Title: Opacre
Author: Shades
Rating: PG – 13 with maybe some R
Summary: Harry Potter had no friends until Hogwarts…or so he thought. Darkness engulfs Harry at age 5…but not evil. This is the past, and of a secret Harry held close without knowing it…SLASH
Disclaimers: Do I need to tell you that I do not own Harry Potter or any of its characters? I do? Well, it belongs to J.K. Rowling, a wonderful author. I only own Lest Opacre, his family, and anything related to him. The rest belong to her.
Author's Notes: This will be slash. Between two boys. Not the shagging kind, all sex but feeling. Harry will be 10 when feelings of that sort come around, but nothing before that. NO NO NO! No pedophile!! No shagging in this story! Clear? No flames against that, OK? Flames against plot maybe but none of pedophile because I don't endorse that, constructive criticism and reviews welcome.
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Chapter 8
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"Happy Birthday to me, Happy Birthday to me," Harry muttered in his cupboard. "Happy Birthday, dear me, Happy Birthday to me…"
Harry sighed. It was July 31 again and it was his seventh birthday. 'Another birthday, another year,' he thought glumly. 'It's amazing how time just seems to fly by…feel like it was just yesterday that I was in Mrs. Swain's class.' Harry grinned slightly. 'One good thing about time moving fast…don't have to face her anymore…'
He sighed again and curled up in his cot, looking at the door and hoping Lest would come tonight, even though it was Friday. Lest never came on Fridays or weekends. 'It would be nice though…'
Harry marveled over how close he and the vampire had gotten over the course of 2 years. They still bickered and fought and glared and the vampire boy still annoyed Harry. 'He's almost as annoying as the Dursleys,' Harry mused. 'But not quite yet.
Overall, however, it was beginning to feel pleasant talking with someone who didn't look down on him. Lest would come almost every night and Harry would be waiting, eager to question the vampire about his kind. He was always asking questions and Lest would always grumble that he never got to ask HIS questions and call Harry Qye, his new nickname for Harry ever since he gave his the first book. Harry would then always smirk and say that it was the boy's own fault.
'Well it is,' Harry thought to himself defensively. 'If he hadn't given me those books, I would never have gotten so many questions and he could get his conversations…maybe…'
Besides Heirs to the Night, Lest also gave Harry Secrets of the Nosferatu by Kassidy Takian for his sixth birthday, and Nightwalker Truths by Ruavna Qilatene for Christmas last year. Both books were desperate attempts by Lest to answer all of Harry's questions about vampires. Sadly, the attempts were in vain and every time Lest returned, Harry was filled with more questions than ever.
Harry mused to himself. 'He's always given me gifts…and I haven't given him anything yet…why do I care that that I want to get somthing for him?' Since they met, Lest always gave Harry a gift for every occasion possible yet Harry never returned the kindness. 'Not this time though…'
Harry sighed again. 'Of course, he's not coming tonight…but it would be nice…'
"What would be nice?"
"It would be nice if Lest came tonight," Harry said distractedly. 'Course he'll never know that considering I would…HOLD IT!'
Harry jerked up, eyes widening. Lest was leaning against the cupboard's doorframe, holding a small box wrapped in dark blue paper and green ribbon. The vampire boy was looking amusedly at Harry, a smirk playing at his lips.
"Aw, Qye, I never knew you cared," Lest teased as he slipped in the cupboard and closed the door behind him. "Here was me thinking you wouldn't care if I was torn apart by werewolves…"
"I don't," Harry growled as he glared at the vampire. "And I've told you repeatedly to NOT read my mind!"
"Who says I'm going to listen?" Lest retorted. "And Happy Birthday to you too." The vampire boy handed over the covered box and settled against the cupboard wall.
The glare immediately vanished from his face and Harry happily took the gift. "Thank you." Harry then began to eagerly unwrap the box, careful to not ruin the wrapping, expecting another book.
The gift wasn't a book. It was necklace with an odd pendent on it. Harry studied the pendent curiously and saw that it had an image engraved on it of a crescent moon on its side, a silvery blue, with stars, a metallic gray, beneath it. The moon and stars seemed to twinkle in the moonlight.
Harry looked puzzledly up at the vampire. "What is this?"
Lest raised an eyebrow. "You've never seen a necklace before?" he said disbelieving.
