Draco's Little Black Fox
Summary-
To protect Draco, Lucius and Narcissia sends him to live with his godfather, Severus Snape, at the Order's Headquarters. While there Draco notices something weird going on with the Order members and Harry Potter. Can Draco help Harry or will the boy push him away?
Chapter 1- The Fox
Lucius Malfoy ran into his son's room and basically threw his son out of his bed, effectively waking his son. "Draco, get up. We have to get you out of here now. Our fears have finally come true, Lord Voldemort has come to knowledge about our family blood. If you do not wish to be forced as his pet then we need to get you to a safe place." Lucius said. Draco flew off the floor and ran into his closet with his father quickly following him. "Draco, there is no time for you to pack some clothes. Severus already had suitable clothes for you to wear!" Lucius said in annoyance when a barrier stopped him at the door.
"I know that Uncle Severus has suitable clothes for me." Draco called from the closet.
"What are you doing in there then?" Lucius asked.
"I can't leave this." Draco said before running out of the closet and passed his father as he made his way out of the room. The two Malfoys ran through the Malfoy manor, throwing out every Malfoy edict that was ever taught to them, right now was not the time to care about edict. Within minutes the two Malfoys were running into the Floo room where Narcissa was waiting for them with the Floo ready.
"There you are, what took so long? If we don't hurry he will send some one else to fetch Draco." Narcissia said running over to Draco and pulling him into a hug, this might be the last time she got to see her baby boy.
"Draco had to get something too important to leave in behind." Lucius said as Draco pulled away from his mother.
"We have to get him out of here before anyone realizes what we are doing." Narcissia said trying not to cry. This was the hardest thing a mother had to do. She wished she could go with him, but if she did then it would blow their plan and he would be in more danger.
"Listen to me closely Draco, this is very important. You will Floo to Severus's house and from there he will take you to a safe house where you will be staying until school starts up again." Lucius informed Draco.
"Which safe house will I be going to? The one in France or South Korea?" Draco asked as he took a handful of Floo powder.
"We do not know. To make you safer, Severus refuses to tell us where he will be taking you." Lucius said before nudging Draco towards the Floo. "You must leave now." Draco nodded before stepping into the Floo and tossing the powder into it.
"Snape Manor!" Draco cried out as he tossed the powder. He closed his eyes as the feeling of being sucked down a tunnel came over him. He had always hated traveling by Floo, but this was the safest way to travel. When the feeling finally subsided he opened his eyes to find himself standing in his uncle's Floo room with his uncle standing in front of him.
"There you are. I was beginning to worry that you were caught." Severus said glancing over Draco to make sure that he was okay. "Come, you must be hungry." Severus said then led Draco out of the Floo room and into the kitchen where he proceeded to make Draco a quick and easy meal.
"Aren't you suppose to be taking me to the safe house?" Draco asked when Severus handed him his meal.
"I will, once we get the all clear signal. After we get the signal we will then have three minutes to Floo to the safe house. If we miss that dead line then we will have to wait for another chance to move you, and I do not know when that will be." Severus said and noticed Draco was picking at his food, "Draco you need to eat, because once we get to the safe house you may not be able to eat until morning."
"Why?" Draco asked worriedly. Why wouldn't he be able to eat until morning at this safe house? Was the house not safe at night, like the Black Manor?
"Because the safe house is guarded by a Black Fox." Severus explained with a far away look in his eyes.
"Wait, but I thought that Black Foxes were the most gentle creatures to exist." Draco said before taking a bite of his meal.
"Usually they are, but any creature can be turned evil with abuse and neglect. And with the amount of abuse and neglect that he has survived through I am surprised he is even letting anyone get this close to him." Severus said with a sad and frustrated sigh before looking into Draco's worried eyes. "But do not worry, I do not believe that he will attack you. But I still do not want to chance it, you are going to be entering his territory."
"I see." Draco said before making himself finish his meal. He was worried and, if he were to be honest with himself, a little scared about where he was going to be staying and what would happen when he got there. He jumped and spun around to look out the kitchen window when three loud and deep howls penetrated the air around them. His fear escalated when his uncle shot forward and pulled him out of his seat. "What was that?" Draco asked as he stumbled after his uncle who was pulling him along by the arm towards the Floo room.
