New Lives in St. Louis
Chapter 2
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Authors Note:
Something strange must have happened to me the other day because I
completely forgot that I was writing this story!
ten reviews to a story and finally realized what story it was.
But really guys, thank you. Ten
reviews in one day, I’m so touched, thank you so much.
Now then, I realized a good point from someone who
reviewed. Just because it is slash does
not mean that all characters are suddenly gay.
However, my story mostly centers on the men, however, Anita will be in
it as well. Because of this, the non
slash relationships are Anita/Micha and Anita/Nathanial though Nathanial will
be in a slash relationship, he is still Anita’s Pomme de Sang and as such, he
needs to feed her adure.
I’m also going to slow down a bit, I know I move fast
but…that’s just so I get the basics out of the way to truly set up the story.
Now then, there will not be many women in this story unless
they are oc. Why?
Blake, and she is the only one I remember (Sadly the only one that left any
impression on me). Now then, on for the
pairing votes, (and feel free to tell me any pairings you want to see, at a
certain time I will decide who is going to be with who, however, at this rate
I’m pretty sure Asher will be with Caleb.
Now then, on with the votes then on with the story.
Harry/Draco – 4
Draco/Harry – 7
JC/Harry – 1
Draco/Caleb – 1
Sev/Remus – 1
JC/Sev – 3
Caleb/Nathanial – 0
JC/Caleb – 0
Asher/Caleb – 5
JC/Asher/Caleb – 0 (Surprised no one wants to see this
threesome)
Richard/Remus – 1
Remus/Nathanial – 1
Remus/Sev – 2
Richard/Sev/Remus – 1
Richard/Nathanial – 1
Remus/Jason – 1
Relationships in bold will remain on the ballot; if after a
few days, no one votes for the others, then they will be removed as I see fit.
Now, on with the story!
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The soft scratch of quill on parchment filled the small
office as Harry wrote a letter to his surrogate godfather.
the area seemed nice enough, he was hoping that Remus would come down for a few
days to get to know them, and hopefully, become part of a back.
agreed to a meeting, now all he had to do was get Remus to the states.
He folded up the parchment when the ink was dry and dripped
wax on it before stamping it with the Snape family crest.
window, opening it for his snowy owl to enter.
He handed the letter to her and smiled.
“Take this to Remus please, and wait for his reply.
He tied a small cord around her foot.
“It’s a port key, you remember how to use them right?
get back to London, it will take you back home.”
The bird nipped his ear affectionately before taking to the
air, letter in her claws, the pecked the port key softly causing her to
disappear into thin air.
Harry smiled softly as he exited his office at Siren Records
and saw how Draco was interacting with the customers.
customers during the day. Harry looked
up as a Japanese song came on over the speakers and said good bye to the
customers before making his way over to Draco who had started singing along.
“Akaku akaku akaku yurete
Yume no yume no hate e
Hanarerarenai
Mou nando mo akiramete wa oshikorosu tabi
Ikiba no nai kanjou ga me o samashiteku
Kegare no nai sono hohoemi zankoku na hodo
Tooi sonzai da to wakaru yo
Ienai kizu kokoro mushibamu dake na no ni
Yami no”
Harry laughed and started in as well.
“naka ni”
Then Draco
“ima mo”
“yadoru”
“omoi o osaekirenai”
Severus entered the shop, causing the two to stop singing
along. Both blushed at being caught
singing.
“Well you two are pretty good, most can’t sing along that
well to Japanese music.” That caused
them to blush even more.
“Not that I mind father, but…why are you here right now?”
“I got a message from the master of the city.
Harry and Draco looked between one another before
nodding. “I guess I’ll just have to
close early then.”
Severus nodded and helped around the shop for the rest of
the day before putting up the closed sign and watching as his son locked up for
the night. The group walked the few
blocks to the Circus of the Damned, shocked to see that Caleb was there, about
to knock on the back door.
“Caleb! It’s good to
see you again!” Draco made his way over
to his new found friend and gave him a hug before rubbing his cheek against the
others.
Harry and Severus hung back.
“Have you noticed anything…different about Draco lately?”
“You mean his need for physical contact?
Caleb smiled at Draco and at the father and son before turning and knocking on
the door, happy to see Nathanial opened it and welcomed them in.
maze of the underground, finally leading them into an office where Jean-Claude
sat and Asher stood against the door.
Asher’s eyes immediately went to Caleb.
Caleb looked up and gulped, his heart beating against his chest as if it
was about to burst free. He had never
been so frightened in his life. Caleb
snapped back to attention when the master of the city spoke.
“Caleb, I see you have noticed Asher, you are to be his
Pomme de Sang for the next month as a…test.
I would like you to leave with him for now, he needs to feed and I need
to speak with these three alone.”
Caleb nodded and moved to stand near Asher.
against him, trying to calm his friend. Caleb
gave a soft smile and jumped a bit when Asher took his hand, leading him away.
