A/N: Hey again guys! Here's chapter 13. And for those of you who have been waiting for Draco, here he is. Also, a very important thing that I want to bring up, I'm not sure what to do for chapter 15. Chapter 14 is already planned, just needs to be typed. If there's anything that you'd like to see, tell me and I'll consider it. Thanks guys!! Oh, one more thing, this chapter isn't beta'd so please excuse the errors, those are mine. --
Chapter 13 – Draco's Secret
The very next day, classes began and the school was an uproar. The walls echoed with the murmured questions of the new first years trying to find their way around. The older students had an eager atmosphere about them, happy to be reunited with their friends. But a certain trio just wandered in silence to the Great Hall. Harry quickly sat down and scanned the Head Table. He could not find Lilith anywhere. He gave up and joined his friends in a light conversation, which was quickly ended when McGonagall came by with their schedules. Tam came by just in time and sat down by herself on the corner of the table, closest to the doors.
The chatter that up rose was deafening to the young vampires and they quickly left to the quiet hall, leaving behind a confused Hermione. Tam of course just left by herself and headed towards the Gryffindor common room.
"What's up you guys? Why'd you leave?" she asked the two boys.
"Sorry Mione' the noise was really loud." Ron explained in a rather pained voice. He seemed to be finally getting over the noise.
"Oh, right, I should've guessed that," she murmured making the other two smile. Her enthusiasm for knowing everything in books was astounding, but seeing her forget something as simple as that was quite amusing to the boys.
"So what do we have first?" Harry was the first to start walking and headed them back towards the Gryffindor common room.
"Um . . . Defense with Slytherins yuck," Ron said making a gagging noise, only to get scolded by Hermione for his foolish antics.
"Really Ron, grow up," She said and once they reached the common room she retreated to an empty couch turning away from both of the boys.
"Whatever," Ron continued. "Then its Transfiguration with Ravenclaw, and last its Potions, again with the bloody Slytherins,"Hermione huffed but made no comment. "Bloody hell!" Ron said taking a further look along his schedule. "We have almost all of our classes with the damn Slytherins!"
"Really?" Harry asked almost no enthusiasm in his voice. "That's nice," he replied before Ron even got a chance to respond.
"Forget it Ron, lets just our books so we can go to class ok?" Hermione scolded them as she stood. She retreated upstairs followed by the boys.
When they finally reached the Defense Against the Dark Art room, they found that it was totally redone. The walls were no longer a creamy color that they used to be the year before. They were toned to a dark gray with splashes of black on it. The tables were the same, but they were arranged entirely different. Half the desks were arranged on one side of the classroom, and the other half on the other side. In the middle, the floor was slightly raised, somewhat like a stage. The teacher's desk was lying in the corner, away from everything else, unlike all the other teachers who sat their desks directly in front of the board. That's where they found Lilith, she was sitting at her desk shuffling through papers and hadn't even noticed them enter, or at least that's how it looked like to them. They kept looking around and found a few candles brightening the room. There weren't too many and that left the corners a dark creepy place.
"So Harry, gonna ask me what the hell I'm doing here yet?" Lilith surprised them and chuckled when she saw their faces. "Really, do you think you could sneak up on me?"
"I guess not," Ron pondered out loud.
"What are you doing here Lilith?" Harry asked her as he walked through the desks to get to her desk.
"Dumbledore gave me an offer after everything that happened and I took it. Easy as that," she told him. She suddenly heard the silence shatter and the sound of scurrying feet coming closer to her room. "Go take a seat, class is gonna start soon."
The trio took a seat near the front of the room on the right side and waited for the rest of the students to arrive. And just as Lilith expected, the room was divided by houses. The Gryffindors on the right, and Slytherins on the left. Except Tam, she was seated among the Slytherins. She moved out if the corner that she had shuffled into when the students began arriving and began to talk to the class.
"Already I see the immaturity in this class. I will not tolerate house rivalry, no matter what anyone says." She was about to be interrupted by some of the protesting students, but she cut them off. "I know you're probably thinking that I have no idea what I'm talking about. That just because I've never been to this school I couldn't know what it's all about." There were a few agreed comments with her remark. "Well guess what, you're wrong. I've seen this bloody house rivalry at work and I will NOT tolerate it." Her image as a cool teacher had already been destroyed. But it didn't seem that that was what she was going for.
