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"Talk"
'Thoughts'
A/N: In case you haven't noticed, the genre is now Humor/Friendship instead of Humor/Drama. Also, it will be a while until I update or post anything probably because I'm going to be busy in late July/Early-Mid August mainly because of band camp, a piano recital, and (my favorite part) my fifteenth birthday.
Chapter Cinq
Plotting Not Against but For Harry
Danny rolled his eyes as Hermione and Serenity were ogling the English part of the Royal Lamia Library. He was seated at a table and re-reading the ritual with another book next to him. Harry's birthday was approaching, and Jeremiah had gotten him in a few days before. He'd just have to threaten a certain person from going to Harry. Frankly, the person would owe Danny two life debts though if Danny succeeded… and he could just threaten to kill them again.
Leon walked in with Rachel holding his hand. Oh crap… They forgot to tell Hermione…
"Hermione?" Rachel said with shock.
"Rachel, what are you doing here?!"
"Um, we definitely didn't forget to tell you that your cousin was my half-brother's mate," Danny innocently said. "Ow!"
"You deserved it, you monkey," Rachel snapped after she cuffed him. She didn't like Danny or Serenity.
"Why I oughta…"
"Bro," Leon said carefully. He knew he couldn't stop Danny from attacking his mate if Danny lost his temper.
"Does she know about-?" Hermione started.
"Magic, vampires, elves, evil Dark Lords?" Rachel sarcastically asked.
"What about the mutant marshmallows that eat bitchy non-magi's brains?" Serenity innocently asked with a flutter of her eyelashes.
"Serenity," Hermione said.
"What? I'm sorry, but there's something about you Grangers that make me hate you at first."
"Trust me; it's mutual," Rachel muttered.
"Right, Leon, we're trying to plot against my best friend. Do you mind?" Danny cut-in.
"Oh yeah… You have to perform that necromantic ritual in a week…"
"Don't remind me. I'm worried because there's no way to try this beforehand."
"You just said a word with three syllables!"
Serenity added, "Every once in a while, he can even manage four."
"I can't believe it! My little, baby brother knows words with four whole syllables."
"Ren… Leon…" Danny grounded out with a small scowl.
Leon gulped and gave a weak apology. Serenity stared at the full vampire in disbelief and stated, "You are such a wimp."
"I think he's scared of you two," Hermione pointed out.
"Really, just because we're trained assassins…" Danny muttered to Serenity. Serenity giggled and held her mate's hand. Danny smirked and fingered the light blue collar around her tanned neck. "Don't you love how Uncle Jerry enchanted a collar to go on your every time you enter the manor and the buildings that are considered part of the Royal estate?"
"I'll just have to start bringing your collar then. I know you told him somehow."
"…I think I was whining about how weird veela see relationships."
"What do you mean how weird veela see relationships!?"
"Darling, love, it's not normal for people to think themselves as a possession to another and thinking their supposed owner is their possession."
"I think it's weird not to."
"I know."
Serenity stuck her tongue out and plopped down in the half-vampire's lap. "What are you reading…?" she asked as she tried to peek at the book that Danny was practically holding to his chest.
"A book."
"What kind? I need to learn Italian…"
"A book book."
"Danny, put that down. You are too young for that," Leon stated and snatched it away.
"Leon…!"
"I do not know why this library has a porn section."
Serenity slapped Danny when she realized what he had been "reading".
"Ow…!"
Harry snuck behind Danny with a smirk. The vampire was too absorbed in his book he was engrossed in to notice the wizard. "Ha!" Harry shouted when he snatched the book from pale hands… only to find that it was written in Italian.
"I win," Danny shot back with a bright smile. "Can I have my book back please?" Harry gave it back to him with a pout.
"I will find out-!"
"Yeah, on your birthday."
Serenity and Danny were both looking at the same journal and whispering to one another in the library. Harry ran back to his room and got his Invisibility Cloak. He slipped through the open door, so he was close enough to hear without Danny noticing. Luckily, Harry knew that Danny was always looser around Serenity when they were at home.
"Are you sure you want to do this?" Serenity asked with worry.
"I told you a billion times that I'm sure. Harry deserves it."
"But there's a chance you could be killed. That would kill him even more."
"I can't get killed."
"The sacrifice though."
"Animals and some human blood I managed to get my hands on. I'll warn you and Hermione."
'What…?' Harry thought.
'Why did you just say that, mate?' Danny asked.
'Book.'
'Oh…'
Harry almost sighed in relief when the rather dumb mage believed him.
"How do you think he'll react to Harry's beliefs though?" Serenity asked with worry a few moments later.
"If he reacts badly, I'll take advantage of the fact that he'll then owe me not one but two life debts and threaten to put him back where I got him if he hurts one hair on Harry's head. Hair on Harry's head!" Danny started to laugh.
Harry was very confused right now to say the least.
"It's fun to plot against Harry," Serenity stated and hugged her boyfriend.
"No, we're not plotting against Harry. We're plotting for him."
"We hope."
"Eh, I can try Imperio if I must."
'Come on, give me some good information…!' Harry whined mentally.
'What the hell are you reading, mate?'
'I'm researching for my book I'm supposed to be writing. I can't find enough information on something…'
'Bug Ren. We're in the library. Hey, if you're researching, why aren't you in here with us? I see all of our mage books.'
'Uh…'
'Wait a minute…'
Harry wanted to whimper when Danny yelled, "Harry, take the damn cloak off!"
