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A Vampire at Hogwarts Chp. 2

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“Why did we have to come back here?” Darren asked. He and his companion were back inside the Leaky Cauldron.
               “Dumbledore said it would be better if you went to Hogwarts the same way all the other students do, which means, you’re going to have to ride the train in a couple days with all of the other students.” Mr. Crepsley explained as he closed the shades in their room so the sunlight wouldn’t seep through.
               “And I guess that means I’ll be getting some of those silly robes that they wear?” Darren was happy to get new clothes, but those robes were almost as silly as the red cape that Mr. Crepsley always wore.
               “Yes, everything that you need will be at Hogwarts when you get there, except these robes. While you’re on the train with everyone else put these on.” He handed Darren a suitcase with the school clothes he would need to change into.
               “I guess I’ll have to stay here with you for a little while until the train leaves huh?” Darren asked, peeking inside the suitcase to see what was in there.
               “No, actually you wont be staying here with me, you’ll-“
               “What!” Darren cut him off “I’m not going to be staying here with you-“
               “If you’d just let me finish I can explain.” Mr. Crepsley crossed his arms, looking down at Darren with a disappointed look on his face. Darren frowned but stayed quiet this time.
               “Now, you’ll be staying with those three that you met here the other day.” He explained.
               “But where will you be?”
               “I have some business to take care of. Dumbledore already informed them that you will be staying there and they’ll be delighted to have you. I’ll take you there tonight and you can go with them to Hogwarts in a few days. We both need our rest now so get to sleep.”
               “But what am I supposed to do until we go to the school?”
               “Fit in.”

               Darren followed Mr. Crepsley outside just after sun down and climbed on his back. It was an hour after the sun had risen that they had finally made their way to the Weasley’s front door. Mr. Crepsley had a piece of cloth tied tightly around his eyes and had his cape draped over his head to keep the majority of his body out of the sun. Darren didn’t have as much to worry about so he walked up to the door and knocked on it.
               A very friendly looking woman with fiery red hair opened the door and smiled pleasantly on them. “You must be the Crepsley’s that Dumbledore told us about. Come in, come in.” She ushered them inside and closed the door. Mr. Crepsley took off his blindfold and blinked a couple of times.
               “Well I’m Larten Crepsley and this is my assistant Darren Shan.”
               “Oh he’s not your son?” Mr. Crepsley shook his head after the woman asked that, “Oh, well we’ll be delighted to have him stay with us. I’m Molly Weasley by the way, the red-headed one is my son.” She said, pointing out Ron as the threesome of Harry, Ron and Hermione came down the stairs into the front room. The three froze,
               “What are you doing here?” Ron asked, wrinkling his nose as the strange boy who didn’t even know if he was a muggle or a wizard.
               “Ron, this is-“ Mrs. Molly Weasley began
               “I know who he is, I was just wondering what he was doing here.” Ron cut in.
               “Well he’s going to stay with us until you leave for Hogwarts” She explained
               “And then where is he going?” Ron asked
               “To Hogwarts, with you”
               “What!” Ron looked shocked
               “So you are a new student!” Hermione looked pleased
               “It’ll be nice to have you there, mate” Harry offered a warm smile. Darren just seemed a little overwhelmed. He’d gone to school before. Once before ever meeting Mr. Crepsley and another time because the system thought he was enrolled in a school so he was forced to go, but never had he gone to a magical school. Mr. Crepsley turned to Mrs. Weasley,
               “You don’t mind if I catch a bit of sleep today and I’ll leave tonight do you?”
               “Oh not at all. I can show you to a room.” Mrs. Weasley started off with Mr. Crepsley following behind. Darren watched then turned back to those wizards right in front of him.
               “So what’s your school like?” He asked casually.
               “Oh it’s great, I’m sure you’ll love it there. Why are you just starting this year?” Hermione asked as she sat down at the Weasley’s breakfast table and began to eat some of the food that’d been prepared for them.
               “Um… well…” Darren started to look a bit uneasy. “Do you want the truth?”
               “Of course we want the truth. We don’t want you to lie to us.” Harry said between bites of food.
               “Okay well like I was saying the other day. Mr. Crepsley and I believe that there’s going to be something going to your school this year to try and kill some wizards I guess.”
               “What is ‘something’?” Ron asked just barely after swallowing a mouthful of food.
               “A vampaneze.” Darren stated quietly as he sat down at the table behind a plate of food.
               “What’s a vampaneze?” Harry asked since Ron couldn’t with his mouth so full.
               “Isn’t that like the same thing as a vampire?” Hermione questioned. Darren shrugged,
               “Sort of is, but unlike vampires vampaneze kill their victims when they drink from them.” Darren explained.
               “What do vampires do?” Ron asked, the other two looked equally curious.
               “We just take enough blood as we need.”
               “We?!” Ron had another one of those shocked looks on his face.
               “Yes, we, I’m a vampire.”
Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, Ron Weasley, and all the places, people, and certain terms © J.K. Rowling

Darren Shan, Larten Crepsley, and certain terms © Darren Shan



Chapter 2, it's a little bit shorter but that's where I wanted to leave it. I think Chapter three will be a little bit longer. I was thinking about having them get to Hogwarts in this Chapter but that didn't happen... oh well.



Chapter 1

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Chapter 11

Chapter 12

Chapter 13

Chapter 14

Chapter 15

Chapter 16















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