Earth September first 1993 Hogwarts.
It was a fresh new year and the students were chatting and eating at their house tables. At the head table sat Albus and he was deep in thought. 'Well it has been two years since I have tried to locate the Potter brat. I have looked in the book of names last year and saw that Harry Potter was crossed out and replaced by the name Haraldor Stormbreath.' There is no magical or muggle last name of stormbreath and that was odd to Albus and a hindrance to keep in the good graces of the elder Potters. Last year Charlous figured out what was attacking students and destroyed one of Tom's soul containers. The boy boasted about killing the basilisk with the sword of Gryffindor. That made people forget that the boy was average and just a prat.
The only thing that spoiled the start of this year was the fact that Peter Pettagrew escaped azkaban and was planning to find his master. Albus knew that the rat would find his master and they will try to get Harry. Next year Albus is able to host the triwizard tournament which will force Haraldor from wherever he is hiding out in the world. All Albus had to do was wait one more school year before he can set his plan in motion to sacrifice the boy and have a puppet under his control defeat Tom. It's for the greater good of the wizarding world.
Back on Nirn
Haraldor and Serana left fort dawnguard and went to the one place Harkon will not look for his wife at. The castle. It didn't take long to get there and they went through an old service area to reach the gardens that Harkon blocked access to from inside the castle. They solved the puzzle of the missing pieces on a moon dial which caused a secret passageway to open up to them. Serana, not knowing to expect, told Haraldor that they needed to be careful. In the passageway there were a bunch of undead and a few gargoyles sprinkled in here and there but eventually they made it to Serana's mother's lab where they have been for a good while searching for her journal. "You know Serana your mother may have a bunch of undead and gargoyles guarding this place but the best defence she has is trying to find her journal." Haraldor joked as he looked at every book on a bookcase. "Well I have to give you that. We have been searching for hours now." Serana said as she look near the alchemy table. Eventually Haraldor found the blasted book.
Once he found it he handed it to Serana for her to read it. "Apparently my mother found a way to open a portal to a plane called the Soul Cairn. It also gives a list of things that are needed to open the portal. We have everything here except one ingredient which is her blood. We wouldn't be here if we had that." Serana sighed as she set the book down and slumped in a chair. "Well Serana we might not need her blood to open the portal because you are of her blood as well as your father's blood. Let's get the things necessary to get the portal opened." Haraldor said while getting the necessary things in the bowl that are going to be used in the ritual. "Oh yeah Serana your mother must have been deep in necromancy if she was able to even find a way to that place. Necromancers bargain with the Deadra of that plane to get more power but those deals always end up biting the necromancer's ass in the end." Haraldor chatted to Serana as she got up there with a knife in her hand ready to cut herself on the palm of her hand. "Yeah she was interested in alchemy and necromancy which was odd for her to be interested in that since vampires are powerful with the necromantic spells." Serana spoke as she cut her hand and let a few drops of blood fall on the mix of ingredients which caused the circle in the center of the room to start moving and forming into a floating staircase that leads to a purple portal.
"Well this looks interesting. Well no time to wait here and gaze at the thing." Haraldor said as he walked down the stairs towards the portal but before he made it to the thing it felt like something was draining his life force and magika away. Quickly Haraldor back tracked. "Well that was unpleasant. Why don't you try to approach the portal Serana." Haraldor said as he felt his life energy return to him. "Yeah that did look painful to you. I will try the portal myself." Serana said as Haraldor gave a half hearted glare. "Yeah go ahead laugh at me for being drained of my life." Haraldor said while rolling his eyes as Serana walked to the point where Haraldor started having his energy stolen away at. "I don't feel any drain on my life or magicka." Serana told Haraldor who's eyes opened wide in realization. "I know why it does that to me and not you. You're undead and I am living and no living creature entered the Soul Cairn unless their soul is soul trapped by someone else and sent down there." Haraldor said at the realization of this predicament. "So your saying the only two ways for you to come down there with me to find my mother is either if you're soul trapped or you become undead without dying first." Serana said and got a mournful face and continued "I can use a spell that acts like a soul trap but I don't think it is reversible and it weakens the person significantly. The other option is if I turn you… With your permission first!" Serana added when she saw Haraldor's raised eyebrow to the second option. "So I have two choices: become a vampire lord or be significantly weakened. Well I need time to think on this and need to talk with Isran about this and weigh the outcomes.
