Chapter 6. Disastrous Dinner Dining.

"Harry," a soft voice said from somewhere behind him.

But Harry was too focused on finishing his homework that he didn't register someone calling his name.

A hand rested gently on Harry's shoulder, startling him and making him whip around with his wand out.

Seeing who it was though, Harry sheepishly looked down and put his wand away.

"Sorry, Draco," he whispered as he sat up on the carpet and stretched his cramped muscles. "You startled me."

"That's okay," Draco smiled softly, helping Harry to stand up. "We just wanted to tell you that it is almost dinner time."

Looking around, Harry saw Severus sitting in his arm chair and smiled shyly at the man. Glancing behind him on the mantle, he spotted the cloak which told him he had about 10 minutes until dinner started.

"I'm not really hungry," Harry spoke, bending down and neatly packing everything into a small pile.

Enlarging his case again and placing the items in it, Harry heard a deep chuckle from above him as shiny black shoes came in view.

"Nonsense. You will be attending dinner," Severus order firmly and pulled Harry up to look him in the eyes. "And since you are staying here, you might as well put that in our bedroom."

Glancing down, Harry stared wide eyed at his trunk and gulped. Warm fingers touched his chin and forced his head up. Locking eyes with Severus, he blushed and tried to turn his head away. But those damn fingers wouldn't let him do that.

"If you don't want to share a bed with me, you can have your own room. I won't pressure you into anything," Harry stared into those chocolate brown eyes and melted into an embrace from the man.

Listening to that heart beat again gave him shivers. They stood there getting and giving comfort from each other when they heard a cough from behind them.

"As much as this is adorable to watch," sarcasm dripped from Draco's voice. "We only have 5 minutes to get to dinner without being late."

Severus and Harry pulled apart but still stood near each other. Flicking his wrist, Harry sent his trunk to Severus's bedroom where he was going to go as soon as he got back.

"Annnd he can perform silent and wandless magic. Will the miracles never seize?" Draco voice also dripped with sarcasm as he pinched his nose before looking hard at Harry.

Glancing at the man beside him, Harry found dark eyes locked intently on him and he turned his head away, blushing as the never ending dark pools stared into his soul.

A warm hand gripped his hand, squeezed and retracted before all three of them headed to the door. Walking in silence together, they made their way up to the Great Hall.

They were almost at the Great Hall when Severus stopped by a door. turning to the two boys, he hugged Harry quickly and stared at Draco.

"Take him with you and sit next to him. I would suggest placing Mr Zabini next to him," Severus turned his gaze onto Harry. "I'll see you back at my quarters once you have finished."

With that, Severus walked through the door with a sweep of his cloak. Draco grabbed Harry's arm and dragged him along to the main entrance.

Upon entering the hall, Harry noticed the way everything seemed to stop and focus on him. Every single eye, apart from a dark pair, watched as he made his way with Draco over to the Slytherin table.

As soon as he sat down between Draco and Blaise, everything came back to force with full blast. Imagine sitting in a hall with kids yelling things out constantly. Now imagine you're a vampire sitting in a hall with kids yelling things out constantly.

"Are you okay?" Draco whispered beside him.

Harry nodded as he picked up his cup and drank the sweet red liquid.

Glancing up, he saw that the whole hall was focused on him. Everyone had forgotten about dinner and were all staring at him and talking about him.

Looking at the Gryffindor table, he saw many disgusted and angry looks being shot at him. But the ones that hurt the most were from all his ex-dorm mates and Hermione. They all glared nonstop at him and it made him completely uncomfortable.

Going from the Gryffindor table to the Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff tables were a bit weird. It seemed half of the Raven's found it interesting and the other half were debating seriously while glancing at him with different emotions.

The Hufflepuff table found this as a good time to gossip, stare and giggle behind their hands. Many of them had disgusted or disappointed looks set on their faces.

The Slytherin table. There didn't really seem to care. It was no loss for them so they stayed out of his business and gave him a feeling of welcoming. Although there were a few who did protest but were quickly shot down by surrounding house mates.

The staff table seemed to be a mixture of actually adults who got on with dinner and children who also stared and talked openly about their opinions. Dumbledore, McGonnagal and Flitwick were in a heated discussion about the safety of the children since finding out that he was a vampire.

