Of Lions And Lambs - Part Two | By : Marblez Category: Harry Potter Crossovers > Slash - Male/Male Views: 4232 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 1 |
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(U)Chapter Thirteen(U)
When Draco and Jasper stepped hand in hand into the kitchen the morning (11:45 was still classed as morning in Draco's books) after the confrontation Teddy screamed. Not a little scream for attention, not even a scream signalling that he was in a big strop. No this was a scream of pure terror, aimed of course at Jasper.
"Bad man! Bad man! Go away!" Teddy screamed, struggling in Harry's arms, "Let me go! Let me go! Bad man! Bad man! Bad! Bad!"
"Teddy!" Harry gasped, both in pain and in shock as his lovely little son went mad in his arms, kicking and hitting as he screamed. "Teddy stop!"
"Bad smell!" Teddy screamed and that was the last word anyone could understand, after that it was just a constant high-pitched scream. Draco felt himself reacting for the first time to the little boy, felt himself start to shake, felt his breathing become harder as the scream brought forth more…
"Is he a werewolf?" Jasper asked softly.
"His father was," Harry answered awkwardly, "Teddy, please, calm down…"
"He won't calm until I leave. It's his instincts. I'm the bad smell" Jasper explained softly, an apologetic tone to his voice. Harry nodded slowly in understanding as he turned away, putting himself between Teddy and the vampire, murmuring to his upset son. Jasper turned to Draco, feeling the fear growing in the wizard's body. "Are you ok?"
"Uh…no…" Draco mumbled, his entire body shaking as his hand slowly moved up to cover his ears, "S-s-screaming…this h-h-hasn't happened since…since…" He took a deep gasping breath and Jasper immediately wrapped him up in his strong arms. Draco pressed his face into Jasper's chest, trying to stop the screams that hadn't tormented him in months. Since Harry and Teddy came in fact, they'd kept the screams away…
"Let me in Draco," Jasper whispered softly in Draco's ear, "Remember, I can't help you unless you let me in." Draco, breathing sharply, his eyes wide with fright and his hands still covering his ears looked up into Jasper's amber coloured eyes and nodded. Biting his lip he focused on letting his mental wall down just enough for his vampire, yes he actually thought of Jasper as his vampire, to use his wonderful gift on him. "That's it Draco…" Jasper murmured as he felt the block ease, felt his power begin to calm his boyfriend.
"Thank you," Draco breathed once the screams were gone from his mind once again. Except for Teddy's scream of course, his scream was still very much real. And loud. "Can't you calm Teddy?"
"Don't' you think I'm trying Draco?" Harry asked shortly.
"I didn't mean you Harry, I meant Jasper," Draco said.
"I can try. I've never used my gift on a werewolf before though," Jasper admitted softly, sending out calming waves to the little boy struggling in the dark haired wizards arms.
"Teddy isn't a werewolf. He's the son of a werewolf," Draco pointed out, unwilling to let go of Jasper now that he had taken hold of him with his free hands. Jasper seemed just as unwilling to let go of him.
Slowly, ever so slowly, Teddy's screams lessened, his struggling eased and then eventually he drifted off into a peaceful looking sleep in Harry's arms. Harry spun round to stare at the vampire.
"How did you do that?" he demanded.
"Didn't I tell you about Jasper's gift?" Draco asked.
"Gift?" Harry asked.
"Obviously not…" Jasper murmured.
"He can feel and control emotions," Draco said, "But not mine or yours I suspect, not unless we let him into our minds, let our guards down."
"Oh," Harry mumbled softly, "That's how he stopped you're panic attack?" Harry asked. He'd never seen one of Draco's attacks before and just now he'd been too worried about his son to really notice what had happened to his friend. But he remembered what Narcissa told him about the attacks, about how long it took Draco to calm down and to stop hearing the screams of Azkaban. Harry hated that place.
"Yes," Draco nodded.
"That's why you calmed down so quickly…and why Teddy is now asleep," Harry mumbled almost to himself. "Any other gifts I should know about?"
"Edward, that's Bella's vampire boyfriend, can read minds," Draco said.
"Seriously?" Harry asked.
"Very. But again my Occlumency Training kept him out when I wanted him to be out," Draco answered, "And Alice, the only single vampire of the Cullen Coven, can see the future. Or flashes of the future. She's a bit like a Seer in the way that if someone changes their mind she sees a new path for them."