"In this class you will not only be taught defense with magic but also with the muggle art of fighting." There were a few groans, mostly from the Slytherin side of the room. "Sure you hate it now, but when you're in the middle of the bloody war and your wands been thrown out of reach, you'll be thanking me."
She roamed around the room quietly prowling and moving about causing her students to become nervous and agitated. And in a faster than light movement she had a knife in her hand and the blade of the knife was at Blaise Zabini's neck. Everyone in the class froze and Blaise stayed shocked and still.
"Tell me boy," she said in a tone that sounded so familiar to Snapes. "Could magic protect your precious life at this moment?" Blaise didn't say a word. "Respond to me when I talk to you," She said menacingly.
"No ma'am," his voice trembled, a first for the Slytherin.
"Right you are, five points to Slytherin," She said as she backed away from the now angry and embarrassed young man and moved on. "It goes to show you all, that magic might not always be there when you need it,"
"How would you know, you're barley older than us," a young blond boy said.
"Looks can be deceiving Mr. . ." that was when Lilith finally turned around and got a good look at the boy speaking. "Hmm, white-blond hair, aristocratic features, and no respect for your elders," she stopped and licked her lips, at the same time tasting the air around her. "And you reek of hatred. You must be Narcissa's boy. Malfoy, stay after class." She said with a definite tone. It freaked out a few of the Slytherins, but most of the Gryffindors were holding back their laughter.
The rest of the class passed almost the same way, Lilith kept testing them on their reactions. When the bell rang for the next period, almost everyone dashed out the door trying to get out of the room. Even Tam left in a hurry with a fellow classmate to reach her next class. The only ones that stayed were Harry, Ron, Hermione and Malfoy. The trio headed towards the front of the room.
"Lilith what was that? Trying to scare everyone to death or something? Bloody scared off half the lives of those Slytherins" he pauses in thought. "Sweet," Ron was nodding his head in agreement with himself over the comment.
"Ron!" Lilith said giving him a death glare that wiped the smile off his face. "You will address me as Professor during class got it?"
"Sorry," he murmured.
"Hey," Harry whispered. "Why'd you call Malfoy up?"
"I'll tell you later, just come by straight here right after school's done," she said to them in hushed tones.
"But homework-"Hermione started.
"I'll help you, get Tam too, if she'll agree that is"
"Ok," they murmured together. "Good luck," Harry said on his way out. He closed the door shut and the slam made Draco jump.
"So, eh, Professor. Did I do something to offend you?" He asked his famous smirk residing on his face.
"No, Draco, you're not in trouble," She said softly, in a voice that none of her students heard, except of course her children.
"So then why did you stop me from going to class, which I'm going to be late if I don't go soon." He said looking up at his teacher.
"Don't worry, who's your next teacher?" She asked him, actual concern in her voice, something he never heard from anyone. Except maybe his godfather, but it was rare.
"Professor Snape,"
"Oh then don't worry, he'll understand," her voice took an abrupt to turn to sadness.
"So, then Professor, why did you call me up?"
"Well, thing is, its . . . well its hard to explain. I'll just start from the beginning," She realized that she had confused the teen and that was what she was trying to avoid. "Well, you see, I'm not exactly human," She waited for his surprised reaction and wasn't let down. "I'm a vampire," he took a small step back. "Don't worry, I'm not going to hurt you." That seemed to calm the teen, even though he still seemed a bit uncomfortable. "And, about your mother, she is one too,"
"No bloody way!" He yelled. The bell rang and he paid no attention to it.
"Quite so, in fact I trained her. But of course, she turned to the dark side. I've heard rumors that you have been inclined to do the same."
"No," he whispered, "I won't grovel at some idiot who thinks he's better than everyone else," Draco spat out.
"Good, but well, you do know what that makes you right? A half vampire, and you'll come into your inheritance on your 18th birthday." She smiled again, warming his heart. "Why don't you come after school is finished, come straight here. We'll keep talking,"
"Alright," he said and left the room, leaving the door opened for the second years coming in.
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The school day was for the first time a quick event. Time flew by for the teenagers, even during potions that was a Gryffindor/Slytherin class. There was barely any trouble there, mostly because Malfoy was spaced out. And straight after school, Draco went to Lilith's classroom. She was sitting there, waiting for him.
"Professor Night?" he tentatively asked.
"Right on time, good thing too. I'm meeting some people. Or rather, they're meeting me," she told him.
"Oh, is it anyone important?" Draco curiously asked.
"They're the others that attend the school,"
"Vampires?"
