A/N: Hey guys, here's chapter 14m, its out a bit earlier than I expected,
but it IS summer and I have nothing to do, 'cept talk on the phone, but I'm
multi-tasked!!! Also, VERY IMPORTANT AUTHORS NOTE!!!! PLEASE READ!!! I NEED
TO ASK ALL OF MY READERS IF THEY MIND SLASH. NO HARRY WILL NOT BE PAIRED
WITH ANOTHER GUY, I HAVE PLANS FOR DRACO. CAUSE I JUST READ OVER THIS AND I
REALIZED I MADE DRACO AND BLAISE REALLY CLOSE. BUT OF COURSE IF IT BOTHERS
YOU I WILL CONTINUE WITH MY ORIGINAL PLANS OF WHO TO PAIR DRACO WITH.
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Also, this chapter isn't beta'd either, so please excuse the mistakes here and there. If anyone notices my mistakes I'd be wonderful if you could point them out in a review. Now on with the story!!
Chapter 14 - A Young Vamps Change
Unfortunately for those students who loved to bathe in the sunlight and lie down on the grass and relax on a Sunday afternoon, they were not able to. The sky was turning a dark gray and they clouds barked above them. It would be just moments before large raindrops would appear. And Draco Malfoy stood at the top of the Astronomy Tower watching the gloomy clouds float by.
Tomorrow would be the day he had been anticipating; he would have to make his choice of blood parent by then. And to this moment, he still had no idea who he wanted to choose. If he had never met his DADA professor, he would have instantly chosen his godfather. But having met her, and heard the sincerity in her voice, he could not choose. And so he made the decision to visit Lilith right after lunch, when he knew she would be at her office.
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Draco approached the door and tapped softly. He heard Lilith's muffled voice telling him to come in and he did so. He approached her and took a seat in front of her large desk.
"So, what did you want?" she pleasantly asked him.
"Well, I need to ask you something," he paused a moment and fidgeted in his seat. "Well, I was thinking and it kinda came across to me kind of odd that you can only chose one person to be your 'sire'. Like most families, wouldn't you have a mother and father?"
"Of course, I'm sorry if I made you think you could only choose one person," she looked up at him and smiled a bit. "You can choose your blood mother and father,"
Draco burst into a smirk that could have rivaled his fathers. To anyone who knew him, they would have known that it was his way of showing happiness. After all, the years of lying to others and himself did somewhat stick to him. "Really?" he asked with a bit too much energy.
"Of course. So have you chosen anyone?" Lilith had shown him great trust with absolutely no remorse. She liked the youth already, sort of like a little brother. He had spunk, energy, and a lot of determination that she had seen on a few occasions during her classes.
"Yes, well," His voice suddenly turned serious as he faced Lilith again. "I hope you don't mind . . . but would you be my Blood Mother?"
Lilith was shocked, to say the least. She completely surprised that the boy would chose her. But not angry or sad, she was happy to help another young Vamp along their way. And it would be all too fun to see Harry's reaction to having a brother.
"I'd love to Draco. But are you sure?" she looked at him I'm also guessing you chose someone as your Blood Father?" she spoke to him in a respective voice.
"Yes, of course I'm sure. And yes I chose my Blood Father. I was hoping my godfather would accept. But I haven't seen him at all, except during classes, and I can't really talk to him then," Draco's face crossed confusion for a moment but it was gone before Lilith could really notice it there. He placed his mask back up hiding his emotions. "I don't know if he would agree."
"Go talk to him, he knows what you're going through," she stood up. "I've owled him. He was working on a potion; he should be finished by now. Go to him," she gently pushed him towards the exit of her office and told him to go once more.
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Draco made his way towards the Potions Master's office and knocked loudly when he reached it. There was a muffled entry and he walked in. He saw the professor sitting at his desk at walked towards him. Draco sat without being asked and his godfather looked up at him.
"Did you want something Draco?" Severus asked.
"I just wanted to ask you something," the blond boy explained.
"Then ask,"
"Well, Professor Night told me about you, and she told me you knew about me," he looked at his godfather's face and saw some sort of emotion. He saw a form of hurt in his eyes, but it was quickly shielded and his mask of impassiveness came forth again.
"Yes, we've talked about this long before," Severus was straining not to think about what had happened. He hadn't talked to Lilith since their fight, but they had spoken about Draco before that. They had agreed to help him along his change, no matter what. He now concluded, just as Lilith had before, that they would have to put their differences aside while they helped another young vamp.
"Really? That's good because she told me that I needed to chose a sire, and I've chosen them," the young blond told Severus. "Well, I wanted to ask you if you'd be my Blood Father, would you?"
Severus was taken back. Even if the boy was his godson, he had never been overly kind, or loving. But he was not going to be harsh this time, Severus gladly agreed.
"Of course Draco," he said in an almost pleasant tone.
"Thank you Sir, I'll inform Professor Night right away," he said smiling happily for once in his life. He was happy that he was going to be in a family that would actually care for him.
"Wait," Severus said stopping the boy from leaving.
"Yes Sir?"
"What does Night have to do with this?" he asked Draco who's smile broadened at the thought.
"She's going to be my Blood Mother," he sounded quite happy that she had agreed to his choice.
"Really now?" Severus was again, surprised but his face did not show it.