"I know what a necklace is," Harry said, annoyed, and rolled his eyes. "I mean, what does the necklace do? Where did you get it?"
"Oh, that," Lest said casually. But Harry noticed that the vampire boy seemed to tense up a bit. "It's just a necklace that was given to me to give to someone. Thought you might like it. Doesn't do much, you just wear it."
Harry looked curiously at the vampire. "Who were you supposed to give it to?" he asked puzzled. The necklace looked extremely expensive, the chain black and smooth while the pendent looked worn with age and valuable.
"Just someone," Lest said irritably. "Do you want it or not?"
"Of course," Harry said, hurriedly putting on the necklace. "Thank you."
Lest seemed to relax and Harry pondered why the vampire appeared to be so tense tonight. Then he remembered his own gift in his panel. Harry quickly leaned over and opened it, shifting through his objects and pulled out charm bracelet.
Harry moved around a bit, uneasy, before quickly putting the bracelet in the vampire's hands. "Happy Birthday."
Lest stared, shocked to the core, at Harry. The older boy's eyes were wide and his mouth had fallen open. The vampire looked down at the bracelet. "This is…a gift…for me…from you?" Lest finally manage to choke out.
'This floor really is fascinating, I wonder why I've never given it a second notice,' Harry thought as he studied the floor. He wasn't blushing. No, it was just warm. It was summer after all, and the room was cramped with two people in it.
"Yeah…" Harry muttered. "I remember you telling me that your birthday was the same as mine and you've always given me presents and I've never returned the favor and this bracelet is supposed to bring good luck and I thought you might like it and need some so I thought that maybe you…"
"Qye," Lest interrupted.
"Hmm?" 'The floor REALLY doesn't get the attention it deserves…'
"You're rambling. Shut up. And thank you."
It was official. Harry Potter was blushing.
Lest smirked and put the bracelet on, studying it. "This thing looks really expensive…where did you get it?"
Harry tore his attention away from the interesting floor and finally met Lest's eyes. "Some odd man gave it to me when I was walking home a few days ago…" Harry muttered. "I was just walking by and the guy decided to hug me. Then he gave me the bracelet and said it would give me good luck." Harry frowned. "Then he said something really creepy."
"Oh?" Lest said, looking at Harry.
"Yeah…" Harry replied slowly. "He said, 'This charm will bring you good luck, not that you'll ever need it, eh Mr. Potter?' Then he walked away. I just stood there for a minute, kind of freaked out that this strange guy knows my name, but when I looked for him, he seemed to have vanished. And that's really strange, considering the street was empty." Harry looked thoughtfully at Lest. "What do you make of that?"
"I don't think you should call him odd, maybe he mistook you for someone else."
Harry rolled his eyes. "I think you missed the whole 'knew my name' part," he said sarcastically. "I think the guy just escaped a place with padded walls."
"Always quick to judge, aren't you Qye?" Lest replied mildly. "Might I remind you that assumptions aren't always right?"
Harry shifted guiltily around. "Well, what do you think odd is then?" he said defensively. "I mean, this strange guy suddenly give me a gift and knows my name, then vanishes on an empty street. Don't you think that's odd?"
Lest merely shrugged. "I'm just saying you shouldn't be so quick to assume things," he said lightly. "Assumptions can be dangerous for anyone."
"I'm not assuming the guy is odd. I know the guy is odd," Harry said uncomfortably.
Lest arched an eyebrow at Harry. "Well," the vampire said dryly, "one person's definition of odd could be another's definition of normalcy."
Harry thoughtfully toyed with the pendent. "Maybe," he finally said reluctantly. "I'll make sure to ask the guy if I ever see him again," He snickered.
Lest grinned and stood up, opening the door. Harry forlornly watched Lest exit of his cupboard.
"Why did you come tonight?" Harry called out just before Lest closed the door. Lest blinked at the sudden question, then smirked.
"It's your birthday," Lest grinned. "Thought I would just send my regards."
"But…you never come on Fridays…"Harry said confusedly.
Lest shrugged. "I don't," the vampire boy replied nonchalantly. "But I thought I would make an exception for you." Lest then raised an eyebrow. "Are you complaining?"
"NO!" Both were surprised by the fierceness in Harry's voice.
