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Blood and Spirit	By : Green_eyed_lover Category: Harry Potter AU/AR > Slash - Male/Male Views: 5705 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 2
Disclaimer: I do not own the Harry Potter universe and its characters , they rightfully belong to J.K Rowling. Nor am I making any profit from this story. i own nothing, im just doing this for my enjoyment. thats all

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A/n: hello my darlings! Ok so you've probably guessed the poll is closed since I removed that little post. Ok so review replies will be at the bottom, so without further ado chapter four!

Update June 8 2012: All spelling and grammar errors have been fixed as well as that double chapter thing too. -.-'

Trouble in Diagon Alley;

Two weeks passed before Dante could implement the carefully thought out plan he had concocted to make Harry his mate and bed partner. In that time he merely observed, never approached his raven haired beauty, giving him space. The vampire noticed that Harry and his four friends were close, though it was understandable since the four older young adults were the grounding mages to the youngest Mage, and he knew that he had to impress and gain the trust of those four if he ever hoped to get close to Harry.

So it was in the late afternoon, when the circle of five had finished their lessons for the day did Dante approach them. "Lessons weren't too strenuous I hope?" he asked softly, causing the conversations amongst the youths to stop immediately and five pairs of eyes turned to look at him.

"No at least not for me, Aiden is an amazing mentor he's teaching me so much already" Harry said eagerly and his friends all smiled at the raven haired male's enthusiasm, "thank you again for bringing him here to the castle, I would have been so miserable if I had gone to Saint Mungo's"

"My pleasure Harry, I'm glad you are enjoying yourself with my ward. Aiden himself has expressed his joy at having such an eager pupil. He's also amazed at how quickly you seem grasp his teachings, despite the thousand and one questions you tend to ask him" Dante commented with a smirk, which only widened when Harry blushed and grin sheepishly.

"That's our Harry; he drove our University professors mad with the amount of questions he asked during lessons and after them. I think some of them were relieved when he finally graduated" Ron said with a chuckle, making Harry even redder especially since the others were nodding in agreement.

“Oh I can imagine but there is nothing wrong with having a healthy curiosity, it shows one has a keen mind." A true smile tugged at the vampire Lord's lips as he gazed at Harry, then looked at the rest of the group, "I hope you don't mind but I would like to change the subject, I have been hoping that since it is the start of the weekend that I could spend some time with you five? Nothing too strenuous of course, perhaps we could go somewhere that you're all familiar with? I'm afraid that I’m not familiar with this modern Britain"

"We could go to Diagon Alley," Hermione suggested as she looked at the vampire, "it's a popular wizarding market that sells all sorts of things, I would believe you would like it sir"

"Hmm yes that does sound interesting; I've already cleared it with your parents and Headmaster. He has created a port key to take us to our destination, we only have to speak the name and it will transport us there" Dante explained pulling out a bright colored sock, a garish thing of red, green and purple and held it out to them. Harry groaned, mumbling about 'blasted portkeys' making Hermione giggle. Five hands joined Dante's and the Lord called out their destination and they vanished with a familiar tug to their navels.

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They group arrived just outside the entrance to the Alley, their landing was smooth except for Harry who stumbled straight into Dante's chest, the elder man steadying him gently with a chuckle then set him right. "I see why you dislike portkeys" he commented with another chuckle then watched with interest as Hermione tapped her wand to the four bricks that activated the gateway, "fascinating," he murmured softly honey colored eyes watching as the bricks rotated inward to form the gateway, touching them lightly then followed the others into the crowded streets of Diagon Alley.

"I know, we've been coming here for years and that still amazes me" Harry said having gotten over his embarrassment, "but what's in Diagon is so much more interesting than the entrance. Come with me to Gringotts and Ill give you a little run down on the shops" he added, taking Dante's hand and pulled him towards the tall slightly skewed white building that was the goblin bank, leaving the others to blink owlishly after their youngest friend.

"Have my eyes deceived me or did our Harry just ditch us for an Ancient and dangerous vampire?" Blaise asked the first one to get over the initial shock.

"Yes but it's not like Harry can't take care of himself, I mean he did tell us what he had to do when Dante tried to molest him out side of our rooms. He isn't defenseless," Hermione said with a smile while the others chuckled at the story their youngest friend had told them two weeks ago.

"Too true Mione but we should at least wait outside of the bank so we don't lose them once Harry drags said dangerous vampire out and into the crowds of this busy alley, come on.” Ron said, wrapping an arm around his husband’s waist and started to walk calmly towards Gringotts, Blaise and Hermione following close behind them. The redhead’s assumption had been correct as just as the four had arrived at the steps, Harry and Dante emerged from the bank, the raven haired man still talk a mile a minute to a highly amused and curious Dante.

