MIDNIGHT

(Y/N) was stood in his bedroom in the Slytherin Dorms, gazing out of the window and into the eye of the Giant Squid who was floating in front of his window, the two observing each other through the magically treated glass, the Squid's skin then changed from Red to a vibrant purple in colour, causing a smile to come to the vampiric Dimitrescu Boy.

"I wonder if you can do that because of magic?" (Y/N) wondered to himself as the Squid watched him back, then there was a knock on his bedroom door, making him look over toward the door with a raised brow, he looked back to the window and saw the Squid was leaving it's body already gone as it's trailing tentacles drifted away into the dark waters.

(Y/N) then walked toward his door and opened it up, and saw his fellow Slytherin, Abigail Saltstone standing at his door in her nightdress, (Y/N) raised a brow his curiosity was piqued about why she was here this late at night.

"Greetings Abigail, lovely night isn't it?" he asked the smaller, younger girl as she looked up to him with determination in her blue eyes.

"(Y/N), I need your help, please" Abigail said to him quietly, sounding tired and hopeful as she looked up to the much taller young man.

"A young lady sneaking to a man's room in the dead of night, and asking him for help? Pretty sure I read something like this with my Sister, though... that lady was a princess" (Y/N) said to her with a smirk on his face as he crossed his arms over his chest, looking down to the younger girl.

"Take this seriously, I need you to help me stop that little idiot Draco Malfoy!" Abigail whisper-yelled to him, looking frustrated that he wasn't taking this situation seriously.

"What, you actually think that little weasel will go ahead with his stupid duel?" (Y/N) asked her pointedly, sounding annoyed that he was being interrupted from his observations and thoughts over that Blonde haired little weasel.

"I don't know, but seeing how much of a prideful prat he can be, I wouldn't put it past him to do something that stupid to try and get one over on Potter" Abigail said with a sigh as she looked at him with worry.

"Abigail, I'm fairly certain he was simply bluffing, trying to get the Potter boy to go out after hours and get him in trouble or expelled" (Y/N) said to her, trying to reassure the dark haired girl that Malfoy wouldn't be stupid enough to go out after hours and cause trouble for the House.

"I don't want to take than chance and have that brat cost us House points, please, I know him and those thugs won't listen to me, but, if you come along you could make them go back to the Dorms" Abigail said pleadingly as she looked up at (Y/N), trying to give him her cute face to have him help her keep the fools in line.

"Come on Abigail, he's too much of a coward to follow through with that challenge, I bet he's just going to be sat in the Common Room, lounging in a chair like a Cat in front of the fireplace, or asleep in his bed" (Y/N) said to her, not really wanting to waste his night chasing after children like a Nanny.

"Okay then, if he's not in the Common room, you have to come with me and get him back to bed before he causes trouble for Slytherin House" Abigail said to him as she crossed her arms over her chest, giving (Y/N) a look that she thought she would be right.

"And if he's there, like I said he would be? What do I get from this little wager?" (Y/N) asked her curiously as a small smile pulled at his lips.

"I'll let you have some of my blood as an extra midnight snack for the rest of the week" Abigail said to him with confidence, also taking a step toward the taller young man as if daring him to say no.

"Hmm... alright then, shake on it" (Y/N) said to her as he lowered himself down closer to her level and offered her his un-gloved hand, Abigail looked at it for a second before she took his hand and shook it, sealing the agreement.

Abigail and (Y/N) then walked down to the Common Room, only to stop when they heard familiar voices from the Common Room, they both peeked around the corner, Abigail's eyes widened when she saw a familiar head of Blonde Hair sat in one of the chairs in front of the fireplace.

"Hahaha, yes this plan of mine will work great! That caretaker Filch should catch them in the Trophy Room and by tomorrow morning Potter and that disgrace Weasley will be out of Hogwarts, for the better I say" Malfoy said to Crabbe and Goyle, who both nodded dumbly to him as he spoke with vacant expressions on their faces.

"Hm, looks like I was right" (Y/N) said with a smirk as he looked down at Abigail, his Honey-Gold eyes locked with her bright Blue eyes, Abigail looked up and him and huffed, before she rolled up the sleeve of her nightdress and offered him her wrist.

"Alright, a deal's a deal, go on" she said as she braced herself to feel his fangs bite down and suck her blood, he took hold of her arm and rolled her sleeve back down, confusing the girl slightly.

"Not here, we're supposed to keep this a secret, let's go back to my room, where we won't have any prying eyes or ears" (Y/N) said to her, Abigail sighed and nodded to him before the two returned to his private bedroom, for a late night snack.

THE NEXT DAY

The next day soon came, and right now (Y/N) was in the Medical wing sitting with Clara Oswald who was nervously rambling as she looked at him, while madam Pomfrey and Professor Flitwick watched the poor girl.