"Yes, thank you Sir," Draco said as he walked out of the room.
He walked back towards Lilith's room and told her the good news. And after wandering aimlessly around the school for hours, his energy died down and he went to dinner. He was a bit starved after skipping lunch, and dug right into his food gaining odd looks from his housemates. After a hearty meal, he went back to Slytherin grounds. When he opened the door for the common room, there were glares staring at him and boring holes through his body. And if looks could have killed, Draco would have been six feet under.
He had been frequently getting the same reactions from his housemates since he had told them that he no longer supported the Dark Lord. In his rant he had hoped that others would have seen the same light as he had, and turn towards the light side. He didn't get the attention of that many people, only a few from various years, and only one from his year, Blaise Zabini. Because of him he could keep his sanity intact, or else Draco most likely would have died of boredom and continuous insults being thrown at him. Of course no one out of the house knew what was going, Slytherins were sly and they kept their business to themselves. He and Blaise had become very close over the summer, and then end of the previous year, when Draco had told him the side he really stood on.
So Draco just ignored the glares and walked to his Dormitories. Sleep took over him and he fell away into land of unconsciousness.
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At about midnight, Draco's body began to take its change. He never felt it as his magic ran amuck.
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As Draco woke up, he realized that his whole body ached. It wasn't much so he didn't make a big deal out of it. He did his morning toiletries and then headed to the Great Hall for breakfast. When he reached the Slytherin table, he took a seat next to Blaise, who smiled warmly at him. Besides Lilith, Blaise was one of the few who truly trusted Draco; the only problem was that Draco didn't take notice. Both boys continued to chow down on breakfast, Draco, who felt gazes boring at him, kept a weary watch on the surrounding classmates. He suddenly turned to Blaise.
"Don't worry if I don't get to class, I have some things to take care of," he whispered quickly.
"Why? Is something wrong?" Blaise suddenly took a very worried tone. But he stayed hushed nonetheless.
"Don't worry about it," he said. "It's just-"Draco was suddenly cut off as a searing pain took over him. Blaise looked at him very concerned.
"What's wrong Draco?" He asked the boy.
"Get. Night." Draco managed to get out between puffs of air.
For a moment Blaise was confused. Then he suddenly remembered his new professor. He was about to stand to get her when she appeared next to him.
"Professor," he addressed Lilith. "I don't know what's wrong with him, but he was asking for you," Blaise sounded very worried, and he had reason to be. Reasons that he didn't even know.
"Thank you, Mr. Zabini," Lilith said as she took Draco with her. Throughout all of this, they had gained the attention of the entire Great Hall. With a quick nod towards Severus, he was at her side to help.
They each took one of Draco's arms in their firm grasp. And it was lucky for them because at that moment, Draco's eyes flashed red and he began to thrash and fight their hold. He kicked and he was trying to punch, but his arms were trapped. Lilith and Severus dragged him out of the Great Hall with prying eyes still on their backs. And of course Harry, Ron, and Hermione followed them. What they didn't expect was that Blaise had trailed along too. Harry and Ron caught him before he got any further.
"Where do you think you're going?" Harry asked him forcefully.
"I'm going with him! There's obviously something wrong with him!" Blaise practically yelled fighting against their hold, but not doing much.
"I'm sorry, but you can't," Hermione said from behind them.
"Like I'm leaving him with you Gryffindorks!" Blaise retorted.
"Professor Snape is with him, so don't worry," Hermione kept trying to persuade him into leaving.
After a few moments of hesitation, he stopped fighting and regained his composure.
"Fine, but if anything happens, I want you Granger," he said looking only at Hermione, "to tell me."
"Fine," she agreed.
He nodded and walked off, leaving the Trio alone again. They followed the others back to Lilith's room where they then flooed to the Bookshop.
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It was somewhat chaotic when they arrived. Severus and Lilith had to drag Draco to an empty bedroom and let they violent outburst run its length. It wouldn't have been a problem, but Harry, Ron and Hermione refused to leave. Lilith left Draco and Severus alone to get the others to go back to class.
"You can't stay here," she growled out.
"But Lilith," Hermione quietly said. "I promised Zabini that if anything happened I would tell him. I've seen those two, they're like brothers, like them," Hermione looked at Harry and Ron who currently had big eyes staring at both the females. And suddenly, by Hermione's comment, smiled openly. "See?" she said smiling herself.
"All right, I'll take care of it. If you see him during class, tell him so. Also, if you want, you can come by later tonight for dinner, and bring Tam with you, force her if you have to. We need to talk about starting your training." Lilith began to push them towards the fireplace. "Now please leave, I do NOT want you to miss class," on a lighter note she said, "Oh, and please tell me if the person they got to replace me is competent? Ok?"
"Sure thing," Hermione said as she walked into the fireplace, and fell back into Lilith's room.
"Harry, hold on a moment," Lilith said just as he as about to step into the fire after Ron.
"Yeah?" he asked.
"I know you guys don't like him very much, but please try to make him feel at home, he is going to be staying a while. Besides," she knowingly said, a smirk playing at her lips, "you can't really hate your brother,"
"What?!?" Harry chirped in surprise.
"Mhmm, quite so," Lilith said smiling. "He's asked me to be his Blood Mother, so you're his brother," she suddenly realized that maybe telling Harry at that precise moment was a good idea. "Sorry Harry," she said she led him back to the fireplace. He flooed back and went to his classes with Ron and Hermione.
