A/n: Heh. You guys must all hate me now. And you'll hate me even more when
you're done with the chapter. Please put down the sharp objects . . .
Please?
Also, if anyone is willing to, I need a Beta reader. (Obviously) None of my stories have a Beta. So please, if anyone is willing to, Email me or leave your request into a review. YOU WILL BE DOING MANY PEOPLE A GREAT FAVOR!!! THANK YOU!!!!!
Chapter 10- The Cross Breed
Lilith stood alone in her room. She had already called her sister and told her what was going on. By tomorrow, or more like today, she would be meeting her daughter that most likely hated her guts. Hell, she'd hate herself too after what she did. But there was nothing she could do now; her life was moving on and she had to move along with it. School would start in just two days.
There was a soft knock at her door. When she gave no answer, it slowly opened to reveal Harry standing in the doorway. Lilith turned and faced him.
"Hey, you doing okay?" He asked when he realized her grim look and the stare that seemed to just look into the empty space outside.
"I guess, but what are you doing up at this time?" She asked finally being shaken out of her reverie. She quickly looked over to the clock. "Being three in the morning."
"Couldn't sleep. I came here cause I thought I'd be the same for you. Guess I was right." He said as he made himself more comfortable on her couch.
"Why?" She asked.
"Hmm? What do you mean?" He said.
"Why couldn't you sleep?"
"I'm just a bit nervous about tomorrow." He said slightly smiling. He was glad that finally, for once in his life, he'd have some kind of family that could treat him as equals. Its what he'd always wanted. He gained a mother, and now he would get to meet a sibling, his older sister. "I really wan to meet Tam. I've never had a sibling before."
"Lucky you, at least you don't have an excuse as to why she might not want to destroy your insides and wish for you to die." She said gloomily. After all, what kind of child would want a mother who abandoned her when she was only a baby?
"Why would you say that?" Harry asked as she walked over to him and sat down.
"Think Harry," She turned and faced him. "Would you really want a family that left you in care of someone else when they were just a small baby? "
"Know what? I would be happy. In fact, I'd be beyond happy. You had to do things, you didn't have much of a choice, did you?" Harry said trying to push some confidence into her. Of course, it didn't work very well.
"Why don't you try to get some sleep Harry?" She said standing up and pulled him along with her. She walked to the door and held it open for him. "You'll have more energy tomorrow."
Harry reluctantly left. Lilith was once again left to her own demise. She tucked into bed for a restless night's sleep. When sleep finally did claim her, she awoke an hour later by the morning sun.
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That day was an odd day for all of them. In the morning, Harry, Ron, Hermione and Fred all met at the Great Hall for breakfast. There they saw a restless Remus, and far on the other side of the table Lilith was barely eating and most likely trying to drown out all other sounds in the room. Without warning, she stood up and left the room. Everyone else who was eating didn't feel in the mood to eat anymore.
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There was a sudden noise that broke through the complete silence that had taken place in Lilith's living room. Lilith quickly looked up to the fireplace and saw a young dark haired girl pop out. She got up and dusted herself off. She froze when she saw the room full of people. Harry, Ron, Hermione, Fred and Lilith were staring at her.
"Um . . . Hi?" She said. She searched through the pile of faces until she reached the desired one. "Hey!" She said staring at Lilith. "What?" She said once she realized that she wasn't getting anywhere, and the glare being directed at her didn't help. "Aren't you gonna give me a proper greeting?"
"What the hell are you doing here? Why must you torture me so by being here?" Lilith said to the still unidentified girl.
"Hey, what kind of way is that to treat your niece?" The girl said with an unjustified look about her.
"Stuff it. Where's your mother and what the hell are you doing here?" Lilith said getting to the point as quickly as possible.
"She's coming, don't worry. And I'm here cause I need to speak to Headmaster Dumbledore." She said taking a seat on one of the empty spots on the couch, one that happened to be next to the older redhead. "Though I'm not sure why you want to see Tam. My only guess is to train her, right?"
