Till Death do us part, or not...

Next morning came bright and cold, “I slept” she muttered into nothing, “I actually slept”. She grinned as she looked into the mirror and it told her how beautiful she was. She had not seen her reflection in ages but the habit off looking in the mirror never died, and she always enjoyed her morning ritual even though she barely ever slept.



Severus stretched himself and yawned as he peered into the window. It was a fresh spring morning, but still quite cold. Even though he liked it he could not help but shiver as his bare feet touched the cold ground, he smiled as he looked in the mirror, he never liked his image but he had put a Silenco spell upon the mirror. So now when he looked in it he could just imagine the mirror struggling to make remarks only to find it had no voice.



The breakfast was quite an ordeal as usual. Ron and Harry were still half asleep and Hermione was studding like there was no tomorrow. Softly Ginny crept up to Harry and whispered in his ears. “Good morning…”

“Good morning” he whispered back.

“So when are you going to admit you feel the same?”

“What” he muttered as he tried to avoid stares from his friends.

“Common Harry you know I am in love with you and I’ve felt you staring at me for a while now.”

Harry’s eyes watered how “could you be in love with a nobody like me, I’ve lost every one dear to me, it’s like I am cursed”.

“Your right Harry you are cursed” she said seriously.

“But” he stammered, he had not expected her to agree with him. And her doing so meant that she was afraid off him, off dying because she loved him.

“And I am your curse” she quickly added when she saw the confusion in his eyes. “I am going to hunt you until you finally admit you love me to. I am even going to hunt you in the after life if that is what it takes”, she smiled at him. But her smile quickly faded when he thrust his lips onto hers and kissed her in the most passionate way she had ever experienced. As Ron fell off his seat, Hermione gasped loudly. “Oh gods” she muttered as she saw the passion filling Harry’s eyes as he kissed Ginny. “Wait, he did not just kiss Ginny did he” Ron spluttered as he tried to get back into his chair.

“No he still is” Hermione murmured back as she watched Ron’s face go the same shade off red his hair was.

Ginny felt tears well up inside her as she felt Harry’s tongue softly brush against her lips, she couldn’t believe this was happening and god how did he become such a god kisser she thought as she parted her lips for his tongue to battle hers.

As Ron was still muttering comments to Hermione Harry and Ginny broke off the kiss both gasping for air. He smiled at her as he saw her face was flushed from their battle and whispered something he had bottled up inside him for quite a while now. “Ginny Weasly I am in love with you…”

Blushing she looked at him and kissed him once more softly murmuring, “finally…”



Severus had watched the whole thing happening from one side off the room as Angel had been standing mesmerized watching from the other side. She smiled when she saw that Ginny had won the battle and smiled even more when she saw Professor Snape trying to think off something to stop the two young lovers. She found that he came up with nothing and let the whole thing blow over as he walked to his seat. Wait she realized he was not going for his seat he was walking straight towards her. She smiled as he stepped up to her and said good morning.

“Good morning Professor Snape” she said back curtly never taking her eyes off him.

“How was your night” he spoke softly as he bent towards her?

His sweet musky scent over powered her as her brain fought for control, “very well and yours?”

“Fine thank you” he murmured back as he walked over to his seat taking her hand in his and guiding her to hers.



Ron stared from his friend to his sister finally out off things to say, he just peered at Harry. When Ginny stepped away to her own seat there was only one thing left for Ron to say to his best friend. “If you are going to hurt her” he muttered still to bedazzled to think straight.

“I wont Ron”, Harry smiled at him, “I wont”.

“Good” Ron said is if finishing his line and then started to stare into his bowl off oatmeal. If it would have been any other girl he would have asked Harry everything about kissing and that sort off stuff, but this was Ginny his younger sister. He did not want to know how she kissed and god he cursed himself for not realizing what had been going on between the two. Am I so caught up in Hermione that I haven’t even realized Harry has fallen in love with my sister? He knew about her crush towards Harry but had always thought it to be puppy love, when on earth had that puppy love turned into something real. Into something supported and returned by the one off her affection. Was it even real he wondered, did his best friend actually love Ginny or was it just the fact that she had spent so much off her time trying to get trough to him. He was happy for the two, he was… But did this mean Harry had gotten back hope or was it just a spur off the moment. Busy in thoughts his eyes had wondered off to Hermione.