They read that the portal would not close if Serana didn't wish it to close so they left it open and made their way back to Fort Dawnguard and met with Isran who also had news for them. The journey took two months since the journey was well known now by Haraldor plus having a horse helps get places faster. When they entered the fort they saw an old man in grey robes with a blind fold over his eyes. "Well hello can I know who you are and why you have a blindfold over your eyes?" Haraldor asked the man "Oh hello I haven't seem to meet you before. My name is Dexion Evicus, a moth priest from the imperial tower. The reason I have a blindfold on my eyes is because in my rush to read an Elder Scroll that your leader Isran had after some of you guys saved me from some vampires made me blind." Dexion said to the questions. "Well my name is Haraldor Stormbreath nice to meet you Dexion and sorry about the fact you went blind. I hope you have a good day sir." Haraldor said said leaving Dexion to find Isran. The two people found him with a figure all in dragon bone armor with his helmet off and resting on the table. "Well well well look what came here. The famed dragon hunter, defeater of Alduin the world eater, and the bloody nord who spent a night in my camp. Good to see you, Sitttheim and glad you are helping." Sitttheim looked up his straw colored hair whipping about until he set his eyes on Haraldor. "Isran I didn't know you knew this crazy mage and he was a part of your organization. Good to see you as well spark breath." Sitttheim said causing him to laugh.
Isran looked between the two and said "So you two know each other then good to know that. Haraldor the dragon born came to help us out and brought back the moth priest and killed a good amount of vampires when doing that as well." Isran said with a glad look on his face at that last part. "So did you find her mother? Also we learned that we need two more Elder Scrolls to learn the full prosophy that our moth priest went blind reading." Isran asked and informed the two new people in the room. "Well yes Isran we did find out where she went but the problem is that she went to the Soul Cairn and I couldn't enter it without being undead or severely weakened which could make me useless and frail." Haraldor reported to Isran. Serana piped up next "Well the other option we have thought of doing was turning Haraldor into a vampire lord. I was willing to do it if he agreed with it." Isran thought over it for a bit then spoke "Well I think that there was a mage in Morthal that can cure vampirism. So if you can turn him then go to that mage to be cured after your adventure in the soul cairn to find her mother." Isran said and Serana next spoke saying "Isran I am sure that my mother may have one of the other Elder Scrolls we need or might know the location. Also I do not turn the unwilling so know that I won't bite anyone here or out there because I live off of a special potion that mimics blood for vampires." "Um just to cut into this lovely chat that you two wonderful people have but I have a question for you Isran would that mage be named Falion by chance?" Sitttheim asked Isran. "Yes that's the name of the mage, why do you ask?" Isran replied.
"Well Falion can't cure vampirism like people say he can. All he does is make it go away for a few months but eventually they are back to being a vampire again." Sitttheim said to the two and Isran was stuck at that statement. It took arguing for three whole hours before Isran said "Haraldor my friend you have been with us since the start of this fight against these vampires and it pains me to let this happen to you but if you must become a vampire to end this threat then I will allow it." Haraldor responded with "I know Isran that it is hard for you to say that but it is necessary to win this fight. We will still be friends and I will refuse to ever hurt anyone when I become a vampire and would still hunt and slay them. Also look at the bright side, you will have a spy deep inside their covens now." That last part was there to cheer up the man who was very reluctant. "Well Haraldor you will be our loremaster and spymaster in the Dawnguard and you are still a part of it besides the fact that you will become what you fight." Isran said, sounding less unhappy about this turn of events. Haraldor turned to Serana and said "I agree to be turned by you Serana." With a nod and tilting of Haraldor's head there was a flash of speed and unbearable pain flooding Haraldor's body after Serana's fangs sunk into his neck and soon Haraldor blacked out.
When Haraldor opened his eyes and looked around he saw that he was laid on a cot and his armor was placed next to him on a table nearby. The first thing he noticed was that his skin was as white as snow, the second thing was that he felt stronger physically and powerfully magically, the last change he felt was that in his mouth were two sharp fangs. Caught up in his observations Haraldor didn't notice that he wasn't alone anymore until he heard someone clear their voice. Haraldor turned to see Isran, Serana, and Sitttheim standing next to each other watching him. "So now I am a vampire." Haraldor plainly stated which Serana corrected "Your a vampire lord because I am a daughter of Cold Harbor, the most pure type of vampire." That shocked with that statement because his research on vampires said that Children of Cold Harbor are always female and were turned like the first ever vampire. Which was degrading to any female to endure and understood why she didn't want to turn people without their consent.
