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Chapter Three

'MY WHAT!' Harry burst out shocked

'Your Guardian' Sirius repeated looking uncomfortable 'I'm sorry I couldn't have been there for you earlier, I can't imagine the kind of life you had. Lupin said he tried looking for you about eight years ago when he found out your Aunt and Uncle had given you up. But he was told you had disappeared when you were six'

'The man my boggart turned into' Harry said unsure why he was telling Sirius this 'he was one of my foster parents, he was an absolute bastard'

'Lupin said he recognised him from when he was looking over your files all those years ago' Black replied 'I'm really sorry I wasn't there for you'

'My life was hard' Harry agreed 'but when I was eight I found someone to look after me, he took me to Finland and put me into school'

'What's his name?' Sirius asked interested in who had taken care of Harry

'What was his name' corrected Harry 'It was Rhys, he was killed three years ago'

'I'm sorry' Sirius said looking sad 'What happened?'

'He misjudged a threat' Harry said vaguely 'I don't know what to say about you though, what's going to happen?'

'I thought we could get to know each other' Sirius said hopefully 'get to know each other'

'I suppose that'll be okay' Harry said his voice was plain but inside he was in turmoil, here was someone actually interested in how Harry was. That didn't happen often and he could count on one hand the people he cared about in turn. And now he was finding out he actually had a guardian after all these years it seemed slightly strange.

'I have to go' he said to Sirius 'I'm already late for my next class'

'Bye then' Sirius smiled at him 'You should go and get something from Madam Pomfrey for that headache'

Harry looked at Sirius suspiciously 'How do you know I've got a headache?'

Sirius smiled again his eyes twinkling 'James always looked like that when he had a headache'

Harry smiled at Sirius before turning and going back down the path, as made his way back towards the school Harry was thinking about Rhys

Flashback – 8 years ago

Harry wondered down the filthy street looking for somewhere to sleep, it was a wet night and if he didn't find a good place then he would get soaked. In front of him Harry noticed the tell tale signs of a vampire attack, a medium height, solidly built man in smart clothes was being surrounded by a crowd of people with glowing red eyes. The man looked unconcerned to Harry's surprise in fact he looked as if he was looking forward to fighting six vampires.

As the Vampires began closing in Harry drew his stake and his silver dagger (it had a wooden hilt) at the same time the man drew a silver sword and a wooden stake from inside his coat. Harry immediately realised this man knew what he was doing

'Are you sure you want to attack me?' he asked smirking

'You will die human' snarled the lead vamp jumping forward.

Harry ran forward as well, slamming his stake into the heart of the closest vamps it screamed and turned to dust, the sounds of other dying vamps fell on Harry's ears and he knew the man was holding his own in the fight.

Harry worked his way through the vamps slamming his knife into the throat of another vamp it immediately began smoking while the vamp was distracted with the pain Harry pushed his stake into its heart.

The man killed three vamps and turned to a forth, as it rushed forward he swung his sword and lopped its head of killing it instantly. He looked up for more vamps just in time to see an eight year old street urchin finish off the last vamp with scary efficiency, the boy looked up suddenly and saw the man, he glanced worriedly behind him looked at the man again before turning and starting to run off.

'Wait!' the man called

The boy stopped running and turned back to the man

'Please don't hurt me' the child whispered

I promise I won't hurt you the man smiled 'I'm Rhys. Who are you?'

'I'm Harry'

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Harry walked back slowly the lesson he was missing was Herbology but he just couldn't be bothered to go and stand in a greenhouse, instead Harry wondered through the school corridors deciding to take Sirius's advice about getting something for his headache.

Harry managed to find the hospital wing without too much trouble, it was bright and airy which surprised Harry who always found hospitals to be cold miserable places. Added to the fact they reminded him of worse times.

Harry found Madam Pomfrey in her office, when he entered she looked at him expectantly

'You would be Mr Potter' she said

'Yes' Harry replied surprised that she knew his name 'how did you?'

