A Vampires Heart

Disclaimer: the characters are not mine. The idea of the magical world of Harry potter in not mine…just this story line!

Chapter five: Breaking the news

Dumbledore ushered everyone into the kitchen and instructed them to sit down. Sirius however could not sit he was packing the kitchen floor, muttering to himself. Nobody could hear exactly what he was saying but it did take a genius to work out what was going on in Sirius’s mind at the moment. His only godson was upstairs with two deatheaters vampires being roughly taken and made a mate. Sirius knew this could happen and it had been one of his fears when he had heard about Harry’s mates. They could have been anyone. He knew he could do nothing to stop it and this is what made it even more frustrating. He was Harry’s godfather; he should protect Harry but no, what with Voldemolt and Sirius being powerless to stop him and now along with…

“DEATHEATERS!” he screamed, shocking the whole room into silence. “Deatheaters” he said again slightly quieter but showing no less anger in his voice.

“Sirius we knew this was a possibility, we now have to discuss where we go from here.” Remus said in a soothing voice to try and calm his distressed friend.

“Remus you are of course right” Dumbledore said from the head of the table. “We cannot stop it; there is nothing that can be done.” He said more to Sirius than to any other member in the room to try and make him understand that this was in no way his fault. “Draco and Lucius Malfoy are both indeed Harry’s mates and once bonded there is nothing that can be done to separate them from Harry. They will become part of him.” A silence hung in the air while each person in the kitchen reflected on what had just happened and how best they should proceed. This was a very delicate situation, Snape having no feeling for the boy and no time for feelings of any sort was first to break the silence.

“Headmaster, what are we going to do about deatheaters coming in and out of the order’s headquarters?”

“Ah, Severus, I have put strong memory charms on this house so that they will not remember anything about the house, its location or its contents. However, we are faced with a problem, even with these charms on the house they are always going to be drawn to Harry. So you can see our problem, even when they do leave the house and forget all about it they can follow their instincts and their strong bond with Harry and find this house again and also lead others to its location. I fear that this house can no longer be used as a safe house or the order of the phoenix’s headquarters.” Dumbledore finished just as Snape exploded.

“Headmaster, I must protest. Surly it would be wise to send Harry away, in a safe location of course but there are too many thing in this house that are too valuable for the order to lose and It is the perfect location for the meeting. There are many charms here some of you own but the house had its own magic, it would be foolish to give up such a valuable asset to the order. I suggest that Potter should leave not the order.” Snape spat with much venom and anger in his voice.

“SNAPE! You are a complete idiot. Harry can’t go out there however much protection he has… nothing can protect him from Voldemolt” Sirius said the last part in a defeated voice, knowing of the prophecy. He was going to fail his friends, he already had. He had promised to protect Harry but no he had spent his whole life with a bunch of muggles treated like a dog and now along with all of the threats of Voldemort’s attack he was upstairs with two vampire deatheaters and there was nothing he could do to protect him. No one could, they could only support him as much as they could.

“Severus, I see your point, I do, but you must see how ridiculous that plan is. If Harry goes out there, Voldemolt will kill him within minutes. We must save the wizarding world, that is what the order is here to do and to do this we need Harry.” Remus said as the voice of reason. Sirius held his tongue feeling the build up of emotion he felt so useless. Feeling tears stinging his eyes threatening to fall he sat forcefully down in the chair and cradled his head in his hands.

Dumbledore sighed “we have a dilemma and I think there needs to be and order meeting and talks are needed with Harry, Draco and Lucius” Snape nodded his head sharply and Remus gave a small nod but Sirius was still fighting an eternal battle and kept his head in his hand.

Suddenly there was a whoosh of green flames from the fire place, and then Hermione Granger appeared. She stepped put of the fire and brushed off the soot that covered her blue top.

“Good evening professor Dumbledore, professor Lupin… professor Snape?” the last was said with a question in her voice. She knew Snape never came when there was not order business and it usually meant that when Snape was there something was going on.

Again there was a sudden bust of flames from the fire and a rather disgruntled and sooty Ron stumbled out of it.

“I am gonna kill Fred and George when I see them, I am gonna bloody ring their necks, oh those idiots… ow Hermione!” Ron exclaimed when Hermione had stood on his foot she then used her eyes and a slight nod of the head to alert Ron that they had company. Turning deep beetroot red he muttered a “sorry” and hung his head feeling very embarrassed.

“Ah, miss granger, Mr Weasley; I understand that you have a prior arrangement with Harry and Sirius?”

“Yes sir” Hermione answered. Dumbledore nodded his head thinking of a best and safest ways of telling them the new situation they had found themselves in. Knowing of the Weasley’s temper it would be wise to proceed with caution. The silence was deafening.