Jean-Claude watched with a soft smile before speaking.
“Hopefully your friend will be able to make Asher more…open
about things.” The master turned back to
them and gestured for them to sit in the three seats before the desk.
“What did you wish to see us about?”
“I feel magic coming off of you and yet…it is unfamiliar to
me, what is it?”
The three looked at one another before Severus started to
speak.
“There is a world hidden within this one, the wizarding
world, we are wizards.”
This caused Jean-Claude to frown.
“I have only heard of Wizards in fairy tales.”
“I was the same way.
I didn’t find out I was a wizard until I turned eleven and got my letter
to go to the wizarding school. Be happy
about it though, because you didn’t have to go through the war.”
reached out to rub his son’s back.
“We did not know that we were father and son until recently,
the headmaster had…plans of his own and cast spells to hide it from us.
instead of one. It is good that they are
both gone now. Forever this time.”
Harry smiled softly and hugged his father.
Jean-Claude smiled softly at this.
“I am glad that things are looking up for you now, from what
I know of you, all three of you deserve some happiness, and from what I have
learned of Caleb, he does as well.”
“What about Caleb?
He’s never said anything about his past.”
more about his friend.
“You will have to ask him that yourself I’m afraid.”
Draco nodded; a soft smile on his face.
the master about their world.
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Asher led Caleb through more of the mazelike halls.
him. Asher was taller than him, though
he didn’t much mind, he liked being his size.
Asher’s golden hair fell in long waves to his back and he vaguely wondered
if that hair felt as silky as it looked.
His hands itched to touch it, to brush it away from his face and see
both of those beautiful blue eyes. He
had heard stories though, stories that half of Asher’s body was scared.
imperfection, if it didn’t have that imperfection than it wouldn’t seem real at
all.
Caleb didn’t even notice when they had stopped walking and
he had been sat on the bed.
Asher took this time to look at Caleb.
that rivaled his own. Caleb’s bangs
framed his face perfectly, adding to his beauty.
nose. His only wish was that Caleb’s
hair wasn’t spiked up with that gel…he decided to do something about that.
“The bathroom is through there, I want to see what your hair
looks like without that stuff in it.”
Caleb blinked, coming back to himself and nodded before
standing and heading over to the bathroom, a short time later Asher could hear
the sound of the blow dryer and another short time later, Caleb came back out,
his hair lying flat and looking like the softest hair in the world.
gestured for him to. Caleb’s heart was
pounding in a mixture of fear and curiosity.
Asher turned slightly, reaching out and running his hand
through Caleb’s short hair.
“It’s soft.”
“Thank you…I think…”
Asher smiled softly, laughing a bit.
“Do not be so tense, I will cause you no harm.”
himself.
“Do you feel better now Caleb?”
“Yes, I do.”
“I am glad.” The two
slowly moved closer, Caleb because he was trying to beat his fear, and Asher
because he did not want to scare the young leopard away.
simply running his hands through his hair.
After about five minutes of this, Caleb burst into laughter, mirth
showing in his sky blue eyes.
“What? What did I
do?”
“You’ve been playing with my hair for five minutes.
you. That would ruin your image you now,
big bad vampire puts someone to sleep by playing with their hair.”
It was then that Asher realized what he had been doing, and
also noticed the hazy look in Caleb’s eyes that was caused by drowsiness.
“I apologize; I wanted you to feel comfortable.”
Caleb snorted and poked Asher in the middle of the forehead
before his own hands went into the vampire’s hair.
from his face but didn’t pull away, afraid that if he did, he would scare Caleb
away and lose his Pomme de Sang.
“Ah, there you are.
That has been bugging me. Your
eyes are so beautiful; you shouldn’t hide them for anything.”
Asher’s face.
“You are not frightened by my hideous face?”
Caleb burst into laughter again.
then you would be perfect, untouchable, angelic.
real, dare I say, it makes you look like less of a monster than you would look
if you were flawless.”
Asher pulled away with a frown.
Caleb rested his hands on his stomach and looked up at Asher
who still hovered over him, though at a farther distance.
“I find you beautiful Asher; if you were flawless…you would
scare me but…” Caleb leaned up again,
touching the scarred side of Asher’s face.
“I don’t know how to explain it but…now that I’ve seen your face…not
just the perfect half…I feel…more comfortable than I have in a long time.”
Asher smiled lightly, feeling no lie in Caleb’s words.
“Asher, I hope that we can become friends, even if we are
not the same.”
“I would like that as well mon petit léopard” Asher lay down beside Caleb, once again playing
with the leopard’s hair. This caused
Caleb to start purring and curl up against him.
Asher smiled again before kissing Caleb’s neck.
“May I Caleb?”
Caleb looked up and nodded before arching his neck.
“I warn you though; I have been known to give people…orgasms
with my bite.”
This caused Caleb to blush brightly.
first orgasm without being touched in a truly intimate way.
