Title: Rushing, Forever. (Chapter One)

Author: P.L.S

Contact: ptwentyfour@yahoo.com

Summery: VALOR challenge response. Harry seems to finally find a peace as a vampire, until the public finds out. . . running, hiding, helping others who are in need; his life is suddenly filled by hate and fear when the Ministry takes down the protections and declare Open Season on all Dark creatures, with a hefty bounty for the supposedly strongest vampire ever created, Harry Potter.

Rating: (Changes with the chapter)- Ten years and up.

Disclaimer: Is this even needed? Is it? I own very little in this thing. What I do own is fair game for the rest of you. Don't sue me, I won't sue you.

Note: I guess in this chapter I will start going through various places, all over the world to show you just how badly Harry's turning impacted everyone. Pay attention, Time, Dates, and Places will be given, and characters introduced. Lots of info on Dark creatures. This is where the war starts.


(3:54 am 22/12/06- Tallahassee, Florida, United States)

Samuel was a bright man, he knew the signs when he saw them, he could read the paper after all. He was rereading the same article in the evening paper for the fiftieth time, he just couldn't understand it. They just don't do things like that! he said to himself as he finished the paper.

According to the paper the North American Yeti, and the werewolves were attacking at random, killing families on vacations, and slaughtering without care. Samuel was an assistant professor for magizooology at Florida State University, he specialized in the American Dark creatures, the only one now at the school. He knew the yeti and the werewolves, they didn't kill unless provoked, and no guarantee then too. The yeti preferred to sleep and eat in the Pacific Northwest, they kept away from humans as much as they could. Werewolves rarely had that luxury, as they were human as well as wolf. Most lived in hick towns in the south or hidden away in Canada or Mexico, there they were left alone and yet still could get supplies and the human interaction they needed.

Those yeti certainly wouldn't be attacking in Upstate New York! Something was wrong, very wrong. It was like those conspiracy theories that were all over the web, the government was doing alien experiments, something called the Men In Black really ran the world, there were invisible assassins who killed those who got too close to the truth. They were all far fetched sounding when you were drinking a few beers with some friends and surfing the web between porn tapes and football games on a Sunday afternoon, but now it was real. It started with England, and their ban on Dark magic, Sam was sure of it.

The rest of the world had just nodded in understanding when the English government announced the ban, the new punishments, and the bounties for the supposed leaders of the new Dark Council. Voldemort had left the country in tatters twice, both times stopped by the same person, once as an infant, once as a guy who was just collage age. Harry Potter becoming a vampire had been a shock, but as soon as it was confirmed that he was indeed a Dark creature as well as his admission the prior year that he was skilled at Dark magic, the world started to shun the Dark. It was slowly creeping along, a conversation on how evil the Dark was, a school banning books and spells, boycotts on stores that supplied Dark things or books. Nothing major, unless you had a friend who was a sociology minor. Will, the sociology minor, pointed out that this was how Hitler got his start, and this was why the African Americans were persecuted. It was enough for this clique to start questioning everything in the media and to start a web page dedicated to the Dark side of magic, and to the saving of it.

Logging on, he checked the guest book of the page. Everyday more and more were finding it. While most were amused muggles, it attracted muggles who had wizards in the family or as friends, and it attracted the Dark wizards and creatures of the internet.

I'm sort of new to the internet, but with all the computers here in the Village and with the muggles and muggleborns here, I had to check this out. Thanks for telling what you know to be true. We really aren't evil.

-- h_youngmore@dmnet.org

My friends have been raving about this site since they learned that a mouse was not just a rodent for snakes to eat. I just had to see what the fuss was about. Great job on the whole stat page on attacks and kills for us werewolves. Maybe we should start a petition to get Harry Potter to do an interview, he's basically the Dark Lord now.

-- fgsavins@dmnet.org

You are INSANE!!! Everyone knows magic is FAKE!!!

