Hey Everyone! So I'm very proudly presenting my first chapter of my first A Very Drarry Fariytale! *Squeals with delight* I've worked so hard on this so I of course would love your feedback. Next Chapter will be out shortly! There will be four parts in all so stay tuned and enjoy!
"Quit being such a unicorn Blaise!" Draco said with a mocking tone, rolling his eyes. Sometimes Blaise could be such a wimp. The duo were approaching an abandoned house on the outskirts of the forrest. It made some sense why Blaise didn't want to be there, if they were caught they'd be punished severely. They were breaking at least five rules and if they were caught they would be in so much trouble. That didn't really matter much to Draco though, he loved to see what the humans had left behind. He climbed through the window of the house landing on his feet surveying the old house. Blaise was still outside looking around wide eyed.
"I...I'm not a unicorn...I just wanted to make sure there weren't any...uh...werewolfs...?" Draco rolled his eyes and watched his best friend climb through the window, not landing as gracefully as he had.
"Do you listen to yourself speak? Because I was wondering if that sounded as stupid to you as it did to me." Draco walked forward looking around carefully. They were in a small cottage, a human cottage. There was broken glass everywhere along with torn pages of books and other broken things such as pottery strewed around the room. He was looking for more things to add to his collection, more human things to be exact. He wanted to know everything about them, and then some. They were so fascinating, he wished that one day he could see one. But that was completely forbidden, like what they were doing now. Draco's father, the vampire king, always warned them that humans were savage brutes that knew nothing of peace or prosperity and they that they only cared about what would benefit them. His father had tried in vain to keep Draco away from humans, safely tucked away in the depths of the Forbidden Forrest. Draco skimmed every nook and cranny looking for something of value to add to his collection, something unique and intriguing.
Blaise was looking around too, but neither of them were seeming to have any luck. Then something caught Blaise's eye, something shinning underneath a pile of papers. He walked over to it, pushing the papers aside to reveal an oddly shaped metal object. It was a dull silver and it had four prongs and what looked to be a stem.
"Would you look at that! What could they possibly use this for?" Draco had some how managed to sneak behind Blaise unheard and he was starring at the metal object. His tone was a mix of sarcasm and wonder and his grey eyes sparkled.
"I dunno, maybe we should ask Pansy I'm sure she'd know." Blaise replied. Draco rolled his eyes.
"Someone's in love with Pansy." He half sang half mocked.
"Am Not! We all know she fancies you!" Blaise retorted immediately. Draco sighed.
"Don't deny you're feelings dear Blaise, that will only cause havoc. I can help you out...if you want. Besides, everyone knows I don't fancy her back." Blaise sighed heavily and leaned against the wall.
"I don't need your help. You've never even dated. All of us are wondering who will capture the vampire prince's heart." Draco groaned and looked at Blaise with an expression of annoyance.
"Not you to! Why does everyone want me to fall in love? I have time!" Blaise was about to say something until he heard a noise.
"What was that? I swear I just heard something!" Draco rolled his eyes and went back to looking around.
"Blaise you are such a unicorn. You're a Pansy loving unicorn." Something rustled, this time Draco looked up, Blaise smiled somewhat smugly.
"I told you, I am not a unicorn." Suddenly a werewolf poked its head through one of the windows and upon seeing the two vampires began to chase them. Draco and Blaise sprinted to the free window. Draco gracefully leapt through it and continued to sprint. Blaise not so gracefully tripped, catapulted through the window landing on his arse. Draco ran back to help his friend.
"Come on!" Draco said pulling Blaise to his feet and taking off, still followed by the werwolf. They were running as fast as they could, a considerably lot faster then humans could, but the werewolf was still trailing them.
"Blaise-" Draco began.
"Yah Draco?" Blaise responded.
"You're still a Pansy lover." Draco said sneering at him. This caused Blaise to sprint after Draco, closing the 2 stride lead Draco had on Blaise and the werewolf. Draco just grinned as Blaise caught up with him, and jumped up into one of the higher branches of the tree they were about to run into. The werewolf still blindly chasing them ran dead straight into the tree. Draco and Blaise were safely in one of the higher branches. The pair laughed, not short of breath at all.
"Bloody brilliant plan." Blaise said shaking his head at Draco.
"But you didn't need the Pansy part." This just caused Draco to laugh.
"Wanted to make sure my observations were correct, you're a Pansy loving unicorn afterall." Blaise sneered and responded in a mocking tone.
"You should be nicer, I might have something you want." He opened his hand revealing the metal object they had found earlier.
