
chapter 3
chapter 2- 11:06 pm
"I spy with my little eye… Holy shit James, that's it!" The two stopped dead in their tracks. in front of them, on the horizon, was an enormous stone building. "holy fuck. we're actually about to do this" James breathed out. his hands were shaking as he reached for his gun.
"I'll go first, I have a torch" he whispered,moving in front of remus
Upon stepping inside, James was shocked by the darkness, it took a moment for his eyes to adjust while they walked through the halls. the floor must've had some sort of carpet, because both of their footsteps were silent. There was a coldness about the place that James hadn't expected.it chilled him through his t-shirt,hoodie and coat and right to his bones. He shivered. He had no clue how long they were walking in the dark. They might have been walking in circles for hours as far as he knew, but eventually they came into an entryway with a staircase in front of him that split in two halfway up. the door closed behind him and Remus. he had the strange feeling of being watched
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barty chuckled, regulus was going to like this alot
"what shall we do with them?"
"the same as always. bring them to me, and evan? I know you're lurking around here somewhere. you two are never too far apart,tell sirius,dorcas and your sister we should have some food soon"
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11:13 pm
~~~ "ok, now all we have to do is find where the vampires are and um… get them" James said "right remus?"
James looked behind him "remus?" and then things went black ~~~
-JAMES-
When James woke up. he had a pain at the back of his skull, and was tied to an old wooden chair. He tried to struggle, to break out,to do anything. they didn't teach you how to break out of situations like this at the academy. probably because most vampires didn't play mind games with their food. you were lucky to wake up with even a drop of blood in you if you were caught by a vampire.
The funny thing was, James couldn't see anyone. He seemed to be alone. The room was fancy, with candelabras on the walls giving the room a strange glow. The walls were a very fancy red wallpaper,the floor was dark oak, yet there was no furniture in the room other than the chair he was sitting on. The chair itself was fancy,the arms had carvings on them and the cushion and backrest were covered in a red crushed velvet.
All of a sudden he wasn't alone anymore.
"you hungry?" he heard a voice behind him
"what?"
"I'm offering you a Jaffa cake. they were in your bag and I have no use for them" James couldn't help but think it was funny. when he imagined being kidnapped (which he had done) he didn't see himself being offered jaffa cakes
"no thank you"
the speaker walked around and james' breath caught in his throat.
in classes they'd been warned time and time again that vampires were inhumanly beautiful, but nothing could have prepared James for him.
He had dark curls tumbling down to his shoulders,a Jawline that James would probably cut his finger on if he touched it, he was obviously sickly pale, with bright blue eyes that felt like they were sucking qhim in. James had always been taught to fear vampires. Yet the only thing that made him scared was how beautiful he was, and the way his eyes were flicking from those blue eyes to his lips of their own accord.
he shut his eyes. if he didn't look at him,then he could focus. in a second he felt his chin being tilted up by an ice cold hand. Perhaps this was the moment. the moment James potter would die.
Instead, he was told to open his eyes.
he found himself staring right into the other boy's eyes. some of his dark hair was tickling james cheek. his face was becoming unbearably hot, a jarring difference to the chill he'd felt earlier.
"don't be scared little human!" he whispered. James was frozen,mind blank with no clue how to react, 4 years of schooling went out the window. He would probably let this man do anything he wanted to him. the vampire chuckled and let go of his face. "if you won't take the jaffa cakes, perhaps you'd like more of a dinner?" he clicked his fingers and was all of a sudden sat at a very fancy dining table, with Remus in front of him, wearing what seemed to be…. a muzzle?
-REMUS-
Remus had kept his eyes fixed on the back of james' head the entire time, not once letting his eyes falter.Of course, he didn't need James' torch but for the sake of his secret, and his only friendship,he kept quiet.
When he opened his eyes, he was met with excruciating pain.
you see, whereas James was alright being bound by rope, for someone like Remus, they'd decided to take some extra precautions in the form of silver chains. They were about the size of a necklace chain, yet very long and much stronger than someone would have imagined. Remus was convinced that if this was a cartoon, his wrists and ankles would've been smoking. this was real life though, and in real life it was burning marks into his skin. Despite him trying with all he had, tears began to well in his eyes. On top of all that, a contraption had been pulled over his nose and mouth. it took him a moment, but with a sickening feeling he realised,
he'd been muzzled.
"Very sorry about all this'' Remus stopped struggling to glare at the man in front of him. secretly, Remus decided that this was the person in which beauty peaked. He was definitely shorter than Remus, with hair the colour of oil and a smirk that could convince even the smartest vampire hunter to spare him. He thrashed at him all in one, then cried out as another wave of pain hit. "Yes, that is silver. lt will hurt. Once again very sorry about that, but seeing that the moon was only last night, we couldn't afford anything unfortunate happening"
tears were dripping down his face now. He supposed it was a kind of revenge, but how was this any better than what they did to vampires. He was being treated like nothing more than a mindless animal.
"But you are a mindless animal," he reminded himself. The vampire stood right in front of him, and as he breathed heavily from the pain he had to look up to see him.
his smirk dropped and he looked side to side. He clicked, once, and the pain in remus' wrists and ankles subsided. Remus was very confused.