“There you guys are! I thought we lost you,” Harry cried excitedly as he jumped down the remaining steps and stopped in front of his friends, “I was just explaining to Dante about all of the stores here in the Alley, along with my favorites and new ones we can explore-“

“Slow down Harry!” Hermione exclaimed with a small giggle, stopping her friend mid sentence before he started to babble again, “you know Dante might be able to keep up with your excited babble but for the rest of us humans who only have human hearing and comprehension you might want to slow down.” She added with an amused smile, giggling again when Harry blushed and looked sheepish.

“Besides mate, we have all day to show Lord Dante around this place, no need to rush.” Blaise added, his voice dripping with amusement from beside his wife while Ron and Draco stifled snickers and chuckles behind their hands. There was another deep chuckle behind the circle, causing them to look up as Dante finally joined them, a small smile tugging at his rose pink lips.

“From what I’ve seen and heard there is a lot to do here so why doesn’t each of you show me your favorite stores, then afterwards if there are any new stores along the Alley that you haven’t seen we can go into those ones as well.” Dante suggested calmly before his honey colored eyes drifted over to Draco, “though I do suggest before we go shopping we find a place to get something cool to drink, it’s a rather hot day.”

“That’s a good idea. There’s a new soda shop that just opened beside Florean Fortesque’s Ice Cream Parlor that I’ve always wanted to go into. They have these drinks that are supposed to keep you cool all day.” Draco suggested, giving Dante a grateful smile. The vampire had been right, for mid August in England it was rather muggy, especially so for the pregnant blonde as the extra weight he was carrying was already starting to make him sweaty and uncomfortable. Dante made a gesture to Draco to lead the way, making the blonde flush then pull on Ron’s hand and walked up the Alleyway towards The Alchemy Soda Shop, which from where they were standing already looked packed with customers. They had to wait outside in the shade for a few moments before they were allowed entrance into the brightly colored shop. Once inside they were immediately assaulted by fresh cold air which made the five mages sigh in relief as they got in line. Dante, who was unfamiliar with all of these drums of liquids and what looked like fog, turned to Draco for an explanation.

“Oh right! Well the Alchemy soda shop is aptly named for the owner’s idea to combine freshly made unique soda flavors with a little magic and a muggle ingredient called liquid nitrogen. The liquid nitrogen is extremely cold, I think minus 350 degrees Celsius and can instantly chill or freeze anything that it comes in contact with, that’s what that vapor is you see floating around the shop. From what I’ve been able to see from the last time I was here, the owners created these special soda bottles that have a thin layer of magic around the bottle to keep the small amount of liquid nitrogen they put into the soda to keep it cold for hours on end without freezing the customers fingers from holding the bottle. The shop itself just opened up earlier this year and has been packed since.” Draco explained as they moved further along the line, watching as workers took each order that was given, grabbed a bright colored glass bottle and with gloves poured a very small amount of a clear liquid into the bottle followed by the soda of the customers choosing. Instantly once the two liquids met, the glass of the bottle became frosty on the inside but not on the outside due to the magic protecting it.

“I heard that they created different flavors to suit everyone’s taste, including creatures as well.” Hermione added while she scanned the menu, “ah see there! There is even one for vampires as well.” She gestured towards the end of the board and Dante turned his mouth quirking up into an amused expression at the title of the soda, “night stalkers paradise: a mixture of pomegranate, raspberry, cherry and strawberry extracts”, which he ordered with O negative when it was their turn. Dante then stepped back as the circle ordered their sodas.

Hermione chose Tropical Sunset which was a mixture of coconut, kiwi, passion fruit, papaya, mango, pineapple and lime extracts. Blaise went the traditional route just getting their famous ginger beer while ignoring Draco’s teasing that he was ‘unoriginal’. Draco chose Tokyo Dragon which had Nashi, Momo, Sakuranbo, Ume, dragon fruit, and leachy extracts (1). Ron ironically chose Fireball which had strawberry, raspberry, blueberries and cinnamon extracts. And finally Harry chose the widely popular A.K Killer (2) which was a mixture of lemon, lime, honeydew melon and a special sour mix for extra pucker power. The circle also paid the extra five galleons so that a charm was added to the bottles so that they refilled for six hours whenever the bottle was drained so that they wouldn’t have to keep coming back to the shop to get another one.

“This is so good,” Hermione gushed as she took a small sip of her soda then laughed when Harry made a noise and a face when he was hit with a rush of sourness. “No wonder this place is so popular, the names are funny and the flavors are good.” She added while looking around at any new shops that were open. She found two but they were just run of the mill ones, nothing too exciting.

