Severus walked to the Great Hall where he dissolved the wards around the room and stepped through the doors to find all of the students and teachers still in the room, but everyone turned at the sound of the doors opening. "I want all of the Heads of Houses to escort your students back to their common rooms and make sure no one is to leave or exit unless accompanied by a Head of House. This is to be enforced and not a minor issue. Hogwarts is in danger, and not by some monster, it is by someone who is more dangerous than everyone in this room combined. So I advise students not to go against these orders and I wish for the teachers to take this into account as they take their students to their common rooms. The teachers are then to find their way to Professor McGonagall's office. Mr. Weasley and Miss Granger if you will accompany me to Professor McGonagall's office as well as Miss Lovegood." Severus said as he stayed standing in the doorway, and Ginny Weasley stood up with her brother and Hermione as they made their way to Severus. "Miss Weasley, you are to go with Professor McGonagall to your common room."
Ginny stepped up to Severus and whispered, "If this has anything to do with Harry I am there, and no one can stop me, Headmaster." Ginny snarled the last word and walked past him. Ron shrugged as he walked past and Hermione did the same.
Luna stopped in front of Severus and said, "You better just let her, even if Harry isn't the same and Draco is his…friend now, she won't listen to you, she has to find out on her own it is the best option." She then continued past. Severus turned on his heels and followed. When he reached McGonagall's office he found Draco crouched next to Harry's body growling at everyone in the room.
"Draco, Mr. Potter is not in danger from anyone in this room." Severus said, but Draco turned his head to the side and growled at him, too.
"Snape, what's going on? Why is he acting like that? For Harry of all people." Ginny said and she turned towards Severus.
"I tried to tell you earlier, Miss Weasley. Draco is protecting Mr. Potter. I don't know how long it has been since he last fed, which maybe what caused this reaction."
"Fed? Like as in…"
"A vampire Miss Weasley. Now if you can keep quiet, I shall try and calm the beast within."
"Snape, you do that and you might lose a hand." Lupin said as he walked into the room. "I have another solution." He said as he pulled a goblet out of his pocket and set it on the desk, and he grabbed Severus' hand and slit open his palm. "Get as much blood into the goblet as you can." Severus held his hand over the goblet and squeezed as much blood out of the wound as he could. Everyone watched as Draco's head snapped up at the smell of blood, and Remus cast a spell over Severus' hand and the skin knitted together. Remus picked up the goblet, and he slowly walked over to Draco and placed the goblet in front of him. Draco snatched the goblet and downed the liquid, and when he was done, he gently put the goblet down and sat on the floor next to Harry. He just laid down and curled up next to Harry's body, and everyone watched as he fell asleep.
"What just happened?"
"The goblet had dreamless sleep potion in it." Remus said as he picked up the goblet and turned towards everyone else. "He'll wake up and feel better. Waking up from a stasis charm is hard on vampires whether or not they feed regularly or not. How are we helping Harry? I'm only assuming the stasis charm didn't work seeing as both Harry and Draco are here."
"No, that isn't Harry." Severus said.
"What do you mean that isn't Harry?" Ginny said. "I know my boyfriend anywhere."
"Miss Weasley, stop interrupting me, and I am pretty sure that your relationship with Mr. Potter is over, but if you don't want to believe that wait until we save him and have him tell you that. Can I continue trying to explain what I was saying before you so rudely interrupted so we can go about saving Mr. Potter?" Ginny fell silent, and Severus continued, "Thank you. That isn't Mr. Potter, yes, he is still in there, just not currently the dominant party."
"Voldemort broke the stasis charm and all of your wards? Where did you find him?"
"In the very room that I placed him in. He ambushed Draco and me, but Draco had the upper hand seeing as the Dark Lord hasn't completely figured out how to control Harry yet. Draco got a message through to Harry, and told him to fight his way out on his own mind. Now, I will wait to explain the rest because I don't feel like repeating myself when all of the teachers arrive."
"No, need Severus, we are here. What is going on? And why is Mr. Potter and Mr. Malfoy unconscious on the floor of my office?"
"Well, you knew of the task that Mr. Weasley, Miss Granger, and Mr. Potter were tasked to do by Albus before he died."
"Yes, before you killed him."
"I only killed him before he asked me to, and I made an unbreakable vow with Draco's mother to kill Albus if he was unable to finish the act. I gladly made that sacrifice to save my godson. I unfortunately could not stop this from happening." He said as he gestured to Draco and Harry. "I was too late, but I will do everything in my power to make sure no more harm comes to him. His father may have been useless, but I am not, and am only devoted to keeping him, them, safe. Lucius was devoted to the Dark Lord, and I have not been since he set his mind on killing an innocent boy of a dear friend of mine even if she wouldn't speak to me anymore they were innocent, and deserved better than being killed by a man like the Dark Lord. I just wish I could have gotten my revenge the way Draco did."
"What are you talking about?"
"Draco killed the Dark Lord six days ago." Severus said blatantly, and everyone stared at him.
