the shelves. Then, after at least twenty minutes of searching, I found something.
Victim's diaries.
It was a collection of diary entries belonging to those who have been haunted by creatures of darkness like werewolves, restless spirits, and vampires.
There was only one entry in the entire book that related to vampires, but it was all I needed. Knowing that it would have been strange if I took a book like this back to the room, I took some notes on a piece of parchment and stuffed the notes into my pocket. I put the book back and headed back to the room.
It was late and Edgeworth was alerady asleep. I wanted to look over my notes one more time before I went to sleep, so I went into the bathroom and sat on the edge of the tub.
The diary entries were by a young witch named Cecila Lebwa who had been locked in a room by an insane vampire and had written down her experiences on the feathers of an owl. Yes, she actually wrote ON the feathers. She would then send the owl to Rowena Ravenclaw and the foundress would send her a new owl to continue her story.
Cecila was from a poor family that had survived the worst of the Black Plague in Europe. But unfortunately, they still caught the dreadful disease in the end. Being the onlyl healthy member of the family, Cecila went to work doing the only thing a poor, desperate girl strarving to money could do--
She turned to prositution.
She worked at a brothel for a while until a strikingly handsome man came to her and promised to get her out of the dump where she lived and heal her ailing parents if she promised to live with him for the rest of her life.
She couldn't refuse.
He healed her parents as promised and treated her like a queen. He took her to formal parties and bought her the best of the best. She instantly fell in love with him. She admitted that to him and soon after, made love with him. That was when the man showed his true, vampiric colors. She was terrified of course, but she loved him none the less. The man eventually turned her into a vampire.
Everything when downhill though when she met another man at one of the parties. They had secret meetings and they soon fell in love. But unfortunately, the vampire found out. He locked her in a tower and would rape her every night. He would take her out occasionally, but only to keep up appearances.
On one of those appearences, she met Rowena Ravenclaw. Ravenclaw knew what she was and what she was going through and offered to help. Cecila rejected her generous offer. She knew that if she escaped, the vampire would go after her human lover. But, she wanted to help others that might end up into her situation like hers.
She wrote a bunch of thins about vampires and sent them to Ravenclaw, as I said before, on owl. Most of her notes were lost through the ages, others un-important, but I did manage to find some useful ones:
Vampires are very strong and fast.
They are so amazing that the ancient Greeks based their gods off of them.
Their weakness is so far unknown. The only thing close to a weakness is their terrible once-a-week bloodlust.
Their life's ambition is to find a mate.
In order to create a perfect mate, the vampire must
1. Perform the ancient mating ceremony
2. They must give their mate a symbol of their love
3. The vampires must have their mate's heart, body, and soul
Cecila notes that the reason why she failed to be a perfect, loyal mate was that the vampire laughed at the idea of the ceremony saying that it was pointless. He was so confident in her love for him.
Fool.
Cecila said that when the mate realizes it's destiny, not only does it's behavior, but also the vampire's, changes. She says that because the mate's destiny (before they were even born) is to become that vampire's mate, their body will go through natural changes to make it worthy of being a mate. It will start to crave the vampire's touch. It will be stronger and faster then any human, but not as strong as the vampire.
The vampire on the other hand will become very culture orientated. Most of them will also take to wearing more clothing because of the sensitive skin-to-skin contanct that they will develop with their mate. The vampire will treat it's mate better then he or she has treated anyone in their entire life.
At the end of Cecila's collection of diary entires, she wrote two things which she noted were of the upmost importance:
For vampires, nothing is taboo.
When the time comes, the mate MUST be changed by sunrise.
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AAAAAH! EVIL SCHOOL! I probably won't update for a while. ; - ;
but i hope you enjoyed a little look into my view on the vampire and mate relationship.
OH! OH! i realized when I was re-watching Loveless that I unconsciously based alot of Edgeworth's looks on Soubi.
i made him tall and i gave him his hair. yes, his hair. the length and style is exactly the same as i pictured Edgeworth's to be. and the i also gave him soubi's purple eyes.
i was seriously thinkin bout givin him glassses and making him smoke, but i decided against it. although i know some people think chain smokin is sexy (like meh) so if you want, review and tell me so i can make Edgeworth have a smoking addiction. :D
i also based his clothing style and his name off of Miles Edgeworth from Phoenix Wright. (an amazing game, i totally recommend it)
so if you were having any trouble picturin how Edgeworth Serpentine looks like, now you can look up Soubi and Miles Edgeworth and you'll get a much better clue.