"Good, you haven't been told." Lilith smiled slightly.
"Told what? Is there something that I'm missing?" Anything else that she would've said was caught off as the fire turned green once again.
Out of the fire, jumped a young woman who had quite a resemblance to Lilith. She stood up and faced her sister.
"How are you Lilith?" She asked as she approached her and then proceeded to give her a hug.
"How can I be?" She asked muffled by her shoulder.
"Not too well, eh?" She said a bit of sad hint in her voice. She separated and gave her sister a sad smile.
"Than you, it means a lot to me what you did. Come, I want you to meet some people." She said leading her towards the others. She pointed out all of them to her, and her niece until she reached Harry. "And this, this is Harry Potter. My son." She said proudly.
"YOU TUNRED HARRY POTTER!?!?" Her sister yelled and shoved her with a rough pull to the side. "Are you crazy? Do you know how much controversy this is gonna cause?" She asked hurriedly. "And I just wonder when Dumbledore is gonna kill you. Have you no idea-"She was quickly interrupted in mid-rant.
"Shut-up!" Lilith yelled. "I thank you for your concern but it's all been taken care of. We're keeping all this quiet until everything has been dealt with. "She said, referring to Voldemort. "And you know very well that now that Harry is a vampire, it will make him stronger."
"And Dumbledore?" She asked worry etched in her face.
"Already taken care of." She said with a smile. "So where is our last guest?" She asked.
"Don't worry. She's just a bit nervous. I told her to come when she was ready." Victoria said. "I trust Alexandria didn't give you mush trouble in the few minutes I left her alone?" She said motioning towards her daughter, who was currently shyly smiling at Fred while their quiet conversation continued.
"She's still intact isn't she?" Lilith said.
"Guess so." She said.
Once again, the fire turned green and a young girl fell out. She stood up and dusted her self off. She looked exactly like Lilith; the only difference was that she looked no older than sixteen. Her gaze flowed onto her Aunt, then her cousin. Before a word could be uttered, Victoria led the others away to the kitchen.
"Umm . . ." Said a speechless Lilith. "Hi?"
"Hey." Said the young looking girl.
"Yeah. Um . . . right." She said quite nervously. "Never knew it would be this bloody hard." She quietly mumbled to herself, but the silence in the room made her be heard. "just in case you want to know, your fathers name was Remus Lupin, if you find any comfort in that."
"Whatever. Just leave me alone, all right. I've met you. There, now maybe Aunt Vicky will leave me alone." She said.
'Yep, hated.' Lilith thought. "C'mon, follow me." Lilith said walking towards a doorway.
"What for?" Questioned Tam. She seemed like some one who didn't trust easily. And she had every right to. 'I don't blame her.' Lilith thought.
"Never mind, just wait here." She said retreating towards the kitchen.
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As Victoria led them all to the kitchen, Harry wondered what was happening. She quickly shut the door and busied herself into making some tea. She just hoped that she remembered where everything was, and that nothing was changed.
"Um . . . Mum?" Asked a very confused Alexandria. "I obviously see that there's something that I'm missing. Could I please be informed?"
"Right, I guess. Just don't go blabbing to your uncle, got it?" Her daughter nodded her head in understanding. She then continued. "Well, Tam wasn't found on our doorsteps and she wasn't born from a vampire who died shortly after her birth. Well, Tam's your cousin." She told her daughter.
"Wow! Why wasn't I told? I had family living with me and I never knew!" She said quite dramatically. After her outburst, the kitchen quieted down significantly for a while.
"Harry, I'm guessing you knew this all already?" The older Night asked him.
"Yeah, we all did." He said motioning towards them all.
"Really now? I thought-"at that moment, Lilith came in.
"Sorry, talking?" Heads bobbed in response. I was just-"This Night was too interrupted as a young Severus came in through the entrance that came from the bookshop. It seemed that there were doors that came and led to many different places in the house. "Hey Luv," Lilith said giving him a quick peck. She wrapped her arms around him.
"Hello." He said, "Am I interrupting anything?" He had already recognized the two other females.
