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Another little message for those who were worried about Hermione not being in the final battle; don't worry she will be involved. All will be revealed as the story continues. LOL
All right for this story the boys and Hermione's birthdays go like this; Ron February eighteenth, Harry July thirty first, Draco August twelve and Hermione November thirteenth. And before I get other comments I know that Hermione's birthday is really in September as per book three of the series when she discusses having gotten some money from her parents but the date I have in mine fit the time line I have set up better.
I don't own Harry Potter and Co.
ATTACK AT HOGSMEAD
All four friends were enjoying their day of shopping and were now sitting in the Three Broomsticks enjoying a meal and some butterbeer. Harry had secretly ordered a birthday cake to be delivered at their table. After they finished eating a young house elf came and delivered the cake. All three men got up and started signing a very off key rendition of "Happy birthday" and "For she's a jolly good fellow". Hermione was laughing so hard she had to hold on to her sides.
"Thanks guys, I love you all but don't quit your day jobs that was awful signing." She gave Ron a passionate kiss and promised him she would thank him later when they would be alone. Draco saw the secret smile that they gave each other and smirked. He was going to have fun teasing those two.
(Harry I think those two will be worse than us. I think that maybe we should head back to school or they will surely start shagging on top of the table.)
(Draco you're dirty minded; did you know that?)
(Yes I know and that's exactly why you love me.)
(Dam, right.)
"Guys Draco starting to get tired I think we should head back to school?."
Hermione who had become quite attached to the twins that Draco was carrying quickly agreed. (Yes Draco dear, we'll get you to school so you can rest and take care of my two goddaughters.)
Draco's eyes went wide with shock. "Mione since when can you speak telepathically?'
"Since I came into my inheritance. It's one of my new powers. Unlike you I can communicate with anyone I want, it's one of my Vampire traits. I think it may come in handy."
As they were leaving the Three Broomsticks about twenty death eaters appeared all around them. Ron summoned his golden sword and placed himself in front of Harry and Draco. Hermione stood by his side.
"Stand aside Weasley, mudblood, it is the young Malfoy and Potter we're after."
"No I think we'll pass on that. You'll have to go through us to get Harry and Draco."
The death eaters were laughing at the brave red head and the puny girl. They wouldn't be laughing for too long. The battle started when one sent the crustatious curse towards Ron. He used his sword to deflect the spell which hit another death eater sending him to the ground screaming.
Ron looked at the fallen death eater and snickered. "I guess that's what they call a taste of your own medicine." And before he knew it he was in full battle mode. He didn't even notice when his battle robes appeared on him. The death eaters were shocked to see this Elf attacking them. Ron knew his cover was blown when a gust of wind caused by a spell lift his hair to reveal his pointy ears. "Dam! I know that Dumbledore is going to hear about this and question me. Fuck I really messed up."
Out of the corner of his eye he saw Hermione dispose of her few death eaters herself using her speed she stupefied two and used Expelliarmus to unarm another. She turned around and winked at him. Then he saw two more death eaters making their way to Harry. Before he had time to get to them Harry had already taken care of them using a flame throwing curse. The only one that didn't seem to be doing something was Draco but Ron knew better; he could feel the protective magic of a shield spell placed on him and the others that had the blond's magical signature. He knew that he had to dispose of the other death eaters quickly before aurors showed up and started asking questions they couldn't answer. He put his sword away and started chanting in Elfish again. The red glow returned and he noticed that the fighting had stopped. He opened his eyes to see that the death eaters were looking at him with fright. He opened his hands and sent red beams of light towards the closest death eaters. They quickly became unconscious and fell on the ground. He noticed Harry throwing some more stupefy curses at another death eater that had managed to sneak up on him.
"Harry don't show all of your strength. Until you're fully trained it's up to Hermione and me to protect you." He heard Harry mumble something about overprotective gits and returned to Draco's side. He still had his eyes closed concentrating on the protection spell.
Hermione rolled her eyes at seeing her friend grumbling about not being able to help. She knew that this hurt Harry not being able to fight with them. He had always been the one to face danger to save his friends. She turned around and took care of the last two death eaters sending then a bat bogey hex that she had learned from Ginny. Only this time it was different she didn't even have to say the incantation; she only had to think about it and raise her hands and hundreds of bats seemed to come out of her hands and attack the unfortunate souls that she was aiming at. "Oh goody another of my new powers. I can't wait to have a good discussion with this Katharina woman to find out about all this new stuff I can do."
After the battle was done all the death eaters were tied together and left in the middle of town with a note pinned on one of them. It was a warning to Voldemort. It read "Voldemort don't mess with the force of the four. We will only tell you once; if you try to mess with us too much we will retaliate. It was signed Phoenix, Unicorn, Panther and Fox."
