Chapter 9: Thrill Of The Hunt
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Head Girl Room, Gryffindor Tower, Hogwarts...
Nightfall brought with it an eerie chill that went right through the bone. Severus had not minded the cold much since he had gotten his new lease on life. To tell the truth it had no affect on him at all. The Half Blood Prince closed his eyes in a deep method of concentration swept over him. Black wings stretched like leather flapped from his back. He caught the scent of a wayward animal making it's way down the hillside. He got ready poised as he launched himself at the unsuspecting creature. Within seconds he had taken hold of it and brought it down. It's blood was good but not as intoxicating or as filling as that of a human's.
"Good show." said the voice of Versileius with pride as he stood perched on a rock.
He turned his attention to the other vampire to his right.
"Perhaps a bit of grace is required." said the vampire on his right side.
It was a handsome creature with icy gray eyes and lengthy blond hair.
"Sod off Malfoy." replied Snape glaring at the one and only Lucius.
"Let me show you how it's done, little brother." said the senior Malfoy with a smile.
"I think not." replied Snape. "Animal blood may be a good staring point but I much prefer human."
Versileius smiled.
"We must be able to adapt to any situation." he said pleasantly. "In war one never knows what can happen."
"Well I'm not in a war at the moment." replied Snape. "And that goat tasted like...you know what I think I'm done with goats."
Lucius laughed having caught Snape's thought.
"Aberforth." he said.
"Shut up Malfoy." said Snape trying hard not to visualize what the creepy brother of Albus Dumbledore might have done with the creature.
"You boys need help." said Versileius with a smile. "Narcissa where they always like this?"
Narcissa Malfoy made her way toward the group with a smile on her face and her dark eyes glowing with a tint of red.
"Always." she replied. "You should have seen them at Hogwarts."
"Hogwarts." said Lucius with a mischievous grin. "What a splendid idea...I haven't been back there in ages...come on Severus let's have some fun."
Snape knew what kind of fun Lucius wanted to have and it had nothing to do with hunting.
"Lucius." he said.
"Come on old sod let's give the old Gryffindor what for." said Lucius with a grin. "Minerva would probably have kittens if she knew her precious Godric Gryffindor's statue met with an unfortunate accident."
Snape shook his head. Somethings never changed.
Lucius took off flying fast toward the castle in Scotland. Snape ventured right after him curious as to what this was going to be like after all these years. He had been pleased when Lucius recovered from the venom and joined him along side Versileius. Narcissa had taken a while despite her better health but she eventually made a full recovery.
It was strange to have the two of them around Selsmire Keep at first but then Severus quickly adjusted and it had been almost like they were youths back at Hogwarts again considering the other vampires were much older than they had been. Lucius zipped through the sky. It amazed Snape how quickly Lucius had taken to being a vampire. It was almost as if he finally became what he was meant to be since his birth. The two vampirian wizards flew to Hogwarts as incredible speed.
Hogwarts Castle, Scotland...
Snape had finally caught up to Lucius who had been perched on top of the Gryffindor tower. He had no idea what the vampirian lunatic was planning but he knew from experience that it wouldn't be good. Lucius strode over to the statue and pushed it off it's perch. He whipped out his wand and tagged "Slytherin rules and Gryffindor sux" all around the tower. It was an impressive feat for someone of his caliber of malice when it came to degrading the rival house. Lucius' love of Slytherin had always been known even as an adult wizard and governor of the school. He was proud of his house and refused to slink into the shadows whenever a blasted Gryffindor had something to boast about.
Ironically, thanks to Severus Slytherin house had a great deal to boast about in the coming years. Not only did they have their Head of House become Headmaster of Hogwarts but he was an infamous spy and primary hero of the wizarding war. The name Severus Snape had been on everyone's lips since the war ended and there showed no signs of the Slytherin ceasing to bring Snape's deeds to the ever arrogant Gryffindors attention.
In contrast, Gryffindor house had only Harry Potter and his friends to bring up but their contribution had paled in comparison to Snape. He was the Slytherin House Godric Gryffindor in the eyes of the youth. They had been proud to wear the Slytherin crest more so than anyone has been in years. Many petitioned for a statue of Snape to be put up on the Slytherin side of the castle. It was a problematic thing consider how many people still believed Snape to be an opportunistic traitor.
