Sorry about the lack of story people, my motivation has been between nil and President Bush's IQ, which isn't that big of a gap. I've been debating to do a few things, but I think that I will advance this a bit instead of doing some odds and ends. Maybe those will factor in later.
Chapter 11
At last the day had come for all at Snape Manor, the fateful day for students and teachers alike. Hogwarts. But all was not peaceful at the Manor in the morning.
"WAKE UP SAL!" Severus roared in the boy's ear as he dozed upon the collected baggage in the main hall. The young vampire woke with a start and sprung off the cases. He landed on his side and slid a few feet before glaring at his father.
"You don't have to be so angry at me," Sal growled as he picked himself up off the ground.
"I thought you were supposed to be adjusting your sleep habits," his father reminded. Just at the improper moment, Severus yawned.
"Ha! I told you it was hard to do that!" Sal laughed.
"Stop bickering you two," Amara said groggily as she wandered into the main hall. "Are we ready?"
"Yes, all we have to do is use the portkey to get there if everything is collected," Severus answered.
"Wait! Hades!" Sal yelled. The raven in question flew towards the boy and rested on his shoulder. "Okay, I am ready to go."
"Keep your bags in contact with you and then touch the portkey," his father ordered. The three followed his command and disappeared.
With a whoosh, the group materialized in the portkey transportation area at Platform 9 ¾. "I hate portkeys. I hate portkeys. I hate portkeys," Sal kept repeating as he extricated himself from the tangle of bags that fell on him. The other two just looked at him curiously while they scooped up their bags.
"I swear Sal, you will never land one of those portkeys as long as you don't live," Amara laughed.
"Keep it down Amara, we don't want people know about you-know-what," Sal whispered. He finally stood and grabbed his belongings. Amara and Sal looked out from the covered portkey area and into the sunny platform. They looked back at each other, raised their hoods, and put on sunglasses to shield their sensitive eyes. The group finally left the area (the man in charge of portkey management glared at them for taking to long to which Severus just glared back and almost made the man cry for his mother).
"Okay Sal, this is where we see you off," Amara said once they have put Sal's baggage in the luggage car. "We will see you at Hogwarts and you are to go to your father after the meal is over rather than going to the common room."
"See you both later, have fun without me," the young vampire smiled.
"We would never dream of it," his father said with a wry grin. The two smiled and stepped back from the train as Sal climbed inside. Once the young vampire had found an empty compartment, he shut the blinds and sat down. Hades flew off his shoulder to sit on the luggage rack. The bird put its head underneath its wing and slumbered. Sal tried to stay awake, but fell to the lull of daytime.
Sal's eyes opened back up once the sun had set. He was too used to waking at this time, so his body was already ready to go. But someone had joined him during the time he slept. The new person was a girl about his age with frizzy brown hair and was curled up with a book in a corner. Sal cleared his throat to get the intruder's attention.
She looked up in shock. "I'm sorry…I don't want to intrude…the other compartments were full…I'll just be leaving," she stammered.
"It's fine, don't worry," Sal said, stopping here fear. "I just wanted to know your name."
"Oh, I am Hermione Granger, nice to meet you," she answered.
"Salonius Snape, likewise," he smiled slightly. He needed to keep an icy outer to match his father's school attitude.
"I'm really sorry about coming in here, I didn't have anywhere else to go to be alone and read," said Hermione.
"It's fine really. What are you reading?" Sal asked.
"Hogwarts, a History," she read from the cover. "It is very interesting."
The two continued to chat for a few minutes until the door slid open, revealing a blond boy. The newcomer glared at Hermione with vicious intent. "What are you doing here?" he sneered.
(Do you know how much I want to leave it here?)
"I could ask the same about you. North Scotland Boy's school?" she glared back.
"Sister Margaret's School for Girls?" he growled.
The two glared at each other for a long moment (while Sal looked between them, confused as anyone could get) until they both started to smile, then grin, and finally burst out laughing.
"You were a witch Hermione?" the boy laughed as he sat down next to her.
"Draco, I can't believe you were a wizard and didn't tell me!" Hermione giggled and smacked his shoulder playfully.
"Excuse me," Sal cut in. "What is going on?"
"Oh, Sal, excuse me. Salonius Snape, this is Draco Malfoy. Draco Malfoy, this is Salonius Snape," Hermione introduced.
"Are you Severus Snape's son?" Draco asked as they shook hands.
"What of it?" Sal's eyes closed slightly behind his sunglasses.
"He's my godfather and he didn't tell me he had a son," Draco answered.
"Well, I was with a tutor for most of my life, so he didn't really talk about me much. Plus, is it ever easy to get information out of that man?" Sal smirked a bit. "So how do you two know each other?"