“Guys I have to go to the Magical Menagerie, I need to pick up my birthday present for dad it should be hatched by now,” Harry piped up shaking his head to clear the sudden brain freeze he got from taking a large swig from his drink. At everyone’s puzzled look the raven haired young man just chuckled, “I had a breeder create a special serpent for dad, you know to replace Nagini.” He elaborated while thinking about Tom’s old familiar who had died of old age just last summer, “it’s a cross between an Egyptian cotton mouth and a Basilisk. Completely dangerous and lethal just like dad loves.”

The other four shuddered at the thought of another large snake slithering around the castle but nonetheless they followed their youngest friend to the Menagerie which was just a few shops down from Alchemy Soda Shop. Once inside they were hit with a small blast of stall yet cool air and Harry disappeared behind a clothed entrance just beside the counter, leaving the others to look around. “Strange, people purchase some of these animals?” Dante asked as he looked at a pair of three tailed kittens all cooing and mewling as they played with each other, “I thought wizards didn’t like exotic pets?”

“Some don’t, they’re more traditional and stick with standard dogs, cats, owls and the like but then there are those like Harry’s father Thomas who enjoy the company of serpents rather than the furred and feathered animals.” Draco explained as he reached into a cage to pet a small kneazle which looked a little like Hermione’s enormous cat Crookshanks, “Aiden has a rather unique animal does he not? Harry mentions Kitty sometimes after he finishes rambling about the things Mr. Hightower teaches him.”

“Kitty, what a bloody useless name, yes Aiden has a beast which is a cross between a nine tailed cat and a tiger. Rather ferocious thing if you try to cage it or don’t feed it right away but Aiden seems to enjoy her company so who am I to force him to get rid of the thing.” Dante explained as he looked around the shop once more before he heard subtle hissing and he turned his head towards the sound. Harry emerged with a box that had holes in it and was absently hissing to it while he paid the shop owner for the snake then joined the others.

“Kitty is an adorable creature she loves me especially while I scratch behind her ears.” Harry defended her Mentors rather large pet then stuck out his tongue when Dante only raised a midnight blue eyebrow. Those honey eyes flashed with an unfamiliar emotion but the elder vampire did not do a thing only just gestured for the others to exit the shop before him. Outside in the Alley the vampire lord once again made the suggestion for each of the five friends to show them their favorite store and they were off once more.

Dante’s expression during the shopping excursion switched from curiosity and amusement the entire time. There was only a brief argument between the four boys on who got to show Dante their favorite store, the only reason a choice had been made was when Hermione gently took Dante’s arm and led him to Flourish and Blot’s while the others argued. By the time any of them realized that two of their group was missing, Hermione had already taken Dante halfway through the store. Dante had chuckled behind his hand as Harry pouted cutely and Ron protested that the vampire lord didn’t need to see a boring store, earning him a glare from Harry and an elbow in the stomach from Draco.

Next came Quality Quidditch Supplies which were both Ron and Blaise favorite store since they had both been Quidditch stars during their Hogwarts careers, Blaise was a chaser for the Slytherin team and Ron Keeper for Gryffindor. The new racing broom, the Firebolt XLR was advertised in the window and both boys took turns explaining to Dante what it was since he had never seen a magic broom before he had gone into his two thousand year slumber. Draco was next and he took Dante to the Apothecary to look at the potions ingredients as well as ready made potions. The vampire was fascinated with the subject of potions and asked if Draco didn’t mind if he came into the potions classroom to watch he and Severus work. The blonde had readily agreed then looked smug at the others since Dante had only expressed interest in his subject and not the others.

Harry rolled his eyes before he pulled Dante away from the pregnant blonde, “I’m next of course and you know what they say, save the best for last right.” He said with a grin as he pulled the vampire to the busiest store in the whole Alley. The shop mentioned was large and slightly lopsided, with a grinning redhead pulling a rabbit from a magician's hat. Harry was grinning like a maniac as he pulled Dante inside quickly with Hermione and Blaise following close behind. Draco stopped and turned to his husband, his silver eyes glowing softly with worry. "Are we sure you want to go in? They could be visiting the twins" he asked quietly. The red head just shook his head and griped Draco's hand, rubbing his thumb along the smooth surface.

"It wouldn't be fair if I decided to stay out here while Harry showed Fangs around his favorite store now would it? Besides this is Diagon Alley, we could have run into them at any of the other stores we visited. I'm fine love and I want to see the twins" Ron gave his husband a brave smile while the blond scowled, but not at that unconvincing smile, no it was the nickname Ron gave Dante.

"Alright but don’t call Dante Fangs or he might actually use his on you" the pregnant male said then grinned when Ron paled slightly. Draco chuckled and pulled his husband inside, a large group of disgruntled customers passing them. They didn't have time to wonder about that when the pair was suddenly caught up in a fierce hug by the twins, Fred and George.

"Guys careful!", Ron cried as he pulled Draco away and checked the blond over, running his hands over his baby bump before he was waved away by said blond who was laughing and grinning.

