"RENEGADE"
A/N: I'M SO SORRY IT'S TAKEN ME FOREVER FOR THIS CHAPTER GUYS. I HAVE EXAMS, BUT AFTER THIS WEEK I'LL BE DONE UNTIL AUGUST! WHOO-HOO!!! SORRY...ANYWAYS, LOTS OF INFORMATION IN THIS CHAPTER. MAKE SURE YOU GET IT ALL. AND BY THE WAY, I HAVE A NEW STORY, BUT IT'S UNDER A DIFFERENT PEN NAME. THE PEN NAME IS "Liveley" AND THE FIC IS "Padfoot Prohibited: A list of things Sirius L. Black is no longer allowed to do or say at Hogwarts." LONG TITLE, I KNOW. ANYWAYS, I WAS JUST TRYING SOMETHING DIFFERENT, SO CHECK IT OUT AND TELL ME WHAT YOU THINK.
Disclaimer: Sad to say, I don't own Sirius Black. If I did, I would not have killed off the closest thing Harry had to a father because he's been through enough bullshit already in his life!
Random Thoughts: These are just like my little bit of inspiration or humor that I put at the beginning of every chapter I write. I don't know why, I just like to do it. They aren't meant to fit with the chapter or anything.
This chapter's random thought: "Do you still want death or have you tasted it enough?" ~Lestat, Interview With The Vampire
Chapter 9 - Interview With A Vampire
Sirius tensed visably and choked, "You're a vampire?"
Raven nodded coolly.
Sirius shook his head. "But there aren't even any vampires left! There was this whole big fiasco at the ministry like twenty years ago, about vampires being hunted to extinction."
"Almost to extinction. I never understood exactly how the ministry could be sure they'd gotten them all. Some were asleep. They're very rare in Europe now. There are quite a few more in America."
"Raven, you don't even have fangs," said Sirius as his eyes wandered to her teeth just to make sure.
"I don't grow fangs unless I thirst for blood. I don't thirst for blood unless I forget to take my potion every 24 hours."
"What potion?"
"The wolfsbane potion. It was developed as a cure for lycans, but when they found out it only made their symptoms less severe, they tried it on vampires. Vampires and lycans..." she trailed off as she noticed Sirius' obviously confused expression. "What?"
"Lycans...?"
"Werewolves. Vampires and *werewolves* are very similar creatures. Basically the only difference is that werewolves are affected by moon cycles while vampires can change at any time. And lycans are uglier."
"Hey! My best friend is a...lycan or whatever you call it. So you take the potion and then what?"
"If I take the potion, I'm normal; I can't turn into a vampire. Vampires without the potion are victims to the smell of blood. If they see or smell blood, the vampire in them takes over and who knows what they could do. If I take the potion, I can be in the sunlight, I can eat regular food, I can have a reflection, all that kind of stuff."
"Can you eat garlic?"
Raven laughed. "I'm actually quite fond of garlic. The garlic thing is bullshit, as well as the holy water, and the crucifixes and so on. Almost all of that stuff is bullshit. Pretty much the only thing that can kill a vampire is a stake through the heart or continuous direct sunlight."
"So how old were you when you were bitten?"
"Nineteen."
"And then you came here?"
Raven nodded. "With my cousin, Josh."
"What about your parents?"
"They were killed," she said, with no expression whatsoever on her face.
Sirius' eyes widened and he leaned forward. "By...who?" he asked, his eyes brimming with sympathy.
"By the same thing who killed your two best friends," Raven responded blandly.
"What?" screeched Sirius. "Voldemort killed your parents?"
She nodded.
"Raven, what's your last name?"
"McKinnon."
Sirius practically fell backwards off of the couch. "Nick and Marlene McKinnon? Jesus Christ! They were in The Order."
"Yeah, I know."
"Were you bitten before or after they died?"
"After."
"Well how?"
"I was all depressed and I met a cute guy who said he knew how I felt. Next thing I know, I'm a vampire and Death Eaters are following me everywhere I go and--"
Sirius interrupted her, "Death Eaters? Oh my God, why?"
"So they could all be immortal like their master. Voldemort was trying to find out what makes vampires immortal so he could use it on his Death Eaters and be undefeatable."
"How did he know you were a vampire though?" asked Sirius.
"Well, the vampire I met was in knockturn alley. One of the Death Eaters saw him bite me and when he was finished, he left me. There's sort of a transition period right after you're bitten before you become a vampire, and I was weak, so the Death Eater took me somewhere."
"To Voldemort?" asked Sirius in amazement.
"Voldemort was already gone. This was like almost seven years ago. But I guess the guy still wanted to be immortal, or maybe he'd been trying to find a vampire since his master was defeated and he stumbled across me."
Sirius' voice softened, "Did he hurt you?"
Raven smiled, "We didn't get that far."
"What does that mean?"
