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Midnight's Dawning	By : KagetsuAsame Category: Harry Potter > Slash - Male/Male Views: 25012 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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First of all I want to apologize for how long it�s taken me to update,
I�ve been working on my own story as of late and things have been rather
hectic.� I haven�t abandoned anything and
updates will be coming until I complete them, just might be a bit of extended
time between them sadly.� I hope everyone�s
Thanksgiving is great this coming week.

Disclaimer:� I own nothing
resembling the Harry Potter franchise and I make nothing from the writing of
this.

Chapter 15

�� Week,
the week, it was a time of high tempers and celebration.� It was most definitely a family time though.� Harry had been looking forward to it for a
long time, he had born witness to the week before but now he actually got to
take part in the festivities.� It was a
celebration of the night, one that they were compelled, by their very blood, to
participate in.� The last one Harry had
seen had been the year before he left for Hogwarts, since then it had always
happened during school.� Alexander was in
charge this year, periodically he took charge of the festivities, although not
very often.� He had decided to because it
was Harry�s first year and he wanted to be sure that it would go smoothly.� The last time he had run it was when Doriel
was first turned.

�� Papa,
I look fine, stop fussing.� The low growl Harry got in reply made him snap his
mouth shut, �Forget I said anything.� He said quickly, looking down into the
golden eyes of his father.

�� Doriel
was fussing over Harry�s clothes, wanting his childe to look perfect for the
celebration.� Doriel had decked him out
in leather dyed midnight blue with a pair of knee high black boots.� The elder vampire�s fingers tugged at his
clothes, moving it the way he wanted, shifting his pants and shirt so the seams
lined up perfectly.

�� There,
that�s better.� He stood, the black and blue leather he was wearing creaked
slightly.

�� It
was tradition to wear leather in the colors of your family, the Lior�s was
midnight blue and black.� Most families
had the base color of black with a secondary color.� There was only one that used white instead of
black and they didn�t associate very often with the others.� The Tarus family, they saw their state as a
curse, one to transcend and overcome.�
Some vampires would join their family after being turned and not caring
anymore for what they had become.� They
would be there; even though they hated what they were it didn�t stop the
biological imperative to attend.

�� Alexander
had left earlier that day, it began at nightfall, Harry could already feel the
pull in his blood as the sun began to set, �Can we go now?� He almost bounced
on the balls of his feet.

�� Doriel
nodded, heading to the door, Harry hot on his heels.� The gardens were filled with vampires and
family members.� The children were together,
playing games that had been set up earlier, they were run by the Matron, she
was human and took care of the children when their parents were busy or in this
case, unable to.� The Tarus family was
already there, their leathers pure as snow, they did not look happy to be in
the Lior gardens, then again they never did.�
Harry looked around at the other families, Nicolae was there, black and
red, just like the rest of the Tere family. �The Lior family wasn�t large, there were only
three other members aside from Alexander, Doriel, and Harry, they had already
arrived and were speaking with Alexander.�
Petre was the patriarch of the secondary branch of Lior�s, his partner
was Delia, and their �son� was called Felix.�
They lived in Germany and didn�t come to visit very often, although
technically part of the Lior family they might as well have been their own.

�� Aurel!�
Nicolae moved toward him, a mischievous smirk on his face.

�� Harry
smiled, �Hey.� They embraced before moving off into the throng of people,
�Father wouldn�t let me leave until he thought my outfit was perfect.�

�� I
know the feeling.�

�� A
low growl made both teens whirl, Nicolae�s father, Dominik, was crouched low to
the ground, snarling at someone they couldn�t quite make out.� Night had just fallen and the thrum of
tension spread through the crowd like wildfire.�
Those nearest to Dominik were soon growling softly at whoever or
whatever they had spotted, Doriel included.�
The only ones who weren�t were the Tarus family; they looked rather smug
in fact.� Harry scowled, working his way
through the people, trying to get a better look, Nicolae close behind him.� The moment he saw who was there his eyes went
gold; no mortal was allowed to set foot here and yet here one was, well, more
than one.� Dumbledore was there along
with several aurors.� Alexander stood in
front of the throng of people, looking regal and angry.

�� Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore.� Alexander�s voice was a cold purr,
filled with malice, �You come to this revel without invitation, you should know
better than to intrude on matters that do not concern you.�

�� Dumbledore
ignored him, his eyes moving to Harry who had made his way to Alexander�s side
but it wasn�t Dumbledore who spoke next, it was one of the aurors, �Harry James
Potter, you are to be taken into custody for the murder of Cedric Diggory.�

�� Alexander
pushed Harry behind him, �I�m afraid that I cannot allow you to do this.� He
took a deep breath, �By law of blood I invoke the rites of darkness and
shadow.� He unsheathed a blade and sliced open his left palm, letting the blood
fall to the ground in thick drops, �I invoke the hunt of blood, no nightwalker,
no vampire, is to assist or be in contact with the light.� He looked over at
the Tarus family, eyes narrowed, �Any who do so will be cast out, no one will
come to your aid.� The wizarding world
must,� His gaze shot back to Dumbledore and the others, �fend for itself, should
any wizard come to us, should any set foot in our territory, they will be
killed after suitable warning is given.� Golden eyes bored into Dumbledore�s,
no longer twinkling, blue eyes before looking at the auror who had spoke, �You
will not take him, the rite of darkness and shadow has been invoked, the rite
of protection for all my kin.� If you
desire to arrest him so badly you will be in violation of the ancient rites and
must pay the price.� He spread his arms wide, as if daring him to try.� The auror swallowed hard but held his ground,
�Do you want to give your life for the orders you were given?� Are your orders more important than your
family?� His voice was dangerously low, �Leave now and no harm will come to
you.� He kept himself between the young vampire and the mortals.

�� Harry
spoke, �The rites have been invoked, you have been warned, and yet you are
still here.� According to the rites do
you know what happens next?� You were
given suitable warning, leave; this is your final chance.�

�� The
Tarus didn�t look quite so smug anymore; they were bound by the blood that
Alexander had spilled when he invoked the rites.� If they went against his will they would be
cast out and for vampires that meant that they would suffer, slow insanity
while remaining sane.� The aurors were
the first to leave, Dumbledore stood there for a moment longer, glaring at the
throng of vampires before him, he left as well.�
Alexander turned to face the others, holding his hand up and lapping the
blood from it slowly.

�� Now
that we have that ugliness out of the way let us begin the celebration!� He
smiled, brushing Harry�s hair back, �Go celebrate.�

�� Harry
nodded, moving back through the people.�
Food and drink were readily available for all, the families mingled and
socialized.� Things finally settled down
after the mortals left and the celebration commenced.� Harry�s eyes never returned to green, they
stayed gold for the remainder of the night.�
It was morning before everyone dispersed, returning home or to temporary
lodgings for the day.� Harry returned to
his room after a long hot shower.� Almost
immediately he fell asleep, curled up warm and safe in bed.
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