Clair Wakefield – Vampire Detective
Disclaimer: I do not own Harry potter, Anissina/Clair is mine however
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Chapter Nine: Harry's very early vacation
Anissina rushed around her place a week before Harry's Christmas vacation because Harry was there along with his friends, Severus had sent an urgent telepathic saying that Harry and his friends were going to her place, because the order headquarters was doing their general cleaning until now.
It was lucky Severus made the house magical, so her house expanded to accommodate all Harry's friends without showing it outside, Anissina had must fixing rooms for each of them and then when she went to get water for herself, she jumped when she saw them, and relaxed.
"Oh you're here," said Clair. "Well then I will show you to your rooms."
The youngsters followed her into the stairs and then she led then to the room, Harry looked around the room.
"Umm, Clair, we didn't have this many rooms before," said Harry.
"Uncle Sev knew you were going to invite some friends for visit, and I told him it was advisable, since you get to stay here while I'm doing on cases," said Clair. "Now you know where your room is Harry, and others please choose your rooms… I will start to pre…"
Suddenly the floor started moving, Harry and the others gasped and looked ion the floor, suddenly there was a dog that went after them, the guys screamed in fear and Clair stood still and then raised her hands.
"Abernathy, stop, be a good demon puppy," said Anissina.
Abernathy stopped and then stopped in front of her, his biog eyes looking at her and whining, Anissina sighed and then patted Abernathy in the head, he yelped and then liked her face.
"Eugh," said Anissina wiping her face. "Everyone this is Abernathy, a demon dog, I took him in after the person summoning him for evil died… I'm training him at this moment."
"He… he's huge," said Harry.
"I know," said Clair. "But what can I do he was about to destroy a village."
They understood, with Anissina's caring he would become a good demon dog, Ginny was the first one to lay a hand down.
The dog took to Ginny immediately and the others followed even Harry, Anissina was in the background and then a moment later there came an owl flying through the window it was molly, saying that the other order members were having dinner here.
"Guys, the rest of the order is going to eat here," said Anissina. "I'll have to start preparing dinner."
She then went to get her wallet, she needed more food, it was lucky Severus gave her a magical credit card that was also used in muggle world, as she was low on funds now, but not in Gringotts, where all the money she earned for 500 years.
She bought all she needed and then arrived and then started to prepare dinner, Harry arrived there too and then placed an apron on his persona and then rolled his sleeves and then looked at the recipe on the ref and then helped Anissina.
Ron and the others arrived and then they looked at Anissina as she placed the ingredients near her, her hands were fast, as she looked at the ingredients, she tasted each one and then fixed it, her food was really delicious it could even rival Molly Weasley.
George suggested that he fixed the table and then stood on the cabinet and then took a few plates but then he started to topple, Anissina who was holding the pan of lasagna threw it on the air caught George in one hand the plates in her hand and toe and the pan of lasagna on her head.
"Whoa," said Ron watching her wide eyed.
"Watch it," snapped Anissina, she didn't expect that her talents in being a lady butler in the past would be used again.
George gaped at her, Anissina had a lot of talents, he stood up and then took the plates Anissina removed the pan from her head and then kicked up and then took each plate and piled it up on her hand slowly and then joined it with the other plates.
"Now please be careful," said Anissina. "Make sure they are clean, I will fix the dining room."
With that she went to the dining room, and then removed a really clean white table sheet and then spread it around, she went to the garden and took out her gardening shears and then took the nicest flowers, as well removed the withering ones, she entered her house and then decorated the white roses into a jar and then stood back sensing it missed something, getting her handkerchief she swished it to show a red flower and then placed it on the vase, the red was lovely with the white, placing it on the table she stood back it was perfect.
Satisfied that everything was complete, she decided to continue with the desert, an upside down, strawberry layered cake.
Going to the kitchen she stopped her meat was burnt With Harry shrieking at Fred and George about his muggle cooking habits, they gave the excuse saying the wanted to experiment.
"I seasoned that chicken," said Anissina, her lasagna was on the floor too spoilt, it seemed that there was a fight in the kitchen, and they were bickering too. "THAT IS ENOUGH… this is my house and please keep quiet… while I think up of a solution."
Checking her watch she had less than an hour of preparations, she knew she had to think up of something, her eyes fell on a Japanese and Chinese leaflet and picked it up.
