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In my Darkest Hours	By : ieatmyfeelings Category: Harry Potter > Slash - Male/Male > Harry/Draco Views: 4174 -:- Recommendations : 1 -:- Currently Reading : 6
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Disclaimer: Man I wished I owned Harry Potter or any of the vampire novels/shows that I’ve created my perfect vampire from. But alas that was not the cards I was delt…so if you recognise it I don’t own it.

AN: Hey guys so heads up this chapter and next are mostly dialog, Severus has to explain some things to Harry, around chapter 4 things will start to get really interesting and Draco will come into picture. Like I said chapters 2 and 3 are mostly information from Snape to Harry about vampirism I found it interesting to create and write hope you find it interesting to read!

Chapter 2: First Blood

            It had been an anxious month for Severus Snape, between being called to the Dark Lords side weekly, having to feed, lesson planning for the new school year, and having to plan how he would ease Potter into his new existence as gently as possible. Every day before he started his obligations he would go check on Harry, every day he was astonished at the changes that took place. There were no obviously huge changes in the boys appearance just many small ones, some that had his eye sight not been heightened he would never have noticed.

            It was eight o-clock pm on the day Harry was to come back to life and Severus was sitting in a plush armchair beside Harry’s bed reading an ancient Potions tome that he had acquired from a Scandinavian vampire he had met a few years back. Snape was so engrossed in the book that he barely noticed when Harry suddenly inhaled shakily, Severus quirked an eyebrow and looked at the clock 8:10pm “Right on time” he thought with a mental smirk.

            Harry opened his eyes only to quickly snap them shut again “Why is it so bright!” he thought rubbing his burning eyes.

            “I’d open your eyes more slowly next time Potter, they are hyper sensitive right now, even the single candle in this room will be very uncomfortable” Severus said quietly knowing his voice would be far too loud for Harry’s sensitive ears.

            Harry clamped his hands over his ears as Snapes voice rang in his head “You don’t need to yell at me” he groaned as he slowly opened his eyes giving them time to adjust.

            Severus put his book down and leaned in closer to the fledgling on the bed “I am not yelling Harry, I am barely whispering” he breathed out “Think back to the last thing you remember, you are a band new vampire. All your senses are heightened, sight, smell, hearing, and touch” Severus said as he reached out and touched Harry’s hand to prove a point.

            Harry was shocked when Snape touched his hand, the fingers were gentle and so soft they felt like the purest silk, but yet rough Harry could feel every ridge of skin that made up the older mans finger print. Harry frowned in slight discomfort now that his eyes had adjusted enough to be able to see, he turned his head and looked at Severus “Wow” he muttered as he realised he had never really seen the man before. The man he use to view as having a hook nose, crooked teeth, and greasy haired was not the same man in front of him; the nose that looked hooked was actually regally strait, the greasy hair was actually silken and shiny, and the crooked teeth were not crooked they were two rows of bleach white strait teeth with slightly elongated eye teeth. The man was handsome not the plain potions professor Harry had grown to know in the last six years.

            Severus smirked “Thank you for the compliment Harry, you are the first person since shortly after your birth to see me without my glamours in place. Perhaps that is where we should start. During your month long death your body has gone through many changes, your heightened senses you already know of, but your physical appearance has changed as well not as drastically as mine though. The less attractive you were as a human the more noticeable the change, no one is born into this new life without being attractive, it is one of the things that allows us to lure in prey.” He said as he watched Harry process this before continuing “For example with you, since you were already fairly attractive many of the changes won’t be apparent to the humans. Your teenage complexion has cleared up, your skin is now smooth and clear, you grew to your full potential height, and your body has filled out to a healthy size. To anyone else it would look as though you finished puberty and had your last growth spurt so you will not have to cast glamour charms to blend into your old life like I have to”

            Harry thought this through for a few moments and decided he like the fact he wouldn’t look like the short malnourished sixteen year old he was. As Harry thought he realised his throat was very dry and itchy, he swallowed to relieve the discomfort only to have it intensify, as his saliva hit his stomach it contracted angrily telling Harry how empty it was. “Sir why is my throat almost burning?” Harry asked surprised that his voice was not hoarse do to his dry throat.

            Snape nodded he had known that the thirst would be one of the first things Harry noticed “That Harry means you need nourishment, it is your bodies way of telling you that you are thirsty. I suspect your stomach is also contracting quite painfully that means your need blood soon or else there will be consequences. Think of it this way, if your throat is burning such as now that means you are very thirsty, if your stomach is the way it is now that means your starving.” He explained the best he could.

            “So I’m starving?” Harry asked slightly panicked as he sat up and took in his surroundings.

            “Indeed, but you have been dead for a month it is to be expected. We will go feed soon but I need you to be patient as I explain some more things Harry” Severus said quietly still well aware of Harry’s sensitive ears and how the slightest sound would seem quite loud to the boy.