The first aurors on the site were Tonks and Shackelbot. They read the message and decided to contact Dumbledore to have a meeting of the order so they could discuss these four new "allies". All the death eaters were taken to Azkaban to await their trial.
Meanwhile four teenagers were laughing as they made their way back to the castle. They had performed a very strong memory charm on the death eaters so they wouldn't remember who the fought. Harry had a huge smile when he opened the front door of the school. But his smile disappeared when he saw their three guardian standing there waiting for them. Severus walked up to him and with a cold voice told them to meet them in his quarters in an hour. So they were a bit worried when they made their way back to Gryffindor tower.
Not long after the kids had left to go back to their towers the headmaster summoned the three teachers to his office. All three men looked at each other wondering what he wanted. They made their way to the gargoyle and said the password to go up to the office. Once inside they sat down and waited for the old wizard to start. They noticed that other members of the order were also coming through the fireplace. Once the order of the Phoenix was all gathered professor Dumbledore started talking.
"It would seem that there has been a death eater attack in Hogsmead a few minutes ago. Twenty death eaters appeared in the middle of town and started sending spell at everything that moved. Now the strange part is that no one remembers who fought the death eaters. Even the death eater don't remember who they were battling. It seems that a very powerful memory charm was performed on them. The only clue they found was a note attached to one of the men. It held a warning for Voldemort and was signed Phoenix, Unicorn, Panther and Fox. Does this sound familiar to anyone?"
Everyone were shock at the news but none knew who the wizards who had protected the town were. Severus was swearing in his head. He knew four kids that would be in great trouble and would receive severe punishment for placing themselves in danger like this. Sirius had gone pale and held Remus' hand both knew who they were talking about but didn't want to reveal any secrets.
(Remus, look at Severus I think steam is starting to come out of his ears, he is so angry.)
(I'm angry too love, those kids should put themselves in danger like that.)
(I think we should ask them what happened first before we judge them, maybe they didn't have a choice.)
(You're right Sirius, Hey aren't I suppose to be the level headed one here.) Sirius gave him a smug look and laughed at the werewolf's expression. Severus noticed the looks that the two mutts were giving each other and he knew that they were discussing the event. He turned back his attention to Dumbledore who seemed like he was about to say something else.
The aged wizard cleared his throat to get everyone's attention again. "Last night Sirius and Remus captured Peter Pettigrew. We were able to get information as to what Voldemort is planning but we could get the location of his base of operation. It would seem that Voldemort is now interested in kidnapping Draco Malfoy to use as a means to have an heir. We must protect both he and Harry from any harm. In case some of you don't know Harry and Draco are a couple and from what I heard they are engaged and plan to get married after they graduate. This is another reason why Voldemort wants to kidnap Draco so he can hurt Harry by taking the person he loves away from him. We must stop this at all cost. Only Harry can defeat Voldemort and if he was to loose someone so close to him it would probably destroy all our chances."
Sirius was starting to get mad; he always knew that Dumbledore used Harry as a weapon but to hear him pronounce it in front of everyone made his blood boil. Remus feeling the distress of his mate placed a hand on his arm to comfort him. (Calm down love or Dumbledore will start to suspect that you know more that you let on.)
(Alright Remus, you right as always.)
(Of course I'm always right.) Sirius just rolled his eyes at his lover's antics.
Once the meeting came to an end the three professors made their way to the dungeons. The four young wizards were already waiting for them in front of the door. Inside the sitting room Severus finally let everyone know what he thought of the situation.
"Of all the stupid things you could have done this tops them all. Fighting twenty death eaters when none of you are fully trained. Using a memory charm which none of us adults would have to power to use. You obliverated the whole fucking town. And you also left a calling card on the death eaters to piss off Voldemort. I can't believe this." Severus sat down holding his head in his hands. He could feel a headache coming on.
Remus seeing how worried the kids were smiled at them and added. "Well I guess we know that once you're fully trained you will be pretty powerful. We worry about all four of you. In case you haven't noticed; none of us as much of a family so we consider all four of you like adoptive kids. Please be careful and next time you get attacked. Try to get away and contact us. And Severus is right, do you think that letting Voldemort know about all four of you is a good idea?"
Harry felt bad for worrying his guardians. "Remus, Sirius I'm sorry, but we didn't have a choice to fight. They appeared right in front of us as we left the Three Broomsticks. We didn't have a chance to escape. Ron and Hermione took care of most of them since we want to hide mine and Draco's powers for as long as we can. I hate having someone fight my own battles but I know how much this is important. Please don't be mad." Harry walked up to Severus "Draco didn't take part in the battle. All three of us protected him. All he did was cast a protection spell over all of us." Severus looked at his godson for confirmation. Draco nodded and smiled at his worried guardian.
