Night 22: Dante Part 3
"I'm going to be seeing a lot more of you aren't I?" Draco asked looking up at the stars as he sat with Harry up in the Astronomy tower. "You are my godfathers mate."
"And you're my godfathers cousin, so, yeah, we'll be seeing a lot of each other." Harry replied with a smile.
Draco smiled back at Harry. "Guess so. That's great."
Harry watched Draco's smile fade as he got lost in his own world. The blonde had been doing a lot of that lately. Harry sighed and he to looked at the stars. Everything had been happening so fast lately and he had no idea what to expect anymore. He had gotten to where we could talk to Lucius, only after he gave a blood oath not to say a word to anyone, and he could not believe what he heard. Lucius had to watch his only son be beat and raped amongst other things and the whole time Draco had thought his father had arranged it all. Harry looked down and growled. Voldemort was going to pay for everything he has done.
Draco turned to Harry when he heard the growl. "What's wrong?"
"Wha?" Harry gave Draco an apologetic smile." Sorry. Just thinking about a few things."
The Slytherin nodded slightly. "Do you trust my father Harry?"
"I guess." Harry brought his knees to his chest and wrapped his arms around them.
"I want to, but I can't seem to."
"That makes sense. You were brought to believe he did all that stuff to you."
Draco nodded and spaced off again.
"Well hello you two."
Harry and Draco jumped and turned to see Edge and Dante walk over to them and sit down; Edge beside Harry, Dante beside Draco.
"Hope you don't mind, I've always wanted to come up here I heard about."
"Of course not Dante. Right Draco?"
All Draco did was nod. Edge looked over at Dante and the two made eye contact. The older vampire broke it and looked at Draco.
"How about a tale Draco, to take your mind off things?"
Draco nodded again letting Dante know he was listening.
(flashback)
"Two months after I had finally turned Edge trouble started within the clan."
"Dante! Dante, where are you?"
"I'm in here Carla, stop yelling." Dante looked up at the door as a young woman looked in.
"Sorry." She said sheepishly looking at the floor and scratching her head.
Carla looked to be around 27 with an hourglass figure. Her hair was blonde with two purple strands framing her face and light golden brown eyes.
Dante smiled. "Don't worry about it. Now what is all the yelling about?" he added getting up from his chair and putting his book back on its shelf.
"Just the fact that Dolan and Damon are gaining up on Edge again."
"Edge has got to learn to fight for himself Carla. Quit babying him or he will never learn."
"The twins have about fifty years more experience than he does Dante." Carla argued.
Dante sighed and walked out of the library and down the hall. He stood at the bottom of the stairs and watched, with arms crossed, as two black foxes jumped on a hissing white panther.
"ENOUGH!"
The three froze and looked over at him.
"Transform." He demanded and the three did. "What is the reason for this?"
"Edge started it Dante. He just hit Damon for no reason what so ever."
"That's a lie you lousy…"
"Edge, come here." Dante said calmly watching the twins carefully.
They both had black hair that was shoulder length and bright yellow eyes. Both were very well built and stood about 5' 7".
Dante whispered to Edge. "Go to the library." He then turned to the twins. "Now what is the meaning of this?"
"Dolan done told you. He hit me for no reason."
Dante looked at the others in the clan. "Well?" the other hung their heads. "Well, why didn't you stop it?" none of them moved. "I see. This is the second time I have had to break up fighting within my own clan. Don't let it happen a third time." Dante then turned and headed back to the library with Carla behind him.
"I'm sorry Dante." Edge whispered when the two walked in and had shut the door.
"Don't be…" Carla started but Dante held up a hand to stop her.
"What for?"
"I did hit Damon first. He had said something and I hit him." Edge admitted turning to face his Sire.
"What did he say?" Dante asked still not moving.
"The usual."
"You would not have hit him for no reason Edge, I know you better than that. 'The usual' is not good enough."
"Okay, so the shit heads added a few things."
Dante walked up to Edge. "Do refrain from insulting members of the clan Edge. It's rude." He said with a small smirk.
Edge smirked back before walking around Dante and to the door. "If there is nothing else I'll leave now."
"To our rooms." Dante said without turning around.
"To our rooms." Edge mumbled and left.
"I didn't know that vampire clans fought."
(end flashback)
"I believe that clans can fight with other clans but us vampires should never fight within the clan. Do you get what I mean Draco?"
Draco nodded. "A clan is like a family, right?"
"Yes, but even the strongest of families can be brought apart no matter how strong their love is." Dante looked at Edge and Harry who was also listening before turning back to the blonde. "There is more if you'd like to hear it."
Draco nodded his consent."
(flashback)
"It wasn't but a few weeks later that the twins, Dolan and Damon, made their intentions clear as crystal."
Dante walked slowly back to his mansion. His body was tense, as the feeling that something was wrong wouldn't leave him. The vampire thought that feeding would help, but it didn't, if anything it made it worse. Dante stopped as the wind picked up and he caught a scent.
'Oh no.; he thought and broke off into a run towards his mansion.
The front doors flew open as the leader approached them and he ran in but wasn't prepared for the sight that met him. Carla was laying at the feet of the twins, a hole in her chest, Dolan holding her heart in his hands.
"What have you done?"
"Well we were just going to kill Edge." Dolan started.
"Since he took you from us."
"But the others got in the way."
"So we killed them but he was done gone." Damon finished.
Dante's eyes went gold. "You slaughtered your own family." He growled.
"Not the whole family." The y said together before lunging at the older vampire.
Dante grabbed each by their throats and lifted them off the ground, his eyes glowing. "You forget. I Sired the two of you and I can kill you just as easily." He growled before he set a black flame on them both. "You may be part of my clan but you also killed my clan and threatened my mate."
"I gave everyone proper burials before I left that place and I have yet to return."
(end flashback)
"Dolan and Damon betrayed you and the clan?" Draco asked.
Dante nodded. "Yes, though I've never regretted Sireing them."
"But why?"
"Because they were also my children. I can't help but love them." Dante said getting up.
'Dante is so confusing. He's got way to many sides to him.' Harry thought with a smile. 'Maybe that's why him and Edge get along so well.'
"Uh, who's that?" Dante asked and the three went to see.
"It's him."
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Ooooooooo… cliffy. Review!
