Remus had been in the kitchen when he heard Hermione scream. He got up and ran up the stairs, almost colliding with his goddaughter.
"Where's Hermione?" Remus asked her.
"I don't know. I heard her going ..." Chrimson turned large frightened eyes to her godfather.
"Going where?" Remus asked afraid he already knew the answer
"She was going up stairs" Chrimson said.
They shared a look and both took off up the stairs. When they came to Salinas room the door was open but the room was empty. Chrimson walked and started to look around. Just as Remus was about to enter the room he herd Salina say "come on. Wake up. Please wake up." Remus followed the sound of Salina voice to the bathroom and what he saw made his blood run cold.
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Salina was holding Hermione close to her chest, rocking backwards and forwards.
"Come on. Wake up. Please wake up" she kept saying over and over again.
She had herd Remus approaching the bathroom and stop. She knew she would most likely be killed for this but that was the furthest thing from her mind. All she could think of was the heartache the young witch in her arms had been going through and what she was intending to do.
'I can't let her do that' Salina thought to herself. 'She has a family right here and they need her. How can I convince her not to give up living?'
As she was lost in her thoughts Hermione's breathing started to labour. Salina knew the potions where not enough to replace all the blood she had taken. Hermione was dying in her arms. There was only one thing to do. Salina bent her head down to Hermiones ear and said "Ok little one. Seeing as you won't fight I'm going to have to force you. You want a family to call your own, well ... Welcome to my family. You now have a mother and a sister. Now. DRINK!" and with that Salina created a small line in her wrist and put it against Hermiones mouth.
At first nothing happened, then slowly Hermione started to draw Salinas blood into her own body. After a few minutes Hermione opened her eyes to stare at her new mother. Salina was watching her carefully to make sure she didn't take too much. Salina was so engrossed in what she was doing she didn't hear Remus enter the room.
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Remus was so shocked at what he was seeing that he stood there, frozen in the doorway of the bathroom. He only came out of his frozen state when he saw Hermione drinking from Salinas wrist.
Remus stormed in to the bathroom and ripped Salinas wrist away from Hermiones mouth.
"What the hell do you think you're doing fangs?" he growled at his old friend. He was furious.
"Creating vampires are against your laws and would result in death. Is that what you want?"
"Remus what the hell??? I'm trying to save her" Salina growled right back.
"Save her? You did this! You put her in this condition!" Remus said. His eyes had turned amber. He was starting to lose control of his temper.
"Don't you think I know that Remus. She came to me knowing what would happen. I saw it in her mind. She is hoping for death and I won't allow her to give up" Salina said back, renching her arm free of Remus' hold and allowing Hermione to have a bit more of her blood.
Remus didn't know how to react to this. But as he watched he saw Hermione turn her head away from Salinas wrist and heard her soft moan of "enough mother." To say Remus was shocked would of been an understatement.
Here was the witch he considered a daughter being baptised by the blood of a vampire and taking it all so easily.
"Hermione, are you ok? I'm so sorry I bit you but I will not lie and say I am sorry you are now a half vampire like Chrimson. Why would you wish for death?" Salina demanded.
"You were wishing for death?" Remus asked dumbfounded.
"Yes I was. I didn't feel I had anything to continue living for. I had no family and I was all alone. But now I have been adopted, in a sense, and I now have a mother and a sister" Hermione said with a smile looking around for her new sister. When she could not see her she asked "where is Chrimson?"
"She was in Salinas room" Remus said.
Salina paled at the thought of what her daughter may have found. "You stay here and do not move. You are still rather weak. I'll be back in a moment" Salina said and left the room.