Hermione came up to Severus and looked at him she sat on the floor in front of him and held his hands. She removed the glamour hiding her new look. She hear all three teachers gasp at her new appearance. She turned to look at Sirius who looked puzzled and Remus who had a look of comprehension she also noticed him sniff the air around him. "ah yes the werewolves sense would tell him what I am" she thought. She turned around and smiled at Severus who was doing his best expression of a goldfish.
"I Princess Hermione Servov of the Vampire realm swear to you Severus Salazar Snape that I will do everything in my power to protect Draco and Harry. This is my promise to you." Severus didn't know what to say. He gave Hermione a rare smile. "Thank you, your highness."
"You're welcome professor."
"Please when we're in private call me Severus. All the boys do."
"Ok Severus."
Draco sat next to his godfather and raised an eyebrow at his display of affection. Severus glared back. "You're all I have Draco, I don't want anything to happen to you. Now for the real reason we wanted to meet all four of you. Sirius and Remus caught Pettigrew last night during their evening watch. He confessed to having spied on both of you and also confessed to having told Voldemort of how far you relationship has progressed. I think that both of you should keep you sexual urges for yourselves and only act upon them in your private rooms in the chamber of secrets."
Sirius looked at his godson and smiled.
Harry jumped up and hugged Sirius, He knew that now that the ministry had Pettigrew in their hands they couldn't come back on their words and accuse him again. It had always worried him how easy Fudge had given him his freedom and always thought that the bastard had some secret motive for doing it. Sirius hugged him back but then became serious. "I know you two are in love but you will have to be more careful on how you express your love in public. And be careful for these four student as good old Peter named them as spies for Voldemort. Crabbe, Goyle, Parkinson and Patil and that's the Patil in Gryffindor but also be careful of her twin." The four students were silent they couldn't believe that other students were spying on them. But then again it was just a case of history repeating itself when the thought back at Pettigrew.
Remus go up and walked over to Hermione. He took her hand and got her to stand up. "Hermione, werewolves and Vampires have been enemies for centuries I hope that you and I can remedy that and show them that our two races can get along."
"Remus I'm honored to have your friendship. I'm sure my father would agree I will ask him to meet you. Have you ever heard of Prince Vladimir Servov?"
Remus gasped at the name of an old friend that he hadn't seen in such a long time. They had been friends as kids. He knew that they had been friends at a time when war raged between the werewolf and Vampire realms. His own parents had been killed by Vampires when he was young just after he had been bitten . They had never found the werewolf that had bit him so they had to find him a new family. He had been taken in by a human family who were neighbors of the Servov family. Even at a young age Remus could tell that Vladimir wasn't human but his friend had never told him what he was. But he remembered the day he found out very clearly.
"So you have heard of my father." She asked.
"Actually your father and I were friends during the last war between our people. I lived next door to him with my adoptive family. My parent's had been killed by Vampires." He heard Hermione gasped when he told them this bit of information. "I didn't know why at the time. I was just a child who knew nothing of the ways of my people. I should have been raised by the one who bit me. But since they couldn't find him I was left with my parents. They didn't know that it would be more dangerous than they thought. They paid the price for their love for me."
Remus looked at all of the people in the room. He ran a hand through his hair and continued his tale. "Since I never grew up in a werewolf colony I didn't know that Vampires were our enemies till much later. I found that out the day that Vladimir moved away. His father came home the night before it was a full moon and heard me howling. He made the connection between the signs of a werewolf living near them and me. He had always looked at me with a pensive expression on his face; when he discovered what I was he wanted to destroy me. The next day he packed up his family's belongings; and as they were about to leave I ran out of the house to say goodbye to my friend. He stopped me before I could get to Vladimir to talk to him. He threw me on the ground and started advancing on me with his fangs bared; he would have killed me but Vlad stepped in between his dad and me and told him to leave me alone. I wasn't their enemy. He told his dad that I had never been in contact with other werewolves so I didn't know about the war against Vampires. He turned towards me and apologized for his father's behavior and confessed about what he was. I was confused. I didn't understand why they were leaving and why his father hated me. So I decided to look up some information on my race and on the Vampire race. I was really sad to discover that our two races had been at war for over five hundred years." He stopped looking at the floor and lifted his head to face Hermione. She gave him a weak smile.
"Yes I've read about the wars and I know that if I could get my dad to talk with the werewolf Prince that maybe peace could come of it. From what I saw of my father I think that he's a good man. Remus I know that you probably got in contact with some of your people do you think that you could send a message to the Prince so they could meet?"