"Awww isn’t that so sweet when our Ronnikins acts all protective of our dear brother in law?" George asked the other twin who grinned as he locked the door and flipped the open sign over to close, "right you are George, so cute!" he cooed while pinching Ron's cheek making the man slap his hand away and rub his cheek with a half hearted glare.

"You're closing the store? You never close the store when we come here" Draco pointed out with a raised eyebrow.

"Mum, dad and Ginny are in the alley with a certain red and raven haired couple. We thought it wise to delay the possible run in as much as possible." Fred replied softly, blue eyes looking over at Harry who was leading Dante around the store and answering his questions about certain products that he saw; "besides people were staring at Mr. Tall dark and foreboding so we thought it best to close early."

"THEY are here? Maybe we should go to avoid a confrontation all together" Draco muttered turning worried silver eyes to Harry as well. Ron nodded before he tilted his head up and raised his voice, "Hey Ry we should head back to the castle, apparently the Weasley's are here."

Harry grimaced then turned to Dante who smiled even there was confusion in his honey eyes. What had these people done to his beauty's friends to cause such reactions?"We can come back later Harry" he murmured as he placed a hand on the smaller man's back and steered him towards the entrance. The small group was ushered from the store by the twins who locked it up tight and followed the others to the Leakey Cauldron so they could all floo back to Hogwarts. The now slightly larger group was almost at the pub when a high pitched sneering voice made them stop in their tracks.

"Scuttling back to your home like the snakes you are I see." A scantily clad Ginny sneered, behind her Arthur and Molly Weasley were watching the group with narrowed eyes. Bill and Charlie Weasley were also with them and they were looking at the twins and Ron with apologies in their eyes. Obviously they had tried to stall there family as much as possible but it hadn't worked.

Harry scoffed from beside Dante and looked down his nose at Ginny, "first off crabs, rodents and insects scuttle snakes slither. If you are going to insult us use proper animal analogy. Second you're going the wrong way love Knockturn Alley is that way, I'm sure the other whores and sluts are saving your usual corner."

Ginny's ears went bright red and she took a deep breath to retort when Arthur placed a hand on her shoulder while he glared at Harry, "there was no need for such words young man"

"Harry was just speaking truth Weasley, besides you are a hypocrite as usual. Your daughter insults us yet you say nothing though we shouldn't really count on your help on anything. Useless as well as poor blood traitors" Draco said with a sneer. His hand went to his stomach when Molly looked at his stomach with disgust.

"Bringing another abomination into our peaceful lives I see. At least male pregnancy is riskier, hopefully you will die along with your child." she said feeling brave and at that moment while feeling angry, Hermione was glad she had cast a privacy bubble.

"Mum!" Charlie and Bill looked both horrified and disgusted while Ron let out a snarl as he took a step towards his birth parents, fire spitting in his eyes while his hands glowed. He never got far as the twins seized his arms while glaring at their mother.

"you dare!, Just because you decided to be spineless and give me away because you were jealous of what I am does not give you the right to insult my husband and unborn children!"

"Ron stop they aren't worth it, let's go home" Harry murmured softly as he rubbed his friend's back, nodding to Hermione who broke the privacy ward so they could leave.

"Shut up Potter! Who asked you about what we're worth?!" Ginny screeched angrily making Harry stiffen. He opened his mouth to tell her off when another voice stopped the words from leaving his mouth.

"He is not a Potter." it was like Harry's hearing zeroed in on that voice though he vaguely heard Ron say; 'bloody hell.' Almost in slow motion he turned to face his own birth parents and he paled instantly as he noticed that the Potters no longer consisted of James and Lily.

Standing beside the Potter patriarch was a boy of 11 that was a spitting image of James from the unruly black hair to the hazel eyes concealed behind glasses. Lily was holding a daughter of two who had red hair and hazel eyes and the matriarch looked to be about a few months pregnant with their third child. Harry suddenly felt sick to his stomach and every one else felt rage.

"Harry," Lily said softly as she took a step towards her should be eldest son but James hand on her arm stopped her from going any further and the twinkle that had lightened up her dull green eyes faded once more and she fell silent.

"I think we should go," Dante murmured to the others as he could feel that Harry had started to shake and a sudden wind picked up. The others nodded and they moved around the Potters, though Ron, the twins and Blaise leveled livid glares at James. Charlie and Bill looked at each other before they followed.

"Where do you think you four are going?" Arthur asked angrily at his sons, "Come back here before you embarrass us!"

“Oh I believe you have already done that pretty well all on your own." Charlie said darkly, glaring at Molly before he and Bill left quickly before their idiot father said anything else.