She looked at him as if she had never seen him before in her life, Hermione wondered as she watched Ginny throw smiles at Harry from across the table. God she missed that, being in love. She did have quite a thing for Ron, but she would never admit it, never to herself let alone the world. She had never understood the flutter her belly made whenever she saw Ron, he hated studying, and he was always in for one off the twin’s pranks. And he and Harry had always gotten her into trouble. But still she wondered, there is something about that boy that intrigues me. I like him she had finally realized and that had gotten her into more trouble then she wanted. It had always been hard for her to refuse anything the two boys asked her to do, because they were such dear friends. But when love came peeking around the corner she felt it left her utterly defenseless.



Angel looked down at her plate off food she felt that she was not at all hungry, at least not for solid food. “Not hungry” she heard a voice behind her say. “No” she said looking over her shoulder seeing it was Professor Dumbledore she finished with her needing the elixir off life. He smiled as she said this and muttered some words. She saw the color off her drink change and sniffed it wearily, gasping as she realized it hade turned into blood.

“My you do like dark lemonade” he said to her loudly and then returned to his seat. Thankfully she gulped it down finding that the glass refilled it self. This is delicious she thought as she took another sip of her drink and wondered if Professor Dumbledore had done anything to enrich the flavor. As she felt the life return to her body she started on her food and munched it down happily.



Severus watched her looking at her food. Isn’t she hungry he wondered as he took a gulp from his black coffee? He barely ever came into the great hall for breakfast but whenever he did all he needed was coffee. He could not even bare to think himself eating anything before he had coffee, he knew it would come right up when he tried. Just as he wanted to utter his question he heard the headmaster do it for him. “No” she said as she looked over her shoulder, she seemed to relax when she saw who it was and mentioned something about the elixir off live. He quirked his eyebrow as he wondered what she had meant by this, but Dumbledore seemed to know what she meant because he smiled and then uttered some words he did not quite catch. He was surprised when her drink turned blood red and heard Dumbledore say something about lemonade. He did over do it a bit he thought as she gulped it down. A blush came to her face as she stared on her plate, and he realized she was much like him, she needed that lemonade before she could even think off eating something. The corners off his mouth twisted as he tried to keep a straight face.



The bell for the morning classes rang and the students streamed from the great hall to their classes. She and Young Harry would have their first meeting today. In fact he had been excused from his morning classes for their meeting. He however wondered why he had gotten the message to come to Dumbledore’s office when he had done nothing wrong.



As the knock upon the door was heard Professor Dumbledore greeting the young boy in. “Come in Harry” he smiled at him. “Sit down my boy there is much we need to discuss” another knock upon the door sounded and Harry saw Angel walk in. “Miss Dean” he remembered as he stood up to greet her.

“Good morning Harry” she smiled at him, “How are you?”

He blushed as he realized she must have seen what happened between Ginny and himself, he never was so outward about anything let alone love, but he could not stop himself from kissing the girl he loved so much. “I am fine thank you.”

She smiled at his blush and realized how easy it was to read his mind. She saw flashes off the kiss and felt herself drawn into his memories. So many bad things had happened to this boy, so many it scared her. But the good things still seemed to have a stronger hold on him. The werewolf for one shared bad and good things, so did his friends and then there was Ginny, the girl he loved. She blinked to get her mind out off the boys and felt the bond weaken; it was strange normally she never felt as close to anyone doing this. But when she was reading his mind it felt as if they were one and everything that happened to the boy was happening to her. “Well now that we are all here I would like to begin” Dumbledore interrupted her thoughts.

“Yes sir” she smiled and sat down.

“Now Harry, I brought you here because I feel that you have given up Occlumency entirely and you need a defense against Voldemort.”

“Yes Professor, but might I remind it was not me who gave up the Occlumency lessons.”

“I know Harry, but Professor Snape had a good reason to do so. He kept his memories in that Pensieve for a reason. I know he is a harsh man, but that apart he needs to keep his memories his own and you deprived him off that”

Blushing Harry looked down “I know sir, I am sorry”

“It’s alright my dear boy, but that still leaves you without an Occlumency teacher. And because Miss Dean here is somewhat different than Professor Snape I am sure she will do a fine job.”

