(A/N): Hey Guys! So, this is a new story that I'm working on. This first chapter is a prologue, and is basically to tell you about my OC character, Leo, who is actually my first male OC to star in their own story. Usually I only have female OC's as the main character, so this is a leap forward in my writing. I hope you like it, even though it's oddly confusing. Also, anything in italic is either a flashback or Leo's thoughts on the subject, it should be pretty easy to tell which is which. Except for the 'was' in the second line, that's just for emphasis.

PLEASE NOTE THIS STORY WAS STARTED IN 2012 - I WAS VERY YOUNG, MY WRITING HAS CHANGED, THE LATER CHAPTERS ARE BETTER I PROMISE

Disclaimer: I own nothing but my OC's Leo and his father Nicholai.

Leo

Before I get started telling you what happens throughout my life, I think I should tell you what started all of this.

I've always been strange, even for a wizard. My parents are both purebloods of the ancient family Joannis, and I'm the heir. Well, I was the heir. See, back when my mother and 'father' were trying to have a child (a.k.a me), a vampire by the name of Nicholai Ellwood seduced my mother and left her pregnant, her memory wiped of the incident. And so, when I was born, they simply thought I was a normal pureblood boy.

Of course, when I turned seven years old I exhibited indisputable signs of being a half-blood vampire/wizard combo. When they found out what I was, they threw me out and disowned me. My real father was waiting for me; he had known this was coming. He took me into his secluded home on the other side of the country, and he's been teaching me ever since.

He taught me about the muggles that surrounded us magical folk, unlike my parents, who had simply tried to convince me to be prejudiced against them. They told me that muggleborns, half-bloods and blood traitors were all scum and that they didn't deserve to share the same planet as us, let alone the same rights. I had always sort of not understood this point of view, but I guess that deep down, I had known that I wasn't like them. After all, if I was a half-breed, wasn't I scum? Wasn't I exactly the same, or perhaps even worse than those with lower blood status than pureblood?

The year I turned eleven, I received a letter by way of owl, from Hogwarts school of Witchcraft and Wizardry. My father and I were both thoroughly surprised, having not quite been sure of whether or not I had the magic gene, what with being half-vampire. It was evident that the Headmaster of Hogwarts didn't have a clue as to what I was, so my father set up a series of interviews with him. When we told him, to say he was shocked was a gross understatement. However, after a couple of one-on-one interviews, he agreed to let me into the school under a set of strict guidelines I had to follow, or otherwise I'd be kicked out. He seemed surprised at my maturity and amount of control, which was one of the main reasons he let me into the school, I think. Anyway, after Dumbledore accepted me into the school, my father decided that we should move house to somewhere closer to London, and that's how I ended up meeting Lily Evans.

It was a warm-ish day, but most other kids were huddled inside with their families, and it was also the morning after my father and I had moved in. The name of the city was Cokeworth, the sky was grey even with the sun streaming, most likely because of the smoke from the factories nearby. He didn't know I was out, not that he could do anything about it anyway, and I was exploring the new neighbourhood. I had eventually made my way to a park that was nearby, the only inhabitants of which being a young boy with long and greasy black hair, a hooked nose and pale skin, two girls, presumably sister what with the resemblance, one with a long face and perfectly straight blonde hair and blue eyes, the other girl with long wavy bright red hair and vibrant green eyes that sparkled with intelligence. Even from here I could tell that the boy and the red-headed girl were like me, magical I mean, not part-vampire. The girl was holding the bud of a flower in the palm of her hand when it suddenly started to bloom into a beautiful flower. The blonde girl scowled at her and slapped the flower from her hand and stormed off, the slightly shorter girl calling after her.

"Tuney! Tuney, come back!" The blonde girl didn't stop her storming, she didn't even look back. She also didn't seem to notice me as she passed, her eyes filled with disdain for her sister. I stood still for a second before moving silently to the rusted swing set close by, keeping my head down so as not to draw attention to myself. The grass hear didn't look completely healthy, most likely due to the fact that it was in the same area as the factories of Cokeworth, which was also the likely cause of the discolouration of the murky brow-grey river that guarded the right flank of the park.

"Lily-!" The boy exclaimed, sounding closer than he had been before. I heard footsteps moving towards me, and when they were a safe distance away, I lifted my head slightly to look at them. The red-headed girl, Lily presumably, paused for a second before continuing towards me, the dark boy trailing behind her, as if unsure and afraid.

"Hi, I'm Lily, and this is Severus. What's your name?" The girl introduced herself and the hook-nosed boy when they were only a few feet away, stopped now that they were close enough for me to reply.

"Hi...my name's Leo." I answered quietly; almost quiet enough for them to have to lean in to hear me.

"Hello." Severus muttered darkly, a hint of sarcasm in his tone. He obviously thought he was better than me. Was he a pureblood? He hadn't seemed surprised when Lily made that flower bloom earlier. He must think I'm a muggle! Even so, that's no reason to act like this.

"I'm sorry you had to see what happened earlier...with Tuney." Lily mumbled, obviously referring to her sister storming off.

"That's okay. Most muggles are afraid of what they don't understand, especially when it comes to magic." They were shocked, I could tell, their eyes wide, their mouths forming little 'o's and their eyebrows rising so high that they were almost buried in their hair.

"I-" Lily began, but she was cut off by a shout from the other side of the park by a voice I recognised as my fathers.

"Leonides Judas Joannis, didn't I tell you not to sneak out of the house?" I stood with a sheepish grin on my face, taking a few steps towards my father before turning around to face Lily and Severus, still walking backwards towards my father.

"See you tomorrow." I said, both of my hands in my pockets, before turning around to go to my father without so much as another glance back.

I had gotten a severe lecture from my father after that, but it was worth it. I snuck out day after day from then to meet with Lily and Severus in the park, and eventually, my father stopped trying to stop me, glad that I had found some friends. In fact, we became best friends. Well, Lily and I did. Severus and I were good friends, but we didn't always see eye to eye.

Oh, how stupid of me! I've just told you all of this and you have no idea what I look like! You're probably imagining me as some stupid brute or some whiny skinny boy who collects Quidditch cards! Well, let me catch you up. I have short blonde hair that sticks up and is usually slightly messy seeing as I rarely brush (I don't see the need!), very pale skin but not the sickly kind like my father has, I have bright electric blue eyes, and I don't like to boast, but I have a nice body. Not male-model nice or even Quidditch player nice, but more that I have a lean yet muscular build that suits my bone structure. Apparently, according to Lily anyway, I have a very innocent look about me (how?! I'm part vampire!), and she wants my eyelashes. Don't ask me what that means, I have no clue either!

Anyway, it's been almost three months since I got my Hogwarts letter, and just over two months since I had met Lily, and it was finally time for our trip to Diagon Alley to get everything we need for Hogwarts. It was only eleven days till we were to leave for school, but we had all decided to go on this date, for it was one of the days Dumbledore said he could be present, to lead Lily and her family around Diagon Alley, and to secretly keep an eye on me. Well, that's a story for another time. Most likely the next time we speak, but not now. I'm much, much too tired to tell you this all now.

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