"Lilith?" Said Victoria. "Did I some how miss something?" She asked tapping her foot at a fast pace.
"Sheesh, and you'd think she was the older one. Harry, go wait for me in the living room, I'll be right back, forgot something." She said and walked out of the kitchen heading towards the bedrooms.
Harry went ahead as he was told. He found his sister sitting on the couch, looking bored. He sat down next to her and began a brief conversation.
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Back in the kitchen, the Weasley's and Hermione began to get uncomfortable. They were left alone with people who they didn't know and had no connections to. Luckily, Vicky's meddling got them to relax a bit.
"So, when did you meet my sister?" She asked Severus.
"Years ago, I met you too." He said nonchalantly.
"I know, just testing you. Now, why are you with my sister?" She said advancing on him. And he thought Mrs. Weasley was a mother hen.
"I love her." He said taking a step back trying to avoid being cornered. Though his face still held the same passive expression.
"Good. And it better stay that way." She said, leaving the man be.
He quickly left the room and headed to the living room in search of Lilith, or Harry who most likely knew where she was.
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"So." Harry said as he took a seat.
"Okay." Tam said uncomfortably as she tried to show him that she didn't want to talk.
"Um . . ." But it seemed that he didn't under stand.
"Yes?" She asked quite annoyed.
"You know, you're really lucky that your parents are alive." He said. And he truly felt so. He'd give almost anything to see his parents alive just one more time.
"Your point is?" She sure seemed like she didn't care at all.
"If I were in your shoes, I'd be happy." Harry said.
"But you're not, so you wouldn't know."
"You're right. But at least I'd be grateful for having living parents."
"I'd wish they were dead."
Silence consumed them for a while, before Harry got the wits to retort.
"How could you say that?" He barely whispered.
"We always want what we don't have." She said.
"If you want to believe that, then go ahead." He said standing.
"I will, now why don't you go find my 'mother' so I can get the hell out of here." She said.
Harry let out a merciless laugh and left the room in search of Lilith. He knew she'd be staying longer. She needed training, and who better than the best vampire trainer.
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He entered the living room and found neither of them. He was about to leave but stopped when he saw a young girl sitting on the couch.
"Have you see Harry?" He asked her, though he seemed quite curious as to who she was.
"He went to go find Lilith." She said without looking up.
"Who are you?" He asked after a few moments of silence.
"Tam Night." She answered.
"How are you related to Lilith?" He asked curiously. He had never seen this gorl before, and she had an odd resemblance to Lilith.
"She's my mother, unfortunately." She said. She finally looked up and he got a chance to see her face.
She had lengthy pitch-black hair. Features that resembled Lilith in too many ways to count. But the most distinguishing features were her eyes. They were a swirled mass of blood red and a violent shade of amber. But such amber belonged to only those who suffered from lycanthropy.
"Who is your father?" He asked.
"Why do you bloody care?" She asked annoyed.
"Just answer the damn question!" He all but yelled.
"Remus Lupin."
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A/N: Finally. Finished with that chappie. Again, sorry for the long wait. My problem is just that I don't have much motivation for this story. I have much planned, at least for a while. But I'm just not very motivated to write this. Not just that, but I have a bunch of other stories that I'm writing at the same time. Plus, I'm a major reader. I read like every day for hours, on just fan fiction sites. So that's also stopping me. But maybe all of my loving reviewers will motivate me. Hopefully. Here's a thanks to you guys:
HecateDeMort: Thanks!
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Final Spirit: Yes, yes. Here you are. Now shoo! *sticks tongue out* Heh he!
Gabe: . . . Ok. And don't worry, I already have the scene where Gabe comes in. And thanks!! If you draw the scene, I'll post it!! ^_^
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Also, if anyone is willing to, I need a Beta reader. (Obviously) None of my stories have a Beta. So please, if anyone is willing to, Email me or leave your request into a review. YOU WILL BE DOING MANY PEOPLE A GREAT FAVOR!!! THANK YOU!!!!!
