Children of the Night
Chapter 1
A/N: Hi readers! Incase u cant guess this is a vampire story but about as far from the twilight version of vampires as u can get. a.k.a no twikle twikle lol. Please read and review and enjoy.
Disclaimer: Almost forgot to add one. I don't own anything used in this story. Harry Potter belongs to J.K. Rowling... blah blah blah enjoy the story!
Harry Potter wandered through the forbidden forest in a stupor. He was sure the others would be worried about him but he didn't care. 'And why should I?' Thought Harry to himself. 'Sirius is dead and I have to either kill or be killed by the most powerful wizard alive besides Dumbledore.' He continued to push through the foliage and deeper into the forest.
The cresent moon shined through the forest canopy and cast sinister shadows around the trees. Then something caught Harry's attention, voices shouting at one another. He followed the sound untill he reached a clearing where he saw to two hooded figures in a heated argument.
"The elders have spoken and we will join him. He is the only one who accepts us! They would kill as soon as they saw you!" Said one of the figures who's voice clearly revealed to be a man.
"I will not join him! He'll turn on us as soon as he gets what he's after!" Shouted the other in a femenin voice.
The was silence in the clearing as both of the hooded figures seemed to stare at each other from opposite sides of the clearing. Then the silence was broken when the man drew a long dagger from inside his cloak. "You know the price of disobedience Liliana. Don't make me do this."
The woman reached into her robes and withdrew her own, shorter, dagger. "I have no choice brother. Either way we are in danger but Voldemort will be the end of us all."
The man raised his dagger, "I'm sorry Liliana." Then the man lunged forward and the fight began.
Harry was astounded by what he saw. The two cloaked people fought at a lightning fast pace that was almost too quick to follow. They moved fluently about the clearing as they slashed and stabbed at each other. Finally it became clear that the woman was losing the fight. Her cloak was in tatters and her movements was slowing down. Her right arm was hanging useless at her side.
Suddenly the man lunged forward again and caught her before she could dodge him. His blade sank deep into her left shoulder. She stumbled and fell backwards bringing them both to the ground. He wrenched the blade from her shoulder and held it above her, ready to strike.
Deciding quickly Harry drew his wand and ran into the clearing. "Incendio!" A ball of fire flew from his wand and struck the man in the back. The man gave an unearthly scream as his cloak caught fire and rolled off of the woman. Harry contiued to cast spells at the man. "Incendio! Incendio! Diffindo!" Both Incendio spells missed as the man rolled away but he screamed again when the diffindo spell struck him in the leg. Blood spewed from the nearly severed limb and he clutched at it before he dissapeared in a cloud of black smoke.
Harry ran over to the girl and pushed back her hood. She had long pitch black hair and high cheek bones giving her an angular face. Her face was covered in blood and small cuts which said her injuries were a lot worse than they had appeared. Her breathing was shallow and her lips parted to reveal two glistening fangs that made Harry back away for a moment in fright. 'Vampires?' Harry thought to himself. 'What are they doing in the forbidden forest? And what am I going to do about her? The vampires might have joind Voldemort but she refused. I can't just leave her here. But where can I take her? The order would kill her if brought her to the castle. Wait what about the shreaking shack? Nobody ever goes near it and it will be dark enough for her because all the windows are boarded up.' Harry tried to lift the girl and found that she was supprisingly light though slightly cold to the touch. In no time Harry reached the edge the forest and shreaking shack that lay just beyond. He got them inside just as the sun was begining to rise.
Harry laid the woman down on the tattered bed inside and checked her again. She was breathing easier now and some of her smaller cuts were already starting to heal. He knew from DADA class that vampyres healed very quickly but without they would need blood afterward as the healing process drained them badly. 'Where am I going to get blood for her? I'm not going to let her bite me and neither will anyone else.' Then Harry got an idea. 'Honeydukes! I hope bloodpops will be enough.'
Harry returned to the shreaking shack an hour later after successfully dodging the people he knew in Hogsmeade and the questions the shopkeeper had asked when he purchased a large box of the bloodpops. Harry laid the box next to the bed and leaned over her to check how she was. Harry was amazed that almost all of her injuries had healed completely. Harry checked her shoulder and saw that only a large bruise remained.
