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Crimson Moon
Harry sat on his bed in Number 4 Privet Drive, thinking about, well, everything that has happened to him because of the so called 'light' side. Lets review that list again; lets see, first year Dumbledore failed to protect the stone so Harry had to do it himself, and we all know how that turned out, he nearly died.
Second year the basilisk was attacking students and Harry had to go down and save Ginny, which he would have done no matter what he had to do, while their defense teacher tried to runaway, then attack them.
Third year Snape tried to get Sirius to be given the Dementors kiss, and Harry nearly had his soul sucked out.
Fourth year he was entered into the triwizard tournament, no comments needed, and was kidnapped by a death eater disguised as a teacher, and Voldemort used his blood to resurrect himself, and then he dueled him.
Fifth year Umbitc… sorry, Umbridge taught them nothing, while torturing students during detention, and the whole Department of Mysteries incident, no comment, and finally Dumbledore kept crucial information from Harry for…. How long again? Oh, yeah… FIVE FRIGGIN YEARS!!
Oh yeah, they've screwed my life up more than Voldemort. Thought Harry angrily. Hell, he would probably be better off going dark and fighting Voldemort and Dumbledore at the same time… wait, what was that thought? Huh, not such a bad idea, ill consider it. Harry thought with a chuckle. Suddenly, an owl flew into his window and dropped a letter on his head, as quick as it came in, it was gone. Damn, Harry thought, that owl has good aim. He picked up the letter and frowned in disgust when he saw Dumbledore's handwriting on it, swearing he opened it to see what the old fuc… I mean.. coot, had to say.
Dear Harry,
I am sorry about what happened in my office before you left, I should not have kept it from you.
Damn right, Harry thought, but continued reading.
It is with this apology that I inform you of, some unfortunate things, because the threat of Voldemort is higher than ever, I must ask that you stay with your relatives, and inside the house, until the first of September when I and two aurors come to escort you to Hogwarts by way of portkey, it is too dangerous for you to take the train.
At this point, Harry was shaking in anger. He continued.
I am also going to have to ask that you do not send letters to anyone, your owl is much to noticeable and could be tracked back to Number 4. Again, it is for your safety that you don't leave the house at all.
Headmaster,
Dumbledore
Harry was visibly shaking in anger and frustration, if he wasn't thinking of running away before, he sure as hell is now. Just as that thought hit him, there was a flash of crimson light and a letter and package dropped onto his lap. What the hell?! Harry thought as he picked up the letter, not knowing what to expect, he opened it and started to read it.
Dear Harry,
You don't know who I am yet, but I come to you with an offer.
You are sick and tired of
Dumbledore and the light side, yet you don't want to join Voldemort.
I am one of your ancestors, yes I am still alive, I have a, condition, that keeps me alive for untold centuries.
I want to help you, my, organization, clan, order, whatever you wish to call it, wants to help you.
Open the package, it is a portkey, it will take you to my location so I can explain more to you. I hope to see you soon, my heir,
Altair ( All-tie-air)
Harry stood stunned, finally, he had a choice in what happens in his life, the letter never told him he had to or shouldn't, it gave him a choice. Harry put the letter down and opened the package, inside was a beautiful, for there was no other word for it, dagger.
It had a crimson handle and the blade extended from the hilt about 9 inches, the blade was made of what appeared to be obsidian, but Harry knew just by looking at it that it was stronger than a diamond. On the hilt there were several runes which Harry couldn't understand. Believing that Altair would explain everything to him, he picked it up, and felt the familiar tug of a portkey.
Harry saw what appeared to be an ancient library, before falling to the ground, it seems he still couldn't land properly. He heard a man chuckling, and Harry stood up quickly to see a middle aged man. The man stood at about 6'2 inches and wore what appeared to be black dragon hide armor of some kind, his hair was long, it went to about his shoulders, the hair at the end appeared to curve slightly upwards. His face was like an older version of Harry himself, the only difference was his skin was very pale and he had crimson red eyes. He was, by Harry's perspective, a very intimidating figure.
