The Bonds That Tie
A week had gone by since the raid at Malfoy Manor and Harry created a portal to send his family, and allies to Potter Castle. Everyone made it safely, except Draco, who had to be turned into a vampire by Harry to save his life. Draco took a deadly curse meant for Harry and there was nothing that could be done as it was a vampire curse affecting a human. The only option was to change him, so Harry did it and now Draco was a newborn vampire feeding two or three times a week from his mother or father. The rest of the week had been everyone settling into their new spaces for the duration of hiding out. Severus and Harry obviously had the master bedroom on the main level. The younger adults/students were rooming together, just like at school on the first level The adults of these offspring were on the first floor. The remaining death eaters took up residences between the third floor, and basement. The only extras who came were Blaise's cousin, Natalie Furia, then the two Greengrass sisters, Astoria and Daphne. They were hit among suspected death eaters activity, and Harry got word about attacks from Tonks, who was still playing her role, along with Remus, in the Order of the Phoenix. Harry asked her to bring them to his house and he'd take them in. Not the parents, they elected to remain behind and only requested their kids be safe. Harry had a very fully house, but he didn't care. There were plenty of elves to help, along with Zimmy from Malfoy Manor, who traveled with them on the 28th.
Today was July 5th, a Saturday, and it was agreed on by Severus and Harry to change Severus into a vampire today because if they were going to battle; he didn't need to be weakened or unable to control himself around others. Harry didn't disagree with the suggestion and they decided to do it after breakfast. Which was going on right now given the time of 8:00 am. What Harry didn't expect was two bats to appear in the dining room, or rather, they flew through the opened doors and fluttered around him.
"You know there are random bats flying around, right?" Voldemort inquired.
"I'm not blind, Tom," Harry told him as he was sitting back with a goblet of animal blood and his eyes closed. "They're not random at all. Messengers from the coven." He informed calmly. "Come on you two, I know who you are. I can smell you." The two bats flittered back a bit and transformed into people as Harry opened his eyes. "Good morning."
"Morning, Harry!" The woman beamed.
"Hey," The male replied.
"What are you doing here?" Harry inquired.
"Elder San sent us with a message and blood for you." The woman stated.
"Harry, who are these people?" Severus asked.
"Cain and Tessa, from the coven. Brother-sister pair." Harry said gently.
"Is this your mate, Harry? Sanguini told us all about it." Cain questioned.
"Yes, Cain," Harry nodded. "This is Severus."
"And I heard we had a new vampire too?" Tessa giggled.
"My brother, Draco," Harry confirmed.
"Oh, look at him. He's so cute." Tessa looked over Draco, causing the male to blush. "I love his hair, it's like the sun but without the harmful rays."
"Tessa, stop ogling my brother and get on with why you're here again? Why did San send blood?" Harry sighed.
"He knows you're gonna change your mate soon, but also locked down here for safety. He wanted you to have some in stock for a couple weeks since you can't go out to hunt." Tessa mentioned as she pulled the box from her pocket and enlarged it. "You know how our master is, tries to be prepared for everything. And you know it's virgin human blood because that's all we drink. He threw in some animal blood too, for snacks." She explained. "He said there was enough for your mate, you, and your newborn, but if you needed more, just reach out."
"Keep it stored in temperatures between 90 and 100 degrees, to mimic human body temperature." Cain added.
"Wonderful." Harry said gently. "Dobby?" The elf popped to his side. "Will you take this box of blood and store it somewhere warm? Needs to stay at the human body's normal temperature. Between 90 and 100 degrees."
"Dobby be doing this for his friend," Dobby took the box and disappeared with it.
"You said San sent a message too?" Harry looked to the sibling vampires.
Tessa held out the envelope to Harry, which he took and pulled the letter out to read over. "Let him know thanks for the blood, much appreciated and I'll get back to him on his letter." Harry told the two.
"You got it." Cain and Tessa nodded.
"We'll be on our way then. Don't be a stranger, Harry…Everyone misses you!" Tessa gave a fang smile.
