Chap. 14: Goodbye

The next day proved to be fairly eventful.

As he did when he'd first left for school, Vladimir made breakfast and did some of his mother's work- in which Ron continued to comment on how none of it made any sense-, as well as helped Walter with the artillery. Ron helped out here as well, having grown a great liking and respect for the weapons.

After they had done all that, it was nearing time for the two boys to take off for the station. Needless to say, Seras didn't want to let them go.

"If you go, Master will get bored again! You know what he's like when he's bored!" she cried, hugging/restraining the boys, begging them not to go.

"Come now, Seras. This is most unbecoming of you." Vladimir said, smirking slightly at the childish act.

"I don't care! Oh! I've got it! Take me with you!"

"Saris, no." Integra said.

"But-"

"No 'butts."

"Please…?"

"No. You're staying here, where Hellsing needs you. And anyway, you have Pip to go to."

"…" that got Seras. "Huh… fine…" she released the boys- Ron started heaving in air the moment he could- and stood back. "I'm going to miss you two." She said, smiling as she ruffled their hair and giving them an actual, not deathly, hug.

Wincing, Vladimir fixed his hair to its original messiness and smiled at them all.

Alucard was looking at the whole thing with a fairly uncaring smirk. He didn't really have much reason to miss Vladimir. With Crimson being a part of him, he could actually, technically, be with Vladimir. More by looking through the eyes of Crimson, and telling her what to do when he wanted.

Integra was stern faced as usual, but she did have a look in her eyes that was slightly worried. Knowing she wouldn't want the others to notice, he made no mention of it and filed it away to reassure her in his first letter.

Pip was a bit like Seras: Teary eyes, and stuffy nosed. He hugged them and wished that they would say.

"You're the best mates a guy could hope for! Ya can't leave!"

"Pip, I'll be back sooner than you think. I'm sure you can find something to do while we're away." Vladimir said, trying to pry the man away from him.

Standing, Pip sniffled and whipped his nose, and Seras hugged him.

Walter walked up and smiled. "I'll have to remember to get you some new clothes. You didn't grow enough to not out-fit your old ones, but you did grow. I'd imagine you'll be half as tall as Alucard by the time you get back!"

Chuckling, Vladimir hugged his Uncle. "I'll be sure to send you measurements if I do start to out-grow my clothes."

With some last goodbyes, Vladimir opened a portal and the two boys stepped through.

Once they stepped out, Vladimir took notice of Ron looking a tad awkward.

"What's wrong?" Vladimir asked.

"It's just that… well… Your family… So rich, and… regal… And yet so nice. I've only ever gotten a good bye like that from my family. It's just embarrassing then. But with your family…. I don't know…"

"Not everyone rich is a Malfoy, Ron." Vladimir said, as they got on the train.

The rest of the ride, Ron was all too happy to discuss guns and war fare. He'd been very in listening in on those lessons with Vladimir.

Herminie was a bit surprised, to say the least. She didn't much care for the talk of guns, but was still surprised in his already fairly good knowledge of the things. But it was the war fare she was more surprised in. She still had a slight disapproval of it, but the logic behind organizing troops, of the most accurate way to form ones army, she got into as well.

By the time they were arriving at Hogwarts, the three had come up with various scenarios set out for just the three of them, laughing at how ridiculous it'd be if it'd ever have to come to be.