-- (none given)

Trippy man... :) You put a ton of work into this. You must be a true fan. What books you goin off of, or is this all imagination?

-- bouncingbeen87@hotmail.com

*Blink, blink* are these stats right? I thought vampires killed a lot more than that. And what about dementors and lethifolds? More info please.

-- wand_waving_witch@freemail.com

thE MaD buNnIes Are aftEr Me!1!111!

-- kawaiikatie@sailormoon.org

Great work for a bunch of young humans. Are you going to open a chat room soon so us Darkies can tell our side of this twisted farce called the truth?

-- bitterfang@dragon_egg_traders.com

Spiffing! I love the dragon pics, who drew them? They are so realistic.

-- (none given)

More of the funny creatures. Please.

-- gokus_lover@dbzmail.com

Oh! Wow you guys are serious? Why don't I ever see the Dragons?

-- gokus_lover@dbzmail.com

I guess I'm a muggle. I want to be magical! How do you guys get to have magic and I don't?

-- gokus_lover@dbzmail.com

That Harry Potter petition mentioned earlier sounds like a great idea! As always nifty job, boys! More info on that ban on Aurgury Eggs... I have a pet Aurgury and she is just the sweetest thing, why did those prats in the MoM reclassify them? The Death Omen crap?

-- gwendolyn_d_great_1@yahoo.au

My friend is typing this for me, so the errors are hers. I just wanted to say that while you do a wonderful job at keeping the populous informed on slightly more correct news of the attacks, history, and the like, you could be even more active in the fight to save creatures like my kind. Would you be opposed to acting as a signal board for us? Evil times are coming fast. The e-mail is my friend's but anything you send will be forwarded to me and my nest.

--tharkings@euromail.ru

Sam stopped. An offer to actively help? Then there was that Harry Potter interview idea, what if they could really help stop the turn of events? Sam copy and pasted the four posts that he felt were important and wrote an e-mail that explained his ideas to his friends and co-creators of Dark Truths- What the Really Numbers Say About Dark Magic.

Hey, as you can see we are getting the hardcore ones to visit. Tharkings is what is really catching my attention. If this is real just imagine all the good we could do by letting them use us. We just expanded, but obviously we need more to keep up with demand and to accommodate everyone who uses us. A chat room for users would be a great idea, think that one guy was a goblin? Sure sounds gruff enough. Werewolves, wizards, muggles, we are getting them all. One of the posts mentioned a village, do you think they really do live in small villages now? I wouldn't be surprised. As for the HP interview that was requested, any ideas? It sounds fun.

--Sam is Wise.

Sam hit the send button and went to the toilet. When he came back, all five of his friends had responded.

Brill! Getting Harry Potter, current Dark Lord and Imperial Vampire Alpha, to do an interview would be better than the chat room idea, which I'm working on as you read this. By noon we should have that up, I'll moderate if you can take over the Big, Bad, and Deadly page. Keeping that thing updated is more your thing anyway. Goblin man was right, we do need a way for the Dark people to tell their side of things. Maybe we should warn them on giving info, if they are living in villages they are probably under enchantments and cloaking spells. One slip of the tongue to the wrong person, and we'd be indirectly responsible for the death of a town of people. I'll keep an eye out and could you ask Tharkings about adding to the staff from the Darks? This place is going to need 24/7 care after I add the chat room, the message boards, and other interactive things.

-- Ken is Wiser

I'm nervous. Sure I want to help. But we need to devote more time to this now. Ken is putting up chat, but I told him it was dangerous for the Dark people. I hope he is willing to loose a few nights sleep until we add to the staff. HP interview? Find him first. He vanished as soon as the bounty went up.

-- Lost In Thought, Jason

Help him! I'm all about taking action man! We can more than be their Signal Fire. I'll start working on heavier encryption for that chat that Ken is doing. I don't want hackers getting the ISP's or anything of the Darks. As for Potter, go for it dude. Maybe Jason will know something.