Lilith walked back to Severus and Draco. When she opened the door, she looked at the young blond sleeping soundly in the bed, and then at Severus sitting on the chair next to him, watching the boy sleep.
"Did he take it well?" she asked him.
"As well as he could be, but he grew tired and fell asleep," both of them spoke without an ounce of emotion in their voice, both just spoke to explain, or question in Lilith's case.
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Later that night, Harry, Ron and Hermione fell through the fire in the living room. They quickly stood up and dusted themselves off. They quickly looked around for Lilith and found her in the kitchen cooking dinner.
"Lilith, there's a problem," Ron nervously said.
"Why? What happened?" she asked worriedly.
"Well, remember that you told us to tell you about your replacement?" Hermione said moving her weight from one foot to the other.
"Yes?" she quirked an eyebrow at their antics.
"Well . . . It's Professor Lupin," Harry said. "And Tam wouldn't leave unless he came with her, so you know, since you said that it was important, well-"
"They're on their way," Hermione hurriedly said cutting Harry off.
Lilith didn't make a move to indicate any discomfort with the situation at all. She just continued her cooking, and looking silly with her apron and floating cooking utensils. It didn't fit her at all. It worried the teens when she didn't respond them for quite a while.
"Lilith?" they said together nervously.
"Don't worry," she turned and a large smile was plastered on her face. . "I really needed to talk to Tam, if she needs her father there that's fine," she was gripping the counter top, and her knuckles were turning white.
"Phew," Ron said letting out the breath he had been holding, not even taking notice of Lilith's discomfort.
"Go set the table okay?" she forcefully said and they gladly agreed. The headed out with the needed supplies.
The trio were almost done with the table when they heard a loud thud from the neighboring room. They went inside and found Remus helping Tam up on to her feet.
"Hello," Remus addressed them as Tam stood.
"Hi Remus," Harry greeted. The other followed in his lead.
"Dinner's almost ready," Hermione informed them. She went back to the dining room to finish setting the table and quickly came back. She left the others in an uncomfortable silence. Lilith suddenly came out of the dining room and informed them that dinner was ready. She greeted Tam, and Tam did the same. Over the few weeks, their Mother/Daughter relationship changed a bit. Though Tam still seemed to hold a grudge, she somewhat respected Lilith. Her mother was after all a great fighter and a member of the Circle.
"I'll be right back," she said.
She walked of to Draco's room. She opened the door and found him sleeping silently. She walked over to him and shook him a little; he made no movement to indicate that he was awaking. She tried harder and finally got him to stir. He creaked open his eyes and looked up at Lilith.
"Morning sleepy-head," she whispered softly. "C'mon wake up, it's time for dinner,"
"But you said it was morning," Draco mumbled out, trying to look at least a bit decent.
"It's just a saying," she rolled her eyes. "Now, do you wanna eat dinner here or with all of us in the dining room,"
"With all the students there? No way, I'd rather eat here," he said looking wrongly accused, even though he did nothing.
"Draco, we're at my house. It's right next to the school, in Hogsmeade," she said smiling again.
"Really? So who's down there? Not too many people I hope?" he questioned her.
"No, don't worry, just a few of us okay?"
"Alright, I'll be there in a bit," then he remembered that he didn't know the way. "Or, can you come get me in a few?"
She instantly agreed. "Sure."
She walked out of the room and headed for Severus's room. She opened the door and found no one inside. She took a step and heard the bathroom door opening. Severus walked out of the bathroom, a younger version of Severus whose body was well toned and chiseled in all the needed places. He was wearing only a towel that rode low on his hips. She managed to take her eyes off Severus to tell him that dinner was ready.
"I'll be there shortly," he said, but he did nothing to hide his smirk.
"We'll be waiting," she said, grumpy that she had been caught staring.
She then walked by Fred's room and told him to come to dinner. He left her as he dashed past her at the prospect of food. She walked back to Draco's room and found him properly dressed. She led him back to the living room where everyone was waiting. Draco was a bit surprised to see his godfather so different, and so young. Severus whispered to him that all that while, he had been using a spell. Lilith then lead them to the dining room, but there was something that she has to take care of before dinner began.
"Harry, Ron, Draco, Tam," Lilith said emphasizing Tam, "could you guys please follow me, we need to talk before we start to eat," she led them back to the living room. "Sorry to take you away from dinner, but I just need you guys to tell me when you have Quidditch practice. I'm going to start training as soon as Draco's over this."
"Really?" Harry and Ron yelled excitedly.
"Yes boys," laughter radiated from her voice. They told her when they had practice and Lilith made mental not to go too hard on them those days. "That includes you too Tam," she said when her daughter made a face as if saying that she didn't even wan to go through the training. "Now, how about we eat?"
"Yeah," Draco happily said.
"Oh, and Draco, if you fell any different, even just a bit, tell me," her eyes were full of worry.