"I don't know I can always try. Maybe we could be allies in this war since Voldemort wants to destroy all our worlds."
"Yes we would do better at being allies than enemies. But know this Remus you will never be my enemy no mater what happens." Hermione gave Remus a hug and went to sit down besides Ron who seemed to have trouble stopping himself from looking shocked. Remus had never spoken about himself so much before. It was a learning experience.
(Remus, my love; you never told me about this part of your life.)
(Well it was a very painful time in my life. It happened when I was ten just before I went to Hogwarts. You guys were my lifeline when I found out all about the race that I was now part of.)
Remus sat down next to Sirius who quickly drew him into his arms and kissed him on the forehead. "I love you Moony."
"I love you too Padfoot, promise me you'll always be careful when you go out. If other Vampires know that you're my mate they just might try to attack you."
"No I won't let them. Just give me a minute." Hermione got up and opened her arms and closed her eyes. . She started glowing, a soft blue aura formed around her. (Father I need you to come to me. Please hurry it's very important.) She opened her eyes and everyone could see that they were now red. She blinked a few times and they went back to their original color.
A few minutes later a man appeared out of a black cloud of smoke. He was dressed all in black and had a pet bat hanging from his hand.
"You called for me daughter?"
"Yes father, I need a favor from you. But first let me introduce you to my friends." She stood in front of Harry, Draco and Ron. "My friends I would like to introduce you to my father Prince Vladimir Servov of the Vampire realm." She turned to face the boys and introduced them too. "These are my school friends. Harry Potter Grand Lord of Phoenixes, his husband Draco Malfoy Grand Lord of Unicorns. My boyfriend Prince Alderic of the light and dark Elves here in the human world he is known as Ronald Weasley. Severus Snape potions master here at Hogwarts, Sirius Black one of my teachers." She took a deep breath before turning towards Remus. "This is another of my teachers Remus Lupin. He is a werewolf. Do you remember him?"
Vladimir turned towards Remus and looked at him for a long time. Finally he remembered where he had heard the name before. It was his old childhood friend. His father had punished him severely for having saved him due to the fact the he was a werewolf. Vladimir looked Remus over again and noticed that he was standing protectively in front of another man with long black hair and deep blue eyes. "ah he's protecting his mate." He smiled at Remus to put him at ease.
"You have nothing to fear from me Remus, I still remember my childhood friend in the man before me." He stopped a few minutes to scan the magic he felt coming from Remus. "You are a very rare Werewolf, I think you are the first I've met who is a fully trained wizard. Not many have magic in them like you do. I sense no evil from you. It is not often that you meet a werewolf who has such beliefs in the light as you. Most turn dark because of their affliction."
"I have never been on the dark side. I will never serve Voldemort or hurt innocent people." Remus stood proudly in front of the Prince. He himself looked like an aristocrat, now that he wore new robes thanks to his job as a teacher he didn't look like the worn down person he use to be. His strength of character showed in his golden colored eyes.
"Father, Remus is part of the team that is training us, he is one of the defense against the dark arts teacher of this school. His life partner Sirius Black is the other teacher. I want you to send word to our people that they are not to harm any of them; we are allies in this war. If they hurt them then they would be harming The Grand Lord of Phoenix's family. Sirius is Harry's godfather and Remus is his second godfather by adoption. It is very important the everyone gets the message. The Phoenix Lord would not be very happy if he lost one of his parents."
"I understand daughter and I will let our people know. You are very protective of your friends my Child."
"Yes I am, Harry's had enough of a hard life until now that I want him to be happy and Remus is a big part of his life. He is also a good friend and one of the best teachers we have ever had. I think that when this war is over he would make a good ambassador for peace talks between our races."
Remus started laughing at Hermione's suggestion. "Me an ambassador, I'm touched Hermione but I'm sure the Werewolf Prince would have his say in all of this." Now lets get back to the business of your training.
Hermione nodded her agreement and turned to her father. "Thank you for coming Father. Will I see you again soon."
"Yes I will come back in three weeks to help you with some training and present Katharina to you." He walked to Hermione and gave her a kiss an her cheek. In another cloud of black smoke he was gone.
Sirius spoke up and said what everyone pretty much had on their minds. "Well that was quite and interesting meeting. Thank you Hermione for looking out for us."
"Think nothing of it Sirius. You and Remus are pretty much my guardians too while I'm at school."
Once the discussion was over they decided to make their way to the chamber for some training. Hermione wanted to try some of her new powers that she had discovered during the battle. They didn't notice a new painting on the wall no too far from the bathroom. And didn't see the person in the painting disappear after they had gone in.
