Hermione and Harry jumped in surprise and had their wands trained on the source of the voice. There, in the library doorway, stood a man and woman with their arms around the other, each looking exactly like James Potter would at 30.
"Who are you and what are you doing here?" Hermione asked angrily, her wand never wavering from the pair.
The elder couple chuckled and sat in a loveseat near the pair with the wands, "We are Fiye and Noam Potter-Night."
Harry faltered slightly but was back on the defence just in case this was a trick by Voldemort. Hermione had no idea what they were doing here but was wise enough to know that they were for a reason, "Sit Harry, we'll hear them out but first, wands."
The couple handed over their wands willingly and watched as their grandson pocketed them as he sat next to his love, "Speak please."
Noam started to speak, his silky voice musical of sorts, "We're your trainers. Remus Lupin was always immune to our spells but we truly thought we had gotten him with the memory charm but when we got his letter about your little lady's problem with your cousin we knew that it was time to come out and ask for your forgiveness. We need a true leader for our coven and you are it Harry James Noam Potter-Night."
Hermione and Harry sat in silence as Fiye continued, "We know about your problems with Tom Riddle but we are in desperate need of a leader for the coven. The others are fighting our placement as leaders. We will train you and allow you both to finish your schooling but after that you must come back to the coven."
Harry had heard enough, "I have been forced to do everything in my life the way other's have wanted it and now, even before I'm a vampire for a week, I'm being TOLD I'm to take control over a whole vampire coven? No way, let someone else take over."
"You don't know what that would do though. Without a Potter as the leader, a Night would take over and the next in line is Cassius. He could order the coven to fight for the Dark Lord and then he would be unstoppable. At least talk it over with your mate as she would be affected as much as you are," Fiye added compassionately, nodding towards the vampiress seated next to her grandson.
"Harry I think you should do it, not for them but for yourself. What happens if you lose the last people you have to biological family all because you wouldn't take over a birth right?" Hermione whispered.
"I'll do anything you want but ONLY for you and the sake of those that are my true family, not those that have left me with monsters for the last 14 years when they could have taken over guardianship. Maybe one day they will be my family but not now," Harry hung his head and turned back to the vampire couple that were his grandparents, "I will take over my birth right but only for Hermione. You will never fight for Voldemort, nor will anyone in my coven if I have any say over it."
Fiye and Noam smiled sadly before rising, "We will leave you to talk about this." They took back their wands and head for their room in the tower.
Hermione and Harry were stunned at the fact that Harry was going to be the leader of a coven, and from what Remus had told him, one of the largest in Great Britain. The vampiress hugged her love tightly beside her while they sat in silence, going over everything that had just occurred.
Harry grinned suddenly, "Now we can win Mione, now we can win."
The vampiress started to laugh loudly with her love, "You're insane Harry."
"That he is, Miss Granger," Severus Snape agreed with her.
"Hello Professor, how are you feeling now?" Hermione asked from her position over Harry's shoulder.
"Fine, fine. I'm actually here to see how you both are," Severus sat down in an armchair.
"We're good Prof-," Harry was cut off by the wave of Snape's hand.
"I figure we'll be seeing enough of each other outside of school hours considering what we are so please try and call me Severus," The vampire said, shocking the teens.
"O-ok umm Severus," Hermione stumbled out finally.
The trio sat in silence for a while, each thinking about the steps that they had taken over the past month and a bit. From being mortal teenagers to vampires, from hating, or at least disliking Snape to calling him Severus and enjoying his company, it was a little much for the couple to take.
"So when are Remus and Tonks going to finally go through with their ceremony?" Harry asked breaking the silence.
Hermione didn't know but it seemed that Severus did, "Day after tomorrow, they are giving you both time to find the perfect robes for maiden of honour and best man."
The vampiress gasped and then started talking really fast, "Oh Merlin there's not enough time to find everything and my HAIR!"
Harry glared at Severus, "Thanks now I have that to deal with too." The comment earned him a slap up the head and then a kiss as Hermione raced to her room to collect her purse, saying something about shopping.
The vampires looked at each other, one scared silly, the other finding the whole scenario hilarious. Suddenly, Severus grasped hold of his forearm, where the Dark Mark was singed into his flesh via a magical tattoo, "Damnit, he's angry. Tell Albus where I've gone will you Harry?"