"Miss Oswald, you don't have to be so nervous, I can assure you that you will be safe" Professor Flitwick said to the girl in a squeaky voice, giving her a reassuring pat on her lower back.

"Oh, yes, I know, don't get me wrong I know I signed up for this, it's just a bit unnerving still, especially with how... tall he is too" Clara said to Professor Flitwick, before turning to speak with (Y/N) as well, motioning to how tall he was with her hand.

"Miss Oswald, I'm certain that he's not as dangerous as you think, I mean he's not caused any harm to any students on the school, if Headmaster Dumbledore trusts him, then I'm sure you could too, right, Dimitrescu?" Flitwick said to Clara, before directing his question towards the taller man, who was sat on one of the beds, resting his chin on his hand as his elbow was on his knee.

"It's up to the girl, Professor, though I am confused on why she volunteered when she's so afraid of doing what she signed herself up to do" (Y/N) said in a bored voice as he watched the Teacher talking with the Ravenclaw Student.

"Afraid? Who said anything about being afraid, I'm not afraid, I'm just... alright I have no excuse, I'm sorry it's just that your pretty scary, you know?" Clara said to him, at first trying not to sound scared, before deciding to be honest when she saw that Flitwick and (Y/N) weren't convinced.

"A lot of people from my homeland are scared of my family, I don't get bothered by a twelve year old girl being scared of me too" (Y/N) said with a smirk on his face still, Clara then got curious and had an idea to calm herself down.

"Really? Well... that must be lonely, having everyone afraid of you all the time?" Clara asked him curiously as she walked a little closer, planning to ask a few questions, maybe see what he was really like.

"Not at all, I'm not like you mortals, I have no interest in having everyone like me, as long as I had my Mother and my Sisters, I didn't care about others, at least... not until I met her" (Y/N) said to Clara, before he remembered his times with a certain someone that changed his views... to a degree.

"Her? Whose her? Someone who your involved with?" Clara asked him, thinking that maybe there was someone that he might be tender with.

"We have an... arrangement, she has certain issues that prevent her from having anything long term, but she seems to enjoy being with me quite a bit" (Y/N) replied, smiling fondly at the memories he had, this also helped Clara to relax a little more.

"So, you have a Mother and Sisters? Are they like you too? Vampires, I mean?" Clara asked him as she kept the smile on her face.

"Yes, all of us are like this in a way, Mother made certain to instil discipline in me, not to go running around ravaging anyone I wished like a wild animal, she always told me "My son, you are of the noble Dimitrescu bloodline, not a wild beast, you must act like it" the lessons and words stuck" (Y/N) explained to her while Professor Flitwick watched them, and also listened to him, learning more about the rather... scary student they had, he did understand a little, with him being half Goblin and all.

"Alright... alright, I'm ready, just a second" Clara said as she took a deep breath and turned her back to the young man, he and Flitwick watched as she then moved her hair aside, exposing her neck for him.

"Miss Oswald! You know you could simply offer your wrist?" Flitwick asked her with some concern in his voice, (Y/N) watched her to see her response.

"Yes, but... I don't mind doing it like this, go ahead" Clara said as she had her arms fidgeting slightly, still a bit nervous about having her blood sucked, but she was determined to have her turn done, and see for herself that it wouldn't be so bad.

"Such a brave child you are" (Y/N) said as he knelt down to Clara's height, with his hands on her small shoulders, Clara then tilted her head aside to allow him access and felt his breath on her neck, before he suddenly bit down on her neck, making her gasp in surprise from the pain and then gritting her teeth as she felt him sucking and licking the wound, after a minute or two he soon finished feeding and let go of the bite on Clara's neck.

"Hmm... a stalwart flavour, with a delightful hint of... inquisitiveness to it" (Y/N) said with a chuckle as he held the girl up, she smiled a bit uneasily at him, but felt a bit more at ease around the Vampiric young man now, and wiped away the tears that had built in her eyes.

"We need to hurry her to the Medical Wing, or get Madam Pomfrey-!" Professor Flitwick said, only to stop as he saw (Y/N) reach into his robes and took out his last First Aid Med, and opened it up, before he tipped the contents onto Clara's neck, making the girl shiver slightly as it poured onto her wound and rapidly healed it.

"There we go, now drink this" (Y/N) said as he placed a bottle of Blood-Replenishing Potion in the girl's hand, she nodded and uncorked the bottle and took a drink of the Potion, she soon seemed to feel better before she drew her wand and pointed it to her robes, using the Scouring Charm to clean up the bloodstains.

"There we go, now then, what's say we go to the Great Hall for some breakfast?" Flitwick said to the two, Clara smiled and nodded, while (Y/N) pulled his hood over his head, and also nodded as his eyes almost glowed in the darkness of his hood.