"Vampires with gifts…" Harry muttered softly.
"Will she have seen that Bella is alive?" Draco asked this of Jasper.
"I hope so," Jasper answered, "I thought it as clearly as I could in the hopes of sending her a visions."
"Am I right in assuming Edward is doing something stupid and suicidal too?" Draco asked softly. Jasper nodded. "You vampires need to learn to check your facts are right before you over react."
"He did, he called. Someone told him that Chief Swan was at the funeral," Jasper defended his brother immediately. "They never told him who's it was and he just assumed that…"
"Assumed the worst and that it was Bella's?" Draco asked.
"Yeah," Jasper mumbled.
"Right. So the lesson here, double check facts before being stupid." As Draco spoke his phone went off loudly in his pocket and he pulled it out, opening it up as Harry excused himself and went to lay Teddy down in their room, returning just as Draco was reading through the text out loud. "It's from Bella. (B)E thinks I'm dead. Me + A gone 2 Italy 2 stop him killing himself. Don't worry. Tell Charlie not 2 worry. Txt you when we're on our way bk. Bella.(B)" Draco turned to Jasper. "Why would he go to Italy to kill himself?"
"Not every vampire has a family of angry Wizards to turn to when in need of death," Jasper reminded him softly, "Most vampires who want to kill themselves have to go about it the old fashioned way."
"And the old fashioned way is what exactly?" Harry asked calmly, as usual his curiosity getting the better of him. Jasper sighed before speaking, his tone serious,
"There is one simple way to make sure that you die when you're a vampire. Piss off the Volturi. You piss off the Volturi and you've hours to live."
"What's the Volturi?" Draco asked worriedly.
"The Volturi are a coven of vampires unlike any other," Jasper answered softly, "You could call them the Royal Family of Vampires. Aro, Caius and Marcus are the leaders and their word is law. Aro can read minds as well but he is restricted to only being able to read a person's mind when he is in contact with them."
"Oh…um before we go any further into what I am assuming is going to be a long explanation where exactly are my parents?" Draco interrupted, turning to Harry as he asked the question.
"Shopping. Narcissa thought it best to get Lucius out of the house for a little bit. He was still a little bit…miffed this morning," Harry explained softly.
"A little bit miffed," Draco repeated disbelievingly.
"Ok, a lot miffed but he'll calm down," Harry said.
"In a year or so," Draco muttered, "So…the Volturi?"
"The three leaders are the oldest known vampires, older than Carlisle," Jasper continued calmly as if he had never been interrupted. He knew this explanation was needed, especially with what he hoped Edward was being stopped from doing. "Over the years they, Aro especially, have collected a guard of the most powerful vampires on the planet. Vampires with gifts like mine and Edwards and Alice's. He's asked the three of us to join on many occasions."
"Why did you?" Harry asked.
"Because of our diet," Jasper answered, "The Volturi eat people. We do not."
"Oh," Harry mumbled.
"How many Vampires are there in the guard?" Draco asked worriedly.
"I don't know the exact number but at least a dozen, possibly more," Jasper answered, "They protect the three and their wives. They protect the other vampire in the Volturi coven who are not in the Guard. They hunt for the leaders, bringing food to them so that they do not have to risk going outside. They execute vampires when ordered too."
"They sound…friendly," Harry muttered.
"What sort of powers do they have in their guard?" Draco asked.
"There is a vampire called Jane. She can create pain simply by making eye contact with someone," Jasper said softly, "She can make pain so unbearable you will do anything to make it stop…"
"That sounds like a curse I know," Harry muttered.
"Yeah," Draco agreed.
"Then there's Alec, her twin. If you make eye contact with him you end up paralysed and unable to fight back. An easy kill," Jasper continued.
"Another curse…" Harry muttered.
"There is a vampire in the guard called Dmitri. Once you've met him he will always be able to find you, he knows where you are even if you are on the other side of the world," Jasper said, feeling Draco shudder against him as he muttered,
"Creepy…"
"There are more but I think you've got the point of the guard," Jasper said.
"Best of the best working for the most powerful," Harry muttered.
"That's it," Jasper nodded.
"And how do you piss of the Volturi?" Draco asked.
