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Groans, Moans, and Magical Tones

It was warm. Too warm. I rolled over and opened my eyes. Draco's sweaty body was almost completely covering my own.

"Draco..." I moaned, "get off me..."

There was silence and his heavy self didn't budge. "Draco?" I reached over and shivered at the heat radiating off of him. "Draco?!"

I sat up quickly and my anxiety spiked at the flush covering him and his labored breathing. I shook him but he didn't respond. I grabbed my wand and muttered a spell to check his temperature.

"Tippy!"

The elf popped into the room and I rushed to put on some clothes. "Tippy, I need you to tell Draco's parents to meet me at St. Mungo's but not to panic okay? Can I trust you with this Tippy?"

The elf nodded and popped away. I cast a feather light charm on Draco and lifted him onto my back after charming proper clothes on him. I hurried through the manor to the drawing room and stepped into the fireplace with a handful of floo powder.

"St. Mungo's!"

I collapsed in the lobby of the hospital, my horrible floo travel ways showing. Draco's too warm body was cushioned on my lap and I felt the eyes on me.

"Why are you just standing there?! Can't you see he needs help?! Help him!" I cried out, frustrated at their stares. The silence was unbearable and it took for Draco to start convulsing for anyone to move. Blood began to flow freely from his mouth and I watched in horror as his blood splashed and splattered all over his clothes and mine. His body jerked as if possessed but I was frozen with fear. I felt numb even as a few healers took Draco from me and I reached out for him as he disappeared behind the doors.

There was nothing but blood, on the walls, on the ground, on me. Limbs scattered and severed heads, brain mass settled like goo amongst itself. Horror-stricken faces stared back at me, lifeless and blaming, because I was the one who killed them, all of them.

"Harli dear?" I jerked back to reality and Narcissa's face came into view. I shuddered and scooted away, and the trail of blood followed me like the guilt of my sins.

"No no, I'm sorry, I swear I didn't mean it. I'm dirty, don't touch me. I'm sorry." The chant repeated in my head but I didn't know what was coming out of my mouth. Narcissa stared at me with such frightened eyes and I shook my head. The rejection was coming I knew it. I shook my head harder and a strange feeling passed through me as my surroundings changed and Narcissa disappeared from my view.

It was dark and dusty suddenly and I gasped in shock. This was bad. I took a good look around. I was in a little shack, obviously in a far away place because the sky was dark when it wasn't in Wiltshire. I stood up and listened through the silence of the air and I heard water. I peeked out of a dirty window and gasped. I was on a beach with ocean as far as the eye could see. How did I manage to disapparate from St. Mungo's?

There was a door and I tried to listen through it but there was nothing. The door opened with a loud creak and I looked around the outside. It was definitely an island but there were woods just in front of the shack. I left the shack to possibly find where I could possibly be.

"Point me, Malfoy Manor." I watched in horror as my wand directed itself toward the vast ocean behind me. I shook my head and continued on toward the trees, the odds of me finding someone here were probably slim but it was worth a shot anyway.

I was shocked to hear something thing farther in the forest. I went toward the noise and paused when I could make out the voices.

"Have you ever seen a muggle go through withdrawal from drugs?"

There was laughter that followed that voice.

"I have."

"Malfoy's boy," another laugh, "it should be happening about now."

"Malfoy's boy eh? How'd you do it?"

"There's a potion, it is untraceable, unseeable, unscented. Just a tip in a the morning tea and thus it begins. You have become addicted. Once the potion stops, you will go through withdrawal like a druggie muggle and without intervention, you will die like a druggie muggle."

I covered my mouth to contain my gasp. Draco had been poisoned?

"A student took care of it. It was so easy to slip the potion through the post."

The wind picked up and I shivered.

"That should draw that Malfoy out."

"Yeah, I think-" it was silent for a moment and then I heard a laugh, "I smell something."

"What it is?"

I backed up and I heard them speak again, "it's funny, it smells like a woman, but it's not."

I turned and ran and I could hear the man behind me but it didn't sound like he was running.

"Oi, woman! Come back here! I won't bite, much. Let's have some fun!"

How did I get here? Why was I in this situation? I was knocked over and I screamed.