"I got it," said Anissina then turned around. "We will serve then Japanese and Chinese food."
She then started sending them to do some stuff, in the end Anissina managed to bring peace into her kitchen, and the food was ready before the guests arrived too, Anissina also made her desert.
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Remus and the others apparated on the lawn and then suddenly Abernathy started growling at hem and Remus and the rest jumped at the huge dog.
"Whoa, that's some big dog," said Remus.
Sirius growled at Abernathy, and then a moment later Anissina exited and then stopped and glared at Abernathy.
"Abernathy, sit, and quiet, I didn't train you to bark at friends," she said sternly then turned to them. "Welcome to my house."
She allowed then entrance to her home and they gasped the Weasleys and Harry were there seated down, and then Anissina closed the curtains to allow Sirius to transform into human.
"This is a nice place," said Molly. "The dining room is nice too; the red flower complimenting the white is a perfect decoration."
Anissina smiled and then told them to sit, and they sat, the table was magically altered to make everyone sit and then Anissina arrived with the food, it was Chinese style as well as Japanese, she placed it down in the table and then sat on the head.
"Well go on and eat," said Anissina taking her first bite.
The others followed and then they gasped it was really good, though molly looked a bit subdued, Anissina knew from Severus was that Arthur was killed, she was going to visit with them it was only this time because Arthur was in critical condition so they couldn't see him as of now.
The food was tasty and then Anissina served the cake later and everyone had fun eating it, Anissina knew what happened because Severus was going to teach Harry a vampire trick on blocking the mind, for wizard it was called Occlumency.
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After dinner, molly and the others went around the portkey and then they grasped it, Anissina did too, knowing full well what it was going to happen, and then a moment later, she let go when the arrives at St. Mungos and then she entered it after the Weasleys.
They had arrived outside a large, old-fashioned, red-brick department store called Purge 6z Dowse Ltd. The place had a shabby, miserable air; the window displays consisted of a few chipped dummies with their wigs askew, standing at random and modeling fashions at least ten years out of date. Large signs on all the dusty doors read: 'Closed for Refurbishment'.
Harry distinctly heard a large woman laden with plastic shopping bags say to her friend as they passed, 'It's never open, that place…'
Anissina knew this place before having entered it a few times, she entered it and then she went to the receptionist, who looked like a very run down ugly doll.
"Hello, we're here to see Arthur Weasley," said Anissina.
Harry thought how absurd it was for Anissina to expect the dummy to hear her talking so quietly through a sheet of glass, with buses rumbling along behind her and all the racket of a street full of shoppers. Then he reminded himself that dummies couldn't hear anyway. Next second, his mouth opened in shock as the dummy gave a tiny nod and beckoned with its jointed finger; Anissina nodded and turned to the others.
Fred, George and Ron stepped in. Harry glanced around at the jostling crowd; not one of them seemed to have a glance to spare for window displays as ugly as those of Purge & Dowse Ltd; nor did any of them seem to have noticed that six people had just melted into thin air in front of them.
Molly entered leading Ginny in and then Anissina took hold of Harry and then entered the hospital, There was no sign of the ugly dummy or the space where she had stood. They were in what seemed to be a crowded reception area where rows of witches and wizards sat upon rickety wooden chairs, some looking perfectly normal and perusing out-of-date copies of Witch Weekly, others sporting gruesome disfigurements such as elephant trunks or extra hands
Sticking out of their chests, The room was scarcely less quiet than the street outside, for many of the patients were making very peculiar noises: a sweaty-faced witch in the centre of the front row, who was fanning herself vigorously with a copy of the Daily Prophet, kept letting off a high-pitched whistle as steam came pouring out of her mouth; a grubby-looking warlock in the corner clanged like a bell every time he moved and, with each clang, his head vibrated horribly so that he had to seize himself by the ears to hold it steady.
Witches and wizards in lime-green robes were walking up and down the rows, asking questions and making notes on clipboards like Umbridge's. Harry noticed the emblem embroidered on their chests: a wand and bone, crossed.
Anissina sat on the waiting chair as molly went to a desk…
"Hello," she said, "my husband, Arthur Weasley, was supposed to be moved to a different ward this morning, could you tell us?"
"Arthur Weasley?" said the witch, running her finger down a long list in front of her. "Yes, first floor, second door on the right, Dai Llewellyn Ward."