"Yes, is there anything surprising about that?"
"I didn't think there were that many of us," Draco was surprised, but it would come into as a shock as to who the others were.
"There are actually quite a few of us here," Lilith spoke to him in a rather odd tone. She spoke nicely, and not many people talked to him like so. There was something about her that Draco longed to trust; she seemed like a good person but her attitude showed the opposite.
"Really?" he asked.
"Yeah," whatever she was about to say was cut short as the door swung open again and Harry, Ron and Hermione came strolling in. "Hey guys," she quickly realized that Tam was not among them, but made no mention of it.
"Hey Lilith," Harry said happily. But his tone changed as soon as he saw his enemy standing in front of his mother. "What's he doing here?"
"Harry, try to respect him, eh? He's going through some changes," Lilith stood up and walked over to them.
"Hold on a minute, are these the people you were waiting for?" Draco asked dumbfounded.
"Yeah," Lilith said shortly.
"No bloody way!!" He all but shouted.
"Keep your voice down!" Lilith quickly put up a silencing charm around the room. "And yes, they're vampires, except Hermione,"
"LILITH!" the trio shouted their faces turning into bouts of anger.
"How could you tell the ruddy Slytherin that?!?" Harry asked, enraged.
"Don't you talk to me like that!" Lilith tried to scare Harry, but her voice laced malice, and the smirk on her face hid nothing.
"Sorry, but what IS he doing here?" Harry asked her.
"He's soon turning into one of us," she simply told them all.
"HE'S WHAT?!?" Ron yelled out loud, but soon clamped hid hand over his mouth when he saw Lilith's glare being directed at him.
"Ron please calm your self," Lilith said smirking. She had heard of the rivalries between Harry and Draco, and she wanted to get a little fun out of it.
"But-- but how can I?" He asked completely baffled.
"His mother, Narcissa, was young when she was turned. I trained her you see, so I know. She well, she turned towards the dark and there was nothing I could do to stop her. And little Draco here is our result." After a brief pause after Draco's outburst of 'Hey I'm not little!' she continued. "Draco's a half vampire, because his mother was a vampire, but his father human."
"Um," Draco hesitantly began, "Professor,"
"Please, call me Lilith,"
"Um . . . Lilith, could you explain to me what all this is? It's bloody confusing,"
"Sure, come with me," she made a move to stand up but stopped. "Guys, this might take a while, just go to my rooms. Same as before, just go and wait for me," Then after they were almost gone she yelled across the hall, "And do your homework!"
She headed inside towards her office and lead Draco in. Once they were seated, she began to explain to him all the complex mysteries of Vampires.
"Vampires are extremely complicated creatures, more so than wizards or muggles. Trust me, it's very hard to know all about us, so just ask me some questions and I'll answer them."
"Ok, well then tell me when and why then, am I going to turn."
"Well, it's better if I just start from the beginning. Full vampires have to turn before the age of 25, that is of course if they were born vampires. For a half vampire, its earlier, much earlier, and turning for a half Vampire is much harder," she explained.
"About when?"
"At the age of 18. Of course you can turn earlier, but you have until your 18th birthday," she paused briefly trying to word her next sentence correctly. "Tell me Draco, when is your 18th birthday?"
"About two weeks from now, on a Monday," he chirped out. Although he was in a deep conversation with his professor, and most likely future mentor, he was still lost within his thoughts.
"I'm going to have to take the week off," she pondered out loud to herself. But Draco heard her comment and thought to ask.
"But why, doesn't the change only take one day, or less?"
"Its different for every type of Vamp. For a full male, yes, it takes less than a day, and its not very painful. For a full female, it takes a complete 24 hours, and during the whole time, it's extremely painful. For a half female though, it takes exactly 32 hours. Not as painful, but as long as it takes its just as bad." She paused but began again when she saw Draco glaring at the empty wall. He was obviously frustrated that he had to wait for the information that he needed but could do nothing to speed up the process. Lilith bared to spare him the annoyance. "But half males are unstable for at least a week," she spoke in an almost monotone voice, but it was just as fierce. It kept Draco's attention either way. The reason she spoke as such was because a Vampires' turning is a very special moment, and painful at the same time.
"What do you mean by 'unstable'?" he asked.