-- Hero Man! (you know me as Jack.)

Potter sighting in South America! I'd start there. I'm busy tracking that DADA book, for more dementor info, but it seems it was sold to a J. Dervish guy. Why is it that way with any helpful book that I need. Dervish must have had a soft spot for DADA texts or he is prepping for this upcoming war. And yes I will continue to assume war is coming. Two reliable reasons- history. No more needs to be said. I'm a seer and you know it.

-- Rick

Be careful. There are bills on the fast track on the national level starting to do the same as England. You are being watched by the dean and board as well, Sam. Your sympathy for Dark creatures is getting around and next semester they are voting to get rid of the Dark classes, namely yours and mine.

--Will

Sam frowned as he read the last e-mail. FSU was shutting down the Dark classes? Everything was moving quickly, too quickly. They did research and figured on another two or three years before the US entered the anti-Dark listings. It was downright shameful that the US was even thinking about getting rid of Dark magic like that, after all it was Dark wizards who first came from Europe to seek freedom. Whatever happened to the freedom that was always boasted about by the politicians? It wasn't fair to anyone. Dark magic was important!

Argh! This isn't good timing! Sam yelled, frustrated. He was just twelve credit hours from his doctorate too. He had his thesis written since he decided that Dark creatures were his calling, it was The Life Cycle of the Nochtae spectria' better known as a ghoul, boggart, lethifold, or dementor, depending on the stage of life.

Each of the first three stages had a characteristic that seemed to vanish until the dementor stage was hit. The ghoul had a definite shape, with the ability to glide and a like of humans, it was the first stage, or baby. The boggart seemed to feed on fear and would shape change after it found the target's worst fear, it was stage number two or a cub. The lethifold fed on humans, and could change the enviroment's characteristics so that it could get to it's prey. The adult form, the dementor, had a definite shape, could read' the fears of the target and bring them to the present for the victim, it could change the environment to hunt, and it only preyed on human souls. Generally speaking it took fifty to sixty years for a newborn ghoul to become a dementor, but Sam used a Time-Quickener charm on the newly hatched ghoul he procured for his research.

It took five years for the ghoul to finally reach the dementor transformation. The ghoul stage was the longest, from twenty-five to thirty-five years long. In that time he found that ghouls like humans because that is when they learn the human languages, habits, and psyches. That was the stage that determined how deadly the fully grown dementor would be. If the ghoul was taken in as a family pet, it would grow to be the worst kind of dementor, spirit hungry. Luckily, it would also be protective over the ones who took it in and those people had nothing to fear from it.

The boggart stage was the shortest, and most dangerous for the creature. It was too easy to kill a boggart, and so it lasted from six months to a year. Just long enough to master pulling memories from humans and feeding on the emotions. The lethifold then lasted about thirty years, it was a nomadic stage as well. It was uniquely suited to stowing away or traveling via water, and that was why they were found in more wetlands, rivers, or tropical areas than the other stages. It was perhaps the stage that Sam found to be the most interesting, it was then when the creature became almost immortal and impervious to must spells. Only a Patronus of someone who has never tasted Darkness could kill it, but most Patroni could get a lethifold to back off or run away. It was amazing the way they seemed to shape shift but never really, they controlled the shadows and light.

Sam's, well, book was the most groundbreaking and complete of it's kind and now he was never going to be able to share it with the world. It was a major let down. Then the idea struck him. Logging back into his site, he started to redo the Dark creatures pages, all his essays, research projects, first hand encounters, and his book went up at seven am. At seven fifteen he had a new e-mail.

To: s_jankins@hotmail.com
From: dark_n_happy@yahoo.com
Re: Thanks.
So you really do care.
I'll think about the interview.
Until then we are watching over all six of you.
Be careful.
-- HJP


( 5:03 am, 02/03/07- Greenwater Project Building Site, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico)

Draco Malfoy was not a happy man, he was wet, dirty, bug-bitten, and tired in every possible way. He still had no clue why Hermione said that this had to be the spot for the center of the Neoteric Masking Wards. It was a place crawling with bugs the size of dragons and diseased children running around begging for alms, not that Draco cared one bit about the urchins who fouled up the place.