Harry tried to back out of the door, but Danny apparently knew where he was by the way the vampire pulled the cloak off him. "Uh, I'm just leaving now…" Harry stuttered and tried to run off. Serenity had scowled and caught him with her magic.
Danny pulled a few books down from the shelf and tossed it in the cage Serenity had created with her magic. "I'll be right back. Harry might as well be doing something useful…"
"What are you doing?" Harry whined as he grabbed the gold bars.
"Keeping you locked in there while we talk, so we know where you are. We're casting spells to keep you from hearing us, just so you know. Danny's getting your stuff for your book."
"He's only doing that because that's what I told him I was doing…"
Harry was pouting by the time Danny got back. "Here, you sneaky eavesdropper."
"Can I have a pillow to sit on at least? This hardwood floor is hard!"
Danny slipped a pillow through the bars before starting to cast wards around him and Serenity that blocked their conversation out.
Harry pouted and flipped them the birdie which was quickly returned.
Harry, not having learnt his lesson, was still snooping around. This time, he was going to Hermione's. They were on a date, and Harry was planning on bringing it up.
"So, why was Danny over at your house?"
"Whatever are you talking about, Jamie?" Hermione asked with confusion.
"Hm… Let's see… Your mum knew who he was, and Serenity smelt you on him when she got curious where he was, knocked him out, and sniffed him."
"She sniffed him?"
"Some sort of weird veela thing. She can smell any females on him and males in general by the way she figured out it was you by sniffing me. It was creepy."
"Oh…"
"Why was Danny there?"
"Plotting."
"About what?"
"You."
"What about me?"
"I'm not telling. I'm sorry, but I just made up with the scarier of your two friends, Harry; I'm not risking pissing him off."
"Gasp! You sort of sweared!"
"Swore, not sweared. I'm still not telling you."
"Damn…"
"Language."
Harry stuck his tongue out before kissing his girlfriend.
Harry was on his final attempt. He knew Danny had to feed tonight, so Harry was going to try one of his oldest tricks on Serenity.
He crept into her room with a bag of galleons in his hand. He gently shook his sister awake after Harry made sure Danny hadn't came home already.
"Wha…?" Serenity muttered sleepily.
"Hey, sis, I'll give you this bag of galleons if you tell me what Danny is doing."
"I don't think I should," she muttered with a yawn as the veela sat up.
"Why not? I won't tell Danny I know. I'll pretend to be surprised even."
"Um…"
"Please? For me?"
"Uh, he's-."
"Harry, get the hell outta here," Danny drawled from behind him.
"Uh, hey, mate!"
"Dearie…! I need my teddy…!" Serenity whined groggily.
"Wait a second, darling. I need to change and kick Harry out."
"Okay… Hurry…!"
Harry crossed his arms when he was thrown over his friend's shoulder.
"Come on, Dan…!" Harry whined.
"No," was the vampire's immediate answer.
"Damnit."
"Oh, you're just pissed because you're out of ideas. Can't you wait three days, Jim?"
"No."
"By the way, Ren and I will be gone tomorrow."
"Why…?"
"Surprise."
"I hate surprises."
"We know. Now go to bed." To prove his point, the vampire dumped his shorter friend on Harry's bed. "Night."
"Night, asshole."
Danny stuck his tongue out and closed the door. As soon as he entered his room, Serenity dragged him to her with her magic. "Darling, I really need to get my pajama bottoms on."
"Just sleep in your boxers. That way you can snuggle under the covers with me."
"You don't mind?"
"I mind that I'm awake, and my teddy-Dan is being slow."
"Fine. Let me just get my clothes off. My underwear is still clean, don't worry."
Danny slipped under the covers with his mate clinging to his neck.
"Night, dearie."
"Good night, my love. I love you."
"Love you, too. Now shut the hell up and let me sleep. Oh, and that sounded really dirty."
Danny pulled the hood over his head as much as he could as he checked to make sure he had everything. Chalk, book, smart person, great-uncle with resources, sacrifices, he was good.
Serenity was next to him with her hood up of an identical cloak minus the size difference. It was the royal cloak of the Lamia. Hermione didn't want to see the ritual, but she asked him to bring Harry's godfather for a visit so she and Remus could help explain some things. Remus was supposed to be called right now, but Danny wouldn't know because he was in the Ministry lift.
"King Lamia!" the minister proclaimed and tried to shake the king's hand once they got out. "Uh, and who are these two?"
"My heir and his mate," Jeremiah calmly said, thanking Serenity mentally for wearing very high heels, and her heels were covered by the long gown she had been convinced to wear.
'I swear,' Serenity mentally said to Danny, 'that I am going to fall on my ass any second now. These shoes are hard to walk in.'
'I can carry you once we're out of sight. Just keep clinging to me, and I'll help you.'
'Okay…'
Danny rolled his eyes under his hood when the minister led them to the Prophecy Hall and veil himself. Scrimgeour was jabbering away to his poor great-uncle. The Minister of Magic had tried to talk to Danny and Serenity, but Serenity pretended she was scared and hid in Danny's cloak, giving Danny a reason to not pay attention. Uncle Jerry just lied and said they didn't speak English that well.
Danny whined in Italian, "Are we almost there yet…?" while trying his hardest to make his voice sound a bit nasal.
