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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:
29
Genre
: Drama/Supernatural
Words per chapter
: 823
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
: Well, second to last chapter. As to Alana and Remus, there really is nothing to be suspicious about for those that wonder why they were whispering a few chapters ago. They were just talking about random things that students didn't need to hear. That's why it wasn't addressed.

Chapter 29

Severus carried Harry into the castle that was where the Black family had lived for centuries. Sirius saw the two come in and rushed over to Harry as quickly as he could. Severus set Harry down. Sirius pulled the boy into his arms and held him. Harry wrapped his own arms around his father. The two held onto each other. Harry was grateful that he was there.

Sirius pulled back and looked at Harry. "I was so worried about you. What happened?" He had some idea of what had happened. Moody had seen the incident, but he hadn't had a chance to get there fast enough. It had left Sirius so worried that he would have put himself in jeopardy to save Harry. A lot of people had sworn that was the minister's plan. Of course, Sirius had only listened to Severus about that. He knew that Severus' job to rescue their child. Harry shook his head in response. He didn't want to talk about it.

Severus saw that Harry didn't want to talk. However, he knew that the boy needed to. He would just start the conversation off. "Fudge kidnapped Harry and was using him to get to Voldemort." Sirius glared at that. He went to say something, but Severus cut him off. He seemed to sense what his spouse was going to say. "Fudge and the people involved are already dead. Voldemort and the Death Eaters made sure of that. Fudge seemed a little too stunned at what was happening to save himself." Sirius chuckled at that last sentence.

He then shook his head. "How did his Aurors get around the guards? That's what I want to know. It doesn't make sense." He was still holding onto Harry. He didn't want to let the boy go.

Severus shook his head as well. "The reason that he was able to do so was because they were all slipped the dead man's blood potion. Someone managed to get a hold of their vials of blood and slip it in them." The duo stared at that. Severus shook his head. "The guards that came to start their shift got the others to the hospital wing fast enough. They'll be okay."

Sirius nodded. "The others are being brought home, right?" Severus nodded in response. Severus had managed to get Blaise and Draco removed as soon as Harry was taken. That was something that normally didn't happen, but the situation had been unusual.

Harry looked at Sirius. "Is Draco all right?" It had just hit him that he hadn't even thought of Draco. He felt bad about that. He had forgotten about the man that he was dating. Sirius nodded in response.

Severus let out a breath. "We're going to be taking defensive measures. You need to get started on that, Sirius. We need to be successful in protecting our people." Sirius nodded and gestured for Severus to go do it. Severus walked off. He would make sure that everything was done correctly.

Harry looked at him. "Are we going to be doing that lockdown thing again?" He didn't mind doing that. He just wasn't sure if separating them from the rest of the world was a good idea.

Sirius shook his head. "No, we're not going into lockdown. We're doing a defensive measure. The ministry has declared war. They'll try to come into our land. I won't allow that. I won't go after them, but I will make sure our people are protected. They might never show up. However, I won't take that chance." Harry nodded. It made sense. Yet, it didn't take long for another thought into come to his mind.

Harry didn't like the thought that had entered his mind. "I don't want to lose you." He knew that Sirius had lost his father in a war that had been against another clan. The loss of both kings had caused both clans to stop their fighting. It had ended with the new kings signing a peace treaty, which wasn't very common. Yet, Harry felt that there was a chance that the past could repeat itself to an extent. This had to do with the fact that it was unlikely that the ministry would ever sign a peace treaty with the Veranuci.

Sirius hugged him. "I'm not doing what my father did. I'm making sure that we're safe. I'm not going out to war." Harry nodded. Draco then walked in with Lucius and a couple of guards. Harry saw Draco come in and threw himself at the blonde. Draco caught him and held him. The two hugged each other.

Harry laid his head on Draco's shoulder. "I love you, Draco." The words fell from his mouth before his mind could even think them.

Draco smiled and continued to hold Harry. "I love you too, Harry." The two looked at each other and smiled. It was a soft moment, which was exactly what they needed.

A/N: Well, there's the second to last chapter. Just the epilogue left. I hope that you enjoyed. Later.