"Sure thing,"
They all headed back to the dining room and sat down where they felt most comfortable. Tam walked over next to Remus and hugged him smiling happily all the while, she kissed him on the cheek and then she pulled out the chair next to him and sat down. Lilith looked down, trying to hide her face, even after what she told Remus, it still hurt to see her daughter favor her father. Lilith and Severus sat at the farthest top; next to Lilith was Draco, then Harry, and then Hermione. Next to Severus was Fred, then Ron, then Remus and Tam. Lilith snapped her fingers and two pitchers appeared out of nowhere, one poured a light red liquid into Hermione and Remus's cup, and the other poured a dark red liquid into Harry, Ron, Fred, Tam, Severus and Lilith's cup.
"Don't worry guys," she said nodding towards Remus and Hermione. "Yours is just punch. Ours is fresh, I hunted for it myself," Lilith then stood and looked at everyone in the room. "I just wanted to wish young Draco a happy birthday. And I guess you're wondering why I made all of you come here." After a few nods from some of those sitting at the table, she continued, "I guess I just wanted Draco to meet his new family. You see, Draco has chosen me and Severus to be his blood parents." A few sitting were taken back. "So Draco, now you get to meet your brother and sister, and adopted brothers and sister," she laughed happily. "Of course your cousin couldn't make it, she's at school. I didn't want to disturb her studies. And I also wanted to give you something, it'll help the pain be less frequent, in fact I'm surprised you haven't fallen in agony yet," she walked over to Severus and took his arm in hers. She slit his wrist and let the drops fall into a small goblet that she had been holding. He winced only a bit when she cut into him. She healed him when she thought he had donated enough blood. She walked towards Draco, and then sliced her own wrist, and after feeding the goblet enough, she healed herself and gave it to Draco.
"Here, drink," Draco hesitantly took the drink. When he was done, the slight twinge of pain he felt in his stomach went away.
"Thank you,"
"Now, lets eat!" She said, and just like a Hogwarts meal, the food magically appeared. She sat back down in her own seat.
All the younger ones dug into the food enthusiastically, while the older ones sitting at the table preferred to enjoy the food by savoring it. Just as dinner was about to finish, Draco felt the small pain he had come back. And it was growing rapidly. Too fast for the young vamp. He stood up and groaned, gaining the attention of everyone sitting.
"Draco, what's wrong?" Lilith worried, she stood up herself and walked over to him.
Draco's face was scrunched up in pain, but he managed to cry out, "It really hurts,"
"On no," Lilith whispered. She grabbed his arm, and was about to call for help when Severus came and took hold of Draco's other arm. They were about to carry him to his room, when a loud scream erupted from the blond head. "It's too late, this phase has already started, if we move him too much, it'll hurt him more," so she and Severus took him to the living room, which was much closer, and laid him down on the couch.
"What's happening?" Hermione asked.
"It's his body, it's changing and it hurts like hell," Lilith explained to the worried girl.
Hermione was about to respond but she was cut short as a loud piercing scream came from Draco. Lilith sat next to him and took his hand in hers, her face taking a sad expression. Again, Draco screamed from the searing pain.
"I've been told its worse that the cruciatus," Lilith sadly said. "Guys, its better that you leave," another loud scream stopped her from continuing. When Draco quieted, she began again. "It's better that you're not here for this,"
They all silently nodded and headed back to the fireplace and left back to their dormitories. They only ones who stayed were Tam, Remus, Fred and of course Severus, who was now standing behind his godson with a worried look etched on his face. They all stayed in silence, and Lilith kept wondering why Tam had stayed. Fred quietly left the group and headed back to his room.
After Draco finally stopped screaming, his breaths became even, and she realized that he must have fallen asleep. Lilith picked him up and carried him to his room. She placed him in the bed and stared at the youth for some time, she was thrust out of her daze when she realized that everyone had followed her. No made a move to leave; that is until Remus spoke.
"I'll meet you back in the living room when you're ready to leave, ok Tam?" he whispered, trying not to disturb the sleeping boy.
"All right Dad. See ya," Tam said to Remus's retreating back.
"Why did you stay Tam?" Lilith asked her daughter.
"Well, I mean the kid is my brother, right? I got a bit worried, had to check if he was okay," she said somewhat concerned.
"Well, he's fine, so don't worry yourself about it too much," Lilith said.
"Well, I've gotta go back, Dad's waiting," Tam said and was about to step out of the door past Severus, when Lilith's voice stopped her.
"You know," she said hesitating, "you can call me Mom if you want,"
Tam laughed, "That's funny Lilith, really it is. You should like go into comedy or something," she spoke with no malice in her voice, but her words were enough.
Even if Tam didn't see the hurt in her eyes, Severus did. He followed her out of the room and caught up with her. He grabbed her shoulder and quickly spun her around.
"Hey!" Tam said protesting. "What's your problem?"
"Tell me, what do you think you are doing? Are you blind or something?" Severus asked the girl with one of his iciest glares in play.
"What the hell are you going on about?" Tam asked him, completely confused.
"You really hurt her with that comment, you know and-"Severus was interrupted when Remus approached them.
"What do you think you are doing Severus?" Remus asked.
He let Tam free from his grasp and gave both of them frosty glares. He continued on his way to his room, but before he was out of hearing range, he stopped and spoke to Tam, without turning.
"You have no right to do what you did," he said over his shoulder and walked off.
"What happened Tam?" Remus asked worriedly.
"Don't worry about it," she responded.
"But-"
"Don't worry Dad, I barely get it myself,"
They both walked back to the fireplace and flooed back to their respective rooms for an uneasy night.