"Right, we have two minutes for me to explain" he said, as he took the muzzle off of remus' face
"Right, my name is Sirius black and I am a vampire, but you know that. My brother is planning some very bad things. so, even though I'm on your side, I'm going to have to act like a complete and utter dick whenever anyone's around. and you're going to have to act like a terrified prisoner. if you can do that, I can get you and your human friend OUT"
"ok"
"Good, now I'm going to have to cover up your very pretty face again and transport you to the dining room.
and all of a sudden, the muzzle was back. and so was the blinding pain.
-JAMES-
James stared at Remus with his eyes wide, he could see tear stains down his face (Remus never cried,that was how he knew this was serious) and his breathing was ragged.
what the fuck was going on.
There was no food on the table, just some very empty plates and some very fancy wine glasses. Then, just as things couldn't have possibly gotten any worse, there was noise coming from the staircase. Two girls appeared first,one with dark hair in small braids and a green dress, the other with blonde waves, a white "peasant shirt" and a black skirt.
Both so beautiful, yet both so deadly. the one in the green dress smiled, showing off a gleaming set of fangs. Then the last two appeared. The two boys walked down the stairs,one brunette and one blonde, both looking at him and Remus with a hungry look in their eyes.
More tears were slipping down remus' face as they appeared. "Oh do be quiet, you don't want to ruin the meal. Do you?" the vampire from earlier pat Remus on the head as the others took their seats, his head had started drooping forward. his eyelids fluttered.
"ok,what's going on?" said James,slowly inching his hand closer to a hidden pocket on his red jumper.
"isn't it obvious? 'field hunter potter' you've stumbled upon a group of the deadliest vampires in the world" the vampire smiled,showing off his fangs,the other dark haired boy gave a dark chuckle.
"Reg," said another boy, who looked awfully similar,same sharp jawline,the same long black curls and the same piercing blue eyes. There was a warning in his voice.
a look of hate flashed on his face before he turned to face the newcomer
"sirius, so nice of you to finally join us.I was just playing with my food…"
"Regulus,calm down, we're all starving. it's been a while since someone was sent out" he licked his lips. 'oh fuck' James thought.his hand finally landed on the pocket,but remus shook his head at him.
"fair enough. I call the first bite of the pretty one" that made James blush bright red. sirius' eyes flicked to remus. this did not go unnoticed by the others "oh don't be stupid siri" said the girl in the green dress "yeah,werewolves are disgusting" chimed in the blonde boy. james frowned "huh?". regulus smirked "sorry James, but your friend here isnt who he says" james turned to look at remus,who mumbled an "im so sorry" as best he could. "remus here, is a werewolf"
while james was staring at remus, confused and a little hurt, regulus turned to the rest of the vampires "leave the animal there for now, I want him to watch"
the others smiled or nodded,deeming it a good idea. Sirius remained silent, he sat down next to remus.
The boy,regulus they'd called him, now walked over and pushed james' head to the side. He closed his eyes as he felt the hot breath of his killer on his neck,he squeezed his eyes tighter in anticipation of the pain as those porcelain fangs pierced his skin.
"Wait" regulus stopped and turned to sirius. "I have a better idea," he said. Regulus scoffed and let go of james' head.
"go on then,if you must"
"Well, one human between us all won't amount to very much… what if we were to keep them somewhere,and wait for the rescue team to arrive, force them to send a note for backup or something. leaves us with a bigger and better meal" the room fell silent as everyone considered his words. They all had their own ideas, but Regulus and Sirius were in charge. That was clear as day.
"I think it's a good idea," the blonde girl offered "yeah… I agree with pandora" the other blonde said,the other girl nodded. only the final two seemed to have any qualms with this idea.
"vote?" said sirius
regulus sighed "fine, all those in favour of waiting for the bigger meal, raise your hand" all but regulus and the brunette boy raised their hands. "Well,there we go then, we wait. I'll take these to separate rooms" sirius stood up
"wait." he stopped. "Take the pretty boy to a room and lock the door. take the dirty animal to the dungeons" no one had noticed until now, but Remus had passed out. Sirius looked at him with what was almost pity, before nodding to the boys. They dragged him away,then returned and grabbed onto james' arms. Regulus wiggled his fingers in a mocking wave. The girls stood and left behind him.
james' mouth was dry and anxiety had settled in his stomach like a boulder. To fix this he tried to start a conversation. "so, what are your names"
"He's Barty," Said the blonde
"He's Evan," Said the brunette.
James nodded, he swallowed down the rising fear in his throat. "And the others?"
"well you know sirius and regulus," said barty
"the other two are dorcas,the one in green," said evan
"and Pandora,Evan's sister" they continued walking through the seemingly endless corridors in silence. everything looked the same, he had no way of knowing how long they'd been walking, or where, but eventually they turned up in a very basic room. The walls were dusty and faded,the carpet had mould in the corners. "Eugh" Barty scoffed, he clicked his fingers and the bed was made,the candles were lit, it was practically a different room. it probably was.
they pushed him in and disappeared. he heard the lock click shut