"Not being a stranger, just running my own little coven here," Harry remarked. "Go on now. I'll drop by eventually."
Tessa and Cain shifted to their bat forms and took off. "So what was the letter?" Draco wondered.
"Invitation to that vampire gathering I told you about a week ago." Harry informed. "Date has been set for Saturday August 2nd, held at the coven's castle for 5:00 pm. San wants me there as his second in command, and to introduce me to the other coven leaders from other countries. Invitation is also extended to you and Severus." He said.
"It's not initiation into the coven, right?" Draco wondered.
"No. I told you that has to be your choice, and it would be a separate event." Harry reminded.
"As your mate, I always stand on your side…So I suppose I'll join." Severus told his vampire lover.
"Figured you might, love, but for Draco…Him being turned was out of emergent situation, so for him…It has to be his choice to join the coven or not. Technically, tradition calls for him to actually locate the coven on his own if he wants to join. San's giving me a pass on that because Draco's my brother. If he wants to join, I have to bring him there." Harry explained.
"What do you mean has to find the coven on your own?" Lucius asked.
"It's the tradition. Once turned, the vampire who turns you, backs off to give that newborn a choice to follow them or go on their own. It's up to the newly turned vampire to locate the coven if they want to join. San backed off after he turned me, only returned later at the end of twenty-four hours to see if I'd lived. Finding the coven and joining was my choice, but not one given. You aren't told that you have to find them. It's just back off and let them choose on their own, if they want it bad enough, they can track down the person who turned them. That's what I did, found San in the middle of a hunt, and tried to kill him. Lost the fight, obviously, but he told me he could train me…All I had to do was accept him as my master. I did, and ended up at the coven base." Harry stated. "However, as I was going to be initiated into the coven…I got the feeling Tom was about hurt Severus, so I told San we'd do it another time. First few days were training, that's how I learned how to turn into a bat."
"You need to teach me that." Draco told him.
"Once your thirst, speed, and strength is under control." Harry told him. "Once you're less…Newborn. You need incredible focus to shift forms, and right now, you're only on wanting blood. Adjusting to being wide awake, buzzing with energy, which is why your speed isn't controlled, nor your strength." He added. "Patience, Brother."
"I'm still trying to get used to all the awesome smells of food that I can't enjoy." Draco muttered.
"Yeah, that takes some adjusting. You're welcome to try it, but it's gonna taste like shit." Harry chuckled. "Are you enjoying your last meal?" He looked to his mate.
"Yes, very enjoyable." Severus replied. "Did Sanguini know you were turning me today, is that why he sent the blood?"
"It was probably more towards knowing I already turned Draco and you'd be next." Harry shrugged before finishing off his goblet.
"You're turning him today?" Narcissa asked.
"We agreed that I don't need to be weakened or unable to control myself for the impending battle." Severus said. "We decided today after breakfast."
"And this won't be a quick changing like Draco's was?" Bellatrix wondered.
"Draco was my brother, that was a simple turning. Sanguini told me it might not be the same with turning my soulmate considering we have an unfinished mating bond." Harry remarked. "Normally, the mating bond is finished after turning. Meaning, all at once, not half. We're bonded, not mated."
"But you didn't know he was your soulmate when you bonded, rather, before then. You hadn't reconnected with Sanguini yet." Hermione mentioned.
"What happened between Harry and I bonding before turning and mating is because I didn't listen to him. It's my fault. If I left when he told me to, it wouldn't have taken place." Severus admitted.
"But the fight you had is why Harry found Sanguini…" Voldemort enlightened.
"No, I was already looking for him. After my sixteenth birthday, actually. When I ran away from the Weasley's cause Dumbledore tried to put me into that marriage contract with Ginny." Harry said. "I just hadn't found him until after the fight, but I was always leaving the grounds of Hogwarts to look at night when they go out hunting. Either way, Sev…If things didn't go the way they did, might not have learned we're soulmates. I mean, Sanguini is the one who told me about the blood calling you thing, that the bond forming on its own meant you found your soulmate…But seriously, if I'd told you before what happened I was your soulmate, would you have believed me?"