Danny breathed a sigh in relief when they arrived to the Department of Mysteries. An Unspeakable led them to the veil. The Minister and Unspeakable seemed to have wanted to watch. "Erm… Leave please. Is dangerous," the younger vampire said in a thick, Italian accent as if he didn't really speak English.
"Good job," Jeremiah said and patted Danny on the back for his English "skills".
The Minister gulped and snuck out with the Unspeakable behind him. "Is it safe?" Serenity quietly asked.
"It should be," Jeremiah replied. Serenity pulled the hood off and immediately took off the shoes. Danny took off his cloak and pulled his book and supplies out. He pulled a couple of squirming squirrels out of his pocket and created a cage with his magic to keep it in.
Danny sighed and started to carefully but quickly draw the ruins. He was pleasantly surprised when he found out the ritual was just a basic necromantic ritual. The advanced ones were the ones that actually controlled the resurrected person, animal, or thing and then some… It could even be easier than bringing Shadow back because Black wasn't dead for that long.
Jeremiah was worried about this. He couldn't believe Danny was going though with it. He turned to Serenity and whispered, "Can you slit your wrist and give him some blood? We don't need you hysterically laughing from him feeding off you."
"Sure, I need something to put my blood in, though."
Jeremiah handed her a goblet and watched as the blonde created a golden dagger with her magic and slit her wrist with it with a flinch.
'At least Dante is gifted in art, so he can finish those ruins quickly,' Jeremiah mused when it looked like his potential heir was almost done. He glanced down at Serenity to see that she had gotten enough blood for Danny. He wetted his handkerchief with his tongue and handed it to her, so she could heal her wrist.
"Thank you," she whispered and dabbed her bleeding wrist.
"I'm ready," Danny muttered with a deep breath.
"Here," Serenity said and handed him the goblet. Danny took her still slightly bleeding wrist and licked the wound clean for her. "And thank you, dearie."
"Thank you, my love. Can you…?"
"You want to put me in a bubble thing again, don't you?"
"Maybe… Can you make sure Uncle Jerry doesn't get hurt? I can only risk making one shield."
"Okay on both parts. Where do I need to stand?"
Danny picked her up with his free arm and placed her near the back of his ruins. He clicked his fingers and a barely noticeable shield surrounded her after he briefly kissed her. "We should probably have you put your hood back on, darling." Serenity put her hood up as Danny quickly chugged the goblet of her blood.
Serenity sat down and quickly put a sheer shield behind and in front of Jeremiah. The king nodded his thanks and leaned against the back shield.
Danny closed his eyes and took another deep breath before starting what many people thought as impossible or evil.
"Are you trying to tell me that Dante Riddle is trying to bring my best friend back from the dead?!" Remus exclaimed. Hermione flinched lightly.
"As we speak, Professor," she said a little meekly.
"How could he even get in to do it?!"
"He's a prince; he told me that he never gave his great-uncle a definite answer of whether he would take the throne or not. His great-uncle, the king, got him in."
"Now why did you call me?"
"I wanted you to help me explain to Sirius what is going on… I know that Danny will not be very happy if Sirius explodes at Harry."
"…and Mr. Riddle will have two life-debts over him if he succeeds and is one of the worst people to anger…"
"Exactly. Danny really doesn't want Sirius to wreck it. We both now that Danny is probably how Harry managed to not be extremely affected by his death like we thought he would be…"
"I wonder why Harry never told us about Danny when it's obvious that those two are connected at the hip with Serenity…"
"He's half-vampire, Professor. Harry probably didn't know how we'd react to him being very good friends with a blood-sucker."
"Haven't I told you to call me Remus?"
Serenity wrapped the cloak around her small body tightly when the air got colder. Danny was muttering under his breath with his eyes glued to the book. The shadows were dancing in the corners like leaves on a windy day.
A violent breeze suddenly ripped through the air and the veil started to shake aggressively. Serenity closed her eyes when she saw her mate hold a dagger to the poor squirrels. A honey orb cracked open to see a container of human blood and the now dead squirrels being thrown into the veil.
Danny backed away and held his hands out. Serenity could have reached out and touched him. His eyes were glowing pure silver as he rapidly recited a spell in what sounded like Latin.
"…Injustus… Captus… Refero… Vita…" Danny said firmly as energy gathered in his hands.
He continued with more confidence, "Subterlabor nex!"
Serenity and Jeremiah gasped as Serenity strengthened the shield around her and Jeremiah when the veil started to blow forward. The silver and black swirled magic gathering in Danny's hands shot onward and went into the opening, past the veil, and into wherever it led.
As if he had roped something, Danny pulled his right hand back. With one more mighty tug, a person came flying out of the veil and against the shield in front of the Lamia King.
"Ugh… Where am I?" a very alive Sirius Black muttered as he rubbed his aching head. A young man that appeared to be a vampire helped him up.
"Welcome back, Black. Harry has missed you like hell," the young man stated.
"Danny…!" a female voice whined. The mysterious vampire snapped his fingers. A shorter, obviously feminine figure stood next to him. "Should I drop the shields now?" she asked.
"Duh. Unless you think the boogeyman is going to eat you, my dear," the man teased.
"Ha, ha, ha, dearie."
Who Sirius was assuming was Danny stuck his tongue out as an older vampire stepped up to him. "Good job, Dante," the older one said.
"Wait, how do you know Harry?!" Sirius demanded.