Another little message for those who were worried about Hermione not being in the final battle; don't worry she will be involved. All will be revealed as the story continues. LOL
All right for this story the boys and Hermione's birthdays go like this; Ron February eighteenth, Harry July thirty first, Draco August twelve and Hermione November thirteenth. And before I get other comments I know that Hermione's birthday is really in September as per book three of the series when she discusses having gotten some money from her parents but the date I have in mine fit the time line I have set up better.
I don't own Harry Potter and Co.
ATTACK AT HOGSMEAD
All four friends were enjoying their day of shopping and were now sitting in the Three Broomsticks enjoying a meal and some butterbeer. Harry had secretly ordered a birthday cake to be delivered at their table. After they finished eating a young house elf came and delivered the cake. All three men got up and started signing a very off key rendition of "Happy birthday" and "For she's a jolly good fellow". Hermione was laughing so hard she had to hold on to her sides.
"Thanks guys, I love you all but don't quit your day jobs that was awful signing." She gave Ron a passionate kiss and promised him she would thank him later when they would be alone. Draco saw the secret smile that they gave each other and smirked. He was going to have fun teasing those two.
(Harry I think those two will be worse than us. I think that maybe we should head back to school or they will surely start shagging on top of the table.)
(Draco you're dirty minded; did you know that?)
(Yes I know and that's exactly why you love me.)
(Dam, right.)
"Guys Draco starting to get tired I think we should head back to school?."
Hermione who had become quite attached to the twins that Draco was carrying quickly agreed. (Yes Draco dear, we'll get you to school so you can rest and take care of my two goddaughters.)
Draco's eyes went wide with shock. "Mione since when can you speak telepathically?'
"Since I came into my inheritance. It's one of my new powers. Unlike you I can communicate with anyone I want, it's one of my Vampire traits. I think it may come in handy."
As they were leaving the Three Broomsticks about twenty death eaters appeared all around them. Ron summoned his golden sword and placed himself in front of Harry and Draco. Hermione stood by his side.
"Stand aside Weasley, mudblood, it is the young Malfoy and Potter we're after."
"No I think we'll pass on that. You'll have to go through us to get Harry and Draco."
The death eaters were laughing at the brave red head and the puny girl. They wouldn't be laughing for too long. The battle started when one sent the crustatious curse towards Ron. He used his sword to deflect the spell which hit another death eater sending him to the ground screaming.
Ron looked at the fallen death eater and snickered. "I guess that's what they call a taste of your own medicine." And before he knew it he was in full battle mode. He didn't even notice when his battle robes appeared on him. The death eaters were shocked to see this Elf attacking them. Ron knew his cover was blown when a gust of wind caused by a spell lift his hair to reveal his pointy ears. "Dam! I know that Dumbledore is going to hear about this and question me. Fuck I really messed up."
Out of the corner of his eye he saw Hermione dispose of her few death eaters herself using her speed she stupefied two and used Expelliarmus to unarm another. She turned around and winked at him. Then he saw two more death eaters making their way to Harry. Before he had time to get to them Harry had already taken care of them using a flame throwing curse. The only one that didn't seem to be doing something was Draco but Ron knew better; he could feel the protective magic of a shield spell placed on him and the others that had the blond's magical signature. He knew that he had to dispose of the other death eaters quickly before aurors showed up and started asking questions they couldn't answer. He put his sword away and started chanting in Elfish again. The red glow returned and he noticed that the fighting had stopped. He opened his eyes to see that the death eaters were looking at him with fright. He opened his hands and sent red beams of light towards the closest death eaters. They quickly became unconscious and fell on the ground. He noticed Harry throwing some more stupefy curses at another death eater that had managed to sneak up on him.
"Harry don't show all of your strength. Until you're fully trained it's up to Hermione and me to protect you." He heard Harry mumble something about overprotective gits and returned to Draco's side. He still had his eyes closed concentrating on the protection spell.
Hermione rolled her eyes at seeing her friend grumbling about not being able to help. She knew that this hurt Harry not being able to fight with them. He had always been the one to face danger to save his friends. She turned around and took care of the last two death eaters sending then a bat bogey hex that she had learned from Ginny. Only this time it was different she didn't even have to say the incantation; she only had to think about it and raise her hands and hundreds of bats seemed to come out of her hands and attack the unfortunate souls that she was aiming at. "Oh goody another of my new powers. I can't wait to have a good discussion with this Katharina woman to find out about all this new stuff I can do."
After the battle was done all the death eaters were tied together and left in the middle of town with a note pinned on one of them. It was a warning to Voldemort. It read "Voldemort don't mess with the force of the four. We will only tell you once; if you try to mess with us too much we will retaliate. It was signed Phoenix, Unicorn, Panther and Fox."
