Disclaimer: As much as I would love too, I don't own anything that has been previously mentioned in the Harry Potter Books.
Author's Note: This chap's shorter. The reason why is down the bottom.
The Tales of Werewolves
A Snake Amongst Lions
Dom ate silently, while completely aware the eyes of most of the student population were staring at his back. Well, the back of his pale purple, leathery wings anyway. Four people came and sat around him, two opposite him and two next to him, sitting with one leg on either side of the bench.
"What year are you going to be in?"
Dom turned to the speaker, who had shoulder-length black hair and deep blue eyes. He had a definite masculine, yet beautiful, look too him.
"Seventh. Why do you want to know?"
"Just wanted to know who'll be sharing our pad." This person had messy hair, a slightly long nose and hazel eyes behind glasses. He looked like Harry, to an extent.
"You must be James Potter."
"Yeah… And just between us," he leaned in a bit closer, "Who's Professor Potter's mother?"
Dominic laughed. "Sorry, it might cause a change the timeline if I tell you."
"What house were you in before?" said the first boy, who Dom assumed was Sirius Black.
"Can't say."
"How the fuck will telling us what house you were in change the timeline?"
"It won't." Said Dom, looking the boy in the eye. "But it will make you not like me, Mr…"
"Black, Sirius Black. And that's Remus Lupin with his nose in a newspaper, and Peter Pettigrew next to him."
Peter gave a nervous wave. He was a chubby boy with blonde hair and blue eyes. Remus, he couldn't see from behind the paper.
"S'nice to meet you. You probably all know my name, since Dumbledore's told everyone already."
"I don't mean to offend, or anything like that, but could you pull ya wings in. They're in the way of me getting a good look at you."
Dom pulled his wings into his back, wincing while he did.
"You alright?" Remus had given his paper to Sirius (so he could do the crossword) and had noticed Dom's discomfort.
"Yeah, they're just stiff. I don't have them out often."
"You should, they're awesome." Dom grinned at his future godfather. Remus ran a hand through his shaggy light brown hair and grinned in return.
"I can't wait until classes." Said James, while stacking a large assortment of food on his plate. "I wanna see my son teach."
"Hey, Dom, you're not one of these 'pureblood maniacs' are you?" Sirius asked while scratching his chin with the end of his quill.
"No. It'd be a bit hypocritical since I'm basically a 'magical mutt', as I like to call myself. I'm a Vampire, Werewolf… I think Veela might be in there somewhere too."
Remus was listening with his full attention now. "How come you're a mix? Werewolves can't be turned by Vampires and vice-versa."
"My mum's a half Vampire, my dad did experiments on himself." Dom changed his tone of voice to make it darker near the end in a clear 'My dad's a fucking moron and should be shot' kind of way.
"You don't like your dad?" Peter asked bravely. It was probably a good thing no one could see behind Dom's glasses, because the intense look Peter got would have sent him running into the forbidden forest for safety.
"No." Dom said sharply, closing the subject and grabbing some food. Sirius and Remus stored the information away for another time.
Dom woke slowly from his sleep and opened his eyes. He rubbed his eyes tiredly and pulled a handkerchief out of his pyjama pocket and blew his nose. It had become almost a ritual for him to do that.
He rolled onto his back and stretched out on the bed, he sighed. It had been the best night sleep he'd had in a while. He blinked up at the top of the canopy. Red?
It took a while for his still half asleep mind to remember what house he was in. It made a nice change from green, but he still preferred the canopy of his bed at home. He'd have to change that, and to do so he would have to get a few books out of the library, probably in the restricted section. It would take an advanced spell to do what he wanted to do.
"Sirius, wake up!" Dom laughed at James's frantic sounding voice, "I don't want to be late for Advanced Defence!"
Sirius's muffled, croaky voice followed. "But Dom's sleeping in."
"He's not supposed to be." Remus counted smoothly, "He's warded his bed so we can't get him up."
That was his que, "I might need to put up a silencing barrier too." His laughter was evident in his voice. Reaching through an extremely small gap in his curtains, Dom grabbed his sunglasses and put them on.
The room was in shambles with clothes thrown over everything, and James trying to brush his teeth and put his pants on at the same time. Sirius had major bed hair and was dragging himself into the bathroom.
Peter sat on his bed, shoving stuff into his bag while Remus was making his bed with his book bag already over his shoulder.
Dom changed his pyjamas pants into his uniform with a spell (he always slept shirtless) and picked up his already filled bag, running his hands through his hair, giving it a casual look.
"Shall I leave without you all?" Dom asked politely. "Breakfast is already over, in case you wanted to know."
Peter looked crestfallen, while Sirius swore loudly from the bathroom. James, now ready, was bouncing on the balls of his feet, eager to go. He ran over to the bathroom and stuck his head in.
"Don't bother shaving Sirius, the chicks love it when you've got stubble so come on, quickly, before we're late."
"Fine, Jim, whatever." Sirius came out looking better then he did when he went in, but still slightly scruffy.
"Come on Dom, Pete." Said Remus, finally fed up with Sirius and James. "Let's book and get a spot in the back."
"We'll save you a seat." Peter shot over his shoulder as he closed the door. Half way down the stairs they were almost bowled over by the remaining two Marauders as they dashed past and out the portrait.
"Check ya later!" Sirius called to them, as he was dragged out.
Remus just rolled his eyes.