"No! No, no, no!" I closed my eyes when he approached for me and prayed I could be saved.

I never felt the touch and there was complete silence. I cracked an eye open and realized I was back in the foyer at Malfoy Manor. My heart was still pounding as I shakily called for Tippy.

"Young miss!"

"Tippy please, I need someone, anyone."

The little elf disappeared and my limbs were frozen. The world was spinning and I didn't know how to process everything I heard.

"Oh Merlin, Harli!"

The scream ripped from my throat before I could stop it. It was Narcissa, and she hugged me tightly. I cried and cried and I wasn't sure why she still held onto me. I was getting her clothes dirty.

"Why?" I cried, "why are you doing this for me? I'm getting your clothes dirty!"

"My clothes don't matter Harli," Narcissa was shaking as if she were crying too, "I was so worried! I didn't know what to do."

The minutes passed and eventually my heart stopped beating so quickly and the tears stopped too but I couldn't stop shaking.

"Come on Harli," Narcissa said, "let's get you cleaned up."

I let her lead me to my room and the bathtub was already full. I shivered and she smiled. "I'm going to go take care of some things. Take a bath and we'll go back to St. Mungo's okay?"

I nodded. St. Mungo's, to see Draco. Draco.

"Wait!"

She stopped and turned back to me. "What's the matter?"

"It's Draco, he's being poisoned! I heard them."

"Harli, what?"

"I heard...them."

The world was spinning again. I was moving upside down and Narcissa was upside down too.

The walls were white and the ceiling was too.

"You're awake."

I looked toward the voice and it was Lucius sitting in a chair on the side of the bed I was on.

"What? Where am I?"

"You're at St. Mungo's." He answered. "In this room with Draco."

I looked to the side and Draco was there on the other side of the huge room. He was on his back and his face was pale. I tried to sit up but Lucius pushed me back down.

"Don't push yourself." He said. "You've been unconscious for a while. Narcissa mentioned you hit your head pretty hard when you collapsed in the bathroom."

"What happened?" I asked as I felt the bandage wrapped around my head.

"You tell me. You disapparated. Do you know where you went?"

I gripped my head, "I was on some kind of island. I heard some men talking..."

"Yes, Draco had been poisoned. Did you see who it was?"

"There was a man with grey hair, and the other man I did not see. He looked almost like an animal."

"You saw him clearly?" Lucius asked. I nodded and he cleared his throat, "did he see your face?" I nodded again.

"I think so."

"Did you hear what kind of potion it was?"

"I heard them say it was supposed to mimic the effects of a muggle withdrawing from drugs."

"You'll need to lie low for a while. That was a dangerous man you encountered."

"I understand."

He nodded and stood.

"Um!" He paused and looked at me and I cleared my throat. "The men, they hurt Draco to get to you. They said they were trying to draw you out.."

He stared at me for a while before he clicked his tongue, "it's out of your hands now. There's nothing more you need to worry about."

He left the room and it was just me and Draco. I stepped off the bed and went over to Draco despite the dizziness. I grasped his hand and put my head down. "Draco, how did this happen to us?"

I was able to return to the Malfoy Manor later on that day and Professor Snape had discovered what kind of poison it was and was already working on the antidote. Lucius Malfoy was already looking into who was poisoning his son.

I couldn't do anything else for the day and I couldn't stay with Draco after my own stay at St. Mungo's was over. I was able to finally take the bath and get clean and I was glad that Narcissa understood that I wasn't hungry and that I didn't want to participate in dinner.

This was supposed to be just a simple and fun summer vacation. We've only been back from Hogwarts for three days and now Draco was in the hospital, someone was out to get Lucius Malfoy and we didn't know who.

I wiped the sweat from my face as I clawed my way out of another nightmare. I pulled my knees to my chest and sighed. Draco wasn't here to help me this time and I wasn't going to be able to go back to sleep now.

"Lumos." The light from my wand was refreshing and from there I knew it was going to be a long night.

"Good morning Harli." Narcissa smiled at me and I managed to smile back.

"Good morning." I sat down and food was placed in front of me. The thought of food made my stomach churn but I managed down a few bites of everything.

