Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter or any of the characters and I'm not making any money from this story. I do own the story line and any original characters involved.
Warnings: seriously AU; some bashings of Albus, Molly, Author, Ron, Hermione, Fudge, and Malfoys; sex scenes; slash; het; many OCs
Author Notes: The story is finished and I will be posting one chapter a day. Here's the next chapter. Tell me what you think in a review please.

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Harry was at the bakery and he was being forced to stay a bit later. Cory had already left as he had a family engagement, so Harry was closing up. He was going over the checklist to make sure everything was either closed or turned off. The last thing they needed was a fire.

The door jingled open. "I'm sorry, but we're just about ready to close." Harry said as lifted his head up. He saw that it was his mates. Harry dropped the rag and met them for warm hugs. He wasn't able to get away before they each stole kisses and a couple of gropes. Harry went back to cleaning. "I didn't know I was planning to see you guys tonight."

Lucas smiled softly, "It was my idea as I need to talk to both of you."

Harry frowned, wondering if he should be worried, but Lucas was quick to reassure him that it wasn't anything bad. He looked to the checklist and then went in the back to make sure the ovens were all off. Being able to check that off of the list, he came back to the main part of the bakery. "Viktor, I'm not complaining but I've been wondering about something. Shouldn't you have gone back with your team to Bulgaria? I mean…I know what's your turned you won't be able to keep playing, but—"

Viktor kissed him to get him to shut up and it was a very effective approach. "That game was a last one for awhile; it was the World Cup after all. Any time we're in the World Cup, I always take a bit of a break. They assume that's why I stayed. When it's safe, especially for you, they'll know the truth of our relationship."

They stared at each other in silence, until Lucas broke it. "Are you done Harry? I really need to talk to both of you."

"Almost."

"Maybe magic can make it go faster?" Viktor suggested.

"No thank you Viktor; I've learned how to live without magic and I don't want to go back to relying on it." Harry finished up and it was decided they'd go to Harry's place since it was the closest.

Once they reached the townhouse, they got situated with Lucas pulling Harry onto his lap, pressing light kisses to his neck. Viktor sat close to them, making sure his thigh and side was pressed against Lucas and hungrily returned the kiss that Lucas bestowed on him.

After that, Lucas began to bring up the subject that he had to converse about with his mates. "When a vampire mates, even before his mate or mates are turned, they need to be introduced into the vampire world. No one would dare attack you of course, but you need to learn the laws of the vampires and meet the important individuals of our world."

Harry buried his face into the crook of Lucas' neck. "What if they don't like us?"

Lucas tightened his hold on his youngest mate. "First of all, if you're a vampire's mate, there's nothing they can do to change that. Second of all, I'm sure they'll adore as much as I do….well, maybe not as much, but close to it."

Harry's eyes were serious as they gazed at the vampire. He was worried that something would tear them apart and he would be left all alone. "It's just…"

Lucas interrupted, seemingly knowing his thoughts. "Harry, I love you. We will be together forever. No one will be able to change that, and I don't want you to worry about them trying to turn me against you. It can't and won't happen."

That night, all three of them had dinner with Harry's godparents. Viktor and Lucas understood that was part of Harry's normal routine and didn't want to disrupt it, knowing how hard it would be for him when he became a vampire. Right now, Harry's time with them was precious and he wanted to get as much time as possible.

They decided to stay at Harry's townhouse instead of going back to Lucas' place since he had to work the next day. It would be easier for Harry. There was nothing frantic about their lovemaking that night. It was sweet and gentle, with all three of them taking time to bring the max amount of pleasure to their lovers. Harry was sandwiched between them as two of them slipped into dreamland and the other remained vigilant over them.

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All three were gathered, getting ready to go to the next world. Remus and the others had wanted to come badly, but understood that this first trip had to be Lucas and his mates only.

Lucas smiled at his mates. "Grip my belt; it acts sort of like the wizarding portkey that you may be familiar with. The only difference is it can't be blocked like a portkey can as long as the location is where the clan is currently situated. Vampires have ways to detect them, but you can use it to go anywhere your clan is. You can't travel to other clans by it for safety reasons of course. If you need to go to another clan and they're expecting you, they can arrange a special device that can be used temporarily."

Harry nodded, somewhat understanding. Both gripped the belt. Lucas touched the buckle, thinking about headquarters and they were gone in a flash.

Viktor and Lucas both landed gracefully. Harry, on the other hand, who had never been any good with portkeys, would have fallen if it wasn't for Lucas' quick catch.