"Well, he asked me a few questions and cut my wrist and started to fill a vial with my blood. But vampires heal very quickly, so the cut kept closing on him, which made me realize what I was and it's like my instinct took over. I saw the blood and grew fangs. He raised his wand, so I took one step out of the way and I was suddenly on the other side of the room. I could teleport."
"Teleport? Like apparate?" asked Sirius.
"Teleport. The ministry can't trace it, like apparating, or they'd know where all the vampires were. Besides, teleporting isn't disappearing from one place and reappearing in another; it's more like speeding up time. As long as you can see where you want to go, you can teleport to it in a matter of seconds. It's like running really fast, only faster."
Sirius shook his head. "I'm getting a headache."
"Don't think much, do you?" she teased.
Sirius smiled at the joke. "So then you escaped and came here?"
"Well, I went to Josh's house and told him what happened and he said I should get out of town. He brought me here and I've been here ever since. I like it here now, or I would go back."
"You like being cut off from the world?" asked Sirius.
"Your best friend is a lycan, right? I'm sure he's told you how hard it is being what he is. You try to hide it, but people find out and then it all blows up in your face. It's better here. No one asks me questions I don't feel like answering." She put on a smile and kicked Sirius lightly with the foot she had resting on the couch. "Then you came along."
"Oh don't give me that. You're relieved."
"Relieved of what?"
"Relieved that I know and I'm not freaked out or scared of you."
"You're not scared of me? You haven't seen me as a vampire, Sirius. You'd be scared."
"I would not! I'm not scared of werewolves, and vampires don't bite dogs, do they?"
"Not unless they're desperate," she teased.
"So what about your friend over there, does she know?" Sirius gestured out the window.
"Jordan? She's my one and only friend, of course she knows."
Sirius frowned and scoffed. "Your only friend?"
"You sure you wanna be my friend?"
"If that's your best offer," he said in an undertone.
"What was that, Mr. Black?" asked Raven, although she had heard what he said.
The two of them just looked into each others eyes for a minute or two until Lily jumped up, purring between them.
A/N: HOPE YOU LIKED IT. I HAD THIS CHAPTER ALMOST FINISHED AND THEN I REALIZED A FLAW, SO I HAD TO GO FIX IT. IF SOMETHING DOESN'T MAKE SENSE, IT MAY BE BECAUSE I MISSED SOMETHING, SO LET ME KNOW. PLEASE REVIEW! LUV YA!
A/N: I'M SO SORRY IT'S TAKEN ME FOREVER FOR THIS CHAPTER GUYS. I HAVE EXAMS, BUT AFTER THIS WEEK I'LL BE DONE UNTIL AUGUST! WHOO-HOO!!! SORRY...ANYWAYS, LOTS OF INFORMATION IN THIS CHAPTER. MAKE SURE YOU GET IT ALL. AND BY THE WAY, I HAVE A NEW STORY, BUT IT'S UNDER A DIFFERENT PEN NAME. THE PEN NAME IS "Liveley" AND THE FIC IS "Padfoot Prohibited: A list of things Sirius L. Black is no longer allowed to do or say at Hogwarts." LONG TITLE, I KNOW. ANYWAYS, I WAS JUST TRYING SOMETHING DIFFERENT, SO CHECK IT OUT AND TELL ME WHAT YOU THINK.
Disclaimer: Sad to say, I don't own Sirius Black. If I did, I would not have killed off the closest thing Harry had to a father because he's been through enough bullshit already in his life!
Random Thoughts: These are just like my little bit of inspiration or humor that I put at the beginning of every chapter I write. I don't know why, I just like to do it. They aren't meant to fit with the chapter or anything.
This chapter's random thought: "Do you still want death or have you tasted it enough?" ~Lestat, Interview With The Vampire
Chapter 9 - Interview With A Vampire
Sirius tensed visably and choked, "You're a vampire?"
Raven nodded coolly.
Sirius shook his head. "But there aren't even any vampires left! There was this whole big fiasco at the ministry like twenty years ago, about vampires being hunted to extinction."
"Almost to extinction. I never understood exactly how the ministry could be sure they'd gotten them all. Some were asleep. They're very rare in Europe now. There are quite a few more in America."
"Raven, you don't even have fangs," said Sirius as his eyes wandered to her teeth just to make sure.
"I don't grow fangs unless I thirst for blood. I don't thirst for blood unless I forget to take my potion every 24 hours."
"What potion?"
"The wolfsbane potion. It was developed as a cure for lycans, but when they found out it only made their symptoms less severe, they tried it on vampires. Vampires and lycans..." she trailed off as she noticed Sirius' obviously confused expression. "What?"
"Lycans...?"
"Werewolves. Vampires and *werewolves* are very similar creatures. Basically the only difference is that werewolves are affected by moon cycles while vampires can change at any time. And lycans are uglier."
