Title: Anything For love
Author: Jade
Category: Romance/Angst/AU(Draco Malfoy, as you know him[human], never existed.)
Main Pairing: HP/DM
Rating: R
Spoilers: Books 1-5
Summary: Harry gets a new pet, but is there more to the animal? And what does the mysterious new student have to do with any of this? R/R plz.
Disclaimer: I own nothing but the, plot and the characters you don't know.
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Chapter One. Mistakes of A Domesticated Animal
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As usual, Harry Potter was sitting in an otherwise empty compartment on the Hogwarts Express. He waiting for his friends, Hermione Granger, a bushy-haired know-it-all, and Ronald Weasley, a tall, witty red-head. They were Gryffindor prefects, and therefor had to go to the Prefect compartment to find out what their duties on the train back to Platform Nine and Three-Quarters at King's Cross Station. Harry closed his eyes, feeling a wave of pain from the scar on his forehead, which was a now normal occurrence since Voldemort was back in full power. As soon as the pain passed, Harry decided that he couldn't wait to get to the house, maybe someone there would know how to ease the pain, so he could enjoy his summer.
Speaking of summer, Harry's was going to be great!
Usually, Harry hated his summers, which consisted mostly of him getting yelled at, blamed(for anything out of the ordinary), mentally and physically abused, and bullied by his relatives, Vernon, Dudley, and Petunia Dursley. This summer however, would all be spent at Number Twelve, Grimmauld Place, instead of at number four, Privet Drive. Harry would be spending his whole summer at his godfather's house.
"Hello Harry." Harry opened his eyes to see Luna Lovegood, who was looking quite confused as to how she got to Harry's compartment. "Can I sit here?"
Harry smiled thinly and nodded. The blonde Ravenclaw(Luna, of course) sat right next to the green-eyed Gryffindor and took out her newest edition of 'The Quibbler,' opened it(upside down, of course), took her wand out of her robes, and stuck it behind her ear. Harry once again closed his eyes again.
Not soon after Luna's arrival, Ron and Hermoine walked inside holding hands, barely breathing a word of greeting at the two other occupants of the compartment. They sat across from Harry and Luna, smiling at each other. Ron touched Hermoine's lips, and Hermione put her hands on Ron's shoulders. Ron moved his hands from the brunette's face to wrap them around her neck. Slowly, Hermione and Ron closed their eyes, leaning into each other to come into a calm, loving- Hermione jumped and screamed, while Ron yelled, "Bloody Hell!"
Harry's eyes snapped open and he stared at the couple. What he saw made it very hard for him to contain his laughter. Luna, on the other hand, was on the floor guffawing in near hysterics. Something black, small and furry had decided that it would be fun to jump on Hermione's head. When she felt it, she screamed, which made the furry animal jump into Ron's lap. That proved to be a large mistake however, as Ron's voice was much louder than that of his girlfriend's. Thoroughly terrified, the small creature jumped off of the red-head and onto the floor, fully intent on getting as far away from the pair as physically possible. However, before it could get away, Harry scooped it up. In Harry's hands, the small animal curled up into a ball, shaking.
Ron spoke to Harry for the first time on the train. "What the heck is that thing?" Harry shrugged.
"It's a ferret," Luna and Hermione said in unison.
Harry stared at the ferret. It had stopped shaking and was staring into Harry's eye, seemingly sizing him up. In the creature's eyes, Harry saw thinly veiled pain, anger, contempt- and fear. Comprehension lighted the raven-haired boy's face. In a quiet voice he said, "I think he's hurt."
Luna, in a slightly dazed curiosity, stroked the ferret's back, she withdrew her hand, however, when the small animal winced. Luna brought her hand up to he face and said quietly, "He's bleeding." There were collective gasps following her statement. Harry put the animal in his lap, looking worried.
"Oh! I know!" Hermione said in an excited voice and took a vile out of her pocket and opened it. At Harry's questioning stare, Hermione added, "Remember, we covered healing potions with Snape? Well, as an extra assignment I made one, I just didn't turn all of it in."
Ron glared at the ferret, clearly annoyed. "And you're going to waste it on... on a ferret?!"
Hermione gave Ron a look and nodded. Hermione then opened the vile of metallic-blue liquid and poured some in Harry's hand. "Okay, now make him drink it." Harry shrugged and held his hand up to the furry creature. The ferret stared at the liquid skeptically, then he stared at Harry. Harry nodded, bringing his hand closer to its mouth. The ferret brought his nose to the liquid. He sniffed it and quickly reeled his head back in disgust, before letting out an indignant squeal of pain. "It'll make you feel better." The ferret seemed to have understood Hermione because it turned back to the blue liquid and lapped it up tentatively.