"Thank you," said Mrs. Weasley. "Come on, you lot."
They followed her through the double doors and along the narrow corridor beyond, which was lined with more portraits of famous Healers and lit by crystal bubbles full of candles that floated up on the ceiling, looking like giant soapsuds. More witches and wizards in lime green robes walked in and out of the doors they passed; a foul-smelling yellow gas wafted into the passageway as they passed one door, and every now and then they heard distant wailing. They climbed a flight of stairs and entered the Creature-Induced Injuries corridor, where the second door on the right bore the words: 'Dangerous' Dai Llewellyn Ward: Serious Bites. Underneath this was a card in a brass holder on which had been handwritten: Healer-in- Charge: Hippocrates Smethwick. Trainee Healer: Augustus Pye.
"We'll wait outside, Molly," Clair said. "Arthur won't want too many visitors at once… it ought to be just the family first."
"Nonsense, both of you is coming in with us," said Molly.
Clair entered wit Harry, Arthur was there and he looked up and then smiled at them, Anissina blanked, she could smell blood, it meant that the wound was still open; Anissina subconsciously covered her nose to try to block the scent off.
"Hello!" he called, throwing the Prophet aside. "Bill just left, Molly, had to get back to work, but
He says he'll drop in on you later."
"How are you, Arthur?" asked Mrs. Weasley, bending down to kiss his cheek and looking anxiously into his face. "You're still looking a bit peaky."
"I feel absolutely fine," said Mr. Weasley brightly, holding out his good arm to give Ginny a hug. "If they could only take the bandages off, I'd be fit to go home."
"Why can't they take them off, Dad?" asked Fred.
"Well, I start bleeding like mad every time they try," said Mr. Weasley cheerfully, reaching across for his wand, which lay on his bedside cabinet, and waving it so that six extra chairs appeared at his bedside to seat them all. "It seems there was some rather unusual kind of poison in that snake's fangs that keeps wounds open. They're sure they'll find an antidote, though; they say they've had much worse cases than mine, and in the meantime I just have to
Keep taking a Blood-Replenishing Potion every hour. But that fellow over there,' he said, dropping his voice and nodding towards the bed opposite in which a man lay looking green and sickly and staring at the ceiling. 'Bitten by a werewolf, poor chap. No cure at all."
"A werewolf?" whispered Mrs. Weasley, looking alarmed. 'Is he safe in a public ward? Shouldn't he be in a private room?'
"It's two weeks till full moon," Mr. Weasley reminded her quietly. "They've been talking to him this morning, the Healers, you know, trying to persuade him he'll be able to lead an almost normal life. I said to him - didn't mention names, of course - but I said I knew a werewolf personally, very nice man, who finds the condition quite easy to manage."
"Wait did you say your wound wont close because you were bitten by a snake?" asked Anissina.
"Yes, that is exactly what I said," said Arthur. "Why you know something?"
"The Asquent clan," whispered Anissina. "They are able to turn into Snakes, did Voldemort get hold of one?"
Arthur and Molly understood her musings, she was a vampire and as a vampire she had to have knowledge of different clans as well.
"The Arquent Clan?" asked Hermione."
"A vampire clan," said Anissina. "That one clan where they can turn into snakes."
"You mean that snake," said Harry.
"Once a vampire bites you it sends a toxin into the blood leaving the wound open thus leaving the vampire to have his fell with out the blood clotting up the wound," said Anissina. "Only the Vampire's saliva can nullify the toxin and heal the wound."
"Amazing for you to know so much of vampires without getting killed yourself," said Hermione.
"Well, I..." said Anissina sheepishly.
"She knows it because she's a detective, right Harry," said Arthur going to her rescue. "She could be a freelance auror since she is the niece of Professor Snape after all."
Anissina smiled and then nodded, at what Arthur said was true about being a muggle freelance auror.
After visiting hours were over Molly dropped her children on Anissina's house and then there they ate a light lunch and then Anissina looked at them all.
"How would you like to come with me to the market on ice?" she asked. "It opens every winter."
"Well, it would be nice to see a muggle celebration," said Ginny.
"Yeah, we want to see what pranks they have," said Fred and George.
"That settles it then," said Clair smiling. "We will leave after soon so that you can see the fireworks display."
