Title: A Bloody Mess
Author: Keg369
Gear: crossover
Pairings: None at this time.
Warnings: blood, guts, general mayhem, and a wee bit of language
Author Note: my English isn't very good and I don't own Harry Potter or Darren Shan. Plot may seem unoriginal but its not you just have to wait for it to get original. Sorry.
The hairs on the back of Remus's neck refused to go down.
The vampire had insisted they lead the way.
He looked back at the hooded prince who had not said a word sense he had called his guard off maybe he was shy. But some thing about the idea of a vampire being shy didn't seem right.
Remus vaguely wonderd if the prince knew he was a werewolf the guard had called him 'wolf' but...
"You are a werewolf." Remus just about jumped out of his skin 'could he read minds?' the prince had spoken so suddenly he wasn't sure how to respond.
"Tell me do you go insane often?" Remus stared at the glowing red eyes of the vampire prince. His tone of voice when he ask the question had been a disturbingly casual curiosity mixed with something else. Something laced with venom.
Remus stood strait his back going rigid "No I take a potion…"
"Pity." He stared at the prince 'pity' what did he mean by that.
He looked to the guard who was looking strait forward as if he hadn't heard a thing. Remus wasn't sure how to respond to the boy, he would soon be teaching.
If it were any other student he would have immediately inquired as to the nature of the statement. But this was a very important political figure.
Albus had said the king of vampires gave specific orders that the prince was to be taught as if he were a regular student.
What a bloody mess this was going to be he would never be a regular student. No one was regular when their title was Prince of all Vampires.
"What do you mean by that? Your Highness." Remus added your highness just to be on the safe side. He'd have to ask Albus later how to address the boy.
This time the guard, 'Larten' he reminded himself, did react. Out of the corner of his eye he saw the vampire stiffen.
If the boy was offend at being questioned his response gave no indication.
" I have a… lets call it a annoyance of half wolves in general. I just prefer they don't exist."
Remus must have looked somewhat uneasy because the prince continued
"Its nothing personal. I will not make any move kill one of our allies. You have nothing to fear form me yet."
Remus wasn't sure how to feel, he was use to being hated it went with being a werewolf.
But this boy was so causal about it like he was talking about a move in chess he didn't like. Hatred was one thing but this he didn't know how to deal with.
"What do you do here wolf?" Remus's head wiped around to look at Larten there was a strange look in his eyes as if the conversion was treading to close to a place the vampire didn't want it to go.
Remus found himself feeling somewhat grateful.
"I was the Defense Against Dark Arts Professor. But Dumbledore ask me back to privately tutor your prince"
He sensed Snape sneer in front of him. He was still fuming about being surprised earlier.
"And you half giant?"
Hagrid jumped in surprise it took a moment to collect himself "m Care o' magical creatures." Remus expected the vampire to ask Snape what he did as well.
But he pointedly ignored the potions master and Snape in turn ignored the Vampire it was only because of his long exposure to Snape he knew the man was annoyed at all.
"How many humans will be teaching at the school?"
Remus looked back to the prince
"I'm not sure. Sense you're so far behind you will be privately tutored and you will attend very few if any regular classes. My self, Professor Snape, and Professor McGonagall will be teaching you. So two that I know for sure but some others may …"
"Your expiation has unnecessary information. I simply ask how many teachers at the school are human." Remus blush he felt as if he were a child being reprimanded. But the prince's tone had not been harsh.
"I wish to know the student population as well. And I if I shall interact with them often. I know that they are all human the old basterd at lest told me that much."
"My Lord!" Larten was giving the prince a sturn look.
"Yes Larten?" the tone was so sarcastically innocent Remus had to bite down a chuckle
" Do not disrespect your King infront of our new alies. Have you forgotten I have been given permission to punish you."
The silence that fallowed gave Remus the ingication that the situation of the prince getting punished was not normal.
It was like when to dogs were about to rip out each others throats.
The Prince snorted but did nothing else.
Remus's wolf instincts surprisingly decided to rear up and tell him the boy was pouting.
Larten stared straight a head once more glaring a hole in the back of Snape's head.
The Prince ask no more questions the selince streched on and Remus was left to conclude that vampires were weird.