“Different” he muttered staring at her.

“If I may Professor…” she softly asked him.

“Of course Miss Dean”

“I am different in the sense I do not need to put my thoughts into a Pensieve. You can not under any circumstances read my mind.”

“Why not” he asked her interested?

“How good are you at keeping secrets?”

“What” he spluttered “Good I suppose”

“Very well then I feel it necessary that you know what you are getting your self into. I am a Vampire.”

“A what” he gasped?

“A Vampire, Harry. Now don’t be afraid I will not drink your blood or try to turn you. But I feel you should know because I might teach you Occlumency in a different way Professor Snape did. I do however want to warn you not to tell anybody, it might cause a different affect as you think it will. People will no doubt start to fear me and cloud your mind. My kind is hunted down fiercely and if word gets out that Professor Dumbledore is in lead with one it might cause him great harm.”

Shocked he looked from Angel to Dumbledore and then nodded “I shall not tell anyone, though I do not trust you either.”

“I understand, and that is a good thing. It makes you more aware off me trying to access your mind, and will make it easier to block me out. Do not forget though that Voldemort is both our enemy. He has persuaded some off my kin to join him. And truthfully I am not happy about this because once again the ones that do not join in such practices are punished.”

“I am sorry” he said truthfully “I did not know that there were good Vampires?”

“That is because we remain in the dark, the constant running from hunters has left us with no choice.” Her mind clouded as she thought off the many friends she had lost because off the battles.

“I hope that you will let me help you, Harry because from what I have heard Voldemort has complete access to your mind and can work out the plans this side makes freely.”

“I do not really know because I only see him in my dreams, and even then I do not see him but feel him. I always feel his emotions but nothing ever gives me the feeling that he truly sees what I see.”

“Then that is the first thing we shall work on, making you aware off his true intensions in your dreams. I think it is wise we find a quit room to practice in.”

“A yes” Dumbledore finally said “I think Harry can show you a room, on the seventh floor I believe?”

“Yes Professor” Harry smiled I shall show you, he then said to Angel

“Very well”

“Uhm Harry if you do not mind, I wish to speak to Miss Dean before the two off you leave, you may wait outside.”

“Yes Professor” he said as he walked out the door.

Silently Angel quirked an eyebrow and looked at Professor Dumbledore “What’s wrong?” she asked him

“Nothing, my dear I just wondered why you told him about yourself, do you not think that might put you in danger?”

“No Professor, it kept me out off danger.”

“How is that?”

“If I am to give him lessons in Occlumency he needs to know where I come from. I need to turn to get my full powers.”

“Turn” he looked at her strangely?

“Yes, my teeth will grow and my eyes will go pure black. If this had happened and he did not know he would run away screaming and tell his friends everything.”

“Ah I understand” he smiled “very well, then I wish you good luck”

“Thank you Professor” she nodded curtly and walked out off the room. “Well Harry, show me the way” Both walked slowly towards the stairs and quietly stepped up to the seventh floor. As they entered the room she found it was dimly lit and that there were several cushions on the floor. “What do they normally use this room for?” she asked Harry.

“Well uhm, everything really, the room adepts it’s self to the needs off the ones that enter”

“Really” she mussed “I was not intending to hurt you.”

“I know but last time I kept ending up on the floor hurting myself, I think it’s my needs it has adapted too.”

She smiled at the boy next to her, he must be stronger then he looks, if he hurt himself that meant that he was doing everything to fight it off. If not he would not even have noticed it.

“Where do you wish to start” he asked her uncertain off his fate.

“I wan to tell you something before we start. In order to teach this I have to turn into my real appearance, not to worry it is not very different than the one I uphold now, but I shall have fangs and pitch black eyes.”

“Why” he asked her shaking

“Because this is a form off magic that asks much from me and I can not do any other magical things while I practice it. I can read your mind without changing but just bits and pieces in order to teach it I must go further and that I can not do without my full powers.”

“Alright” he said still not sure off what to expect.

