Title: A Scandal in Germany
Author: Phen ex Libris
Pairing: Harry/Draco
Rating: T
Disclaimer: This story is based on characters and situations created and owned by JK Rowling and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and various publishers. No money is being made and no copyright or trademark infringement is intended. I am writing this story for fun and not for profit. This story pulls heavily from Sherlock Holmes' A Scandal in Bohemia.
Warnings: Reference to the misuse of drugs and potions.
Summary: Ex-Auror Harry Potter works alongside Dr. Draco Malfoy to solve the unsolvable as Malfoy brings Potter back from depression and addiction. First in a series of adventures and mysteries involving our favorite school rivals.
Since Hogwarts I had many encounters with Harry Potter on a professional level of Healer to Auror and at various social occasions. Time and a decidedly warped sense of humor had allowed a friendship to grow that never would have survived the pre-war and wartime years during our Hogwarts schooling. I was also one of the Doctors that desperately tried to save Ginny Potter's life the night she was brought in.
We were unsuccessful.
It hurts enough to lose a life but it can almost destroy you when you watch the life of a friend being taken away. Yes, I did say friend. The Potters stood by my son and me when my wife left and abandoned us. It was a horrible time and yet you discover who your real friends are. I was quite surprised that the Potters turned out to be mine. Ginny was wonderful with my son. I remember the kindness and love she wrapped around him. Around both of us.
I cannot for the life of me understand why fate seems to target Harry Potter with these catastrophic life-altering events. It's as if he is destined to go through the worst that life could dish out. He went mad the night Ginny died. I helped him and the Weasleys plan the funeral. Fortunately all of Harry's children had been attending Hogwarts so none had to watch as their father fell apart. He was strong and appeared to be in complete control in front of his children the day she was laid to rest. But later I watched and tried to stop Harry as he faded further away into despair. One evening he was brought in by Kingsley. That night I found out that Harry had been abusing potions and drugs to escape the misery of his life. We kept the information out of the papers but Harry lost his job at the Ministry.
Harry sold their house and moved his family into Grimmauld Place. He just could not live in their home without her. We celebrated Christmas that year at the Malfoy Manor with all of the Potters and Weasleys. It provided a place of privacy without too many pressures and memories. Everyone especially the children needed that time to heal, be loved, and to learn to play again. For the most part it worked. But for Harry….
When the children were away at school, Harry became a recluse. He hid away in that musty and worn house, surrounding himself with experiments, potions, charts, and files of information. Harry had become a private consultant on cases that the Aurors either weren't notified of or just had no time for. Harry liked the fact that he could still see the answers to questions and events that the Ministry officials weren't even aware of. It was often the only lure that would draw him out of his home.
Well my experiences with my friend have been many over the years but I feel as if I need to write down events that occurred after Ginny's death and cease my ramblings. I feel a need to write about those instances that had helped bring Harry Potter back to the land of the living.