"Probably not. I'd have called you crazy, or that you lost your mind." Severus admitted.
"Told you, some things just work out how they should be." Harry grinned.
"Yeah, yeah," Severus rolled his eyes. "But the point is that we don't know how my turning is gonna go as far as after effects."
"What does Sanguini think?" Narcissa asked.
"He doesn't. It's uncharted territory, so he's actually looking to me to figure it out and report it back to him so there can be better preparedness in the future if things happen with anyone else." Harry said. "For that reason, we're keeping Severus's turn private. I'm warding the room for twenty-four hours, Dobby is gonna be the only one with access to bring blood. So, you're all on your own while I'm with Sev." He informed.
"We won't destroy your house, promise." Bellatrix said.
"Are you training Uncle Sev and me at the same time?" Draco asked.
"Probably." Harry nodded. "For now, you just need to work on slowing down. Stop trying to move fast."
"I don't know how to do that." Draco muttered.
"Walk, don't run or try to speed walk. You move too fast, you activate that ability. Slow down. Remember what it was like to be human. Walk, slow." Harry told him. Draco huffed, as he put one leg over the other and jerked backwards in the chair, which sent him flying backwards towards the wall. Harry moved just as fast to grab Draco out of his seat and stopping the chair with his free hand. "No fast movements." Harry let his brother go and stepped back once.
"No fair that you have so much control…I speed up like you did and I end up face to wall," Draco pouted.
"I've been practicing, I had my fair share of wall encounters too." Harry told him with a smile. "You'll get it, for now…Slow down. It may feel like slow motion to you, but it's same speed as human. You don't have to rush, Dray. You're gonna live forever. You have nothing but time." He reminded as he walked over to Severus. "Ready when you are."
"Been ready since I told you I'd do this." Severus told him as he got up.
"See everyone in twenty-four hours." Harry led his soon to be mate away towards their chamber.
. . .
Once inside, Harry waved his hand over all entrances to the room, including windows, then drew curtains closed.
"Was it necessary to tell them we don't know what's gonna happen?" Severus wondered.
"Did you want them knowing that after I turn you, you're gonna crave me as much as I wanted you before we bonded?" Harry smiled.
"You know they're gonna ask when we emerge what effects did I have." Severus told him.
"Then we tell them you transition was slower and had to feed you over the course of the day." Harry shrugged. "Unless you want to tell them all the extra time was to have sex?"
"No," Severus remarked. "We'll go with what you came up with."
Harry chuckled a little and gave his husband a kiss. "You sure you want this? There's no going back, Sev."
"I'm sure, Harry," Severus reassured. "Just…Are we gonna end up mating during all this…Desire?"
"We can, if you want to just get it out of the way." Harry offered. "It's just sex with me marking you at the end. And you marking me, if you want, but not needed. It'll probably leave permanent marks on our necks. Symbol of the mating, just as rings act for marriages."
"I told my mother about being turned, that I would be…And that we're gonna be mated. She's happy, but demands a wedding when things calm down. Just so you know." Severus admitted.
"We can have a small wedding for her. I don't mind." Harry told him. "So…You ready?"
"I am." Severus nodded.
"Best get on the bed then, you're gonna get weak when I drain you. Won't take long, about six minutes." Harry revealed. "Dobby's on standby with the blood for you. He's the only one who can get past the wards." Severus walked over to the bed with Harry holding his hand, then sat down as Harry stood before him and gave the man another kiss. "Relax…" Harry whispered before going to work on getting off that outer layer of clothing Severus always wore. It left Severus in just his white button down shirt and black pants. The shoes had already been abandoned on the floor with Harry's. The teenaged vampire had been making out with Severus during the divesting of clothes, now undoing the first few buttons of the white shirt to get it out of the way as he moved his lips along the man's jawline, and down the neck until he found the place he'd feed from.
