Heres chapter 7. its a bit shorter then the last chapter but thats because its filler between the Yule ball and the 2nd task. In this chapter the truth about Hadrian and Adam being vampires is revealed. any way enjoy
Chapter 7:Holiday Fall out
1 week After Yule Ball
It's been a week since the Yule Ball took place. A week since Hadrian Dracula began his winter vacation at Chateau Delacour in Marseille with the entire Delacour Family. On Christmas morning he was awoken by the combination of Gabrielle jumping on his stomach and Fleur kissing him, then after freshening up and getting dressed for the day, he had a light breakfast with the girls and their parents, and afterward everyone opened presents. He ofcourse got everyone of the Delacours something, as well as his few friends at Beauxbatons, and he even sent gifts to Neville and Susan, however he got his father nothing because really what could he get a man who already seemingly has everything.
For the Delacour ladies he got each of them a piece of expensive Jewelry, for Apolline a necklace made of Sapphires that match the color of the eyes she shares with her daughters, which got him a nice big hug from the older Veela, for little Gabby a Diamond encrusted Platinum bracelet with an inscription inside in french which reads "Pour mon petit ange Gabrielle. Que votre lumiere brille aussi brillant que dix soleils de tous les temps. Aimez votre frere Hadrien.(To my little angel Gabrielle. May your light shine as bright as ten suns for all time. Love your big brother Hadrian.)" This got him a squeal of joy and a huge hug from the littlest blonde.
Fleur's gift came last, after her father Jean opened the present Harry got for him, which was a book on obscure Runes, as Runes was a great hobby of his, Harry got on one knee and produced the most beautiful ring that the Half-Veela had ever seen, it was a Platinum band, with the design of roses along the sides done in silver, the gem is a beautiful deep cut Aquamarine which nearly matches the color of Fleur's eyes, and with the ring in hand and knee to the ground the dark haired boy asked the Delacour heiress to marry him, to which she immediately said yes, slid the ring on her left ring finger and proceeded to snog him senseless.
After they came back up for air they were congratulated by the other Delacours, with Jean shaking Harry's hand and Gabby and Apolline both giving him hugs and kisses to this cheeks and then gushing over the ring with Fleur. Harry himself received many gifts, from his few friends he got things like Blood-Pops and joke items, from Neville he received a carnivorous magical plant which he really enjoyed, from Susan he got a book on the history of the House of Bones so he'd know what kinda House he was marrying into in a few years.
From the Delacours he got varying things, Jean joked and said his present was his permission to ask propose to Fleur in the first place, but then gave him his actual give which turned out to be a book on Animagi which is something Harry had been interested in recently, because his Godfather was one, and his Father could become any number of beasts, then he received a gift card for one of the most expensive magical clothing shops in Paris from Apolline whose exact words about were "I cannot 'ave my future Son-In-Law dressed in anyzing but ze best. Zat card will make zure you always look incroyablement beau." the dark haired teen just chuckled at this and thanked her none the less, and from little Gabby he got a story book which was really more for her because he just knew she'd want him to read it to her at bed time that very night.
After the excitement of Yule wore off things basically went back to normal, he spent most of the rest of the break spending time with Fleur, cuddling up near a fire and making out, or outside walking the grounds of the Chateau along with Gabby having snow fights and what have you. However his good time came to an end rather abruptly tonight on New Years Eve.
Its started out as every other day has so far since Christmas day, with him waking in the morning to Fleur sleeping next to him curled up into his side with her head on his chest, after waking her with a gentle kiss and telling her its time to get up, the two headed to separate parts of the room to get dressed, the blonde to the bathroom and him to the closet. After dressing they both headed downstairs for breakfast, after breakfast they spent the day with Apolline and Gabrielle in the magic quarter of Marseille shopping and just enjoying the nice day.