"You're going to have violent outbursts before your body gets used to the need of blood and the changes going on within you. Unlike a full vampire, or a female Vampire, you're gonna slowly change. Everything's not going to happen all at once like it usually does for the others," Lilith barely spoke above a whisper, "the worst part is, well, it hurts like hell sometimes. I had a friend who went through it. I was there when he turned, his screams were-"she suddenly stopped and quickly apologized. "I hope I didn't scare you, but it's what's going to happen. And I can't lie to you, it going to be unbearable. That is why your mother-"
"Do not talk about her, she is my mother no longer," anger radiated his voice and he spat out the word mother. "I no longer consider myself a Malfoy,"
"Would you care to tell me why?" Lilith softly asked him.
Draco looked at her strangely, there had been no one before her that he could trust, not even his godfather, he was a Death Eater himself. His 'friends', he could not trust them either. For he knew that if he told them anything they would run and tell their parents, they most likely had been ordered to overlook him that semester. His parents were a definite no. Even if his father had escaped from Azkaban, the second he had come back he had been hell bent on recruiting his son. His mother was just a plain bitch and a whore to Voldemort himself.
But one look at the woman in front of him and he suddenly felt a warmth and trust he had never felt before. He oddly believed that he should have felt that from his mother, but such a thing never happened. And so he didn't hesitate to tell her what he and his family had kept secret for the whole summer.
"My father kicked me out of the house. He would have disowned me, but he still needs an heir,"
"And why would he kick you out?" Lilith had a pull towards the boy, and decided that he needed help and she was the only one that could give it to him.
"He wanted to recruit me but I refused. And that's when I told him that I was on the light side, and well . . . from then on you can get the picture yourself."
"Oh," she said shortly as she stood up. "Well Draco, I think that this is all the time we have. If you need anything just come here or my rooms, which everyone else is currently at," she smiled at him slightly. "If you need to find your way there just ask someone,"
"Thank you," he said quietly as he too stood up. They began to walk out of the office when Lilith stopped and faced him.
"There is one more thing," she slowly said. "You need to choose a . . . sire as they are usually named. Kinda like your Vampire parent. I'm Harry's mother if you're curious. But choose wisely. Choose someone you can trust, like your godfather. He's a good choice," she told him what was inevitable to hide.
"You mean-"Draco suddenly asked completely confused.
"Yes Draco, Severus is one of us," she quickly left him alone in the room as she retreated to her rooms.
Draco was left to ponder as to whom to choose. This trustworthy person, or his godfather, who he had known since he was born? He had a lot to think about.
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Chapter 13 – Draco's Secret
The very next day, classes began and the school was an uproar. The walls echoed with the murmured questions of the new first years trying to find their way around. The older students had an eager atmosphere about them, happy to be reunited with their friends. But a certain trio just wandered in silence to the Great Hall. Harry quickly sat down and scanned the Head Table. He could not find Lilith anywhere. He gave up and joined his friends in a light conversation, which was quickly ended when McGonagall came by with their schedules. Tam came by just in time and sat down by herself on the corner of the table, closest to the doors.
The chatter that up rose was deafening to the young vampires and they quickly left to the quiet hall, leaving behind a confused Hermione. Tam of course just left by herself and headed towards the Gryffindor common room.
"What's up you guys? Why'd you leave?" she asked the two boys.
"Sorry Mione' the noise was really loud." Ron explained in a rather pained voice. He seemed to be finally getting over the noise.
"Oh, right, I should've guessed that," she murmured making the other two smile. Her enthusiasm for knowing everything in books was astounding, but seeing her forget something as simple as that was quite amusing to the boys.
"So what do we have first?" Harry was the first to start walking and headed them back towards the Gryffindor common room.
"Um . . . Defense with Slytherins yuck," Ron said making a gagging noise, only to get scolded by Hermione for his foolish antics.
"Really Ron, grow up," She said and once they reached the common room she retreated to an empty couch turning away from both of the boys.
"Whatever," Ron continued. "Then its Transfiguration with Ravenclaw, and last its Potions, again with the bloody Slytherins,"Hermione huffed but made no comment. "Bloody hell!" Ron said taking a further look along his schedule. "We have almost all of our classes with the damn Slytherins!"
"Really?" Harry asked almost no enthusiasm in his voice. "That's nice," he replied before Ron even got a chance to respond.
"Forget it Ron, lets just our books so we can go to class ok?" Hermione scolded them as she stood. She retreated upstairs followed by the boys.