The first aurors on the site were Tonks and Shackelbot. They read the message and decided to contact Dumbledore to have a meeting of the order so they could discuss these four new "allies". All the death eaters were taken to Azkaban to await their trial.
Meanwhile four teenagers were laughing as they made their way back to the castle. They had performed a very strong memory charm on the death eaters so they wouldn't remember who the fought. Harry had a huge smile when he opened the front door of the school. But his smile disappeared when he saw their three guardian standing there waiting for them. Severus walked up to him and with a cold voice told them to meet them in his quarters in an hour. So they were a bit worried when they made their way back to Gryffindor tower.
Not long after the kids had left to go back to their towers the headmaster summoned the three teachers to his office. All three men looked at each other wondering what he wanted. They made their way to the gargoyle and said the password to go up to the office. Once inside they sat down and waited for the old wizard to start. They noticed that other members of the order were also coming through the fireplace. Once the order of the Phoenix was all gathered professor Dumbledore started talking.
"It would seem that there has been a death eater attack in Hogsmead a few minutes ago. Twenty death eaters appeared in the middle of town and started sending spell at everything that moved. Now the strange part is that no one remembers who fought the death eaters. Even the death eater don't remember who they were battling. It seems that a very powerful memory charm was performed on them. The only clue they found was a note attached to one of the men. It held a warning for Voldemort and was signed Phoenix, Unicorn, Panther and Fox. Does this sound familiar to anyone?"
Everyone were shock at the news but none knew who the wizards who had protected the town were. Severus was swearing in his head. He knew four kids that would be in great trouble and would receive severe punishment for placing themselves in danger like this. Sirius had gone pale and held Remus' hand both knew who they were talking about but didn't want to reveal any secrets.
(Remus, look at Severus I think steam is starting to come out of his ears, he is so angry.)
(I'm angry too love, those kids should put themselves in danger like that.)
(I think we should ask them what happened first before we judge them, maybe they didn't have a choice.)
(You're right Sirius, Hey aren't I suppose to be the level headed one here.) Sirius gave him a smug look and laughed at the werewolf's expression. Severus noticed the looks that the two mutts were giving each other and he knew that they were discussing the event. He turned back his attention to Dumbledore who seemed like he was about to say something else.
The aged wizard cleared his throat to get everyone's attention again. "Last night Sirius and Remus captured Peter Pettigrew. We were able to get information as to what Voldemort is planning but we could get the location of his base of operation. It would seem that Voldemort is now interested in kidnapping Draco Malfoy to use as a means to have an heir. We must protect both he and Harry from any harm. In case some of you don't know Harry and Draco are a couple and from what I heard they are engaged and plan to get married after they graduate. This is another reason why Voldemort wants to kidnap Draco so he can hurt Harry by taking the person he loves away from him. We must stop this at all cost. Only Harry can defeat Voldemort and if he was to loose someone so close to him it would probably destroy all our chances."
Sirius was starting to get mad; he always knew that Dumbledore used Harry as a weapon but to hear him pronounce it in front of everyone made his blood boil. Remus feeling the distress of his mate placed a hand on his arm to comfort him. (Calm down love or Dumbledore will start to suspect that you know more that you let on.)
(Alright Remus, you right as always.)
(Of course I'm always right.) Sirius just rolled his eyes at his lover's antics.
Once the meeting came to an end the three professors made their way to the dungeons. The four young wizards were already waiting for them in front of the door. Inside the sitting room Severus finally let everyone know what he thought of the situation.
"Of all the stupid things you could have done this tops them all. Fighting twenty death eaters when none of you are fully trained. Using a memory charm which none of us adults would have to power to use. You obliverated the whole fucking town. And you also left a calling card on the death eaters to piss off Voldemort. I can't believe this." Severus sat down holding his head in his hands. He could feel a headache coming on.
Remus seeing how worried the kids were smiled at them and added. "Well I guess we know that once you're fully trained you will be pretty powerful. We worry about all four of you. In case you haven't noticed; none of us as much of a family so we consider all four of you like adoptive kids. Please be careful and next time you get attacked. Try to get away and contact us. And Severus is right, do you think that letting Voldemort know about all four of you is a good idea?"
Harry felt bad for worrying his guardians. "Remus, Sirius I'm sorry, but we didn't have a choice to fight. They appeared right in front of us as we left the Three Broomsticks. We didn't have a chance to escape. Ron and Hermione took care of most of them since we want to hide mine and Draco's powers for as long as we can. I hate having someone fight my own battles but I know how much this is important. Please don't be mad." Harry walked up to Severus "Draco didn't take part in the battle. All three of us protected him. All he did was cast a protection spell over all of us." Severus looked at his godson for confirmation. Draco nodded and smiled at his worried guardian.