However it when they get back that things begin to turn, for waiting for them in the sitting room is Adam Dracula, Hadrian seeing his father smiles at first before seeing the serious look on the mans face and says
"Father? What are you doing here? Is something wrong?" the blonde looks at his son and says
"Yes Hadrian. I want you to answer me honestly. The night of the Yule Ball did you assault several 4th year Slytherin students?" the teen thinks back and instantly remembers the 4 idiots who attempted to get him to hand Fleur to them so they could rape her and replies
"Yes I did. But only after the 4 morons attempted to attack Fleur and I from behind and then demanded I hand her over to them so they could rape her." Adam sighs and says
"So you did in fact break all the bones in the bodies of Vincent Crebbe and Gregory Goyle Jr, and 1/4 the bones in Theodore Nott Jr's body? And left the Heir to the Noble House of Malfoy laying on the ground trapped within his own mind screaming in horror?" Harry nods and replies
"I did indeed. I have no need to deny any of it Father. The fools got off far easier then normal, not only did they basically tell me they wanted to rape the woman I love, their blonde leader insulted the sacrifice of my mother and called her that insulting word, not only that their fathers are all known Death Eaters. Normally any one of those things is enough to warrant death from me, you know this Father." Adam nods and says
"Yes I am aware and I must commend you on the restraint you showed. However it has caused problems. The 4 boys are all claiming you attacked them unprovoked and Heir Malfoy in particular says that you used some sort of Dark Mind Magic on him. Lord Malfoy has convinced that fool Fudge to issue a warrant for your arrest." this news outrages all the occupants of the room who speak english, and Fleur says
"But they cant do that! Harry was defending my Honor! Plus he's a Champion of the Tournament." she grabs ahold of the teen like he's going to be taken away that very moment as her father says
"They unfortunately can. The British Ministry is full of corruption, Fudge in particular is in the pocket of men like Lucius Malfoy." Harry looks at his father and says
"I think it is time to stop playing at being "Human" father. It is time to come out of the shadows and let the British know that we are the Dracula! I'm done hiding who I am." the blonde Vampire sighs, places a hand on the teen's shoulder and replies
"Very well my son, if that is truly what you wish then it shall be so. But you should know that I had you playing at being fully human so that you would not lose sight of the little humanity that you do have. You Hadrian are more then Prince of the Vampires, more then my heir and son, you are the bridge between Humans and Vampires, never forget that." Harry nods his head and says
"I wont father. I promise. So how shall we handle the morons?" Adam smiles his shark like smile and says
"In the way the Dracul always handle their enemies. Through power, fear, and planning 10 steps ahead. I have already accomplished the 3rd, I have informed Amelia of the situation and she is going to browbeat Fudge into having a private hearing in her Office at the DMLE 3 days after new years. The boys, their fathers, Fudge, and Amelia will all be there. We shall arrive through Element Travel, however we will not arrive alone, with us shall be a full squad of Shadow Guard." this causes a full blown vamperic smile to appear on Harry's face as he laughs and says
"Hahaha...Brillant father! Element Travel will show just what kind of Magical Power we wield, while the Shadow Guard will strike fear into all in the room by coming from every persons shadows. Oh father you are devious, no wonder your King." the blonde nods to this and the teen asks "What of when Fudge and the other Pure-Blood morons reveal in the rag they call a paper that we are Vampires?" the elder vampire responds
"We hold our heads up high and confirm it. We do not hide our fangs nor our eyes. We behave as our stations dictate we behave, meaning you are the Prince of Vampire and so you shall behave as the Prince of Vampires, you will be regal, cunning, observant, and ruthless. Basically just be your true self." Harry nods at this, and so the rest of the afternoon and into the night is spent going over the plan for screwing over the British morons.
January 4th 1995, Office of Amelia Bones, Ministry of Magic, London
Gathered together in the office of one very angry and very annoyed Amelia Bones, sits the 4 boys who Hadrian beat down and in the case of the young Malfoy nearly broke the mind of, standing behind each sitting boy is their fathers, Lords Lucius Malfoy, Theodore Nott Sr, Vincent Crabbe Sr, and Gregory Goyle Sr, and standing next to Amelia is Minister for Magic of Britain Cornelius Fudge who is looking rather angry as he looks at the time and says
"Where the Devil are these foreigners? No respect I tell you, it's already 10 minuets passed the agreed upon time." Madame bones turns her head to the Minister and replies
"They will be here Cornelius just be patient. Its not as if you have anything of great importance to do today, after all the Years first Wizagamont session isnt until the 15th of the month." at this Lucius Malfoy sneers and says
"The fact that they haven't arrived yet is proof enough of Potter's guilt." Amelia turns her gaze on the arrogant blonde and glares at him, however as she is about to reply to his words suddenly several Men and women come from nowhere, seeming to break off from the shadows of everyone in the room. There are 4 men and 4 women, all dressed in Clothes as black as the night, wearing what appear to be helmets with dark visors so that the only thing that can be seen is the glow of crimson or golden eyes, holstered at their sides are Swords and Mundane Fire-arms.
One of the men step forward, the best way to describe him is hulking, he stands at nearly 7 feet tall with a large muscular build, and he speaks in a deep baritone voice as he says
"We are the Shadow Guard, protectors of the house of Dracula, and you will all rise and bow your heads for our masters. Presenting his Majesty King Adamantius Vladislaus Dracula King of ALL Vampires! And His Royal Highness Prince Hadrian Adamantius Dracula Prince of All Vampires!" and after these words are spoken there is a flash of black colored flames, Amelia stands and does a curtsy while the 4 lords and Heirs do nothing but sneer at the very thought that filthy vampires would interrupt the affairs of wizards, and Fudge cowers in fear having heard of what happens to those that anger the Dracula.
