Ferinus Consanguinitas

Beta'd by Night the Storyteller


Harry took his sweet time going into the living room to speak with his whale of an Uncle. They were all there waiting for him, the two biggest taking up the entirety of the large couch, leaving the last to sit awkwardly on the armrest. Harry took the recliner usually reserved for Vernon, he had never dared to sit on it before and it turned out to be rather lumpy from harsh use.

"You just think you are so great don't you freak, just because you got that little stick and some stuck up girlfriend to save you" This was a surprising statement from Dudley as he usually left Harry well alone when he was within two feet of his wand. Perhaps he hadn't noticed it sticking out of his pocket when he came into the room.

"This coming from the boy who gets his jollies off beating up 10 year olds" Harry retorted.

"While you are still in my house you will watch your language and tone, and don't make up sick lies about my poor little Duddles" with this Petunia attempted to pull her son to her in a loving gesture, but Dudley would have none of it, he was livid as his dearest daddy, but Harry was sure that Vernon at least had noticed that he carried his wand with him.

"We will make you a deal boy, we will not bother you and you will not bother us for the remaining time you are here, but I will not have more of your unnatural friends in this house, do I make myself clear?" Vernon's chins were doing that jiggling thing again and Harry couldn't help but laughing at him.

"How about I make a deal with you Uncle, I will have whoever I want over here, we will stay out of your hair and I will stay in my room and not make a peep when Aunt Marge shows up in a hour." His entire relatives’ faces were drained of blood, Harry mused that with all the excitement of this morning, they had forgotten completely about her imminent arrival. Harry rose to leave the room and perhaps wrote some letters to his friends and read some of the books that Lyra had left him, when his Uncle's voice stopped him.

"You better stay in your room and be quiet, or I will be calling the authorities next time if one of those freaks dares to come to my house" Harry laughed only in his mind at that comment, it would be prudent for him to show that such threat seemed only a joke to him. He quickly moved up the stairs, not wanting to be the object of such hateful glares anymore. As he reached the top he called back down "Oh and could you bring me up a plate of dinner later, I wouldn't want to disturb your family time with my presence, and make sure it contains clean food, if it’s not, I will know." He was sure there were a few spells that allowed him to detect if someone had tampered with his food, he didn't know any of them, but they didn't know that.

Harry laid down on his bed with a quill and parchment to write a few letters to his friends. He didn't put too much into the letters about what was going on just in case they fell into the wrong hands. With his letters sent off with a very happy Hedwig, Harry brought out the book that Lyra had left him, pulled out his wand to unshrink the text and laid back on his bed. He heard Aunt Marge arriving downstairs and smiled brightly knowing that he didn't have to listen to her insults tonight.

'Hm, "Extinct Magical Creatures" how the hell would they get the blood of something that was extinct?' The book looked old and very worn on the outside, but the pages were still in good shape. A few leafs of loose muggle typing paper were placed into the front of the book and Harry scanned through them. They were the potion notes that Lyra had left and he decided to read through those later, he turned the page marked with muggle sticky note. On it there was a pencil drawn and unmoving picture what looked to be a man crouched down with giant dragon/bat like wings extruding from his back.