"Well?" Harry wondered aloud, while Luna went back to reading, Ron 'Harumph'ed, and Hermione watched expectantly. The ferret blinked, then jumped up. He stood there for a second, just smelling the air, but soon he brought his gaze back to Harry, cocking his head to the side. Harry smiled hesitantly, saying, "Hi." The only response he got from the black-furred animal was a blank stare. Harry sighed, feeling stupid for expecting a reply. "Do you suppose he has an owner?" He asked as the ferret walked along his arm and made itself comfortable on his shoulder.
"Well, I highly doubt that anyone would want that little git as a pet." Ron stated in a malicious voice. If a ferret could, Harry swore that the ferret would be glaring daggers at his red-haired friend.
"Ron!" His girlfriend scolded.
"He's right, though." Harry turned in surprise to Ginny, who had just come in, she sat next to Luna, her girlfriend, and gave her a kiss before continuing to say, "I mean about him not having an owner." Harry gave her an incredulous look, and she smiled. "Luna saw it sneaking inside the train from the Forbidden Forest."
"Oh- I had forgotten." She said in such a way that Harry could only stare at her. "So, are you going to keep him?"
Harry gazed at the animal on his shoulder. "Yeah... Yes I think I will." Once again, Harry swore that if the ferret were human, he'd be smiling.
"You're WHAT!? Harry you can't be ser-" Ron's words were cut short by Hermione's hand being clamped on his his mouth.
"Don't you have somewhere else to be?" Ron scowled at Harry's new pet, then at his girlfriend, but he allowed himself to be ushered out of the compartment.
Harry turned his attention back to the black ferret he had just acquired as a pet. It had, presumably while Harry was distracted by Ron, climbed up Harry's shoulder and was now sleeping on top of his head, looking as if he'd always' been there.
"So, what are you going to call him?" Ginny asked, just Luna began to sing, "*Draco* Dormiens Nunquam Titillandus!"
"That's it. I'll call him Draco, but, Luna, you know you could have just said that, right?"
Luna shrugged and pulled at her carrot-shaped earrings, while Ginny laughed.
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Harry. "Bye Ron, Hermione, Ginny, Luna." he said to all of them going to the Burrow. Then, "Neville, Seamus, Dean, Blaise, Justin(F)."
Ron. "Bye, and have a great summer all of you people. I will."
Hermione. "Don't forget to study for next year!"
Seamus. "See ya' next year!"
Ginny. "See you all soon."
Dean. "Good Bye."
Draco. "*yawn...*"
Blaise. "Hnn..."
Justin. "Bye!!"
Luna. "Huh?"
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As soon as Harry got inside the house that was dressed in dark artifacts, as reminders of the past Black's, Harry walked into the kitchen, Draco on his shoulder once again, and got the shock of his life. Lucius Malfoy, Professor Snape, and Sirius were sitting in a couple chairs, talking like old friends. If it had not been for his shock, Harry might have taken out his wand and cursed Lucius to hell. Profeser Lupin, who had walked into the kitchen after Harry walked over to the group, and smiled at the group. "Hello Severus, Sirius... Lucius. And to what do we owe this pleasure?"
Lucius smiled, and said, though he avoided the question, "Hello Remus." Remus blushed faintly at the way Lucius said the name, almost lovingly. "I am here to ask for forgiveness, of you and," he nodded towards Harry, "you." He looked expectantly at Harry.
Harry blinked, and looked at Snape and Sirius(Remus was still staring at Lucius, and therefor worthless). Snape nodded and Sirius, who Harry just noticed, was practically on the Potion Professor's lap, smiled encouragingly. Harry stared a few seconds more before replying, in an awed voice, "I... erm... forgive you?" Everyone smiled and Harry, who was really getting freaked out by the whole lot of them, excused himself to go upstairs to what would be his room the the rest of the summer. Safely inside, Harry turned his attention to his new pet, who seemed to be trying his best to clean the blood and dirt off of itself.
Harry chuckled and said, more to Draco, than to anyone else(because he was definitely not talking to himself), "You need a bath." Harry preceded to carry Draco to the bathroom sink, and turned the water on. "Go on," he whispered when the sink filled up, and Draco, as if he understood, hopped right inside. "I should take a bath, too." And he did just that.
When he came out of the shower, clad in a towel, harry was surprised to see a snow-white ferret in place of his black one. He leered at the ferret's eyes before deciding, "You were really bloody dirty, eh, Draco?"