The three then walked their way through the halls to the Great Hall, with Clara sometimes glancing up at (Y/N) as they walked together, with the Professor as a sort of chaperone, Clara talking and asking him questions along the way, like any curious twelve year old girl until they soon reached the Great Hall.

Clara said goodbye and went to sit at the Ravenclaw table for breakfast, while (Y/N) went to the Slytherin table and started eating his breakfast with Abigail sitting next to him, (Y/N) was also very amused when he saw the look on Malfoy's face when Harry and Ron walked into the Great Hall, they both looked a bit tired but seemed perfectly cheerful.

"Seems like those two managed to avoid Malfoy's little plan" (Y/N) said to Abigail, who glanced over at the Gryffindor table and saw they were both still here, she sighed and chose to ignore him and harry, and instead changed the topics to new spells she was hoping to learn in her classes when the Owls started to fly in with the mail.

The Owls dropped off letters and parcels from home, apart from one bird, a Crow that flew to the Slytherin table and perched itself on (Y/N)'s outstretched arm, the Crow had what seemed to be a rolled up piece of parchment attached to a small string tied around it's leg, the Dimitrescu boy removed the letter before offering the Bird some meat from his plate, which the Bird happily took.

"What's that, (Y/N)?" Abigail asked him as he examined the rolled up note, and saw that the scroll was sealed with a wax seal that had a very familiar seal stamped into the Red wax.

"A reply... from a very reliable person" (Y/N) said as he smiled at the rolled up parchment, and then looked up to the Teacher's table, where he saw Dumbledore looking to him with a knowing look.

(Y/N) then untied the string that was tied around the rolled up parchment, and then unrolled it and started to read the message, his smile getting a bit bigger the more he read, Abigail watched him and was curious about what was written in that letter, over on the Ravenclaw table Clara was watching him, thinking that he might be getting a letter from his family, and over of the Gryffindor table, Rose was watching him and blushing still, before her friends Fred and George started teasing her about the looks she was giving the tall Slytherin boy.

A week had passed by since then, ever since the day he had gotten his letter from the Village (Y/N) had been looking forward to this day, he had also informed Dumbledore about his visitor, Abigail had of course been curious about what the letter was about and asked him for the details, he told her that someone was coming to visit Hogwarts.

Abigail had pressed him for details, but, much to her frustration, he didn't give her a straight answer, like if his Mother or Sisters would be coming, since usually no student's parents would come to the school, unless it was either an emergency or a possible expulsion.

She had shared this information with the other girls that volunteered to allow him to feed from them, Clara and Rose got curious about it as well, Penelope wasn't too interested in getting involved, while Amy said she hoped he was getting expelled, though... they could tell she didn't really mean those words, as much as the Red-headed girl denied it, the Slytherin Vampire was starting to grow on her.

He had also noticed Hermione trying her best to "outdo" him in lessons, like she was trying to prove something to him, and he was amused when she would get annoyed that he wasn't paying attention to her, she also confronted him a few times too but he simply smiled at her and ignored her bossy attitude.

All things considered, he was enjoying his time here at Hogwarts, and learning these new things that could be useful for the Village, and his Family.

SOME TIME LATER

It had been almost two Months since the day (Y/N) began to attend Hogwarts, and today was the day of Halloween, (Y/N) had woken up and after his morning routine and getting himself dressed, he made his way to the Medical Wing for his daily feeding, however as they walked, he smelled something new in the air.

"Hmm... what's that smell?" (Y/N) asked as he was walking with Abigail, who was adjusting her school tie, before she stopped and started sniffing too, before a smile came to her face as she recognised the smell.

"That's baking Pumpkin, they must be getting things ready for the Halloween Feast" Abigail said with a smile on her face, seeming like she was looking forward to the Feast tonight.

"Halloween Feast?" (Y/N) asked her as he looked down at the little girl with a raised brow.

"Yeah, it's for a Holiday people celebrate, the Muggles usually celebrate by dressing children up in costumes and sending them out trick or treating" Abigail said to him as she finally finished adjusting her tie so it was fixed properly in her uniform.

"Trick or treating? What's that?" (Y/N) asked her, sounding like he didn't know what that was as well.

"Huh? You don't know about trick or treating? Wait, do they not have Halloween where you come from?" Abigail asked him as she turned her head and looked up at him, looking surprised that there was a place in the world that didn't celebrate the Holidays she grew up with.

"No, I've never heard about this Holiday before, the Village is rather small and isolated from the world, then again, I never really left my Family's Castle when we returned home" (Y/N) said to her as he then started walking a bit ahead of her because of his stride.

"So, you've never been trick or treating? Or carved pumpkins, or told scary stories?" Abigail asked him as she starts moving her legs a little faster to try and keep up with him.

"No? I mean I have told stories to my Sisters, but we've not celebrated this "Halloween" before" (Y/N) said to her as he kept his eyes ahead of him, while watching her to make sure she didn't try running between his legs or tripping over the child.