"I'm his first friend," the male teenager stated. "She's his soon-to-be adopted little sis. Emphasis on the little part. Don't hit me…!"
"Then don't be an ass," the girl stated. She held her hand out and said, "I'm Serenity." Sirius hesitantly shook her hand before the teenager pulled her hood down. A very adorable blond was looking at him with bright honey eyes.
"Come on, Hermione and hopefully Lupin are waiting. They'll be explaining some things for you," Danny said.
"What do you mean hopefully?!"
"I doubt it's not everyday he hears that his friend is supposedly being resurrected by a sixteen-year-old," the nameless man stated. "Dante, hood."
"I don't care. Why, do you want to hide the fact that I'm your heir?" Dante asked innocently.
"You'll do it?" Sirius was surprised at the hopeful, yet relieved expression on the nameless man's face.
"…didn't I just say that? Ren, grab your shoes. I'll carry you if you want."
"Yay!"
"I'm just going back to the village, okay Dante?"
"Okay, Uncle Jerry. Thanks for helping."
Sirius was even more confused when Scrimgeour gaped not at him but Dante. "Wh-what? He's your heir, King Jeremiah?"
"Yes. He needed to do something, and I doubt you would've let him in," Jeremiah stated.
"I don't know what you're up to Riddle, but I-."
Dante cut him off by saying, "He's kind of right in front of you, dude."
"S-sirius Black?! Bu-but…? We're so sorry for not realizing your innocence!"
"I'm free?" Sirius asked weakly to himself.
"Yes, we're sorry again. You can thank Riddle over here for that. He practically killed Pettigrew in the process." A glare was aimed at the brunette teen.
"Really, no one messes with my friends," Dante stated regally.
"We've noticed. Get out of here before I call security."
"We're leaving with glee. Besides, I can feel my IQ dropping with every millisecond I spend in this corrupted, pathetic place," Serenity drawled.
Danny knocked on the door with Harry's freaked-out godfather behind him. "Hi, Danny. Did you-? Sirius!" Hermione hugged him tightly. Remus appeared and his eyes brightened.
"Can we go in? I want to get out of this dress…!" Serenity whined. She had dropped a change of clothes at Hermione's.
"I don't know how a half-veela can be such a tomboy," Hermione stated when she pulled away.
"I'm special like that. Besides, Danny's girly enough for the two of us."
"Hey! What's that supposed to mean!?"
"Oh, nothing, dearie."
Hermione snorted and led them in. Sirius was looking everywhere, including the two hybrids getting along with Hermione fine. Remus was next to him with disbelief written on his features.
Danny sat on the floor in Hermione's room and pulled Serenity on his lap. The half-veela immediately started to make sure if her mate was okay.
"I'm fine, Vix."
"You'd say that if you broke all the bones in your body, mister," Serenity scolded and continued to "check" by pulling up his shirt in an attempt to take it off.
Danny swatted her hands away when she tried to undo his zipper. "You know what, I doubt there's anything there that could have been damaged, darling," Danny drawled.
"What if there was?"
"You just want to see how big I am."
"Says he who got caught with the porn. Are you tired or anything?"
"A little."
"I'll teleport home."
"Okay…"
"Good, because that wasn't an offer that was an order. If I find out that you aren't okay and you didn't tell me though…"
"Serenity, please threaten Mr. Riddle later," Remus said calmly.
"Can't a girl fret over her mate who just brought someone back to life for Harry's seventeenth birthday as a present?" snapped Serenity as she clung to Danny's neck. "And you! If you are hurt, I will personally make sure that you spend the next week in bed even if I have to handcuff you to it."
"Kinky much?" Sirius said with mischief.
"I was thinking the same thing," Danny added.
"Great… I forgot how similar you two probably are in personality," Remus muttered under his breath.
"Scared, Lupin? You don't mind when Har and I are in the same room, and we finish each other's sentences," Danny stated happily.
"It's creepy," Serenity said as she hid her head in the vampire's chest.
"Darling, you should be used to it by now considering we've been friends with Har since he was five."
"No, you were friends with Harry and making Harry and I be nice to the other. Harry did it because he was scared of you. I didn't want to lose my only friend."
"Oh, am I only a friend to you?"
"Not anymore. You're my snexy Dannikins," Serenity chirped with a smirk as she pecked his cheek.
"You call that a kiss?"
"Not really, but I doubt the others would appreciate us making out, like Mr. Granger."
"Oh, he wasn't happy to see us French kiss."
Hermione rolled her eyes and said, "We'll just have to talk over them. They rarely shut up."
"It's the truth," Remus added as he watched the vampire and veela bicker.
"They might stop if you let them snog like they obviously want to," Sirius suggested with a bright smile.
"You just want to watch, Siri," Remus stated.
"Where's Harry?"
"Harry's at home," Serenity stated as she dragged her boyfriend closer with her.
"He's still at those Dursleys?"
"No way, dude. He lives with us; he ran off last year. We pranked them on his sixteenth."
"And it was fun," Danny added.
"I wonder considering you also pranked Diagon Alley, Hogwarts, and who knows where else," Remus muttered.
"It was fun hanging Dumble's tighty-whities on the wall," Danny chirped.
"…what?" Sirius asked in confusion.
Remus sighed and said, "Sirius, a lot happened in the year or so that you've been gone. Hermione and I will explain the best we can. First, we want you to promise that you're not going to try to attack Riddle or Serenity."