Harry blushed as Lucas gazed at him with laughing sky blue eyes. A chuckle brought them away from each other. Harry gasped as he faced the most beautiful person he has ever seen. She had white blonde hair; the color could be compared to the Malfoy males. Her hair was in a long braid with no strand out of place that reached her mid-back. Her eyes were green, many shades lighter than Harry's. Her skin seemed flawless and her bone structure was petite and perfect. She had curves in all of the right places. If he was straight, he would have been salivating at the picture she made. Out of the corner of his eye, he could see Viktor in a similar state but much worse; he was bisexual after all.

"Luke," Her voice was angelic. "I think your mates are quite taken with my beauty."

Lucas was frowning. "Everyone who's brought here is upon first seeing you Sierra; it doesn't mean I have to like it though."

Harry shook himself out of his stupor. "Lucas, I'm sorry…I lo…" Lucas raised his eyebrow."I'm sorry, I can't say it yet, but I care about you. You and Viktor are the only ones that I want."

"I know…I just can't help but get jealous." He pulled Harry to him. "Never forget you're mine."

"Yours," Harry repeated before allowing his lips to be claimed possessively. They pulled away only to see Viktor still captivated by Sierra's ethereal beauty. Harry frowned. "Viktor though, I'm worried about. He does like both sexes after all."

Lucas squeezed Harry's shoulder. "Don't worry; I'll take care of him." The vampire gracefully sidled up to the stunned Bulgarian. He pulled their lips together in a bruising kiss, reminding Viktor without words who he belonged to. The younger responded equally. They pulled apart, panting harshly.

Viktor looked at Harry who was standing a bit away and brought the youngest to him for a hug. Harry leaned into the warmth that enclosed around him.

Lucas knew everything was fine between them. All future vampires, male or female, reacted that way upon seeing Sierra for the first time. Lucas knew no one would dare try to take his mates away from him though. A vampire's mate or mates were well respected and treated with utmost care unless they did something that was considered criminal, such as infidelity or participating in an unprovoked attack on a vampire among the clan.

Lucas got his two mates' attention. "Viktor, Harry, this is Sierra. She is the leading female of the clan. The man next to her is her mate and my sire, Christopher. They lead the clan and do everything they can to keep the peace and to stop wars from happening with other vampire clans."

"Hi," Harry mumbled shyly.

Christopher wore a kind smile on his face. "I never thought the famous boy-who-lived would become one of us." At Harry's surprised face, Christopher elaborated. "Yes, we do keep up with the news from the magical world. After all, we do have witches and wizards among us who likes to keep tabs on the world they came from."

They were showed around Headquarters, which turned out to be a castle. It was not as big as Hogwarts, but was still a pretty good size.

Harry noticed another human being showed around. Lucas leaned down to talk in a quiet voice to his youngest mate, even through Christopher and Sierra would be able to hear. "That's another mate who will eventually be turned. The only reason Christopher and Sierra is taking the time to show you and Viktor around personally is because Christopher sired me. They always show around their childe's mates." Harry nodded before walking over to Viktor to grab his hand. Viktor smiled before pulling his lover closer.

They were shown to the sparring area as well as the private rooms, not bedrooms since vampires didn't sleep. Not everyone lived at headquarters, only the most important of the clan: the leaders, second in command, heirs (in case leaders are assassinated), the clan's seer (the witch Lucas had told them about), and all of the mates associated with them.

Lucas was taking them outside of the headquarters himself as Sierra and Christopher had a meeting of the clans to attend.

The first thing Viktor noticed was the clouds. Lucas explained that although Vampires were okay in the sunlight, they did become weaker. The sunnier it was, the weaker they became. Their world was perpetually cloudy during the day so their powers were almost always at full strength. They were still stronger at night time of course.

"What do you guys do for blood?" Harry questioned.

Lucas knew how Harry felt about killing. He was only surprised that it had taken Harry so long to ask this question. "We have to feed of course. We drink from both animals and humans. I'm sure when you were trying to find out what I was; you read how vampires were known to be very sensual beings. When we need to feed from a human, almost always non-magical, we captivate them with our bodies, making them feel desire for us. We feed from them only so much, trying very hard not to kill them. There are rare cases that we miscalculate or lose control. We have to feed from many so we get enough blood since we don't drain humans. They feel tired afterwards, but don't remember why. It's like they were hypnotized by our sensuality and they blank about the feeding. Magical folks may know why; that's why we avoid them when it comes to feeding."

