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Authors Note: Sorry that this is short, but I hope you like it.

Authors Note2: Thanks to my wonderful betas Tabitha and Lexi-formerly Katy999

-Chapter Twelve-

Harry and Severus just stared at the Old Vampire standing in the door grinning at them.

 "Bet you didn't expect to see me here, now did you?" Ignatus asked them, and the two of them shook their heads. "How about we discuss this inside? I really don't want some Fledgling to overhear this because you're too shocked to move." The small insult got both the Slayer and the Vampire to move and they entered the house.

The only word that could describe the house was 'Sirius'. It was clear that the man had been on the loose. The walls were coloured in all the hues of the rainbow, with the colours changing constantly. The few pictures on the walls showed scenes where the Marauders stood together – Peter was hexed off. They showed Harry, Ron and Hermione in their schooldays and after, a couple of pictures with Sirius and Remus, but mostly the pictures showed Slytherins being subjected to pranks or embarrassed. The pictures involving Malfoy Sr. and Severus were enlarged and took up half the wall.

Harry shook his head but smiled, while Severus snorted at the pictures, muttering something about typical Gryffindor behaviour.

 "Ignatus, who's at the door?" Remus' voice came from the kitchen.

 "Harry and Severus."

 "Oh, ok… WHAT?" There was a frantic scraping of chairs and hurried footsteps coming towards them, and both Sirius and Remus showed up a second later.

 "Harry!" Sirius threw himself at his godson and knocked Harry to the floor while nearly choking him to death.

 "Elegant as always, Black." Severus said. Harry was having trouble breathing, and a well-placed insult could always get the mutt to let go of whatever he was holding.

Sirius jumped to his feet. "What the bloody hell are you doing here, Snape?" he sneered.

 "I'm accompanying Harry here. Because of the Commander at the HQ's, the two of us ended up as partners on this little mission. As a matter of fact, that's why we're here." The Potion Master turned to Ignatus. "Did you tell them anything at all?"
 

 "Yes, well, as much as I know. How else was I to gain their trust?"

Remus stepped into the conversation. "Why don't we take this to the living room?" he suggested. "I'm sure we all have plenty to talk about, and the corridor isn't exactly the right place to do so. You're welcome to stay as long as you need, Severus." He deliberately used the Vampire's first name. It sent a clear message to Sirius: 'Protest and die, shut up and live'.

Sirius growled but led Severus and Harry into the living room. This was a room where Remus had refused Sirius the joy of decorating, and the room looked relatively normal had it not been for the odd wizard knickknacks placed around the room. Harry sat down in the sofa and Severus sat down beside him, much to Sirius's great displeasure. Therefore, the animagus took the chair that was closest to Harry's other side and started to engage his godson into a conversation about killing Vampires and how many ways you could kill a day-walking Vampire.

 "Can I offer the two of you something?" Remus asked Harry and Sev. "Tea? Soda? Something to snack on?"

 "No thanks, Moony," Harry replied ignoring the death glares Severus and Sirius sent each other. "I'd rather get this over with as soon as possible and then go to bed, this day has been hell."

 "I don't doubt it with Snape around." Sirius muttered.

 "All right," Remus and Ignatus sat down in the two remaining chairs, pointedly ignoring Sirius. "Let's hear it then."

Harry sighed and started to tell them what had happened since Ignatus had disappeared. When he was finished, the Old Vampire looked thoughtful and a bit sad, and Remus looked just thoughtful while Sirius really didn't know what to think. It had not registered with him yet that his godson and his number one enemy were bonded. But it was starting to and his face was beginning to do an impressive imitation of a beetroot. Remus saw this and quickly and discreetly cast a Protective Charm around Severus and Harry.

To their great surprise Sirius stood up. "Excuse me for a minute." He bit out and quickly walked out of the room closing the door after him. A second later they could hear him shout from the corridor and swear enough to make a sailor blush, in several languages.

Harry cringed but smiled at the werewolf. "You taught him well."

"Someone had to," Remus chuckled. "I threatened with dog obedience school if he didn't behave."

"That comment is worthy of a Slytherin." Severus chuckled.

"Yes, well, I learned from the best," the werewolf said.

At that moment Sirius came back in. He still looked immensely pissed off, but did not try to hex Snape to hell and back, so they supposed that it was a good development. The animagus sat down in his chair and took a deep breath; then he turned to Harry.

"I don't like it, I don't want to hear about it, and I certainly don't want to see it." Harry cringed and the others tensed at these words. "But…" damn, there was a 'but'. "But I will try to accept it though it might take a great amount of time."

 "That's all I can ask of you, Sirius," Harry said after he had managed to put himself back together. The fact that his godfather had not started to rant and rave and do something unforgivable was a shock to everyone present.

