It's A Vampire Thing: Chapter Six: Harry's Decision
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Harry was still shocked by that afternoon's revelations when he began cooking for the group that was now staying with him until he made his decision. He vaguely remembered that the Dursleys wouldn't like the fact that he used their food to feed those they would consider as freaks.
This is all so weird. But it would explain some things. They did say that Voldemort killed my parents with the killing curse, which is a green ray of light. That would explain my dreams of a woman screaming and then suddenly stops when a green light is cast her way. And then the motorcycle dream is from when I was taken to the Dursleys on the headmaster's orders. But why would he believe that I died? And who told him that? There are so many questions that I still want answered. What would happen if I didn't return to the magical world? They said that they would stay here with me, but I don't want to be the reason that they would leave behind the world they grew up in. It would be fine for me to leave my world, seeing as this truly isn't my world and I was just left here for protection. I have a family now. I have a family that will care for me and love me. Nothing like how I am treated here with my aunt and uncle. But, they said that the magical world expects me to kill Voldemort just because I am the only one to have survived the killing curse. Can I really take a life because it is expected of me? I suppose it would also be so that my parents would be avenged, as well. And Draco… what to do about him… they say that he is my mate because he is a vampire. And, I am supposed to be half-faerie because of my mom's bloodline. Did my father have creature blood? They never said anything about him coming into a creature inheritance. This is all so confusing. I suppose I will go with them. I have nothing going for me here. My parents left me all the money I will ever need so that should be no problem. Oh how ironic is this. All this time, the Dursleys called me a burden because I was unable to pay them for living with them, when in fact I have enough money to have bought everything in this house and more. I suppose I will just have to think of this all out. Who knows what will happen if I am not what they expected. I need to run.
Harry left a note, even though he didn't really know them, he didn't want them to worry about where he was if he suddenly disappeared. They might get the wrong idea about that.
I went out for a run. Should be back in an hour. Dinner is in the oven and will be finished cooking in one hour and a half. Don't look for me, I need to be alone to think this through.
-Harry
The note was left on the kitchen table where it could easily be seen if they went to look for him. At the moment, they were all getting settled in the second floor bedrooms. They said that they could enlarge a room so that they could all fit in one room. All of them knew that Harry was currently working on dinner and thought that he was staying in the kitchen.
"Do you think he will come with us? I mean, what we told him is a bit far-fetched. Especially for him since he grew up believing that magic doesn't exist. He probably thinks that this is all a dream. Can I go down and talk to him, please? I want to make sure that my mate will stay with us. We need him. We should have had him with us all these years but instead he is taken from us just to live with these monsters. They have treated him like crap and despite all of that, he still has the heart of an angel and is so innocent. How is that even possible? He grew up in the same manner as the Dark Lord, and yet they are two completely different people. How could they even treat him like that? Sure, they don't agree with magical beings, but did they really have to call him a freak all of the time? He was still a child! And their nephew! Who does that to a kid!" ranted Draco.
"Really, Draco. The way you go on, I'm surprised that Harry hasn't come running up here wondering what all the yelling is all about. We fully agree with you but there is nothing more that we can do about it. We told him all that we know about why he was left here and such. He may be your mate, but he is also our honorary nephew so we want him to come back just as much as you," drawled Lucius.
"Yes, I suppose so. May I please go check on him? I know that we agreed that we would give him time to think about it, but I just need to see him. I won't even enter the kitchen. I will just stand at the door," pleaded Draco.
"I suppose that won't do any harm. If you bother him too much he might feel crowded and decline going home with us. Don't you dare bother him, Draco Lucius Malfoy!" mildly threatened Narcissa.
"YAY! No problem, mum. I will not bother Harry in any way. I promise!" cheered Draco.
"Your promises don't really mean much when you're too happy to think clearly, but go ahead," Narcissa.