All in all, it didn't seem to be so bad for now. Boy was he wrong to say that though.

The hall had settled down a lot since the start and most of the students had started to eat. Although when Harry looked around again, majority of his ex friends were still glaring at him.

He shifted his gaze back down again and took another sip from the goblet half full of blood. Sighing he turned his head to watch Draco.

Draco was talking to Theodore Nott whom was sitting across from him. Theodore seemed to be a pretty relaxed guy. But he was pretty self aware, you could tell that from a mile away.

The way he sat up straight and carefully cut up all his food before taking small bites screamed out that he knew how to behave properly unlike majority of the students at Hogwarts.

Feeling a pair of eyes on them, Draco and Theodore turned towards him, both raising an eyebrow at the same time which made Harry giggle a little.

"Something amusing, Potter?" Theodore said in a flat tone. Harry looked at him and his face dropped as he took in the unimpressed look on Theodore's face.

Harry turned around in his seat and grabbed his goblet again. This time sipping on it until the rest was gone.

Harry sighed and rested his head on the table were the plate would have been if he was hungry. But unfortunately today was just turning him off of food.

"What's the matter?" Draco leaned in and whispered, placing a hand on his back.

"I have the feeling that everyone hates me," Harry turned his face to stare at Draco and sighed. "There's only a few people I think would accept me for me now."

"Potter's gay with Malfoy! Look at them!" a shout from the Gryffindor table got everyone's attention and soon the whole hall was focused on them.

Harry hid his face in his arms and groaned. Weasley didn't know when to shut his mouth apparently. Draco straightened up and glared at everyone who looked at them before he stood up, hands placed on the table and spoke in a deadly tone.

"Me and Harry are not dating. If anyone would be able to date me, it would be my boyfriend, James and no one else," the whole school gasped and looked between Draco and James Carton sitting next to Draco.

"Whose to say you aren't having a threesome?" This was said by Granger.

"That's enough!" Harry stood up and jumped over the three tables to get to the Gryffindor table. He run until he was face too face with Weasley and Granger.

"What are you going to do poofter?" Weasley taunted, bringing his face close to Harry's. "Are you going to kiss me like you do to Draco?"

That was the final straw for Harry. His eyes flashed red and Weasley stepped back in fear. There was shouting from the Head table but both boys were focused on each other.

In a quick motion Harry darted forward and wrapped a hand around the others neck, squeezing gently at first but then harder as he lifted his opponents feet off the ground.

But before he could throw Weasley across the hall, a magical shield was put between them that sent Weasley crashing to the ground and Harry flying backwards to land in a position with one hand on the ground and one leg outstretched with the other bent into his chest.

Harry stood back up and tried to run at the only thing that wasn't surrounded by red. But he found that there was something stopping him from reaching his goal. That didn't stop him from trying though.

While Harry was in his rage mode, all the teachers had come rushing to Weasley's aid. All but one.

Severus made his way past the red head -literally- and made his way to his struggling young man seeing the red in his eyes.

"Harry. you need to calm down," Severus spoke calmly and placed his hands on Harry's shoulders, giving them a soft squeeze and shake.

Harry's view on Weasley disappeared and his vision became fully red. With his new smell sense, he took a sniff of air to try and find his missing prey. But all he could smell was something he couldn't quite describe.

So taking in another sniff and found that what he was smelling was almost like it came from heaven. His vision started to clear and his senses came back.

Taking in one more sniff before his vision fully cleared, Harry remember what his master had told him

'When the time is right, you will find your mate. He or she will smell like something you have never smelt before. But you can only sense your mate if your inner vampire is active and that mate is around.'

With this in mind, Harry's vision cleared and he looked into big, dark chocolate brown eyes. Smiling he turned around and sensed Severus and a few others following him.

Draco, James, Blaise, Theodore, Goyle, Crabbe and Pansy all followed the two as they left the hall. No one spoke as they made their way down into the depths of the dungeon with Harry leading.

Stopping outside of their chambers, Harry whispered "Slytherin Prince" before entering and sitting in front of Severus's armchair.

Everyone found a seat in the room. Severus in his armchair, Draco, James and Theodore on the couch and all the others spread out on the floor.

"What was that smile about?" Severus asked leaning forward in his chair.

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