"Hello Harry, as I believe you have guessed, my name is Altair. You are here because you want to be rid of Dumbledore and Voldemort, correct?" Harry nodded and Altair continued "I and my clan can help you, we prefer to call ourselves The Crimson Shadows. We are but only 4 people including myself, but we are more powerful than the ministry and Order of the Phoenix combined. We are what most people consider, monsters."
At this point Altair grinned at him, revealing fangs. "We are vampires." Seeing no fear from Harry, he continued " When one becomes a vampire, he gains many abilities, he can teleport with the aid of smoke, he can blend into one shadow to hide, or use that shadow to travel to another shadow, his agility and other physical traits, are increased by a tenfold; meaning you pretty much get much stronger and faster. They cant die, contrary to what everyone thinks, a stake to the heart will hurt yes, but it will not kill. Also many things you have heard of vampires are false, they are not harmed by sunlight, we just see better at night, and the blood issue, we get weak if we go too long without feeding, but we only need to feed once a month and get weak if we don't feed for two months, even then, we can easily overpower any human and most werewolves, when they're transformed." Harry stood looking at Altair in amazement, before speaking slowly.
"What do you want with me then? And if your so powerful, why don't people try to become vampires?" Altair laughed and said "To answer your second question, we are the only vampires currently in existence, and people can only be turned by a vampire, willingly, it cant be done unless the vampire chooses to turn someone, or if a child is born to a female vampire. To answer your first question, we are offering to turn you into one of us, we want you to lead the Crimson Shadows. The dagger that took you here is a powerful weapon, any wound inflicted by it, cannot be healed, or closed, it is unbreakable, made from obsidian, blessed by dragon fire." Harry thought for a moment, considering all the possibilities. " What about any of the people I care for?" Altair smiled and said "Were you thinking of one, Ginevra Weasley? She and any others you wish to join us, may come, we will protect them, until they are powerful, like you will be." Harry smiled and said in a clear voice. "I accept." Altair smiled and said " Good, I will give you the 'disease' and you must go back, after 2 hours, you will be one of us." Harry frowned and said "Why do I have to go back?" Altair smirked at him and said "You need blood shortly after succumbing to vampirism, why not kill the Dursleys and take it from their dead bodies?" Harry smirked and nodded. Altair came up to him and motioned for him to turn around, when he did he felt his hands on his shoulders before he felt two sharp objects pierced his neck, and leave as soon as he felt them. "Now go, use the portkey." Harry picked up the dagger and was transported back to his room.
Looking at his clock he realized that in 2 hours his relatives would be sitting down for dinner, perfect. Harry fell onto his bed into a trancelike sleep. Two hours later he woke up, and looked at his arms, they were pale, and very muscled. He got up and looked in a mirror, his hair was longer, and straighter, it went down to his shoulders and curved at the end like Altair's, his eyes were also blood red, walking around, he noticed the grace and speed that he walked with. Smiling, he grabbed his wand and slowly went down the stairs towards the kitchen. The Dursleys were sitting and eating, Vernon, seeing Harry's wand, got up and started screaming at him about his 'freakishness'. Ignoring his uncles screaming, Harry raised the wand and said in a cool and menacing voice "Avada Kedevra"
The jet of green light sped towards his cousin and struck his forehead, Harry then sent another towards his aunt, and turned his wand on his uncle, who with surprising speed, was in front of Harry and swinging a fist towards his head. It struck Harry in the side of the neck. He didn't even flitch. Forgetting his wand, he balled his hand into a fist and lashed out, striking Vernon in the chest, but his fist didn't stop, it went completely through Vernon's chest and out his back. Harry pulled his arm out, not disgusted at all. He went over to his aunt and sank his fangs into her neck. The feeling of the warm blood traveling down his throat, was, incredible. When he had drained her, he went back up to his room and grabbed the dagger, transporting himself back to Altair.
