It's A Vampire Thing Chapter One: Finding Out

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11:58. Two more minutes and it will be my birthday. Normally, I don't stay up to wait for it but for some reason I felt like I just had to wait up,

11:59. My mind began to wander to think about why my father took me out of Hogwarts earlier that day, especially when we still had two weeks of term. My attempts to pry any information out of him on our way home failed and the same occurred when I questioned mother when we arrived at the manor. Oh well I suppose I will find out soon enough. Hopefully it has something to do with my birthday.

12:00. It's my birthday! Woo-hoo... I would have continued this train of thought if it weren't for the immense pain that racked through my body a second later. He was vaguely aware of his mother, father and godfather entering his room as he let out a blood curdling scream. When that ended he fell victim to an endless black world.

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(a conversation between the adults, they may be considered as ooc)

"We need to tell him, Luc! We can't just send him back to Hogwarts when he doesn't know the complete truth about his heritage," said Narcissa.

"Yes, I am well aware of the need to tell him, Cissa. Now, will you please go send a letter to Dumbledore. He needs to be informed that Draco will not be returning to Hogwarts until the next school year," said Lucius.

"Yes, of course dear. Severus, will you please send it to him after I have finished? I have other things to handle for our meals later on," requested Narcissa.

"Of course Narcissa. Just send it to me with an elf," replied Severus. With that, Narcissa swept out of the bedroom, leaving the two men with the now sleeping child.

"Sev, can you go tell Cissa that when Draco wakes I will be informing him of everything? And can you please make the potion that will allow us to see who his mate is as well? Until then, please leave us be. We will join the two of you for lunch most likely and have breakfast in here," requested Lucius. He received a nod in reply. Now he had to wait for his Dragon to awake.

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(nine hours later)

Ugh... why is it so bloody bright? Why is the sun even up at this ungodly hour? There should be a law against that...-grunt- why is my body in so much pain? thought Draco. -memories of the night before returned to him in full force- hm... I wonder... "Was that my inheritance?" I thought aloud.

"Yes Dragon, that most certainly was your magical inheritance," I heard my father's voice say, "now wake up. I have much to explain to you, my Dragon," he said again. Uh-oh. Something must be wrong, Father only calls me Dragon when he has news to tell me that will change our lives. The last time was when he had to return to serving the Dark Lord.

"Good morning, father. I presume you wish to speak to me concerning the events from last night? But, before anything else, may I ask you a question," -at his father's nod, he continued- " Am I part magical creature?" I asked. I noticed that Father began to choke on air at this. I raised my eyebrow at this presuming that concerned our coming talk.

"-nervous chuckle- yes about that.. your blood is half wizard and half magical creature," Father admitted.

" I'm a-a-a ma-magical creature?" I shrieked, although that is quite unbecoming of the Malfoy heir.

"Draco! You should not shriek! It is unbecoming of the Malfoy heir. (thanks for pointing out what I just thought, Father.) - do not glare at me, Draco- Now then, you are half-wizard and half-vampire," Father explained.

"VAMPIRE? Half-vampire? That is so awesome ( oh ha ha father just let me have my fun) I've always wanted to be one and now I am. Dream come true! Wait a minute, how am I half-vampire?" I asked. Hold on, why am I only told this now and not before? They could have at least told me this yesterday.

"Yes, you are half-vampire. I am positive I just said that... It's in the blood of both Malfoy and Black families. Would you like for me to explain everything or are you going to continue acting like a four year old," Father teased, " I will explain our reasoning of keeping it a secret and fill in the blanks in your limited education about vampires. And should you still have questions after everything, I will gladly answer them. Actually, you should go get cleaned up first while I call for breakfast. We will continue afterwards, you are horrible until you have eaten. Now go!" Father continued.

(one hour and thirty minutes later -oh gawd Draco takes long :D and breakfast is over)

"Now that that is finally finished with, may we please continue our earlier conversation, Father?" I asked. Normally, I would wait for my father to begin but this news was just to big to be patient. I also have plenty of questions that need to be answered.

(Malfoy family history time -spoken by Lucius-)

"About five generations ago for the Malfoys and ten generations for the Blacks, both your grandmothers were engaged to a full vampire. Now, their parents were not told of their vampire heritage in the chosen betrothed. The vampires decided to wait to tell them until after but were soon found out. Your grandmothers were there mates so they found a way for them to be married to them. Of course, their parents were not happy about this turn of events but there was no way out of the contracts so the weddings were forced to continue, no more marriages with those of creature blood have been made into either family. There have been a few children born with the creature blood, no more than a dozen on each side. The similarities between the two families are disturbingly similar, don't you agree? Well that is the whole story. Now for your questions." explained Father.

(this part switches between Draco and Lucius back in forth, don't feel like saying "said ...")

"Can you tell me about my inheritance? What happens to vampires?"

"When a vampire first receives their inheritance they will gain a good five inches in height -so you should be at a healthy 6'9-, your body should gain a bit more muscle -you will still have that seeker body of yours-, keener eyesight -you will see miles away in pitch darkness-, faster -more than a Firebolt x2-, and more physical strength -Finally! No more fighting like a bloody girl! (Don't give me that look Draco! You know it's true)-"

"Thanks for the vote of confidence, dad. Wait a minute, did I call him dad? I haven't called him dad since I was seven... Will there be any magical changes?"