"Why? I could kick his pathetic ass even, and dearie sort of has two life-debts over him," Serenity said with a smug smirk.
"Which is why we don't want him to try to attack the two of you because he would be the one getting hurt."
"Darling, I'm not letting you kick his ass; that's my job," Danny drawled with a dangerous look at Sirius.
Hermione rolled her eyes before starting with last summer. Danny and Serenity would add what they deemed safe at the end.
Danny held Serenity to his chest when Hermione got around the time that Serenity was captured. She didn't know that was when the veela was taken hostage, but Danny didn't want to think about it. He noticed that Serenity didn't like being alone after that when before she would get frequently cranky and make people leave her be for the day quite often.
Hermione went to say that there was a conference, and Occultus Levis killed Umbridge in what was later found as an accident.
Sirius was taking it all very well except being extremely worried when he heard Harry was captured by Voldemort; the animagus was fine when he learnt that Harry was in good health afterwards.
He wasn't even surprised when Remus told him that "Tremo Caligo" was the Dark Lord's son. Sirius didn't make the connection between "Caligo" and Danny yet.
It was when Remus and Hermione carefully told him that Harry was Levis that he lost it. "What do you mean my godson is a Nundu?! Harry would never do that! I'll drag him back to the Order myself and-!" He was cut-off by Danny lifting him up by the collar.
"So sure about that, Black? If you don't want me to send you back to where I got you, I suggest you listen. Oh, and don't think that because I'm sixteen means you shouldn't be scared of me. I'm Voldie's effing son and a trained assassin to boot. I know more ways to kill you than you could prank me, which I bet I could beat you at anyways."
"Dearie, down," Serenity commanded.
"But, lo-ove…!" the vampire whined.
"Now, or you're sleeping on the couch for the next month."
Danny dumped Sirius in a heap. "I suggest you listen, or I'll make you listen," Danny hissed in the wizard's ear before going back to his girlfriend.
"Do I have to tie you up, mister?" Serenity asked sternly.
"No!"
Serenity gave him a look before binding his hands in front of him with her magic. Serenity happily ducked under his arms, so that she was being held by her mate.
"In that year alone, I learned that Harry had two friends that are almost scarily loyal as you probably just saw, has his own thoughts and beliefs no matter how screwed up his morals are, is actually very good at pranks, was a gray wizard, a leader among people with similar beliefs, and is a lightning mage."
"Mage…?"
Serenity rolled her eyes and asked, "You seriously haven't heard of mages? Here, read this page. Just don't tell Harry that I wrote a brief history of mages to save him the agony for his birthday. Wait, you're not allowed to see Harry until his birthday."
Sirius looked skeptic but took the offered notebook and read the neat writing.
"Are you telling me that my godson is some minion of an overlord in a different dimension?!"
"No, Harry, dearie, and I are called his 'little rebels' because we ran off. We can't stand Caos. He needs to jump into a whirlpool that has crocs in it."
"…dearie?"
"Me, my mate and girlfriend here doesn't seem to realize that my name is Danny and not dearie."
"I thought your name was Disaster," Serenity teased.
Danny made a face at her before tickling the solar mage.
"Ignoring the lovebirds… Any questions?" Remus asked over the sound of a laughing veela.
"How could you let this happen?!"
"The Nundus have been around for almost two years now, Padfoot. Besides, no one in their right mind messes with Danny Riddle unless they want to be killed. I'd be nice to him if I were you considering he's the one who brought you back from the veil."
"Oh, crap… When will I get to see Harry?"
"Danny, stop tickling Serenity. When are you letting Sirius see Jamie?"
"On his birthday in two days. Don't complain. You can stay at the royal mansion in my clan's village. I am the prince after all… Just watch out for the fact that you might run into my mother… I don't know when she stops by," Danny said with a peck on Serenity's head.
"Who's Jamie? I want to see Harry."
"Jamie is Harry. Danny started calling Harry Jamie when we were younger," Serenity said. The blonde stopped talking when Danny started to run his fingers through her hair absentmindedly. Serenity leaned into his touch with a purr.
Hermione rolled her eyes before asking, "Anything else?"
"Uh… how am I alive?"
"Ask Danny. He did it."
"…a ritual," Danny said. He really had no idea now…
"He's stupid. Just live with your curiosity, Black," Serenity managed to get out between her purring. "Dearie, does your uncle know that you want Black at the manor for a day?"
"Yeah."
"Anything else, Siri?" Remus asked.
"You can bug Ren and me later, I guess," Danny added as he gently rubbed Serenity's back.
"I just want to talk to those two," Sirius said with his eyes narrowed at the two mages.
"I guess we'll be seeing ya then. Did you two get the invites?" Serenity asked.
"Yes."
"Okay, we'll see you on Harry's birthday party. Come on, Black."
Danny stood up with Serenity in one of his arms. Serenity was small enough to fit in just one. Sirius followed the vampire out of the room with his eyes still narrowed at the vampire.
"Danny, I'll teleport to the village."
"Ren, you'll probably miss. I can warp us there."
"Danny…"
"Renny…"
"I love you!" the veela suddenly chirped.
"I love you, too. Now-." Serenity had teleported the party of three.
"Ha, I told you I could teleport here," the blonde taunted as Danny put her down.
Danny rolled his eyes and walked into the manor door in front of him. Serenity followed him and started to pout when a collar immediately clasped around her neck. Danny rolled his eyes again and picked her up.
