Ron didn't believe Harry at first. He thought it was some big joke that Harry was pulling on them. Hermione sat quiet, trying to take it in. Harry was trying to convince Ron it was actually the truth.
"Harry," Hermione called. Harry didn't hear her over the yelling that Ron started to do after he realized it wasn't a joke. She tried again, louder this time. "Harry!" Ron stopped yelling and walked to the window. He was still shaking his head in disbelief. Harry turned to Hermione. "How?"
"Well, Dumbledore said that the prophecy was changed. Someone altered it to take Draco's part in it all out. It was really supposed to be that the two of us are Voldemort's equals and we both have to defeat him. We think Sirius had Draco when the attack happened. That's how he survived. When they came to arrest Sirius for my parent's murder, they assumed Draco was his and sent him to live with Sirius' cousin, Narcissa Malfoy. The Malfoy's knew that he was a Potter so they decided to raise him and eventually use him against me. They even put glamour's on him so no one would know. Dumbledore and the order thought he died in the attack so they didn't even think to look for him." Harry was now sitting on the couch in Ron's spot. His shoulders were hunched forward and he looked incredibly tired. "We only found out because Draco came to the Order for protection. They had beaten him pretty badly and he was in and out of consciousness but he kept saying that he said he wanted to help and he didn't want to become a Death Eater. After they fixed him up a bit they started questioning him. He said he overheard his father talking to his uncle about how he was a waste of time and how the plan didn't work. He said should have just killed Draco when he showed up on his door step. He was found out and tortured but the first chance he got he got himself out of there."
"How do we know that he really is your brother? That Voldemort just didn't set this all up?" Hermione was excited to hear that Harry had family left but she was very worried that it wasn't true and he would get hurt, if not killed.
"Dumbledore had him take Vertiserum and he also did some ancestry spells on him. It's him, Hermione. Draco is my brother."
"So that's it then? We just go ahead and trust him? And what do you mean when you say you've been meeting with him?" Ron had moved from his spot from the window to stand in front of Harry now.
"I go Grimmauld every day when the Dursely's are gone. I sit with him and we talk. He is still healing and can't do much. But we talk about everything. We actually get along." Harry again had a smile on his face as he talked about his brother.
"Harry! How can you sit there and say you're befriending the enemy!" Harry's smile fell as he stood up to looked Ron in the eye.
"He is no longer the enemy. He is my brother, Ron. I will not abandon the only family I have left." Harry used his stern, that's final tone and Ron chose to shut up. "I actually have to go, I told him I would be back today. You're welcome to come with me and talk to him yourself. It would mean a lot to me." Harry was looking hopeful between the two. Hermione nodded her consent to Harry.
"No. Absolutely not." Ron said moving back to the fire place. "I'm sorry Harry, your my best mate, but I don't trust him." With those final words, Ron flooed back to the Burrow leaving Hermione and Harry behind.
At Grimmauld
When Harry and Hermione arrived at Grimmauld Place, they went straight up stairs to one of the bed rooms. Harry had warned Hermione that Draco was still bed ridden but also how he was different then he used to be when they were younger. When they entered the room, Draco was sitting in a bed in the corner of the room reading the Daily Prophet. He looked up as they walked in. Harry sat down on the chair next to the bed and Hermione stood awkwardly at the foot of the bed.
"You can sit if you would like." Draco said motioning to the end of his bed. He smirked a little. "I won't bit."
"Thank you." Hermione tried to sound confident but she was still wary of him.
"How're you feeling mate?" Harry picked up the Daily Prophet from Draco's lap and started to scan through it.
"I'm feeling a lot better. Remus says that I'll be able to get out of bed tomorrow. I'm getting bloody restless sitting here all day."
"You're in the Daily Prophet. Did you read it?" Harry turned the paper around to show Draco, who nodded, and then to show Hermione who grabbed it and started reading out loud.
Draco Malfoy, son of Lucius and Narcissa Malfoy, has been rumored to have abandoned his family; if that is even his real family. A source, who wishes to remain anonyms, has said that Draco Malfoy is actually Draco Potter. The long lost, carefully hidden son to James and Lily Potter. The Malfoy family has been rumored to be involved with He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named, and it was also rumored that Draco Malfoy has refused to engage in such involvement. It is unclear if…
"How did they get this information? Have you told anyone but Ron and I?" Hermione first looked at Harry who shook his head and then to Draco.
"I've been bed ridden for three weeks, of course I didn't say anything. And I doubt Lucius or Narcissa would say anything. That article really isn't showing them in a good light."
