133Hi there! It's Rebarbative with her new story. This story is AU: Basically, Debbie dies instead of Mr. Crepsley, so instead of going back to the Cirque, they all head over to good ol' Vampire Mountain, where Darren grieves for his lost love. Also, they have already gone to the post-LoTS world and found Harkat's true identity, but time did not pass during their adventure (Kinda like with Narnia). Spoilers if you haven't read HP or CDF.
P.S The story starts a few months after their arrival.
Enjoy!
Chapter One:
"Education"
"Darren, Mika needs to speak to you. A few generals just returned bearing grave news," said one of the stuffy guards from the Hall of Princes.
I sighed and put down the bowl of broth I had been sipping from and followed the guard out of the dining hall. He led me to the giant dome, where the hall of princes resided, and I placed my hands on the soft, slightly pulsating door. It slid open (God knows how..) and revealed a grim faced Mika. Well… more grim than usual anyways. He and I were the only princes in the mountain at the moment. Arrow and Vancha were out scouting for more news on vampaneze movement.
"Sit down Darren," instructed the older prince. "You remember that group of generals we sent scouting in London?"
"Yes.." I said slowly, sensing bad news.
"Two of them returned yesterday," said the sallow prince.
"Only two?" I replied. "We are losing dozens of generals each week. What is so special about three more missing?"
"Well Darren, these three weren't killed by vampaneze. They were taken into custody by wizards."
"Wizards? I thought they didn't want to mix with the clan?"
"Not normally, but these are far from normal times in the wizarding world," Mika began. "It seems they are on the brink of war again. Remember that lunatic who was terrorizing their world a few years before you became prince?" he asked. I simply nodded so he continued, "Well it seems that he has returned from the grave."
"What does that have to do with the abducted generals?"
"Well," said the prince with an impatient sigh, "The man, he calls himself Lord Voldemort, tried to negotiate an alliance with those generals, who of course refused. He was infuriated and lashed out at the generals. "
"These two here," he said with a gesture of his hand, "managed to flit to safety. We suspect the other three are still alive. I assume the cur is waiting for us to try and rescue them."
"Are we going to send in a rescue team?" I said, with a sense of foreboding.
"No, it would be a waste of men. We have no way to defend ourselves from their spells. We have some immunity, but not enough for a full scale battle."
"What are we going to do then? Leave those men to fate?"
"No," said Mika. "We are going to use their enemies to get them back. I'll be damned if some fool with a stick is going to intimidate us."
"And how exactly do we do that?"
"That's where you come in young prince," he said with a wicked grin.
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"This plan is completely ludicrous," said a red faced Mr. Crepsley.
"Aw come on Mr. Crepsley," I said with a grin, "You're just mad that you have to live in a shack for a year!"
He smacked the back of my head and replied, "No, I have lived in far worse environments. I was simply pointing out that there is no way this plan will ever work."
"What plan.. made by a.. vampire… ever makes.. sense?" said Harkat with a cheeky grin.
"That is true," said the still upset Mr. Crepsley. "I suppose if it is for the good of the clan.."
"That's the spirit," I said. "A wizard school… I bet Debbie would have loved it."
Ah Debbie. She was never too far from my mind. At first, for a month or so, I grieved endlessly for her. But then Mr. Crepsley was tired of me moping around and decided to knock some sense into me. Sure she was gone, but he said he would bet his cape that she went to Paradise. That meant if I stopped 'moping around and actually did something useful' I might see her again someday.
Enough of that. The plan was for me to disguise myself as a wizard student. I would go to their school for a year, make connections with the wizards who were on the opposing side of Voldemort, and use their friendship to get into Voldemort's stronghold. Once I was there, I would focus on rescuing those three generals and getting out before Voldemort could recapture us. Mr. Crepsley would be living in an abandoned shack that was near the school. It was rumored to be haunted. But, we hung out with a ghost every day, so it wasn't that scary.
Mr. Crepsley was mad, not because of his housing arrangements, but because for the next month and a half I would be teaching him about the wizarding world. Of course I would be learning it myself, but Mr. Crepsley couldn't read! Mika sent some newly inducted generals to get us all the books on the wizard's world they could find. Some first assignment! We were to depart from Vampire Mountain in early August to head to London, where we would stay until the beginning of my term in September.
These next few months were going to be interesting.
*Dodges a Madam Octa rubber toy*
Hey! I didn't think it was that bad. Sure it's a little short, but I feel like writing a bit more tonight. I just had to get an intro out to test the waters. I tried changing it up a bit. Most HP-CDF fics have the vamps trying to get the wiz folk as allies. This idea just popped into my head as I was swimming this afternoon, so I decided to give it a go. Leave any suggestions or comments in the review area! Expect an update really soon to make up for this lame excuse of a chapter!
Love and guts
-Rebarbative