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Forget-Me-Not
Chapter 4
Peony
Harry was finishing his morning tea when Landon approached him carrying a bouquet of pink peonies and a pure white furry teddy bear. "Your highness, his majesty King Draco asked me this morning to give this to you during breakfast." "Thank you Landon." Harry smiled appreciatively taking the flowers and the bear from his bodyguard. Landon nodded and returned to his position behind the monarch. Harry placed the peonies before him and took a closer look on the bear's neck. The emerald-eyed prince opened the parchment and in small script these were written:
Would this raven-haired, emerald-eyed angel
Grace me with his presence outside
After he has received Mr. Teddy?
Chuckling softly and carrying the bear with him Harry, escorted by Landon went down the entrance steps and was met by King Draco in his pure black robes holding the reigns of two horses both dark brown in color. He took Harry's hand as soon as he was close enough and gave it a kiss, making the young prince smile. "What is this about Dray?" "To apologize for my absence yesterday I would like to take you to a picnic to a very special place." Draco replied smoothly. "Alright, I don't have anything planned for today anyway." With that Draco helped Harry climb his horse and then Draco climbed his own horse with the grace befitting a king. "Landon please tell Sirius that I'm out with Draco. I don't want him to worry." "Yes your highness." And with that the two monarchs galloped away in their horse.
When Draco stopped his horse and Harry followed suit, the green-eyed angel couldn't help but smile again. The young king had taken him to their favorite spot in a clearing near the lake, under the shade created by the hornbeam trees and cypress trees. "I knew you didn't have time to come here as much as you want to so I've decided to take you here myself." Draco said as they walk towards the clearing where Draco before hand had set-up a picnic blanket and a picnic basket. Smiling happily Harry gave the young king a peck on the cheek. "You know Harry your smile can brighten even the darkest of room and melt even a heart of stone." Harry's smiled brightened and he gently tugged Draco's sleeve. "Come on Dray, let's not waste the day standing here. I want to enjoy the water in the pond." And with that Harry started running towards the pond's edge, removed his shoes and soaked his dainty feet on the cold water. Draco just shook his blonde hair and smiled while following Harry closely behind.
A couple of hours later the two were resting under the shade of a large cypress tree. Harry has his back against the dark trunk of the mighty tree and Draco resting his head on Harry's lap. Harry is reading the book he was reading last night out loud to Draco. The blonde has his eyes close while listening carefully to Harry's melodic voice. They have just finished eating the contents of the basket which contained almost all of Harry's favorite foods. Draco asked the servants to prepare for their picnic some chicken sandwiches, macaroni salad, orange juice, mangoes, bananas and chocolate mousse. Upon seeing the food Harry's eyes brightened even more with delight. And this made Draco's heart swell for actually making his best friend and beloved happy.
After sometime Harry finished reading the book and he noticed that Draco had fallen asleep on his lap. Putting the book down beside him he gently started stroking Draco's silky blonde hair, liking the feel of the strands on his skin. Unconsciously Draco leaned in to the touch shocking the raven-haired prince a little before deciding to continue stroking the blonde hair. Harry enjoyed the atmosphere it was so peaceful, the horses grazing on the grass nearby, he's with his best friend they have just finished a marvelous meal consisting of his favorite foods and he also finished a particularly enlightening book about plants. While he was thinking he didn't notice Draco stirring slightly and opened his eyes revealing sleepy silver-blue eyes. He smiled when he realized that Harry was still stroking his hair he loved the feel of Harry's hand.
He took Harry's hand into his own and smiled at the shocked expression on his best friend. "I didn't know you were awake already." Harry said as Draco sat up still holding his hand. "I've just woke up. What were you thinking about?" "Nothing, just about how much I enjoy this place. I wish I could always stay here but you know Sirius doesn't allow me here alone without guards unless I'm with you." "Harry dearest, I can't help it if Sirius' trusts me too much." Draco said haughtily. "Well I wouldn't actually enjoy this place as much as I do when I am with you. The guards surround the place and you wouldn't enjoy nature anymore, everyone's too tense whenever that happens." Draco nodded understandingly. "They're just worried about you. You're the future king, the future ruler your life is very important to the people." "But do you think the people will actually care if I'm just a nobody?" Harry said sadly. "Well Harry with a personality like yours even if you're not a prince people will still be drawn to you. And of course they will care for you no matter what. I will certainly do that if I were they." Harry's smiled returned and Draco congratulated himself for being successful in putting Harry in a good mood again.
That night when everyone has settled to rest in their rooms, Harry could still be found on the balcony near his room staring the twinkling sky. Draco happened to pass by coming from the library and saw his emerald-eyed angel. He quietly approached the young prince and laid his cloak the shoulders of Harry. "Dray…" Harry whispered. "Why are you still awake?" "I forgot I was suppose to research about some business deals last night and I decided to get the books I might need from the library and I happen to see you here. What about you shouldn't you be sleeping already?" "Couldn't sleep." Harry stated simply. "Aren't you tired dearest?" "A bit but I just want to think for awhile before I settle down to sleep." "Think about what?" Draco asked curiously but secretly hoping that Harry's was thinking about his proposal. "Your proposal..." "What about it?" "My answer to your proposal of course...I still don't know what I should answer you with part of me wants to agree with this, but another part tells me that I shouldn't answer before I'm sure that what I'm doing is correct." Harry said seemingly frustrated. "Don't worry your pretty little head on it Harry. Go get some rest and I'm not forcing you to actually give me an answer right away. And remember this…" Draco said and he made Harry face him although reluctantly. "Remember that no matter what your answer will be I Draco Black-Malfoy will always be your friend that you can count on no matter what, alright?" Harry nodded. "Thank you. That certainly eased my mind a bit, I mean whatever my decision may be there's a chance that I'll lose the friendship I have with you and I don't want that." "You don't have to worry about that because that will never happen." "Draco will you promise me something else?" "Anything dearest…" "Promise me that if ever my answer to your question is yes, you'll never hurt me." "I promise dearest. You know you are certainly beautiful under the light the moon. The peonies really describe you well; it certainly describes your 'beauty and shyness'".
AN: Please don't forget to review and the next chapter will be uploaded as soon as I finish it. Chapter 4 finished: 6:25pm November 6, 2006. PLEASE DON'T FORGET TO REVIEW! AND I MUST APOLOGIZE IF HAVEN'T UPDATED ELEMENTALS YET I WANT IT TO BE PERFECT SO I'M DOING SOME MORE REVISING ON THE NEXT CHAPTER BEFORE I ACTUALLY UPLOAD IT TO FANFICTION.