When they finally reached the Defense Against the Dark Art room, they found that it was totally redone. The walls were no longer a creamy color that they used to be the year before. They were toned to a dark gray with splashes of black on it. The tables were the same, but they were arranged entirely different. Half the desks were arranged on one side of the classroom, and the other half on the other side. In the middle, the floor was slightly raised, somewhat like a stage. The teacher's desk was lying in the corner, away from everything else, unlike all the other teachers who sat their desks directly in front of the board. That's where they found Lilith, she was sitting at her desk shuffling through papers and hadn't even noticed them enter, or at least that's how it looked like to them. They kept looking around and found a few candles brightening the room. There weren't too many and that left the corners a dark creepy place.
"So Harry, gonna ask me what the hell I'm doing here yet?" Lilith surprised them and chuckled when she saw their faces. "Really, do you think you could sneak up on me?"
"I guess not," Ron pondered out loud.
"What are you doing here Lilith?" Harry asked her as he walked through the desks to get to her desk.
"Dumbledore gave me an offer after everything that happened and I took it. Easy as that," she told him. She suddenly heard the silence shatter and the sound of scurrying feet coming closer to her room. "Go take a seat, class is gonna start soon."
The trio took a seat near the front of the room on the right side and waited for the rest of the students to arrive. And just as Lilith expected, the room was divided by houses. The Gryffindors on the right, and Slytherins on the left. Except Tam, she was seated among the Slytherins. She moved out if the corner that she had shuffled into when the students began arriving and began to talk to the class.
"Already I see the immaturity in this class. I will not tolerate house rivalry, no matter what anyone says." She was about to be interrupted by some of the protesting students, but she cut them off. "I know you're probably thinking that I have no idea what I'm talking about. That just because I've never been to this school I couldn't know what it's all about." There were a few agreed comments with her remark. "Well guess what, you're wrong. I've seen this bloody house rivalry at work and I will NOT tolerate it." Her image as a cool teacher had already been destroyed. But it didn't seem that that was what she was going for.
"In this class you will not only be taught defense with magic but also with the muggle art of fighting." There were a few groans, mostly from the Slytherin side of the room. "Sure you hate it now, but when you're in the middle of the bloody war and your wands been thrown out of reach, you'll be thanking me."
She roamed around the room quietly prowling and moving about causing her students to become nervous and agitated. And in a faster than light movement she had a knife in her hand and the blade of the knife was at Blaise Zabini's neck. Everyone in the class froze and Blaise stayed shocked and still.
"Tell me boy," she said in a tone that sounded so familiar to Snapes. "Could magic protect your precious life at this moment?" Blaise didn't say a word. "Respond to me when I talk to you," She said menacingly.
"No ma'am," his voice trembled, a first for the Slytherin.
"Right you are, five points to Slytherin," She said as she backed away from the now angry and embarrassed young man and moved on. "It goes to show you all, that magic might not always be there when you need it,"
"How would you know, you're barley older than us," a young blond boy said.
"Looks can be deceiving Mr. . ." that was when Lilith finally turned around and got a good look at the boy speaking. "Hmm, white-blond hair, aristocratic features, and no respect for your elders," she stopped and licked her lips, at the same time tasting the air around her. "And you reek of hatred. You must be Narcissa's boy. Malfoy, stay after class." She said with a definite tone. It freaked out a few of the Slytherins, but most of the Gryffindors were holding back their laughter.
The rest of the class passed almost the same way, Lilith kept testing them on their reactions. When the bell rang for the next period, almost everyone dashed out the door trying to get out of the room. Even Tam left in a hurry with a fellow classmate to reach her next class. The only ones that stayed were Harry, Ron, Hermione and Malfoy. The trio headed towards the front of the room.
"Lilith what was that? Trying to scare everyone to death or something? Bloody scared off half the lives of those Slytherins" he pauses in thought. "Sweet," Ron was nodding his head in agreement with himself over the comment.
"Ron!" Lilith said giving him a death glare that wiped the smile off his face. "You will address me as Professor during class got it?"
"Sorry," he murmured.
"Hey," Harry whispered. "Why'd you call Malfoy up?"
"I'll tell you later, just come by straight here right after school's done," she said to them in hushed tones.
"But homework-"Hermione started.
"I'll help you, get Tam too, if she'll agree that is"
"Ok," they murmured together. "Good luck," Harry said on his way out. He closed the door shut and the slam made Draco jump.
"So, eh, Professor. Did I do something to offend you?" He asked his famous smirk residing on his face.
"No, Draco, you're not in trouble," She said softly, in a voice that none of her students heard, except of course her children.