Slowly Angel’s teeth grew longer and her eyes became as black as the night. She yawned letting her mouth fully adjust to her growing fangs. She had done this for a long time and yet she had never fully gotten used to it.

Harry shivered as he saw her, normally he would have run away as fast as he could but now that he knew he stayed. Still, what he saw did make him want to run away like he would do normally. He eyed her wearily and then decided that whatever happened he would keep his back close to the door.

Angel smiled at him; she knew what he felt… Fear and yet for once it did not hurt her. “Now as for the first thing I want you to do.” She smiled. “Just sit and relax, I am going to see if I can connect to your mind. What you should do is see if you can see or feel me in anyway.” She sat down on a cushion and looked at him. She did not need eye contact but because that is what he had learned from Snape she decided it was best to start out the same. Concentrating slowly on him she realized there was no barrier at all and got sucked into his worst memories. The ones he had from Voldemort, trembling she tried to disconnect but the more she tried the more Harry gripped onto her. “Harry please” she muttered “try to let me go…”

He twitched roughly and started screaming “no get away, leave me alone.”

“I am trying Harry” she yelled above the commotion “I am trying, but I can’t pull back. You have to find me, and push me out. Come back to your senses, Relax” she screamed the last words at the top off her lungs. If she weren’t already dead this was going to kill her. She felt her brain being ripped to pieces and shattered over Harry’s brain. So many memories she mussed as she felt him calm down. One part off her was still seeing Voldemort; another was in the cabin under the stairs with him and yet another was fighting off the Dementors at the lake. All off a sudden all changed she was facing Harry, he was looking at her and muttered something softly “where are we?”

Angel peered around herself, they were still at the lake but the Dementors were gone. So was all life except for them. “We are still in your mind Harry” she smiled “you found me… Now all you have to do is will me out of here. I am like an insect feeding on you mind. What do you normally do to insects bugging you?”

“Swat them away” he realized this might just work.

“Exactly, that’s all you have to do.”

He looked at her intensely and the screamed at her from the top off his lungs “get out!” never had he wanted something this bad before. He always hated to be alone up there but now, she needed to get the hell out and leave him alone.

Angel felt herself being thrown backwards and landed against the wall. “Good Harry you did it, how did you find me.”

“I don’t know” he muttered “I was thinking about all those things and felt like I was all alone. But then I realized I was not, you were here with me and you were probing my mind. All of a sudden you were in front off me and all the pain had stopped, as if time had stopped.

“Very good Harry, you realized you were not alone. Now when you go to sleep you have to realize you’re not alone either. Voldemort is with you, that’s what causes the nightmares. Just do exactly the same as you did tonight and the longer you push him out the easier it gets. This is step one, you still need to learn how to block him out for good, but it’s a good start. Now what I want you to do tonight is just go to sleep, but keep in the back off your mind that you are not alone.”

“But that never worked, when Snape taught me.”

“True but now you don’t have to calm your mind, or try to keep it blank. All you have to do is know your not alone. Professor Snape learned you the way he had learned it, the hard way. I am teaching you the slow but simple way.”

“But isn’t it supposed to go fast, because I mean he can still break in.”

“True but you know he is there, and you go search for him. Professor Snape’s way is very effective, however because, one you do not like him and two that way seemed to hard for you we needed to take it a step down. And that’s exactly what we are doing. As long as you keep pushing him out he will never get the full picture off the plans. Now try this for a while, uhm lets say a week. If it works and you think you are ready for the next step. We will take it up a nudge and try to keep him out.”

Slowly Harry started smiling; she knew how he felt even without reading his mind. She really wanted to help him even though she had feelings for Snape, he shuddered at the thought.

“For now we shall leave it at this, go back to your friends and enjoy your day.”

“Just realize I am not alone” he smiled

“Your getting the hang of it.” She laughed heartily as she opened the door for him.

“Are you not coming to lunch.” He asked her.

“I will be there in a minute Harry” she said thoughtfully. “I need time to sort something out.”

“Alright” he said without asking more. He was going to Ginny again and he had so much to tell her he did not think over Angel’s comment.