"Blaise you didn't!" Draco smiled widely, something that didn't happen often. He reached for the object, only to have Blaise pull it away. "Not until you take back what you said." His smile faded and turned into a sneer.
"About me being devilishly handsome? Never!" Blaise just rolled his eyes, it was a very typical thing for Draco to say.
"No! About me being a Pansy loving unicorn. Take it back or I..." He trailed off, Draco looking at him incredulously.
"I drop it on the werewolf." Draco's eyes went wide, he couldn't bear to loose this new object. One of the things he had that belonged to the human world.
"Alright. Alright I take it back." Blaise smiled triumphantly and handed Draco the object.
"Silly humans, what could they possibly use this for?" He sneered. Seeing the look on Blaise's face he added.
"Fine, we'll go visit Pansy." This caused Blaise to hide a smile, Draco just rolled his eyes. Draco jumped from the tree landing gracefully on the ground, Blaise tried to repeat the maneuver but failed landing on his arse. Draco laughed and offered him a hand up shaking his head. They headed for for the hut on the fringe between the forrest and the human world.
Pansy's hut was a a somewhat small hut on the very fringe of the human world. From it you could see the castle that loomed in the distance. The castle was said to be Hogwarts castle, home to the human royal family. They entered her hut, it was small. Really only big enough for one person to live in. Things were everywhere, all sorts of books open everywhere and weird human things in every nook and cranny. They sank down on a couch on the far side of the room, just then a small sparrow flew in. It flew straight to the chair and once almost there transformed in Pansy herself. Pansy was an animagi, which meant she could transform herself into an animal. That ability allowed her to travel between the human world and that of the Forbidden Forrest. She looked at them and began.
"You think the vampire prince would have some manners as to knock before entering." She said eyeing them cooly.
Draco rolled his eyes and sneered, "Like you care, besides we have far more important manners to discuss then etiquette." With that he pulled the metal object out. Pansy stared at it wide eyed.
"I take it you recognize it?" Draco asked.
"Do I ever! It's a dingelhopper!" She took it and held it up admiring it.
"Humans use these to get new hair do's. You just take the dingelhopper and comb it through your hair and viola! You have yourself a fancy new do." Pansy was combing her hair with the dingelhopper, smiling and batting her eyelashes. "See it works so much better then those silly potions-" Draco immediately cutting her off.
"Potions! We missed potions class oh my fathers going to kill me! Snape will give us years worth of punishments...maybe we can make it back in time." He said rushing, grabbing the dingelhopper on the way out. Blaise trailing behind him.
"Thanks Pansy!" He called behind him before he shut the door and raced back to the castle.
Snape was waiting for them when they arrived, his demeanor was cool and calculating. "Perhaps I should take the time to remind you that you are merely kidding yourselves. You think you can get away with venturing to the outskirts of the forrest, I however will crush your fantasies of the human world before they blossom more then they currently have. They are cruel and idiotic and upon learning that you are immortal will crudely dissect you in order to find out all they can about you. They will no doubt hold you against your will and you shall never return to your home. Do not think twice that they could ever except you, or that you could become human. Do I make myself clear?"
Both bowed their heads and mumbled a "Yes sir." in reply.
"Good. Your father is waiting for you in the throne room. Go now both of you." With that he promptly turned on his heel and stalked away into the shadows.
"Shit." Draco said running his fingers through his light blonde hair.
"Come on, we don't want to keep your father waiting any longer. I'm pretty sure that'll only piss him off more." Blaise responded, Draco nodded and the walked into the throne room. Lucius Malfoy sat on his throne, proper posture and all. He was leafing through some parchment when they entered. His long blonde hair fell regally over his shoulder and his silver crown accented his light hair color. His skin was pale and he had dark grey eyes that seemed cold and calculating at all times. Beside him was his wand, the one that controlled the entire forrest. It was the most powerful wand in existence. It was called the Elder Wand and it was passed down from royal to royal. Being that it was the most powerful wand in existence it was very safely guarded as many wanted the power for their own purposes. Lucius wore elegant black robes with a long flowing cloak. His robes were embroidered with swooping silver patterns that gleamed in the darkness and faded in the light.
"Draco. Blaise." He said not even looking up from his parchment. His tone was cool, and had a hint of distaste.
"Snape told me that you were not in potions today. I suppose there is a legitimate reason as to why you were not." silence and Draco could hear Blaise gulp.
"Well- we were, going to potions. But there was a werewolf and it was a big one...and then we-" "A werewolf? You two were on the out skirts of the forrest again weren't you?" Silence.