'I make it a rule to learn every students name, now what would the problem be?'

'Headache' Harry answered 'I was wondering if I could have some pain relieving potion'

'Do you often get headaches?' Madam Pomfrey asked moving Harry over to a bed 'sit down and let me have a look at you'

'Yes, but I only wanted some pain relief' Harry said leaning away from madam Pomfrey and her wand

'I can't go round giving potions out to every pupil that complains of a headache' Madam Pomfrey tried to get Harry to stop backing away

'For goodness sake' she said exasperated 'I only want to check you out'

'That's the problem' Harry said putting a bed in between himself and the nurse 'I don't like being examined, I'm fine actually my headache isn't that bad'

'SIT!' Madam Pomfrey commanded 'I can see from here you're in pain, and if you don't sit down I'm going force you to'

'This was a mistake' Harry thought to himself 'Why on earth did I willingly come here' but he sat down on the edge of the bed nevertheless

Madam Pomfrey waved her wand at him muttering spells 'Ah yes, I see where the pain is. It's right behind your eyes' she pulled his glasses off 'Follow the wand please'

Harry tracked the wand with his unconcealed eyes, the sudden stream of light made them sting and water he narrowed them instinctively

'Your eyes are extremely sensitive' commented Madam Pomfrey 'I can understand why you would get headaches, I can't do anything about making them less sensitive, I'm afraid but I can give you some eye-drops to protect them, it will also reduce stinging'

'It won't damage my eyesight will it?' Harry asked

'No, it won't, you'll still have the same eyesight as ever, the eye-drops will only reduce the stinging though you'll still need to wear the glasses'

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It was after lunch when Harry got back to lessons it was fourth period transfiguration, and he had missed charms as well as Herbology, Harry pushed his way into the classroom just in time for the lesson. The only spare seat was near the front and next to Ron, Harry dropped into it and Ron leaned across to speak

'Are you ok' Ron asked 'you left pretty quickly'

'I'm fine' Harry replied 'I just wasn't expecting a boggart first thing in the morning'

'I can understand that' Ron said but before he could say anything else, Professor McGonagall entered the classroom

'This year' began Professor McGonagall 'You start working towards your N.E.W.T.'s this means a lot of hard work is necessary if you are to succeed where others have failed, without the effort you might as well not bother'

The task McGonagall set was transfiguring a plant into a cat. Harry could do it in his sleep, wandlessly and wordlessly. Harry didn't want however, to draw unnecessary attention to himself, he chose instead to wait for someone else to succeed first before completing the task himself

The first to transfigure their plant was Hermione who turned it into a cat in just under twenty minutes Harry decided to wait for another five minutes before giving his wand a limp flick and turning his plant into a black cat, a thing that was not lost on the watchful Professor McGonagall.

Transfiguration led into the last lesson which was potions, as they made their way down to the dungeons Hermione, Neville and Ron talked to Harry who seemed quieter than they had ever seen him.

'So where did you go?' Hermione asked curiously 'you missed loads'

'Did you know that Professor Black was my Godfather?' Harry said suddenly ignoring Hermione's question entirely

'Sirius's your Godfather!' Ron said the surprise evident in his voice

'He's your Godfather' Neville repeated matching the surprise in Ron's voice 'Are you sure?'

Harry treated Neville to a withering look 'I didn't think Hogwarts professors routinely went around lying'

Neville looked a bit discomforted 'Sorry, I just didn't realise he was anything like that'

'He's your Godfather' echoed Hermione thoughtfully 'That would make him your guardian'

'That's what he said' Harry confirmed

'Don't you already have like guardian' Ron asked

'No' Harry said not elaborating

'You're underage though, you have to have a guardian!' Hermione said surprised

'There are ways around such rules' Harry said walking into the dungeons

Hermione didn't look convinced but she followed him in not saying anything else on the matter. This time the other three followed him to the back of the classroom Hermione sitting down first

'I thought you liked the front' Harry said to Neville sliding onto a bench next to Ron