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Bill and Charlie were the last to come into the Headmasters office through the floo network. Dusting themselves off they took in their surroundings with grim faces, Harry was in Severus's arms being gently rocked back and forth while he sobbed quietly. Tom and Albus were quietly discussing something near by and by the way Tom was hissing almost every other word the man was hardly pleased with the way it was going. Their youngest brother was holding Draco close while looking at the twins who were scowling and Hermione and Blaise looked furious. Finally they took in stock of the foreboding looking man who was in the corner of the room, watching the proceedings with silent confusion.

"Charlie, Bill good you made it. Why don't you take the others into the Great Hall, I believe explanations are in order for our guest Lord Dante and Harry needs a few minutes to relax" Albus said to the two oldest red heads who nodded and steered the group from the office, Dante looked like he didn't want to leave but he received a look from the headmaster and he grudgingly followed the group.

The large group were silent as they walked to the Great Hall though they did pause when they saw Sirius rush passed them looking furious, a worried Minerva on his heels. When they arrived, they all settled at a large round table that suddenly appeared a house elf popping in from Hermione's call, it eagerly listening as she requested tea and a light lunch as well as some O negative for Dante, the vampire shot her a grateful smile but said nothing.

When everyone was settled, Fred looked at Charlie and Bill with a frown, "We received word from the Ministry, apparently we have been disowned by Arthur" he said with a sneer. Ron stiffened and Hermione gasped, Charlie just shook his head.

"We figured as much, they always did threaten with disownment if we continued to associate with Ron" Bill replied with a shrug, " as if that would stop us, Fleur would be more than happy to let me take her name and Charlie is engaged so it's not like it's hurt us, but" here he looked at the twins with worry, they merely shrugged it off but their eyes expressed worry as well.

"I can talk to dad, see if he can blood adopt you" Ron spoke up, "he's been saying how he enjoys the fact that you four have stood by my side and continued to be my brothers. Besides I think he would be so glad to have pranksters as sons, carry on the Marauder legacy on since apparently I've retired from pranking" here he shot a look at Draco who just grinned and kissed his cheek.

"That would be wicked! And so sweet of you to care Ronnikins" George cooed fluttering his eyelashes making everyone laugh.

"We'll have to rename the joke shop though, oh well we have been talking about renovating" Fred said with a grin.

"I don't understand," Dante finally said cutting off any laughter and causing all eyes to turn to him, "I was under the impression that Harry had born a Dumbledore and you Ronald a Black. So how is it from what I've witnessed that these Weasley's and Potter's are so hostile towards you"

"Ah that, well Harry, Hermione and I were abandoned by our birth parents when we were little and we were blood adopted into our current families," Ron started to explain but stopped when Dante's eyes flashed and he barred his fangs, he motioned for the redhead to continue once we calmed down, "uh yeah we were all abandoned for the same reason, our birth parents were scared that we were Mages, though in Harry's case James Potter was jealous of his son's magic. Hermione's parents were muggle so they didn't understand why their daughter could suddenly control water and the Weasley's well they hate any kind of abnormality and Fire Mages are particularly volatile" he finished with a small laugh.

"I see, well then these Weasley's are hypocritical then seeing as four of their sons are in fact creatures" the vampire lord said with a sneer. Four sets of eyes turned to the four former Weasley's and Bill sighed pinching the bridge of his nose. He looked at his brothers and nodded, there was a sudden hum of magic before the red heads appearances changed so suddenly that everyone gasped.

Each former Weasley looked completely different, although the twins still looked identical to each other. Bill was an elf; he still retained his tall 6’4 medium built frame as well as the dark tanned skin he had gotten from the many years in Egypt but his skin had an almost unearthly glow to it, it shimmered ever so slightly in the Great Hall. His hair was still a bright shade of red but was bone straight and hanging loosely down his back, with wisps of silver, gold, green and aquamarine strands mixed in. To small plaits were pinned to the sides of his head holding back some of his hair to reveal pointed pierced ears, two studs in his lobes and one jeweled cat’s eye on the tip of his right ear. Bright blue eyes had darkened to a sapphire blue and they glowed with power and wisdom. And finally the most distinguishable feature were the strands of hair that had hand carved beads woven into them with a symbol to represent an element, flame for fire, raindrop for water and so one. These symbols as well as the cat’s eye jewel that he had in his ear were the recognized materials belonging to a royal elemental elf, a rare sub-species of the race. Hermione recognized this and was now itching to ask the older man questions about his gifts and talents that he no doubt possessed.

Fred and George were next and their appearances were extremely drastic as they had lost their distinguishable red hair. It had lightened until it was pure white and so short that it stuck up in spikes all over their heads with a few strands falling into their full bright blue eyes that had no pupils at all. Like Bill their facial features were sharp and angular, their height and lanky frames still the same, and when they smiled they revealed two rows of sharp pointy teeth though their eyeteeth were slightly longer than the rest. Though their eyes were now completely blue they still sparkled with amusement and mischief. Their skin was also tinted a very light green with a type of band tattoos around their wrists and ankles and although they were missing a pair of wings since they weren’t female, it was still fairly obvious that the twins were pixies which explained why they were so good at pranks and only seemed to get caught when they wanted too while they attended Hogwarts.