"Of course Draco. You would think that as a magical creature coming into their inheritance you would gain some MAGICAL powers. At least he blushed, silly child. But really Draco. I am perfectly aware you did some research on vampires as a child. I do believe this is where your mother intervened -don't look at me like that, we thought it was best- Except, you will go through another inheritance once you fully complete your bond to your mate."

Did he say mate? I am positive he said mate... "Excuse me Father, but did you say that I will have a mate?" This could be quite important to me...

"Yes. I will explain the details of your mate later on in the conversation. For now, continue on with your other questions."

"Humph... okay, fine. Why did you and mother decide to hide this from me for all these years? What was the point of all the secrecy?" especially when you said not to keep secrets from family... hypocrite... oh, he's saying something. Better pay attention now...

" Yes I do suppose I should tell you about that now. For one, we were unsure if you would inherit the vampire blood. The last person in either family with the inheritance was your mother and I. And that was around thirty-five years ago. We hoped that you would not get the vampire blood due to the war and for a while it seemed our wish would come true. For out of twenty something Malfoys, not one of them received the inheritance. Another reason is because of the Dark Lord. Were he to find out of your heritage, he would have used you as a consort and a weapon. I may be one of his followers, but I do so unwillingly. I was forced into it as a teenager, months before you were conceived. If he were to find out, you would be taken away from us. I am not ignorant to not know that you do not wish to be a Death Eater. While we are on the topic of the madman, I will be turning spy for Dumbledore and his Order of the Phoenix as soon as we find your mate. Then, the two of you will go into hiding to complete your bond until you must return to Hogwarts. Once you have done that, I will openly 'defect' to the side of Light. I will most likely go into hiding with your mother until the Christmas hols. Unfortunately, Severus will continue to spy for us, so he will not be able to join us. Our last reason is that we wanted you to have a normal childhood. As normal as possible."

I had to admit they had quite a number of good reasons for keeping this secret. I wonder if Uncle Sev knows. Wait, of course he does, he knows all of their secrets. So our family is switching sides in the war. Well, that certainly made things easier for me. "That's fine with me. What about aging? And feeding? How will those affect me? My mate?"

"Vampires age at a much slower rate than muggles and wizards. They live ten years longer than them. When it comes to feeding, you will only have to feed off of your mate. This lessens the death rate from vampires feeding too much at one time from one person. Until then, you will have to just feed off of the blood from the donors. Not the actual people. Just bags and bags of blood. Mmm... yummy... anyway, any other questions?"

" What about an heir? I may be gay, but I still want to have a complete family with plenty of kids. Will that be possible?"

"If your mate was female, then obviously there would be no problem. There would be a higher rate of conception, but that's the only difference. As you have previously stated, you are gay. There will still be no problem. For vampires, if both of them were to be male, they will both be able to conceive a child. The body will adjust to be able to bear the child for full term. A full term for a male will be six months. Because you have a mate, you can only have sex with them. Do not give me that look Draconis Lucius Malfoy! You should not even consider cheating on your mate. They are your soul mate, your other half, they complete you, and all that other crap about that stuff. When you feed, please be sure to do so in the privacy of your own room. The feeding will cause for some unneeded sexual arousal, is there any other kind of arousal? Anything else?"

"The rest of the info of my mate please." Mmm... one person for life, I guess I could live with that, as long as it was someone completely hot and kind and understanding. I mean really, I do not want someone ugly, and messes with my family and I because of who we are.

"I have been saying 'your mate' the entire time because there is a chance that they will be either male or female. No matter of your sexual preference. Mates tend to be of the same age group. Also, your mate can be of any blood, muggle, muggle-born, half-blood, pureblood, or creature blood. More likely than not, it will be of human blood and no creature blood. There has been no bonding of two creatures in centuries if one of them had vampire blood. No clue as to why that is though. Your mate will gain all of the things you have received with your inheritance. Since you will live longer than others, so will your mate. Basically, your mate is the only person you can turn into a vampire. But that is only if you consummate your bond. If your mate was a muggle, they will become a wizard or witch. Anything else, Dragon?"

"If my mate is capable of attaining magical abilities, what will happen to them when I return to Hogwarts? Will they be a first-year?" That makes me look like a pedophile! Even if they are the same age as me...

"Well, for the rest of the summer, you will be trained and tutored by your mother, Severus and myself. When we find your mate, we will do the same thing for them. This way, they will be able to be in the same year as you when you return to school. You should hope that they will be in the same house as well. It is now lunch time and I told your mother and godfather that we will be joining for the meal. Afterwards, we will go down to the potions lab. I asked Severus to brew a potion that will allow you to see who your mate is. Now, let's go."

How does he expect me to bounce back from all of that information just like that? It's already time for lunch? Wow we spent a lot of time talking. Hm... seemed a lot shorter than that. I wonder who my mate is. I wouldn't even care if it is a muggle because apparently they will gain magical abilities.

With that the two of us went down to the small dining room where my mother and godfather were already waiting for us.

TBC

A/N: well, how was that? Hopefully it wasn't so bad... Reviews please!