It was the same thing for two days, after I had been released from St. Mungo's and my first night of nightmares had passed I went down for breakfast, visited Draco, had an apple for lunch, skipped dinner and repeated the cycle.

It was the third day and I had dragged myself down to the breakfast table and nearly slumped in my chair.

"Severus has finished the antidote." Lucius said and my awareness had increased tenfold. "I received a floo call from St. Mungo's a few minutes ago that he has regained consciousness."

Narcissa smiled at me and this time I could give her a genuine smile back. "Finish your breakfast Harli, we'll go see him after."

I tried hard not to shove my breakfast down my throat and I went immediately to grab my cloak after I had my fill. I traveled last through the floo so that someone could catch me as I fell through and I felt nervous, more than nervous as I walked with the two Malfoys through the halls of St. Mungo's toward Draco's room.

Professor Snape was in the room with Draco when they entered but my feet were frozen in the threshold. He looked well again, his face had regained color and the smile I had been longing for had returned to his face.

"Harli?" I tensed at my name and Narcissa patted my hair.

"Whatever you're feeling now, it's useless, I promise. No one blames you, no one is angry with you and I promise things will be alright now." I looked at her and she pulled me in the room. I met eyes with Draco and I felt worse knowing that I couldn't do anything for him.

"Harli." My breath caught in my throat as he grabbed my hand. "If you hadn't been in the room with me at that time, I would probably be dead. You saved me."

I sniffled and he pulled me into an embrace. "Draco," I cried in relief, I was happy beyond words. "Draco."

"Everything is okay now. I won't leave you alone again."

"So you have no idea?"

"None." Draco responded. There were Aurors allowed into the manor to question Draco on who he thought might have been poisoning him.

"Alright, I suppose that's all we can do for now. Have a good day." They were escorted out after a nod to Lucius.

"I will find out though." Draco muttered afterward.

We were free to go after that and we cuddled in Draco's bed because he was still on bed rest for another day.

I told him I didn't want to sleep in the room with him until he had gotten better and he reluctantly agreed with me but I didn't want to wake him up with my screams at night. I always placed a silencing charm on my room since Draco returned but I was glad he was doing better.

"What are we going to do tomorrow since you're off of bed rest then?"

"I'm not sure. What's tomorrow?"

"I think it's the fourteenth."

"Ah, there's a party tomorrow. Some summer thing that goes on every year, we always attend."

"Sounds boring," I responded.

"Ah, yeah. It is."

"I'm glad you're better Draco. More than anything."

"Oi! Woman! Come back! I wanna have fun!"

"Let's have more fun before I take you back."

"Do you like them? The drugs are good aren't they?"

"Don't run from me!"

I sat up quickly and leaned over to throw up. It happened so fast I couldn't even conjure a bucket to catch myself. I hadn't eaten much so the stomach acid burned more than anything. I heaved a few times and I was surprised to find hands holding back my hair.

"Draco... I'm sorry, I-"

He reached for his wand and waved it and all of the mess disappeared. He pulled me back and the look on his face made me feel more guilty than I have in my entire life.

"You don't even know how horrible you look right now, do you?" He asked and I looked at my lap. He grasped my chin and forced me to look at him. "Don't look away from me."

"Draco, I-"

He shook his head. "Did you know that they weren't going to let you leave St. Mungo's if my father hadn't interfered?"

"What?"

"I don't think you realize just how sick you are. If you weren't strong, if you didn't have magic, you would be dead already. Your body is to the point where the food you consume can't stay in your body because your body is attacking itself for nutrients. You're dying and you don't realize it. The nightmares as well. I heard about what happened to you and you've been lying and you haven't been eating, I know it all. Do you wish for death that badly? If you do," he pressed his wand into my chin, "I'll kill you here and now. Then you will truly cease to exist, Harry Potter and Harli Porter."

His eyes were swirling and serious. I smiled and reached for him. My mind didn't think, my body didn't freeze, our lips met and he was going to be the one to move with me to the future from this point on. "Harry Potter doesn't exist here, idiot, so don't call me that."

He dropped his wand and we kissed again. "You can't abandon me now Draco Malfoy, I won't let you."

"Then you can't die."

"For you, I'll stay alive. I'm not running away anymore."