Charlie wasn’t very obvious at first since there wasn’t much change to his appearance until he shifted, cracking his neck elegantly and his skin moved separating and becoming shiny until it was obvious that some patches of his skin were covered in small diamond shaped scales that looked to be the color of his skin tone but then some darkened to black and others lightened to pure white and silver. Next the pupils in his iridescent blue eyes were slit and more of those tiny scales ran in swirls and curls down the sides of his jaw line and cheek bones. He licked his lips nervously revealing a slightly forked tongue and long two inch eye teeth that slightly jutted out from his top lip. His body was still tightly compact muscle and height the same, it was obvious that Charlie though it was uncertain as to how, had become a Naga one of the most rare and rather dark creatures to date.

“How is this possible? I mean The Weasley’s are completely light and don’t have any creature blood in the lines.” Ron blurted after he got over his shock at seeing his brothers literally transform before his eyes. He blushed when Draco elbowed him in the ribs and glared slightly at his husband’s rudeness and decided to give him and his other friends who also looked confused a history lesson.

“While that might be true now Ron since the current Weasley’s are racist blood traitors and pigs, in the past when the Weasley’s were in the High Society Purebloods like the Black’s and the Malfoy’s they sought out and married different creatures to make sure there wasn’t too much in-breeding to keep the lines pure, as you all know when cousins start marrying cousins the resulting children can have birth defects, be completely without magic or just die shortly after birth. Actually to this day smaller branches of Malfoy’s are still courting and marrying creatures, Veela’s of course are extremely popular amongst my family, we are vain after all.” Draco said with a haughty sniff causing everyone around the table to snicker softly.

“Okay I get that but how come you four are three different races of creatures and why just you four? I mean the rest of the Weasley’s are still human, and so am I,” Ron said still slightly confused.

“Actually Ron you’re not human either. Mages are considered to be borderline Creatures since their life spans are almost double that of an ordinary wizard. It’s said that the reason behind that is because their magic is derived from the natural elements that course through the Earth. Therefore Mages can do all sorts of things that Wizards cannot which makes them not human.” Harry said from the door way, having heard and seen everything from when the four former Weasley’s revealed their true forms. Draco and Hermione got up immediately and went over to check their friend who just smiled tiredly and murmured that he was fine just needed some time to calm down. He accepted their hugs before the trio returned to the table. Once settled Harry turned back to Ron to continue his explanation,

“as for how Charlie, Bill and The twins only received creature inheritances rather than the entire Weasley family is that diluted creature strands are known to skip generations or lay completely dormant until the right child is born that fits the certain… requirements to support that creature line. So for instance, Bill is the most level headed and calm red head that you will ever meet, he hardly ever gets angry actually he’s known to be more of a mediator. Rather than become an Auror or go into Politics like Molly and Arthur wanted, he chose a more interesting and fulfilling job as a curse breaker for Gringotts as that career is never dull yet he still has time to go home to his wife and growing family and keep in touch with his brothers. So naturally a Royal Elf suits him very well.”

“Oh! Now I understand,” Ron said brightly with a grin obviously very proud that he caught on so quickly, “So for the Twins to be Pixies it also makes sense since those creatures are considered to be Grey, they dabble in light and dark magic purely for pranking. They enjoy making mischief for mischief sake or cheering up a loved one or friend.” He suddenly frowned while looking at Charlie, “but… How is Charlie a Naga? I mean last time I checked they didn’t exist around the time that purebloods were choosing to marry creatures and Naga’s are purely dark. So how did that happen? And why are we finding out about this now? Why keep it a secret?”

“That would be my fault Ron, I told them not to tell you or anyone else when they each turned sixteen and received their inheritances.” Bill said calmly, relaxing against his chair causing his red hair to fall from his shoulders like a water fall and hang down his chest, “I made them promise not to say a word until it was the right time to reveal ourselves and with what happened today, I would say this would be the perfect time….. Although I would have preferred to have told you ourselves rather than our secret been blurted out,” he leveled a rather stern look at Dante who had been silent this whole time. The Vampire Lord just raised an eyebrow and looked rather haughty and remained silent.