Hermione came up to Severus and looked at him she sat on the floor in front of him and held his hands. She removed the glamour hiding her new look. She hear all three teachers gasp at her new appearance. She turned to look at Sirius who looked puzzled and Remus who had a look of comprehension she also noticed him sniff the air around him. "ah yes the werewolves sense would tell him what I am" she thought. She turned around and smiled at Severus who was doing his best expression of a goldfish.
"I Princess Hermione Servov of the Vampire realm swear to you Severus Salazar Snape that I will do everything in my power to protect Draco and Harry. This is my promise to you." Severus didn't know what to say. He gave Hermione a rare smile. "Thank you, your highness."
"You're welcome professor."
"Please when we're in private call me Severus. All the boys do."
"Ok Severus."
Draco sat next to his godfather and raised an eyebrow at his display of affection. Severus glared back. "You're all I have Draco, I don't want anything to happen to you. Now for the real reason we wanted to meet all four of you. Sirius and Remus caught Pettigrew last night during their evening watch. He confessed to having spied on both of you and also confessed to having told Voldemort of how far you relationship has progressed. I think that both of you should keep you sexual urges for yourselves and only act upon them in your private rooms in the chamber of secrets."
Sirius looked at his godson and smiled.
Harry jumped up and hugged Sirius, He knew that now that the ministry had Pettigrew in their hands they couldn't come back on their words and accuse him again. It had always worried him how easy Fudge had given him his freedom and always thought that the bastard had some secret motive for doing it. Sirius hugged him back but then became serious. "I know you two are in love but you will have to be more careful on how you express your love in public. And be careful for these four student as good old Peter named them as spies for Voldemort. Crabbe, Goyle, Parkinson and Patil and that's the Patil in Gryffindor but also be careful of her twin." The four students were silent they couldn't believe that other students were spying on them. But then again it was just a case of history repeating itself when the thought back at Pettigrew.
Remus go up and walked over to Hermione. He took her hand and got her to stand up. "Hermione, werewolves and Vampires have been enemies for centuries I hope that you and I can remedy that and show them that our two races can get along."
"Remus I'm honored to have your friendship. I'm sure my father would agree I will ask him to meet you. Have you ever heard of Prince Vladimir Servov?"
Remus gasped at the name of an old friend that he hadn't seen in such a long time. They had been friends as kids. He knew that they had been friends at a time when war raged between the werewolf and Vampire realms. His own parents had been killed by Vampires when he was young just after he had been bitten . They had never found the werewolf that had bit him so they had to find him a new family. He had been taken in by a human family who were neighbors of the Servov family. Even at a young age Remus could tell that Vladimir wasn't human but his friend had never told him what he was. But he remembered the day he found out very clearly.
"So you have heard of my father." She asked.
"Actually your father and I were friends during the last war between our people. I lived next door to him with my adoptive family. My parent's had been killed by Vampires." He heard Hermione gasped when he told them this bit of information. "I didn't know why at the time. I was just a child who knew nothing of the ways of my people. I should have been raised by the one who bit me. But since they couldn't find him I was left with my parents. They didn't know that it would be more dangerous than they thought. They paid the price for their love for me."
Remus looked at all of the people in the room. He ran a hand through his hair and continued his tale. "Since I never grew up in a werewolf colony I didn't know that Vampires were our enemies till much later. I found that out the day that Vladimir moved away. His father came home the night before it was a full moon and heard me howling. He made the connection between the signs of a werewolf living near them and me. He had always looked at me with a pensive expression on his face; when he discovered what I was he wanted to destroy me. The next day he packed up his family's belongings; and as they were about to leave I ran out of the house to say goodbye to my friend. He stopped me before I could get to Vladimir to talk to him. He threw me on the ground and started advancing on me with his fangs bared; he would have killed me but Vlad stepped in between his dad and me and told him to leave me alone. I wasn't their enemy. He told his dad that I had never been in contact with other werewolves so I didn't know about the war against Vampires. He turned towards me and apologized for his father's behavior and confessed about what he was. I was confused. I didn't understand why they were leaving and why his father hated me. So I decided to look up some information on my race and on the Vampire race. I was really sad to discover that our two races had been at war for over five hundred years." He stopped looking at the floor and lifted his head to face Hermione. She gave him a weak smile.
"Yes I've read about the wars and I know that if I could get my dad to talk with the werewolf Prince that maybe peace could come of it. From what I saw of my father I think that he's a good man. Remus I know that you probably got in contact with some of your people do you think that you could send a message to the Prince so they could meet?"
