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Updating/rewriting this (7-10-16) This chapter has been updated
"Slytherin!"
That one word seemed to ring in Erin's ears. The Slytherin table cheered but Erin couldn't hear them; she couldn't hear anything. Time seemed to slow as she slid off the stool and locked eyes with Remus and the others. Remus looked sad while the others had a mix of shock and, what Erin could only describe as, disgust on their faces. Lily looked sorry for her as she sat between James and Sirius. As Erin approached the Slytherin table her palms began to sweat and her knees almost started to shake. Her eyes darted around the table for a place to sit as she swallowed the lump in her throat. She wanted desperately to just run to Remus. The ends of the tables had been empty for the first years but she was one of the last few to be sorted.
"Hey!" Erin blinked as sound seemed to return to her ears. She looked to the source of the voice and saw Severus. He waved her over before looking back down at the table. Erin, grateful for the invite, rushed to sit beside him.
"Thank you." She squeaked as she stared down at the table. Severus looked at her and his face softened as he saw how scared she was.
"No problem." he said before giving her a small smile. Erin gave him a small smile back, making sure to keep her lips pressed tightly together. She turned her head and looked to see Remus looking over at her, worried. Sirius, who sat beside him, turned and saw her, then drew Remus' attention away. Erin swallowed and looked down as she wrapped her arms around herself. Severus nudged her with his elbow. "You'll be fine." he whispered. "It won't be that bad." Erin nodded but kept her gaze down.
Erin couldn't help but cling to the sleeve of Severus' robe as they walked with the rest of their house's first years down to the dungeons where their common room was. Severus looked at her and she met his gaze. She let go of his arm before mumbling an apology. The head boy, Lucius Malfoy, told the group the password then once everyone was inside he told them where the dorms were.
"Before you get to bed, Dumbledore has asked I inform you all about a little detail about one of our new arrivals... Erin Norton." He called. Erin jumped beside Severus and looked at Lucius with wide eyes. "Come forward." Severus put a hand on her back, which only made her jump again, and gave her a gentle push. Erin walked up to Lucius and stood beside him. "Erin here is a vampire." He said bluntly. "More specifically a dhampir." Erin's eyes widened. The group of first years began whispering amongst themselves. "She is of no danger to you or anyone else at Hogwarts. Dumbledore wished you all to know because you would find out eventually and your house is your family for the next seven years. He does ask however that you do not go about spreading this information among the other houses."
"I'm telling my father about this." A boy said. "Vampires can't be here."
"Dumbledore has already informed all of your parents before the school year began. If your parents didn't want you to attend Hogwarts with a vampire you wouldn't be standing here. There are no rules against vampires attending Hogwarts." Suddenly the group erupted in questions.
"Do you have fangs?"
"Or claws?"
"Can you turn into a bat?"
"Do you drink blood?"
"Do you sleep upside down?"
"Or in a coffin?"
"Enough!" Lucius snapped before he huffed out a sigh. "I know you all have questions but it is late. Now get to bed, your things are already in the dorms by your beds." And with that he turned, his robes swishing, and left to his own dorm. Everyone immediately turn to Erin once he was gone.
"Are you really a vampire?" Cecilia, a girl with long blond hair, asked.
"Dhampir." Laura, another girl with long brown hair and light freckles across her nose, corrected.
"Same thing." Cecilia said as she rolled her eyes.
"Actually-" Laura started but Cecilia cut her off.
"Show us your fangs!" Cecilia said as she jumped up and down. Erin swallowed and took a step back.
"If you really are a vampire." A boy, Grey Avery, said with a smirk. Erin swallowed once again before she slowly smiled to show her teeth.
"Those aren't fangs! You're not a vampire. Lair lair!" Cecilia sang. Erin glanced around before she opened her mouth slightly and let her fangs extend quickly. Two sharp teeth protruded from her gums above her canines. Her 'baby fangs' had fallen out the month before and her permanent fangs came in a week before; they weren't that long yet but when she became an adult they would grow longer to the point where they would almost touch her bottom lip when fully extended.
"You are a vampire." Avery said with wide eyes.
"Dhampir." Laura corrected. "She's only half vampire."
"Awesome!" Cecilia said as she skipped over. She leaned towards Erin, who leaned back, before she poked one of the fangs. "Oh!" She said excitedly before pulling back her now bleeding finger. Erin closed her mouth and looked down at her feet. "Can you turn into a bat and fly?" Cecilia asked with wide eyes. Erin shook her head.
"Only adult vampires can." Laura told the blonde.
"Oh that's no fun." Cecilia started to pout.
"I thought vampires didn't age." A boy said as he crossed his arms.
"She won't, until she's an adult. They stop aging around 25 right before the brain stops developing and starts to decay." Laura said.
"Smarty pants." Cecilia muttered as she rolled her eyes.
"Lucky." A girl said.
"Do you drink blood?" Avery asked. Erin shook her head. Avery turned his head to Laura who nodded.