“Anyway that is in the past so we must move forward with an explanation now. It started with me before my sixteenth birthday, before then I had no idea there were any creature lines in our bloodline nor did I know that you were our brother Ron. Mu…. Molly kept us in the dark obviously about you, telling us that you had been kidnapped from the Burrow whenever Charlie and I asked about him the twins were too young to remember him so they never asked. Anyway at midnight when I received my inheritance all I remember about it was pain and a lot of power pulsing through my body, when I woke up I felt different and discovered what I had turned into. I knew then that something was wrong and that Molly and Arthur wouldn’t be able to help me get the answers I needed so I went to see Septimus Weasley, our grandfather and former head to the Weasley Clan. He and Arthur had been close right up until a few months after Ron’s disappearance. Charlie and I were told again that the reason was that Grandfather was upset that Arthur didn’t do anything to find Ron after he was supposedly kidnapped, however when I finally did talk to Septimus I finally got the truth.

“All of you know the real reason except you Dante so I’ll explain it to you, my grandfather told me that Ron started to develop his control over fire when he was seventeen months old and on a visit little Ronnie heated up Grandpa’s tea because it had gotten cold then promptly lit a fire when he complained that it had been cold in the living room. Grandpa had been delighted while Arthur and Molly were terrified. The next day Septimus came by to see his wonderfully gifted grandson only to find out that Ron was gone. He told me it took him about an hour before he finally got the truth, that Ron had been abandoned at an orphanage a few hours after grandfather had left for the day. After I had gotten over my shock and anger my grandfather also told me about my inheritance, how I had become a Royal Elf from a line that ended with my great great great grandmother. He also warned me that the Weasley’s had other strains of creatures in the line and that any one of my brothers could gain a creature inheritance as well.

“I decided after that enlightening conversation not to say anything to anyone of the Weasley’s especially Arthur and Molly since they had so easily tossed away a baby so who’s to say they wouldn’t get rid of me? I waited for years, graduated Hogwarts continued to my studying to be a curse breaker. I had also alerted grandfather to owl me if any of my brothers came to him with information about an inheritance. There was nothing until after the twins sixteenth birthday, after that I told them about Ron and made them swear not to tell or show anyone that we weren’t human anymore. I also wanted to wait to tell you Ron about what happened until after you had graduated but then that whole incident with Ginny… and well the rest was history. We’re sorry we never told you about what we are, I thought that it would have been too dangerous to come right out and tell you and your friends, I was waiting for the right time-“

“It’s fine Bill really,” Ron interrupted with a stunned smile before he got up and hugged his eldest brother. He then looked up and over at Charlie, a confused expression on his face, “But wait you said that no one received an inheritance until the twins, so that doesn’t explain why Charlie is a Naga.”

“Ah that, well that’sss my sstory,” Charlie said, speaking up for the first time since the whole conversation started. There was a slight hiss to his voice but it was barely noticeable which meant that he had practice hiding it when he spoke, “Three yearsss ago we got a new ssspeciess of dragon, a rare crossssss of a Hungarian Horntail and a Basslissk. It wasss a nasssty piece of work, attacking any dragon or handler that tried to get near it, before I had even gotten to the holding ssssssite it had killed three of our novice handlerssssss with its bite and fire. When approached the beassssst it had let me get near it sssssso I could heard it into a large isssssolated cage so that it could familiarize itself with a new sssssite. I wassssss almossssst done with backing it into the cave when another novice got jealoussssss and angry that the creature ressssssponded possssssitively to me when it killed his three friendsssss, he got to closssssse and the dragon lasssssshed out and I got in the way…. The fang pierced my shoulder.

“I wasssss russsssshed to the medical tent assss it ssssseemed that the venom had entered my blood ssssstream and wasssss heading towards my heart, if it wasssssn’t stopped ssssssoon I would have been dead…. However sssssomething ssssstrange happened, the venom reacted with my magic and it altered my body instead of killing it. Long ssssstory sssssshort I became a Naga and then Bill contacted me when I recovered as he had been my emergency contact. He ssssshowed me what he and the twins had become and explained about Ron, apologized for keeping me in the dark and explained while I couldn’t sssssay anything to our other… sssssiblingsssss then wait to reveal our true nature. I waited a few monthsssss before I came to England and met Ron for real.” Charlie said with a grin and a wink at Harry who blushed and looked away.

Dante’s eyes narrowed at that simple of gesture but he bit back a growl of jealousy. He would have to get the information on that relationship either since it was neither the time nor the place, “Well that is certainly interesting and I can see why you all reacted so negatively towards those awful Weasley’s… However I am still confused over that other couple…. The Potter’s?, what happened there?”,As soon as that question left his mouth he instantly regretted it as the tense atmosphere returned and Harry stiffened between Draco and Hermione.

“It’s late, we should all get to bed we have a long day tomorrow,” Ron said in a strained voice while trying not to glare at the Vampire Lord for once again being insensitive to the situation. He looked at his four older brothers, especially the twins. “We can go see Albus so they can set up rooms for you guys to stay the night and I’ll also talk to dad about that adoption. Night everyone,” he tugged on Draco’s hand and the couple quickly left with the twins, Bill and Charlie following behind them. Hermione looked at Harry who just tilted his chin towards the door, letting her know that it was ok for them to leave and the brunette and Blaise left so they could get some rest as well, leaving Harry and Dante behind.