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A/N: Hey guys, I also wanted to add that though not many people helped me with the upcoming chapter, I got an idea from a previous reviewer. The next chapter is hopefully going to be the start of their training. And if anyone wants to see something for chapter 16, I'll see what I can do, cause I'm kinda lost for 16. Also, I wanted to take the time to thank all of my reviewers, HyperCaz, whitemiko15, lovenhope, and Silver Scale Serpent. Thanks guys!
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Chapter 14 - A Young Vamps Change
Unfortunately for those students who loved to bathe in the sunlight and lie down on the grass and relax on a Sunday afternoon, they were not able to. The sky was turning a dark gray and they clouds barked above them. It would be just moments before large raindrops would appear. And Draco Malfoy stood at the top of the Astronomy Tower watching the gloomy clouds float by.
Tomorrow would be the day he had been anticipating; he would have to make his choice of blood parent by then. And to this moment, he still had no idea who he wanted to choose. If he had never met his DADA professor, he would have instantly chosen his godfather. But having met her, and heard the sincerity in her voice, he could not choose. And so he made the decision to visit Lilith right after lunch, when he knew she would be at her office.
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Draco approached the door and tapped softly. He heard Lilith's muffled voice telling him to come in and he did so. He approached her and took a seat in front of her large desk.
"So, what did you want?" she pleasantly asked him.
"Well, I need to ask you something," he paused a moment and fidgeted in his seat. "Well, I was thinking and it kinda came across to me kind of odd that you can only chose one person to be your 'sire'. Like most families, wouldn't you have a mother and father?"
"Of course, I'm sorry if I made you think you could only choose one person," she looked up at him and smiled a bit. "You can choose your blood mother and father,"
Draco burst into a smirk that could have rivaled his fathers. To anyone who knew him, they would have known that it was his way of showing happiness. After all, the years of lying to others and himself did somewhat stick to him. "Really?" he asked with a bit too much energy.
"Of course. So have you chosen anyone?" Lilith had shown him great trust with absolutely no remorse. She liked the youth already, sort of like a little brother. He had spunk, energy, and a lot of determination that she had seen on a few occasions during her classes.
"Yes, well," His voice suddenly turned serious as he faced Lilith again. "I hope you don't mind . . . but would you be my Blood Mother?"
Lilith was shocked, to say the least. She completely surprised that the boy would chose her. But not angry or sad, she was happy to help another young Vamp along their way. And it would be all too fun to see Harry's reaction to having a brother.
"I'd love to Draco. But are you sure?" she looked at him I'm also guessing you chose someone as your Blood Father?" she spoke to him in a respective voice.
"Yes, of course I'm sure. And yes I chose my Blood Father. I was hoping my godfather would accept. But I haven't seen him at all, except during classes, and I can't really talk to him then," Draco's face crossed confusion for a moment but it was gone before Lilith could really notice it there. He placed his mask back up hiding his emotions. "I don't know if he would agree."
"Go talk to him, he knows what you're going through," she stood up. "I've owled him. He was working on a potion; he should be finished by now. Go to him," she gently pushed him towards the exit of her office and told him to go once more.
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Draco made his way towards the Potions Master's office and knocked loudly when he reached it. There was a muffled entry and he walked in. He saw the professor sitting at his desk at walked towards him. Draco sat without being asked and his godfather looked up at him.
"Did you want something Draco?" Severus asked.
"I just wanted to ask you something," the blond boy explained.
"Then ask,"
"Well, Professor Night told me about you, and she told me you knew about me," he looked at his godfather's face and saw some sort of emotion. He saw a form of hurt in his eyes, but it was quickly shielded and his mask of impassiveness came forth again.
"Yes, we've talked about this long before," Severus was straining not to think about what had happened. He hadn't talked to Lilith since their fight, but they had spoken about Draco before that. They had agreed to help him along his change, no matter what. He now concluded, just as Lilith had before, that they would have to put their differences aside while they helped another young vamp.
"Really? That's good because she told me that I needed to chose a sire, and I've chosen them," the young blond told Severus. "Well, I wanted to ask you if you'd be my Blood Father, would you?"
Severus was taken back. Even if the boy was his godson, he had never been overly kind, or loving. But he was not going to be harsh this time, Severus gladly agreed.
"Of course Draco," he said in an almost pleasant tone.
"Thank you Sir, I'll inform Professor Night right away," he said smiling happily for once in his life. He was happy that he was going to be in a family that would actually care for him.
"Wait," Severus said stopping the boy from leaving.
"Yes Sir?"
"What does Night have to do with this?" he asked Draco who's smile broadened at the thought.
"She's going to be my Blood Mother," he sounded quite happy that she had agreed to his choice.
"Really now?" Severus was again, surprised but his face did not show it.
"Yes, thank you Sir," Draco said as he walked out of the room.
He walked back towards Lilith's room and told her the good news. And after wandering aimlessly around the school for hours, his energy died down and he went to dinner. He was a bit starved after skipping lunch, and dug right into his food gaining odd looks from his housemates. After a hearty meal, he went back to Slytherin grounds. When he opened the door for the common room, there were glares staring at him and boring holes through his body. And if looks could have killed, Draco would have been six feet under.
