The Dark Dragon Prince –
By: DDP
Disclaimer: I do not own the following characters, nor do I make any money from this story, it is written for fun, please don't sue me.
Chapter 1: The Start of a New Life
Draco woke up to the sound of screaming for the fifth night in a row. Knowing that he would be next in the Dark Lord's torture rounds kept him from attempting to go back to sleep. Draco stopped crying for Severus' pain on the third night after they were captured; he realized that tears would just be giving that evil bastard exactly what he wanted. One thing he didn't understand was why. Why was the Dark Lord torturing Severus? Hadn't Severus done exactly what the Dark Lord wanted by killing Dumbledore? He also wanted to know why he didn't just have Severus do it a long time ago instead of trying to get Draco to do it. He put these thoughts aside when he realized that Severus was no longer screaming, he was laughing hysterically. Then Draco heard what sounded like an explosion and a lot of shouting coming into the dungeons.
The Aurors had received a note from an anonymous source that led them to an ancient, supposedly abandoned, castle in Russia that was supposed to be the location of the Dark Lord, as well as the Fugitives Draco Malfoy and Severus Snape. When the combined forces of 100 British Aurors and 100 of Russia's equivalent to Aurors arrived there were only two people left and one of them was dead. Right before The Dark Lord left he had finished killing Severus Snape. The lead British Auror, Kingsley Shacklebolt was the one that found Draco chained to a prison style bed in the room next to the one where they found Snape's remains. He unchained the boy and apparated him directly to Grimmauld Place, set him on the couch shouted for help and when he saw Remus come into the room he apparated back to the castle.
Remus ran into the sitting room when he heard Kingsley shouting. As soon as he got there Kingsley was gone and in his place was a half asleep, starving, tortured, Draco Malfoy. Remus didn't know what he was supposed to do so he did what his conscious told him to. He took out his wand and scanned him for injuries; he cast a couple preliminary healing spells to stop the bleeding, and reduce fever. When he realized that there were no life threatening injuries he decided to clean the boy up. He took what was left of Draco's clothing and threw it away; the boy would just have to borrow some of Harry's clothes. He picked the boy up and took him to the nearest bathroom, placed him in the tub, and gave him a bath. Draco's eyes were closed the whole time he didn't seem to be waking up any time soon.
Harry was reading upstairs in his room when he heard some commotion downstairs; he decided Remus would probably take care of whatever was going on, so he would just ask Remus about it later. About 20 minutes later he decided to go down and see what the fuss was all about. As he got downstairs he heard splashing noises coming from the bathroom near the sitting room. He noticed that the door was left open. He went to go shut the door to give whoever was in there some privacy when Remus came to the door and asked him to come into the bathroom so he could show him something. Harry walked in and was shocked to see a sleeping Draco in the tub. "W-w-w-who brought him in?" Harry asked.
"Shacklebolt"
"Where did he find him?"
"I don't know he didn't stick around for conversation"
"We have to protect him, he only did what he did to try and protect his family from Voldemort, and then when he couldn't do it, he tried to do the right thing"
"I know all of that, you told us all that before"
"Well I just wanted to make sure, He looks really bad"
"He'll live"
"Good"
"Is there anything I can do to help?"
"Yeah, he needs some clothes to wear, and he is going to be hungry when he wakes up"
Harry went up stairs and grabbed a t-shirt and a pair of pajama pants for Draco. He brought the clothes down and gave them to Remus just as Remus finished bathing Draco. Harry went into the kitchen and started to cook some chicken and dumplings for their lunch. When he finished cooking he took out three bowls, spoons, and glasses of orange juice, and took them into the sitting room. As he came into the room Draco began to stir.
"Professor Lupin? Draco asked.
"Yes Draco"
"Where am I?"
"You're in my house, the Black house, Grimmauld Place" responded Harry.
"Oh, uh why am I here and not Azkaban?" he asked Harry this time instead of Remus.
"Professor Dumbledore offered you sanctuary; I was there when he did, petrified under an invisibility cloak."
"Wow I thought that because he died his offer was useless, is my mother alright?"
Remus had a sad look on his face when he responded, "I'm sorry Draco but 'He Who Must Not Be Named' got to your parents before we could, we found both of their bodies on pikes at the gates of Malfoy Manor."
Draco sat as still as he could then started to quietly sob, his body started to shake, and his cries got louder. Harry placed a comforting hand on his shoulder; Draco pulled him into a deep embrace and cried on his shoulder. Harry patted his back and whispered, "I'm sorry, I'm so sorry Draco." Draco stopped crying but did not let go of Harry. Remus handed him a tissue so he could wipe his eyes. Draco let go of Harry, sat back, wiped his eyes, and said, "Thanks."
Harry passed around their lunch and they all started eating none of them daring to speak, all of them uncertain of what the future held.
After lunch Harry collected their dishes and took them into the kitchen. He went back into the sitting room and sat in a chair across from Draco. "I don't know how to say this other than bluntly, Draco until the war is over and we can sort out the legal issues, you will be stuck in this house; you will be safe here because no one can come here unless Kingsley either brings them or tells them where it is. The house is under a fidelis charm and Kingsley is the secret keeper. Try to think of your self as a guest and not a prisoner."
"Ok Harry, will I be staying on the couch or is there a bed that I can use?"
"Uh you will have the room next to mine; it has its own bathroom"
"Could you help me up I'd like to go to bed for a bit"
"Sure"
With that Harry helped Draco up to his room and helped him into bed. Harry was about to put the lights out when Draco stopped him, telling Harry that he would prefer to sleep with them on.
Harry went back down stairs to chat with Remus about their new house guest. He found Remus in the kitchen cleaning their lunch dishes.
"What are we going to do Remus? His life is in our hands."
"We could start by getting him a wand; there is a very famous French wand-maker in the order that is staying in another one of our safe houses. She is in hiding because 'You Know Who' wants her to make him a new wand. Remus threw some floo powder in the fireplace and firecalled the witch.
"Hello Madame Margot, are you there?"
"Why Misseur Lupin how wonderful to see you again, how may I be of service?"
"Well Madame we require your skills as an artisan of wood and magic"
"Ah you sly wolf you sure know how to get a lady to do what you want"
"Madame would you like to make the wand here or there?"
"O Remus you don't have to call me Madame, Margot will do nicely. Now let me gather my supplies and I will floo over shortly."
"Very well Margot, we will be expecting you, goodbye."
"Well Harry that went better than I thought it would"
"You mean you were not sure she would make the wand?"
"Oh I knew she would make the wand but I didn't know she would rush right over to do it."
"You mean she's coming over?"
"Yes, is there a suitable room for an eccentric old woman?"
"Yes of course she can have the Grand Black Bedroom, according to the book I found in Kreacher's old room called 'Black House History' it is the traditional room of widowed Black family matriarchs"
"I'm sure she would love it, I'm going down to the basement to rearrange things down there enough so that she can set up a suitable lab."
"Ok"
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Well that is the end of Chapter 1.
Chapter 2 will be called "The Dragon Awakening"
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