Chapter 10- The Cross Breed
Lilith stood alone in her room. She had already called her sister and told her what was going on. By tomorrow, or more like today, she would be meeting her daughter that most likely hated her guts. Hell, she'd hate herself too after what she did. But there was nothing she could do now; her life was moving on and she had to move along with it. School would start in just two days.
There was a soft knock at her door. When she gave no answer, it slowly opened to reveal Harry standing in the doorway. Lilith turned and faced him.
"Hey, you doing okay?" He asked when he realized her grim look and the stare that seemed to just look into the empty space outside.
"I guess, but what are you doing up at this time?" She asked finally being shaken out of her reverie. She quickly looked over to the clock. "Being three in the morning."
"Couldn't sleep. I came here cause I thought I'd be the same for you. Guess I was right." He said as he made himself more comfortable on her couch.
"Why?" She asked.
"Hmm? What do you mean?" He said.
"Why couldn't you sleep?"
"I'm just a bit nervous about tomorrow." He said slightly smiling. He was glad that finally, for once in his life, he'd have some kind of family that could treat him as equals. Its what he'd always wanted. He gained a mother, and now he would get to meet a sibling, his older sister. "I really wan to meet Tam. I've never had a sibling before."
"Lucky you, at least you don't have an excuse as to why she might not want to destroy your insides and wish for you to die." She said gloomily. After all, what kind of child would want a mother who abandoned her when she was only a baby?
"Why would you say that?" Harry asked as she walked over to him and sat down.
"Think Harry," She turned and faced him. "Would you really want a family that left you in care of someone else when they were just a small baby? "
"Know what? I would be happy. In fact, I'd be beyond happy. You had to do things, you didn't have much of a choice, did you?" Harry said trying to push some confidence into her. Of course, it didn't work very well.
"Why don't you try to get some sleep Harry?" She said standing up and pulled him along with her. She walked to the door and held it open for him. "You'll have more energy tomorrow."
Harry reluctantly left. Lilith was once again left to her own demise. She tucked into bed for a restless night's sleep. When sleep finally did claim her, she awoke an hour later by the morning sun.
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That day was an odd day for all of them. In the morning, Harry, Ron, Hermione and Fred all met at the Great Hall for breakfast. There they saw a restless Remus, and far on the other side of the table Lilith was barely eating and most likely trying to drown out all other sounds in the room. Without warning, she stood up and left the room. Everyone else who was eating didn't feel in the mood to eat anymore.
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There was a sudden noise that broke through the complete silence that had taken place in Lilith's living room. Lilith quickly looked up to the fireplace and saw a young dark haired girl pop out. She got up and dusted herself off. She froze when she saw the room full of people. Harry, Ron, Hermione, Fred and Lilith were staring at her.
"Um . . . Hi?" She said. She searched through the pile of faces until she reached the desired one. "Hey!" She said staring at Lilith. "What?" She said once she realized that she wasn't getting anywhere, and the glare being directed at her didn't help. "Aren't you gonna give me a proper greeting?"
"What the hell are you doing here? Why must you torture me so by being here?" Lilith said to the still unidentified girl.
"Hey, what kind of way is that to treat your niece?" The girl said with an unjustified look about her.
"Stuff it. Where's your mother and what the hell are you doing here?" Lilith said getting to the point as quickly as possible.
"She's coming, don't worry. And I'm here cause I need to speak to Headmaster Dumbledore." She said taking a seat on one of the empty spots on the couch, one that happened to be next to the older redhead. "Though I'm not sure why you want to see Tam. My only guess is to train her, right?"
"Good, you haven't been told." Lilith smiled slightly.
"Told what? Is there something that I'm missing?" Anything else that she would've said was caught off as the fire turned green once again.
Out of the fire, jumped a young woman who had quite a resemblance to Lilith. She stood up and faced her sister.
"How are you Lilith?" She asked as she approached her and then proceeded to give her a hug.
"How can I be?" She asked muffled by her shoulder.