"So then why did you stop me from going to class, which I'm going to be late if I don't go soon." He said looking up at his teacher.
"Don't worry, who's your next teacher?" She asked him, actual concern in her voice, something he never heard from anyone. Except maybe his godfather, but it was rare.
"Professor Snape,"
"Oh then don't worry, he'll understand," her voice took an abrupt to turn to sadness.
"So, then Professor, why did you call me up?"
"Well, thing is, its . . . well its hard to explain. I'll just start from the beginning," She realized that she had confused the teen and that was what she was trying to avoid. "Well, you see, I'm not exactly human," She waited for his surprised reaction and wasn't let down. "I'm a vampire," he took a small step back. "Don't worry, I'm not going to hurt you." That seemed to calm the teen, even though he still seemed a bit uncomfortable. "And, about your mother, she is one too,"
"No bloody way!" He yelled. The bell rang and he paid no attention to it.
"Quite so, in fact I trained her. But of course, she turned to the dark side. I've heard rumors that you have been inclined to do the same."
"No," he whispered, "I won't grovel at some idiot who thinks he's better than everyone else," Draco spat out.
"Good, but well, you do know what that makes you right? A half vampire, and you'll come into your inheritance on your 18th birthday." She smiled again, warming his heart. "Why don't you come after school is finished, come straight here. We'll keep talking,"
"Alright," he said and left the room, leaving the door opened for the second years coming in.
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The school day was for the first time a quick event. Time flew by for the teenagers, even during potions that was a Gryffindor/Slytherin class. There was barely any trouble there, mostly because Malfoy was spaced out. And straight after school, Draco went to Lilith's classroom. She was sitting there, waiting for him.
"Professor Night?" he tentatively asked.
"Right on time, good thing too. I'm meeting some people. Or rather, they're meeting me," she told him.
"Oh, is it anyone important?" Draco curiously asked.
"They're the others that attend the school,"
"Vampires?"
"Yes, is there anything surprising about that?"
"I didn't think there were that many of us," Draco was surprised, but it would come into as a shock as to who the others were.
"There are actually quite a few of us here," Lilith spoke to him in a rather odd tone. She spoke nicely, and not many people talked to him like so. There was something about her that Draco longed to trust; she seemed like a good person but her attitude showed the opposite.
"Really?" he asked.
"Yeah," whatever she was about to say was cut short as the door swung open again and Harry, Ron and Hermione came strolling in. "Hey guys," she quickly realized that Tam was not among them, but made no mention of it.
"Hey Lilith," Harry said happily. But his tone changed as soon as he saw his enemy standing in front of his mother. "What's he doing here?"
"Harry, try to respect him, eh? He's going through some changes," Lilith stood up and walked over to them.
"Hold on a minute, are these the people you were waiting for?" Draco asked dumbfounded.
"Yeah," Lilith said shortly.
"No bloody way!!" He all but shouted.
"Keep your voice down!" Lilith quickly put up a silencing charm around the room. "And yes, they're vampires, except Hermione,"
"LILITH!" the trio shouted their faces turning into bouts of anger.
"How could you tell the ruddy Slytherin that?!?" Harry asked, enraged.
"Don't you talk to me like that!" Lilith tried to scare Harry, but her voice laced malice, and the smirk on her face hid nothing.
"Sorry, but what IS he doing here?" Harry asked her.
"He's soon turning into one of us," she simply told them all.
"HE'S WHAT?!?" Ron yelled out loud, but soon clamped hid hand over his mouth when he saw Lilith's glare being directed at him.
"Ron please calm your self," Lilith said smirking. She had heard of the rivalries between Harry and Draco, and she wanted to get a little fun out of it.
"But-- but how can I?" He asked completely baffled.
"His mother, Narcissa, was young when she was turned. I trained her you see, so I know. She well, she turned towards the dark and there was nothing I could do to stop her. And little Draco here is our result." After a brief pause after Draco's outburst of 'Hey I'm not little!' she continued. "Draco's a half vampire, because his mother was a vampire, but his father human."
"Um," Draco hesitantly began, "Professor,"
"Please, call me Lilith,"
"Um . . . Lilith, could you explain to me what all this is? It's bloody confusing,"
"Sure, come with me," she made a move to stand up but stopped. "Guys, this might take a while, just go to my rooms. Same as before, just go and wait for me," Then after they were almost gone she yelled across the hall, "And do your homework!"