The worst part was the muggles of this village knew about Dark magic and welcomed almost any Dark wizard or sentient creature in for dinner and entertainment. Draco really didn't like that because it meant he couldn't hex the damned rodents. How in the world did Potter think that the muggles were more than useful? They lived in poverty. Draco scratched his Dark mark, the thing that now bound him to Potter's will, just like the rest of the Death Eaters, Chimera Children who were the descendants of the followers of Grindelwald, and the Gorgons who were the female descendants of the female followers of Morgana. They all were bound by Dark marks to the Dark Lord, even if he was being an idiot like Potter was and not taking the power by the reigns. But Draco did have to admit, being able to say no to his master was nice and Potter seemed to like for everyone to have free will and a say in how things were getting done. Which was why Draco was here, even if he was regretting it now.

Draco stumbled into his makeshift shower and let the ice water pour down then he soaped up and got out as soon as he was drenched again. Wrapping up in his fluffy robe he made his way to the bed he shared with his wife, and from the looks of it his daughter as well. Pulling on his pajama pants Draco slipped into bed and grinned as he fell asleep with his Silver Bell hugging him in her sleep. As long as he had his wife, Renee, and his two year old daughter, Belinda, with him, Draco really was happy at heart. Even if he was sunburned, sweaty, covered in bug bites, and trekking through mud every day to find the perfect center of the magic here.

It was something that no one could have pictured for the arrogant and marked Dark wizard, and it wouldn't have happened if not for Harry Potter getting Dark magic outlawed.

(12:56 pm, 11/02/07, Angel of Mercy Mission, northern Chile)

'Samuel Jankins, Kenneth Pizzolla, Jason Masters, Ricardo Garsia, William Underwood, Jackson Higgs, all six are being watched like bugs under glass, sir. With the publication of both Jankins's work with Dark creatures and Underwood's work with Dark languages they have been moved up on their government's hot list. Just yesterday Higgs and Garsia published a joint work that explained Dark nature vs. Evil intention, it was too good and all six were expelled from school. No one will touch them as far as work goes, but they are still maintaining the web site, and make sure that none of us give too much information in the chat room, they screen every message.' that' s all of Mr. Gringers's message. Should we make a move and offer more protection or funding to them? Asked Hermione to the Council Circle. Griphook, the head goblin of the North American operations stood.

I have been funding then from my personal stores, their web site is valuable as an educational tool. At least fifty witches and wizards have changed their minds about the evils of Dark. Jankins and Underwood have had to give up on getting their doctorates, even though they were one semester away. They need an award, and to be taken in. The goblin said forcefully to the rest and he sat down before anyone could say anything.

Where would they stay? How could they still work on the web site if we moved them into hiding? asked Janus the eldest of the Vampires, I understand how important of a tool the internet is, but it is too easy for others to trace. The Americans are catching on to our networks, even if the rest of the anti-Dark countries don't. They won't sit on that egg for long, if the reports are correct about their changing laws. An outbreak of quiet comments erupted and Harry sighed. He didn't sleep anymore, his time was so filled that sleep was last on his to-do-lists. As a vampire, he could do this to himself, but only if he fed every other day, as opposed to the every three days he would have to feed if he did sleep a minimum of six hours a day. Even with the regular feedings, not sleeping wore a vampire out, and Harry couldn't feed regularly. He tried to feed when he could so if he fed every other day he was happy, today was his fifth without feeding. He was ready to drop into a nice long week of sleep, but he couldn't. It was only his will that kept him going. But that did nothing for the migraine he had for two days, and the fact that even if he could understand what was going on, it all sounded like an echo to him. He couldn't even focus his eyes as well anymore.

