Hermione Granger; A Vampire Chapter 8
Together, Katherine and Hermione, made their way to Hogsmead. There was a lot of security at the gates of the school, as Voldemort was gaining strength faster and faster, and was adding to his followers often. The Dementor's weren't a problem, as they were blind, and vampires were too fast for them to sense their emotions. Filch and mrs Norris were roaming around inside the school so they didn't run into them.
As they entered Hogsmead Hermione checked her watch. It was 03:42. Hogsmead was quite empty, and alot of the shops were boarded up and locked like no one had been in them for months. Hermione and Katherine took to the sides of the roads, hiding in the shadows, avoiding the middle of the street. It was rumoured that Death Eaters took to roaming the streets, for their Anti-Mudblood campaign, and they were snatching muggle borns and taking them to the ministry. Even though Hermione was muggle born, and compulsion would keep her out of harms way from snatchers, it would not do good to create a commotion on the streets.
"Where is everybody" Hermione murmured.
"There will be some people in the HogsHead, I'm sure of it…" Katherine replied.
Hermione stopped walking, until Katherine turned around.
"What are you doing? Come on!" Katherine called.
"We can't just walk into the Hogshead and start feeding on people! We won't be able to compel everyone!"
Katherine was next to her in a second. "Do you think I'm stupid? We LURE them out." she looked at Hermione as though she were stupid.
Hermione didn't reply. Instead she carried on walking, Katherine close behind her. Finally they came to the Hogshead.
She was just about to walk in, when Katherine pulled her back by her arm.
"What are you doing?"
"Shh! Now your going to have to use your compulsion in there. Find your prey…compel them to accompany you for a walk outside…anything that will get them out here…then feed…heal them if you wish…then erase their memory of tonight, and tonight only." Katherine was whispering very quickly.
"Yes yes I know." Hermione was getting impatient again. She wanted to feed. She could smell the people inside, and the burning in her throat got worse. Her eyes began to crack and her eyes went red, her fangs peeping out of her mouth.
"….and do not let that happen in public! You have to control yourself!" Katherine gripped Hermione's shoulder tightly, and shook her.
Hermione's head rocked back and forth. She shrugged Katherine's hands of her shoulders. "I know…okay? I've got it under control!"
Katherine muttered something under her breath that sounded something like, of course you do, but Hermione wasn't sure.
"Now…" Katherine smoothed out her dress, shook her hair and strode in the small pub. Hermione made sure her face was back to normal, before following Katherine.
Inside the pub, was stuffy and very hot. Hermione immediately took of her Hogwarts sweater and draped it over a chair close to her. She was still wearing her school shirt and tie, a black knee length skirt, black tights and shoes.
Katherine moved next to a handsome man who looked like he was in his mid twenties. He had dirty blond hair and he was wearing a leather jacket. Katherine sat next to him and began to speak quietly to him. Hermione went an sat next to her so she could see how Katherine compelled her victims.
"Why don't we go for a walk?" Katherine's eyes bore into the handsome mans, his pupils growing bigger as the compelled him.
Katherine blinked and she sopped compelling him. The man blinked slowly.
"Would you like to go for a walk?" he asked her smiling.
"Certainly." Katherine caught my eye and winked. Together they made their way out of the Hogshead Hermione following close behind.
Katherine led the man down an alleyway near the pub. In the alleyway she turned to me.
"I'm going to feed now, but before I do that, I'm going to compel him to not make a sound. That way, he won't draw attention."
Katherine placed her hands on the man's shoulders and looked into his eyes. "You will not make a sound." She said, and once again, his pupils began to grow bigger and then she looked away, and his eyes turned back to normal.
Her eyes began to crack and her fangs emerged. She snapped her head back and buried her fangs deep into his neck. She began to drink, the man mouth was slightly open…but he wasn't making a sound, and his eyes were wide with fright.
Slowly Katherine lifted her head from the man, who's neck now had to deep holes pierced in the side. Katherine had blood dripping down her mouth onto her dress. She quickly bit her wrist and held it up to the man, who resisted at first, but after a moment began to drink properly. Hermione watched as the holes in his neck healed up until they disappeared completely.
Katherine removed her wrist from his mouth, and looked directly into his eyes again. "You will forget what happened tonight…you will forget you ever met me…you simply went to the Hogshead for a quick drink and returned home." She let go of the man, who at once began to walk away. Hermione assumed he was going home, because Katherine had compelled him to.