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Harry's summer at Number 12, Grimmauld Place came and went quickly. He spent most of it either talking to Sirius, Remus, Severus(on his occasional visits), Lucius Malfoy(who, Harry later found out, became a spy for the Order after Voldemort killed his wife, Narcissa), or Draco. Sirius and Draco were especially great to talk to, Sirius because he understood Harry, and Draco because he listened and comforted Harry(at least that's what Harry thought).
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So it came the last days of his summer vacation and his sixth year of Hogwarts, Harry was once again in a compartment with his eyes closed, only this time he was actually sleeping. He stayed that way throughout the whole ride to Hogwarts, with Draco watching him, his look almost calculating.
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I am not a stupid animal, I am, in fact, smarter than most humans. I am not bragging, mind you, but I am being truthful. I must also admit to not being a normal animal. Ferrets, you see, all have blood red eyes. Ferret aquired red eye as punishment from the gods for a mistake that no one can remember, nor fathom the reason. So my eye's, as you must be wondering the importance of me bringing them up, are silver-blue, the color of dry ice. I am not like other ferrets.
I posess magical properties. In fact, if I were a human I would be a damn good wizard.
Which brings me back to my point: I am not a stupid animal, but on the occasion, I have been known to make mistakes, although nothing ever too serious, nothing I couldn't handle, couldn't control...
Nothing I couldn't ever just walk away from.
But this... this *thing* inside of me, flowing, burning, coursing through me, through my veins, my essence, my blood, my heart, my...
My very soul.
I cannot deny, if I want to continue being, as I do want to continue bieng, truthful, that I know what this... poison devouring, torturing, killing me is.
I know it well.
I have felt it and smelled it, on those human friends of Harry's. Malfoy and Lupin, Snape and Black, Hermione and Ron(who I believe to be an insufferable git). They all wreak of it.
I smell it on myself, too. I have made on of the most idiotic(though not stupid) mistakes in my life.
I can no longer life in my world of denial, so I will be truthful to myself.
I have fallen in love.
In love with a human.
A human named Harry Potter.
...
Now what to do about it?
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A/N- Before you ask, no this is not a bestiality fic, I haven't stooped to that level of squick, yet(and i hope I never do).
Please review!
Next Chapter- The Boy
Author: Jade
Category: Romance/Angst/AU(Draco Malfoy, as you know him[human], never existed.)
Main Pairing: HP/DM
Rating: R
Spoilers: Books 1-5
Summary: Harry gets a new pet, but is there more to the animal? And what does the mysterious new student have to do with any of this? R/R plz.
Disclaimer: I own nothing but the, plot and the characters you don't know.
*~*=^.^=*~*
Chapter One. Mistakes of A Domesticated Animal
*~*=^.^=*~*
As usual, Harry Potter was sitting in an otherwise empty compartment on the Hogwarts Express. He waiting for his friends, Hermione Granger, a bushy-haired know-it-all, and Ronald Weasley, a tall, witty red-head. They were Gryffindor prefects, and therefor had to go to the Prefect compartment to find out what their duties on the train back to Platform Nine and Three-Quarters at King's Cross Station. Harry closed his eyes, feeling a wave of pain from the scar on his forehead, which was a now normal occurrence since Voldemort was back in full power. As soon as the pain passed, Harry decided that he couldn't wait to get to the house, maybe someone there would know how to ease the pain, so he could enjoy his summer.
Speaking of summer, Harry's was going to be great!
Usually, Harry hated his summers, which consisted mostly of him getting yelled at, blamed(for anything out of the ordinary), mentally and physically abused, and bullied by his relatives, Vernon, Dudley, and Petunia Dursley. This summer however, would all be spent at Number Twelve, Grimmauld Place, instead of at number four, Privet Drive. Harry would be spending his whole summer at his godfather's house.
"Hello Harry." Harry opened his eyes to see Luna Lovegood, who was looking quite confused as to how she got to Harry's compartment. "Can I sit here?"
Harry smiled thinly and nodded. The blonde Ravenclaw(Luna, of course) sat right next to the green-eyed Gryffindor and took out her newest edition of 'The Quibbler,' opened it(upside down, of course), took her wand out of her robes, and stuck it behind her ear. Harry once again closed his eyes again.
Not soon after Luna's arrival, Ron and Hermoine walked inside holding hands, barely breathing a word of greeting at the two other occupants of the compartment. They sat across from Harry and Luna, smiling at each other. Ron touched Hermoine's lips, and Hermione put her hands on Ron's shoulders. Ron moved his hands from the brunette's face to wrap them around her neck. Slowly, Hermione and Ron closed their eyes, leaning into each other to come into a calm, loving- Hermione jumped and screamed, while Ron yelled, "Bloody Hell!"