Serenity smiled brightly and pulled Danny's collar out from her purse and put it on her mate. "Now don't whine about you being the only with a collar," she teasingly whispered.
Danny smiled and tickled her chin. "Come on, Black. We're just going to the library in our wing of the manor."
Sirius was looking around the lavish mansion. He noticed similarities between the boy in front of him and the portraits of past royals. The lilac and blood-red was starting to suffocate him though. How come he never noticed that Gryffindor red was the color of blood…? Was Godric Gryffindor a vampire?
Sirius was shaken out of his thoughts by wide, brown eyes looking up at him and a small hand tugging at his robes. "We're here, Mr. Black."
"Sirius; you said Harry's adopting you?"
"Yeah. Does Mr. Black make you feel old?"
"Very much so."
"You shouldn't have said that to Danny."
"Would I do that to Mr. Black?" the prince said with a small smirk that Serenity knew was plastering his face without even looking.
"I see why Moony was saying we were a lot alike…" Sirius muttered under his breath.
"Harry said the same thing when he first met you and was blabbering on and on and on about you," Danny stated.
"After he stopped mothering and lecturing us for running from the shitty orphanage, of course," Serenity added. "He seems to not realize that he isn't our mother."
"He's the wrong gender," Sirius stated.
"Renny here thought he was gay. He was really pissed at us when he found out we were betting on his sexuality. More pissed at her though obviously. I knew he was straight."
"How was I supposed to know!? You know why I thought that."
"How do you know he isn't?" Sirius asked mischievously.
"Well, seeing him and Hermione snog was a good clue," Danny sarcastically said.
"What…?"
"Hermione didn't tell you that she and Har are dating. Not sure why."
"Really, she already had to deal with Danny and how overprotective he is. I doubt anyone is as bad as he is," added Serenity.
"I'm right here, Ren."
"I know. Your purty butt is, too." Sirius laughed under his breath when the veela reached out and pinched the vampire's arse, causing him to jump in the air with a yelp.
Danny glared at the laughing man and girl before going into the library with a pout.
"I think I hurt the poor baby's feelings," Serenity said off-handedly and followed her mate.
Danny made a face at Serenity and held her captive in his arms. "I got my vixie."
"Vixie…?" Sirius asked.
"Vixen and pixie combined. Harry and I made it up when we were drunk once. Pretty witty considering how pissed we both were."
"You and Harry are close, aren't you?"
"He's my best friend in the whole damn world."
Serenity seemed insulted and asked, "What about me? I knew you longer…!"
"Darling, I love you more than anyone else. Does that make you feel special?"
"Maybe… I'd feel special if you'd passionately made out with me once Harry's godfather wasn't with us and let me cover your neck with hickeys."
"You are very frisky today, aren't you?" Danny sarcastically asked. Serenity just clung to him as close as she could.
"Don't mind me," Sirius said.
Danny glared at the man fiercely before loosening Serenity's death grip on him.
"You are perverted," Danny stated.
"No, I'm Sirius."
"Right… I have to ask you some questions… I never brought a person back to life, only my pet wolf that I ate by accident when I had forgotten to feed… First, do you feel okay? Nothing feels weird or anything?"
"No…"
"That's a good sign. Um… All bones in place? Nothing missing like your brain?"
"What's that supposed to mean?"
"Oh, nothing… Do you feel fatigued?"
"A little."
"Well, I don't know what that means. Try taking it easy tomorrow."
"When will I get to see Harry already?!"
"Two days from now. How many times do we have to tell you?"
"Harry gave Danny a shirt and drawing… stuff for Danny's birthday. Danny brings someone back to life for Harry," Serenity added with a small smirk.
"Drawing stuff, love?" Danny said with amusement.
"Shut up, you sexy imbecile!"
"…what's an imbecile?"
"An idiot."
"Oh, I already knew I was stupid."
"Good, stupid people are sexy."
Danny rolled his eyes and hugged his mate. She happily returned the embrace a little too eagerly. "Ren, you're choking me."
"I don't care as long as you don't die."
"Right, is there anything else, Black?"
"How is this going to work?"
"You mean how Harry is going to see you?"
"Yes."
"We'll probably just reveal you at the beginning of the party. It's a surprise party because it's fun to scare the shit out of Jamie. He has a date with Hermione in the morning, so we'll be setting up then. I guess we'll just have you hide very, very well when Harry gets there. Everyone goes surprise. Then, you go surprise. And Harry pisses himself from shock."
"How about we skip the Harry pissing himself part? I'm not cleaning up after him," Serenity stated.
"Damn… You'll have to tell Harry."
Danny and Serenity soon left after making sure the formerly dead man had clothes he could borrow. Danny still found it funny that Leon and Sirius were the same size.
Almost everything was set for Harry's birthday. Serenity was going to Hermione's tomorrow to make the cake with the muggleborn. All the decorations and things were being hidden at Hermione's house. Danny and the others would be decorating while Harry was with Hermione.
Now, he just wanted to sit down and relax.
Serenity had other plans. Danny had sat down on the bed to draw when Serenity pounced on him and knocked him on his back.
"Hi, love," she cooed.
"Hi. Ren, I'm sorry, but I'm too tired…"
"No, you're not. You're dearie. Dearie doesn't get too tired."
"Yes I do."
"Danny…!" Serenity whined.
"Weren't you the one spazzing earlier and wouldn't even let me warp?"