"What do you mean Mr. Malfoy killed Voldemort six days ago? Why are we still concerned then?" Professor Vector said as she stepped forwards.
"That is where the misconception is wrong Septima, he is indeed still here, and in fact he is in this room as we speak. Mr. Potter has since been trapped inside his own mind. I just hope that he can find his way out. Now, this does bring me to the reason I have brought us here. The Dark Lord has been able to preserve his soul in the absence of his body in the use of Horcruxes." Everyone gasped at the notion. "Yes, as a matter of fact he had seven, but thanks to Mr. Potter, his friends, and Albus, there is only one left, and I believe Miss Lovegood can help us in the recovery of the object in question. Miss Lovegood if you please."
"I can talk to Helena, she wouldn't have an issue with me talking to her, but I must go alone she is shy, and she can tell us where she hid the diadem and who may have spoken to about it and if she knows where they put it."
"Very good. Now, the only issue we have is the fact that we cannot destroy it until after Mr. Potter is released from the recesses of his own mind, otherwise there is no telling whether or not he will be released from his subconscious or not."
"Are you saying that Mr. Potter is trapped in his own mind?" McGonagall said.
"Unfortunately, yes. And I have no idea what is rolling through his subconscious and if he can fight it off on his own."
"Mr. Potter is strong, I have absolute confidence that he can fight this off. He has never come across something that he can't defeat or perfect." McGonagall said.
"Yes, Mr. Potter is strong and seizes to surprise us, but I am still unsure whether he can come through this, even with Draco's help."
"Mr. Malfoy? What does Mr. Malfoy have to do with anything?"
"Everything. Though I am not sure whether my godson would like me spilling his secrets." Severus said.
"You might as well, they'll figure it out eventually." Draco said as he sat up and he reached for Harry and stroked his jaw. "Might as well tell them everything, since all the Weasley's know as well as Granger. It's obvious if you watch close enough." Draco said as he pulled Harry' subconscious body into his lap. Everyone watched in silence as Draco stroked Harry's hair.
"Severus?" McGonagall questioned.
"Before Draco killed the Dark Lord, the Dark Lord punished his parents for their incompetence and their punishment was the fact that the Malfoy line ended with Draco." Severus paused.
"But he is right in front of us?" McGonagall pointed out.
"Yes, but Draco can no longer bare children, he is no longer strictly speaking alive either." Severus stated.
"The boy is standing in front of us Severus, you are as bad as Albus with the riddles." Professor Sinister stated.
"Aurora, I believe what he is trying to say is that Mr. Malfoy is a vampire. What does Mr. Potter have to do with that, Severus?"
"Again, everything. Were you aware that Mr. Potter was captured by Snatchers six days ago as well? He was recognized immediately and taken to Malfoy Manor. The entire household had been emptied except three people. Narcissa, Lucius and Draco Malfoy. After the Dark Lord had Draco turned Draco ripped his throat out, and his father detained him locking him in his room. The Dark Lord then died. As Lucius helped the other Death Eaters set up the next base camp elsewhere Narcissa burned the Dark Lords body and released the prisoners in their cellar except one. Miss Lovegood, but she moved her to one of the guest rooms in the North Wing of the Manor and placed wards around the room to make it so Draco couldn't find her while they made sure that Draco didn't fed, unfortunately while Narcissa was out taking the people that they had had in their cellar to St. Mungos, the Snatchers came and dropped Mr. Potter off at the Manor where Draco unaware of his action do to the fact that he had never fed had them take Mr. Potter up to his bedroom and he dismissed the Snatchers before he changed his mind. Mr. Potter than came too and tried to escape Draco's attacks, but was unsuccessful. Mr. Potter was subject to being Draco's first. Narcissa came home and stopped him before he killed Mr. Potter, which she was just in time because Draco almost killed him a few more moments and Mr. Potter would have been dead."
"Mr. Potter was Mr. Malfoy's first? But firsts are…"
"Yes, Minerva. He is tied to Draco's life force and vice versa. If Draco dies Mr. Potter dies. If Mr. Potter dies Draco dies. If Draco lives Mr. Potter lives. If Mr. Potter lives Draco lives. Anything that happens to Mr. Potter happens to Draco, and lastly if anything happens to Draco it happens to Mr. Potter." Severus stated. "Though there bond is rare because Draco can live without just having to drink from Mr. Potter to survive if he wishes."
"All vampire's bonds with their first are different. Most just kill them and don't have to worry about it. What stopped him from killing Harry?" McGonagall asked.
"My mother, she can in and drew my attention away from the blood for just long enough that I realized what I was doing. It was an accident that I forced Harry into this, but I don't think he exactly minds; I don't really either." Draco muttered without looking up from Harry.
"Miss Lovegood, you may go and find this Diadem, Miss Granger will go with you. I feel better if we aren't wondering around the castle alone until Mr. Potter is himself again."
"I agree. Miss Granger, Miss Lovegood." Severus said, and the pair left.