"And that…is how its done." Katherine grinned at Hermione.
"You have a little something…" Hermione said sarcastically, motioning to Katherine's blood covered lips and dress.
Katherine looked down at her dress in surprise and wiped her mouth. "Don't suppose you could help me out…? I mean you are a witch right?"
Hermione took out her wand and muttered a spell for cleaning. Katherine's dress was spotless and all the blood was wiped from her lips.
"Thank you…now! It's your turn!" Katherine rubbed her hands together excitedly.
"My turn" Hermione thought. She was starting to regret coming…what if she couldn't stop feeding and she killed someone? She would collapse from the guilt if she did.
"I hope you haven't changed your mind." Katherine's eyes narrowed. She probably managed to get inside Hermione's head without her relising.
Hermione hesitated. "What! No of course not. Come on!" So she and Katherine made their way back to the pub.
Once inside again, Hermione scanned the room, looking for someone to feed on. There was a hag siting in a corner, wearing black robes, a veil covering her face. Hermione didn't quite fancy drinking from a hag. She probably wouldn't taste very nice. There were some middle aged men right at the bar drinking firewiskey, and an old withering man who looked extremely frail. Then Hermione saw a young woman, probably about twenty three with black hair, who was sipping a glass of amber coloured liquid and reading a thick leather bound book.
Hermione pointed to the woman and whispered to Katherine "Her." Katherine nodded and they began to make their way over to the table where the woman was siting.
"Hello darling!" Katherine rested her head on her hand and looked at the woman, who had stopped reading and looked up in confusion.
"Who are you?" the woman asked. She had a surprisingly strong voice, and she looked a little alarmed.
"Nobody important…who are you?" Hermione compelled the woman who looked dazed as she answered; "Sage Angelson."
"Pretty name! Did you know, I saw the most beautiful dress in a shop next door…would you like to see it?" Hermione compelled her again. The woman stood up and together again they all walked out of the shop and went down the alleyway next to the pub. It was beginning to get dark, and the temperature had dropped. Hermione felt cold, but she remembered she left her sweater in the pub on a chair.
When they reached the alleyway, the woman looked scared. "What are we doing here? There isn't a dress shop here!" She tried to walk pass them but Katherine moved infront of her so quickly, that if you blinked, you would've missed it. "Wha- how- how did you do that?" she looked terrified.
"Now! You have to compel her now, otherwise she will start screaming! Now!" Katherine whispered urgently.
Hermione looked into the woman's eyes and told her not to scream. The woman's facial expression was the same as the man's before, eyes wide with fright, mouth agape.
Then Hermione looked at her neck. Hermione swept her black hair away from her neck. Her eyes began to crack and her fangs emerged once more. The woman's eyes opened wider, and her mouth too. She looked absolutely terrified. Then Hermione snapped back her head, and pierced her skin with her fangs. Hermione felt the warm blood pass down her throat. At first the burning in her throat increased and she couldn't stop. Slowly it started to fade and she continued to feed, gripping the woman tighter to her.
"Okay now, thats enough Hermione." Katherine was pulling on her arm. Hermione knew she should stop but she just couldn't. She threw Katherine's arm of, and for the first time, she growled at her.
Katherine jumped and narrowed her eyes. "Hermione…you've got to stop feeding…you'll kill her!" But again Hermione didn't listen, and she drank faster gulping the blood down.
Then all of a sudden, Hermione felt the woman wrenched from her grasp. Katherine threw Hermione, and her back hit a brick wall hard, knocking the breath out of her body. Hermione was up in a second, blood dripping down her face, she flew at Katherine, but Katherine was much stronger than her, and once again, she was on the floor. She was sure one of her ribs were broken, but then the pain faded as quickly as it had come.
"Stop! If you feed anymore, you WILL kill her!" Hermione stopped, and she felt all the aggressiveness leave her. She looked over at the woman, who was on the floor, unconscious, her neck wound bloody. Hermione ran over to her and knelt next to her. Katherine was next to her in a second.
"I'm going to heal her! I won't feed again!" Hermione sobbed. She bit her wrist and put her hand up to the woman mouth. "Please don't be dead, please don't be dead." she pleaded.
The woman didn't react at first to the blood, but finally she stirred and began to drink. Hermione sighed in relief, and sank back on her knees. After the woman drank, Hermione compelled her to forget all that had happened, and the woman walked off.
"Come on, lets get back." Katherine said. She slid her arm around Hermione, and they walked back to the castle.