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Mistress Slytherin
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The Order of the Phoenix glared uneasily at their newest member…he was a Slytherin whose family had been known supporters of you-know-who…why was he here again? Oh right-Dumbledore. Moody especially seemed to be watching the youth hand on his wand, string of garlic around his neck. Blaise took no notice of the wary looks he was receiving; in fact it seemed as if the boy hadn't even realized where he was. Dark circles sagged under sapphire blue eyes that seemed to have lost their shine, dull raven colored hair lay listlessly about his shoulders, and pale skin appeared almost waxy in the dim lighting. Sirius glared at the boy, from what Harry had told him the kid was a real prat. He couldn't stand having the boy know anything about well anything let alone be in his house! He sneered at the blank looking face that was sure to be hiding something sly and devious.
"I don't like it Albus." Moody ground out. The headmaster looked at him disappointedly, though many Order members nodded their heads in agreement with the ex-Auror. A snort drew their attention to Blaise who was sneering at them all showing his- holy fuck! Fangs!? The kid had bloody fangs! Sirius fell out of his chair.
"A vampire Albus!" He shouted. "You let a bloody vampire into my house!" Well, at least Moody's newest fashion made sense now…a low growl made him look at Snape.
"Coming from the man whose friends with a werewolf?" The portions master countered with narrowed eyes. Sirius paled and turned guiltily to his best friend who seemed to be doing his best not to look hurt.
"You know I didn't mean it like that Remmy." He said remorsefully. Remus' lips tightened into a thin line.
"Of course padfoot, because a vampire is a different dark creature who most definitely has complete control over their genetics and must want to be the way they are, it makes total sense." Remus said quietly, his own sneer growing. Sirius groaned and glared at the vampire.
"This is all your fault!" He said childishly surprised to see the boy shrink back a look of pure horror crossing his features before he bolted from the room. Sirius looked around in confusion before looking at the headmaster who was looking at him with disappointment clearly written in his features. "What did I say?" He asked owlishly. The headmaster sighed.
"Sirius, do you know why the Zabini family was annihilated?" He asked. Sirius shook his head slowly and the headmaster nodded turning to the rest of the group. "Blaise came to me before the school term let out." He sighed. "He had found some rather sensitive information on the dark lord which convinced him to turn away from the dark." He took a deep breath. "He managed to convince his family to turn away as well, but somehow the dark lord learned of this, and well you've read what happened in the papers." The room was silent accept for the ticking of the clock on the wall.
"He blames himself." Remus said unnecessarily. The headmaster nodded.
"He came to me to ask for asylum for his family." Albus continued. "But we were too late." Remus glared at Sirius who intern became irritated.
"But he was going to be a death eater!" He whined. "Why would any one-"
"Because we are part vampires." Blaise said glaring at the headmaster angrily. "I don't recall giving you permission to psychologically evaluate me headmaster, nor do I recall giving you permission to tell strangers of my greatest blunder." The headmaster looked at him coolly.
"Nor did you forbid me to do so." He said. Blaise sneered letting his fangs glint in the light.
"From now on I would appreciate it if you kept my personal business just that. Personal." The headmaster nodded his head.
"Wait what do you mean you joined because you're part vampires?" Sirius asked confused. Blaise ignored him and continued to glare at the headmaster. Remus sighed beside him.
"You've seen how he is treated Sirius, in fact you've taken a part in it." He said slightly bitterly. "Magical creatures are treated horribly in this world." He continued. "Beaten, cursed, turned into sex toys-the list goes on." He sighed and wiped his hand down his face. "There is no one to turn to for help, or comfort in a world that despises you for what you are, wouldn't you take a hand that offers to lift you up?" He asked. "Who offers to free you from a world that hates you for something you had no control over?" Sirius looked at his friend with sad eyes.
"Moony…" He whispered. Clapping was heard and every one turned to look at Blaise who was grinning slightly.
"Such a lovely speech Professor, I'm sure it will win wizengamot for sure!" He jeered before his face turned falsely pitying. "Except for the fact that most of them own some of my family members as pets!" His face turned into a sneer as he looked around the room. "Don't pity us you fools, we hate that above all." He shook his head. "My great grandfather mated with a vampire unknowing of the world he would be entering. Upon realizing what he had done he sought help from a friend- or someone he at least thought he could trust."