'Not with Snape' Neville replied 'now move up or I'll get stuck next to Goyle'

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Harry didn't have to wait long before Snape swept into the dungeon

'Silence!' he snarled,

The class instantly fell silent all watching Snape with trepidation he stood at the front dressed in complete black

'Slime ball' Ron muttered under his breath from Harry's right

'Did you say something Weasley?' Snape roared from the front, Harry knew he couldn't possibly have heard Ron unless he had super hearing as well as Harry,

'5 points from Gryffindor'

The lesson continued in a similar vein with Snape knocking points off the Gryffindors whenever possible while awarding the Slytherins points at every opportunity as he revised what they had done in previous years

'A pathetic attempt by many' Snape grimaced 'that you can't remember even the simplest potions and their properties'

'Potter' he said looking at Harry for the first time and sneering 'lets try something easy as your new'

A couple of Slytherins sniggered

'What is the evandavoy potion used for?'

'It's used for freezing body organs slowly' Harry answered quickly, it was a horrible potion that killed the drinker slowly and painfully, it was useless on vampires though as there organs didn't work anyway so Harry never had had a cause to make it

Snape curled his lip slightly at the right answer before turning to another victim.

'Miss Granger put your hand down before you hurt someone, honestly I had almost forgotten your love of being the centre of attention.

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At the end of the lesson Harry left the other three to walk to dinner by themselves, insisting he needed to go to the Library to check on something.

Instead however Harry chose to go back outside, this time he headed in the direction of the lake.

As he reached the edge Harry pulled off his school shoes and dropped them on the floor next to his bag then he threw off his cloak and the rest of his uniform apart from his trousers. Casting a concealment charm on his belongings Harry effectively hid them from sight.

The sun was setting over the forest casting a red hue across the grounds and giving Harry welcome relief from the pounding ache in his head. The lake looked more inviting with every passing second so Harry pulled his glasses off and dumped them on the grass. Raising his arms above his head Harry dived into the ice cold water.

Is eyes immediately compensated for the dim light of the lake, making everything sharper and clearer. On a good day Harry could see for up to twenty metres in the pitch black. Harry swam deeper into the water calculating how long he could keep his breath for, at the current temperature of the water Harry reckoned he could stay under the water for approximately 13 minutes give or take.

With this knowledge in mind Harry went deeper and deeper watching as shoals of fish swam in between rocks, the lake was beautiful to Harry, and he was so lost in it he nearly didn't realise he only had about 2 minutes to get to the top of the lake, kicking back with his legs Harry began swimming upwards and towards the moonlight. Harry broke the surface of the water gently the water lapping slowly around him smiling to himself he made his way back to the edge of the lake.

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As Harry neared the castle he could still hear the low rumble of voices coming from the Great Hall. The doors to the hall were closed but still the laughter leaked out into the main hall. Harry ignored all of this, instead he just walked to the Grand Staircase and began the climb to the Gryffindor common room.

It was empty when Harry reached it, everyone was eating downstairs. Taking the opportunity Harry began to reply to the letter he had gotten from Alyssa

Alyssa

I heard from other sources that the community is becoming restless, I haven't had the chance to find out much about the vampires in the UK yet but I'm hoping to go to London this weekend and see what the circumstances are like compared to how they were. Hopefully numbers have decreased. Can you get word to Kay that I'm investigating as I'm having trouble contacting him, I think the wards on this place act as a barrier. Thanks.

Hogwarts is tolerable, silver is very popular here so I have to be careful what I touch. Making sure no one notices I don't eat is another problem but I think I've got that sorted.

Good Luck in Tokyo and be careful, like you said the vampires are looking for me and they'll hurt you to get to me!

I'll write to you as soon as I have good solid information

Harry

When Harry had finished the letter he made his way up to the owlery, where the bird that had delivered his letter was waiting. The bird was about three times the size of any owl and looked out of place in the small room. Harry attached the letter to his leg and carried him to the window, the bird flew off immediately into the dark night leaving Harry alone in the tower.