"Expose yourself to the humans of Volterra is the quickest way to do it," Jasper said, "Walk out in sunlight. They have no choice but to kill you then for breaking one of the cardinal rules of being a vampire…"
"Never tell the muggles," Draco muttered as he nodded his head, "Same thing with us only we get imprisoned or fined not executed. At least not any more."
"Yes. Never tell the humans," Jasper said with a smile.
"Are the Volturi good or bad?" Harry asked.
"A bit of both really. They keep law and order but sometimes their methods can seem a bit cruel and unreasonable. And of course they eat humans. Lot's of humans," Jasper answered, "My family does not agree with this."
"Vegetarian vampires," Draco chuckled softly.
"That's us," Jasper smiled down at him, kissing his hair softly.
"So Edwards gone to get the Volturi to kill him," Draco mumbled, "Will they?"
"Not if Alice has anything to do with it," Jasper chuckled, "And hopefully she'll get them all out of the city before they even know they are there…"
"Why…?" Harry asked softly.
"Bella's human," Jasper answered simply.
"Oh shit," Draco gasped.
"Yes," Jasper agreed, "They would not be willing to let her go or even to live knowing what she knows. That is why I hope that they can get out before their presence is noticed…"
"And the chances of that happening are..?" Draco asked softly.
"50/50," Jasper admitted.
"Brilliant odds," Draco muttered. "(B)Don't worry.(B) Of course I'm going to worry Bella! I swear she doesn't understand the words 'personal safety'."
"She's worried about Edward," Jasper reminded him, "You'd do the same for me…wouldn't you?" He sounded a little unsure when he asked the final question.
"In an instant but I, unlike Bella, can defend myself," Draco said, leaning up and kissing Jasper's cold lips gently, "Of course I'd go to Italy to save you. I'd fight the entire Volturi Guard single handed to save you." Jasper got a rather goofy grin on his face at that answer and stole another kiss from Draco.
"Should I leave you two alone?" Harry asked with a soft laugh.
"Yes," Draco answered simply, leaning up for another kiss. He'd missed these kisses; the kisses that made everything else in the world feel un-important.
"I'll go check on Teddy shall I?" Harry chuckled.
"You're taking this all remarkably well," Jasper commented, pulling away from Draco slightly and earning a little whimper of complaint from the blond boy. "Me…Draco…our relationship…the whole vampire thing…"
"Hey, you're talking like me," Draco chuckled softly.
"Oh no! You're right!" Jasper gasped, pretending to be horrified. "What am I going to do?" He laughed as Draco scowled at him.
"I'm taking it well because believe it or not you are not the oddest couple that I have ever met or seen," Harry said calmly, "I've seen a woman who could change her appearance at will marry a werewolf quite a bit older than her. I've seen a woman with Veela heritage marry a curse breaker scarred for life by a werewolf. I've had a ghost be completely infatuated with me…"
"A ghost? Who was that?" Draco asked in surprise.
"Moaning Myrtle," Harry muttered.
"Moaning Myrtle!" Draco laughed, "Oh bless…"
"Did you just say bless?" Harry asked.
"Yes I did, moving on," Draco muttered quickly.
"So yeah…not that surprised by your relationship. Not that bothered either…but of course what I said last night still stands Jasper," Harry said firmly, "Hurt him and you die. Painfully."
"Harry…" Draco muttered.
"Just saying," Harry shrugged. "So…anyone fancy a cup of tea?"
"What is it with you British and tea?" Jasper laughed loudly as Draco agreed.
"It's our national drink, even amongst the Wizarding world…although they usually add funky flavours and potions," Harry answered cheerfully, "In fact I think that's what I'm gonna go for. Did you know Bertie Bott's do a range of teas?"
"Tea? Their Every Flavour Beans are bad enough," Draco pointed out.
"And the tea is just as…dangerous," Harry laughed, "You game?"
"Oh, why not…"
Waiting to hear from Bella was pretty much torture for Draco. Different scenario's kept popping up in his head, all of them having one thing in common.
Death.
Teddy was a distraction for a while, reacting badly to Jasper when he woke up again. He screamed even louder when Harry, improvising on the spot, hugged a startled Jasper. He kept hugging him and smiling until Teddy's screams turned into a confused little whimper.