The younger vampire nodded and watched as Snape popped out of the room, and probably to the location he was being called to. Hermione raced down the stairs just at that moment and took in the fact that Harry had a morose look upon his face and Severus was no longer there and thought the worst.
"Voldemort?"
"Yeah, let's go tell Dumbledore," Harry pulled his girlfriend to him and hugged her close as he popped them away to the headmaster's office.
The pair arrived but were courteous enough to apparate into the foyer, not the main office, but it needn't have mattered because it was just as crowded as the office was. There were Ministry officials swarming the place and they all drew their wands when Hermione and Harry arrived.
"Put those damned things away, these are the two we've been waiting for you dolts," Kingsley Shacklebolt called out over the top of the crowd.
The vampires walked through the crowd to the doors of the headmaster's office, where said wizard sat, along with the Minerva McGonagall, Tonks, and Remus from the Order, and the Minister of Magic Rufus Scrimgeour with his cronies surrounding him.
"Ah the guests of the meeting. It is a pleasure that you came under your own free will and did not force us to capture you both. Now surrender your wands for snapping and allow yourself to be detained," The Minister grinned evilly at the couple who just looked bored.
"What was that Rufus? I think there was something idiotic in my ears just as you were speaking," Harry said explosively.
Hermione grinned at the Minister, showing off her new teeth, "Yes Minister you were saying?"
This made Rufus shift uncomfortable in his chair and his minions to crowd around him tighter, except Kingsley who was silently laughing at the sight.
"I-I said hand over your wands..." The couples laughing cut off the Minister.
"Oh, oh my sides are hurting Mione. To think he actually expected us to come easily and quietly, it's hilarious."
This seemed to offend the wizard in charge of the British magical world because he cleared his throat and ordered his minions, "Take them, and their wands."
Now the vampires were on alert and had their wands at the ready, "Come only if you wish to never walk again."
Only one was brave enough to make a move and he was soon on the floor missing a foot, it had been dismembered by a quick and silent slashing charm. At this, the Minister screamed and vomited over his fallen follower. Another Magical Law Enforcer cleaned up his comrade and flooed him and his severed foot to St Mungo's.
"Harry, Hermione let us sit and have no more violence please," Dumbledore said calmly from his seat, unconcerned that his students had just commit a grievous crime by attack a MLE.
The couple did as they were asked but only after Harry whispered in the old wizard's ear about Snape and his being called for. Dumbledore nodded and had the vampires sit beside him, behind the large desk that they had only ever been in front of.
"Right, Dumbledore I want them for assaulting one of my enforcers and for being freaks, hand them over or be prepared for a fight," The Minister threatened the elderly wizard.
"Oh Rufus, I wouldn't threaten me dear boy, I'm far too old to play games with you. Just leave them to me and be gone out of my school or I shall have to place charges with the Wizengamot, which Harry now had a few seats on. Be ready to see a vampire on the Wizengamot from now on Rufus, ta-ta," With that Albus waved his wand and all of the Ministry workers, bar Tonks, who wasn't there in an official capacity, were forced out of the castle via a variation on forced apparition.
"Well that was interesting and thankyou Professor for standing up for us," Hermione thanked the headmaster with a hug.
"Oh well it's the least I could have done, I could have made the trip more painful," Dumbledore was surprised about the hug but returned it none the less.
Hermione then turned to Tonks and pulled out her purse, "Tonks, I need to go shopping and so does Harry. I have NOTHING for your commitment ceremony yet you make me maiden of honour? You've got to be nuts, it will take me all day just to do my hair."
The metamorphmagus grinned and caused her hair to become a complete replica of Hermione's, "Yeah I can see your point, well come on, we can take Remus too."
The males grimaced but allowed themselves be dragged away by their counterparts, looking back at the professors in a desperate plea for saving. The professors, however, just sat and laughed politely as they watched them be dragged away.
Once they were alone though Minerva and Albus talked about the vampires, "Can they handle it Albus?"
The wizard thought it over for a while before deciding, "Yes, I'm sure they can and I'm sure they will make great leaders for their own kind once they learn the rules and ways of vampires. Come Minerva we have a wedding to plan for and school starts back up in only 3 weeks."
Albus held out his hand for his unknown wife, and pulled her into his arms, "I love you Mini."
"I love you too Albus."
The couple kissed before exiting to their quarters to finish what they were doing before they were so rudely interrupted by Rufus freaking Scrimgeour.