He had been frequently getting the same reactions from his housemates since he had told them that he no longer supported the Dark Lord. In his rant he had hoped that others would have seen the same light as he had, and turn towards the light side. He didn't get the attention of that many people, only a few from various years, and only one from his year, Blaise Zabini. Because of him he could keep his sanity intact, or else Draco most likely would have died of boredom and continuous insults being thrown at him. Of course no one out of the house knew what was going, Slytherins were sly and they kept their business to themselves. He and Blaise had become very close over the summer, and then end of the previous year, when Draco had told him the side he really stood on.
So Draco just ignored the glares and walked to his Dormitories. Sleep took over him and he fell away into land of unconsciousness.
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At about midnight, Draco's body began to take its change. He never felt it as his magic ran amuck.
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As Draco woke up, he realized that his whole body ached. It wasn't much so he didn't make a big deal out of it. He did his morning toiletries and then headed to the Great Hall for breakfast. When he reached the Slytherin table, he took a seat next to Blaise, who smiled warmly at him. Besides Lilith, Blaise was one of the few who truly trusted Draco; the only problem was that Draco didn't take notice. Both boys continued to chow down on breakfast, Draco, who felt gazes boring at him, kept a weary watch on the surrounding classmates. He suddenly turned to Blaise.
"Don't worry if I don't get to class, I have some things to take care of," he whispered quickly.
"Why? Is something wrong?" Blaise suddenly took a very worried tone. But he stayed hushed nonetheless.
"Don't worry about it," he said. "It's just-"Draco was suddenly cut off as a searing pain took over him. Blaise looked at him very concerned.
"What's wrong Draco?" He asked the boy.
"Get. Night." Draco managed to get out between puffs of air.
For a moment Blaise was confused. Then he suddenly remembered his new professor. He was about to stand to get her when she appeared next to him.
"Professor," he addressed Lilith. "I don't know what's wrong with him, but he was asking for you," Blaise sounded very worried, and he had reason to be. Reasons that he didn't even know.
"Thank you, Mr. Zabini," Lilith said as she took Draco with her. Throughout all of this, they had gained the attention of the entire Great Hall. With a quick nod towards Severus, he was at her side to help.
They each took one of Draco's arms in their firm grasp. And it was lucky for them because at that moment, Draco's eyes flashed red and he began to thrash and fight their hold. He kicked and he was trying to punch, but his arms were trapped. Lilith and Severus dragged him out of the Great Hall with prying eyes still on their backs. And of course Harry, Ron, and Hermione followed them. What they didn't expect was that Blaise had trailed along too. Harry and Ron caught him before he got any further.
"Where do you think you're going?" Harry asked him forcefully.
"I'm going with him! There's obviously something wrong with him!" Blaise practically yelled fighting against their hold, but not doing much.
"I'm sorry, but you can't," Hermione said from behind them.
"Like I'm leaving him with you Gryffindorks!" Blaise retorted.
"Professor Snape is with him, so don't worry," Hermione kept trying to persuade him into leaving.
After a few moments of hesitation, he stopped fighting and regained his composure.
"Fine, but if anything happens, I want you Granger," he said looking only at Hermione, "to tell me."
"Fine," she agreed.
He nodded and walked off, leaving the Trio alone again. They followed the others back to Lilith's room where they then flooed to the Bookshop.
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It was somewhat chaotic when they arrived. Severus and Lilith had to drag Draco to an empty bedroom and let they violent outburst run its length. It wouldn't have been a problem, but Harry, Ron and Hermione refused to leave. Lilith left Draco and Severus alone to get the others to go back to class.
"You can't stay here," she growled out.
"But Lilith," Hermione quietly said. "I promised Zabini that if anything happened I would tell him. I've seen those two, they're like brothers, like them," Hermione looked at Harry and Ron who currently had big eyes staring at both the females. And suddenly, by Hermione's comment, smiled openly. "See?" she said smiling herself.
"All right, I'll take care of it. If you see him during class, tell him so. Also, if you want, you can come by later tonight for dinner, and bring Tam with you, force her if you have to. We need to talk about starting your training." Lilith began to push them towards the fireplace. "Now please leave, I do NOT want you to miss class," on a lighter note she said, "Oh, and please tell me if the person they got to replace me is competent? Ok?"
"Sure thing," Hermione said as she walked into the fireplace, and fell back into Lilith's room.
"Harry, hold on a moment," Lilith said just as he as about to step into the fire after Ron.
"Yeah?" he asked.
"I know you guys don't like him very much, but please try to make him feel at home, he is going to be staying a while. Besides," she knowingly said, a smirk playing at her lips, "you can't really hate your brother,"
"What?!?" Harry chirped in surprise.
"Mhmm, quite so," Lilith said smiling. "He's asked me to be his Blood Mother, so you're his brother," she suddenly realized that maybe telling Harry at that precise moment was a good idea. "Sorry Harry," she said she led him back to the fireplace. He flooed back and went to his classes with Ron and Hermione.
Lilith walked back to Severus and Draco. When she opened the door, she looked at the young blond sleeping soundly in the bed, and then at Severus sitting on the chair next to him, watching the boy sleep.
"Did he take it well?" she asked him.
"As well as he could be, but he grew tired and fell asleep," both of them spoke without an ounce of emotion in their voice, both just spoke to explain, or question in Lilith's case.
