Chapter 1- A New Home

The thrill of a chase. This is what I live for; seriously I AM a killing machine. I could smell the scent of blood pounding through the deer's veins. I was drawing closer and closer until I took a final leap, and brought my prey down.

Ten minutes later I was back to myself, back to the Rayne Starr most people knew me as. When I went back to the house, I realized I wasn't alone. A tall old man was sitting on my couch, acting as if this was the most casual thing to do in the world. "Ummm… Excuse me." I tapped the man on the shoulder.

"Ah, Ms. Starr, you're back." He smiled at me. He gave me a kindly smile, but he was a stranger in my house so I ignored it.

"How do you know who I am and what are you doing in my house?" I asked him, narrowing my eyes dangerously.

He just kept smiling at me. "Where were you? On a hunt?" He ignored my question in turn. I looked down and noticed my clothes were dirty and I looked like I'd been trekking through the forest.

"Do you know…" I started to question but he cut me off.

"That you are half-Vampire? Yes, I do."

"All right, first of all I'm not a half-Vampire, I'm a full Vampire, and who the hell are you?" I tried to calm myself before I did something I'd regret.

He sighed. "I am Professor Dumbledore, headmaster from the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. You are not a full Vampire, you are actually half-Vampire and half Witch."

I wasn't dumb, I knew about the Wizarding World unlike all the Muggles, but I can't really be half Witch can I? "How is that possible?" I questioned the headmaster.

"I know about you're family. Your parents were actually both Wizards and you were turned at age two, far too young for you to remember. And because you are a half-Vampire you just age slower than humans, yet faster than full Vampires. When you were turned… You almost completely became a Vampire but were saved by your parents, so you are actually more Vampire than Witch now."

I couldn't help but collapse on the couch next to Dumbledore. "My parents abandoned me though. Wha- What does this mean?" I stuttered to him.

"I am offering you a place at Hogwarts. I should have come to you when you were eleven, not fourteen, but when you were turned your parents told me not to take you to Hogwarts at all. I finally decided to go against their word this summer and you can start school with the other fourth years."

I wouldn't have to live here anymore on my own. But is that really best for the safety of everyone else at that school? "Do you think it would be… safe?" I asked him nervously.

He smiled kindly at me. "Yes, I know you often transition in and out of your Vampire state but you can hunt as often as you need in our nearby forest. I warn you that you will not be the only creature in there, there are Centaurs and a many number of other creatures."

Heck I could handle that; I'd gladly do that any day rather than stay here on my own. " Yes! I'd love to go!" I couldn't help but hug the old man as he smiled and hugged me back.

"You have heard of Harry Potter?" He asked, nodding to the Daily Prophet on the coffee table from last year. I just nodded. "Well he is staying at the Weasley's with another friend Miss Hermione Granger. I will take you there once you've packed, the beginning of term starts in two days."

"Are you going to tell them what I am?" I asked slowly.

He looked at me over the rim of his glasses. "Only if you want me to my dear."

I just shook my head before running up the stairs in a flash, using my Vampire speed to pack faster than humanly possible. Of course, I'm not entirely human though, am I? I was back down stairs and Dumbledore held his arm out to me. Great, apparating. I'd never actually done that before, just heard of it. I took a deep breath before latching myself onto his arm and feeling the sensation of being squeezed through a small tube for a few seconds. My eyes had shut tight, but when I opened them, I was standing in a living room and six red heads I assumed to be the Weasley stared back at me. Sitting next to them was a brown haired girl and black haired boy. I immediately recognized the boy to be Harry Potter and assumed the girl was Hermione Granger.

"Hello." Dumbledore smiled that pleasant smile at all of them.

"Professor Dumbledore, what are you doing here?" Harry spoke.

"Molly, this is the girl I was telling you about. Rayne Starr." He told the red headed woman. "She will be going into her fourth year. Rayne," He turned to me. "Ron, Hermione, and Harry are all in your year."

"Ah, Rayne so nice to meet you!" Mrs. Weasley walked over to me and hugged me like one of her own.

"Rayne, this is Harry, Ron, Hermione, Fred, George, Ginny, Mr. Weasley, and Mrs. Weasley." Dumbledore pointed to each person in turn. I just smiled at them all. "Well, I think I'll be going now." He said and waved to everyone before disappearing to who knows where.

"Rayne dear, you'll be sharing a room with Ginny and Hermione. Girls, would you please show her where it is?" The two girls nodded and motioned for me to follow them upstairs.

We walked up the stairs and arrived at a room with three small beds. I sat my bags down on the empty bed and looked around the room. "So… Where did you go to school before now?" Hermione asked.

"Oh, I didn't go to school, I kind of had to educate myself. I was at an orphanage before I… broke out I suppose and stayed at my own place." I smiled at the memory. Escaping the place where everyone called me a freak was the happiest memory I think I have.

"C'mon, lets go down with everyone else." Ginny told us as we followed her down the stairs.

"Very nice to meet you Rayne." Mr. Weasley told me from the chair he was sitting in.

"Thank you it was nice to meet you too. And thank you for letting me stay here." I added.

They all smiled at me. "It's no problem at all dear, no problem at all." Mrs. Weasley ushered me to sit down. "So, tell us about yourself."

I shrugged. "Well there's really not much to tell, I've lived alone for about four or five years."

Mrs. Weasley put a hand to her chest as if I had stung her with my words. "My word, poor dear."

"Oh it's all right!" I assured her. "I enjoy my privacy so it wasn't bad."

"Well… We'll leave you kids alone to chat." Mr. Weasley broke the awkward silence that had formed as he and Mrs. Weasley left.

I think I'm going to be happy this way. Interacting with people more. Here and Hogwarts, would now be my new home.

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