We need a new version of the net. Harry muttered as he closed his eyes. The room was silent, listening as Harry rambled on, thinking aloud, Magic reinforced firewalls and encryption, ancient Egyptian and Cuneiform codes, linked to a few servers of the WWW, but very controlled. God, I don't have that knowledge yet. The codes alone could take decades to workout, but they would be unbreakable like the dynamic temple curses. no one bothered to tell Harry he was spacing out, they had seen him do this before and each one knew why, the guy was only a fledgling vampire but he ran around the world acting like a super hero. Of course this was not by his choice, he was always just in the right place at the right time, or he was the only one who could do half the things he did.

They also took notes on everything he said at this time because it was when he seemed to channel some sort of genius, or it was the time when he let his inner scholar come out, Financing this will be a pain, but we have seventeen countries looking to advance, give them access to it, and it will create jobs in the places we put the servers and offices of the controllers, and operators. Muggles can be recruited for some of those jobs. Chad is out of the muggle and magical news, so are most African countries. We'll need a server in every Dark country, a router for every five Dark villages. . .mm. . . yawn, I need to start feeding again. . . Enervate! Harry woke from his daze with the half-muttered spell. That was another thing that they all had seen but were still not used to, his casting of spells wandless and in his sleep, as they were really needed.

Potter, you need to sleep or feed. Janus scolded. Harry sighed.

I know, I know. I just seem to run out of time. Harry waved his hand dissuasively, Could someone tell those guys who run the Dark Truths web site that I'd be happy to meet them when and where they want. I'll give them the interview then bring them to Blackbeard's Cove, it has internet connections routed through eight places and then the encryption is massive on most of the places it runs through. It should be adequate until I can find something else. Harry smiled at the oldest vampire who crossed his arms and glared, willing Harry to go feed. A goblin was typing on his laptop, sending the message via e-mail. Computers had become to goblins what wands were to wizards and now any goblin who had any importance at all had at least a PDA. if not a laptop, with them at all times. It was the best part about Harry wanting muggle interaction for everyone, the integration of lifestyles. Ever since he saw how integrated the Americans were, he wanted to do a better job than they did with no secrets, no hiding, and no lies.

So far it was working wonders in the third world countries and in the second world countries like Romania, Cuba, and West African coastal nations. In most the governments would ignore whatever the Dark peoples did as long as they would answer questions when asked, the Dark people didn't go overboard with some activities like vampire, dementor, and lethifold feedings, and they traded openly with the country in question. It gave everyone a home to escape to, which was needed now more than ever.

(11:36 pm 15/02/06- Tallahassee, Florida, United States)

Harry was lounging on Sam's couch with Jack, Rick, and Ken, drinking beer and watching the newest Girls Gone Wild'. Sam was sleeping in his room, Will was slumped in a beat-up Lay-Z-Boy, and Jason was finishing the edits, coding, and uploading of Harry's interview. It was on film as well as in a script format and it had gone very well, seeing as how all of them were somewhat drunk and at least half of them were currently watching amazed as a teenaged girl was doing something that shouldn't be anatomically possible.

Man, I wish I could find a girl like her, hot and twistable. Ken said as he took another gulp of beer. Harry noted that Ken was starting to slur a bit.

Nah, she'd dump you fer yer bro. said the very southern and not twenty-one Rick. He was slurring words a little bit too. Ken and Jack laughed.

Yup. She would. Wonder if she gives head? Jack said. Harry shrugged.

No clue, but you could talk her into it, if that was any indication. He said with a slight grin. Jason came over sat on the floor with his beer and handed a packet of papers to Harry.

What's this? Harry asked.

