Hogwarts: A Hope Through Time (Book 1)

Chapter 24

Once word spread through the castle about Lucius and Draco Malfoy both being released from the Infirmary the morning after the first Duelling class. The rumours flew between students and the Slytherins gave Hope a wide berth with wary looks as they moved even further away from her.
Daphne found the whole thing hilarious as there was a visible smile plastered on the 'Ice Queen's' face which started a brand new rumour that caught even more attention then Hope duelling both of the Malfoy's and winning.
During the next Duelling class Hope and Daphne burst into tears as they laughed their asses off in front of Professor Flitwick who was desperately trying not to laugh along with the 2 Slytherin girls. "Girls, please settle down! I know that the rumours are beyond ridiculous and hilarious but I would seriously like to start teaching you two for real now that we actually have the time."
"Sorry Professor." The girls chimed together as they calmed down and flicked out their wands, moving to opposite ends of the classroom waiting for instructions from the Professor.

Over the course of the next few weeks Hope met up with Bathsheda to speak to her about Runes and also informing the half Vampire about 'The Original' Vampires while Bathsheda told Hope about all the differences to her own species of Vampires. Their weaknesses like being allergic to garlic and their aversion to sunlight. Although due to Sheda's witch traits, she has a resistance to sunlight but generally has to stay out of direct midday sunlight, otherwise she will begin to burn slowly and start to blister.
"Just curious but what is your diet? With your mixed heritage are you able to eat normally or do you need to consume blood?" Hope asked with a furrowed brow.
Babbling shrugged barely as she etched into another runestone as Hope powered the silence runestone to keep their conversation silent rather than having Hope erect privacy spells each time she enters a room. With Flitwick it wouldn't be much of a leap if the Charms Professor erected his own wards to keep his Duelling classes secret.
"I can eat just about anything but I do need to drink blood maybe once a week? Thankfully I don't need to drink human blood but I am drinking maybe a cup a week of Potion supplies. So I'll probably need an alternative soon before someone catches on."
Hope twitched her nose slightly. "I could ask my parents to send me blood discreetly and I could give them to you but that could be difficult. The other option is finding someone willing to be a human blood bag? But that could have ramifications of its own."

Just before the Runes Professor could reply the door opened slowly and a head of blonde hair poked her head in.
"Hi Professor. Sorry to bother you but would I be able to join you and Miss Mikaelson for some extra credit?" Daphne asked from behind the mostly closed door.
Hope and Sheda exchanged a look before Bathsheda motioned the other girl inside. "That would be fine with me. I could use the extra hand actually. Come in."
Daphne nodded slightly before entering the classroom slowly and closing the door behind her, Daphne looked over at Hope with a curious gaze as she raised an eyebrow at her as the blonde couldn't sense her Mate's privacy ward as she entered the room.

Hope held up a runestone. "Our conversation is private. No need to worry love."
"Wonderful. Although if you do have something for me to do that would be great. I actually enjoy Ancient Runes." Daphne asked the Professor as she moved forward to sit in the seat next to Hope.
Babbling laughed joyfully. "I'm glad you do. Otherwise asking you to help would be quite useless don't you think?"
"Probably. So what were you two talking about before I arrived?" Daphne asked as she picked up a piece of parchment but the silence was deafening.
The blonde looked back and forth between the two partial Vampires. "Come on guys. It can't be that bad... can it?"
"Not really. We were just discussing blood alternatives. I can't keep using the blood from the Potions inventory. Snape will eventually notice the loss of stocks." The half Vampire replied honestly as she created another fire protection runestone.

Daphne nodded her head slightly as she contributed. "You're right. Snape will notice eventually he is meticulous about his inventory. So what are the other options? I mean Hope or I can get our parents to donate blood to the school but that would scream, 'Hello there's a Vampire here!'"
Hope and Sheda let out dual scoffs in agreement as Hope made a remark. "My love isn't wrong. It's not exactly discreet."
"I know. But the other option was feeding off animals or people but that has its own problems." Sheda mentioned with a groan.
Daphne looked up from the parchment when the room went quiet again. "Okay, I'm missing something. What is the issue?"
"Bloodlust." The two part Vampires answered bluntly.
Daphne just blinked before facing Hope, silently requesting her to continue.