“Look Ron, Hermione, something had happened, no need to worry or panic but we must tell you some thing and trust that this conversation goes no further. I think professor Dumbledore is the best to describe this situation.” Remus said taking the first step into the conversation that Harry and Sirius had been dreading since they invited Ron and Hermione over. All attention was drawn to Dumbledore.

“Well, now Harry has turned 17 there has been a new and exciting development. There has not been any in the potter line for generations, quite remarkable. Any way as Harry turned 17 he became a vampire.” Dumbledore started bluntly like he liked to do. It was always the same, he would ramble on for hours if no one stopped him then his closing sentence would be the blow, right to the point and would usually shock his audience or make them go into a fit of complete rage. This time was no different.

Ron of cause jumped up and started shouting at the top of his lungs going redder and redder with each word. “WHAT? A vampire! Are you bloody kidding me? A vampire, what one of those blood sucking monsters you see in my dad stupid muggle films?” Ron exploded while Hermione was glued to her seat with a blank look on her face while she processed the information that Dumbledore had told them.

“Mr Weasley, your lack of knowledge amazes me. Did you not grow up and live in the wizarding world all of your life? Surly you would know there are many magical creatures and a vampire is on of them. They are certainly not those monsters portrayed by muggles who have a distorted view on the world on many things.” Snape said glaring at Ron. Why he was defending potter he had no idea but one of his pet hates was stupidity i.e. Ron.

Hermione only just noticing Sirius chose to break the tension in the room. “Sirius? Are you ok about this?” Hermione said when he did not move from his position she moved over to him and taking his hands away from his face and tilting his head up so she could see into his eyes. His face portrayed anger but in his eyes she could see great pain and sadness. Without another word she engulfed him into a deep hug not willing to let go even when she felt the hot, wet tears socking his shoulder. She knew it was better to get this pain out bit she also knew what a proud man Sirius could be and in a room with the most powerful wizard in the world and his school enemy with his godchild’s friends, crying was a highly embarrassing situation for him so she did not question him or utter a word at all until he was ready. She let him take a control over his emotions once more and gather strength form her.

“I should be able to protect him, I have failed Lily and James” Sirius said sadly.

“What? Sirius that is absurd, there is no way of protecting Harry form this, it was in his blood” Hermione said.

“Not from becoming a vampire, I could not but from those damn muggles, Voldemolt and bloody deatheaters who I just let into my house.”

“WHAT?” Hermione and Ron shrieked at the same time.

“I think there is more explaining to do, please be seated Hermione, Ron” Dumbledore said directing them to their seats. “vampires have mates and they need these mates in order to survive, not meaning that they will need to be with them all the time but they do need to be bonded and they will always be drawn to each others scents. Harry noticed this a few days ago and his mates scent has been becoming clearer, meaning that they were coming for him. Harry was in considerable pain and I should imagine that both his mates were too.”

“Both?” said Ron totally shocked.

“yes Mr Weasley both, anyway they came this afternoon when Harry’s pain hit an all time high as you see Sirius had no choice but to let them in, however unwillingly, they needed to be bonded as I said it is all about survival” Dumbledore said.

“Sirius said deatheaters, who are these two deatheaters?”

Dumbledore sighed knowing the reaction he was about to receive. “Lucius and Draco Malfoy.”

“MALFOY?” Ron and Hermione screamed together both now on their feet with horrified faces.

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Lucius was the first one to wake by the sound of his name. He could not go and investigate as it would seem that Harry had attached himself with Draco attached to Harry holding him firmly. Lucius laid their staring at his new mate, hair tossed in all directions and mouth slightly open with a look of peace and contentment on his face. Lucius reached out and started to push his soft hair away from his eyes, uncovering a lightning blot shaped scar. He softly traced it with his finger causing the younger man to stir with a lazy smile on his face.

He looked up to the face of Lucius Malfoy looking down at him with interest. Harry knew there was much to talk about but he was too comfortable in the arms of his mate so he put his head to Lucius chest kissing it softy before falling peacefully back to sleep, using his chest as a soft, warm pillow still with the smile planted firmly on his face.

This action in turn made Lucius have a faint smile touch his lips and kissed Harry’s head softly before falling back to sleep himself.

TBC

Right how is that I thought I would add a bit of Harry and Lucius in there as it was all talking other wise. So how was that? Too sappy? I am sorry but a male crying makes me cry but Sirius is not going to be a pansy I promise. Hehehe. Any way I would love any comments you have on my story both bad and good. Any areas where I can improve?

Till next time… bye