"Well... I hope you at least got to celebrate Christmas growing up?" Abigail asked him, wondering if there were any other Holidays he and his Family might not celebrate.

"Oh yes, Mother and I celebrated Crăciun as I grew up, and when we returned home too" (Y/N) said to her as he smiled fondly, remembering those times with his Mother growing up and in the Village.

They spoke more as they walked until they arrived at the Medical Wing and went in to allow (Y/N) to have some of Abigail's blood, Professor Snape was going to oversee this session and he watched (Y/N) carefully as he fed from her wrist this time, they quickly finished up and Abigail drank some of the Blood-Restoring Potion, and they quickly made their way to their classes, however, later in the day (Y/N) was stopped by Dumbledore on his way to his next class.

"Mr. Dimitrescu, I have received word that a Cart pulled by a Horse had been sighted close to the village of Hogsmeade, it was similar to the one you have described" Dumbledore said to to the tall young man, who smiled at the news.

"The Duke, has come to the Castle" (Y/N) said with a smile on his face, with a certain few people who were very interested overhearing this exchange, and following the Headmaster and (Y/N).

ONE HOUR LATER...

It was the middle of the day at Hogwarts when a large Cart was being pulled by a strong Horse toward the Castle, the Cart's sole occupant snored lightly before he woke up as he and his Cart moved through the various enchantments and charms that were set around the School for Witchcraft and Wizardry.

"Ah, this castle certainly seems more cheerful than Lady Dimitrescu's, I wonder if the Lad's adjusting well to his new circumstances?" the man in the Cart wondered to himself in a musing way, smiling as he remembered the time he would see him, before and after his change.

"I do hope that I will still be able to make some coin while I stay here, though... I suppose it would be in bad taste to sell weapons to children, perhaps I could expand into School Supplies?" the Duke said to himself with a smile on his face, already planning a way to make a profit during his stay, though of course he would have to ask (Y/N) about the conversion rate for Lei and this Wizard currency.

The Duke then heard the sound of his Horse's hooves moving from dirt and mud to stone as the Cart rolled it's way over the Viaduct toward the School, meanwhile over in the Viaduct Courtyard, Dumbledore, McGonagall, Snape and (Y/N) walked out of the Castle's Main Hall doors and stood on the steps, several students who were bustling around and making their way to their classes, or hanging out in the Viaduct Courtyard also heard the sound of a Cart's wheels and hooves on the stone bridge.

"So... who do you think it might be? Do you think it's his mum?" Clara asked Abigail, Rose and Amy, who had also dragged Rory with them to see what was happening.

"What if it's his dad, or something?" Rose asked thoughtfully, as some sadness came to her eyes, before she returned her attention to watching her crush and the Teachers.

"Does he even have a dad? Has he ever mentioned having a father growing up?" Amy asked Abigail curiously, though, still trying to pretend she wasn't interested.

"No, he's never said anything about his dad, just his mum and little sisters" Abigail said as she was also watching to see who was coming up to the school.

"Why are you all so interested? I mean... isn't he a Slytherin? I thought the other Houses didn't like Slytherin?" Rory asked them all, causing the girls to look at each other, before looking to him.

"He's an interesting bloke, I mean, how many people do you meet that's like him?" Rose asked with a raised brow, while the other girls all nodded in agreement.

"And... why's that? Because he's tall? Because he's polite for a Slytherin? Because he's scary as heck?" Rory asked Amy and the others, Rose blushed and smiled slightly, Amy looked annoyed but also curious, while Clara and Abigail both looked interested in knowing more about him.

Meanwhile, sitting on one of the benches close by, a certain bushy haired know it all was reading a book on Charms, to prepare for their next lesson with Professor Flitwick, when she heard the growing sound of rolling wheels and hooves on stone.

"Can't I get some quiet to read? What is going on?" Hermione grumbled in annoyance at the interruption, when she saw several students move out of the way of the gap between the two Checkpoint Towers, a little before a Horse draw cart rolled into the Courtyard.

The assembled students watched with interest as the Horse pulled the Cart, and soon came to a stop in a corner of the Courtyard, with the back of the Cart facing the growing crowd of Students, the Professors followed (Y/N) to the Cart as the doors opened up and a very obese man rolled himself up with a groan as he adjusted himself, pushing the doors open the rest of the way and sitting on the edge of the cart.

"Ah, Lord Dimitrescu! So wonderful to see you again, why, you seem to be thriving here outside of your Mother's Castle" the Duke said in a jolly, happy way, greeting the young man warmly.

"Greetings Duke, it is wonderful to see you again, I thank you for coming all this way" (Y/N) said with a smile as he gave the Merchant a respectful nod, feeling glad inside that a part of his home was here with him at Hogwarts.