Really, you would think that they thought I was going to jump Harry on first sight. I mean, he is cooking. I wonder if he cooks with an apron on. With no shirt. And with his sun kissed skin... his hair looking as if he was just shagged. Oh damn. I will need a shower later. But first, Harry! Mmm... something smells good. I know that Harry cooks, but damn this smells better than what the house elves make back at the Manor. I can't wait to show Harry around the grounds. I will make sure that he feels right at home at the Manor.
Draco walked into the kitchen only to be shocked by what he saw, or rather what he didn't see. The kitchen was just as they left it an hour ago. Everything was put away and dishes cleaned, Draco saw the food roasting in the oven and the pasta being boiled on a low fire. But there was no Harry.
"MUM! DAD! UNCLE SEV! SIRIUS! REMUS! GET DOWN HERE!" he yelled. He heard the sounds of footsteps running down the stairs from the room we were just settling down in.
"What is all the noise about, Draco? You barely left the room and you're already screaming your head off!" demanded Lucius.
"Look into the kitchen, Father! Then you will know what is the cause for all my yelling," rebutted Draco. That was when the adults really looked around the room, finally taking notice of the missing teen.
"Where is Harry? Draco, where did he go?" questioned Remus.
"I don't know. That's why I yelled for you all. I came in here and it was empty of all living life," stated Draco.
"Well, look around. I highly doubt that he would have just left without leaving a note. Actually, he might have just left to think about earlier today," assured Sirius.
"And you're right. Did you even look before yelling, Draco? Because if you had, you would have found the note that Harry left for us stating that he was going for a run and should be back in an hour," admonished Severus. Draco had the grace to blush at his mistake and causing a slight uproar in the household.
"Oops. No, I hadn't looked around before I shouted out for you all. I was just really scared that Harry had disappeared on us," Draco replied meekly.
"-Sigh- when will you learn? You can't always just do the first thing that comes into mind. Let's just wait here until Harry shows up," said Narcissa.
Harry had been running for a short while before he finally noticed that he wasn't dressed properly for running. Luckily, or not, he was used to running out of nowhere in any type of clothing due to Dudley and Pierse always chasing after him to beat him up. He was barely out of the neighborhood when he began to think about his choices again. This continued on for the whole hour. It was just a little after the alotted time when he began to head back to the house. If he ran fast enough, he would make it back just as the timer went off for the oven.
The wizards were beginning to get anxious. It was now fifteen minutes past the hour since they found the note and Harry still hasn't returned. Just when they were beginning to think about going out to look for him, a sweaty and heavily breathing Harry entered the kitchen. His hair was even messier than usual and he was no longer wearing his shirt having taken it off in the yard due to the heat.
"Uh... hello. Did you find my note? I would have gone up to tell you all but I just really needed the time alone. Plus, running helps calm my mind when I am way too stressed out. Just give me five minutes to get cleaned up then I will get dinner served," said Harry as he walked out of the kitchen. He never noticed the heated stare he was getting from Draco, his eyes darkened with lust for his mate. Unfortunately, all of the adults did and they made a point to tease him about it while Harry was out of the room.
That night's dinner was one of the best meals Harry ever cooked, partially because he never did like to cook for the Dursleys. Would you if you were forced into doing so and never getting your fair share of it? He truly did love to cook but he never had the time to cook for himself and to taste his dishes. By the looks of things, his guests enjoyed his food just as much as he would have. Out of habit, Harry stood off to the side while everyone else ate. Sirius was the first to notice what was going on.
"Harry, why are you just standing there? Aren't you going to join us for dinner?" asked Sirius, his mouth full of the delicious food Harry cooked that evening.
"OH. Umm... I didn't think you would want me eating with you all," replied Harry.
"Why would you think that, Harry?" questioned Remus.
"Well, usually I wouldn't be allowed to eat while everyone else was eating. I normally stood off to the side serving them. Only at the end would I be able to eat but there isn't really much left," stated Harry so casually that the others were furious that he would talk about something like that as if it was nothing.
"You don't have to serve us while we are eating. We would much prefer that you ate with us. I mean, you did cook this so why shouldn't you enjoy it as well," stated Lucius in a voice that demanded no argument.