"That was the signal. We don't have much time, hurry." Severus said as they flew into the Floo room. Severus ran over to the Floo and activated it before grabbing two handfuls of Floo powder. "Hurry, step into the Floo." Without questioning his uncle, Draco ran into the Floo. "Grimrald Place Number 12!" Draco heard Severus cry as his uncle threw one handful of powder into the Floo sending Draco down the tunnel once more. Though, this time his fear was at it's max as he stumbled out of the Floo in the kitchen of the most dangerous house that ever existed. Draco spun around in the dark kitchen trying to see any and all of the dangerous things that could attack him as he began to panic.
"Why are we here!" Draco demanded once he spotted his uncle. "You were suppose to take me some where safe!"
"Draco calm down, you are safe." Severus demanded softly to him as he too began to look around worried that Draco's voice had woken the Fox up.
"Safe?! Safe!? How is me standing in one of the most dangerous houses in the world safe! I could be killed in my sleep by the very bed I'm sleeping in! Father and mother trusted you to take me to some where safe, and here you are bringing me to my death!" Draco cried in full panic mode. Severus glared at the young 16 year old man that he had come to see as his own son before storming over to him and slapped him as hard as he could. "What the hell!?" Draco asked.
"You need to calm down before you wake the whole house. Remember what I told you about the Black Fox?" Severus asked and Draco nodded as he began to slowly calm down. "Well, the Block Fox has destroyed most of the things that would be harmful to the guests staying in this house. Though he has not gotten rid of everything yet, this place is the safest place, be sides Gringotts, to hide."
"Wait, since when did Black Manor get a Black Fox to guard it?" Draco asked.
"Since the Manor's new owner came into his early inheritance." Severus informed before he tensed up hearing the kitchen door slowly squeak open. Seeing his uncle tense up caused Draco to tense up with his hand on his wand ready to defend himself.
"Professor, is that you?" A voice that was familiar to both of them asked and Severus let out a breath of relief and relaxed which allowed Draco to relax too. The both of them turned to see Harry standing in the kitchen door way, rubbing his eyes cutely. Draco gulped and tried to keep his eyes on Harry's face when he noticed that Harry was shirtless.
"Yes, Harry, it is me. What are you doing up? Did you have another nightmare?" Severus asked in a kind and caring voice that Draco had only heard his uncle use with him. Draco looked at Severus in shock as his uncle beckoned Harry over to them. Never did Draco ever think to even dream of his uncle being nice to Harry Potter, yet here he was.
"I had another vision." Harry said as he made his way slowly to them. "I went to your room but you weren't there. And Uncle Remus is still away on a mission, he's not to be back until breakfast time. I came down here to have a small piece of chocolate and get a drink of water. On my way here, I heard some yelling, is everything alright?" Harry asked nervously looking between Severus and Draco.
"Everything is alright, Harry. Draco was just a little nervous about being here." Severus said motioning for Harry to sit at the table. Harry looked into Draco's eyes and shocked Draco with the worry that was in there, worry for him.
"Why are you here, if you don't mind me asking?" Harry asked kindly.
"Draco needs some place to hide." Severus said and Harry glanced at him before looking back at Draco.
"Why? Is everything alright?" Harry asked.
"For right now, yes, but Voldemort is after Draco." Severus said causing Harry to gasp.
"Is there anything I can do?" Harry asked.
"Yes, in fact, there is something you can do to help. Will you please allow Draco to stay here under your protection? His parents ask me to take him to the safest place I could find, and here, in this house under your protection, is the safest place I could think of." Severus said and Harry looked conflicted before Severus gently took Harry's face into his hands and made Harry look at him. "Do not worry about what everyone else will think about Draco being here, just do what you want to do. If you, not the Order, do not want Draco here, then please allow him to stay until I can find some place else for him to hide." Harry looked away from Severus to look at Draco for a few minutes while he thought.
"I, Lord Harold James Potter-Black, allow you, Draconis Lucius Malfoy, to stay here under my protection until you see fit to leave. No one but you or I can make you leave." Harry said, his emerald green eyes taking on an eerie, Avada Kadavra green glow to them. As Harry was speaking, his magic surrounded his body before gently wrapping around Draco, making him feel loved and wanted.