Harry let his fangs extend before biting down on Severus's neck and starting to take in his blood. Harry had to listen carefully, just like he'd done with Draco. As Severus got weaker, Harry carefully laid him down on the bed. When it got to the point Severus was going to lose consciousness, and Harry also felt the amount of blood diminishing, the vampire pulled off and adjusted to keep Severus upright and against him. Harry felt Severus's heartbeat slowing down without blood to pump and on his cue, Harry used his nail to slit his wrist and bring it to Severus's lips. The man felt blood enter his mouth that dripped from Harry's wrist and then Severus began to swallow and eventually close his mouth over the wound and start drinking actively. "There you go," Harry pet his lover's hair. When Harry started to feel weaker, he knew it was time to call for his elf.
"Dobby…" Harry managed as the elf popped into the room. "You know what to do." He stated as Dobby nodded to his master and then vanishes. Harry gave it just a little longer before he pulled his wrist away from Severus's mouth and just sat there to continue holding him while he was seemingly paralyzed. It reminded Harry of when he was changed, how he couldn't move for a good twenty minutes. Dobby finally returned with the blood and set it on Harry's nightstand before exiting the room with a bow to leave the male vampires be. Harry was quite taken by his future mate's transition; the man's skin tone shifted paler, and his hair stayed black, but appeared so well kept and shiny, healthy looking like it hadn't taken years of potion fume abuse. Harry glanced more to find that his lover's fangs were in and his eyes were changing to red.
"Harry…" Severus rasped.
"I'm here, love," Harry told him. "Are you able to move?"
"A little…" Severus replied and Harry then helped the man sit upright. "Burns."
"You need to feed," Harry nodded as he brought over a goblet of virgin human's blood. "Slow now," He instructed as he helped Severus hold the cup.
Severus did what he was told, everything was so different, or that's how it felt. As Severus took in the blood from the cup, Harry grabbed a goblet for himself and drank alongside his mate. Harry really only needed two goblets, whereas Severus had about four. It was warmed, obviously, and once the burn Severus felt was gone; he could stop drinking. Harry knew from experience that the burn lasted a while because virgin blood is what held the most nutrients to recover faster. Harry had to replenish his blood supply, but didn't need as much to do that. Severus would be alright soon and then they'd just take things how they went. Harry fully expected that to evolve into sex because Severus would crave his mate's touch. Their bond would activate to finish the mating, that's why Harry was keeping them locked down for twenty-four hours, so it could be out of their system before returning to everyone. At least, that's what Harry hoped. It was possible Severus wanted more than however many rounds they went today and tonight.
After some time passed, Harry kissed Severus's temple. "Feel alright?"
"Cold," Severus remarked.
Harry laughed a little. "Besides cold?" He wondered. "Move freely? Not thirsty?"
"Move fine, little thirsty still. Not like before, though." Severus stated. "Want you."
"I figured you would, mate," Harry whispered into Severus's ear, making the man shiver.
"Harry…" Severus pleaded. "Please?"
"Calm down, darling…I just want to know if you want to do the mating ritual or not." The young vampire asked. "Emerge tomorrow as full mates? How does that sound?" Severus nodded to him quickly, definitely wanting that. "No need to rush then. We have all day and night," Harry reminded calmly. "We'll get it all out of your system by tomorrow morning…" He smiled as Severus blushed. Harry leaned in and captured Severus's lips with his own and the newly turned vampire melted into it, returning the action and trying to pull Harry down onto him. The senior blood sucker between them easily adjusted to get out from behind Severus and push him down on the bed, pinning his hands over his head and staring down. "Let's see what we can do with a full day and night, especially since I now don't have to be as gentle as before. I know I won't break you since we're the same…" Severus's blush intensified, but Harry got the response he needed to go ahead; it was Severus's cock jumping up against Harry's pants. "Today, love…I make you mine forever."
It was the last thing said between them before Harry covered the man's lips with own once more and they were both pulled into the sensational pleasures of lovemaking.