The Original Heretic

vi.

i landed in an alleyway, and immediately wrinkled my nose as i felt the drizzle hit my skin.

"brit?" a lady asked, and i looked over at her.

"damn minnie, old person looks hot on you!" i grinned as i wrapped her in a hug, and she scoffed, hugging me back.

"oh hush up. come on, let's go to hogwarts." holding my arm, she disapparated.

"ouch! what the hell are the alarms for?" i covered my ears, wincing as the blaring noise reached us the second we landed.

"quickly, play along." she hissed as men started running towards us. "no time to explain yet."

"apparition into hogsmeade is prohibited, miss mcgonagall." a dirty looking guy sneered at us. "why did you do it?"

"i was picking up a new student, and we can't apparate too close to hogwarts anymore. forgive me." she replied stiffly, and the guys looked at me.

"ain't ya looking a bit old to be a first year?" he asked me, and it took all my willpower to not try and compel him.

"i'm in my seventh year, i was studying abroad." i replied just as stiffly as minnie.

"hmm. well, go back to the castle. be warned though, mcgonagall. next time, we may hex first, ask questions later." he said gruffly, and we walked away.

"what the hell-" i started asking, but she shook her head sharply.

"wait until we are in my office dear! i know you have questions, but i'll explain more there." she said in a fake sweet tone, so i assumed we were being listened too. we walked in silence up to the castle, and she waved her wand at her door once we arrived to the office.

"okay. we're clear now." she said. "i know you have questions, let me explain. a man who's name i cannot say because it's taboo basically rules the wizarding world now. we call him you-know-who."

"yeah, i know who he is." i said. "what do you need me to do?" i queried. "it must be pretty severe if you needed to call on your only immortal friend."

"you don't know these students, but their names are harry, ron, and hermione. they are on some top secret mission to supposedly kill you-know-who, and while i don't doubt their capabilities, it would comfort me to know that you're with them. i have one of hermione's old books here. can you use your magic to try and find them?" she requested.

"you want me to play babysitter to teens with a hero complex?" i raised my eyebrow. "okay. i'm going to need a map."

an hour later, after i had agonizingly broken through hermione's complex protection spells, i got their location.

"alright minnie. i'm sure i'll see you soon when these three come back here, like i know they most likely will. see you soon!" i said, and after a long hug, she let me leave her office.

"invisique." i made myself invisible, and went to the kitchen. the house elves watched in fear as the door opened, but nobody came through. after closing it again, i revealed myself.

"i'm not here to hurt any of you guys, okay?" i quickly soothed. "in fact, i'm here for a favour. can you help?" after explaining what i needed, they were happy to help me, and i was on my way. after a few more stops and siphoning some magic from the walls of the school, i vanished with a crack, reappearing in a forest clearing, to find... nothing. nobody was here.

"hello?" i called out cautiously. "harry? hermione? ron? i'm not here to catch you, i was sent to help." i called out. no reply. "i can find you easily, just reveal yourselves to me. i'm safe." nothing. sighing, i held up my hands, siphoning any nearby magic from the air. i watched in fascination as a purple sphere appeared in the clearing, becoming thinner and thinner as the magic seeped into my hands, revealing a small tent.

"STUPEFY!" a chorus of three voices yelled, and i was flung back.

"get her in the tent, now!" a boys voice yelled, and i felt my body be lifted by magic as the girl, who i assumed was hermione, started putting the spells back up. the second i was inside, i jumped up, only to find two wands trained on my face. "hermione, she's already awake!" the same boy yelled out to her, nervously fixing his glasses.

"how? all three of us hit her with a stuffy, she should be knocked out cold." the other boy said, moving his red hair out of his eyes with one hand.

"i'm special." i rolled my eyes. "and i guess i should've listened to minnie when she said none of you would trust me."

"minnie?" hermione asked. "who's that?"

"your favourite professor? head of gryfinndor? can turn into a cat?" i listed a few traits of my best friend.

"professor mcgonagall. why do you call her minnie?" glasses boy realised.

"i'm a lot older than you think, and i've been friends with her longer than any of you have been alive! now, before questioning me anymore about my motives, i brought a peace offering." i took off my backpack, reaching in to look for all the food from the kitchen.

"an undetectable extension charm." hermione observed as i began pulling out chicken, mashed potatoes, gravy, and more food from my small bag.

"capacious extremis. useful for bringing a ton of stuff while apparating all over the world." i smiled as i finally found the plates and cutlery. "here. dig in."

"how do we know it's not poisoned or anything?" the ginger asked, but he was already filling his plate.

"ginger, if i wanted to kill you, you'd be dead already." i said, knowing that wasn't true. i still had not ever taken a human life, and that was one of my greatest secrets and pride. "i promise i'm here for nothing but good intentions."

"and what are those intentions?" hermione asked.

"to keep you safe, help you with your secret mission, blah blah blah. minnie wasn't too descriptive in why she wanted me to find you." i said.

"we don't even know your name, how do you know us?" glasses boy continued with the questions.

"i actually only know hermione's name, i'm not sure which one of you is harry and which one is ron. my name is brit. brit kaldottir."

"i'm harry." said glasses boy.

"n i'm ron." ginger waved, his mouth full.

"pleasure, i'm sure. now that we're all comfortable and you know i'm not the devil incarnate here to turn you all in, how can i help?"

i was briefed by all of them what had been going on. voldemort had taken over, and he wants to kill harry because he knows harry can kill him. ron and hermione came along to help harry find "horcruxes" or different magical items that held a piece of voldemort's soul. they had struggled for a while, but were able to get rid of some. ron had left the so called golden trio for a while out of anger, but had recently arrived back a few nights before, when harry had gone to destroy another horcrux with a special sword.

"and now you're here, to help us too. but why you? you're obviously powerful, but what exactly are you?" hermione asked. "there's no way you're just a witch."

"smart girl." i said. "promise to ne you won't freak out?" the three nodded, and i slowly revealed my vampire face. "i'm a heretic. a vampire that can absorb and use magic. oh, and i'm immortal."