            Harry nodded swallowing again as the thirst got worse “All right but my throat is getting worse” he said a little fearful of how Snape would react, what with their track record and all.

            “Alright I will be brief. I have ordered all the inhabitants of the castle to be in their quarters with locks on their doors tonight, your first hunt will be your least controlled and I assume you do not want to harm anyone in this castle.” Snape paused a moment for Harry to nod before continuing “As you know vampires survive on blood, human blood, fresh human blood. There are many popular muggle novels that state that vampires can live on animal blood or donated blood chilled in blood bags, that is false. Animal blood does not agree with our digestion, we will vomit it shortly after consumption, and donated blood is foul and cold and very few of us can stomach it even when we are starving. So our only option is to drink from living humans, I generally hunt homeless muggles who have nothing to lose but many hunt any one. It is possible to feed without causing the death of our host but that is very difficult early on.” Severus stopped again to watch Harry’s reaction.

            Harry frowned before turning his green eyes onto his professor “So, you mean I’m going to end up killing someone tonight?” he asked shakily.

            “Quite probably, and many other nights after; my goal is to have you in control of yourself enough to resume classes in September” Severus said softly knowing that the boy hero would be struggling with the idea of bringing death to someone. “It is either feed and try to stop before it is too late or perish. Especially as a fledgling you need blood more often so we will feed two to three times daily to keep you healthy, can I continue or do you need more time to process this?” Snape asked genuinely concerned.

            Harry was about to ask for some more time to mull it over but the insistent burn in his throat and the painful churning of his stomach stopped him “You can go on” he said quietly not much liking the fact that he would be hurting people to live.

            Snape nodded before he continued “All humans will smell good to you, the scent of their blood radiates from them, they will smell like what good food use to smell like to you. There will be one person however who smells like the most delicious thing you have ever tasted, you will be drawn in by the scent. That person will be your mate; which is a topic we will get into later, but if you do ever smell that person the one person you won’t be able to resist, stop breathing and run as far away and as fast as you can or else you will end up hunting that person. Believe me the loss of the one who you are destined to be with is unbearable.” Severus trailed off lost in thought, a moment later he mentally shook himself “So are you ready to go feed?” he asked the overwhelmed looking man on the bed.

            “ My body is screaming yes but my morality is screaming no” Harry sighed as he stood up and pulled on his trainers that were sitting next to the bed, as he was tying his laces he noticed for the first time he was in cloths that were unstained by blood.

Snape smirked “It took many cleaning charms to get the blood out but as you can see I managed. Ready?” he asked seeing Harry had finished lacing his shoes. Seeing Harry nod Severus stood up at his natural speed, a blur.

“What the hell!” Harry exclaimed in shock “Can I move that fast?”

Smirking Severus walked to the door to the bedroom in human speed “Yes Harry, you’re going to have to concentrate on moving at human speed to blend in, but for the time being just move naturally”

Harry took a few quick steps and he was out of the bedroom in a very tasteful living room with a fire place that had the remains of a dying fire “Ouch!” Harry exclaimed shielding his eyes from the light of the fire “Now I see why vampires are nocturnal” he growled waiting for his eyes to adjust.

Snape chuckled from behind Harry “Actually we are not nocturnal, we just prefer the night where our sight isn’t assaulted by the excruciating sunlight. It takes a good while to get accustomed to the oversensitive senses but it will come before school starts. Starting tomorrow you will have to go out in the sun to feed so you will use to the sunlight by September. Now I want you to run, I will meet you at the gates, do not leave the grounds without me, now go” Severus said as he walked to his desk and quickly penned a note to the headmaster and sent it through the floo.

The moment Snape had said the word go Harry had ran out of his chambers in a flash, he laughed at the joy of moving so fast but keeping the world so clear. He could see everything as clearly as if he was going at a slow walk, Harry ran by a trophy case and decided to get a peek at his new vampire appearance and quickly turned around and stopped in front of the case. Looking in the reflective glass the first thing Harry realised is that he was not wearing his glasses “That makes sense, my eyes are much better than a humans so why would I need them?” he thought as he observed the rest of his appearance, he looked like a normal teenager he was no longer short and scrawny, but an average height and weight, his scar had faded so much that it was barely visible “I guess there are some things that even vampire blood can’t heal” he pondered before turning from the trophy case and running out of the castle. Within thirty seconds Harry was the gates that led off the school grounds, he looked around wondering what was taking Snape so long when the other man came like a blur across the green grass of the grounds. That was when Harry realised he could see perfectly in the dark, it didn’t even seem dark at all, the colours were all right, he could see farther than he ever could during the day as a human, and everything was crystal clear.

Severus stood next to Harry as he watched the new vampire try to take in all the new experiences he had had in the last hour, “Very good Harry, some fledglings have a hard time getting use to their new body, they are stuck thinking they need to move slower than they do, you seem to have grasped the concept. Now follow me we are going to go to the nearest muggle city when I stop on the outskirts of the city you stop with me” Severus instructed before he opened the gates and ran to the east with Harry following close behind.