Remus, Dom and Peter arrived at the class just as the last people were going in. They headed towards the back and smirking Sirius and a grinning James.
"We saved you all seats." Sirius said sweetly. "And, just so you know, we've decided that we're not going to prank the Prongslet until we've seen him teach… So tomorrow, maybe."
Dom sat next to Sirius, while Remus sat next to James with Peter on his other side. No one had noticed that Harry was up the spiral staircase that led to his office, leaning over the railing and taking everyone in.
Dom smelt Harry and looked up, as did Remus. He shushed Sirius by elbowing him in the side and pointing to where Harry was standing. A redhead in the front also noticed and got her friends around her to be quiet.
Harry locked eyes with each student as they realized he was there, and eventually the entire class had settled down.
"Well," Harry started, "That took you long enough. You're all very lucky I'm not going to make you all come back and make up for the time you lost. It is the first day back, after all, we can't expect you all to get back into the routine straight away."
He made his was down the stairs slowly, his black robes billowing around him in a Snape-like manner. The green edge on his robes bringing out his eyes (he had contacts in) and his hair out and slightly around his shoulders in a Lucius Malfoy style.
"I'm Professor Harry Potter, I think it would be easier if you called me Professor Harry or just Harry, to avoid confusion." He looked at James and smiled slightly. "I'm going to skip where and when I came from and who I'm related too, since it was announced at the feast. I don't have anything planned today since I didn't know what you're up to, so I think maybe we'll just get to know each other today. It that ok with everyone?"
Everyone nodded. It was Advanced Defence class, so they had combined the people from the four houses (that were good enough to get into the class) into one lot. They had done the same with all the other classes.
"Good. Does anyone want to ask anything to me? Keep in mind I can't answer things that will affect the future."
"Who's ya mum?" James called out.
Harry just rolled his eyes. "First question off the bat and I can't answer it." The red head in the front raised her hand politely. "Yes Miss Evans."
"Please, call me Lily." Harry nodded "I was wondering why you decided to come fourty years into the past?"
"To get away from war. Too relax. Too meat people and find out what they were like before stress got to them." He smiled. "And to laugh at seventies fashion."
There was a scatter of laughter.
"What house were the three of you in?" Everyone turned to look at who spoke. It was a young (and slightly less greasy) Severus Snape.
"I was in Gryffindor, Dom and Professor Malfoy were in Slytherin."
"Gryffindor Pride!" James called out and pumped his fist into the air.
"How the fuck did you end up in Gryffindor?" Sirius asked Dom rudely.
"I argued." Dom said simply.
"Why would you even want to be in Gryffindor? It's a disgrace to the name of Salazar Slytherin!" Severus sneered, "No true Slytherin would willingly want to be in a house full of Mudbloods and Mudblood lovers."
Harry had appeared behind Severus in a heartbeat. "Don't use that word. Ever." He said coldly. "Detention. Tonight. Straight after dinner, I'll collect you form your house table. And don't try to skip, because I'll know where you are anyway, Mr Snape. Twenty points from Slytherin for name calling and ten points from Gryffindor for your language, Mr Black."
"You guys go on ahead, I'll catch up."
"Yeah, Remus, I'll cover for you, ok?"
"Make sure you use an excuse McGonagall will believe. Please."
Three of the four Marauders (plus Dom) left after everyone else, Leaving Remus behind, who approached Harry's desk, where his new Professor was standing in front of his desk and leaning on it with his arms crossed, eyes closed, head down, and a slight smile tugging at his lips.
"Professor Harry?"
"Mm-Hmm." His head snapped up and his opened his eyes. While a whisper of the smile remained, his eyes were flooded with sadness. "Can I help you with anything, Remus?"
"I was just wondering why your sent makes me trust you… Eclipse?"
Harry raised an eyebrow. "How'd you guess my wolf name?"
"I don't know." Remus moved so he could sit on the desk opposite Harry. "it just fits with the smell… I'm higher up in the pack then you are. Aren't I?"
"Yep. But Draco's the Alpha. He's a werewolf too… It'd be an idea not to tell anyone though. But. I suppose the Marauders will find out eventually, so go ahead and tell them."
Remus nodded his head and stood. He liked this new professor. He smelt of kindness, but also strangely of grief, especially when James, Sirius, Lily or Peter spoke. But anger also came when it was Peter.
A/N: This story is on hold. I'm sorry, but the river of ideas has dried up, so to speak.
I've recently been reading a different slash pairing I thought I would never read. I'm going to have a crack at it. Voldemort & Harry. It'll be hard work to keep everyone as much in character as I can, but I'll try me best. This story is . I'm sorry, but the river of ideas has dried up, so to speak.I've recently been reading a different slash pairing I thought I would never read. I'm going to have a crack at it. Voldemort & Harry. It'll be hard work to keep everyone as much in character as I can, but I'll try me best.
In an attempt to gain inspiration for this story, I need to find out some things from you guys.
Who do you want Dominic to go out with:
Remus Lupin
Peter Pettegrew
Sirius Black
James Potter
Lucius Malfoy (he has graduated, by the way)
Severus Snape
Lily Evans
Katherine Fable (I would prefer not, but it's up to you)
Someone Else (OC)
No one
Should Harry and Draco get married in 1977 or in their own time?
Should this story be Mpreg?
Please Review. I'll be greatful for any ideas too.