Part Five: Subtle Surrender
**Harry**
A strange sense of knowledge suffused my brain. I motioned for Severus to stop talking, and stood up. I turned towards the desk and began to speak quietly, but I seemed to take over the room. "What strange things befall us, children of the moon. We roam the darkness safely, daughters of the night, and we walk the day, brothers of the sun. We are older than the oldest gods, and we can live forever. We are wellsprings of magic. We have traveled the universe, from one end to another. We can tell you the truths behind the oldest of the myths and legends. We can converse with the animals, the humans, and the gods, speak and understand the language of any creature, known and unknown, living and extinct. We can raise the dead and kill the living. We are vampyre."
Then, just as suddenly, Severus joined in. "We are the oldest and the wisest, and we can teach you many things. Our people lived here ere the dawn of time. We are people of the morning, and children of the night. No one can kill us. We are vampyre."
Harry again, "We are students of the universe, and we can travel great distances to do many things. We learned how to speak in the dawning, fly in the noontime, and learn in the twilight. We learned magic at the moonrise, and travel in the midnight. We learned to master the elements at the moonset. We were the first of the thinking beings, and we will be the last."
Severus spoke again, as if replying. "When there is nothing else in the universe, we will be the last to leave, sweeping up and locking the door behind us as we go."
A powerful wave of ancient magic washed through the room, and rushed away, before returning and pouring into the two men standing. Their eyes grew wide at the well of sheer power they felt within them and within each other. A beautiful woman's voice filled the room, and it was at once a sound, a taste, a feeling, a vision, and a memory. It was not of humanity, but of the vampyre kind, as all three of the men in the room knew. "You have done well, my children. You have accepted within your heart of hearts and soul of souls. Things will be faster and easier from here. For both of you"
The two men left the room, leaving a bewildered Dumbledore behind.
**Harry**
A strange sense of knowledge suffused my brain. I motioned for Severus to stop talking, and stood up. I turned towards the desk and began to speak quietly, but I seemed to take over the room. "What strange things befall us, children of the moon. We roam the darkness safely, daughters of the night, and we walk the day, brothers of the sun. We are older than the oldest gods, and we can live forever. We are wellsprings of magic. We have traveled the universe, from one end to another. We can tell you the truths behind the oldest of the myths and legends. We can converse with the animals, the humans, and the gods, speak and understand the language of any creature, known and unknown, living and extinct. We can raise the dead and kill the living. We are vampyre."
Then, just as suddenly, Severus joined in. "We are the oldest and the wisest, and we can teach you many things. Our people lived here ere the dawn of time. We are people of the morning, and children of the night. No one can kill us. We are vampyre."
Harry again, "We are students of the universe, and we can travel great distances to do many things. We learned how to speak in the dawning, fly in the noontime, and learn in the twilight. We learned magic at the moonrise, and travel in the midnight. We learned to master the elements at the moonset. We were the first of the thinking beings, and we will be the last."
Severus spoke again, as if replying. "When there is nothing else in the universe, we will be the last to leave, sweeping up and locking the door behind us as we go."
A powerful wave of ancient magic washed through the room, and rushed away, before returning and pouring into the two men standing. Their eyes grew wide at the well of sheer power they felt within them and within each other. A beautiful woman's voice filled the room, and it was at once a sound, a taste, a feeling, a vision, and a memory. It was not of humanity, but of the vampyre kind, as all three of the men in the room knew. "You have done well, my children. You have accepted within your heart of hearts and soul of souls. Things will be faster and easier from here. For both of you"
The two men left the room, leaving a bewildered Dumbledore behind.