"Haraldor I will teach you how to use all your powers of being a vampire lord but first here." Serana said handing him a potion that was red like blood and she gestured him to drink it which he did and despite the bitter taste of the potion it seemed to fill him and banished the feeling of being thirsty that was a new sensation. When he drank it she left for the two other people could talk. "Well Haraldor, how do you feel right now?" Isran asked him. "Well Isran I feel like myself and that nothing really changed about me except feeling stronger, faster, and more powerful magically. But I am still the Haraldor you know from when I first came here." Isran was glad to hear that his friend was still the same person and let Sitttheim talk with Haraldor and left to do other duties around the fort.
Sitttheim pulled up a chair and sat next to Haraldor. "Sitttheim is it true that you seen Sovngarde and defeated the world eater there?" Haraldor asked the man who replied "Ah yes I have seen the halls and field my ancestors now reside and freed it from the net the wyrm set on it so he could eat the souls of the fallen. I entered there through a portal high in the Velothi Mountains and the only way to that barrow is on the wings of a dova my friend." Sitttheim told Haraldor that because he knew that Haraldor wanted to see that land after death but couldn't now since he became a vampire. "Do you think after all of this is done you can take me there so I can see the halls of Shor?" Halador asked after a while. "I don't know Haraldor but I will try but now you should get dressed so that you and Serana and talk with her mother. I have a certain orc to talk with at the college to grab the Elder Scroll needed from there that I gave him." Sitttheim said which caused Haraldor to laugh "Oh good luck little dragon because Urag would soon burn the place down before letting someone take an Elder Scroll that was given as his charge from him!!!" Haraldor was close to tears after he said that and had quickly donned his armor and grabbed his gear and looked for Serana.
Eventually they left and Haraldor stopped by his Manner to chat with his wife and family for it was coming up on his youngest two children's birthday and he didn't want to miss it because they were celebrating their first birthday. Haraldor and Serana managed to make it and stayed at the Manner. When Brelyna saw Haraldor and Serana come in she was angry thinking that he was cheating on her with Serana. Haraldor brought his errated wife and Serana down into the basement Haraldor explained. "Brelyna this is Serana the vampire I helped return home from being trapped in a crypt for centuries. Serana this is Brelyna my wife and mother of my children. Serana is traveling with me so that we can find her mother who may have the location of an Elder Scroll needed in a pair of three to tell a whole prophecy that the vampires are interested as well. She gave us one that she had when she was in the crypt." Brelyna calmed down now that she heard that Haraldor was just helping Serana and the Dawnguard and not cheating on her. "So would you like to explain why you are as pale as fallen snow Haraldor?" She finally asked him. "Well Brelyna the place that Serana's mother is located is in the Soul Cairn which if you remember from our lesions at the college no living creature can enter it unless they were soul trapped and severely weakened. Serana with the permission of myself and Isran agreed to turn me. There is no cure for this Brelyna and I am the same man you cornered and basically told to marry you." Haraldor explained. It took a while until everything was explained. They celebrated the twin's birthday and gave gifts to all three of his children. They stayed a week and told Brelyna that it might take a another two years before they can rest in peace.
They made their way to the Castle and went through the same entrance to the lab as before and were standing before the portal. "Well Serana this is it time to go down there and find your mother." Haraldor said at which Serana nodded and walked through it. "Here we go!" Haraldor muttered before he too entered the Soul Cairn.
Authors note: well hello my readers I know that this chapter doesn't have much action in it and is mainly about traveling but hey you have to get through these things before we can have those cool parts. Hey just to say this Haraldor will have more moments with his family after the whole Vampire arc is over which will happen in a couple of chapters. I also don't like the fact the formatting of my story became off for some reason when I put space between each paragraph. I am glad to announce that I have started on the task of rewriting the stories that started my journey on fanfiction that feels like so long ago to me. Any of my old followers from then thank you for sticking with me and to Ak632612, OCansino, StarDustDragonknight, Matheus Bezerra de Lima, and Dakotafogarty I am glad you like the story and you have great ideas. I have to say that it would be interesting for you guys to see what my plan is to bring Harry, his friends, and family to the HP universe. It does revolve around the goblet of fire to summon them but it won't be because of going through any portals. Also again sorry for the millionth time about the huge walls of text that were last chapter and possibly a few other one but they got messed up in the transition between writing and posting some how. Any ways apparently 101 people like this story and 142 follow it. That was surprising and I found out that it has been like that for a bit now sorry to who ever was the 100th person to like this and the 100th person to follow I would have shouted you out but I missed that chance. Well anyways guys til next we meet Toodles!!!!!!
Quick edit: I fucking corrected the spacing issue!!!!!! No giant blob of text though on the phone it still looks like it with my long paragraphs! Can't fix everything.