She headed inside towards her office and lead Draco in. Once they were seated, she began to explain to him all the complex mysteries of Vampires.
"Vampires are extremely complicated creatures, more so than wizards or muggles. Trust me, it's very hard to know all about us, so just ask me some questions and I'll answer them."
"Ok, well then tell me when and why then, am I going to turn."
"Well, it's better if I just start from the beginning. Full vampires have to turn before the age of 25, that is of course if they were born vampires. For a half vampire, its earlier, much earlier, and turning for a half Vampire is much harder," she explained.
"About when?"
"At the age of 18. Of course you can turn earlier, but you have until your 18th birthday," she paused briefly trying to word her next sentence correctly. "Tell me Draco, when is your 18th birthday?"
"About two weeks from now, on a Monday," he chirped out. Although he was in a deep conversation with his professor, and most likely future mentor, he was still lost within his thoughts.
"I'm going to have to take the week off," she pondered out loud to herself. But Draco heard her comment and thought to ask.
"But why, doesn't the change only take one day, or less?"
"Its different for every type of Vamp. For a full male, yes, it takes less than a day, and its not very painful. For a full female, it takes a complete 24 hours, and during the whole time, it's extremely painful. For a half female though, it takes exactly 32 hours. Not as painful, but as long as it takes its just as bad." She paused but began again when she saw Draco glaring at the empty wall. He was obviously frustrated that he had to wait for the information that he needed but could do nothing to speed up the process. Lilith bared to spare him the annoyance. "But half males are unstable for at least a week," she spoke in an almost monotone voice, but it was just as fierce. It kept Draco's attention either way. The reason she spoke as such was because a Vampires' turning is a very special moment, and painful at the same time.
"What do you mean by 'unstable'?" he asked.
"You're going to have violent outbursts before your body gets used to the need of blood and the changes going on within you. Unlike a full vampire, or a female Vampire, you're gonna slowly change. Everything's not going to happen all at once like it usually does for the others," Lilith barely spoke above a whisper, "the worst part is, well, it hurts like hell sometimes. I had a friend who went through it. I was there when he turned, his screams were-"she suddenly stopped and quickly apologized. "I hope I didn't scare you, but it's what's going to happen. And I can't lie to you, it going to be unbearable. That is why your mother-"
"Do not talk about her, she is my mother no longer," anger radiated his voice and he spat out the word mother. "I no longer consider myself a Malfoy,"
"Would you care to tell me why?" Lilith softly asked him.
Draco looked at her strangely, there had been no one before her that he could trust, not even his godfather, he was a Death Eater himself. His 'friends', he could not trust them either. For he knew that if he told them anything they would run and tell their parents, they most likely had been ordered to overlook him that semester. His parents were a definite no. Even if his father had escaped from Azkaban, the second he had come back he had been hell bent on recruiting his son. His mother was just a plain bitch and a whore to Voldemort himself.
But one look at the woman in front of him and he suddenly felt a warmth and trust he had never felt before. He oddly believed that he should have felt that from his mother, but such a thing never happened. And so he didn't hesitate to tell her what he and his family had kept secret for the whole summer.
"My father kicked me out of the house. He would have disowned me, but he still needs an heir,"
"And why would he kick you out?" Lilith had a pull towards the boy, and decided that he needed help and she was the only one that could give it to him.
"He wanted to recruit me but I refused. And that's when I told him that I was on the light side, and well . . . from then on you can get the picture yourself."
"Oh," she said shortly as she stood up. "Well Draco, I think that this is all the time we have. If you need anything just come here or my rooms, which everyone else is currently at," she smiled at him slightly. "If you need to find your way there just ask someone,"
"Thank you," he said quietly as he too stood up. They began to walk out of the office when Lilith stopped and faced him.
"There is one more thing," she slowly said. "You need to choose a . . . sire as they are usually named. Kinda like your Vampire parent. I'm Harry's mother if you're curious. But choose wisely. Choose someone you can trust, like your godfather. He's a good choice," she told him what was inevitable to hide.
"You mean-"Draco suddenly asked completely confused.
"Yes Draco, Severus is one of us," she quickly left him alone in the room as she retreated to her rooms.
Draco was left to ponder as to whom to choose. This trustworthy person, or his godfather, who he had known since he was born? He had a lot to think about.
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Ending Notes: Hope you all liked that chapter. It came out earlier than I expected. Kewl, well here are the thank you's:
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