Hermione Granger; A Vampire Chapter 7
Dumbledore kept his word to Stefan, and made sure he had protection, as for his mate, Katerina Petrova. They were given living quarters down in the dungeons. In Hermione's mind, the dungeons were dark, cold rooms, with bars across windows, but in Hogwarts the dungeons were different. The windows were bewitched to look like outside, so even though you were underground, sunlight streamed in giving the room, as nice happy feel.
Katerina Petrova, was the most beautiful, yet slightly intimidating person/vampire, Hermione had ever met. She had long lashes caressing her dark almond shaped eyes, and wavy dark brown hair. She had a beautiful olive skin tone, and a small nose. She wore ordinary clothes, but she spoke as though she was from another time, which Hermione remembered she probably was.
One afternoon, Hermione was taking a stroll around the grounds of the school. It was a heavenly day, the sun smiling down, on the students all around. There was a bunch of girls, down by the lake, their shoes and socks lay on the grassy bank forgotten as they paddled in and splashed each other with glee. Some 3rd years were siting under a huge tree, chatting, others scribbling last minute made up dreams for astronomy. She smiled to herself, recalling how Harry and Ron had sat up late one night, struggling to make up dreams that were believable but wouldn't cause professor Trelawney to say they were going to be eaten by a giant marshmallow or something like that.
She sat down, her back resting against her favourite tree, the same tree she Harry and Ron had sat around, hiding a small fire in a glass bottle behind them to warm them up, back in first year. The sun felt a hundred times better than it would have felt on a human, as Hermione's emotions and senses were all heightened, it felt as though the sun was going into her blood stream and warming her veins, the warmth spreading all over her. She fingered the locket around her neck that protected her from the sun, thinking about how her parents had taken the news of her becoming what she now was.
Dumbledore had gone to see them some time after she had turned. She hadn't gone with him, as he had said he wanted to explain everything to them and they might need some time. Dumbledore had merely told her that they were quite shocked and upset but they were dealing. Hermione wasn't quite sure if he was telling the truth, but she couldn't really accuse him of lying could she? So she let the matter drop at the time, and carried on writing to her parents as though everything was normal, and they did the same.
She was abruptly jerked out of her trip down memory lane, by the sudden appearance of Katerina. The students were still slightly alarmed at the news of three vampires now roaming around the school, but Dumbledore had made sure, everyone had a supply of vervain, so Hermoine, Stefan, and Katerina could not feed on them.
Just with Katerina siting next to her, with her inhuman beauty, Hermione felt like a sloth. Katerina turned to face Hermione and cocked her head slightly, as though examining her. Her eyes narrowed slightly.
"You have such beautiful eyes." She purred softly, causing Hermione to feel quite shy. "There is no need to compare yourself to me, everyone is beautiful in their own way."
"Wait? How did you know that I was thinking about that?" Hermione's cheeks flushed.
"I'm not one to kiss and tell…but its quite easy to get inside your head…" Katerina giggled, and covered her mouth delicately with her hand.
"Get inside my head? Wha- how do you do that?"
"Vampires can get into ones head, if they are strong enough, meaning, if you drink enough human blood. Humans are much easier, you could probably manage it, even on your bunny diet. Vampire's are harder."
"That means you must be very strong…" Hermione trailed off, and locked eyes with Katerina.
"Yes it does, and the question you wish to ask, weather I drink human blood, yes I do."
"You mean you kill?" Hermione could feel her voice raising.
"Rarely kill…Snatch. Eat. Erase!" she flicked her hand at erase, for dramatic effect.
Snatch, eat, erase? "Whats that?" Hermione asked curiously.
"You don't know what snatch eat erase is? Call yourself a vampire!" Katerina laughed.
"What is it?" Hermione was getting impatient.
"Tsk Tsk, now now." Katerina waved her finger at Hermione, mockingly, her eyes bright.
Hermione got up to leave, but before she could take a step, Katerina grabbed Hermione's hand. Her grip was iron.
"Sit down, please." She said, nicely enough, but her eyes were dangerous.
Hermione, hesitated before sitting down again and crossing her legs.
Katerina hesitated before answering her question. "Snatch eat erase, is when you snatch your prey….eat your fill….and erase their memory…." She made a grabbing motion with her hand at snatch, bared her fangs at eat, and snapped her fingers at erase.
"Erase their memory? So you don't kill them then?" Hermione thought this was quite sensible. Snatch, eat, erase. They wouldn't remember what happened to them, so they could feed on a many people as they liked. Hermione got an idea.
"You could feed them your blood! To heal them!" Hermione was liking this idea more and more by the minute.
"Atta girl! That's it! Come on! Lets go to Hogsmead! I'll teach you!" Katerina was practically dancing she looked very excited.
Normally, Hermione would think the idea of feeding on humans and erasing their memory, repulsive, but then she remembered the taste of human blood, how it quenched the burning in her throat that she felt constantly, how it made her unbelievably strong. She just couldn't say no.
She took a deep breath.
"Let's go." she said grinning.
"Yay!" Katerina jumped up and turned to face Hermione.
"You may call me Katherine"