A/N: A friend of mine told me that I often used the word slim to describe my characters. Well I will try to reduce the use of words like slim and the like and to focus more on the cloth, the face and the surroundings. If I offended some people with the overuse of the word, then I am really sorry, I didn't mean it to be offending. -Ray-
5. The beginning of a new life
When Harry heard the scream he immediatly knew that something had happend to Draco. What he couldn't even imagine of what had happend when he rushed out of his rooms and to the entrance of the manor. There he saw how two elves carried Draco, who looked even more pale then before. On his neck he could see a bite, a bite of a vampire. He knew that Draco had been outside, probably without a guard. And as luck was never on your side in the few moments you needed it, he was outside and someone had to attack him.
Lucius and Narcissa wouldn't be happy about their only heir becoming a vampire. Having a vampire as an heir as a pure-blood family wasn't something to be done. And he really shouldn't worry about such trivial things when Draco was in pain. Setting his focus on Draco he looked up just in time to see blond hair moving fast towards the room Draco was now lying in. How was he supposed to tell Voldemort about this? And what is happening inside this room? He tried to get in but some elf told him to stay outside, an elf who reminded him of Madame Pomfrey, just stronger and older. Now he would not be able to sleep, having to remember old days in the infirmary in Hogwarts. Then again without knowing if Draco would survive the turning he wouldn't be able to sleep anyway. Seeing that he would not accomplish anything while pacing around in front of the closed door, he decided to go to the library and do some reading on vampires. Knowledge on the topic would probably prove to be good. And if Draco survived it then Cassian would have a vampire as a friend. Helping Draco understand what it means to be one would not only improve their friendship, no it would also make sure that Draco would not give away important information about him, Voldemort or even his parents.
All he knew about vampires was that they would never do something for you without receiving something in return. They loved to make deals. Now, here was the thing, knowing that they love deals is one point, but knowing how to form a deal without selling yourself to them is another point. If you were so unlucky to sell yourself to them then you had to do or say whatever they wanted. Not including things which were sworn on your magic. Because that was fault proven. No one could tell the secrets you swore on your magic to keep to yourself and people who shared the same secret with you. The magic was the block, it didn't allow you to tell those things and if someone was ever to ignore those blocks that person would die. If it was someone attacking the mind, then the attacker would feel extreme pain and eventually if that person was weak would also die. Okay, so Voldemort was safe, but the Malfoys and Cassian weren't.
Searching the endless shelves full of books he soon found the section on vampires. What surprised him was the fact that some books were cast to the end, it seemed they were wrong or not useful. And the others were standing together sorted in themes on vampires. He took one book about the culture, one history and one specific book named "Dealings with vampires: The guide of how to form a deal which will benefit you and not the vampire" from someone called Elan Peinkofer. Whoever it was, Cassian was glad that someone wrote a book about deals with vampires. Sitting down on a chair in front of a desk that stood just beside the fireplace and in a safe distance away from the books he decided to start with the history.
Draco awoke the next morning with a sore body and with many worried eyes looking down to him. He couldn't remember how he got to this bed or why his parents and a healer were looking at him worriedly. While trying to wake up fully he felt that his body felt stronger and lighter. He felt fresh, almost new, expect from the soreness he felt really great. So why where they looking worried? He tried to sit up, but his father shot him a look that clearly said: Stay the fuck down!. So he stayed down.
"What happend?" Draco asked sheepishly. His parents eyes widened and they kept quiet. Only now did the reality hit them, they understood now that their son was a vampire. But how do you explain to someone you love that he is a vampire. The healer knew that the parents of the boy wouldn't be able to tell him anything yet, so he took the sad duty to tell the boy.
"Human, no, hm. Boy late last night you were attacked by a vampire and as a result from that encounter you were turned and are a vampire yourself now." Dracos facial features were frozen. A vampire. A vampire?
"How did a vampire get inside the garden and why did he attack me?" Draco screamed loudly. Just in that moment Cassian was let inside the room.
"Draco calm down. Screaming will not help you get anywhere. Besides I already did some research for you so that you'll have no problems to be a vampire. As to how the vampire got onto the estate, is still a mystery. The estate is guarded with guards and many strong and old wards. It should be impossible to infiltrate it." Cassian said while he moved to the bed and sat down onto a chair to the left side of the bed. The healer, Dracos parents and Draco looked at him with surprise. They couldn't believe that the former Potter Boy could archieve so much in just a few hours. As one they opened their mouths to protest.
"Potter", "Prince", "Cassian" was shouted out of four mouths and mixed together so that he only heard 'Poian' which caused him to chuckle.
"Relax, I know most of you don't even expect me to be able to read a thick and heavy book, but I am capable of a lot of things you never thought possible in combination with me." He took a book out of his pocket and handed it to Draco. "When you've finished this book you should be able to get along with other vampires without risking anything. As for more information I'll prepare a book for you. There aren't many books about them and most of the books just talk about how great they are. So that you don't have to read through crap I decided to gather all the information I got and will get and put it in one book which I will copy twice. One for you and your parents and one for Voldie and the original will stay with me." Cassian had surprised them and thrown off their one sided prejudices about him. He took a look at the time and almost jumped while he realised that his teacher should be here any minute. Surprising them again he jumped up and ran out of the room with lighting speed.
So the daily routine of learning had begun. Their goal was it to be ready for school in two month when the new school term started.
A/N: Yay finished. It took me a while but I finished this chapter. Many things have changed in my life so the goal to post every two weeks has changed to post every month once at least. Hope you'll like it. Read and Review. Have fun. -Ray-