"Answer me truthfully. Both of you. Now." Lucius had finally looked up staring at both of them obviously furious. Draco looked down at his shoes avoiding his father's gaze.
"Yes." Draco replied.
"Draco! Humans are not to be trifled with! They are dangerous, moronic, selfish creatures! I will warn you yet again, you are not to go to the outskirts again. If I catch you ever doing this again you will both be severely punished. And I mean severely. Is that understood?" They both avoided his gaze.
"Yes sir." The said in unison. Lucius looked back to his parchment.
"You may both go now." Blaise and Draco did not hesitate and promptly left the room.
"You asked to see me sir?" Severus Snape strode into the room, black cloak billowing behind him.
"Yes, I did. Severus, do you think I was to hard on him?" Lucius looked somewhat worried, ever since the death of his wife he had become worried about raising his son Draco in the best way he could.
"Of course not sir. I would have punished him much more then with just a warning if I were you. They need to understand you are not just a chess piece that they can move around as they wish." Severus replied cooly.
"I suppose you are right." Lucius nodded in agreement.
"Journeying to the boundaries between the vampire and human worlds is a dangerous thing. Perhaps you should employ some guards to make sure they do not wonder far from the palace?" Lucius looked struck by an idea.
"Brilliant Severus!" Severus nodded his head to the king.
"Thank-you sir." Lucius looked directly at Severus.
"I believe you would be the perfect man for such a duty." Severus was stunned at the suggestion, but his face showed nothing.
"Well sir you see I-" Severus' reasoning was interrupted by a squire.
"Your majesty the guests are waiting."
Lucius elegantly got up from his throne and walked to where the squire stood a short distance away.
"Thank-you Severus." He said cooly and he promptly left, taking the Elder Wand with him. Severus Snape turned on his heel and walked down the corridor, he couldn't believe his luck.
"I should be working on my potions, not chasing after a few headstrong teenagers hell bent on the human world." He said with an angry tone. Suddenly he stopped, he saw Draco running off with Blaise. Both were looking all around them looking over the shoulders. "Not again." Severus said and he followed in the shadows behind them.
Draco and Blaise ran through the woods, careful not to draw attention to themselves. They did not want anyone to find where they were going. They stopped abruptly and looked around. They did not seem to notice Severus Snape hiding in the shadows of the forrest. Draco took out his wand and said a few words, the ground seemed to shift beneath them and then a small opening appeared. They both descended into the darkness. Severus followed them into it, unsure of what he would find. There was a small staircase that lead to a deep underground grotto, it was stunning. There was a small pool of water and beside it was a massive self that rose to the ceiling. it held many things Severus had never seen before. It took him a minute to figure out why, they were human things. He stood there silently behind a large rock able to watch Draco and Blaise.
"I just don't see things the way he does, I don't see how a world that makes such obscure things...could be bad." Draco said, he was sitting on a large rock overlooking the knee deep water. He held a shiny pronged object in one hand and rested his head in the other.
He sighed heavily "Look at this stuff...isn't it neat?" He said to no one impeticular
"Wouldn't you think my collection's complete?" He snorted before he kicked a small rock into the pool of water.
"Wouldn't you think I'm the prince who's got everything?" He sighed getting up and putting the object on a shelf. Blaise smiled apologetically at him.
"What I wouldn't give to spend a day warm on the sand." Draco continued, his voice sounded envious. His grey eyes seemed full of longing, longing for something he could never have. Draco could never feel the warmth of the sun or the cool fall breeze. Never able to feel the rumble of an empty stomach or the cool water sliding down his throat on a hot summer day. He was a vampire after all. Blaise gave him another empathic smile.
Draco seemed to shoot up, "Did you hear that?"
Blaise responded, "What?"
Draco shook his head, "I thought I heard music."
Blaise seemed to listen intently for a few moments before he answered, "I think I hear it to." Draco's face lit up, something that didn't often happen. His smile faded to one of the Cheshire cat, a smile that knew mischief lay ahead. Draco climbed out another passage, full of rocks and jagged edges. He climbed so gracefully where as Blaise almost fell a few times. Snape continued to follow them in the shadows remaining unseen.
Draco followed the music until he saw lights and heard the laughter. He stopped suddenly, causing Blaise to almost crash into him.
"Draco...are those humans?" Draco immediately shushed Blaise hoping that they were.