"Good vampire," Harry said, squeezing Jasper and growling softly in the vampire's ear, "Smile." So Jasper smiled all be it a little bit forced and Draco, chuckling, joined in on Harry's little plan to make Teddy understand by hugging Jasper from behind and resting his chin on his newly returned boyfriends shoulder. "See Teddy? Good vampire."
"Smell bad," Teddy protested firmly with a shake of his head.
"So do you little one," Jasper said softly, looking down at the little boy standing in the middle of the living room, one of his little socks missing and his hair all messed up. "You smell as bad to me as I do to you."
"I smell bad?" Teddy asked with wide eyes, looking fearfully at his daddy.
"Only to Jasper, Teddy," Harry said reassuringly, knowing instinctively that his son had been about to start telling them that he hadn't 'done a smelly' as the little boy put it. "It's because of your daddy, your real daddy."
"Angel daddy," Teddy said softly.
"Yes, Angel Daddy was a werewolf wasn't he?" Harry asked and Teddy nodded.
"I'm a vampire," the word didn't mean anything to the little boy of course, "We smell bad to each other but not to anyone else."
"Oh…daddy?" Teddy asked, sounding ever so confused and adorable, Draco had to bite his tongue to stop himself from going 'aaawww' very loudly.
"Jasper is a good vampire. He's Uncle Draco's boyfriend," Harry explained gently, letting go of Jasper so that he could turn and pull Draco into his arms, the blond moving into them willingly and smiling down at his honorary nephew. "See? Good."
"Good?" Teddy asked softly, still looking thoroughly confused, his instincts fighting against what he was being told. He wanted to run away…but his daddy said he was good…and his daddy couldn't be wrong…could he?
"Yes Teddy, he's good," Draco said reassuringly, pressing a gentle kiss to Jasper's cold lips. "Not a monster in sight."
Jasper wanted to argue. There was a monster inside of him, a monster that had reared it's ugly head and a monster he had just spent months fighting back into submission, months getting his control perfect…but he knew this was not the time nor the place to bring that argument up again. This was the time and the place for reassuring as little toddler that he wasn't as bad as he smelled.
"He's very good," Draco said very softly, kissing Jasper once more.
"Good," Teddy repeated, almost seeming to test the word as he stared up at Jasper. He studied the vampire with a thoughtful expression for a total of two minutes before saying loudly and calmly and with an adorable little smile, "Kay."
"Thank you," Jasper said softly to the little boy.
"Good bad smell," Teddy announced. Harry chuckled,
"Yes Teddy. Jasper is a good bad smell."
"Don't worry, you smell good to me…very good…" Draco breathed in Jasper's ear in a highly inappropriate voice for the living room and with a two year old watching. Jasper looked at him before kissing his boyfriend softly…only it didn't stay soft for long…
"Excuse me," Harry interrupted loudly, "Young child here!" He covered a giggling Teddy's eyes with his hands, pulling the little boy back against his legs as he did so.
"Sorry Harry, I just couldn't help myself," Draco chuckled. Harry shook his head in light hearted disapproval as he uncovered Teddy's amber eyes. Draco noticed almost subconsciously that they were a little darker than Jasper's eyes. "Oh!" he gasped suddenly, jumping away from Jasper, "You're pocket's vibrating."
"That could be so wrong…" Harry snorted as Jasper pulled out his mobile phone.
"It's just my phone," Jasper muttered in a tone of voice that showed that if he hadn't been a vampire he'd have been blushing with embarrassment. "I had it on silent."
"They go on silent?" Draco asked Harry in genuine surprise as Jasper answered the call, putting the stylish little phone to his ear.
"Alice?" he asked confused, "How are yo-" he cut himself off as he listened to whatever she was saying on the other end of the line, "Alice wha-" His smile had disappeared as he listened to whatever she was saying, turning to such a serious expression that even Teddy looked worried. "Alice…Alice be careful. You know what the Volturi are like…I will. I'll keep them safe. Bye Alice."
He hung up and turned to face Draco and Harry who had subconsciously gravitated towards each other as they had listened to his side of the conversation. Slipping the phone into his pocket he said softly, his tone deadly serious,
"The Volturi found them."
A/N There you go, another chapter. Hope you liked it. Two more chapters to go…
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