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Title: Vampire Prince
Characters: Severus Snape, Sirius Black, Harry Black, Lucius Malfoy, Remus Lupin, James Potter, Lily Potter, Julian Potter, Draco Malfoy, Blaise Zabini, Alana Emerson, Ron Weasley, Hermione Granger, Voldemort, Viktor Krum, and Simoné Zabini
Pairings: Severus/Sirius, Draco/Harry
Rating: M
Chapter: 20
Genre: Drama/Supernatural
Words per chapter: 1,197
Warnings: AU, vampires, werewolves, slash, entire vampire and werewolf social structures, politics, dark themes, confrontations, OCs, seers, character death, and whatever else comes to the mind of this demented author.
Summary: It has been two and a half years since the vampires disappeared and instituted their lockdown. Now it's over and Harry must step forward and retake his place at Hogwarts. Yet, his status as a Vampire Prince means that he'll face more danger than ever; will he and his family survive?
Notes: For those that do wonder, as a few of my friends have asked, there is still a lot social and political structure than was written into the first one.

Chapter 20

The time leading up to the Yule ball passed and it was now time for a majority of the students and all of the teachers to dress in fancy robes and dance. Harry smiled as he sat at a table with Draco, feeling glad that they were going with each other. It was a given that they would, but that hadn't stopped people from asking the duo to go with them. The only thing that they were glad about was that Pansy was at least out of their hair for the time being. That allowed them some peace and quiet, though not as much as they would have liked. Yet, they weren't thrilled with where they were sitting. They were stuck sitting at the 'head table'. It was the table where the dignitaries, headmasters of the schools, ministry employees, and the champions sat. Sure, Harry didn't socialize outside of his group much, but that didn't mean that he wanted to sit at the table and remind people of just WHO he was to the world at large.

Harry looked over at Blaise. He was thrilled with the fact that the boy was sitting at the same table. Of course, there were two reasons that he was there when other people would have assumed that he wouldn't be. The first reason was that he was basically an ambassador at the age of fourteen. The other reason was much simpler; he was Viktor's date. Blaise looked over at Harry, glad that the three of them were at least near each other. Harry gave him a smile, one that showed the strain around his eyes. Harry was someone that tried to smile and bear it when he was bored. He wasn't usually that successful. Draco turned his head and saw that Harry was looking at Blaise. He took a hold of Harry's right hand. "You know, I never realized just how boring being a dignitary is." Harry looked at him and blinked. He kind of wondered what Draco had meant by saying those words. As the person who was meant to take over his father's position as magistrate, Draco had an easier time stepping down from being considered a dignitary. However, that would change if he stayed with Harry and they truly bonded to each other. That meant that the statement that he had said was worrying. Draco saw the look pass over Harry's face at the thoughts. "Oh, I'm not saying I would break up with you. I'm just saying that it's boring. Yet, we can't always do what we want." Harry nodded in reply.

The ball continued on around them as they talked with Blaise and Viktor. The group had fun talking, though the looks that they received from those around them annoyed two of them quite a bit. Eventually, Harry just couldn't stand it any longer. He looked at Draco. "Let's go outside." He grabbed the teen's hand and dragged him out of the hall. Blaise waved to him, smirking at he did so. Harry dragged the boy all the way out of the castle and to the special garden that had been set up for the party.

Draco sighed when he noticed that they were finally away from the staring eyes. "I'm kind of glad that you grabbed me back there. I'm so tired of this stupid ball. It's almost as if the evening has determined that it will never end. I don't like that idea at all." He shuddered at the thought. A part of the problem was that Wizarding parties were different from the ones that they had grown up with. Well, they were different when it came to making sure that the children were entertained. Harry nodded after a moment. He, like Draco, had been caught up in thoughts of distaste of towards the evening not ending. Draco squeezed Harry's hand and went to say something once again, but they were suddenly grabbed. Both let out a yelp.

They turned around when the person let go of them. They were face to face with Severus. They hadn't seen the man for most of the night. Of course, he had a scowl on his face, but there were reasons for that. He couldn't leave Harry for the night. After all, his position as a teacher had meant that he was required to attend the party. Severus continued to scowl at them. That was a bit disturbing to see. He crossed his arms. "Are you two out of your minds?" He practically hissed the words instead of speaking them.

Luckily, Harry figured out what Severus was talking about. He looked down before looking at Severus again. "It was getting stuffy in there. I couldn't take much more of it. I'm fourteen-years-old, I shouldn't have to act like a dignitary yet." He crossed his arms as well. He wasn't thrilled with the idea of being forced to once again do things that he hated. He wanted to have some enjoyment in his teenage years.

Severus shook his head and let his face and body relax a bit. He knew that the look was NOT helping to make Harry listen to him. "Look, I worry. Plus, with everything that's going on, you need to let someone know where you're going. This isn't as secure an environment as I would like. The guards weren't allowed to be here. This means that it's just the teachers and myself. We already know that I can only be in so many places at once." He watched to see what Harry would say in his defence.

Harry sighed and hugged Severus. "It's like I'm under house arrest. I don't like it. I wish that I was at home. After all, I wasn't being watched to make sure that I'm okay when I sneeze there." He knew that he was being a little dramatic, but that was how he felt. He really did feel as if he couldn't do anything.

Severus hugged Harry back and held him. He continued to think of the little boy that he had helped raise after Sirius had gotten his son from James and Lily. He knew that they still had no idea that Harry was born to them, though Severus' potion had made sure that the child was Sirius' when Lily did conceive with James. It had taken more to guarantee that any traces of Lily in Harry's DNA were gone, but it had gone right otherwise. Severus shook the thoughts out of his head and held the boy. "I could try to arrange that if you would like. After all, I'm quite certain that you're bored here." Harry looked up at him and glared. He didn't truly want to go home, but he wanted more freedom than he was getting.

Draco set a hand on Harry's shoulder. "It would be better if you don't try to argue with him." Harry huffed and walked into the castle. Severus shook his head and rubbed his eyes at the behaviour. Draco gave him a strained smile and then followed Harry in. He would keep the boy's attention on something else. After all, they really did have to be careful.

A/N: Well, here we are. Another chapter, and yes there is a slight recap of the beginning of the previous story. Hope you enjoy. Later.