“Harry? Did I say something wrong again,” Dante asked looking at the smaller raven haired male who sighed and rubbed his nose with the palm of his hand then got up and gestured to the Vampire Lord to follow him then left the Great Hall. Dante was silent as he followed Harry to a shady area surrounding the black lake, they took a seat beside each other and Harry took off his shoes so that he could dip his feet in the water.

“It’s a rather touchy subject between everyone, which is why that’s the reaction you got when you asked that question but I digress. The reason it is a touchy subject is because the Potter’s were my birth parents and like the Weasley’s they abandoned me when I was fifteen months old as that was the time my own elemental gifts started to develop. However unlike the Weasley’s the Potter’s didn’t bother to drop me off at an orphanage, they simply packed up all of their things and left me in my crib where I stayed there in a soiled diaper for three hours before Sirius my godfather showed up for a visit.” Harry explained, bitterness dripping from his voice as he smiled without humor. He kept his eyes on the giant squid that was playing in the center of the lake as always and it was a good thing because Dante’s reaction would have severely frightened the young man.

Said vampire let out a snarl as he shot to his feet and started to pace, causing Harry to look over his shoulder and up at the lord, jade eyes widened in shock and a little bit of awe. “They dared!” Dante snarled, honey gold eyes glaring before they darkened and dilated so that the only color that was shown besides black was the purple ring, it was a rather frightening sight, “A child is something precious, something special that should be guarded and cherished! And for those mortals to just toss three unique children away like trash! They should be destroyed for their crimes, especially those Potter’s.” He stopped pacing and looked down at Harry then knelt down in front of the man and placed a cool hand on a tanned cheek, “I understand now. I understand why you froze up like that but you don’t need to feel like they replaced you because they didn’t. You are better off with the family that you have, I watched you interact with your parents Harry and they love you so much. That is how a child is supposed to be treated and don’t you ever forget that.”

Harry said nothing, too shocked to really utter a word. His eyes searching the elder vampire’s face before he smiled which was so breath taking that it caused Dante’s fast beating heart to skip a couple of beats, “I know my mom said those exact same words and a few other things when I was in my grandfather’s office. My grandfather also sent out a letter to the Potter’s to retract the invitation to that boy who was beside James so that he won’t be able to attend Hogwarts. I wish they hadn’t of done that but I understand why they did it. It would have been too hard for me so be in the same school with my bio brother.” He paused with a hum and a small sigh then added something, “my parents love kids, it’s why they love teaching. It’s just too bad they can’t have any of their own; mom became infertile because of his potions. That’s why I chose to become a Healer so I could come up with a cure for my mom so they could have children…. But unfortunately there isn’t one. What I wouldn’t give to be able to give that to my father for his birthday. Well it is late, good night Dante.”

The Vampire Lord watched as his little mate left him at the Lake and went back into the castle. Dante turned honey colored eyes to the lake, a small smile tugging at his lips. “Your wish is my command my little consort.” He murmured before he too went into the castle to retire for the evening.

A/N: Wow…. Just wow. I pat myself on the back right now even though I’m pretty sure I’m dead right now. I apologize that it’s taken me so long to finish this chapter; I had a few real life issues with work and also with writing the appearances for the Weasley boys. I do hope this clears a few things as this was a pretty big chapter. So the next one to go up will be Tom’s birthday and I hope to have that written edited and up in the next two days before going back to work. Oh I forgot to add some information that’s needed to explain a few things so here;

(1): Ok so I'm not crazy I swear, for this soda flavor I wanted to use some real fruit that's found in Japan so I googled it and picked four that I thought would go well together. So translated; Nashi is a Japanese Pear, Momo is a peach, Sakuranbo is cherries and Ume is a plum

(2): this is just a little *snicker* move on my part, a nod to the regular Harry Potter plot line written by J.K Rowling.... I really hope I'm not the only one who finds this funny cuz then that's really really sad -.-'

(3): Ok before I get any flames saying that this isn't a true Naga read this and relax. I have seen pictures of these dark creatures and I find them really beautiful which was why I was happy when it was the chosen creature for Charlie but I wanted a half form appearance for him just because it would be weird if he went from being glamored normal Charlie to full blown Naga, that would suggest that Glamors are all powerful which they aren't. If anyone wants to know what Charlie will look like in full Naga form, I'll have a description of him up on my facebook page which should be up in a few hours.

Unneeded: *smacks forehead* yeah I laughed too when I read that, I’m glad you got what I meant but it’s still funny. Hopefully in the next few weeks ill have the time to edit my previous chapters. Thanks for your review

Ok so until next time guys ta!

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