By the time Harry returned to his room the other four boys were already there getting ready for bed

'Hey Harry' Ron said looking up from his trunk which had half the contents spewed over the floor 'you missed some great food'

'I can only imagine' Harry replied

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That night Neville dreamed, he was in a dark room, in fact it was more like a cavern than a room it had that damp feel to it. Neville thought he could almost smell it, it seemed that real. People were in the cavern, they weren't normal though they were skulking in the shadows as if afraid of something, or someone. They had red eyes and pointy teeth and they were hissing at Neville.

Neville looked over at the entrance to the cave in time to see a man enter, he like the others had red eyes but he seemed very confident and sure of himself, he had very elaborate and fancy blue and purple silk robe, it swirled around him as he walked his brown beard was cut short as was his hair the fashion was old though as if the man had forgotten what century it was.

'Dark Lord' his voice said suddenly it was cold and chilled Neville slightly

'Lord of the Vampires' Neville heard himself say 'Do we have an agreement?'

'Yes' the man snarled 'We give you our services, in return you help us get the Blood Slayer and kill the vampire assassins'

'Agreed' Neville answered 'The Blood Slayer?'

'He's Ours!' the Vampire growled 'He is a mistake, a half vampire, an abomination he has killed to many of us to be allowed to live, but he will die by our hand and our hand alone!'

Neville jerked awake his breathing ragged and quick, he could hear the snoring and breathing from neighbouring beds Neville wrenched his curtains from around his bed letting the glow from the moon in. Neville realised he wasn't the only one awake, standing by the window was Harry. His long hair was trailing around his shoulders, he was only wearing some dark pyjama bottoms and his skin was like milk it was so white against the darkness, it almost seemed to glow. That wasn't what had Neville's attention though, Harry's torso was littered with scars.

Harry looked over to where Neville was sitting, he turned slightly so his right arm was concealed from the other boy. Harry was working at controlling his emotions, it helped in vampire attacks as it enabled him to completely switch off from everything apart from the fight. No distractions at all.

'Are you ok?' he asked, his voice was blank though as if he was lost in a void

'Yeh' Neville replied feeling stupid at being seen like this 'Just a bad dream'

'I know what that's like' Harry said, again his voice seemed empty to Neville, as if it was some kind of programmed response, whatever it was the Harry Neville had got to see certainly wasn't in at the moment.

'I'm just going for a walk' Neville said unsure of what to say to Harry

'Have a nice time' Harry's tone was bland and unreal

Neville grabbed a pair of trousers and a jumper and left the room as quickly as possible.

Harry just continued to stare out of the window

Flashback – 8 years ago

Rhys took the orphan Harry to his home in Finland, it was hidden from the rest of the world to all but those Rhys wished to see it.

Harry stood nervously in the big hallway of the house, it was airy and bright decorated in warm earthy colours, Harry pulled at the neck of the new jumper he was wearing. The first thing Rhys had done after he had discovered Harry was to by him new clothes, cut his hair, given him a wash and a decent night's sleep in a warm bed.

Rhys had been beyond surprised when he discovered what Harry 'Was' but after the initial shock had worn off he realised the boys potential in the fight against the vampires, this boy was one of the best he had ever seen.

So he had brought him to his manor, the home to not only Rhys, but other children he had found that had the potential to be great.

A small girl ran down the staircase and into Rhys's arms 'Daddy' she cried 'you're home!'

She turned to Harry who backed away apprehensively

'I'm Alyssa' she announced smiling a toothy grin 'You must be Harry, were going to train together'

Harry returned the smile and relaxed slightly, Rhys saw this and smiled at his young daughter 'Why don't you show Harry his room' he said softly 'maybe you can show him your toys'

Alyssa grabbed Harry's hand and dragged him up the staircase 'Come on Harry' she sang 'let's go and play'

Harry smiled, for the first time in ages, he felt happy