Son of The Dark Lord Chapter 9

Matthias woke up to the smell of pancakes, bacon, and everything that smelled like a good breakfast. He groaned and rubbed at his eyes as he rolled over. He blinked sleepily at the figure sitting at the small table beside his bed. "H-harry?"

"Yep." Harry gave him a warm smile. "Sit up here and eat." Matthias sat up slowly and stared. "Matthias, come on over. I won't bite." Matthias blinked and his eyes traveled up Harry's slim neck to rest on two small puncture wounds.

"Did I.?" Harry touched the small wounds and nodded. "I'm sorry." Harry smiled.

"It's okay. Now get over here and eat." Matthias stood up and stretched before joining Harry at the small table. Matthias dug into the stack of pancakes as Harry watched with a small smile. "Better?" Matthias nodded and pushed the plate away when he finished.

"Thank you. Listen, I'm sorry about last night. And I'm sorry I didn't tell you about my father before. I just didn't know what I wanted, what I should do. I meant to tell you, I really did." Harry stood up and walked over to Matthias. He knelt down so they were eye to eye.

"Matthias, it's all right. I know that you would never hurt me, and I'm the one that should be apologizing. I kicked you out before you could defend yourself. Before you could explain." Harry slipped his arms around Matthias's waist and Matthias's head dropped to his shoulder. "It's okay. I forgive you, and I hope you can forgive me as well."

"Harry." Matthias's shoulders began to shake and he brought his arms up to hug Harry. "I forgive you too, I love you!" Harry smiled and buried his face in Matthias's hair. Soon, Matthias stopped sobbing and pulled away from Harry.

"I have classes in.twenty minutes. Want to come?"

"Sure." Harry grinned and stood up. "I'll just get dressed." Harry nodded and waited outside the door for Matthias to throw on some clothes.

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"Matthias!" Matthias let out a small whimper and Hermione ran over to him and enveloped him in a big hug. "We were worried about you!" Matthias grinned sheepishly as Harry pushed Hermione off of him.

"Hands off my guy Herms." Hermione squealed in delight.

"You made up?! That's great!" She rushed off to her seat to tell Ron.

"Sometimes, she can be such a girl! Come on. Let's get a seat near them." Harry and Matthias took a seat two spaces behind Hermione and Ron. Harry took out a piece of parchment, a quill, and his wand. Matthias leaned his head on his desk as the rest of the students filed in, followed by the teacher.

"Good morning class. Today we will be taking notes on." Matthias tuned the teacher out and turned his head to look at Harry. Harry watched the teacher with bored eyes. "You there! What's your name?" Matthias's head jerked up. The teacher was staring at him. Apparently it was a substitute.

"Uhm..Matthias."

"Well Matthias. Would you please explain as to why you are not paying attention?" Matthias bit his bottom lip.

"Because I don't have to?" The teacher narrowed her eyes. "I'm not a student here. I'm just staying with my uncle and I wanted to spend some time with my bo.my friend."

"If you are not going to do work in this class, then leave." Matthias pouted. "NOW!"

"Professor, Matthias stays with me. He just got here yesterday and he'll get lost if you send him out." Matthias glared at Hermione. The teacher sighed.

"Just for today then. Now, where were we?"

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"I don't like that woman." Ron exclaimed as everyone sat down for lunch. "She's nasty." Matthias plopped onto Harry's lap and began eating off his plate.

"She smells bad." Matthias commented as Harry whacked the back of his head lightly. "Hey! She does.I can still smell her. Oh wait, that's because she's standing right." Matthias paled.

"Matthias, am I correct?" Harry turned to see their Sub-Professor standing behind them with a glare on her face. Matthias nodded meekly. "Come with me." Matthias slid off of Harry's lap and followed her down the hall dejectedly, nose wrinkled.

"You know that what you said is rude, whether you meant for me to hear it or not." Matthias followed her into her office.

"I didn't mean to be rude..but..I'm half vampire."

"I DON'T CARE WHAT YOU ARE!" Matthias jumped. "You still need to be punished. Back in my day they used to bend you over their knee and give you good hard spanks." Matthias backed up.

"That isn't allowed here.." The woman sneered. Matthias took off for the door, but was pulled back by the Professor.

"Oh no you don't!" She pulled him to her desk and threw him on it. She whispered a spell and vines quickly grabbed a hold of Matthias's flailing arms and legs. "You are going to take your punishment like a man."

"No! This is illegal! I'll have my father kill you for this!" The woman merely cackled and ripped Matthias's robes open. She unbuckled his pants and pulled them down before tearing his shirt up the back.

"This will teach you to obey your elders and NOT. TO. DISRESPECT. THEM!" Matthias howled as something connected with his butt. He turned his head and saw a leather whip in her hand before the vines forced his head down onto the desk. Hard. He felt his nose crush and blood flowed.

"N-no!" The whip fell onto him again, and again, never ceasing. "P-p- pleash.s-shtop!" He felt the woman pull away. The vines suddenly released him and Matthias slid to the floor sobbing. The woman raised her whip again and slashed him good, right across his face.

"That will teach you you insolent whelp!" She huffed and disappeared into the back room. Matthias pulled his pants up and covered himself with his robe. He tore out of the room as the woman came out with a small jar. "DID I SAY YOU COULD LEAVE?!?"

"HARRY!" Matthias flew down steps, around corners, then back up steps and around more corners until he came to a dead end. He slid to the floor sobbing as he heard the woman panting around the corner. "Harry.please.help.."

"There you are whelp! How dare you run from me?!" Matthias cowered against the wall.



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Harry looked up from his plate as Matthias's voice flew into his head. He blinked and suddenly felt as if the whole world was falling apart. "Something's wrong." He stood up and dashed out of the Great Hall followed closely by Ron and Hermione. "We have to find Matthias."

"Why? What's wrong?"

"He's in trouble." They raced down to the sub-Professors office, only to find it empty. "Something's not right."

"Why? What do you..Harry!" Harry took off at a run, eyes glued to the ground. Hermione looked down as well. "Oh my god! That's blood!" They followed the trail through several halls before they came to a stop at a dead end. "Oh my god." There, standing in front of them, was their substitute Professor. Whip in hand and standing over a blood stained Matthias.

"MATTHIAS! GET AWAY FROM HIM YOU STUPID BITCH!" Harry pushed past the Professor, who turned to flee.

"Stupefy!" Hermione stunned the professor. "We aren't done with you!" She hissed and joined Harry and Ron by Matthias's side.

"Shhhh.It's okay now Matthias. I'm here. She wont hurt you again. Shhhh.." Harry had Matthias in his lap and was rocking him gently. "Go get help Herms." Hermione nodded and flew off in search of help. "It's okay Matthias, I wont let her hurt you."

Hermione returned minutes later with Professor McGonagall and Madam Pomfrey. "Oh dear! Here, let me take him." Pomfrey levitated Matthias and started out to the hospital wing.

"I knew I didn't like her." McGonagall nodded at the Professor. "I'll take her to Dumbledore. You go with your friend. Dumbledore will want your side of the story though, so stick around."

"Of course Professor."

TBC

Wow, I'm going pretty good. Bet you didn't expect an evil substitute Professor now did u? *cackles*