"Not too well, eh?" She said a bit of sad hint in her voice. She separated and gave her sister a sad smile.
"Than you, it means a lot to me what you did. Come, I want you to meet some people." She said leading her towards the others. She pointed out all of them to her, and her niece until she reached Harry. "And this, this is Harry Potter. My son." She said proudly.
"YOU TUNRED HARRY POTTER!?!?" Her sister yelled and shoved her with a rough pull to the side. "Are you crazy? Do you know how much controversy this is gonna cause?" She asked hurriedly. "And I just wonder when Dumbledore is gonna kill you. Have you no idea-"She was quickly interrupted in mid-rant.
"Shut-up!" Lilith yelled. "I thank you for your concern but it's all been taken care of. We're keeping all this quiet until everything has been dealt with. "She said, referring to Voldemort. "And you know very well that now that Harry is a vampire, it will make him stronger."
"And Dumbledore?" She asked worry etched in her face.
"Already taken care of." She said with a smile. "So where is our last guest?" She asked.
"Don't worry. She's just a bit nervous. I told her to come when she was ready." Victoria said. "I trust Alexandria didn't give you mush trouble in the few minutes I left her alone?" She said motioning towards her daughter, who was currently shyly smiling at Fred while their quiet conversation continued.
"She's still intact isn't she?" Lilith said.
"Guess so." She said.
Once again, the fire turned green and a young girl fell out. She stood up and dusted her self off. She looked exactly like Lilith; the only difference was that she looked no older than sixteen. Her gaze flowed onto her Aunt, then her cousin. Before a word could be uttered, Victoria led the others away to the kitchen.
"Umm . . ." Said a speechless Lilith. "Hi?"
"Hey." Said the young looking girl.
"Yeah. Um . . . right." She said quite nervously. "Never knew it would be this bloody hard." She quietly mumbled to herself, but the silence in the room made her be heard. "just in case you want to know, your fathers name was Remus Lupin, if you find any comfort in that."
"Whatever. Just leave me alone, all right. I've met you. There, now maybe Aunt Vicky will leave me alone." She said.
'Yep, hated.' Lilith thought. "C'mon, follow me." Lilith said walking towards a doorway.
"What for?" Questioned Tam. She seemed like some one who didn't trust easily. And she had every right to. 'I don't blame her.' Lilith thought.
"Never mind, just wait here." She said retreating towards the kitchen.
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As Victoria led them all to the kitchen, Harry wondered what was happening. She quickly shut the door and busied herself into making some tea. She just hoped that she remembered where everything was, and that nothing was changed.
"Um . . . Mum?" Asked a very confused Alexandria. "I obviously see that there's something that I'm missing. Could I please be informed?"
"Right, I guess. Just don't go blabbing to your uncle, got it?" Her daughter nodded her head in understanding. She then continued. "Well, Tam wasn't found on our doorsteps and she wasn't born from a vampire who died shortly after her birth. Well, Tam's your cousin." She told her daughter.
"Wow! Why wasn't I told? I had family living with me and I never knew!" She said quite dramatically. After her outburst, the kitchen quieted down significantly for a while.
"Harry, I'm guessing you knew this all already?" The older Night asked him.
"Yeah, we all did." He said motioning towards them all.
"Really now? I thought-"at that moment, Lilith came in.
"Sorry, talking?" Heads bobbed in response. I was just-"This Night was too interrupted as a young Severus came in through the entrance that came from the bookshop. It seemed that there were doors that came and led to many different places in the house. "Hey Luv," Lilith said giving him a quick peck. She wrapped her arms around him.
"Hello." He said, "Am I interrupting anything?" He had already recognized the two other females.
"Lilith?" Said Victoria. "Did I some how miss something?" She asked tapping her foot at a fast pace.
"Sheesh, and you'd think she was the older one. Harry, go wait for me in the living room, I'll be right back, forgot something." She said and walked out of the kitchen heading towards the bedrooms.
Harry went ahead as he was told. He found his sister sitting on the couch, looking bored. He sat down next to her and began a brief conversation.