Lucius had been one of the ones who wanted the statue put up and McGonagall refused. Ever the constant mischievous Slytherin, Lucius decided he was going to teach his old professor a lesson or two about mutual compliance. He happily toppled her precious Godric Gryffindor statue, vandalized the tower and even talked Snape into assisting with his recipe tinkering with the staff's favorite food. Snape had thought the idea was ridiculous but helped him none the less if only to liven things up for a bit.
"What else do you wish to do?" asked Snape pleased to have his friend back.
Lucius gave him a wicked grin.
"I believe we've missed a meal or two...little brother." he said. "Perhaps those bed warmers of yours could use a good seeing to."
Snape chuckled thinking precisely the same thing. His obsidian eyes gleaming with anticipation.
"Of course brother." he said. "And should we think of another activity in the process..."
"Oh I am definitely suggesting we bed them...one never knows when one needs to state an appetite."
The two vampirian wizards chuckled and took off into the night.
Snape's bedroom,,Selsmire Keep, Unknown World...
Snape awoke to find himself naked and amid a tangle of limbs and bodies. All warm of course, killing them would have been counter productive to their possible future plans. Snape shifted sensing another vampirian presence in the sea of warm bodies and turned to look at the source. Lucius had been sprawled out on his stomach naked amid the silk sheets with two girls cuddled next to him and on across his back. Empty bottles of wine had been all over the floor. As Snape reacted to his aching head he recalled Lucius' bright idea to get the girls drunk out of their minds in a bid to see how it would affect their blood when feeding upon them.
The night passed in kind of a blur from there.
One of the two women that wrapped their arms around Snape had started to move in sleep finding it comforting to be near him after the intoxicating experience of him feeding on her blood. Snape had been still a little dazed before the familiar lips of the woman pressed against his pale ones. The scent of lilac and lavender filled his nostrils and she continued to kiss him trailing down to his neck and exposed pale chest. He felt nothing but pleasure as the woman bit down hard on the flesh of his chest drawing his vampiric blood. Her warm tongue lapping at the small stream of blood as if it had been ambrosia.
Before he knew it she had been straddling him. His pale hands acted as if they had a mind of their own gliding over his pale thighs as if they had done this a million times before. He let out a groan feeling the all too familiar heat from her slender frame and heard the whisper of his name on her lips. He knew at once even with the weight of sleep lingering over him who this woman had been.
"Narcissa." he said softly.
She smiled at him running her pale fingers down his equally pale chest.
"Good morning love." she said softly. "You were so spectacular last night I wanted an encore."
Snape had been confused. He had not recalled much of what he had done the previous night. He was drunk out of his mind after feeding on the blood from his bed warmers after Lucius had gotten them to drink two jugs of old wine. The room was spinning and he could hear laughter but he didn't recall much except the warm bodies and the soft moans that began to fill the room.
Snape let out a soft grunt as Narcissa slowly started working her way into a rhythm.
At the sound of his voice Lucius perked thanks to his newly acquired sense of vampiric hearing.
"Narcissa, love starting without me?" he said with a sly smile.
She said nothing in reply as Lucius crawled over toward them and bit his wife on the neck. Her blood trickled down her exposed pale chest and into the mouth of Snape who had been watching them intensely. She ran her hand across his cheek and he caught it between his teeth sinking his fangs into it. The vampire let out a soft moan as both her husband and her lover fed from her while she continued her previous ministrations with his body.
It had been quite a sight with all three vampires connected this way. Snape had not recalled what he had done the night before but he was sure of only one thing. This was the last time he was drinking with Lucius Malfoy. He had been worse than when they were children. The dour wizard had not even thought Lucius could top the crazy ideas and wild parties from their early days as death eaters. Apparently, Vampirism was becoming on him and Narcissa both. After six hours Snape managed to untangle himself from them and make it out of Selsmire Keep back to Hogwarts. He busied himself with making more potions until he found that his stock was almost out of supplies. He knew he would have to make a trip to Hogesmeade soon and dreaded it.