"Oh, okay then, sir. I will just get myself a place setting," replied Harry. From then on the whole group enjoyed the food in the comfort of each other's company. Harry was sat between Draco and Sirius. To the left of Sirius sat Remus, then Narcissa, Lucius, Severus and right back to Draco. Throughout the meal, Draco kept sneaking more food onto Harry's plate while Sirius distracted the teen. Everyone else was highly amused at their antics but also extremely pleased that Harry was getting some food into him. He looked to be around ninety pounds and only five feet three inches. He was quite small for his age and looked to be ten years old instead of fifteen. Severus was beginning to think of all the potions that Harry would need so that he would look as he should. He held back a sigh as he remembered that Harry would have to be on potions for at least a year to be fully healed.
When dinner ended Harry kicked everyone out so that he could clean up the kitchen. He told them to go off to get ready for bed.
The week passed by quite slowly for the group of wizards while Harry kept thinking about his decision. Harry had been having dreams, or visions, of his past as a baby. He remembered seeing a man turn into a dog giving him a ride on his back. The same man giving him a child's broom (he learned about the flying brooms from Draco one evening after dinner) for his first birthday. He saw a blond couple in many of the photo albums in the library. He also saw pictures of a black eyed man and his mum watching after him with his dad taking the pictures. Then one night he remembered all of their names. It was exactly a week since they arrived that they were called by Harry to the living room for a meeting of sorts.
"I know you guys laid everything you know out for me so that I can make a well informed decision on whether or not I should return to the magical world. I apologize that it has taken me so long to make such a decision. You guys probably had so much important business to take care of instead of waiting for me. -breathes in- I decided that I will return to the magical world with you all. But I won't live with you. You said that my parents left all of their money and property to me, I want to have them fixed up and accounted for so I can live in them. I need to take care of all my father's business transactions. While I do that, I can go to your home every evening for my lessons and we can use that time-turner thing so we can still finish that. I am not quite ready to fully accept Draco as my mate yet but I would love to get to know him as my future mate. Thank you, Uncle Siri, Uncle Moony, Uncle Luc, Mama Cissa and Papa Sev," said Harry. This group of people were the same people from his dream the night before. The adults' began to tear up when they heard the names Harry called them from when he was a baby. They thought that he wouldn't remember those names. He was the only one to have called them that and he was the only one they would let get away with such.
"Thank you, Harry. For giving us this chance to be with you as a family. I will help you with all the financial matters you will get into. And, do not worry about our own business. We did not waste time here. We stayed here of our own free will," assured Lucius. The others readily agreed with that statement so that Harry would no longer feel so bad.
"I understand your need to get to know me first, Harry. This way I can also get to know you and we can be assured that our love is not only because of our bond but instead, they are truly genuine," said Draco. Harry was shocked when he was suddenly pulled into a bone crunching hug by Severus.
"You called me papa. That was your second word, I think the only reason James didn't go after me is because your first word was daddy, to him. I thought I would never hear that again," whispered Severus into Harry's rumpled hair.
For the rest of the day, the now completed group spent the time figuring out a schedule for Harry's classes and all his other appointments. It was agreed that they would use the time-turner to go back into time for ten hours for lessons, another three hours for sleep, one hour to reply to business letters, and one hour to relax outside. Lucius helped Harry write letters requesting meetings with Gringotts to find out about the investments, properties, his complete heritage and to look into his family vaults. He also sent a letter to Dumbledore requesting a meeting for the group in three days. The next day was going to be spent at Malfoy Manor for lessons, the day after that, they were going to go to Diagon Alley for all of Harry's school supplies, wand, owl, new clothing, get his eyesight fixed and any other things Harry would want. That was also the set date for the Gringotts meetings. All in all, everyone went to bed that night with a smile on their face. Especially since Harry agreed to spend the last night with the group in their enlarged room.
A/N: yay! I updated really fast this time! I are so happy. Keep reviewing please!