"…so."
"I'm tired…!"
"Okay. Take your shirt off and lay on your stomach."
"Why? I'm not letting you pet me."
"I want to give you a massage."
"Okay."
Serenity smiled as she felt her poor, tired, stressed-out mate's muscles relax. Danny was soon sleeping with a soft snore. "Cutie," she whispered and pecked his head before leaving the room. She closed the door behind her with a soft noise.
"Hi, Harry," Serenity chirped and jumped on her brother's lap when she saw him in the common room reading.
"Hey, sis. Where's Dan?"
"Sleeping. He was exhausted when we got home. No, I'm not telling you why yet."
"Damn it. Tell me…!"
"Can't you wait a day and a half?"
"No."
"Go figure."
"Sister darling, will you please get off my lap?"
"No. Dearie sleeping, so I can't snuggle with him."
"But you're his teddy."
Serenity stuck her tongue out and started to bounce on Harry. Harry pushed her off and made her fall off the other side of the couch. "Meanie!"
"I told you to get off."
"Harry…! I'm bored…!"
"Go work on our lesson plans then. We have a teacher meeting tomorrow."
"What?!"
"…crap, I forgot to tell you. I got an owl saying there's a meeting tomorrow that we need to go to."
"…what time? I had plans."
"Six to nine A.M."
Serenity groaned. "That is too damn early…! I'm going to end up waking up Danny by accident when he needs his sleep."
"What plans did you have…?"
Well, there was no harm telling him something like baking a cake… "Hermione and I are baking your birthday cake tomorrow afternoon and probably wrapping some gifts while you're not around."
"Let me guess, Danny is going to distract me tomorrow."
"…maybe."
Serenity didn't bother waking Danny up for dinner because she knew that it would probably be for the best if he just kept sleeping; he would be woken up by her alarm going off at five. Serenity had Harry help her carefully remove his jeans and pull his pajama bottoms on him without waking the vampire up.
"Sheesh, he is exhausted," Harry whispered.
"Shh!"
"…sorry."
"Good night, bro-bro," Serenity said once they left her room and were out of earshot of the sleeping vampire. She hugged Harry tightly and pecked his cheek.
Harry returned the hug and kissed her head before replying, "'Night, sissy. See you bright and early."
"You'll see Danny, too. He's been asleep since three. I think he'll be fine being up that early after fourteen hours of sleep."
"Hm, we'll use him to help us get ready. He knows how to make coffee, right?"
"Yeah, I think he'll excuse us this one time."
Danny jerked awake when he heard the beeping of Serenity's alarm clock go off. He sat up and saw Serenity groggily turn the alarm off with a string of grumbled curses.
"Um, what's going on, Ren…?"
"You looked tired, so I didn't wake you up until now. It looks like fourteen hours of sleep really helped," Serenity answered as she opened up her side of the closet.
"That explains why I'm really hungry and really have to go to the bathroom…" Danny muttered before rushing into said room.
Serenity laughed before grabbing an orange blouse and jeans. "Danny, can you stay in there for a few moments while I change?" she asked.
"Sure. Just say when I can go back in. I'll be in the common."
Danny smiled at Harry when the wizard walked in swearing under his breath and rubbing his eyes without his glasses on. "Hey, mate! Happy birthday eve!"
"You are weird," Harry stated before picking his glasses off the table.
"Why are you two up anyways?"
"Teacher meeting…" was the groaned answer.
"Ouch."
"Hey, best friend of mine?"
"What do you want?"
"Can you make some coffee and toast for Ren and I please? Pretty please?"
"Fine. Tell Ren I'll be downstairs then. Damn, I'm hungry…"
"There are leftovers from last night if you want macaroni and cheese for breakfast."
"I think I might just do that…"
"Thanks, bro!"
Danny popped the food he found in a plastic container into the microwave for a few minutes before getting down the coffee machine and coffee. He carefully made sure that it was only three-fourths regular. Even Danny didn't have the heart to make cranky teachers deal with a hyper Harry and Serenity.
Danny popped the bread in the toaster and sat down with a sigh. …only to be pounced on by a blonde wearing her glasses. That was always a bad sign. Serenity normally wore contacts except when she was too lazy… or when she couldn't find her contacts which did happen sometimes.
"Hi, love. The coffee is starting and the toast is in the toaster."
"Kay-kay, thanks, love!" Serenity said and hugged him tightly.
Serenity and Harry flooed to Hogwarts with matching, sleepy scowls. Not even coffee could fully wake them up. These people had no pity for teenagers…
Serenity flipped Dumbledore the birdie before sitting next to Harry with a glare that sent shivers down many of the teachers' spines. "Brother Darling, did I tell you that I was going to make you pay for saying I'd do this before even asking me?" she grounded out.
"Uh… um… I thought you said you liked teaching!" Harry said with his best innocent face.
"…when? Harry, it's six in the morning, I'm tired, and I still have a lot to do today for your birthday. Shut the bloody hell up, or I'll sick Danny on you even if I have to let loose my charm to make him," Serenity snapped in a tone that said, "I am female; hear me roar."
"…sorry, Serenity…"
Dumbledore interrupted the bickering siblings with an amused twinkle in his eyes, "Now that that was let out, welcome to the first meeting of this school year. First off, I would like to welcome our new teachers Harry Potter and Serenity."