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After two hours of preparations, Anissina and the others were now ready to go to the ice market, after paying for two cabs they stopped at the foot of the bridge and then stepped down and then Harry, the weasleys and the others were walking around they were mesmerized, it was muggle they could tell but it was a nice thing and then Anissina suddenly spotted.
"Michel," said Anissina looking at the human clad reaper.
Michel jumped and then turned to look on who called him; he was holding his notebook and was looking at Anissina.
"Well, if it isn't Clair," said Michel. "Behaving yourself?"
"Of course," said Anissina. "By the way this is my uncle's Ward, Harry James Potter, and his friends the weasleys… of course being a reaper you would know their names right away."
But when Anissina said Harry's name he froze only looking at Harry, and then he inclined his head.
"So this is the boy that Ampharel failed to reap," said Michel. "Nice to meet one of our escapees from being reaped unlike some vampires I know that refused to die."
Anissina looked at her nails pretending she didn't hear that outburst, the first time they met was when she exposed who jack the reaper was and there was a fight, Anissina barely lived that time, she lived because Severus healed her and the next she had to justify to the reaper king that Severus and her clan weren't killing people and that mean observation, they passed the observation for peace on her clan and now there was a peace treaty between the reapers and her clan.
Hermione wondered who Clair was, it was not everyday you see a muggle talking to a reaper casually like Clair was doing, looking at the interaction between Clair and the reaper it was as of they knew each other long.
"By the way, did William send you on a case?" she asked.
"You know me well," said Michel. "The man's name is Robert Maxwell, age 53, he died a horrific death… he's arm got cut off by piano wire and he was shot, but the finishing blow was when he crashed through the ice and drowned."
"Oh, sounds interesting but not my type of case," said Clair.
"Oh but get this, he had with him Marie Antoinette's cursed ring," said Michel. "Anyone holding the ring will die a horrible death, actually this is my job, and I have to get some rotten old ring."
"I see, because people are dying even if it's not their time of death yet," said Clair.
"Indeed," said Michel. "Now since you are here will you help me… in the name of the treaty."
"Fine, but looking for a ring is a poor waste of my eyes," sighed Anissina.
"Even so the treaty is that you and your people will help the reapers in their cases when the need calls for it and the same goes for you… I helped you last time, so how's the dog," said Michel.
"Fine, he is getting bigger," said Clair. "I'll be bringing that dog soon to the vet for his regular shots… the smell there is really irritating."
"Well that's what you get for being a…" Michel started to say bit was roughly interrupted by Anissina's glare. "Wonderful person."
Clair nodded at the nice comeback and then looked around she knew what kind of ring it was having seen for herself the beheading of the queen herself, she looked around and then her eyes found it, in an ice sculpture, she stopped Ron from pulling out his wand and saying the locator spell right in the middle of the ice market.
"Not here Ron, you're in muggle territory," said Clair. "We shall look for it the muggle way."
"How do you do that?" Ron asked.
"Simple," said Clair rolling her eyes in a snapeish way. "Just look with your eyes, observe all the things around you, you'll see the things you don't normally notice will be there if you just have time to look."
"So a muggle Auror…" started Ron but Clair gave him a look.
"Detective, Mr. Weasley," said Clair. "Or are you that dumb to know that you are not in your world?"
Ron blanched that was something Severus would say, this proved that Severus was really her family.
Anissina was looking around when she saw the ring on a roman lady ice sculpture, she sighed and then stopped the others and then pointed at it, the others turned and then Michel smiled.
"As expected from you, Clair," said Michel and then Michel headed to it.
As Michel removed it he looked at the ring and then looked at Clair who nodded.
"That's the ring alright," said Anissina. "Now please take it and go."
"I wouldn't do that if I were you," said a voice.
Anissina raised her hand to stop the others from taking their wands and then she glared at three people holding out guns.
"Let me guess you were the ones who murdered the 53 year old man," said Michel.
"It wasn't us, we were sent to just get that ring," said the man. "Now hand it over to us."
"Well what should we do if we do not comply?" Anissina asked sending Harry and the others out of the way and she joined Michel.
Suddenly two warning shots fired and one of the bullets passed really close Anissina but she never flinched, nor did Michel.
"You think you can kill us like this?" asked Michel. "Foolish boys, I can't wait to pay you back."
Michel removed his chainsaw scythe and then revved it up, Anissina just stood there and then gave a smile, when the bullet's started firing Michel charged, a bullet was heading for Anissina but she just stood there, Harry and the others tired to shout in warning, Anissina clapped her hands trapping the bullet in her hands stopping it's trajectory.