"Thank you, Harry." Severus said with a small relieved smile.
"Yes, Harry, thank you. And I do believe that this calls for a truce between us." Draco said holding his hand out towards Harry who gave a small chuckle, almost like a giggle, before taking Draco's hand with a soft smile.
"I do believe you are right, Draco." Harry said, "Now, I believe it is time for all of us to go to bed. I feel that tomorrow will be very interesting with the Order and Draco Malfoy being under one roof."
"The Order? As in the Order of the Phoenix? They are hiding here, too?" Draco asked.
"Yes, Harry has allowed the Order to use his house as their headquarters, on the one condition that he gets to sit through every single meeting, official or not." Severus said before look at Harry with a serious look. "And before you go to bed, young man, I want you to tell me about your vision."
"Voldemort was angry, as usual." Harry said with a sigh.
"Do you know why he was angry?" Severus asked worried that Voldemort had found out that Lucius and Narcissa have sent Draco into hiding instead of to him.
"Do not worry, it had nothing to do with Draco. He was angry that the Order was about to once again ruin another raid on a muggle-loving village." Harry informed before yawing.
"Go back to bed, Harry." Severus said and Harry nodded as he stood up and began walking towards the door.
"Oh, yes, the room connected to mine is ready for someone to use. I guess he knew you were coming, Draco, and finished getting it ready earlier this evening. And do not be afraid to come to me if anything happens." Harry said looking at them over his shoulder, his eyes held a mischievous look in them. "Also, try not to walk these halls alone at night, they tend to get eventful. And take extra care when going into rooms after tomorrow, the Weasely twins and the rest of their family will be arriving early tomorrow morning." With that said Harry turned and seemed to melt into the dark, unlit hallway. Draco went to try and follow him, but was stopped by his uncle.
"There are a few things that you need to know before you go to bed." Severus said in a serious voice and Draco turned to give his uncle his full attention. "You technically don't have any real rules to follow, unlike the Order members, but there are still things you need to know. Harry is not the biggest fan of any kind of fighting, especially arguing. If given the chance, Harry would rather hide than fight." That shocked Draco, wasn't Harry suppose to fight Voldemort to the death? "You may, may, be able to get away with self defense if you are attacked. We do not want to test that so try not to antagonize anyone while you are here." Draco nodded silently telling his uncle that he would try, "And one last thing. Harry frequently has nightmares and needs human contact to calm himself, so do not be shocked if you wake up to Harry either standing next to your bed or cuddled up to you. Harry isn't as strong as Albus makes him out to be. I had to find that out the hard way." Severus said sadly. Draco started at his uncle in shock, what had his uncle witnessed that caused this sudden change in attitude towards Harry?
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Draco had been asleep in his new bed no longer than a few hours when he was woken up by the feeling that some one was in his room watching him. His eyes snapped open and he looked around the room half expecting to see Harry. When he saw no one he went to close his eyes and force himself to go back to sleep when movement at the foot of his bed caused him to jolt up.
"Who's there? Show yourself!" Draco demanded. His eyes slowly widened when a beautiful black fox that seemed like it would come to his waist made his way into Draco's sight line. Everything but the tip of the fox's tail that was tipped white was pitch black, the fox's eyes were emerald green and seemed glow as if catching some unknown light. The fox stared curiously at Draco as it slowly sat down. "So, you're the Black Fox that I have been hearing so much about." Draco said softly as he slowly raised his hand so not to startle the fox and held his hand out as if to pet it, but stopped just before touching it. The fox stared into Draco's eyes, as if trying to see into his soul, before finally giving Draco's hand a little nudge with his head.
"Yes, I am the Black Fox that guards this house." A voice whispered in Draco's head, and he instantly knew that it was the fox speaking to him. "I apologize for disturbing your slumber, I only came to see the newest resident in the house. You must rest, you will have a very busy day tomorrow. I shall visit again." The fox said before standing up and jumping off the bed, melting into the darkness before it even touched the ground.
Well, aren't you interesting. A deep voice growled out from the back of Draco's mind as Draco smirked before laying back down.