A half hour later Harry was crouching behind a large dumpster with Snape, he wasn’t breathing for fear that if he smelled the appetizing aroma of the humans around him that he would attack them.

Severus looked to his right at the son of the one he was destined to have mated and wondered for the millionth time that month how this happened, mentally shaking his thoughts away he noticed Harry was not breathing “So he figured out he does not need oxygen anymore” he thought impressed. “Harry I’m very impressed with your self control, it is a good idea to hold your breath so you can keep your sanity. Now there are two muggles in this alley at the end, it is too dark for either of them to see anything and they are both asleep. I would have liked to show you how to feed cleanly but you need this first feed desperately so I will observe while you feed and try to stop you before you drink too much. Pay attention to my voice during the feed Harry, I know it will be hard, but when I say stop you need to stop or else you will kill the person you’re feeding on. Understand?” Severus asked as he moved out from behind the dumpster and towards the two sleeping muggles farther in the alley.

“Yes” Harry said before realising he’d have to breath to talk. The moment the air entered his sinus’s he could smell the blood of the two humans mere feet from him, he listened and could hear their hearts beating and their even breath as they slept. Harry moaned softly at the thought of sinking his now extending fangs into their necks and drinking the one thing that would truly satisfy him. “Calm down! You’ll kill them if you don’t!” Harry thought angrily at himself. Harry stood rooted in place breathing hard from the effort it took not to take the few short steps to the muggles and rip out their throats. After a few seconds Harry felt like he had enough control to try this, he walked over to the nearest muggle and sank to his knees beside the sleeping man crusted in dirt. The stench of the homeless man didn’t even register in Harry’s mind all he could smell was the tantalising smell of what his body craved, Harry leaned down and realised for the first time that his pointed eye teeth had extended into full length fangs. Without even consciously thinking of what he was doing Harry bit down on the crook of the mans neck where the smell of blood was strongest, he was instantly rewarded by a mouthful of the most delicious thing he had ever tasted. Moaning slightly Harry swallowed his first mouthful of human blood and instantly felt the burning in his throat ease and his stomach unclench, he was amazed that he didn’t have to put any effort into getting the blood, the mans body just kept pumping his mouth full of blood. Before Harry had realised it the flow of blood into his mouth lessened and Harry knew that he had to stop, but the tantalizing liquid was still flowing and he found he couldn’t force himself to pull away.

“Harry you need to stop, you can feel him fading, you will kill this man, stop” Severus’s calm voice said beside him.

Harry focused on what Snape was telling him, using the older vampires voice as an anchor to pull him out of the blood lust of the feed, and very slowly he pulled away licking the stray blood from his lips, his eyes never leaving the two puncture marks on the mans neck. To Harry’s surprise the moment his fangs left the homeless mans neck the wounds healed leaving two red dots where Harry’s fangs had been.

Snape smiled at Harry very impressed with the boy “Very good Harry, it takes a very strong will to stop feeding like that, many older vampires have trouble doing what you just did. And look at yourself not a spilled drop of blood anywhere” he said reassuring the younger man that he did everything right.

Harry smiled pleased that he did not kill the still sleeping man, but he was still thirsty, his stomach wasn’t churning but his throat was burning again now that the blood was no longer soothing it “Why am I still thirsty?” he asked confused.

With a sad smile Severus gave him the answer Harry knew was coming “The thirst never goes away Harry, it just fades and becomes more manageable, that’s why fledglings need to feed three times a day, we as I only need to feed daily, and those older than I need to feed less often than that. Take the other man; it should be easier to stop this time.” Snape paused for a second before continuing in a whisper only a vampire would be able to hear “There is someone coming into the alley way, I will feed from them while you finish here, I will be done in time to help you stop” and with that Snape darted into the darkness where Harry could see a woman in rags approaching.

Turning his back on Severus and his dinner Harry turned his sights on the second homeless man laying two feet away. Instantly Harry was crouched down beside the man and his blood was filling Harry’s mouth, this man tasted different, better. It took Harry a second to realise what the difference was, he could taste the food this man had eaten in his blood, whereas the other man must have been starving to have no complexity to the flavor of his blood. Much too soon the blood flow started to slow, Harry took one last swallow before pulling away from the man and quickly stood up licking his lips. He turned around to look for Snape to see him standing there watching Harry approval clear on his face, Harry smirked and decided to share his discovery “This man tasted different, I could taste food in his blood, the other man it was just blood. It still tasted bloody fantastic but this man tasted better and he lasted longer” he said shooting the sleeping man a longing look, wishing he had more blood to give.

“You catch on fast, if only you showed the same skill in potions as you do in your vampire lessons” Snape smirked before he motioned Harry to follow him “Let’s go home”
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