"She's a Potter. I'm adopting her tomorrow," Harry cut-in and hugged his sister. Serenity blushed cutely as she returned the hug. The older teachers were about to coo over them, but Dumbledore interrupted.
"As of now, are there any issues that you see for next school year?"
"Dueling, did those under fifth year or didn't get an E in DADA that signed get informed that I won't be accepting them?" Harry asked seriously.
"Why would you do that, Potter? Don't you want people to be able to defend themselves?" Professor McGonagall snapped at her co-worker/student.
"I don't want love-struck fan girls who just signed up to stare at me wasting my time. I want people who truly do want to learn to defend themselves to the best of their abilities. For the mage class, I'll just have Serenity teach a few of the classes I would normally teach if there are problems."
"Oh yes, Dumbles, expect many slackers who signed up to stare at me to drop out. I take education seriously even if I dropped out," Serenity calmly added with a flip of her hair.
"Uh, yeah, the people I'm teaching this year will be in for a shock next year when I actually have time to assign homework."
Dumbledore, having to cut-in again, said, "We do have the scheduling issues worked out, so there aren't any students who have both of you as teachers."
"Good… I don't think it would be good if someone went to me to hand in homework Ren assigned…" Harry muttered.
Meanwhile at the other Nundu Headquarters, many of the Nundus worst nightmares were about to come true… Dun da da!
"WAKE UP, YOU LAZY BASTARDS!" rang through the Nundu Headquarters B along with the sound of someone hitting something against a trashcan lid.
Lee Jordan sat up groggily. He just had to pick the worst day to spend the night at Headquarters… Danny was in one of his moods in which he decided that everyone was being lazy. Physical training seemed to be coming, and Lee knew from experience that there was no way to escape it.
He quickly got out of bed to face his doom in the form of his half-vampire leader.
Serenity and Harry were treated to the sight of most of the Nundus doing push-ups in their backyard when they arrived home. Harry carefully snuck upstairs to watch and laugh. Serenity went outside to help Danny until lunch.
After lunch, she would leave for Hermione's with Ginny if the redhead felt up to it after going through Danny's training hell, while Danny and whoever else wanted to would take Harry out for the afternoon.
Serenity rang the Grangers' doorbell with Ginny behind her. Hermione opened the door and led them in.
"It's still weird seeing you with a darker red as your hair color, Ginny," Hermione said off-handedly as Serenity checked the temperature of the oven from as far away as she could. Ginny stuck her tongue out in return.
"Really, Red, who are you? Danny?" Serenity sarcastically asked.
"Ew, I don't want to kiss you," Ginny replied.
"Can we bake and then goof off?" Hermione asked patiently.
"Take all the fun out of it," Serenity grumbled and started taking out the supplies she had dropped off the other day.
Harry rolled his eyes and said to the vampire trying to drag him out the door, "Mate, I know you're just trying to distract me while Gin and Ren are at Mi's."
Danny stuck his tongue out and said, "I still want to go somewhere. I'm bored…!"
"Wanna take the kiddies to the park?"
"That sounds like fun."
Danny and Harry promptly called the youngest residents of their home downstairs.
Serenity rolled her eyes in disgust when the boy who had bugged her last time she was over the Grangers' came up to the table of the small cafe she, Hermione, and Ginny were at with a few boys and girls behind him. The three girls were just talking over hot chocolate as they waited for the cake to cool enough to frost it.
"Well, hello there, gorgeous," the Muggle said flirtingly. Was his name Brand or Brad...?
"Brad, leave us alone," Hermione snapped with a glare at the other people in the group.
Another boy leaned in and said with a bit of awe, "Damn, Granger, what is with your school and hot people? I can actually stand to look at you now."
"We have boyfriends," Serenity snapped.
"Speak for yourself, Ren," Ginny said.
"And who are you?" Brad asked with a bit of interest.
"Ginny Weasley."
Hermione and Serenity exchanged looks when Ginny walked off with Brad with a yelled, "I'll be back to finish the party prep!"
Harry laughed as he threw a ball for some of the kids to try to catch at the park. Danny was playing basketball with the others. Well, the lanky vampire was actually referring a small game because having him on a team would have been an unfair advantage.
"Hey, Daddy…?" Mindy innocently asked.
"What do you want, Mindy?"
"Can we play us against you? Please?"
Danny rolled his eyes but put the whistle he had been using down on the grass. "Fine. No killing me, you munchkins."
Danny smirked and grabbed the ball from Mindy's hands and dashed to the other side of the court while dribbling.
"Hey!" most of the kids playing basketball protested and tried to catch up with the tall vampire.
"It was your idea," Danny said with a bright smile as he shot a three-pointer. "Gah…!" the vampire yelped when he was pushed into the grass by four kids. Mindy sat on his chest and pinned his arms to his side as the others took off with the ball.
"Hi, Daddy."
"Mins, get off me."
"Nope."
"Mindy…"
"You're starting to sound like Mommy."
"Melinda…"
"Now you're really sounding like Mommy."
"Melinda Jennifer Riddle," Danny said with quite a bit of sternness.
"Uh… is that my in trouble name?"
"Hell yeah." Danny managed to free his arms and started to viciously tickle his daughter. Unfortunately for him, that was benefiting the other kids.
"We win!"
"Hey! Wait a sec… You cheated!"
Yay! Mindy has a middle name now!
I'm excited. My mom ordered the seventh book; it'll arrive at my house Saturday it comes out. Yay!