"I don't know I can always try. Maybe we could be allies in this war since Voldemort wants to destroy all our worlds."
"Yes we would do better at being allies than enemies. But know this Remus you will never be my enemy no mater what happens." Hermione gave Remus a hug and went to sit down besides Ron who seemed to have trouble stopping himself from looking shocked. Remus had never spoken about himself so much before. It was a learning experience.
(Remus, my love; you never told me about this part of your life.)
(Well it was a very painful time in my life. It happened when I was ten just before I went to Hogwarts. You guys were my lifeline when I found out all about the race that I was now part of.)
Remus sat down next to Sirius who quickly drew him into his arms and kissed him on the forehead. "I love you Moony."
"I love you too Padfoot, promise me you'll always be careful when you go out. If other Vampires know that you're my mate they just might try to attack you."
"No I won't let them. Just give me a minute." Hermione got up and opened her arms and closed her eyes. . She started glowing, a soft blue aura formed around her. (Father I need you to come to me. Please hurry it's very important.) She opened her eyes and everyone could see that they were now red. She blinked a few times and they went back to their original color.
A few minutes later a man appeared out of a black cloud of smoke. He was dressed all in black and had a pet bat hanging from his hand.
"You called for me daughter?"
"Yes father, I need a favor from you. But first let me introduce you to my friends." She stood in front of Harry, Draco and Ron. "My friends I would like to introduce you to my father Prince Vladimir Servov of the Vampire realm." She turned to face the boys and introduced them too. "These are my school friends. Harry Potter Grand Lord of Phoenixes, his husband Draco Malfoy Grand Lord of Unicorns. My boyfriend Prince Alderic of the light and dark Elves here in the human world he is known as Ronald Weasley. Severus Snape potions master here at Hogwarts, Sirius Black one of my teachers." She took a deep breath before turning towards Remus. "This is another of my teachers Remus Lupin. He is a werewolf. Do you remember him?"
Vladimir turned towards Remus and looked at him for a long time. Finally he remembered where he had heard the name before. It was his old childhood friend. His father had punished him severely for having saved him due to the fact the he was a werewolf. Vladimir looked Remus over again and noticed that he was standing protectively in front of another man with long black hair and deep blue eyes. "ah he's protecting his mate." He smiled at Remus to put him at ease.
"You have nothing to fear from me Remus, I still remember my childhood friend in the man before me." He stopped a few minutes to scan the magic he felt coming from Remus. "You are a very rare Werewolf, I think you are the first I've met who is a fully trained wizard. Not many have magic in them like you do. I sense no evil from you. It is not often that you meet a werewolf who has such beliefs in the light as you. Most turn dark because of their affliction."
"I have never been on the dark side. I will never serve Voldemort or hurt innocent people." Remus stood proudly in front of the Prince. He himself looked like an aristocrat, now that he wore new robes thanks to his job as a teacher he didn't look like the worn down person he use to be. His strength of character showed in his golden colored eyes.
"Father, Remus is part of the team that is training us, he is one of the defense against the dark arts teacher of this school. His life partner Sirius Black is the other teacher. I want you to send word to our people that they are not to harm any of them; we are allies in this war. If they hurt them then they would be harming The Grand Lord of Phoenix's family. Sirius is Harry's godfather and Remus is his second godfather by adoption. It is very important the everyone gets the message. The Phoenix Lord would not be very happy if he lost one of his parents."
"I understand daughter and I will let our people know. You are very protective of your friends my Child."
"Yes I am, Harry's had enough of a hard life until now that I want him to be happy and Remus is a big part of his life. He is also a good friend and one of the best teachers we have ever had. I think that when this war is over he would make a good ambassador for peace talks between our races."
Remus started laughing at Hermione's suggestion. "Me an ambassador, I'm touched Hermione but I'm sure the Werewolf Prince would have his say in all of this." Now lets get back to the business of your training.
Hermione nodded her agreement and turned to her father. "Thank you for coming Father. Will I see you again soon."
"Yes I will come back in three weeks to help you with some training and present Katharina to you." He walked to Hermione and gave her a kiss an her cheek. In another cloud of black smoke he was gone.
Sirius spoke up and said what everyone pretty much had on their minds. "Well that was quite and interesting meeting. Thank you Hermione for looking out for us."
"Think nothing of it Sirius. You and Remus are pretty much my guardians too while I'm at school."
Once the discussion was over they decided to make their way to the chamber for some training. Hermione wanted to try some of her new powers that she had discovered during the battle. They didn't notice a new painting on the wall no too far from the bathroom. And didn't see the person in the painting disappear after they had gone in.