Shades of Black
Chapter 23
Chapter 23
Atani
woke up bright and early, he felt better after last night.
arching his back with his arms above his head.
The sun filtered in through the curtains leaving bright streaks on the
floor and over his bed. His fingers went
through his hair, raking it out of his face.
Draco was still asleep beside him, sprawled out under the warm
blankets. The black haired teen smiled
and brushed his hair out of his face, looking down at him lovingly.
“You’re
very handsome Drac.” His voice was a soft whisper.
dreams.” He smiled and crawled out of bed, stretching again.
After
throwing on a robe he silently padded out of the room and downstairs.
up and dressed. The three male adults
were sitting at the table; Lucius was drinking coffee and reading the morning
paper. Sirius was eating a rather large
breakfast and his father was drinking tea while looking out the large window at
the extensive gardens.
Atani
smiled and sat down at the table, “Morning!” He said happily, pouring himself
some tea and adding copious amounts of sugar and honey.
Lucius
jumped slightly, he had been so involved in his paper that he hadn’t been
paying attention to what was going on around him.
into laughter. Atani smiled, he was in
an exceptional mood.
“Good
morning Atani, how did you sleep?” Voldemort asked, sipping at his tea.
“I
had a nightmare but other then that it was great!”
He
raised an eyebrow, “And what was your nightmare about?” He questioned as Atani
took a drink of his tea.
“I
don’t remember all of it but that man was there, the one that grabbed me…” He
started but was interrupted by Sirius.
“What
man? Who grabbed you?” His eyes were
narrowed angrily.
Atani
looked over at him, “It’s ok, nothing happened.” He
said quickly.
Sirius
did not look happy about the prospect of anything happening to the teen.
explanation, then they looked at his father.
“Well,
we’re waiting. We want to know what
happened and we want to know now.”
Voldemort
raised an eyebrow, “Are you making demands of me?”
“We’re
worried about him, he is our godson after all and we want to know what happened.”
“A
vampire tried to sink his teeth in, there are you happy now?” Atani snapped, he
had been so happy this morning then this had come up.
“Damn it.” He growled, walking out into the garden.
walking over to where he was sitting on a fountain edge, “Atani Dorian Riddle,
you answer me when I talk to you.”
His
black hair fell into his face, “I hate it when people worry.
“I
know Atani, I know that, but those two will worry and worry and keep asking
about it until you tell them. They’re
stubborn asses.” Atani laughed at his choice of words, “You know that I won’t
let anything happen to you and no vampire, werewolf, or any other creature will
get a hold of you.”
He
nodded, “I know papa. I’m just
frustrated.” He growled, “No one needs to worry about me.
As long as Dumbledore stays away from me and leaves me alone I’ll be
fine.”
“I
know. We’ll deal with things as they
come along. Now then, why don’t we go
back inside, you still need to eat breakfast.”
“No,
you go ahead; I’m going to stay outside for awhile.” He said, running his fingers
through the water.
A
sigh escaped his lips, “Alright Atani, but don’t starve yourself.” He said,
going inside.
He
just sat by the fountain, playing with the water.
shimmered in the morning light. Thoughts
of everything and nothing raced through his mind, events of the previous years,
all that had happened since he had found out he was a wizard.
‘relatives’ or Dumbledore would try to take him away again.
leave him alone. For once in his life he
was happy, he had his father, he had his fiancé, and he had two over protective
godfathers. Atani knew that something
had to go wrong; it seemed like every time he became happy or content something
went wrong.