Angel sat back down on the cushions and shivered, that boy was so strong he almost broke into her mind. She needed to find away to disconnect from herself before doing another session with him. “God” she muttered “I need Snape.” Pulling herself up she grinned. At least I can go inside his mind without having to ask him.



He was busy grading papers when a knock was heard. “What” he said harshly.

“I uhm” she stuttered “I did not mean to interrupt your work professor but I need your help.”



He looked up seeing her, damnit not again he cursed to himself. He was going to drive her off one day. She looked tired but alert and that made him feel uneasy. “How can I help you?” he heard himself ask. His hart made a stupid little flutter when she moved closer to him. He needed all his power not to jump up and pull her close to him.



“uhm” she smiled as she walked closer. “I have run into a few problems with Harry.” She saw his frown grow bigger and realized he wanted nothing to do with the boy. “I know you might not want to help, but you do not have to help him. I found that he is strong, so strong he almost broke in.”

“That is why I used a Pensive.”

“I know” she said getting desperate. “But I cannot use that, I need you to teach me to lock my mind off.”

“Why?”

“Why?” she looked at him angry “WHY” because there are things he doesn’t need to know, neither do you, SO GET OUT” she yelled.



He felt himself being thrown out and landed hard against the back off his chair. His eyes widened as he realized what he just saw, she was off balance, and she died. “You” he muttered “what are you”



Tears sprang in her eyes, what had he seen. She tried to recall what had going on in her mind when he slipped in, but she couldn’t. Angry she turned around to walk away, but was stopped by one off those beautiful hands. “What are you” he asked her again and she could do nothing but tell him.

“I am a Vampire” her eyes grew dim and she stared at the ground. “Dumbledore asked me for help because he knew the fight had reached my kin and I was the one other strong enough to teach him Occlumency.”

“Then Dumbledore trusts you”

“I sure do” a soft voice came from behind them.

“Headmaster” Snape said as he saw a face appear in his fireplace.

“Yes, Severus” he smiled. “Well are you going to help her?”

“I, yes sir” he said agreeing with Dumbledore. “I will under the condition she stays out off my mind.

“I will” she said knowing that he still had not let go.

“Very well.” Dumbledore said and he left smiling.

Whispering she apologized to him. “I never meant to lead you on, but I had no choice.”

“You always have a choice” he spat and whirled her around.

“Would you have looked at me, even talked at me last night if you knew who I was, what I was?”

“You will never know will you?” his eyes full off anger.

“Your right, I just.”

“You what” he snorted “you thought lets seduce him and then bite him?”

“Seduce?” suddenly she realized what he meant, he did feel the same. She felt her world come apart as she looked at him Anger mingling with rage, his hands trembling as he gripped her arm tighter. “I never wanted to seduce you, I mean I did… Urg she spluttered. Fine I want you, I still do, but I did nothing to lead you on. And I don’t even drink HUMANBLOOD!” she had started yelling at him without even knowing it.



Her last words threw him off balance; she wanted him no that’s not it… She never drank human blood. “But you are a Vampire”

“Yes, does that mean I am supposed to kill every one? God you people think off only one thing.”

“But” he almost stuttered

“What but, I am a pureblood we don’t drink from human’s we keep to the old code. We feed from blood we buy at butcher stores. God I don’t even wanna feed. You think I chose this live, I would give it to now one, not without his or her request.”

He looked at her strangely even though he knew what she was he still felt the same about her and by god he as holding her, he let his hand slide down to her hand and looked her in the eyes. “I am sorry, I did not know.”

“Well that’s the whole thing, nobody stops to ask…” The rest of her words were cut off when two soft lips pressed against hers. Her eyes flickered as she felt the sincerity off this kiss and she leaned into him, brushing her tongue against him. As a smile curved his lips he parted them, giving her access to something he kept hidden for so long, he gave her access to him.

He tasted sweet and his musky send made her quiver, this is what she wanted, this is what she needed. As he parted for air she looked at him. “You... I mean”

“I know what you mean, and yes I meant it” he said a grin spreading across his face as she pulled him closer to her and kissed him more intensely this time. “I want you” she murmured as she felt herself being swooped off the floor.



He could not help but smile, she tasted so passionate, so sweet. He needed to have more so when she said it he swooped her off the floor and carried her to his room.