-Though the true name of these creatures was never discovered, they were commonly called as shadow demons by the early inhabitants of England. While not originated from our world (many believed they came from the deepest bowels of hell), it is said that with their arrival in this world they brought with them the werewolf infection and were possibly immune to their bite though there was no record to back that up. Standing at about the same height as a normal human male, these creatures could easily pass for human if not for their silvery wings and elongated canines. Though not actually able to fly, they could glide effectively and rumors abound that they could hide their wings at will, it is not known if that was actually a fact. The males of the species were quite strong despite a seemingly delicate frame and could easily lift twice as much as a normal human. No females of the species were ever found, and it is largely believed that they came to our world to try and breed with our females, once again no records were discovered to back that up. The shadow demon's eyes were extremely light sensitive and could often be stunned with a bright light. They were believed to have near human intelligence as they often blended into our society using various means to hide their wings, many were also found to have procured wands and had the ability to cast magic as efficiently as human wizard. The few that were captured alive never submitted to any form of mind control or legilimency, and it is unknown if they could withstand veritaserum, as it was not yet created during the time they were hunted down. The hands of these brutes were often cut off when captured and with a few simple charms allowed the holder of said hand to see clearly in even the darkest of areas, these trophies have almost all disappeared and are considered to be dark in nature. No magical wards could stop this creature, and it was often hired out for assassinations and thefts. Its ability to seemingly dissolve into one shadow and reappear in another is how it got its name and why the wizarding world hunted this creature to extinction. Using its own werewolf brought curse against it, (though how the werewolves were used is largely unknown), the shadow demons were hunted down and killed for their dangerous effect on society. Many experts believe that the race has survived though and may perhaps have a few colonies still remaining in existence, though most sightings are written off as hoaxes. Nothing was ever found to prove that these creatures were inherently evil as many believed and they were not true demons as religious artifacts had no effect on them.-

'Interesting, I wonder if I will get wings with this potion, though they might get in the way' Harry read through the passage a few more times then decided to look through the notes on the potion. They were neatly typed out and he skipped over the ingredients and brewing directions to get to the reactions and side effects.


-Ferinus Consanguinitas Potion (Beast Blood Potion)

-When taken, this potion allows the user to retain a few of the abilities of the target creature. The followings are the known reactions when using the blood of a shadow demon:

-Night vision will become marginally better but the advantage is offset by increased sensitivity to light (can be helped by a concentrated darkness spell placed on the eyes, like muggle sunglasses)

-Canine teeth tend to gain a bit in length, but can be easily spelled back to the original size.

-A sharp increase in resistance to mind based magical attacks such as legilimens and the imperius curse

-A small increase in physical strength has been noted in some cases


-If the person taking this potion gets pregnant (not recommended), the child will be born with most of the abilities of a full blooded shadow demon though the strength depends on the magical power of the womb. The parent will need to retake the potion after the birth as the pregnancy removes the potion from the parent's blood stream and transfers it to the fetus during development. Shadow demons are not born with wings as it would make the birth much more difficult and dangerous, it is still unsure how and when they develop. On average one must retake this potion once every 3 years to retain its advantages.-

Harry finished reading the part of side effects and laid back to think about if he really wanted to take this potion. It didn't sound bad, he could deal with a little light sensitivity. He placed the papers back into the book and set it on his desk, it wasn't quite late enough for him to go to sleep, and his Aunt still hadn't brought him up his dinner, though he doubted she actually would. Sitting there alone his thoughts began to stray, memories of the night on the tower came unbidden, he had tried so hard to not think about it since he returned from school, throwing himself into his chores. But now in the quiet of the room he couldn't help but seeing it all happening again. More than Snape's betrayal and Dumbledore's death, it was Malfoy's face that kept coming to him the most. The fear and sadness, how pale he was, even more so than usual, the dark circles detracting from his normal beauty.....

'Wait beauty? Did I just think about Malfoy?' his thoughts were interrupted though as his Aunt Petunia came into his room (without even bothering to knock), placed a tray with a very small portion of food and a glass of water on his desk and left just as quickly as she came.

"Wow miracles can happen" he mumbled as he tried to check the food for any sort of spit or other nasty things that could have been placed in it. He ate his food trying hard not to let his thoughts be swept back to the line that had been taking before the interruption. Marginally full and beginning to feel a bit tired after his long day, he shucked his clothes down to his Gryffindor red boxers and crawled into bed.


a/n I know I'm sorry for another short chapter, but I am just too excited about tonight, I'm going to one of the book parties and I just can't help but looking at the clock every five mins. Probably won't be updating again for a few days as I read the book probably a few times, Thanks for your reviews scorcho_789, thrnbrooke, Kurai, and Dezra. :)

If you would like to see a picture of the shadow demon from the book here it is, I did it in photoediter
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