Chapter 6
AN. Ok I am SOOOOOOOO sorry! I have absolutely no excuse for my lack of updating except that I completely forgot that I didn't have anymore completed chapters. Updates might be slow coming up because I have no more prewritten ones. Anyways here is the chapter, I think this is my longest chapter yet. I'm sorry if there is some grammer issues. If you see any, send me a message so I can fix it! Enjoy :-D
Draco's eyebrows shot up at the Sorting Hat's pronouncement. The sad smile on Harry's face made sense now, but then Draco did something that surprised the entire hall; he started to laugh. Harry stared at him, as did the rest of the hall. "Slytherin, haha. That is the funniest thing I've ever heard." Draco then froze; he couldn't believe he had just said that out loud. The Gryffindors looked rather delighted, but the Slytherins were looking rather menacing. Even the professors were looking at him strangely. "No, I didn't mean-uh…what I meant was…Aidan!" The entire hall turned to look at Harry who was sitting rather passively on the stool. And passively he was; he wasn't even paying attention to the conversation. Then suddenly he toppled off of the stool and to the floor. The entire hall burst into laughter. Draco hurried to Harry's side and pulled him close. The teachers too came over. The first ones to stop laughing were the Hufflepuffs; then the Ravenclaws. The Slytherins too stopped and soon it was only the Gryffindors guffawing at the fallen boy.
Harry came-to slowly. He could hear loud laughter all around him and shook his head slightly. "What happened?" he asked sitting up. Everyone exchanged glances as Draco pulled Harry to his feet. "Well, my brother. You are officially the first one to faint while being sorted."
Classes were interesting to say the least. It felt weird for both Harry and Draco to be in the positions that they were in. Draco had never truly understood what it was like to have friends who watched your back at every moment. There were certain individuals who Draco was rather surprised with; these being James Potter, Remus Lupin, and Sirius Black. The trio had immediately taken a liking to Draco, and were well on their way to accepting him as part of their group. Draco found it easy to rely on them, as well as the other Gryffindors, for whatever problems occurred. Harry learned the true bliss of being able to have a private life. He could leave whenever he had nightmares and he didn't have to worry about the other Slytherins badgering him in the morning. Severus Snape was a surprise as well. The greasy-haired man who ruled the dungeons in Harry's time was not yet in existence. This Severus was still unsure of himself and was not yet greasy haired. Harry trusted Severus, at least to a certain extent. Harry found the fact that he looked nothing like his father rather enjoyable. It was easier to go on with live when others weren't constantly comparing him to his father. Draco, too, had undergone a change. Before the two had gone to be sorted, Draco had used a mild, complicated, permanent transfiguration spell to alter his features. His ice blue eyes had been darkened to a stormy grey almost silvery color. But Draco had been rather reluctant to let go of the feature he had received from his mother and had added streaks in the same blue to his bleach blond hair, in the same manner as Harry's. The two were truly a sight to see now.
Harry walked through the halls the one day, head down, contemplating while gazing at the stones below him. He was so preoccupied that he failed to notice himself walking straight into one of the people he had been striving to avoid. Harry and the boy ended up in a heap on the floor with books strewn all around them. Harry quickly pushed himself up to his knees and began to gather the books into stacks again. Silently he handed one of the stacks to the boy on the floor and then putting his own books back into his bag he stood up and turned to go. "Wait!" A voice called. Harry froze as the boy approached him. "I'm Remus Lupin; I don't believe we've met?" Harry stared at the hand that Remus held out for him and then hesitantly shook it, "I'm Aidan, Aidan Shade." Remus smiled, "Your brother is in our dorm I believe, Aries right?" "Yah, he's my brother." Harry spoke softly. Remus and Harry stood awkwardly, each waiting for the other to speak. Finally Harry turned and began to leave once again. It was about thirty seconds before he heard Remus coming up behind him again. Harry cursed in his head as Remus took up a place beside him as they walked to the Great Hall. Neither said a word, they just walked, neither sure of what to say. When the two turned the corner of the corridor they were met by a rather unpleasant scene. Sirius Black and James Potter were faced off against Severus Snape right in the middle of the hallway, while a crowd of students just stood and watched. Harry immediately leapt into action. He hurried over and pushed his way through the crowd until he was at the front. "Well you greasy-haired git, what have you got to say for yourself? Oh wait, there is no excuse. Your mother probably went out and got fucked by the first guy who would have her." Harry watched as Severus turned beat-red, "You have nothing to say, you bloody mudblood lover. Bet your mom tried to drown you at birth when she saw you, she was so disgusted by you…." Harry intervened before anymore words could be spoken, "Accio wands." Three wands soared into his outstretched hands, and all three owners turned to face him. Harry didn't say anything; he just stood with eyebrows raised. Severus scowled and picking up his bag, walked up to Harry with his hand open. Harry carefully placed the wand into the boy's outstretched hand and then watched as the boy stocked away. James and Sirius looked at him, grins splitting their faces, "That was awesome!" They said in unison, "But next time, take only his wand so we can hex him." Harry glared at them, "Not. Funny." He ground out softly but firmly, "Not. Again." Then he dropped the two wands onto the stones and silently continued on his way.
Sirius stared in disbelieve after the boy. How dare he even try to stand up for Snivellus! The greasy-git deserved everything that he got. With a quick glance at James, and seeing the same rage, he ran after the kid. "Hey, Shade!" Aidan paused, but then continued. James and Sirius exchanged quick glances then James yelled after him, "Shade, you coward. Come and face us, don't make us hurt you." Aidan froze then and then slowly turned around. Sirius smirked, expecting to see rage written all over the boy face; instead Aidan kept a carefully neutral face. "Accio wand." Aidan's wand flew into Sirius' waiting hand. James and Sirius approached Aidan, and Sirius shoved the boy onto the floor. "So you think you can tell us what to do? Hmmm, well we're just going to have to teach you not to mess with us; you're nothing but a slimy Slytherin, and we are going to teach you where your place in this school is." The kid started to slowly shuffle himself backwards until he was up against the wall. James squatted down next to the boy and patted Aidan's knee, "It's better you learn now, then you won't make any more mistakes." Then Sirius' foot swung forward and caught him in the gut.
Harry coughed and slowly pulled himself to his feet. He leant against the wall and tried to orient himself. He knew that he had been laying there for a while. Even after James and Sirius had left, Harry had not moved. He knew too well that sometimes it was better to play dead until it was ok. Harry slowly took a couple steps and then stopped as a sharp pain shot through his abdomen. Putting a hand onto his ribs he pushed gently and winced at the pain. Probably a few fractured ribs, but nothing too major. Slowly Harry hobbled down to the Great Hall. It took a great amount of effort for him to push open the door, and when he slowly walked down the aisle to go to sit at the Slytherin table he felt every eye in the hall on him. His eyes fell on Draco and saw Draco staring at him in shock. Harry smiled grimly and then sat down. But as he sat, he let out an unintentional moan. Draco was immediately at his side. "Ok Shadow, just lean back slightly on me." Glancing around he turned to Severus, "Could you help me get him to Madame Pomfrey."
Severus put a hand on Aidan's thigh, but released it immediately when Aidan flinched violently away from him. Severus stared in shock as Aidan opened his eyes and shot straight up, obviously ignoring the pain for the moment. Eyes glazed with pain bore into him as a raspy voice whispered. "Help me please. Tal, help me!" Then Aidan collapsed on the ground.
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