After a few moments the flames die down to reveal Adam and Hadrian Dracula in all their glory, they are dressed to the nines in suits as red as blood, with black ties with the golden coiled dragon in the center of the ties, wearing Long Dragon-skin overcoats over the suits, each has a sword strapped to their left hip, while a Gun is strapped to their right. The biggest thing that everyone in the room notices tho is the sheer power that seems to radiate from the two Vampires, especially Adam, who in the minds of the 4 Death Eater Lords, has more power then their master ever had.
The blonde King steps forward and says "Please Lady Bones rise. We apologize for our tardiness, however I'm sure you will understand when I say, Royalty is Never late, everyone else is simply early." Amelia raises from her curtsy and looks at the man she knows to be Adam Dragonov and says
"Ofcourse your Majesty. I welcome you to My office, and apologize if this hearing has inconvenienced you or the Prince in anyway." the blonde nods and says
"It has, however We are well aware of the arrogance of the British Lords, and are not unprepared for this "Hearing". Isnt that so Hadrian?" The dark haired teen speaks up for the first time responding
"Ofcourse it is Father. I believe we should get this over with, after all we do have far more important things to be doing. You have a meeting with the Covens of Britain tonight after all." The blonde nods his head, however before he can say anything Lucius Malfoy opens his mouth and says
"It all Makes sense now. Ofcourse your Filthy creatures, thats the only way this boy could harm our children in the ways he did. Minister I demand that beast of a boy be put down for the safety of all the children at Hogwarts!" however he immediately regrets saying this as he finds himself unable to breathe, his airways constricted, as he tries to gasp for breath but cannot, he falls to his knees, he looks up to see Adam Dracula across the room from him holding up his right hand and clenching it as if to choke someone, and the other blonde looks at him with cold fury as he says
"No one insults myself or my son in my presence Lord Malfoy. You will be silent for the rest of this farce, for if you are not then you will find out just how powerful an enemy you are making, for I will do much worse to you then what my son did to yours, Hadrian is merely a Half-Vampire and so his Mind Magics are only Half as strong as my own. I can make you experience things so frightening that it will utterly destroy your mind and shut down all the functions of your body. Do not test me you Inbred fool. You have been warned." and then he opens his hand up fully and drops it back to his side and the older Malfoy begins to take in deep breaths of air.
The blonde Vampire king turns back to Amelia and Fudge and says "I have grown tired of this already. My son is accused of attacking these Inbreed children without provocation? Well we have proof that he was provoked and was acting in the defense of not only himself but of his Fiancee and fellow Champion, Fleur Delacour, who by the way happens to be the grand-daughter of the current Veela Queen." the fat Minister feeling slightly more brave asks
"A..and what proof do you bring your Majesty?" Adam motions to Harry and the boy steps forward and places a vial with silvery strands in it onto Madame Bones' desk and says
"In that vial you will find both mine and Fleur's un-altered memories of the event in question. If you would use a pensive to look at them you will find the truth." the red headed woman nods and with a flick of her wand her personal pensive is sitting on her desk, she then pours the memory strands in and stirs them slightly, before nodding to fudge and the two dive in. While the two Ministry Officials are busy the 4 boys all look at Harry with both fear and contempt, however they keep their mouths shut for fear of getting the same treatment Lord Malfoy got not 5 minuets earlier from Adam.
However Harry smirks and turns to his father and says "Its most assured that Madame Bones and the fool Minister will find me not guilty after viewing the memories father." the blonde nods his head and the teen continues "However do you think that they will charge the 4 fools with attempted assault and attempted Rape?" Adam shakes his head and says
"Its not likely. Oh I'm sure that Amelia will want to, however Fudge wont allow it, or he will but with a big enough bribe from the 4 idiot Lords he'll make the case go away and they will never be convicted. Its such a shame that Britain is not only backwards as far as the times go, but also so corrupt." Harry shakes his head and says
"Oh well, If they don't do anything I'm sure that Jean-Claude will. After-all he is the current head of the French Magical Law Enforcement, and in the running to be the next French Minister for Magic. He will not allow the attempted rape of his Eldest daughter and Heiress to go unpunished." the blonde nods his head in agreement at this, while the 8 wizards grow angrier and angrier at their conversation.
