On the run from her own mistakes, the headstrong vampire Lux Erzsebet has been drawn out of her seclusion through a promise from Albus Dumbledore. He dangles before her an offer of safety and freedom from the dangerous vampires who seek vengeance on...
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September 1st, 1977 ✦ Kings Cross
Lux could remember her first time going onto the Hogwarts Express like it was yesterday. Trains had not existed yet in the muggle world, but somehow the wizarding world had discovered the technology and built an elaborate means of transportation to get to Hogwarts.
Eleven year old Lux had been wide eyed, naive, but she had also been bursting at the seams with happiness. A world she had no idea existed was thrust at her, and she was expecting to spend the next seven years away from her basic muggle village, and instead nestled in the arms of all things magical.
Now, the stars in Lux's eyes had burst, and instead of a childish eagerness, it was dread building in her stomach and digging about in her mind. Even if she had no desire to betray Dumbledore for the variety of consequences that could have, she itched to run off of the train and disappear within the wilderness. Without a sun threatening to burn her alive, she could make it this time around.
Her gaze flickered towards Fulk, who was flipping through the pages of a book, so engrossed in it he didn't seem to notice how severe her apprehension was growing to be. Or perhaps he didn't care enough to inquire on it, despite his usual attitude to any negative emotion he could sense off of her being to address it.
"Found you!"
Lux nearly jumped out of her skin as the compartment door swung open, and in sauntered Sirius, a bright grin plastered on his face. Behind him hovered Peter, and then Remus, whose eyes were shifting back and forth and his hands wringing together in a nervous sort of tick. For a moment, as the three boys stepped into the compartment, his gaze settled on Lux. But before she could react, it was elsewhere again.
"You don't mind if we sit here, do you?" Sirius urged, nudging towards the plenty of space the pair had.
"Go ahead," Fulk said, not looking up from his book.
Sirius wasted no time before jumping to sit down next to Lux.
"Lord of the Flies," Remus read out the title of Fulk's book as he took a hesitant seat next to Sirius. "It's a good book."