The written version of the interview. Thought you might like it for your records, keep track of stuff like this. Besides it's kind of funny in parts. Jason grinned up at him then turned to watch as two more girls joined the first. Harry drained the beer, he knew he really shouldn't be drinking, but alcohol still had the same wonderful effects as it did when he was human, even if it was really cheap yankee beer. Beer wasn't supposed to be this cold, but at this point Harry didn't care. They watched until the tape ended and Jason turned off the TV and went to Sam's study/guest room to sleep.

So when we leaving for the pirate's cove place? asked the now very drunk sounding Ken. Harry closed his eyes.

Sooner or later. I'm not sure yet. Can you get off of the sofa? I kind of want to go to bed. Ken and Jack got up and pulled the now sleeping Rick up and dumped him onto his cot. Harry removed the cushions and then pulled out the folding bed. He fell face down onto the lumpy mattress and immediately fell asleep, as soon as Ken was about to take out his wand the lights clicked out and he noticed that the shadows were moving. Dismissing it as the alcohol he fell asleep.

It wasn't until two weeks later Harry awoke again. In that time a few wizards had visited and so did a few Dark creatures. Harry woke as the last wizard was about to leave, it was Draco and his small family.

Yawn! That was nice. Hey, Malfoy! Harry called out as he saw the back of Draco's head. The wizard turned and glared at Harry.

About damned time you woke up, Potter. Draco sneered, Belinda jumped out of her mother's arms and ran and jumped onto Harry.

'Arry! Mama, arry wake naw. Ca' we stay? I wanna pway wi' she asked giving her parents the cutest puppy dog eyes. Sam, who was the only one there at the time, laughed.

You're too cute Belinda. Sam said as he gave her a big grin. Turning to Draco and Renee, Sam said, Go ahead, I got to run out to go get some food. Stay catch Harry up to speed. You folks are staying for dinner whether you want to or not. before either could protest Sam pushed them inside and left. Draco sputtered for a few seconds until Renee's laughter brought him back to his senses.

That Sam is such a nice guy. Glad to see there are nice, bright young men like him. she said, Draco sighed.

You'd get bored, Renee. You like me evil. Draco said as he transfigured the Lay-Z-Boy into a stylish Louis IVX armchair Renee sat on the bed cross-legged pulling the rambunctious toddler onto her lap. Belinda seemed to think Harry was a good replica of a climbing mountain.

Well, what is going on? asked Harry scooting back so he could sit against the sofa's back. Draco frowned.

We lost MacDuff Run, Yellow Flower, and the English Naga camps. The United Kingdom is fully lost to us. We also lost two French villages and Blauburg. There were no survivors of any of the attacks, we had no warning. West Europe is uniting against us, most of East Europe as well. The Canadians and States fully outlawed Dark magic and are stamping out Dark creatures as well, there is public outcry, but those who protest are being taken into custody under charges of being Dark or using Dark magic. Harry was in shock, he was gaping at Draco who looked very regretful.

Okay, what you really need to worry about is the Nagas. They are howling for full out war on the Brits. said the Canadian-born witch. Harry nodded.

I would be too. I am. The war is officially justified. Those were school villages, and those camps were celebrating the birthing of a hundred new eggs. Children. I swore we would never attack first, but this is provocation. Has the Council asked for anything of me? Harry asked. He wiped away a tear of blood that escaped.

They want you to declare war on the whole of the united European Light countries. That's everyone but the Slavic nations, who are Dark. All the European villages that are in officially Light countries are being abandoned and burned down. We have even moved all the creatures and spirits. Draco looked Harry in the eyes, This is the worst case scenario that we've been getting ready for. You will have to become the full Dark Emperor to save Darkness, to save the world really. You have time, but be ready. Draco warned him. Harry scowled, he hated to be reminded that he was the reason for all this as well as the one who was going to have to finish it. If he had just recognized what Theo was doing. . .

That was just wishful and pointless thinking though. Belinda was almost on his head, I have more important things to do than worry about the past,' thought Harry, Like making sure Belinda has a future. And Travis and the rest of the children, as well.'

--To Be Continued. . .