(A/N): Hey Guys! So, this is the second chapter in the past day, and I've already written the next one. Hope you enjoy them both!
I started this story in 2012. I was fourteen. Its been almost ten years. If you don't like something in the early chapters, it's not going to suddenly change ten years after I wrote it. If you're going to review this story with criticisms, please log in so I can actually reply to you and not have to leave messages like this in chapters so you might actually see it. And if you're just going to bash the story for being inaccurate, again, please remember that I was fourteen, I wasn't born in the 1960's, and I have never been outside of Australia. And some things are inaccurate because that's what people in that time period thought- not necessarily what I think, or know today.
Disclaimer: I own nothing but Leo, Quiggly, Elaine and Nicholai.
Leo
"P-professor! What are you doing here?" I stuttered, and Dumbledore smiled slightly, shaking his head slowly.
"Surprise is the curse of every scholar, young Leo. After all, I am Headmaster, why wouldn't I be here?" I composed myself, pushing my surprise to the back of my mind.
"I meant here specifically, sir." Professor Dumbledore beckoned with a finger before turning and walking the way he came, with me now in tow.
"Well, I had heard about your fight with Miss Evans, and I had decided to see if I could offer my advice on the subject." My eyebrows quirked slightly before falling back into place.
"And how, may I ask, did you hear about the matter so soon after its development?" He turned his head to look down at me with a knowing smile.
"The walls of Hogwarts hold many secrets, young Leo, never forget that." He dropped the subject, and for now, so did I.
Minutes later, we arrived at his office, undisturbed, and he gestured for me to take a seat across from his at the large desk he sat behind. I knew something was up, seeing as usually, during our meetings, we would sit in the chairs by the fire, not at the desk.
"Now, tell me, how did this fight start?" I glanced down at my lap before lifting it to his face again.
"To be honest, it wasn't a true fight." This was the first time I've seen Dumbledore surprised, his eyebrows rose slightly, his lips parted in a small 'o' and his eyes twinkling with curiosity instead of knowledge.
"Oh? What was behind this 'fight' then?" I swallowed quietly, my gaze flicking around the room before finding his again.
"Well... above anything else, it's because I want to keep Lily safe. And Elaine for that matter, and the boys in my dorm. Anyone who becomes friends with me, is instantly at risk, and I don't want that. I want to keep them safe, and this is the easiest way. I make them hate me, and they don't want to be around me, which leaves less chance of me feeding on them. It's for the Greater Good." Behind the desk, I saw Dumbledore flinch, and I vaguely wondered what that was about, before he leaned further over the desk, towards me.
"Leonides," My eyebrows rose, and I was instantly alert. The only time Dumbledore had called me by my full name was when we had first met! "When I was younger, a lot younger, I had a friend. He had particular views, and, at the time, I shared them. He did things for the Greater Good, and one of those things resulted in the death of my younger sister." I blinked, feeling sad for him, but silently wondering what this had to do with my situation with Lily. "Some people like to look at the big picture, Leo, but maybe what you need is to look at one piece of the puzzle, the piece that is right now, not in the distant future." I stared at the polished desk in front of him for a minute, considering it, before shaking my head.
"The situation is different, and difficult. If I go to Lily now, and apologise, then we'll both be happy, but I don't doubt the fact that I will eventually turn on her, turn on everyone I know and love, and rip their throats out. So no, I think I'll stick with my original plan." I got up to leave, and when I was in the doorway, I turned to look at him.
"And I'm sorry about what happened to your sister." I whispered, locking my eyes with his as he looked up, seeming rather disappointed and sad that I hadn't taken his advice.
"Thank you." I nodded before closing the door behind me.
I stayed up, all night. There wasn't much point in trying to sneak into bed past the four boys and Elaine, so I just stayed up, wandering around the castle, dodging teachers and such. When it came time for breakfast, I went down as soon as possible, six a.m, and ate before leaving as quickly as possible, which was a good thing, seeing as Lily and Elaine were heading down the grand staircase as I made my exit, but thankfully, they hadn't noticed me. I wandered the halls a bit more until it was time for our first class of the day, Transfiguration. I walked into the classroom a few minutes early, seeing as I knew that, without me, Elaine and Lily always tended to turn up to class a little later than everyone else. Of course, trying to avoid them, I sat way at the front, next to a random Ravenclaw girl whose name I think is Madison. About ten minutes after I arrived, the classroom started filling up, and Lily, Elaine, James, Remus, Sirius and Peter entered, forced to sit at the back by the amount of seats already taken, not that the boys were complaining, that's where they usually sat anyway. I could feel their eyes burning into the back of my head, and concentrated more on my hearing.
"He's avoiding me." Lily whispered sadly, and I almost caved then and there, hearing how devastated she was.
"He's avoiding all of us." Sirius told her, from across Elaine, trying to reassure her that I didn't just hate her.
"What time did he come in last night?" Lily asked Sirius, who I assume shrugged, because Remus was left to field the question, seeing as he was the next person closest to her by position.
"He didn't. I stayed up almost all night...reading, and he didn't come in." Yeah, reading. He was having trouble sleeping, due to the fact that the moon was growing fuller and fuller, not the fact that he was studying for the next test that popped up. Ah, the only advantages of being a half-vampire freak, you get to spy on the werewolf boy.
"So...Where was he?" I assume Remus shrugged, seeing as they all let the subject drop, and were silent for the rest of class.
As McGonagall dismissed the class, I rose from my seat, and I was the first one out of the classroom, gone before anyone could even stand up fully.
"Leo!" I heard Lily call from the doorway as I went to round the corner at the end of the corridor, and I paused for a second on instinct, before shaking my head slightly and speeding up.
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I started this story in 2012. I was fourteen. Its been almost ten years. If you don't like something in the early chapters, it's not going to suddenly change ten years after I wrote it. If you're going to review this story with criticisms, please log in so I can actually reply to you and not have to leave messages like this in chapters so you might actually see it. And if you're just going to bash the story for being inaccurate, again, please remember that I was fourteen, I wasn't born in the 1960's, and I have never been outside of Australia. And some things are inaccurate because that's what people in that time period thought- not necessarily what I think, or know today.