 "Good," Sirius said. "At least you're not with that stupid Mark Augustyn anymore, that brat was worse than Lockhart and Moody put together," he mumbled but everyone heard it.

Harry chuckled along with Remus, but Severus turned to Ignatus. "Why don't you tell us what you are doing here? And how the hell did you get away from that band of Vampires?"

 "Well, getting away was pretty easy," Ignatus replied calmly. "All I had to do was to set them on fire, and they weren't exactly strong, nor were they fast. They were most likely Fledglings."

 "And what are you doing here of all places?" Harry repeated Sev's question.

 "Offering my help to these two fine gentlemen."

 "Yeah, right, and Malfoy loves Muggles."

 "You didn't let me finish, Harry; I'm offering my help to Sirius and Remus so they can figure out a way to get you inside Hogwarts. The sooner the better."

 "But how did you know that we were going to end up here?" Severus asked.

 "Simple logic. In the end you two would have gone to either the Weasleys or these two for help, and I have Vampires watching all of them."

 "You seem to be a big influence in the Vampiric world."

 "I am."

Harry stepped in before Severus could start a fight. "Ok, so what do we do now?"

 "Sirius and I have been going over your options," Remus replied. "And the only way you can get into Hogwarts is through the Forbidden Forest; the Death Eaters count it as a natural hindrance since no sane person would try to go through it."

 "Exactly." Sev mumbled.

 "So what do you suggest?" Harry asked after having elbowed his… mate, he supposed, in the ribs.

 "You need to become animagi." Sirius grinned. "And before you start protesting, let me finish. Me and Moony here – with the help of the Weasley twins – have invented a special potion for the Order. It gives you your animagi form within seconds and you won't have to turn one limb at the time. All you have to do after taking it is to research your animal and practice to run, jump, attack, walk, etc, in your animal form, which shouldn't take more than a week – less if you learn fast."

 "You sure it will be safe?"

 "Yeah, why do you ask?"

 "You two plotting together with Fred and George is never a good omen."

 "Why thank you!"

 "I am surrounded by imbeciles."

 "Shut up Sev, this can actually help us. No one would look twice at a couple of animals." Harry said to the Vampire.

 "That depends on what animals we're going to become." Severus bit back.

 "Whatever. Have you tested this potion before?" Harry asked his godfather.

 "Nope, you're the first."

 "Oh, good god. Now I'm scared."

Remus swatted at the ex-convict. "Sirius, play nice!" then he turned to Harry. "Don't worry, the potion has been tested on several people, and nothing happened to them." Harry still looked slightly worried, but then a huge yawn forced its way to the surface. Remus stood up at once, offering to show them to their bedroom.

Harry gratefully accepted. "I'll see you tomorrow, Sirius."

 "And I'll see you tomorrow night," Ignatus stood up as well. "I have things to do, people to visit." He winked to Harry, said a polite goodbye to Remus and Sirius, and disappeared.

 "I wish he'd stop doing that." Sirius muttered, then he hugged his godson. "Scream if he hurts you," he told him.

 "I think there's gonna be a lot of screaming involved anyways." Harry replied cheekily.

Sirius growled and stalked out of the room. "I'm not going to kill him. I'm not going to kill him. I'm not going to kill him." They could hear him muttering until a door closed.

The werewolf shook his head and started to lead them through the house and to their room. "I'm sorry about Sirius, but you know how he is. Anyways, here's the guestroom. Mine's at the next floor and Sirius' is one floor down. If you need anything just yell and a House Elf will pop up. Oh, and try not to break the bed," the man added before closing the door after him.

 "Remus has a very dirty mind." Harry observed.

 "But he's right." Severus nibbled at the younger man's ear. "By the time I'm finished with you," he whispered in a tone that just spoke of sex, "you won't know what's up and what's down."

In the next second Harry found himself naked and flat on his back on the bed, with Severus standing over him. "How do you do that?" Harry asked. He had never seen a Vampire move that fast, not even an Old Vampire.

 "A secret of mine." The immortal replied and attacked.

If it hadn't been for the fact that Remus had locked him in and taken his wand, Sirius would have stormed up to Harry and Severus' room more than once during the night. The worst thing was that the couple had either forgotten Silencing Spells or they had been broken, and the animagus wasn't too happy being woken up in the middle of the night by screaming.

And as for Harry, he discovered that you hadn't experienced what sex was until you had done it with a Vampire. By the time morning came he was completely exhausted yet more satisfied than ever, his body deliciously heavy. He could feel Severus spooning up around him, hugging him close and nuzzling the back of his neck. Harry sighed happily and let sleep claim him, knowing that the Vampire was far from sated.

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