"Here, I'll give this back to you," she said and then she just flicked it back and the bullet pierced through the arm and the man cried in pain the first person to draw blood.
Anissina stopped, she hadn't fed, and the smell of the blood was suffocating, covering her nose to stop the smell, but the harm was done, she was past the three day limit after dinner, she sank to her knees and gripped the her palms hard.
Michel finished them off and then turned back and then gasped, Anissina was about to go into a blood lust… rushing he picked her up and then flew away, yelling to Harry and the others to stay there.
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Anissina landed on the wall of an alley and then breathed deeply and then laughed.
"How could I have forgotten, my three day limit?" she asked but then grasped her chest painfully.
"You know what would happen if you would go into a blood lust right there and then," shrilled Michel. "Why did you forget to feed?"
"I was in a hurry preparing everything for them to stay, it was only in my mind I forgot to feed," said Clair.
Suddenly Michel removed his coat and then he removed his tie and then opened a few buttons from his shirt and then opened his shirt to expose his neck.
"Go on take from me," said Michel. "But you may be sick, you might suffer because of conflicting powers."
"Hey it's better than getting into a blood lust," said Clair going near. "If this stops me from killing a hundred people then I can handle it."
Clair bit into the reapers neck and then took a few drinks and then stopped when she had her fill she healed it and then her head started turning, turning around she placed a hand on the wall and the other on her head.
"Let's bring you home, I will bring Harry and the others home soon," said the reaper.
Anissina thanked the reaper and then she was brought home, she went to her bed and then changed into something for bed and then she laid down.
Harry entered Clair's room after he arrived and then approached Anissina, Ron had called his mother and then headed there through the floo, and molly crashed into Anissina's room and then touched her forehead.
"she is with a fever, Ron get cool water and a wash cloth, Ginny, go get a fever reducer, Harry, contact Severus immediately, he's in the order right now," shrieked Mrs. Weasley.
They all rushed and the entire noise made Anissina groan in pain for it reverberated on her head, and she already had a really bad headache, well for one thing she learned her lesson on forgetting her three day regular feeding.
She was half asleep when she felt a nice cool cloth wipe her face and rest on her, opening her eyes she saw that it was Severus.
"And tell me how did you become sick?" he asked. "It's unlikely for a vampire to get sick by normal means."
"I drank the blood of a reaper, I almost missed my three day limit again," said Anissina.
Severus blinked, and then closed his eyes and then shook his head, reaper blood is like a virus on their system the vampire toxins would try to kill them all, since the reaper blood is only minimal, the vampire blood will win but to do that it's like how our lymphocytes battle germs in our blood, causing a fever and all.
"You will need to drink blood every four hours," said Severus. "I will supply some transfusion blood, this will strengthen your vampire blood into fighting more vigorously and you will heal soon."
Anissina pulled a tissue from her beside table and then blew at it, being sick was her punishment on forgetting her three day limit and she accepted that and then laid back down and then closed his eyes, Severus knew he had to stay here as well, standing up he went to his room in the house and then took out his robe and then folded it and then changed to his pajamas and then went to sleep.
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The next day Harry and the others were having breakfast when Severus entered wearing his pants but he was topless a towel around his shoulders and he was wiping his newly washed hair, Harry and the others gaped and the others dropped their spoons or forks looking at him.
"Close your mouths," snapped Severus as he poured a glass of milk into a glass and then drank it. "You look as if you never saw a topless man before."
They were gaping on how handsome he looked topless and with the messy hair he looked drop dead gorgeous.
"Oh Mr. Potter, we may have to start your occlumency lessons soon," said Severus sneering. "Not that you need it, but it's imperative that you learn."
'But learning from a vampire how is that going to accomplish anything, we dufont clan members are naturally occlumists, how can we teach a human?' thought Severus his eyes closed while he was gripping his chin the glass of milk on his other hand.
Anissina got down a little later feeling a little better than last night, but she still had a little bit of a fever.
"How are you Clair?" asked Harry as he went to Clair.
"I'm fine Harry," said Anissina sitting down and then smiled at them all. "What's for breakfast molly?"
Molly gave Anissina her breakfast and then Severus left and then went back wearing a gray shirt and then joined them as well.
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