The next morning, when they arrived at the Infirmary just before breakfast started, which was too early for any decent human being to function in both Ron and Harry's opinion, they were surprised to find that Draco was already awake. The blond was sitting up, with the help of several white infirmary pillows behind his back, propping him up, and a thick ancient book was opened towards the beginning, rested on his lap. For a long moment they just stood in the doorway and watched as Draco's eyes slowly traveled over the page and after a moment Draco paused and glanced to Gabriel. Gabriel smiled as he felt Draco's gaze and without looking up from his own novel he asked, "What part don't you understand?"

Draco glanced down at his book and asked, "How are we bonded?"

Gabriel smiled and asked, "Are you wondering how we can share a family bond, when we are not actually blood related?"

Draco nodded and Gabriel said, "Well you see, a Waylon cannot form any magical bonds before their transition, they just don't stick once the transitional magic goes through their system. Normally family bonds are created between a parent and a child after the child transitions and the parent shares their magic with their child to wake them from the slumber induced when the transition magic goes starts running through their system. Since neither one of your parents were present after your transition, and since I shared my magic with you to help you wake, your Waylon magic accepted me as family in your parents place. Waylon's are not meant to be alone, so the magic does not care whether we are actually kin or not, it sees me as your parent."

Draco nodded his head in understanding and his gaze dropped down to the floor as he nervously played with the edge of the blanket that was wrapped around his legs. Gabriel placed a small leaf between the pages of his book before closing it and asking, "What is it Draco?"

Draco nibbled nervously at his bottom lip and his hands clenched and unclenched on the edges of the sheet before he asked quietly, as though frightened of how Gabriel would react, "Where are my parents?"

Gabriel's face was the picture of sorrow and regret as he reached out and touched Draco's leg just above his knee in a comforting gesture, before whispering softly, "I'm sorry Draco, but your mother passed away and your father… he has a lifelong sentence in Azkaban, I don't think you will ever get to see either of them again."

Draco hesitantly looked up into Gabriel's eyes, as though assessing whether he was telling the truth, and when he saw the sadness in the older man's eyes he gave a small smile, that Harry had seen too often on his own face to not recognize that it was false, as he said in a forced optimistic voice, "It's okay, I don't remember them anyway."

Gabriel gave Draco a sad smile and pulled him into a gentle hug, which Draco returned hesitantly as though he was uncertain how to properly return a hug. Gabriel's smile was less brittle when he finally pulled out of the hug and turned to gaze at the door. Draco followed Gabriel's gaze and the golden trio gasped when Draco's face lit up with a genuine smile at the sight of them. Hermione was the first to gather her composure as she walked over to her usual seat and she quickly plastered a bright smile on her face and said, "Draco, it's good to see you awake and sitting up. What are you reading?"

Draco smiled as he gently flipped the book so that she could see the cover while carefully using his finger's to hold his place and said, "Gabriel brought it with him, said it would be good for me to read the facts about us myself and ask questions if I don't understand parts."

Hermione's eyes lit up with excitement as she read aloud, "A Guide for Newly Transitioned Waylon. Wow, that sounds quite fascinating, where did you get it, I've never even heard of it."

Draco beamed and Gabriel said, "I have another copy if you would like to read it yourself."

Hermione nodded her head enthusiastically her eyes wide and alight with excitement, her entire demeanor screamed how delightedly happy she was at the prospect of getting her hands on a book. Ron and Harry, who had slowly made their way over, took their seats and Harry asked, "How are you feeling this morning?"

Draco smiled and said, "I'm good, how are you feeling?"

Harry blinked in surprise at the question and replied honestly, "I'm feeling much better now."

Draco's smile brightened for a moment before falling a bit as he asked, "When's your first class?"

Hermione glanced at the clock and said, "Not for another half hour, but we need to eat breakfast, we just wanted to check in and see how you were doing, we'll stay longer this evening."

Draco looked sad but he gently nodded his head in understanding. Hermione smiled and patted Draco's leg comfortingly. Harry hesitantly asked, "Have you eaten anything today yet?"

Draco glanced to Harry and nervously bit his lip for a minute before shaking his head and saying, "Every time I eat it makes me sleepy, and when I woke up you weren't here yet, so…"

Harry smiled and said, "That's alright, I was actually going to suggest you try some eggs for breakfast, I love eggs from breakfast."

Draco's face lit up and Hermione, who had immediately caught on to Harry's intention by the comment, quickly added on, "I love egg for breakfast, so does Ron, we all love eggs."

Draco's smile was huge and hopeful as he glanced to Gabriel and asked hesitantly, "Is it okay if I have eggs for breakfast?"

Gabriel beamed and said, "That's a wonderful idea, I was worried what to get you for breakfast since they've already run out of soup in the kitchen, I had some eggs earlier and they were quite good." Draco's entire face lit up and they had never seen him smile so big or look so truly happy.

Hermione patted Draco's leg once more, before saying, "We have to leave now, but we'll be back this evening. I can't wait to hear whether you like eggs too."

