Vampire in Gryffindor Clothing

“...Ladies and Gentlemen, I present to you the Class of 1986!” Dumbledore boomed joyously, raising his arms to present the graduating 7th years. As everyone threw their wizards’ caps into the air with loud hoots, Akasha stood off to the side, away from scathing gazes and kneaded her cap between her fingers nervously.
Dumbledore was still letting her graduate, even though the last month she’d remained locked up in her dormitory, hiding. She didn’t know why she was even here now. But she’d worked too hard to give up. Screw everyone else. After this, she’d travel the world and most likely never see any of these people ever again.
“WOOT! WOOT!” James and Sirius yelled, throwing their caps. “WE’RE FREE”
Akasha sighed and looked away, wondering how long it would be until she could go.
“Now, if you’ll join the graduates in the Great Hall for drinks and music,” Dumbledore said, gesturing up toward the school.
Akasha stepped off the risers and threw her cap on the ground. She had no use for it now. She’d go up to her dorm and grab her packed trunk and leave. No one would care. If anything, they’d be happy with her disappearance. She headed in the opposite direction of her fellow graduates. But someone took hold of her arm.
“Y-you dropped this,” Snape said quietly, holding out her abandoned wizards’ cap.
She took it and stared at him in wonder, “Erm”
He stuck his hands deep inside his robe pockets, eyes on the floor. “I’m... It’s just that... I was... and”
“It’s all Sirius’ fault anyway,” Akasha said conversationally, forgiving him. He was only human.
Snape snorted. “We have so much in common,” he said. “I forget”
She doubted it.
“So... um...” He trailed off awkwardly.
She might as well have one last hoorah before she left. She moved closer to him and trailed a finger along his jaw line. “What do you say we go find some place more... private?” she purred suggestively.
His mouth dropped open. “You mean”
“Oh, most definitely. Come on”
She grabbed him by the front of his robes and dragged his suddenly stiff body up the stairs.

“My God!” he gasped, pale skin slick with sweat, body shaking. “So that’s what sex is like?! Let’s do it again”
Akasha chuckled. “I thought you had a train to catch”
“We have time. I don’t have to leave until- OH MY GOD! I’M GOING TO BE LATE!” Snape jumped out of the bed, looking for all his clothes.
Akasha decided it would be best if she got dressed too.
“Will I ever get to see you again?” he asked hopefully when he was finished.
She shrugged. “Most likely... no,” she said truthfully. “I’m moving as far away from Britain as I can”
Snape frowned. “Oh... But you’ll send owls, won’t you”
“Nope!” she said brightly. She kissed him on the cheek. “I’ll be going now. I might as well put in a show at the Grad party”
“But- but”
“Hurry. You don’t want to miss your train, now do you”
She slammed the door in his face and headed back downstairs. She’d only been gone for fifteen minutes at the most. Poor Snivellus, she thought amusedly. He’ll probably never get laid again.

Sirius, like the rest of the ex-7th years, looked up as the Great Hall doors burst open with such force that when they hit the wall, pieces of stone came flying off.
“WHERE IS SHE?! WHERE IS THAT UNGRATEFUL BITCH?!” a man no older than Sirius by a couple of years bellowed. His voice was deep and rich, but it froze Sirius’ skin at the sound it was so cold. Waves of power emanated from this man and Sirius was certain he was not human. Perhaps never was human.
“WHERE IS MY DAUGHTER?!” He stalked lithely up to Dumbledore and grabbed him by the front of his robes. “You-” he growled furiously. “This is all your fault. You brainwashed her”
“Akasha is a grown woman, Aubrey,” the old wizard said calmly. “She made the decision on her own”
“Then I shall have to kill her for her treachery”
“I’m afraid I can’t let you do that,” Dumbledore warned.
A large group of teachers circled around the intruder, wands at the ready.
Aubrey laughed coldly. “Do you not know who I am?” He let go of Dumbledore and threw his arms wide in a great spectacle. “I am Aubrey Valerois! King of all vampires! Hunter by nature! Your magic has no effect on me! I cannot be killed”
“You never change, do you, Aubrey?” a voice came from the broken door of the entrance. It had the same accent as the vampire, but it did not have the same cruelty or coldness in its tone. Just sadness. And it was female.
Akasha walked into the Hall, and each step she took echoed throughout the descending silence.
“Well, if it isn’t my treacherous whore of a daughter,” Aubrey greeted.
“Only by blood,” she spat.
“I am your father! How dare you speak to me that way!” he roared. He grabbed her by the throat, causing her to let out a small choking sound. “If you’re so disgusted by your blood, I’d be more than happy to take it from you”
“You can try”
“I’ll do more than try,” he promised.
With a small movement of his arm, a tiny flick in the wrist that grasped her throat, he threw her across the Hall, as if she were a rag doll. She went crashing into a table and rolled to the floor.
Her head whipped up and Akasha bared her fangs at her father. “You’ll have to do better than that, Aubrey. Not even a scratch? Have you lost your touch?” She laughed.
“That was just a warning. Next time, you won’t be so lucky”
Sirius moved forward to help her. He’d promised to protect her. He had to protect her. But someone grabbed the back of his shirt.
“This is her fight,” Dumbledore said grimly.
Sirius didn’t want to listen. The headmaster seemed to sense it because he kept holding him back. But his eyes were on Akasha.
Akasha stood tall. “Just like Mother, isn’t it?” she hissed as she circled her father, looking for a place to strike. He seemed to sense her as a threat; he wouldn’t let her get behind him. Akasha went on, biding her time. “When she didn’t bow down to you, you killed her, too. And now you’re trying to kill me”
“Your mother was a foolish little witch!” he said, turning to keep her in his line of view. “You are a vampire. You need the sense beat in to you”
“I am a witch,” Akasha said firmly, “and a vampire. I can accept who I am. It’s you that has the problem”
“Then how about we fix it then”
Akasha pounced on him, claws swiping at his flesh. She drew blood as her nails dug into his neck.
And then it was chaos. The air was filled with hisses and snarls, two animals fighting for dominance. Fangs ripped, nails slashed, bones were broken. But Aubrey was so much stronger than she was. It didn’t take long until she was pinned beneath him, panting and bruised.
“You’re weak,” he said cruelly, green eyes flashing. “I told you from the beginning, I cannot be k”
All of a sudden, he cut off with a low, seething hiss, eyes widening. “What”
His body seemed to be collapsing in on itself, his skin becoming weathered and dried like leather. His eyes bulged, fangs retracted. And then it seemed as if the life went out of him. Slowly, above her, he turned to dust.
“Are you okay”
Akasha looked up at Sirius in curiosity. “Did you just”
“You know, you owe me a new wand. I don’t think using it as a stake was a very good idea,” he said casually. He held up his wand, which was now broken in half.
He’d saved her?
She took the hand he offered. Let him try to brush the dust from her clothes.
“You saved me...? You- OH, MY GOD! AUBREY’S DEAD. I DID IT!! Booja!” she hooted in realization, breaking out of her shock at last.
“We did it,” Sirius corrected.
Akasha smiled. “Yes, we did, didn’t we? Thank you.” She hugged him abruptly, truly grateful.
Around them, students and teachers began to clap. “Go, Sirius!” some yelled. Others yelled “Way to go, Akasha”
She looked around at them all and smiled for the first time in months. She was finally being accepted.
Sirius hugged her to him. “I think this calls for a celebration”
She looked up at him in wonder. And she found him looking back, no longer any disgust on his face.
He accepted her, too.