"She's young enough she only has to drink once a day. I assume she'll have to go to the hospital wing every day for it." Laura said. Erin started to hug herself again. Severus walked up to her and stood in front of her to face the others.
"We're supposed to be getting to bed." He said before he held out his hand to her. She peeked up at him before she hesitantly took it and the two started walk towards the dorms.
"You're no fun, Severus." Cecilia whined. "I call the bed next to, Batty!"
"Don't call her that." Severus said.
"I-It's okay." Erin said as she glanced up at him.
"Come on!" Cecilia said as she hooked her arm with Erin's and pulled her away from Severus and towards the girl's dorms. Erin looked back at Severus with wide eyes but was soon pulled into the girl's dorms.
Erin sat beside Severus at breakfast the next morning. She hadn't gotten much sleep last night, she was so nervous she was almost sick to her stomach and Cecilia bombarding her with questions didn't help either. She barely touched her food, opting to just stare at it as she pushed it around her plate. Severus glanced at her.
"You should eat." he said.
"Not hungry." she muttered.
"You're sure to have some classes with him." Severus said. Erin glanced at him. "Each class is at least two houses together. Then there are holidays."
"Erin." Erin looked up to see Remus standing there across from her. She immediately jumped out of her seat and ran around the table to him. He took her hand and pulled her from the room. Once they were out in the hallway he turned to her. "Are you okay?" Remus asked right before Erin hugged him tightly. He put his arms around her and stroked the back of her head.
"I don't want to be in Slytherin." She cried into his robes. "I want to be with you."
"I know." Remus said. "I wish you were with me too."
"It's because I'm a stupid vampire!"
"Hey." Remus pulled back to look at her face. He wiped away her tears with his thumb. "What did we say?" Erin frowned.
"Never be ashamed of what you are." She said.
"That's right." He said. "We're gunna be okay." Erin buried her face in his robes again.
"I want to go home." She cried.
"I know, Erie, I know."
"What's going to happen?" Erin asked as she looked up at him. Remus tilted his head in question. "Next week when…"
"Dumbledore has it figured out. He met with me and my parents before school started, I guess I forgot to mention it. I'll go to a shack on the grounds. No doubt you've heard about the whomping willow?" Erin nodded. "Dumbledore had it put there for me. There's a path to the shack from there. You have to promise never to go near it." Erin nodded.
"Of course. But you'll just be in that shack? All by yourself?" Remus nodded. "What if something goes wrong?"
"Dumbledore ensured me that I wouldn't be able to get out. Everyone will be safe."
"What about you?" Erin asked. Remus hesitated.
"I'll be fine." Remus said with a smile when he saw Erin's frown. "Don't worry."
"But I can't help it." Erin said as she hugged him tightly, burying her face in his robes.
"I know." Remus said softly.
After breakfast all the first years remained in the great hall while the other students left to go to their first classes. A timetable appeared in front of each student in place of their plates. Before Erin even had a chance to pick hers up it was snatched away by Cecilia who was already comparing hers to it.
"We have all the same classes!" Cecilia said. Erin gave her a small smile as Cecilia handed her the paper back. "I can't wait to learn more spells!" she said jumping up and down in her seat. "Defense Against the Dark arts sounds fun." She said with a grin.
"We have charms together." Laura said with a smile.
"Looks like we have all the same classes." Avery said as he looked over Laura's timetable with a smirk.
"Severus?" Erin asked quietly. He looked at her before he handed his over to her. She took it and smiled.
"Looks like the three of us will be together the whole year!" Cecilia sang as she looked over Erin's shoulder. "What classes are you looking forward to, Batsy?"
"U-uh..."
"Stop calling her that." Severus said with a frown as he got up.
"She doesn't mind." Cecilia said before Severus walked over to where Lily sat to exchange timetables.
"Erin." Remus said as he tapped her on the shoulder. She handed him her timetable and he handed her his. "We only have two classes together." He said sadly. "It's okay though; we'll still see each other." He assured her. Remus finally noticed the group of Slytherin were glaring at him so he gave Erin her timetable back as she gave him his back. "I'll see you later." He told her with a smile. Erin nodded sadly as he walked back to the Gryffindor table.
"Why are you friends with that Gryffindor? You're a Slytherin now." Avery said as Erin sat back down.
"He's my best friend." she said.
"Looks like he has new best friends to me." Cecilia said in singsong. Erin looked over to see the four boys talking with smiles and occasionally laughing. Erin looked down at the table. Cecilia put a hand on her shoulder. "Don't worry, Batty, we're your friends now. I'll even be your best friend. Cece and Batty!" She said before she laughed loudly.
I know Lucius Malfoy was a prefect but in this he's head boy.
So Cecilia is portrayed by Jennette McCurdy, Laura is portrayed by Christina Robinson (Think of Astor from Dexter when she was younger), Grey Avery(First name not canon) is portrayed by Nicholas Hoult. And Erin is portrayed by Michelle Trachtenberg (think of her from Harriet the Spy with black hair and green eyes obviously.)