When Harry looked back at her face he was startled back when her eyes snapped open. Ruby red eyes emediately found his face, and her hand found his throat. She pushed herself off the bed and in one movement lifted him by the neck and slammed him into the wall. Demonstrating the extraordinary strength of all vampires. She held him there for a minute before letting him drop to the floor in a heap. She stood over him inposingly. "Who are you human?" She said in a low voice. "And where am I?"
Harry sat gasping for a minute before he regained his breathe and looked up at her warrily from the floor. "My name," He gasp, "is Harry Potter. And you are in the shreaking shack near hogsmeade."
"How did i get here from the forest? I should be dead." She began to prowl around the room, examining everything she found.
"I saw you and the other vampyre arguing in the forest. I watched you fight until he stabbed you in the shoulder and you fell. Then I threw a few spells at him and he dissapeared. I know I hit him in the leg with a cutting hex."
"You are very lucky." She said. "If we hadn't been so distracted we would have smelled you coming. But I'm still wondering why you would help me, if u already knew what I am."
Harry shrugged, "You were in trouble so I helped you. I don't think I would have if you had sided with Voldemort."
She looked back at him, her expression unreadable. "You heard that?" She looked away again "It doesn't matter. Now i have nowhere to go and clan of vampires out for my head."
Harry looked down for a minute and then he got an idea. "I think I might be able to help you. But you have to help me in return."
"A trade?" She said. "What do you have in mind?"
"A prophecy states that I must be the one to kill Voldemort, but I need training that no one else will provide. I saw the way you fought the other vampire. If you can teach me to fight like that then I will convince Dumbledore to let you stay at the castle."
"It would be extremely difficult for a human to learn to fight like a vampire. We are naturally stronger and faster. But there are... ways that you can enhance these aspects of yourself. How far are you willing to go to get the power you need?"
Harry's answer was firm and determined, "As far as it takes."
Lilliana nodded approvingly. "Then perhaps I can teach you."
The pair stole through the gates of Hogwarts the next night. Harry had initially been worried about the reaction of the wards to the vampire's presence but dismissed the concern. After all Voldemort himself had been able to live on the grounds without any problems. The run to the doors of the entrance hall left Harry winded but Liliana didn't appear to have made any exertion in keeping up with him. They made it to the entrance of the headmasters office without running into anyone and Harry crept quietly up the stairs as Liliana followed silently behind him. When they reached the door Harry could hear people talking quietly in the room.
"What are they saying?" He wondered aloud.
Without a word Liliana leaned forward and placed her ear to the door. "They are talking about Voldemort... something about recent activity of known Death Eaters."
"Wow you can hear them that well."
She looked back at him, "Enhanced senses, don't they teach you about us in this school?"
Harry blushed in embarassment, "Yes they do, probably should have payed more attention to that class."
The voices raised in volume untill Harry was able to hear Mad-Eye Moody interrupt the people inside. "It might be a good time to warn you all that this discustion is no longer private."
The doors to the headmasters office swung inward to reveal the entire assembled Order of the Pheonix. As soon as they saw the stranger with Harry a dozen wands were pointed in her direction. Although Moody's had already been pointed that way.
"Harry my boy it's good to see that your alright. We were all a bit worried when you didn't return to the castle last night. I would like to inquire as to your reason and the identity of your friend here." Said Dumbledore, joival as always.
"My name is Lilliana, and Harry was kind enough to care for me after I was attacked last night."
"Headmaster," Said Remus worriedly. ""Something is off about her, She doesn't smell entirely human. I've smelled this scent before.. from a... vampire!" Remus snarled the last word and Harry realized why. Werewolves and Vampires did not get get along.
Several order members fired spells at Lilliana but had to watch as she dodged them in a blurr of motion. Then Hermione pointed her wand up in the air and shouted, "Solaris!" Without thinking Harry threw himself at Lilliana and knocked them both to the ground at blinding light filled the room. Even with his eyes closed they watered from the intense light.