Harry's eyes snapped open and he stared at the couple. What he saw made it very hard for him to contain his laughter. Luna, on the other hand, was on the floor guffawing in near hysterics. Something black, small and furry had decided that it would be fun to jump on Hermione's head. When she felt it, she screamed, which made the furry animal jump into Ron's lap. That proved to be a large mistake however, as Ron's voice was much louder than that of his girlfriend's. Thoroughly terrified, the small creature jumped off of the red-head and onto the floor, fully intent on getting as far away from the pair as physically possible. However, before it could get away, Harry scooped it up. In Harry's hands, the small animal curled up into a ball, shaking.
Ron spoke to Harry for the first time on the train. "What the heck is that thing?" Harry shrugged.
"It's a ferret," Luna and Hermione said in unison.
Harry stared at the ferret. It had stopped shaking and was staring into Harry's eye, seemingly sizing him up. In the creature's eyes, Harry saw thinly veiled pain, anger, contempt- and fear. Comprehension lighted the raven-haired boy's face. In a quiet voice he said, "I think he's hurt."
Luna, in a slightly dazed curiosity, stroked the ferret's back, she withdrew her hand, however, when the small animal winced. Luna brought her hand up to he face and said quietly, "He's bleeding." There were collective gasps following her statement. Harry put the animal in his lap, looking worried.
"Oh! I know!" Hermione said in an excited voice and took a vile out of her pocket and opened it. At Harry's questioning stare, Hermione added, "Remember, we covered healing potions with Snape? Well, as an extra assignment I made one, I just didn't turn all of it in."
Ron glared at the ferret, clearly annoyed. "And you're going to waste it on... on a ferret?!"
Hermione gave Ron a look and nodded. Hermione then opened the vile of metallic-blue liquid and poured some in Harry's hand. "Okay, now make him drink it." Harry shrugged and held his hand up to the furry creature. The ferret stared at the liquid skeptically, then he stared at Harry. Harry nodded, bringing his hand closer to its mouth. The ferret brought his nose to the liquid. He sniffed it and quickly reeled his head back in disgust, before letting out an indignant squeal of pain. "It'll make you feel better." The ferret seemed to have understood Hermione because it turned back to the blue liquid and lapped it up tentatively.
"Well?" Harry wondered aloud, while Luna went back to reading, Ron 'Harumph'ed, and Hermione watched expectantly. The ferret blinked, then jumped up. He stood there for a second, just smelling the air, but soon he brought his gaze back to Harry, cocking his head to the side. Harry smiled hesitantly, saying, "Hi." The only response he got from the black-furred animal was a blank stare. Harry sighed, feeling stupid for expecting a reply. "Do you suppose he has an owner?" He asked as the ferret walked along his arm and made itself comfortable on his shoulder.
"Well, I highly doubt that anyone would want that little git as a pet." Ron stated in a malicious voice. If a ferret could, Harry swore that the ferret would be glaring daggers at his red-haired friend.
"Ron!" His girlfriend scolded.
"He's right, though." Harry turned in surprise to Ginny, who had just come in, she sat next to Luna, her girlfriend, and gave her a kiss before continuing to say, "I mean about him not having an owner." Harry gave her an incredulous look, and she smiled. "Luna saw it sneaking inside the train from the Forbidden Forest."
"Oh- I had forgotten." She said in such a way that Harry could only stare at her. "So, are you going to keep him?"
Harry gazed at the animal on his shoulder. "Yeah... Yes I think I will." Once again, Harry swore that if the ferret were human, he'd be smiling.
"You're WHAT!? Harry you can't be ser-" Ron's words were cut short by Hermione's hand being clamped on his his mouth.
"Don't you have somewhere else to be?" Ron scowled at Harry's new pet, then at his girlfriend, but he allowed himself to be ushered out of the compartment.
Harry turned his attention back to the black ferret he had just acquired as a pet. It had, presumably while Harry was distracted by Ron, climbed up Harry's shoulder and was now sleeping on top of his head, looking as if he'd always' been there.
"So, what are you going to call him?" Ginny asked, just Luna began to sing, "*Draco* Dormiens Nunquam Titillandus!"
"That's it. I'll call him Draco, but, Luna, you know you could have just said that, right?"
Luna shrugged and pulled at her carrot-shaped earrings, while Ginny laughed.
*~*=^.^=*~*
Harry. "Bye Ron, Hermione, Ginny, Luna." he said to all of them going to the Burrow. Then, "Neville, Seamus, Dean, Blaise, Justin(F)."