They crept closer, the noises getting louder and louder until they could hear the individual laughter of the humans. Draco hid behind the closest tree to the humans, Blaise hid behind one a little further back. Draco's eyes widened in surprise and wonder. There were about 15 or so humans, all in a meadow. Lights hung from the trees and there was laughter ringing loud and clear. Some were dancing, others eating, but the most striking person was being chased around by a large black dog. He was laughing, a sound that astonished Draco. He had raven black hair that was everywhere and some of it hung in his eyes. Draco thought he had the most beautiful eyes he'd ever seen. They were a brilliant green that seemed to have there own fire. The boy had black circular glasses and a scar above his left eyebrow. He seemed to be the same age as Draco, however he had more color to his skin and he seemed more muscular. Draco was at a complete loss of words, the boy ran around until the black dog jumped on him pulling him down. This only made the boy laugh harder.
"Padfoot!" He half groaned half laughed. Five people approached him, a girl with frizzy brown hair, a redheaded girl and boy, a girl with curly long blonde hair, and a boy with messy brown hair. He got up straightening his glasses and brushing dirt and leaves off of his clothes. He hugged the three girls, the one with the red hair holding on longer then the others. They were all wishing him a 'Happy Birthday'. This confused Draco, what was a Birthday? His thoughts and their conversation were quickly interrupted by a dinging noise. It came from a man, he was older then Harry and had three long scars across his face. He was holding a glass object and a metal one.
"It is my pleasure to present Prince Harry with his present." With that the man strode over to a large blanketed object and pulled the cloth off. There stood a statue of Harry regally holding out a sword and dressed in armor. The statue appeared to be that of granite, and Remus was grinning quite proudly. The five friends that had encircled him were now giggling and Harry himself was blushing.
"Remus...you shouldn't have." Remus walked towards the tree Draco was standing behind.
"I had hoped to give it to you as a wedding present..." Harry groaned.
"Someone's gotta be out there for me, just give me some time to find them." Draco knew what he meant, he was also being pressured to wed. He himself was only 18.
"That Weasley girl seems to fancy you...perhaps..." Harry groaned again this time he rolled his eyes.
"Not you to! She's like my sister...not my girlfriend." He said the word with such a distaste it caused Draco to blush ever so slightly, not an easy feat. He was very handsome, the prince. Those brilliant green eyes shaded in part by those dark locks of hair. Draco caught himself staring dreamily at the prince, that was alright as long as the prince didn't see him. He watched the prince walk back to his group of friends, the one with the long red hair seemed to hang on every word. This annoyed Draco greatly, and he fantasied about hitting her with a curse or two. He wanted to talk to Prince Harry. He wanted to feel like she did, to look into those green eyes. He watched in dismay as they danced. Oh how he loathed that girl, he would have been sure to turn green with envy. If he were human...if only. Draco could only watch as they paired up and danced around in circles so gracefully, he wondered what it would feel like to feel a beat or a rhythm. The one with the blonde hair danced with the one with brown hair, the one with the short orange hair danced with the frizzy haired one. They seemed to be having fun, until they heard the howls. Suddenly everyone's face turned from happiness to that of fear. Draco could only watch as the same thing happened to the handsome prince. A horse could be heard rearing and bucking in the distance and then flames started to engulf the trees. Now people were running and screaming as the blaze jumped from tree to tree and spread quickly. Not the prince Draco pleaded silently. He heard people shouting names, and people screaming in pain. He hoped none of them was his prince. The he saw him, the prince was coughing and wheezing he was followed by the red haired girl, he escaped the blaze for a moment and pushed her into a waiting carriage, but before he could get in the fire was nipping at the horses and they spooked and ran off. Draco could hear the screams of his friends as they rode off towards the castle. The prince fell to his knees coughing and coughing until he collapsed on the ground. Draco bounded forward to save the prince, but a strong arm held him back.
"Let go!" He insisted trying to break away.
"We can't let you do this!" Blaise responded shouting above the roaring flames.
"I don't care!" Draco yelled back full of furry and he broke free. He raced in the direction he had last seen the prince, leaping through flames and dogging burning lumber. It was fall and the forrest was going up in flames quick, his father would soon be there to make sure the flames didn't do to much damage to the forrest. This meant he only had limited time to save the prince, if he could only find him.