A few moments later Madame Bonds and Fudge come out of the pensive and Amelia says "Well it seems pretty cut and dry to me. Prince Dracula assaulted Heirs Malfoy, Nott, Crabbe, and Goyle after said boys attempted to attack himself and Miss Delacour from behind with stunners. Then Heir Malfoy blatantly told Prince Dracula and Miss Delacour that they were going to rape her. As a result I as Head of the DMLE have no choice but to dismiss the assault charges against Prince Dracula. However I will be bringing charges of Attempted Assault and Rape on Draco Lucius Malfoy, Theodore Nott Jr, Vincent Crabbe and Gregory Goyle Jrs. Don't you agree Cornelius?" Fudge looks at her and says
"I agree on dropping the charges against Prince Dracula. However I think charge these 4 boys with the crimes you suggest is harsh Amelia, after all they are only boys, and I'm sure that they would never have actually raped Miss Delacour. It is well known that while in school the Malfoys and Potters have never gotten along. Abraxas Malfoy and Charlus Potter for instance had legendary duels in the halls of Hogwarts when they were students, and even more legendary arguments as members of the Wizagamont, and Lord Malfoy here was a favorite target for pranks by James Potter in Hogwarts. I believe that Heir Malfoy was just continuing that rivalry and trying to get Prince Dracula riled up, so I as Minister of Magic cannot support those charges and hereby declare that no charges will be filed against anyone and this hearing is Adjourned."
the 8 Wizards smile at this and the boys rise from their chairs, however before they can leave their path is blocked by 2 members of the Shadow Guard, and Harry steps forward towards the boys, stopping 5 feet from Draco Malfoy and says
"You were lucky this day Malfoy. However I give you all only 1 warning, come after me, my friends, or my Fiancee again, and next time your lives will be forfeit. It is not in the nature of a Dracula to give 2nd chances, do not squander this one I give to you." the blonde boy sneers and says
"Don't threaten me half-breed. I'll make sure you know your proper place someday, beneath the boot of Pure-blood's like myself and my friends. House Malfoy always wins." with that the boy turns away from the dark haired vampire as Adam nods to the Shadow Guard to let them pass and the 8 exit the office. The blonde then turns his gaze on Fudge and says
"Know this Cornelius Oswald Fudge, today you have made an enemy of House Dracula. You may lack the courage to prosecute those boys, but let us see how your defiance holds up against the ICW." the fat man pales at this and says
"Surely there is no need to get the Confederation involved in such a little thing?" Adam sneers at the pathetic man and replies
"Oh but there is. Taking my son being Prince of all Vampires out of the equation, Fleur Delacour is the Heiress to the Ancient and Noble house of Delacour, as well as a Princess of the Veela Nation, Her father Lord Jean-Claude Delacour is the Head of the French Magical Law Enforcement, as well as a Candidate for French Minister for Magic, while her Mother Apolline Delacour is the Crowned princess of the Veela Nation. 4 young British Wizards attempting to rape her is an international incident, and Jean-Claude is already in talks with the current Minister for Magic of France to take the case to the ICW, and when they get word of what happened here today I wouldnt be surprised if the Confederation places many restrictions and penalties on Britain."
this causes Fudge to sweat and swear in his head while he turn to Amelia and says "Well I think I shall be heading to my office to get some paperwork done. King and Prince Dracula it was a pleasure." he bows to the two and then leaves. Adam turns to Amelia and says
"I'm sure you have many questions Amelia, however they will have to wait for another time, right now Hadrian and I must go and prepare for the punishment of the British Vampire Covens who supported Voldemort without permission 15 years ago." the red head nods and says
"Ofcourse, I'm sure by the end of the day the news of your being Vampires will be in the Daily Prophet and Susie will be confused. So how about the 2 of you come around to the Ossuary for dinner tomorrow night?" the two nod their heads then Harry looks at the Shadow Guard and says
"All of you return to Castle Dracula. We will not be requiring your protection any further today." as one they say
"By Your Command Your Highness!" as they vanish in shadows, and shortly after the two Dracula vanish in a flash of Lightning, leaving nothing but a scorch mark on the floor of the office and a very impressed DMLE head behind. Later on that evening before going to take care of the covens, Adam receives the Evening Edition of the Prophet and the front page story is about how he and Harry are vampires, with interviews from Lucius and Draco Malfoy, as well as Minister Fudge. After reading it the man knows that things are going to be different for his son when he returns to Hogwarts for the second task, but also know thats exactly what Harry wants.
Annnd Cut. Well there you have chapter 7. Next chapter will be the reactions from the Durmstrang and Hogwarts students to Harry's vamperic heritage, and the 2nd task. Now I'm thinking of having the person Harry has to rescue being Susan seeing as they're currently friends. anyway As always please read and review. Until next time