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Back in the kitchen, the Weasley's and Hermione began to get uncomfortable. They were left alone with people who they didn't know and had no connections to. Luckily, Vicky's meddling got them to relax a bit.
"So, when did you meet my sister?" She asked Severus.
"Years ago, I met you too." He said nonchalantly.
"I know, just testing you. Now, why are you with my sister?" She said advancing on him. And he thought Mrs. Weasley was a mother hen.
"I love her." He said taking a step back trying to avoid being cornered. Though his face still held the same passive expression.
"Good. And it better stay that way." She said, leaving the man be.
He quickly left the room and headed to the living room in search of Lilith, or Harry who most likely knew where she was.
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"So." Harry said as he took a seat.
"Okay." Tam said uncomfortably as she tried to show him that she didn't want to talk.
"Um . . ." But it seemed that he didn't under stand.
"Yes?" She asked quite annoyed.
"You know, you're really lucky that your parents are alive." He said. And he truly felt so. He'd give almost anything to see his parents alive just one more time.
"Your point is?" She sure seemed like she didn't care at all.
"If I were in your shoes, I'd be happy." Harry said.
"But you're not, so you wouldn't know."
"You're right. But at least I'd be grateful for having living parents."
"I'd wish they were dead."
Silence consumed them for a while, before Harry got the wits to retort.
"How could you say that?" He barely whispered.
"We always want what we don't have." She said.
"If you want to believe that, then go ahead." He said standing.
"I will, now why don't you go find my 'mother' so I can get the hell out of here." She said.
Harry let out a merciless laugh and left the room in search of Lilith. He knew she'd be staying longer. She needed training, and who better than the best vampire trainer.
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He entered the living room and found neither of them. He was about to leave but stopped when he saw a young girl sitting on the couch.
"Have you see Harry?" He asked her, though he seemed quite curious as to who she was.
"He went to go find Lilith." She said without looking up.
"Who are you?" He asked after a few moments of silence.
"Tam Night." She answered.
"How are you related to Lilith?" He asked curiously. He had never seen this gorl before, and she had an odd resemblance to Lilith.
"She's my mother, unfortunately." She said. She finally looked up and he got a chance to see her face.
She had lengthy pitch-black hair. Features that resembled Lilith in too many ways to count. But the most distinguishing features were her eyes. They were a swirled mass of blood red and a violent shade of amber. But such amber belonged to only those who suffered from lycanthropy.
"Who is your father?" He asked.
"Why do you bloody care?" She asked annoyed.
"Just answer the damn question!" He all but yelled.
"Remus Lupin."
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A/N: Finally. Finished with that chappie. Again, sorry for the long wait. My problem is just that I don't have much motivation for this story. I have much planned, at least for a while. But I'm just not very motivated to write this. Not just that, but I have a bunch of other stories that I'm writing at the same time. Plus, I'm a major reader. I read like every day for hours, on just fan fiction sites. So that's also stopping me. But maybe all of my loving reviewers will motivate me. Hopefully. Here's a thanks to you guys:
HecateDeMort: Thanks!
SlytherinRomantic: Love the name!! And thanks, I thought it might bring a laugh. ^_^ Yep, a daughter, see? You find out more about her here. THANKS!! ^_^
Juan: Thanks, and ok. ^_^
The Mystical Elf: Thank you sooo much!!
Final Spirit: Yes, yes. Here you are. Now shoo! *sticks tongue out* Heh he!
Gabe: . . . Ok. And don't worry, I already have the scene where Gabe comes in. And thanks!! If you draw the scene, I'll post it!! ^_^
Maurica Lachuant Black: Thanks!! Me too!!
Gohan00: Thanks!!
. . . . : I'll try! ^_^
HyperCaz: Thanks. Ok, now I feel bad. I did let you guys down. It took me soo long to update!! I feel sooo bad!! I'm so sorry! I'm going to try much harder next time. Just for you guys!! ^_^
Shania Maxwell: Thanks!!