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"What? ..Kill me why?" Harry asked angry and confused. "What did I do?"

"Nothing,my boy. You did nothing. It was something that was done to you."

"Harry you destroyed Voldemort, do you remember that?"

"Yes" Harry started, "I..remember...DRACO!..where is he? Is he ok?"

"SSsssh" Dumbledore soothed placing his hand on Harry's shoulder. "He's fine, you saved him."

Harry nodded,listening.

Harry saving Draco, meant you were captured by the remaining death eaters.They took you, we didn't know where you were.
You've been gone for 2 months."

"Two months?"

"Yes, they used every method they could think of to get you to reveal the secret headquarters. But you never made a sound.
And I am so very proud of you, I myself could not have done that."

Harry flushed a little, waiting for Dumbledore to continue.

"Look" Dumbledore said, Harry looked down and saw his chest, criss crossed with angry red scars.
Harry swallowed hard.

"When they realised that you would never talk. They planned to release you back to us, broken and scarred."

"Did they?" Harry asked.

"They did". Dumbledore stated darkly. "But not before corrupting your soul."

"Is that why you were going to kill me?" Harry asked, no longer able to look Dumbledore in the eye.

"yes."

"Are you still going to kill me?"

The question itself would've taken anyone by surprise, but there wa something in the way that it was asked knocked Dumbledore sideways.

"No Harry."

A few silent minutes passed in which neither spoke, perhaps fearing the outcome of what might be said.
This was not what Dumbledore had expected, this, this just never happened. He had never been at a loss for what to do before in his life.
This situation which they were in now, defied everything that Dumbledore knew about darkness.

"Harry do you know what has happened to you?" he asked quietly.

"You just told me sir."

Dumbledore hung his head sadly,he could not believe that Harry had no idea of what he now was. Of what he had become.

"You were bitten Harry."

Harry frowned in confusion, "What do you mean? bitten by what?"

Dumbledore rose from his seat and crossed the room picking up a mirror from a bedside table. He sighed to himself as he walked slowly back, sitting on the bed he handed Harry the mirror.
Harry raised it warily afraid what he might see if he looked into it. His eyes widened in horror as he gazed at his own reflection.
His hair now elbow length of the silkiest ebony,hung around his still handsome face marred only by the scar on his forehead.
Emerald eyes framed by thick black lashes. Pearly white skin in stark contrast to his ruby lips, two sharp points of white rested upon his bottom lip.

"What happened to my face?" Harry demanded.

Dumbledore's eyes widened in shock."You..you can see your face??"

"Yes, why wouldn't I see it??" Harry snapped,raising one finger to inspect his teeth. He gasped as he shook his bleeding forefinger,
he had barely tipped with his teeth.

"Ow, shit." he muttered to himself taking a piece of tissue and wrapping it around his fingertip. While Dumbledore watched in shock.

"I want a straight answer sir" Harry stated firmly, "What am I???"

Dumbledore held his gaze for a moment before he burst out laughing.

"I don't know Harry!" Dumbledore replied beaming. "This is a miracle!"

"What's a bloody miracle??"

"You my dear boy you!!" he said patting Harry's shoulder in disbelief. "Harry you were bitten by a vampire."

Harry opened his mouth to speak, but was cut off immediately.

"They tried to turn you but it wouldn't work. There is too much good in your soul!"

Harry didn't speak, he just stared down his hands. They were still much the same,only his nails were slightly longer.
Dumbledore waited for Harry's reply but didn't get one, instead he watched Harry pull himself out of bed.
Wincing as it pulled at his stitches a little. Harry walked in silence over to the drawn curtains, then turned to Dumbledore tears shining in his eyes.

"Is this how you were planning to kill me??" Harry said pointing to the curtains. "Sunlight??"

"Harry don't open them.." Dumbledore pleaded.

"Why??" Harry shouted, jumping as he heard himself emit a snarl. "oh..FUCK."

"Harry please..."

Harry turned away from him defiantly and tore open the curtains, sunlight streaming over his body illuminating him.
Basked in the golden light he looked almost ethereal. Tears poured down his face as he looked down at his pale skin, the sunshine warming it doing nothing more.

"Doesn't work." Harry said darkly smashing the mirror into pieces on the floor.

"Harry..I'm so sorry."

"Sorry doesn't cut it..I'm a fucking freak, my friends will never look at me in the same way again. Now that I might devour them in their sleep!"

"They're your friends Harry, they love you.."

"How will Draco ever look at me again??" Harry sobbed as he collapsed onto his knees in the shattered glass on the floor. He was completely broken.