"Hey! My best friend is a...lycan or whatever you call it. So you take the potion and then what?"
"If I take the potion, I'm normal; I can't turn into a vampire. Vampires without the potion are victims to the smell of blood. If they see or smell blood, the vampire in them takes over and who knows what they could do. If I take the potion, I can be in the sunlight, I can eat regular food, I can have a reflection, all that kind of stuff."
"Can you eat garlic?"
Raven laughed. "I'm actually quite fond of garlic. The garlic thing is bullshit, as well as the holy water, and the crucifixes and so on. Almost all of that stuff is bullshit. Pretty much the only thing that can kill a vampire is a stake through the heart or continuous direct sunlight."
"So how old were you when you were bitten?"
"Nineteen."
"And then you came here?"
Raven nodded. "With my cousin, Josh."
"What about your parents?"
"They were killed," she said, with no expression whatsoever on her face.
Sirius' eyes widened and he leaned forward. "By...who?" he asked, his eyes brimming with sympathy.
"By the same thing who killed your two best friends," Raven responded blandly.
"What?" screeched Sirius. "Voldemort killed your parents?"
She nodded.
"Raven, what's your last name?"
"McKinnon."
Sirius practically fell backwards off of the couch. "Nick and Marlene McKinnon? Jesus Christ! They were in The Order."
"Yeah, I know."
"Were you bitten before or after they died?"
"After."
"Well how?"
"I was all depressed and I met a cute guy who said he knew how I felt. Next thing I know, I'm a vampire and Death Eaters are following me everywhere I go and--"
Sirius interrupted her, "Death Eaters? Oh my God, why?"
"So they could all be immortal like their master. Voldemort was trying to find out what makes vampires immortal so he could use it on his Death Eaters and be undefeatable."
"How did he know you were a vampire though?" asked Sirius.
"Well, the vampire I met was in knockturn alley. One of the Death Eaters saw him bite me and when he was finished, he left me. There's sort of a transition period right after you're bitten before you become a vampire, and I was weak, so the Death Eater took me somewhere."
"To Voldemort?" asked Sirius in amazement.
"Voldemort was already gone. This was like almost seven years ago. But I guess the guy still wanted to be immortal, or maybe he'd been trying to find a vampire since his master was defeated and he stumbled across me."
Sirius' voice softened, "Did he hurt you?"
Raven smiled, "We didn't get that far."
"What does that mean?"
"Well, he asked me a few questions and cut my wrist and started to fill a vial with my blood. But vampires heal very quickly, so the cut kept closing on him, which made me realize what I was and it's like my instinct took over. I saw the blood and grew fangs. He raised his wand, so I took one step out of the way and I was suddenly on the other side of the room. I could teleport."
"Teleport? Like apparate?" asked Sirius.
"Teleport. The ministry can't trace it, like apparating, or they'd know where all the vampires were. Besides, teleporting isn't disappearing from one place and reappearing in another; it's more like speeding up time. As long as you can see where you want to go, you can teleport to it in a matter of seconds. It's like running really fast, only faster."
Sirius shook his head. "I'm getting a headache."
"Don't think much, do you?" she teased.
Sirius smiled at the joke. "So then you escaped and came here?"
"Well, I went to Josh's house and told him what happened and he said I should get out of town. He brought me here and I've been here ever since. I like it here now, or I would go back."
"You like being cut off from the world?" asked Sirius.
"Your best friend is a lycan, right? I'm sure he's told you how hard it is being what he is. You try to hide it, but people find out and then it all blows up in your face. It's better here. No one asks me questions I don't feel like answering." She put on a smile and kicked Sirius lightly with the foot she had resting on the couch. "Then you came along."
"Oh don't give me that. You're relieved."
"Relieved of what?"
"Relieved that I know and I'm not freaked out or scared of you."
"You're not scared of me? You haven't seen me as a vampire, Sirius. You'd be scared."
"I would not! I'm not scared of werewolves, and vampires don't bite dogs, do they?"
"Not unless they're desperate," she teased.
"So what about your friend over there, does she know?" Sirius gestured out the window.
"Jordan? She's my one and only friend, of course she knows."
Sirius frowned and scoffed. "Your only friend?"
"You sure you wanna be my friend?"
"If that's your best offer," he said in an undertone.
"What was that, Mr. Black?" asked Raven, although she had heard what he said.
The two of them just looked into each others eyes for a minute or two until Lily jumped up, purring between them.
A/N: HOPE YOU LIKED IT. I HAD THIS CHAPTER ALMOST FINISHED AND THEN I REALIZED A FLAW, SO I HAD TO GO FIX IT. IF SOMETHING DOESN'T MAKE SENSE, IT MAY BE BECAUSE I MISSED SOMETHING, SO LET ME KNOW. PLEASE REVIEW! LUV YA!