"Hello?" James called. "Is anyone here?"

"You must be James Potter." A voice said. James turned to see a man standing at the top of the stairs. The man was dressed in all black with black hair that came a little past his ears.

"I'm surprised you don't recognize me, James."

"Why? Should I?" James studied the man more closely. "S-Severus? Severus Snape?" The man nodded. "Well, um, what brought you to Transylvania?"

"Blood."

"S-So you have family here?"

"In a way."

"So do you want to go over the papers?"

"Later, for now why don't you eat?"

"That would be great." James said with a nervous smile. Severus led him to the dinning room.

"You'll forgive me if I don't join you. It's late and I've already eaten and I don't drink…wine."


After dinner, Severus led James along the serpentine corridors before finally stopping in front of a mahogany door. "And here is your room." Severus said, opening the door. "As long as you stay here, if you ever feel the least bit tired you must come straight here. Do you understand?"

James chuckled. "Yes."

"If you don't, I won't be responsible for the consequences."

The remark whipped the smile off James's face.

"Can I get you anything else?" Severus asked as James started to unpack.

"No, no, I'm fine." Something caught Severus's eye.

"And who is this?" Severus picked up the photograph James had just set out. The picture was of a young girl. She smiled and blew a kiss. She was in a short pink dress with curly blonde hair.

"That's my fiancée." James said, prying the picture away from Severus.

"What's her name?"

"Glinda. Glinda Upland."

"You are very lucky."

"She's not only beautiful, but very intelligent too." James said, smiling down at the picture.

"Does she come from noble blood?"

"Yes, she's from a very distinguished family of academics." James replied giving Severus an odd look. "Her father is the Dean of Shiz University in Oz."

Severus nodded. "Well, I'll see you in the morning."

James gave an uneasy nod. When the door shut James heard it lock. A moment later the lights went out.


An Hour Later

"I told you this man belongs to me!" Severus roared when he saw his three brides attempting to break into James's room. They jumped away from the door with a started hiss.

"I know you're hungry. I brought you this." Severus threw a baby at them. One caught it and began to suck the babe's blood.

"And what of the mother?" Maeve asked as Desponia sunk her fangs into the child's neck.

"The mother's been taken care of." Severus answered, licking some dried blood from his lips.

"Now, I must follow my plan. To England"

"But master-"Desponia stared.

"I need fresh blood. Severus interrupted. "Fresh blood in my veins. No one will recognize me in London. I'll be able turn them all into my creatures. Here, the people all fear me."

"Their defenses are strong." Agreed Akeldama.

"They refuse to come near me." Severus said bitterly. "What I need is fresh blood!" The three brides jumped back at his outburst. "And I know my first victim." He said looking at James's door. "You and your Glinda will live forever. You'll do my bidding. You'll taste the terror in the streets. Blood's meager sacrifice is reasonable price for the riches I am giving." He seemed to be talking to the door. They knew better though, he was speaking to James.

Severus suddenly turned back to them.

"We are the children of the night and we must hide ourselves from light, but we must feast upon the living." The brides smirked. "London's full of them. I can sense it. Fresh blood to restore me." Akeldama shuddered. They knew how much he wanted this, but he seemed more determined than usual. "Fresh blood waiting for me! Fresh blood will revive me! And I shall never die!" Severus cried. For a moment there was silence. A wolf howled. The four of them laughed.


Some of the dialogue is right out of musical and some of Severus's rant is from the song 'Fresh Blood'. Review!

~Kate