“I…I’m okay with that.”
Asher smiled lightly and kissed Caleb’s neck lightly before letting his fangs
slip into the skin.
Caleb’s eyes widened for a moment at the sharp pain of the
fangs breaking through his skin. Then
let his eyes fall closed, a soft moan falling from his lips as a powerful
feeling spread through his limbs. Soft
pants and moans continued to fall from his lips, his fingers digging into
Asher’s shoulders as he arched into the bite.
It wasn’t long before he had his first release, only to lose consciousness
from it. Asher pulled away slowly and
looked at the unconscious boy before laughing softly.
“Should have told you that was a part it as well.
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It was Saturday, no work as Harry had hired staff for the
weekends. Draco knocked softly on an
apartment door, smiling when a sleepy Caleb opened the door.
“Hey Caleb!”
Caleb groaned and covered his ears.
“Too early Draco.
It’s like the fucking ass crack of dawn for crying out loud.”
Draco frowned. “It’s
one in the afternoon.”
Caleb’s eyes widened and he cursed before opening the door
further.
“Come on in Draco.”
Draco entered and sat down on the couch before looking up at
Caleb.
“I…wanted to know about your past.”
Caleb stiffened for a moment before sighing.
“I suppose you have the right to know. Well where should I
start…”
He sat down across from Draco and thought for a moment.
“Well, my parents were very abusive; they never wanted me so
they treated me like a slave or beat me.
I was ten when I was taken from them and sent to foster home after
foster home. None of those homes worked
out properly and I was just given more and more pain until I turned
eighteen. I put myself through a
community college while working nights and weekends at a store, and then after
I got my degree, I helped out around the Social Services department.
parents were in court or something. I
was supposed to help them feel secure so that they may confess to something
their parents had done to them. That’s
my past. Now…I’m a Pomme De Sang for the
master’s second.”
He leaned back and yawned softly before Draco frowned.
“What’s a Pomme de Sang?”
“It means apple of blood.
It means I’m his midnight snack.”
Draco frowned.
“That doesn’t sound fun.”
Caleb purred.
“Don’t knock it until you try it Draco, it felt…amazing.”
Draco laughed softly.
“I’ll just have to try it sometime then.”
The two started laughing together and spent the rest of the
day hanging out and having fun.
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And there is chapter two for you, I hope you enjoyed it,
please let me know what you think. Also…
Here is the full song and its English translation.
Akaku akaku akaku yurete
Yume no yume no hate e
Hanarerarenai
Mou nando mo akiramete wa oshikorosu tabi
Ikiba no nai kanjou ga me o samashiteku
Kegare no nai sono hohoemi zankoku na hodo
Tooi sonzai da to wakaru yo
Ienai kizu kokoro mushibamu dake na no ni
Yami no (naka ni) ima mo (yadoru) omoi o osaekirenai
Akaku akaku
akaku yurete
Yume no yume no hate e
Deatte shimatta
Dare mo dare mo shiranai himitsu
Ochite ochite
Mou modorenai
Kodoku no fuchi
arukinagara sukuwarete
Donna toki mo kawaranai
Demo hikari ga
kage wa
Fukaku irokoku
Futatsu no kodou
maru de awase
Niteru (keredo)
iku
Akaku akaku
akaku moete
Subete subete
Kanau koto no
ugokidasu
Tsuyoku tsuyoku
Koete koete
Nogarerarenai tsumi
Akaku akaku
akaku yurete
Yume no yume no hate e
Deatte shimatta
Dare mo dare mo shiranai himitsu
Ochite ochite
Mou modorenai
And here is the English
Shaking in red, in red, in red
To the edge of the dream, of the dream
We can’t be separated
Already, every time when I’m stifled to death after I give
up again and again
My emotions that have no place to go wake me up
Your flawless smile knows it’s an existence
So distant that it’s cruel
Even though the incurable wound only eats away at my heart
Even now I can’t completely hold back my thoughts (that dwell) (within) the
darkness
Shaking in red, in red, in red
To the edge of the dream, of the dream
We met; destiny begins to turn
A secret that no one, no one knows about
I fall, I fall, I fall
I certainly can’t return anymore, even if I carve out my sins
While I was walking in the abyss of loneliness, I was saved
By realistic eyes that never change
But a shadow born as the light is bright
Deeply and pronouncedly creeps up to me
The two heartbeats are exactly like mirrors facing each
other
The (pains) are similar (but) different and continue infinitely
Burning in red, in red, in red
Erasing everything, everything
An unfulfilled illusion begins to move
Strongly, strongly
Overcoming, overcoming, overcoming the fleeting night
I certainly can’t escape, even if I drown in my sins
Shaking in red, in red, in red
To the edge of the dream, of the dream
We met; destiny begins to turn
A secret that no one, no one knows about
I fall, I fall, I fall
I certainly can’t return anymore, even if I carve out my sins
Song is Futatsu no