I felt my tiny, undernourished heart shatter. He was going to take my Harry away.
"Now, now Severus, you know he doesn't belong with you. Your ways are so much different from mine, you can't teach him what he needs to know. We did this so he would survive, so he would beat the Cold One, not to live with you, drinking tea in front of the fire," Dominique purred.
Now he was taking the pieces of my shattered heart and stomping on them.
"You know that I will fight for Harry until the day I die. I will not let the person who abandoned him think that they can waltz on in and take what I have worked so hard for. You, who was supposed to keep an eye on him, to watch him, failed. He lived in that terrible home for years, he was treated worse than the mud on their shoes. Do you think that, after that, I will let you take him from me?"
Now he was toe to toe, "why is it you're the one who talks about abandonment, like you are some Saint when it comes to sticking by those who cared about you." He bared his teeth, obviously wanting to rip my throat out.
"You know damn well that has nothing to do with this. I thought we were over this, what more do you want from me? I said I'm sorry, but it wasn't my choice. Sometimes I do wish you had let me die, just so I wouldn't have to deal with the pieces left behind," I shouted. We were caught in a glaring match before he finally looked away, breathing deeply.
"I thought you loved me Severus, and that we were meant to be Mated," there was still sorrow in his voice.
"I'm sorry, but I was seventeen. I was lost and confused, you know it takes years before a pair can be Mated," I collapsed in a chair, my emotional outburst draining me.
"Let's just say we were both young and stupid. But we have one more thing in common, Harry. When I said I was here to take him, what I didn't say was only until school started, I just wanted to get a rise out of you. I know his education is important, and he is important to you." The dark vampire sat across from me, looking as tired as I felt.
"I never thought we'd be having a custody battle over Harry Potter," I said wearily. I heard faint footsteps and cocked my head. Suddenly all I saw was a streak of pissed off teenager.
I heard him cast a spell that I haven't heard in years, effectively trapping Dominique. It was like an invisible hand was squeezing his throat, cutting off his oxygen and holding him in place. It was originally designed for unruly vampires centuries ago.
"Severus, are you okay?" Harry asked me, keeping an eye on the vampire.
"Harry, what on earth are you doing?" I asked. I was baffled by his behavior, he was almost never aggressive like this.
"This," he jabbed his wand in Dominique's direction, "is the bastard that Changed me. What the hell did I ever do to you? Why did you feel the need to fuck my life up like that?" I had never seen him this angry at anything before.
I had never realized he harbored that much anger at his Changing. I gently put my hands on his shoulders, "Harry, relax and come sit down. Let him go, he is a jerk, but he has no wish to harm you." That got through to him. With an angry flick of his wand, Dominique was freed. Falling to the ground, he gasped for breath. Harry threw himself on the couch, glaring at the vampire.
Dominique obviously thought Harry wouldn't have recognized him, be he was very wrong. I sat beside Harry, putting my hand on his shoulder, partly in comfort, partly so he wouldn't leap up and begin hexing Dominique again.
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I was asleep. Or was supposed to be. There were voices coming from outside of my room, very loud voices. I got up, intent to see what was going on. Grabbing my wand, I opened my door.
I practically felt my body turn to ice at what I saw. That, that thing. That bastard that Changed me. He was here and he was angry. I was suddenly fearful for Severus, I didn't know if he could stand up to a fully grown vampire.
I ran out into the living room, using a spell from the book that Severus had given me, it said it subdued vampires. I watched, fascinated, as this invisible hand reached out and grabbed his neck, lifting him off of the ground. I asked Severus if he was okay, but he just answered my question with a question.
I felt the hatred bubble up inside me again, "this is the bastard that Changed me. What the hell did I ever due to you? Why did you feel the need to fuck my life up like that?" I knew I was just ranting at the moment, but I honestly didn't care. I saw the shadows on the wall flicker and it made me pause, wide-eyed. It seemed to go unnoticed by Severus.
My fear combined with Severus' voice was enough to sooth me back to a manageable state. I let the other vampire go before sitting on the couch. On the outside I was still angry, but on the inside I was terrified. I think I had almost lost control of my weird and deadly power. I've been surprisingly calm, nothing or no one to set me off. But I could have killed somebody, the other vampire I didn't care about, but I didn't want to harm Severus.
Severus sat beside me, offering unknown comfort. The other vampire sat across from us. I was just glaring at him, arms crossing and slouching against the couch in defiance. He sighed and began speaking, "Harry, my name is Dominique..."
A/N: Alright, another chapter! And for those who haven't discovered it yet, Severus is a vampire and Harry isn't aware of this yet. It is because Severus doesn't act like one, having never wanted to be changed. He still lives in the wizarding world and still has a job at Hogwarts. But does Dumbledore know? Honestly I was going to keep this a secret for another few chapters, but I thought enough people had already figured it out that the cat was out of the bag.
I am also working on a story based on My Beautiful Raven, by Kitty Mama. You can read more about that at my profile and it is in the works.
And finally, I need a picture for this! If anyone has any suggestions, they can message me with the link or, if you can send pictures now, do that! I honestly haven't kept up with the new guidelines and junk and I have no idea what all is possible on this site any more.