Draco spotted a crimson red shirt and black hair and knew at once it was the prince. The fire was creeping closer to the prince threatening to engulf him. In one fluid motion Draco bent down and scooped up the unconscious prince in his arms. He dogged the flames and soon was able to break free of the fire, he slowed down his pace some. He needed to get his bearings about him before he continued. He looked down the unconscious prince in his arms. Draco almost fell over at the sight. The prince's hair was singed at the edges and some of his clothes were as well. Aside from that he seemed fine, and still incredibly handsome. He could feel the heartbeat of the human, and became a bit jealous. He watched the prince's chest rise and fall and wished that his chest could do the same. He looked at his face, his remembered that fire in his eyes, he wished the prince would open his eyes. They were such a beautiful shade of green that they put emeralds to shame. He stared down dreamily at the prince before he heard the sound of leaves crushing and he took of running. As he was running he looked behind him briefly and saw that two werewolfs were pursuing him. This made him furious, how dare they try to harm his prince? He was running faster and faster and then he slipped tumbling down a small hill. The trees had a frosty appearance and Harry's eyelashes were coated with a delicate frost.
"You've got to be fucking kidding me! Dementors and werewolfs?" He shouted. Quickly he got up standing over Harry protectively he yelled "Expecto Patronum!" And a pulsing blue sphere illuminated around them. Draco was much to preoccupied to notice Harry's eyelids flutter open and the green eyes starring at him for a moment. But that was all it took.
Harry could see a man, a beautiful man, standing before him. He had blonde hair that fell to his shoulders and swirled in the air around him. He had delicate grey eyes, and skin so pale it gleamed in the moonlight. He was standing above him this man, a stick like object it on hand. It was emitting a blue pulsing sphere around them and Harry could hear him cursing at the creatures coming towards him. He was so angry, his voice filled with rage and passion. His voice was as elegant as his appearance. His eyes alight with passion. That was the last thing Harry saw before he faded back into unconsciousness.
Draco was beginning to weaken from holding the spell so long and he could hear the werewolves starting to find his scent and race towards them. He was quickly running out of options.
"Draco!" A voice hissed, a familiar voice. Draco turned and saw Severus Snape emerge from the darkness, his black robes billowing behind him gleaming in the darkness. Snape took one look at the unconscious boy laying on the ground and his face changed form angry to that of dismay.
"Is that the human prince?" Snape asked with an angry tone in his voice. Draco only managed to nod trying to put that majority of his effort into protecting them from dementors. Snape looked to be in deep thought for a moment, then he spoke.
"Take him and go, I will hold them off. Leave him for the humans to find. Do NOT stay long." Draco could only manage a nod as he watched Snape produce his own patronus, that of a doe. He looked only for a moment as he gathered Harry up in his arms and set off for Hogwarts Castle.
He arrived at the castle just as the darkness was beginning to turn to light with the break of the early morning. Draco stood on the very edge of the forrest, even with the last tree. He could see the stoney castle high above him, and he wished he could follow the prince into it. He gently laid the prince down, his muscles a bit achey from carrying the prince the long way to the castle. Just then a sparrow swooped down and Pansy landed beside him. Blaise followed Pansy sitting by her side. The three of them were now leaning over the prince.
"He's alive, right?" Draco gulped and turned to Pansy. Pansy shook her head,
"Hard to tell with humans." She picked up his hand and held it to her nose, sniffing it.
"Well, he doesn't smell dead." Draco gave her an incredulous look and she got up, as if to leave.
"Wait! Don't go! Just tell me how I can help him!" Draco pleaded. She turned to say something but heard voices coming and quickly retreated a few yards into the Forrest. From there Draco watched as the man with the scars called for help announcing they'd found Prince Harry. He watched as the girl with the red hair rushed to Harry and embraced him crying. She was followed by his other friends who joined in hugging him. They motioned for more help as Harry was still unconscious, a woman came waddling out. She propped him up and poured something into his throat which promptly woke him up gasping. The red hair girl went to hug him again, this time Harry simply moved and she toppled over. He didn't seem aware that he had done this as he was starring off into the forrest rubbing his head. The brown haired girl asked him what was wrong.
He smiled broadly, "I saw this...this man in the forrest! He saved me!...I think he could perform magic!" He spoke and the passion in his green eyes returned. Draco let his mouth hang open, Harry was talking about him! He could feel something odd happening in the his stomach a sort of funny feeling. Everyone just laughed at Harry's story.
"Come now Harry! I'm sure it was just a dream that's all." Said the red haired boy and they all walked off together talking and laughing Harry looked back once before following them. As Draco was forced to watch them walk away, unable to join them he whispered, "Some day I'll be part of your world." Almost like a secret promise to the boy with the raven hair, to Prince Harry. Draco raced Blaise back to the palace and won by a landslide, but the entire way there he could not get those emerald green eyes out of his mind.