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Later that night, Harry, Ron and Hermione fell through the fire in the living room. They quickly stood up and dusted themselves off. They quickly looked around for Lilith and found her in the kitchen cooking dinner.
"Lilith, there's a problem," Ron nervously said.
"Why? What happened?" she asked worriedly.
"Well, remember that you told us to tell you about your replacement?" Hermione said moving her weight from one foot to the other.
"Yes?" she quirked an eyebrow at their antics.
"Well . . . It's Professor Lupin," Harry said. "And Tam wouldn't leave unless he came with her, so you know, since you said that it was important, well-"
"They're on their way," Hermione hurriedly said cutting Harry off.
Lilith didn't make a move to indicate any discomfort with the situation at all. She just continued her cooking, and looking silly with her apron and floating cooking utensils. It didn't fit her at all. It worried the teens when she didn't respond them for quite a while.
"Lilith?" they said together nervously.
"Don't worry," she turned and a large smile was plastered on her face. . "I really needed to talk to Tam, if she needs her father there that's fine," she was gripping the counter top, and her knuckles were turning white.
"Phew," Ron said letting out the breath he had been holding, not even taking notice of Lilith's discomfort.
"Go set the table okay?" she forcefully said and they gladly agreed. The headed out with the needed supplies.
The trio were almost done with the table when they heard a loud thud from the neighboring room. They went inside and found Remus helping Tam up on to her feet.
"Hello," Remus addressed them as Tam stood.
"Hi Remus," Harry greeted. The other followed in his lead.
"Dinner's almost ready," Hermione informed them. She went back to the dining room to finish setting the table and quickly came back. She left the others in an uncomfortable silence. Lilith suddenly came out of the dining room and informed them that dinner was ready. She greeted Tam, and Tam did the same. Over the few weeks, their Mother/Daughter relationship changed a bit. Though Tam still seemed to hold a grudge, she somewhat respected Lilith. Her mother was after all a great fighter and a member of the Circle.
"I'll be right back," she said.
She walked of to Draco's room. She opened the door and found him sleeping silently. She walked over to him and shook him a little; he made no movement to indicate that he was awaking. She tried harder and finally got him to stir. He creaked open his eyes and looked up at Lilith.
"Morning sleepy-head," she whispered softly. "C'mon wake up, it's time for dinner,"
"But you said it was morning," Draco mumbled out, trying to look at least a bit decent.
"It's just a saying," she rolled her eyes. "Now, do you wanna eat dinner here or with all of us in the dining room,"
"With all the students there? No way, I'd rather eat here," he said looking wrongly accused, even though he did nothing.
"Draco, we're at my house. It's right next to the school, in Hogsmeade," she said smiling again.
"Really? So who's down there? Not too many people I hope?" he questioned her.
"No, don't worry, just a few of us okay?"
"Alright, I'll be there in a bit," then he remembered that he didn't know the way. "Or, can you come get me in a few?"
She instantly agreed. "Sure."
She walked out of the room and headed for Severus's room. She opened the door and found no one inside. She took a step and heard the bathroom door opening. Severus walked out of the bathroom, a younger version of Severus whose body was well toned and chiseled in all the needed places. He was wearing only a towel that rode low on his hips. She managed to take her eyes off Severus to tell him that dinner was ready.
"I'll be there shortly," he said, but he did nothing to hide his smirk.
"We'll be waiting," she said, grumpy that she had been caught staring.
She then walked by Fred's room and told him to come to dinner. He left her as he dashed past her at the prospect of food. She walked back to Draco's room and found him properly dressed. She led him back to the living room where everyone was waiting. Draco was a bit surprised to see his godfather so different, and so young. Severus whispered to him that all that while, he had been using a spell. Lilith then lead them to the dining room, but there was something that she has to take care of before dinner began.
"Harry, Ron, Draco, Tam," Lilith said emphasizing Tam, "could you guys please follow me, we need to talk before we start to eat," she led them back to the living room. "Sorry to take you away from dinner, but I just need you guys to tell me when you have Quidditch practice. I'm going to start training as soon as Draco's over this."
"Really?" Harry and Ron yelled excitedly.
"Yes boys," laughter radiated from her voice. They told her when they had practice and Lilith made mental not to go too hard on them those days. "That includes you too Tam," she said when her daughter made a face as if saying that she didn't even wan to go through the training. "Now, how about we eat?"
"Yeah," Draco happily said.
"Oh, and Draco, if you fell any different, even just a bit, tell me," her eyes were full of worry.
"Sure thing,"
They all headed back to the dining room and sat down where they felt most comfortable. Tam walked over next to Remus and hugged him smiling happily all the while, she kissed him on the cheek and then she pulled out the chair next to him and sat down. Lilith looked down, trying to hide her face, even after what she told Remus, it still hurt to see her daughter favor her father. Lilith and Severus sat at the farthest top; next to Lilith was Draco, then Harry, and then Hermione. Next to Severus was Fred, then Ron, then Remus and Tam. Lilith snapped her fingers and two pitchers appeared out of nowhere, one poured a light red liquid into Hermione and Remus's cup, and the other poured a dark red liquid into Harry, Ron, Fred, Tam, Severus and Lilith's cup.