Harry patted Draco's arm and said, "I hope you like them."

Ron finally caught on and quickly tacked on, "Yeah I hope you like them, we'll have something in common."

With that the golden trio left the infirmary to head down to the great hall for breakfast, all of them anxious to see whether their ruse had worked and Draco managed to eat more than a few tiny bights. The rest of the day passed in a blur, and luckily Hermione remembered that Neville was going to meet with them, as both Ron and Harry had forgotten and she quickly found him in the library after dinner before they headed to the infirmary. When they entered the infirmary they were surprise to find Draco curled into a ball his head in his arms, his wings hiding his face as silent sobs wracked his chest. Gabriel was making quite calming noises as he gently ran his hand over Draco's wings. Gabriel's normaly optimistic face was etched with worry, much like it had been when he first learned about Draco's parents, which put them on edge faster than Draco's current state had.

Hermione rushed over and asked in a frantic voice, "What's wrong? What happened?"

Gabriel looked up at her with sad eyes and Draco curled up in a tighter ball, as though he was trying to hide himself from view. Gabriel let out a small weary sigh, before saying quietly, "It turns out Draco is allergic to walnuts, hazelnuts, fish, and most of all he is severely allergic to eggs. Madam Pomfrey had to use several spells to remove the contents of his stomach and to lower the swelling while Severus forced a potion down his throat that made him quite ill, he's been like this ever since."

Hermione's eye filled with tears and she said, "Oh Draco, I'm so sorry, we didn't know…" When her words only cause the sobs to come faster she quickly added, "But don't be upset, there are so many things that we all enjoy that you haven't tried yet. Like chocolate, we all love chocolate, and there are so many different kinds of chocolate so if you don't like one there are others that we enjoy just as much."

Draco's chest stilled and he lifted his head enough to peak out at her with red eyes brimming with tears as he asked, "Really?"

Hermione smiled and said, "Oh yes, and it's not just chocolate and we all like peppermint snaps, and trickle tarts, and pudding. There are so many things that we like even more than eggs if you just take the time to try them."

Draco nibbled his lip, and although he still looked nervous, the despair he had been projecting since they arrived had dissolved and once again they all began to feel the warmth that Draco's Waylon magic provided. Ron, Harry, and Neville, who had stayed just outside the door because they were unable to handle the emotions he had been projecting, they hesitantly moved forward. Hermione pulled Draco into a hug and said, "Draco, I'm so sorry, we should have know you were allergic."

Draco hesitantly wrapped his arms around Hermione and said, "It's alright, I didn't even know how could you?"

Hermione laughed as she pulled back and rubbed the moisture from her eyes, she hadn't realized how much Draco's despair had been effecting her until it finally broke. She suddenly smiled impishly, and as she pulled her bag onto her lap she asked Gabriel, "Is it okay for him to eat after taking those potions."

Draco glanced from Hermione's bright face to Gabriel's curious one as Gabriel slowly gave a nod. Hermione's grin brightened even farther, if that was possible, as she began to dig through the contents of her bag, and she said sheepishly, "I keep a couple chocolate frogs in my bag ever since third year, I used to carry chocolate bars until I found out Luna was allergic to milk and that's when I read an article in Witch Weekly that said besides being wonderfully delicious chocolate frogs have both potions and spells mixed in that make them hypo-allergenic, even people who are allergic to coca can eat them."

Ron asked, "You keep chocolate frogs in your bag? Since when?"

Hermione rolled her eyes and said, "This is exactly why I didn't tell you Ron, you would have gobbled them up."

Ron turned red in embarrassment, and Harry and Draco both snorted at the same time. Draco blushed when Harry glanced towards him, and Harry couldn't help but think Draco looked cute with his cheeks tinted red, a voice in the back of his head said he wouldn't have hesitated to shake this Draco's hand if he offered it in friendship. Before he could think of it any further, Hermione shouted triumphantly, "Here they are!"

She held up a large square wooden box, that definitely would not have fit in her bag had it not been for several space charms. Hermione quickly opened the lid revealing two rows of five chocolate frog boxes. She smiled timidly as she pushed several thick locks of hair behind her ear and said, "I thought maybe we could all eat one together."

Gabriel gave Hermione a bright encouraging smile, and Draco's eyes were wide with emotion as Hermione handed him one of the boxes. Draco took the box in slightly shaking fingers and stared at it like it was the most precious thing he had ever seen. Hermione smiled as she handed a box to Gabriel, a box to Harry, a box to Neville, than took a box for herself before handing the rest over to Ron snatched it from her excitedly, and quickly tore open one of the boxes, snatched up the frog before it could even think to leap away and bit off its head. Hermione laughed as she carefully opened her own box and Neville mumbled 'thanks' before slowly opening his own box.

