Ballad of a Singed Heart

by Josei no yoru

After Sirius told Snape about Moony, Sirius wanders outside the castle wards,and meets a Vampire. 20 years later, Harry finds out, christmas before Sirius dies. What originally was a plan to keep him from falling through the veil, ends in forbidden love.

1. Prologue

BALLAD OF A SINGED HEART

By: Josei no Yoru

Disclaimer: Not owning anything. Pretty brittish lady does that.

Rating: This will be, in later chapters M rated, because of explicit sexual content.

Prologue

10-04-75

SPOV

James and Remus wouldn't look me in the eye. Neither would Peter, but he just went along with them. How could I betray Remus that way? Hell, I wouldn't look me in the eye after what I'd done. No matter I was angry, no matter Snape had decided to test his new, and painful hex on me. I shouldn't have told him.

I stood up from my place by the lake, wandering into the Forbidden Forest, knowing it by heart, even though darkness was starting to set in. I only realised I had wandered as far as I had, when I felt the gentle tingle of the wards pass over me, leaving me outside of their protection. But it didn't matter, really. There was only the hills and Hogsmeade beyond the forest anyway. Maybe I'd go for a drink…

But my plans were cut short as I was suddenly flung back against a tree, someone or something pinning me there. Black spots danced before my eyes, and sharp pain in my neck made itself known. Then I was free again, and the pain in my neck had lessened, but was still there. I fell to the ground on my knees, lacking the strength to hold myself. Something was pressed against my mouth, hot sweet liquid pouring into my mouth. It was good and I swallowed, and more kept coming. Greedily I sucked on the source of the liquid, my heart pounding in my ears, a moan escaping my lips. Too soon it was gone again, and I whimpered in discomfort, struggling to get back up again, to see, but before I managed to do so, I passed out.

12-23-96

HPOV

Where on earth could he be? He wasn't in his own room, not in his mother's old room with Buckbeak, not in the study, not in the drawing room, or the library. Trying the next door, which I thought led to the Master Bedroom, I found it ajar. Pushing it open a bit further to look inside, I stopped dead in my tracks. Sirius was there, alright. And so was Remus. But they were locked in an intimate embrace, Sirius' lips on Remus' neck. A small drop of what I realised was blood trickled down Remus' neck from Sirius' mouth. Sirius was drinking Remus' blood. Sirius was a Vampire. My godfather is a Vampire.

I silently closed the door and almost ran back to the room I shared with Ron, completely forgotten what I had wanted to talk about with Padfoot.