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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: 25
Genre: Drama/Supernatural
Words per chapter: 923
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 25

The three teenager vampires were sitting in the library attempting to study among their peers. Well, that's what it would look like to everyone else. That wasn't what they were really doing. Harry held onto Draco's hand, making sure to keep the gesture underneath their table. He had a lot of things that were on his mind. Some of those things were what they had been talking about. Of course, it was expected that he would have so many thoughts. Yet, that didn't mean that they had to enjoy them.

Harry rubbed his eyes with his free hand. "I know that the ministry is up to something." He sighed. "It adds so much stress to the amount that we already have. I don't like where any of this is going. It's becoming ridiculous." Draco pulled his hand from Harry's and put his arm around the younger teen. Harry let him. He was trying to clear the thoughts out of his mind.

Draco sighed as well. "To add to the ridiculousness, I did learn some new things that I have yet to share with all of you. I've spoken with Viktor Krum recently. It appears as if everything that has happened to us is also affecting the Durmstrang students. Apparently they're looking at pulling out of the competition because of what's happened. I know that it's likely a way for Karkaroff to make us look at him positively, but I can see how it would still cause problems for them. The only good thing is that Viktor being a vampire means that he's not bound to the magical contract that was enacted. However, that's not true for the other students that are participating in the tournament." Blaise tilted his head to the side. Harry looked at Draco and appeared to be thinking about what the blonde had said.

Blaise noticed the look on Harry's face and decided that it was time for him to speak up on what his own thoughts were about. "It definitely is a good thing that we're immune to the magic that wizards like to weave into their contracts. It allows us to follow or break them as we please. The only problem is trying to hide that fact from the wizards. They wouldn't like learning that we're not bound by their rules. Plus, they wouldn't like that Viktor Krum is a vampire." Harry nodded in agreement and frowned.

Harry sighed. "It's a good thing that he's not bound to compete because of that. It's just a fact that could reveal some things that the wizards should never be privy to." The group looked around and then stood up. It was time for them to be going. They didn't need to interact more than was necessary. They could see that some other students were coming in. They were the kind of students that liked to harass the three teens.

Harry took a step and ended up having to lean into Draco. Draco snaked an arm around Harry and held onto him. He could see that Harry was dizzy. It was obvious from the way that the young man was leaning against him. He waved his free hand and Blaise stopped. They waited to see what was going to happen. Blaise took a good look at Harry and his face went white. Harry had gone so pale that he didn't even look alive for a vampire. Draco saw the look and began to try and find the guards. Harry finally groaned.

Draco shifted and decided that it was better to do something else. He picked Harry up into his arms. Harry leaned against him, though it wasn't like he had much of a choice. He didn't want to land on the ground. Someone came out of the shadows a moment later. Both Blaise and Draco were on guard at the sight of the person. It was Pansy that had come out. They hadn't seen her around of late. In fact, they had thought that she was gone for good. It appeared as if that wasn't the case. Blaise glared at her. Pansy gave them a smile. Draco glared in return. "What did you do?"

She stepped closer. Draco took a step back. She continued to smile as if he hadn't moved away from her. "I just made sure that the interfering abomination was put out of our way." It was as soon as those words were said that a guard showed up. He had been watching the proceedings, but he had known that they had to make sure that Pansy had been the one that did the deed. It wouldn't have been good otherwise. Her eyes were wide as she turned around. They hadn't been able to do anything to her the previous time that she had been caught. They had been forced to turn her into the ministry for what she had done. However, it was obvious that the ministry had only released her. She struggled against the person. Luckily, they would be able to keep Pansy this time. They weren't required to turn her over to the ministry for this second attack.

Draco looked down at Harry and saw that the boy had lost consciousness. Draco's eyes widened at that. He then looked at Blaise. They both nodded and rushed off. They had to get Harry to the hospital wing. He was unconscious. That meant that whatever Pansy had done wasn't going to be good. Their only hope was that it wouldn't do too much damage to their prince.

A/N: Well, here we are. The chapter. Hope that you all enjoyed. Later.