Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter and never will. The series and characters belong to the brilliant mind of JKRowling, and I do not make any money off of this.

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:
28
Genre
: Drama/Supernatural
Words per chapter
: 1,268
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 28

Harry groaned as consciousness returned to him. He tried to move his limbs, though it didn't take him long to find out that he was unable to do so. He pulled at what was stopping him. He opened his eyes and looked up. His hands were bound above his head by ropes that were reinforced against Vampire strength. He struggled against them. Yet, his still awakening mind had already determined that it was useless. He then heard a noise and looked towards the sound. In front of him stood Cornelius Fudge, the Minister of Magic. Harry couldn't help the glare that spread across his face. Harry knew that the man was pompous. He also knew that the only reason that Fudge hadn't declared war on the Veranuci was because he couldn't get away with it.

Harry tried not to growl as he looked at the minister. "What do you think you're doing?" He knew that he couldn't use his status as a prince to any effect. Of course, that was because Fudge didn't like to answer to anyone that was technically higher than him. It was a well-known fact that he despised anyone that was considered in the realm of royalty. He had made it known to certain individuals. However, it hadn't remained a secret very long.

Fudge smirked at Harry. The look was odd on his face. It looked completely out of place for the man. "We're doing what we can to stop this war. I've heard that You-Know-Who would find you enticing. After all, your people are abominations like him. I bet that he'll leave us alone if I hand you to him." Fudge chuckled. It was almost as if the man had thought that he had some awesome plan. "In fact, I'm certain that he would do away with you. That would be best. It would be the end to a line of monsters." Harry glared darkly at the man. He knew that it was unlikely that Voldemort would want him in the way that Fudge seemed to believe.

Harry snorted at the thoughts that went through his head. He decided to tell Fudge what he was thinking. "You know, this is strictly against the terms that were set in the ministry neutrality contract that the Veranuci signed." He shook his head. He knew that he should be struggling, but the sight of Fudge had calmed him down. It had allowed him to realize that he couldn't get free right then. He had to think, which was hard when one was panicking. He knew that someone would eventually come. He had to wait for his time.

Fudge laughed again at the thought of what Harry had said. The man really was an arrogant idiot. "Well, we went with it in order to get you. After all, you're the Prince. That means that removing you will make things so much easier. We know that he wants your people. That makes you the best bargaining chip." That startled Harry. He started struggling once again. He didn't like what was going on. He knew that he would be in danger if he didn't get away. It was no longer a point of waiting until someone came. It was about getting away before the insane Dark Lord arrived. Fudge shook his head at Harry's struggling. "You're welcome to struggle, but it's useless. I made sure that you couldn't get away. I didn't like how hard it was to get you. Aurors, punish him." The Aurors that were in the room began to move at Fudge's order.

Harry screamed as one of them hit him with a cutting hex. So many people thought that vampires couldn't feel pain. That wasn't true. Another cast a mild pain curse on him. He screamed and continued to struggle. They cast spell after spell on him to try and make him succumb to them. Yet, the door flew open before more than a few minutes had passed. The Aurors turned around and pointed their wand at the intruder.

In walked Voldemort. The man was gaunt and snake-like in appearance. Luckily, the only good thing about his appearance was that he still had a head full of black hair. Yet, he had an air of darkness that seemed to cover him. It blurred most of what people would see. That made it easier to focus on the dark aura of the man. He chuckled at the Aurors. "Well, I would stop damaging my property. You seemed to be quite certain that he is mine." He cast banishing hexes that flung the men into the walls of the room.

Fudge stepped forward and ignored Harry. Harry was still in pain from the few spells that had been cast. His eyes were half-lidded, but he watched what he could. He was able to understand it on some level, though his mind was a little lost. Fudge gestured at nothing. "I knew that you would come." He then yelled an unintelligible noise. More Aurors filed into the room. Harry stared. He knew what he was seeing. The man had used him as bait to try and get to the Dark Lord. In fact, he had probably planned to make sure that his death looked like it was at the hands of Voldemort.

Yet, it didn't seem as if the number of Aurors that Fudge had wanted had come into the room. The man had finished waiting and started making a noise. Voldemort laughed at the confused look on Fudge's face. "You won't see more then the ones that are here. They've already been taken care of. These ones hadn't been gotten to yet." He then gestured towards the door. Death Eaters rushed into the room and started killing the stunned Aurors.

Harry started struggling once again. He could feel that the wall that he was attached to had started to shift. A section fell to the side of him and let in moonlight. Another Auror was blasted into the wall opposite of him. The wall fell and moonlight came directly into the room and landed on Harry. Voldemort looked at him as the Death Eaters made a path for their lord. He started walking towards Harry. "Now, let's do what I've wanted to do for a while." Harry went to say something. Voldemort reached out to touch him. Harry didn't know what it was, but he felt a type of energy leave him. A silvery shield formed around him and kept Voldemort from touching him.

Suddenly, guards that Harry knew to be his rushed in. They had been slowly working their way through the Ministry to reach their prince. The guards dove into the throng of Death Eaters. They used swords, knives, and wands to kill the Death Eaters. They were doing what they could to get to their prince and keep Voldemort from harming him. In fact, they saw the Dark Lord try to touch Harry. Voldemort went to go at the shield, but a huge blast hurled him through the open wall.

Severus rushed into the room. Harry's eyes fell onto the man that he still called papa. The shield fell right as his eyes met Severus'. Severus rushed towards him and undid the ties by hand. Harry fell into his arms. Severus held onto the teen. Severus held onto Harry. "We're going to take you home." He turned to see Voldemort apparate off. The man had obviously not expected the vampires to show up. Severus motioned to the guards. They all left. They had gotten what they had come for. That was what was important.

A/N: Well, here's the third to last chapter. Two more and the story is finished. Later.