"Tom Riddle." Dumbledore said quietly. Blaise nodded jerkily.
"My family has…had trusted him since then, but as I've told you headmaster…" He trailed off. The headmaster nodded.
"The information." Blaise nodded his head. The headmaster sighed and turned back to the Order. "The information he has given me has shed a new light on this war, Blaise has also been able to get me potential battle plans and sworn his life to defeating the dark lord. No one" He paused looking directly at Sirius. "is to harm him in any way."
"You make me sound so noble." Blaise sneered. The headmaster's eyes twinkled.
"That is because you have done something to merit being noble." He said wisely. Blaise snorted.
"Right headmaster." He said. "It was completely noble of me to trade information for the safety of my family, just as it is noble for me to join your crusade so that I can avenge my family." He said sarcastically. Snape snorted beside him but the headmaster simply smiled.
"Very noble indeed." Albus said eyes twinkling. Blaise shook his head.
"What have I gotten myself into?" He asked.
"That depends boy." Moody said with narrowed eyes. "Your whole story sounds suspicious to me." His swiveling blue eye moved to Albus while his human eye stayed trained on Blaise. "What if he's conspiring against us?" He said. "He might be runnin' back to his death eater mate with information the moment we turn our backs!" The headmaster shook his head.
"He doesn't have a mate." He said startled by the growl that filled the room.
"My mate is not a death eater!" Blaise ground out his eyes rapidly turning red. Every head turned towards him and the headmaster narrowed his eyes.
"You told me you hadn't found your mate yet." He said suspiciously. Blaise looked away glaring at the carpet.
"That's because I hadn't found him when I told you." He said.
"So you have found him then?" The headmaster prodded. Blaise nodded jerkily.
"Don't worry it won't be a problem headmaster, but my time has been shortened drastically." Albus furrowed his brows.
"Why?" He asked bewildered. Blaise chuckled.
"He wouldn't accept me, and now that I've found him the thirst has awakened. I doubt any one in this room would be willing to make a donation except perhaps Lupin, but then I can't drink his blood until at least a year after the thirst has awakened so I'm pretty much stuck." He rambled bitterly. The room looked at him with wide eyes, but Dumbledore was thoughtful.
"Who is he?" The headmaster asked. Blaise glared at him.
"It would make my mate unhappy to know." He said firmly. "I have three months at the most." He prompted. Sirius looked around the room confused.
"I'm lost." He said bluntly. "What does having a mate have to do with anything? Can't you just go to some bar and drink some sad blokes blood? And what's this about your thirst awakening?" He asked. Remus sighed beside him.
"Why didn't you ever pay attention in school?" Remus said rubbing his eyes. "Vampires have mates, some one who can satisfy their thirst so that they don't go on a blood lust and kill every one." Sirius nodded. "Those who aren't turned but are born from a vampire don't drink blood until they find their mate or are forcefully mated, that's what he meant by his thirst awakening."
"Why does he only have three months?" Sirius asked tilting his head to the side.
"Because without my mate providing me blood I will starve until I am unable to sustain myself or control the bloodlust, someone will have to shoot me down, I estimate three months before I begin loosing control." Blaise said with his arms crossed defensively over his chest. Sirius looked even more confused.
"Can't you just find someone else and drink their blood?" Blaise laughed.
"Become someone's sex-slave?" He hissed. "Because that's what I'd have to do, I'd have to mate with someone else." He shook his head.
"But it can be done? I mean surely there's someone that would be willing to do that who wouldn't hurt you right?" Blaise scoffed.
"The ritual is dark and taints the soul; I did not leave one monster to become another's slave." He sighed. "And I'd rather die than follow someone around like a lovesick puppy always begging for attention." He sneered.
"Blaise who is your mate." Dumbledore said forcefully. "I'm sure they would be willing to-"
"Headmaster my mate hates me." Blaise said his voice tight and his face pained. "He hates everything I am, I'll not force myself on him or become a burden to him end of discussion." He took a deep breath. "Just let me die in peace." He ground out. Snape growled slightly from beside him, Blaise glared at the professor. "Don't you dare." He hissed- Severus cocked an eyebrow at him.
"And why shouldn't he accept you." He said silkily. "You are beautiful, intelligent and apparently noble." Blaise rolled his eyes. "Why shouldn't you accept him- Black?" He said turning to Sirius with an incredulous expression.