Ron. "Bye, and have a great summer all of you people. I will."
Hermione. "Don't forget to study for next year!"
Seamus. "See ya' next year!"
Ginny. "See you all soon."
Dean. "Good Bye."
Draco. "*yawn...*"
Blaise. "Hnn..."
Justin. "Bye!!"
Luna. "Huh?"
*~*=^.^=*~*
As soon as Harry got inside the house that was dressed in dark artifacts, as reminders of the past Black's, Harry walked into the kitchen, Draco on his shoulder once again, and got the shock of his life. Lucius Malfoy, Professor Snape, and Sirius were sitting in a couple chairs, talking like old friends. If it had not been for his shock, Harry might have taken out his wand and cursed Lucius to hell. Profeser Lupin, who had walked into the kitchen after Harry walked over to the group, and smiled at the group. "Hello Severus, Sirius... Lucius. And to what do we owe this pleasure?"
Lucius smiled, and said, though he avoided the question, "Hello Remus." Remus blushed faintly at the way Lucius said the name, almost lovingly. "I am here to ask for forgiveness, of you and," he nodded towards Harry, "you." He looked expectantly at Harry.
Harry blinked, and looked at Snape and Sirius(Remus was still staring at Lucius, and therefor worthless). Snape nodded and Sirius, who Harry just noticed, was practically on the Potion Professor's lap, smiled encouragingly. Harry stared a few seconds more before replying, in an awed voice, "I... erm... forgive you?" Everyone smiled and Harry, who was really getting freaked out by the whole lot of them, excused himself to go upstairs to what would be his room the the rest of the summer. Safely inside, Harry turned his attention to his new pet, who seemed to be trying his best to clean the blood and dirt off of itself.
Harry chuckled and said, more to Draco, than to anyone else(because he was definitely not talking to himself), "You need a bath." Harry preceded to carry Draco to the bathroom sink, and turned the water on. "Go on," he whispered when the sink filled up, and Draco, as if he understood, hopped right inside. "I should take a bath, too." And he did just that.
When he came out of the shower, clad in a towel, harry was surprised to see a snow-white ferret in place of his black one. He leered at the ferret's eyes before deciding, "You were really bloody dirty, eh, Draco?"
*~*=^.^=*~*
Harry's summer at Number 12, Grimmauld Place came and went quickly. He spent most of it either talking to Sirius, Remus, Severus(on his occasional visits), Lucius Malfoy(who, Harry later found out, became a spy for the Order after Voldemort killed his wife, Narcissa), or Draco. Sirius and Draco were especially great to talk to, Sirius because he understood Harry, and Draco because he listened and comforted Harry(at least that's what Harry thought).
*~*=^.^=*~*
So it came the last days of his summer vacation and his sixth year of Hogwarts, Harry was once again in a compartment with his eyes closed, only this time he was actually sleeping. He stayed that way throughout the whole ride to Hogwarts, with Draco watching him, his look almost calculating.
*~*=^.^=*~*
I am not a stupid animal, I am, in fact, smarter than most humans. I am not bragging, mind you, but I am being truthful. I must also admit to not being a normal animal. Ferrets, you see, all have blood red eyes. Ferret aquired red eye as punishment from the gods for a mistake that no one can remember, nor fathom the reason. So my eye's, as you must be wondering the importance of me bringing them up, are silver-blue, the color of dry ice. I am not like other ferrets.
I posess magical properties. In fact, if I were a human I would be a damn good wizard.
Which brings me back to my point: I am not a stupid animal, but on the occasion, I have been known to make mistakes, although nothing ever too serious, nothing I couldn't handle, couldn't control...
Nothing I couldn't ever just walk away from.
But this... this *thing* inside of me, flowing, burning, coursing through me, through my veins, my essence, my blood, my heart, my...
My very soul.
I cannot deny, if I want to continue being, as I do want to continue bieng, truthful, that I know what this... poison devouring, torturing, killing me is.
I know it well.
I have felt it and smelled it, on those human friends of Harry's. Malfoy and Lupin, Snape and Black, Hermione and Ron(who I believe to be an insufferable git). They all wreak of it.
I smell it on myself, too. I have made on of the most idiotic(though not stupid) mistakes in my life.
I can no longer life in my world of denial, so I will be truthful to myself.
I have fallen in love.
In love with a human.
A human named Harry Potter.
...
Now what to do about it?
*~*=^.^=*~*
A/N- Before you ask, no this is not a bestiality fic, I haven't stooped to that level of squick, yet(and i hope I never do).
Please review!
Next Chapter- The Boy