Chapter nine

Fallout

It was late at night the day after the spell had been performed and the five people who knew the truth were meeting again. It was time to report how effective the memory modifier had been.

"What did you find out?" Harry asked his Sire.

"Well the spell covered all the teachers and students so far the only problem is Dumbledore. He is so powerful his memory didn't change enough. He knows someone has tampered with his mind and knows there is something off about you but hasn't put the two together yet.

He still knows about the vampire legislation he is attempting to integrate into the ministry but doesn't remember who he is targeting. He called me up to his office today to ask if I suspected anyone. It looks like the added benefit of doing this is that most people do not know about my own vampirism. Dumbledore knows I am not human but doesn't know what I am.

If it wasn't such a serious topic it would be amusing to see that man so frazzled. He doesn't trust his own mind anymore, if he wasn't already mad he could be that way soon. I can't tell you yet if that is a good or a bad thing." Severus explained to them.

Pansy then asked a question, "If he is the one causing all the grief how is him going mad and leaving Hogwarts a bad thing?"

"Because we don't know what will replace him. We know Dumbledore stand on things and can plan accordingly. We don't have that advantage with someone new." Severus explained to her. "Now what did you lot come up with?"

"It was a complete success with the students, Slytherins think the Gryffindors attacked Harry because he lost most of their points, Gryffindors think the same, and Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff are just trying to stay out of the crossfire. By the way what is going to happen to the Gryffindors either way they attacked a student twice?" Draco asked.

"You know Dumbledore his precise Gryffindors can do no wrong, they all have detentions and loss of Hogsmeade privileges but nothing more." Severus said anger in every word.

"What several students nearly died and he just lets the Gryffindors get away with it?" Harry said finally getting angry about something.

"His excuse was that the Slytherins had to have provoked the Gryffindors into it before one of his 'honorable' students would sink do low. In fact it was hard work to keep Slytherin from losing points over this for destroying the peace." Severus answered his Childe.

"Once I am strong enough I think this world is ready for a new power in this war. Too many people have been injured killed and manipulated by both sides. I swear right now I will not relax until I have taken out both Voldemort and Slytherin, are you with me?" He asked his friends and Sire.

"We are bound now I can't leave you even if I wanted to which I don't." Severus explained.

"I fought by your side once and I would do it again in a heart beat." Draco answered.

"I agree with Draco you aren't getting away from me that easily." Pansy answered.

"Who am I to disagree of course I will follow you I have to this point haven't I?" Blaise confirmed.

"Thank you, if we are going to pull this off we need to train and train hard. I want us in top shape magically and physically. Start easy and work yourself up. If we work together I know we can pull this off." Harry told his friends then he turned to his Sire.

"Sire I think we need to work on a few potions, I was told that many in Slytherin have a magical creature background. I think if we work on altering my Presence masking potion we can come up with something that hides this heritage. That way if the ministry finds away to test for it by Presence or blood no one else will be persecuted." Harry asked him.

"That could work." Severus told him, "We will need some volunteers though. They will test the potion to see if it masks any other signatures first. We have to find a way to do this without altering their wizarding signature it would look to suspicious if a person say didn't have one they would know the person had been tampered with."

"Well I am part Veela so I can see if it works on my creature heritage. I know a few others that have other creature blood I will ask around." Draco offered.

"Thanks Draco." Harry told him.

"I can test it to see if it affects a wizard, I don't think I have any magical creatures in my heritage I will ask." Blaise told them.

"I have some Nymph blood it isn't strong but it's there I can test it too." Pansy told them.

"Alright," Severus answered them. "Now Harry what do I you think needs adjusted?"

"Well a few of the base chemicals need adjusted in amount and potency." Harry mused.

The two vampires then fell to some serious planning filling pages of notes between them. After the first ten minutes the only one following them was Draco and even he was lost after that.

So the four students left the two vampires at it. The two barely registered that the others had left they were much to involve in their work.

Before Harry left the two shared blood again and he left to his dorm. Severus stayed up going over the notes again and again trying not to over look anything.

It took the vampires three days to narrow down the possibilities to three options. At that point the easiest thing to do would be to brew them and test them.

The night that they had set to brew was on a weekend and the other students came down to walk. They would be brewing all three simultaneously so the two would have to work together to make it right.

The moment the fires lit under the cauldrons both vampires were lost to the trance of intense concentration. They didn't speak out loud instead relying on their mind connection.

The students didn't know which one to watch both moved gracefully and efficiently. It was a shock to the system to see the youngest potions master ever equaled by a second year.

It took over five hours of continuous work before the last potion was taken off the flame. The two vampires tested the substance intensely no one would be drinking these if they thought anything at all was wrong with them.

They finally decided that the second one they brewed was the most likely candidate now all they needed was to test it.

A/N sorry about the long wait hope it was worth it don't worry I plan on finishing all my stories sometimes I just hit points where nothing turns out right and this was one of those times.

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