Harry quickly thanked Hermione as well, but was too focused on Draco to open his own box. Harry absently noticed that although Gabriel had opened his box and was nibbling at his frog, his eyes were still focused on Draco, and his lips were twitching up at the edges. Draco looked up when Hermione let out a moan when she bit into the chocolate, his eyes darted around, taking in Ron and Neville's pleased expression, before his eyes landed on Harry. Draco blushed when his eyes caught Harry's and quickly dropped his gaze to the box as he slowly began to pull at the edges. Harry smiled as he began to open the box in his own hands but he never took his eyes off of Draco as he slowly opened the box. He was surprised when the frog tried to leap away free, how fast Draco caught it. Draco looked at the frog with wide eyes than glanced up at the others again, his eye stilled when they met Harry's and Harry smiled as he slowly brought his own frog to his mouth and bit off it's head. Draco blushed, but followed his example and brought the frog to his mouth before hesitantly taking a small bight out of its head. His eyes widened a moment later when he caught a taste and he lost all hesitance as he began to nibble away at the frog's head. By the time Draco had ate an entire bight everyone else had already finished there's.

Hermione smiled and said, "If you can't finish it, that's okay, the box has a preserving charm on it so you can save some for later."

Draco smiled in relief, but as he went to put the frog back into the box he noticed movement and he hesitantly pulled out the card. Draco's eyes widened and he suddenly dropped the card as if it had burned him. His breathing suddenly sped up and his face scrunched up in pain as he clutched at his head. Gabriel frowned and asked, "Draco?"

Draco let out a breath and suddenly it was like he had pulled a mask on, his face and eyes were completely devoid of all emotions as he placed the card and the frog into the box before closing it up and setting it on the farthest edge of the bed. Gabriel frown deepened, and that worried expression was working its way onto his face. Hermione also seemed worried, but she quickly covered it up with a smile as she asked Draco, "Neville brought some pictures of a few different flowers, do you think you could look over them and tell us if you recognize any of them as the flower you remember hearing."

Draco nodded his head and Neville quickly pulled out a notebook with sketches of different flowers on each page. Draco slowly flipped through the notebook, spending almost a minute looking at each sketch. They all fell silent as they watched with bated breath. Draco tapped the image on the last page and said, "This one reminds me of it, but it's not right."

Neville looked at the image and asked, "What about it reminds you of the one you remember."

Draco frowned as he looked down at the image, his hand traced over the lines of one of the pedals and he muttered under his breath, "Andromeda, Aries, Bellatrix, Carina, Delphinus, Draco, Gemini, Hydra, Indus, Lucius, Mensa, Narcissa, Orion, Perseus, Taurus."

Gabriel frowned and asked, "Draco, what do those mean?"

Draco put his hand to his head and said, "I don't... I can't…"

His hands were shaking as he closed his eye, his breathing was irregular. Gabriel gently took Draco's hand into his own and said, "It's okay Draco, you don't have to push yourself, we'll try again tomorrow, okay."

Draco handed Neville back his notebook and pulled his hand out of Gabriel's as he rolled onto his side and curled into a ball, his wings wrapping around him and completely obscured him from view. Gabriel looked worried as he said, "Draco, I'm going to step outside for a minute, but I'll be right back, and the others will come back in the morning."

The bundle of feather did not respond in any way, and Gabriel ushered them out of the infirmary with a wave of his hands. When they were outside and Gabriel had closed the door behind them, he turned to them and said, "He's remembered something. Those words he repeated back, they are important to who he was before his transition. I suggest you ask your professor if he knows what they mean."

Hermione frowned and asked, "You mean Professor Snape? Why would he know anything about it?"

Gabriel raised and eyebrow and said, "You may not be on good terms with you Professor, but he did know what Draco was allergic to, and he knew what Draco was, a family secret as he explained it, is it not safe to say to say he might know more about Draco's previous self than we do."

Hermione sighed and said, "Your right, Professor Snape might know something we don't, although I do have an idea of what he was talking about. I'm going to go talk to the Professor right now, before I forget the names he said, Neville I know you're terrified of Snape, but please come with me, he might be able to help us figure out what flower Draco's is talking about."

Neville's eyes were wide and he turned to Gabriel and asked, "Will you come with us?"

Gabriel shook his head and said, "I can't leave Draco alone right now."

Harry said, "I'll stay with him."

Gabriel glanced at Harry then to Neville's desperate pleading expression, than sighed and said, "Alright, but Harry, you have to stay with him till I get back, he can't be alone."

Harry smiled and said, "Don't worry, I wouldn't dream of leaving him all alone."

Ron frowned and said, "I'll stay with Harry."

Hermione rolled her eyes and grabbed Ron's arm, dragging him with her as she led the way down to the dungeons.

Author's note: Alright so, I've had a few people ask me if this story was going to lead to smut, and I can't decide. I normally do write smut, it's sort of my specialty, but I don't know if I want this story to be about smut, because right now it's more a hurt/comfort story, and if I did put smut in it would be way later. I Don't Know what to do, so I'm asking you, should I add smut later on? I've already kind of got it set up so that it could go that way, but if some of my fans are completely against it… I'll hold off and try and keep it just a hurt/comfort friendship story.