Harry appeared in front of Altair and three other vampires. Altair helped him to his feet and gave him a pat on the back. " Harry, congratulations on your transformation, now allow me to introduce you to the other three members of The Crimson Shadows. On the left there is Julius." He pointed at a another vampire, almost identical to himself, but shorter, maybe 5'10, he was also much broader, and he had a huge sword on his back, he was wearing the same armor as Altair, actually all of them were, Harry thought.
Altair then pointed to a female vampire "This is Sarah, my mate" Sarah was about 6'0, she had a bow and a quiver full of arrows on her back, her body was slender, but muscular, she had dark brown hair with blonde highlights. Altair pointed to the other female vampire. "This is Lindsey, Julius's mate." Lindsey had a mixture of brown and blonde hair, her body was the same as Sarah's except that Lindsey was about 5'6, and in various positions around her armor, there were small daggers, they looked to be made for throwing. Realizing the pattern, Harry looked at Altair and found what he was looking for. A short sword hung at Altair's waist. After Altair was finished Julius came up to him and shook his hand. "Hello, as you've heard, I am Julius, you may have heard of my father, Julius Caesar." Harry shook his hand, shocked that he was talking to the son of Julius Caesar.
Sarah and Lindsey each shook his hand and spoke a quick, but friendly greeting. After talking to each of them a bit, he learned that he and whoever he brings here will have to be trained in combat, not magic, but physical. Altair gave him the dagger he used as a portkey, and Harry asked what the runes on the hilt mean. Altair smiled and said softly " They translate to Crimson Moon, no one knows why, but, maybe you'll find out, even we don't know." Harry didn't know how, but when he held it in his hand, he knew that if he was attacked, he could kill the attacker within seconds. Suddenly, Altair looked up, and his eyes snapped to Harry's "Harry, your friends are being attacked at the Burrow, go now if you wish to save them, to teleport think of the location and will yourself to be there. Harry nodded and after a few seconds disappeared in a flash of smoke.
When Harry reappeared, it was in the midst of a small war, three people were hiding behind a fence shooting curses at the Death Eaters. Harry's eyes widened in anger as he saw that the people were none other than Ginny, Ron, and Hermione. Without a thought of what he was doing he lunged at the nearest death eater, ripping Crimson Moon through his neck, he died immediately.
Harry looked around and saw about nine more death eaters, Harry teleported in back of another and threw him into a group of three others. By now all the death eaters had seen him and were shooting spell after spell at him, they were all hitting him, but not affecting him whatsoever, even when a death eater shot a killing curse at his face it just felt to Harry like someone had flicked his forehead. Harry lunged at the remaining death eaters and slashed at the group with Crimson, with one stroke he had sliced off four of their heads, and he quickly dispatched the rest with slashes to the throat.
The death eaters dead, Harry turned towards his friends who were all looking at him in fear, except for Ginny, she was looking at him with a confused and admiring gaze. Harry ran up to them quickly. "Are you all ok?" He asked concerned for their safety. Ron and Hermione both said at the same time. "What happened to you, Harry?" Ginny looked at him and said "We are thanks to you, but everyone else is looking for you. Dumbledore is having everyone look for you, he's convinced you've turned dark." Harry looked at Ginny and said "What would you do If I did?" Ginny smiled and said "I would follow you." He smiled and turned to Ron and Hermione. "What about you?" They both glared at him, Hermione spit out "You're a vampire! We will have nothing to do with you, I'm calling Dumbledore." She quickly cast a patronous before Harry or Ginny could stop her. Hearing several pops around him Harry grabbed Ginny in his arms and teleported back to where the portkey had taken him. Right as he left he heard Dumbledore scream "Stop Him!!"
Harry and Ginny appeared in front of the members of the Crimson Shadows. Altair clapped his hands together and looked at both of them before saying loudly
"Welcome to Deepscorn Hollow."