It wasn't a very vast area this clan was located, but this clan wasn't the biggest out there so a bigger area wasn't really needed. They didn't need as much space. Also, many vampires lived in the human world most of them time, like Lucas was; at least until their mates were found. Even after their mates were located, some decided they still rather stay in the human world and just visit the vampire world.

Even if it wasn't vast, Harry found the area very enchanting. Although Viktor was curious about his environment his eyes barely left his younger lover. It was so nice to see Harry excited about something with his eyes lighting up. Harry was quite breathtaking when he was awed.

They headed back to the castle after a thrilling day. Viktor was holding his wonder in check, but Harry was bouncing in excitement and Lucas couldn't help but chuckle at Harry's antics. The vampire had a feeling that if it wasn't for the fact of Harry being very close to his family, he would choose to live in this world. Eventually they probably would anyways, when Harry's family was totally gone. He would do anything his lovers wanted though, at least if his mates' wouldn't be in danger because of their desires.

When they were through the sturdy, steel doors, they were met by Sierra and Christopher right away. Harry smiled, already beginning to feel at ease around them and no longer feeling stupefied by Sierra's beauty. "This place is so beautiful, even if it is never sunny."

Sierra's laugh was bell like. "Trust me, when you're one of us, you'll be grateful for that."

Christopher's arms wrapped around his mate and Lucas followed his example with his own mates. Viktor was slightly stiff, still not used to be treated like a submissive, but Harry leaned into the embrace. "We have one last thing to do before we call this introduction to an end."

Lucas gazed at his mates with fondness. "Do you remember when I told you about the witch who was turned and developed powers in divination?"

Harry nodded while Viktor answered, "You said that as long as she's met someone at least once, she could see if there is any future danger for them."

Lucas nodded. "That's right. As part of this whole introduction, Erica needs to meet both of you. She'll see if danger will find you. If you're not in any danger, she won't see anything. For some reason, she can't see any good futures. It's our way of making sure both of you will be safe and you won't put the clan in any danger either."

"What danger could I possibly be in?" Harry questioned. "I don't have any magic anymore."

"Don't forget about Dumbledore; he was at the quidditch game for some reason when there was no guarantee that you'd be there." Viktor reminded Harry.

"Who is to say he was there for me? Maybe he just wanted to watch the game." Harry suggested.

Lucas cut in. "If there is any danger where Dumbledore or anyone or anything else is concerned, Erica will see it and we can eliminate it before it becomes a problem."

They walked quietly until they came upon the meditation room. Vampires couldn't sleep, but they did rest through meditating. Erica liked to come here because it helped relax her, especially when she knew she might be needed for a vision.

They walked in and Harry and Viktor both noticed her nice smile. Unlike Sierra, she didn't have an otherworldly beauty, but she was still very good looking. She had short black hair with bangs falling into purple eyes. Lucas told them that for some reason, they changed color upon being turned, another mystery. She had thin lips and a petite frame that wasn't very curvy, but was very cute. All in all, while Sierra resembled a goddess from mythology, Erica resembled a Pixie. Everything about her screamed adorable.

They shook hands and Harry instantly liked her, even when he felt a knot of jealousy when she and Lucas hugged with an air of familiarity. Glancing at Viktor, Harry could tell he wasn't the only one who felt jealous.

Lucas shook his head in amusement before his lips were on both of them. All three of them had issues with jealousy and insecurity to work out.

Erica gazed into Viktor's eyes and it was a bit unnerving, but the Bulgarian held still. She clapped. "I don't see any immediate danger in his future."

Lucas and Viktor shared a deep kiss, tongues probing each other's mouths. Harry looked away from the two, not wanting to embarrass himself by getting hard. Both panted harshly as they pulled away, before their eyes turned to Harry. Truthfully, Lucas was more worried about Harry's future than he had been about Viktor'.

Erica did the same thing with Harry, but her smile quickly disappeared, which made Harry pale. He knew Erica was seeing something bad in his future. She backed away from the trio and looked fearfully at Lucas. "Harry has been betrayed by someone he trusts and that betrayal is leading to his death."

Viktor's fists clenched as did Lucas'. Harry's eyes were fearful as they locked with his lovers'. Sierra and Christopher joined the circle, waiting to hear what Erica saw. They had to take care of the danger right away. If worse came to worse they would turn Harry sooner so he'd have more power, but they didn't want to force the transformation before Harry was ready.