"Don't worry guys," she said nodding towards Remus and Hermione. "Yours is just punch. Ours is fresh, I hunted for it myself," Lilith then stood and looked at everyone in the room. "I just wanted to wish young Draco a happy birthday. And I guess you're wondering why I made all of you come here." After a few nods from some of those sitting at the table, she continued, "I guess I just wanted Draco to meet his new family. You see, Draco has chosen me and Severus to be his blood parents." A few sitting were taken back. "So Draco, now you get to meet your brother and sister, and adopted brothers and sister," she laughed happily. "Of course your cousin couldn't make it, she's at school. I didn't want to disturb her studies. And I also wanted to give you something, it'll help the pain be less frequent, in fact I'm surprised you haven't fallen in agony yet," she walked over to Severus and took his arm in hers. She slit his wrist and let the drops fall into a small goblet that she had been holding. He winced only a bit when she cut into him. She healed him when she thought he had donated enough blood. She walked towards Draco, and then sliced her own wrist, and after feeding the goblet enough, she healed herself and gave it to Draco.
"Here, drink," Draco hesitantly took the drink. When he was done, the slight twinge of pain he felt in his stomach went away.
"Thank you,"
"Now, lets eat!" She said, and just like a Hogwarts meal, the food magically appeared. She sat back down in her own seat.
All the younger ones dug into the food enthusiastically, while the older ones sitting at the table preferred to enjoy the food by savoring it. Just as dinner was about to finish, Draco felt the small pain he had come back. And it was growing rapidly. Too fast for the young vamp. He stood up and groaned, gaining the attention of everyone sitting.
"Draco, what's wrong?" Lilith worried, she stood up herself and walked over to him.
Draco's face was scrunched up in pain, but he managed to cry out, "It really hurts,"
"On no," Lilith whispered. She grabbed his arm, and was about to call for help when Severus came and took hold of Draco's other arm. They were about to carry him to his room, when a loud scream erupted from the blond head. "It's too late, this phase has already started, if we move him too much, it'll hurt him more," so she and Severus took him to the living room, which was much closer, and laid him down on the couch.
"What's happening?" Hermione asked.
"It's his body, it's changing and it hurts like hell," Lilith explained to the worried girl.
Hermione was about to respond but she was cut short as a loud piercing scream came from Draco. Lilith sat next to him and took his hand in hers, her face taking a sad expression. Again, Draco screamed from the searing pain.
"I've been told its worse that the cruciatus," Lilith sadly said. "Guys, its better that you leave," another loud scream stopped her from continuing. When Draco quieted, she began again. "It's better that you're not here for this,"
They all silently nodded and headed back to the fireplace and left back to their dormitories. They only ones who stayed were Tam, Remus, Fred and of course Severus, who was now standing behind his godson with a worried look etched on his face. They all stayed in silence, and Lilith kept wondering why Tam had stayed. Fred quietly left the group and headed back to his room.
After Draco finally stopped screaming, his breaths became even, and she realized that he must have fallen asleep. Lilith picked him up and carried him to his room. She placed him in the bed and stared at the youth for some time, she was thrust out of her daze when she realized that everyone had followed her. No made a move to leave; that is until Remus spoke.
"I'll meet you back in the living room when you're ready to leave, ok Tam?" he whispered, trying not to disturb the sleeping boy.
"All right Dad. See ya," Tam said to Remus's retreating back.
"Why did you stay Tam?" Lilith asked her daughter.
"Well, I mean the kid is my brother, right? I got a bit worried, had to check if he was okay," she said somewhat concerned.
"Well, he's fine, so don't worry yourself about it too much," Lilith said.
"Well, I've gotta go back, Dad's waiting," Tam said and was about to step out of the door past Severus, when Lilith's voice stopped her.
"You know," she said hesitating, "you can call me Mom if you want,"
Tam laughed, "That's funny Lilith, really it is. You should like go into comedy or something," she spoke with no malice in her voice, but her words were enough.
Even if Tam didn't see the hurt in her eyes, Severus did. He followed her out of the room and caught up with her. He grabbed her shoulder and quickly spun her around.
"Hey!" Tam said protesting. "What's your problem?"
"Tell me, what do you think you are doing? Are you blind or something?" Severus asked the girl with one of his iciest glares in play.
"What the hell are you going on about?" Tam asked him, completely confused.
"You really hurt her with that comment, you know and-"Severus was interrupted when Remus approached them.
"What do you think you are doing Severus?" Remus asked.
He let Tam free from his grasp and gave both of them frosty glares. He continued on his way to his room, but before he was out of hearing range, he stopped and spoke to Tam, without turning.
"You have no right to do what you did," he said over his shoulder and walked off.
"What happened Tam?" Remus asked worriedly.
"Don't worry about it," she responded.
"But-"
"Don't worry Dad, I barely get it myself,"
They both walked back to the fireplace and flooed back to their respective rooms for an uneasy night.
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A/N: Hey guys, I also wanted to add that though not many people helped me with the upcoming chapter, I got an idea from a previous reviewer. The next chapter is hopefully going to be the start of their training. And if anyone wants to see something for chapter 16, I'll see what I can do, cause I'm kinda lost for 16. Also, I wanted to take the time to thank all of my reviewers, HyperCaz, whitemiko15, lovenhope, and Silver Scale Serpent. Thanks guys!
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