Lest smirked. "Aww…Qye, you DO love me," the other boy laughed.
Harry growled and threw a spider crawling around his feet at the laughing vampire. Lest's eyes widened and he yelped, ducking to avoid the flying arachnid. Harry snickered.
"Aww…" he said mockingly. "Is the big bad vampire afraid of a itsy bitsy spider?"
Lest glared at the younger boy. "Breathe a word to anyone," he growled, "and we'll see if you can fly."
Harry's quiet laughter followed the sullen vampire boy as he left the Dursley household.
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AN: Yay, two chapters in one go! I might just meet my goal! Hey…that rhymed…*muses stare at Shades* …*glares at muses and muses return to whatever they were doing* And yes, I know these two chapters were short but I PROMISE they WILL get longer…I hope…
*Lest and Draco are still tumbling about, throwing blows, and Harry is hovering over them, chewing lip*
*eye twitches* Maybe I should bring in Marylin…
REVIEWS: (*sways; faintly* I have 73…)
KawaiiWhiteWolf – I missed you last time so now you get a point cuz Shades was bad! And thank you!
Ru Av Natten – *beams* Thanks. And no, I'm making up my own vampire. How do you like so far?
Oceanic – Lest preparing to turn Harry? *blinks* Umm….*from fight* (Draco) *shouting* I knew it! You blood sucking scum! Stay away from him! (Lest) ARG! DIE MALFOY!! (Shades) *sweatdrops* Anyway…just to let you know, none of those questions will be answered in this story…maybe….but they will be in the sequel so stay tuned!
BabyPufoo – (Harry) *from fight* I am NOT CUTE FOR THE LAST TIME!!! (Shades) *muttering* Yeah you aren't…when the Voldemort shags Filch. O_o *shudders* BAD mental picture...and for Pete's sake people! Stop complimenting Lest! His ego will crush us all!! Glad you found this! Keep reading please!
callas-and-ivy – (Harry) *from fight* Thank you! *beams* (Shades) *eyes Harry* Maybe I should restrict complimenting him too…? *shakes head* Anyway, I don't think you read my first AN. points up Sorry, no kiddy slash. As you can see, Harry is growing. Slash will BEGIN at 10. But nothing big. You'll see. And you're very much welcome.
QueenStrata – WOO! Yay! Woo Hoo! You like it you like it! *sweatdrops* Sorry…had to get that out there…Anyway…glomp away! Just be careful with his ego! (Lest and Draco) We're fighting cuz he's a twat trying to take Harry! *glare at each other and resume fighting, Harry sweatdropping* (Shades) Yeah…um…reason enough? Is Lest falling for Harry? Dunno…I'll check…(Harry) *smiles and hugs back* (Lest and Draco) *glare at QS, growling* (Shades) Hugs back and keeping writing! I want more MSB and that AU for Marauder series. *pouts* Did my character make the cut?
tima – Sequel coming after this piece of junk is done! Thanks for reviewing!
Usa Yui and Usa Kou – Will answer questions in sequel...maybe some here....*beams* Thanks for reviewing! Keep reading, I will try to live up to your expectations!
Ran – (Lest) *from fight* You have no idea how much I regret it…;_; (Harry) *smiles angelically* (Shades) *shakes head* Thanks for reading! Keep reading and reviewing!
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Musou Misora - *blinks, confused* Ten? Where did you get THAT idea? I'm 14, freshman in high school. Anyway, thanks again for listening to her!
Hey! I just got new questions for points! Ahem…what's the vampire's bible called? (2 points) Who was it written by? (3 points) What's it about? (4 points)
Also, please check out the stories by my friend Aerial. She doesn't write slash, but we can ignore that flaw. *grins* If you like Harry being Voldemort's son, check out her story called Shadow Child. She also has another one that's REALLY good about Lockhart, one shot. I loved it and I LOATHE Lockhart. She also has a Tuck Everlasting fic if you like that. Ok, done with the plug.
*Lest and Draco STILL fighting but are careful not to hurt Harry, who is trying to tug them apart*
(Shades) *sighs* Those two…anyway, thanks to all my reviewers!!! *beams at all the readers* Keep checking back, this cursed thing WILL be done before 2002 is out!!!!
*goes out to help Harry placate the fighters, muttering* Honestly…