Chapter Fourteen: Polictical Lessons

As soon as they were all sitting in Malfoy Manor Alex yawned and curled up on Severus's lap like a puppy, "Hold me for a bit k," snuggling down he began to fall asleep when he heard the voice of someone from his own time. Sitting up suddenly he watched as the Dark Lord came down the stairs talking to a woman he did not recognize.

"My Lord," Orion said bowing to the man, "We've brought them all as you've or-ow!" he bolted up and turned to see Sirius and Alex point at each other both looking completely calm, "Who zapped me!"

"Was him," Sirius and Alex said pointing at eachother again, "Wasn't me you can't trust this crazy!"

"Severus did you have chocolate in your pocket?" Remus asked. Getting a nod he sighed and stood up to shake both Alex and Sirius, "Snap out of it!"

"Alex do you mind if I take Severus out to dinner?" James asked, which made Alex jerk back and turn glaring eyes onto him, "Calm down, I'd never date him just trying to snap you alert again."

"Don't scare me like that – I smell chocolate," turning, his emerald and silver eyes locked on Fenrir who was eating a chocolate bar. A wicked grin spread across his face and he tackled the wolf to steal his chocolate. Somehow he ended up sitting behind Orion while enjoying his trophy snack.

"Note to the wise," Lucius said with a sigh as he sat down, "Keep chocolate from Alex."

"Blasphamy!" Alex shouted bolting up and saying, "How dare you turn against me you rat! Chocolate is a god given gift, a force of all good and evil wrapped into a delicous creamy bite of oh so sweet sin!"

"Dumbledore," Sirius said and watched Alex freeze a glare hardening his face before the teen relaxed again and jumped on James and Severus to cuddle between them, "Why do you hate him so much?"

"He bloody treats me like I'm some Savior, when he knows for a fact I am staying out of this stupid bloody war and will have no part in either side, thus why my friends are so wide spread," Alex said before turning his attention to the Dark Lord, "Now I was told something about a tea party."

"Well then I'll summon you some tea," Tom said as he walked forward and sat across from the teens. As tea appeared he watched in silent wonder why none of the teens seemed shocked by his wandless magic.

"Okay, I'll get the cookies," Alex said summoning cookies from Hogwarts. His wandless magic made Tom blink at the teen now knowing why the teens were not startled to see the wandless magic.

"No headache?" Severus asked Alex who nodded, "Then why did you do it?"

"Because cookies are worth it," Alex said snagging up a cookie and eating it happily.

Smacking his forehead Severus sighed, "Okay Alex, you're a Prince, you have vampires and werewolves at home, you can fly like you were born on a broom, and you do wandless magic for cookies…any other secrets?" that made Alex grin, "Okay what is it now?"

"I have three more secrets," Alex said with a grin, "At least three I can tell you…but not right now," getting blinked at his smile increased, "What is it?"

"You are nuts," Sirius decided, "Why would you admit to three more secrets in a room with our current company?"

"Because I have nothing of true importance to hide, I'm an open book," then a smile broke across Alex's face once again, "I just happen to be an open book locked away in a safe in some far away castle and written in a language no one even speaks so I guess I'm not that easy to read."

"You complicate things," Remus sighed before jumping and catching Alex's hands as the teen lifted another cookie, they had chocolate in them, "No more sweets!"

"If I can have the cookie I'll tell you a secret," Alex said which made Remus blink at him, pouting he whimpered, "It's a good one too, one that will scare the fuck out of everyone and be demanded how I can do such a thing by most everyone."

Twitching slightly Remus knew that sounded really tempting and he yielded, "Fine what is this secret?"

"You're an idiot," Alex said before eating the cookie, getting a shocked look he rolled his eyes and leaned in to whisper, "I speak another language, besides English, and Romanian."

"And what is this language?" Lucius asked leaning forward; he really wanted to know how that was supposed to scare the pants off them.

"Ah, not telling," Alex said before turning and jumping on James, "So how many times did it take before Lily finally gave in when you kept asking her out and she kept saying 'no way Potter' and you whined to Remus, who happens to be the one who told me that little fact and ow my head hurts – the room's spinning, oh," and he hit the floor, "Sev what time is it?"

"Uh…about dinner time why?" Severus asked before getting a smile, "Okay, okay," pulling out his wand he summoned food and set it in front of Alex, "You know at times you act way too much like a lion to be a snake, but then again you scare the shit out of Lucius."

"Only because he's a right bloody chicken," Alex said sitting up and eating the food slowly. Savoring the taste he glanced at the Death Eaters and Dark Lord watching him, "Ask your questions while I enjoy dinner."

"I was supposed to be taking you out to dinner," Severus complained slightly sitting down next to his boyfriend, "Not summon you dinner in the middle of a kidnapping."

"We're together for dinner, still counts in my book as a date, now eat," Alex ordered calmly slipping some food over to the dark eyed boy he was falling hard for.

Watching them eat for a bit Tom finally asked, "Why is it I've never even heard of you? Up until you're arrival at Hogwarts you do not seem to have existed," getting blinked at he watched as Alex set the fork down and striagthened his back.

"Now my Grandfather has kept me hidden in his Palace because I am considered weak for a Prince, as I am human," his tone was that of one Sirius and James knew as his tutor tone, "I was not suppose to ever actually leave the palace grounds with out my guards, whom for most my life were the only ones besides my family to even know my face, but a botched up ritual sent me to Hogwarts. Grandfather decided that I needed to socialize with my own kind, so as to not become too secluded and jaded in my actions towards humans."

Pausing Alex took a breath, "I am Alexander Damon, ninth Prince to the Cain Vampire Clan, and only human to live amongst them. As it is such, I am also using the time I have at Hogwarts to get contacts so in the future I may act as Embassador between Wizards and vampires for my Grandfather's Clan," taking another breath he calmly stated, "And when you're followers so kindly kidnapped me, and those under my protection, you yourself made a step in the wrong direction."

Getting a blank look he continued with, "To threaten, curse, kidnap, or harm a Prince can be declared an act of war amongst vampires, and I am the solely most protected Prince there is. So if you wish to continue discussing this war you have going, then I suggest you write a letter to me next time. Inviting me over for a conference, not have goons kidnap me," turning he looked at Lucius, "How do we get back to school?"