"Oh he's my neighbor," Hermione supplied.
"I moved there about five years ago after the big power shifts in the Ministry due to Harry Potter's death," Draco continued. "I met her there and we have been friends ever since."
"What power shifts?" Sal was intrigued. The young vampire removed his sunglasses and pushed the hood off his head finally. The two looked at him curiously. "Oh don't mind these, I have sensitive eyes and skin. I have had this for years."
"Oh, okay," said Draco, still not completely convinced. "After Harry Potter died, Fudge was removed by a vote of no confidence and Minister Moody came into power. Well, Alastor Moody was an old Auror, so once he was in power, he wanted harsher trials on Death Eaters who said they were under Imperio."
"Oh, but how did you come to be living in the Muggle world? It sounds like you are a pureblood," Sal questioned.
"My father was on trial and my mother testified. He was found guilty unlike the other Death Eaters. My mother and I had to go into hiding. We hid in a Muggle community and posed as a divorced family who needed to get away. The Manor was sealed for my mother and would come to me when I turned 18, so we had to stay in Muggle society."
"In retrospect, you didn't hide your magic too well from people. I mean your dad kept appearing in our garden sometimes," Hermione laughed.
"What? But your father was in Azkaban," Sal was confused again.
"Yes he is in there," Draco sneered at that thought. "He wasn't my 'dad', just my father. My dad is Remus Lupin; he married my mum about three years ago and was ten times the parent my father was in those short years. He is my dad, not some abusive sadist in prison."
The trio was silent for the rest of the trip. Hermione and Draco read books they had on them and Sal just looked out the window while he stroked Hades. A voice came over the train and told them that Hogwarts was five minutes away. Hermione panicked and shoved the boys out as she changed into he robes (Sal and Draco had put theirs on before they had portkeyed to the platform.
She allowed them back in as the train slowed to a halt. "Hades!" Sal yelled as the bird took his shoulder. Draco and Hermione lead the way while Sal just followed them, in a bit of a daze. His 'death' caused many upheavals in the wizarding world. It was just astounding to him. He didn't pay attention as he stepped off the train and into the group of first-years, waiting their start in magic.
A/N: Here is a bigger chapter, are you happy? I hope I screwed up this work enough to make it different that any other fan fictions about there. Man, this felt good to get off my chest. Maybe I can get a new one up next week or something. Thanks for the reviews!
HecateDeMort- Thank you very much for reviewing
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Kaaera- the wait is over, here you g!
Spiffycool- Thanks. I hope that I could keep Harry/Sal in character, I'm not that good at characterization The precautions I had screwed up on a story that I never posted here (cause it sucked), so I was a bit more ready.
VtE- Thank you! The first 'day' will be in two chapters, the next will be sorting and the isolation room.
cmn- HERE YOU GO THANK YOU hehehe…I just had to do that.
modern day vamp- Thank you very much.. There really aren't too many straight Harry is vamp stories that are any good. I do hope mine is though….
diamond004- Thank you very much. The idea for the story came from an obscure challenge from BabyGoth7, I think. But this is a bit different in that Severus isn't a vampire. I am a Severitus addict, so I love those and I love Harry-is-a-vampire stories, so I just had to mix the two. I have decided on the house and it isn't Ravenclaw or Hufflepuff. I hope that some of you will be surprised with what I pick. I hope this chapter answered your friend question slightly.
websurffer- I was seriously considering it, but I decided that I really don't care about some typos and if I did, I would finish the story and revise the entire thing. If I need a beta, my sister is here and she did this for years in high school and I trust her evaluations. Thank you very much for offering. I hope that you will still read this story even if it is a bit confusing.
vJackiev- Thank you very much. Every time a reviewer writes, a writer gets a bigger ego…hehehe…
coriel- Yes it is legend, but the pure legend is different. The vampire legend is so bogged down by Christianity saying that two sticks will repel anything (try it with insects and Spam, it doesn't work and those are more evil than undead creatures). Current vampire literature is making vampire into romantic creatures, so I am working on that. The actual legend is very nasty and just plain out not good, so I use the fun version. Thank you for your review!
angiewolf- Thank you very much, I attempted to have this seem very different than other Severitus in that there was no grudge to separate the two. I wanted the shift to be fast, not slow. You have to remember, they don't hate each other until they are in school, so you don't get that bad phase. Without the guise of Harry Potter, Severus does not see his enemy's face, but his son's. Sal has already had one life style change and has been moving a lot, so his life is dynamic instead of static like the canon-Harry is. When you add these together, the two can mesh well. About the chapter size, they end when my thoughts run out. As you can see, they end fast. Thank you very much for the review!