Chapter ten

Harry, Draco, Kingsley and the two aurors arrived across the road to Grimmauld Place.

'Here, read this then we'll head over there,' Kingsley said as he and the aurors kept looking around.

'Okay,' Harry said and the five of them headed across the road and up the stairs and into Grimmauld Place, 'Good, you got rid of Mad-Eyes charms he placed here.'

'Did that when we were here,' Kingsley followed Harry into the living room, 'Now as this is part of London, you should be okay. But the death eaters know this place was headquarters for the order of the phoenix.'

'They heard rumours that Harry hated being here because Sirius hated it, so I don't believe they will think he's here,' Draco said.

'That's good to know Draco, now Jeremy and Oscar will be escorting you everywhere. So when you know you want to leave, send either an owl or you're patronus and they'll be here.'

'Well I'm not going anywhere today, I might go tomorrow after Ron and Hermione leave. But I'll make you out that list of people who can come in,' Harry went over to the sideboard and grabbed parchment, ink and a quill and wrote the list for Kingsley.

'Okay, I'll let them all know you're here and give them permission. When you do get your own place, we will probably use this for a safe house.'

'Anything you want Kingsley, I never wanted to live here. Maybe I should just sell it, well if we could ever get Mrs. Black off the wall.'

'We can see about that and maybe the ministry might buy it Harry, it could always come in handy.'

'Up to you Kingsley so if you want to, let me know but you can give the money to Hogwarts, I don't need it.'

'That's generous Harry but I will let you know. So since you said you aren't going anywhere, we'll leave you two alone. But please promise not to go anywhere without Jeremy and Oscar.'

Harry sighed, 'I won't, I promise.'

'Alright, I'll talk to you later,' Kingsley shook Harry's hand then Draco's before leaving with the aurors.

'I'll put my stuff away, but you know what Dra, I can't cook.'

'I can, well a little, my father would never let us do anything like that, it was a house elf's duty he said.'

'Yeah, he seemed the type, but I could get Kreacher here, I left him at Hogwarts.'

'Who's Kreacher?'

'Oh the Black's house elf, which means he's mine now, but I don't like the idea of owning them, that's why I left him at Hogwarts. But this is his home, so until I learn to cook, he could for now.'

'Up to you Harry.'

Harry nodded, 'Kreacher,' Harry called and the old elf appeared before him.

'Master Harry has returned to Kreacher's old home.'

'Yeah, for a while anyway, but for now I was wondering if you wanted to stay here Kreacher? I never learned to cook so until I do, would you mind?'

'I will cook wonderful meals for my master. No one has been here since master was here last with Mr. Ron and Miss Hermione, so I will need to go buy food.'

Harry dug into his pouch, 'Here, stock up on what you need, make sure there's plenty of tea, coffee even Firewhiskey.'

'Yes Master Harry, I will return shortly,' the elf bowed then apparated away.

'Go put your stuff away babe, then show me the bed,' Draco grinned.

Harry laughed, 'Come on Dra,' Harry and Draco hurried up the stairs and into Sirius's old room, 'See plenty big enough for us.'

'Definitely,' Draco pulled Harry's bag off his shoulder then pushed him back onto the bed before climbing over him, 'Comfortable to.'

'Are you going to talk or use that great mouth of yours for something else?'

'Oh you're turning me on babe,' Harry and Draco never spoke again as their love making took over. Their mouths sucked, their hands groped and stroked, their fingers probed, giving their partner as much pleasure as they could.

As Harry and Draco were lying in bed, completely satisfied, Kreacher appeared in the room.

'Dinner is ready Master Harry, Master Draco, please clean up.'

'Okay Kreacher, we'll be right down,' Harry said still trying to bring his breathing back to normal. Harry turned and looked at Draco, 'I really don't want to move, but you made me hungry.'

Draco laughed, got up and pulled Harry to his feet, 'Too bad, you're still too skinny Potter.'

Harry laughed, 'I used to hate you calling me that, now I like it, but I like anything you want to call me,' Harry slipped his arms around Draco, 'I can't believe how happy you make me Dra.'

'I feel the same Harry, I've never been this happy. But if we don't get dressed, Kreacher will come back,' Draco leaned down and kissed Harry.

'Alright,' Harry let Draco go and they both dressed and headed down the stairs and into the kitchen.

'It's really dark here isn't it?'

'Yeah, that's another reason I hate staying here. The main reason was Sirius, he hated living here and when he was sixteen he left. He only stayed here because the order were using it and Dumbledore was secret keeper.'

Harry and Draco sat down and started eating, 'So where did Sirius go when he left?'

'To my dad's place, Sirius said he was always welcome at the Potters. When Sirius said that, it sounded so strange because I'm the only Potter left.'

'Like me, I'm the last Malfoy.'

'Don't you have any other relatives Dra?'

'No, well apart from Andromeda, but I've never met my mother's sister, only Bellatrix of course. She and Rodolphus never wanted kids, they only wanted to serve him. My mother didn't want kids because she knew what my father would do, make me serve him as well. But he forced her to fall pregnant with me.'

'Well, we've got each other now Dra and I'll take you to meet your aunt if you want. I have to go see her anyway. I want to get to know Teddy.'

'So Lupin, he made you godfather to his son, who was his wife?'

'Tonks, or Nymphadora Tonks, she was an auror and one of my guard one time. She was a Metamorphmagus. We used to sit here laughing watching her change her nose or her hair. Even though there was a lot of danger out there, we had some good times together. Mad-Eye was Tonk's mentor when she first joined the aurors.'

'Did she know about him being a werewolf?'

'Yes, that never worried her and she knew Remus never wanted to hurt anyone. He used to lock himself up on the three nights and always took the wolfsbane potion. Do you remember coming into Snape's office and I was in there. He told you I was doing remedial potions?'

'Yeah, I remember, why?'

'Snape was teaching me occlumency, but no one was supposed to know.'

'You said something to McGonagall about seeing into his mind, but I didn't understand what you were talking about.'

'Yeah,' Harry sighed, 'You heard me talking to Kingsley about being a horcrux, do you know what they are?'

'Just what you were talking about before, having a piece of his soul inside you, but that allowed you to see through him, is that right?'

'Yeah, I couldn't always close my mind, so I'd see him kill or torture, but I used to feel what he was feeling as well.'

'Is that why you got angry a lot, you used to always look angry.'

'Yep, but I never knew why then. I only found out right before I faced him that night,' Harry took Draco's hand, 'Well you heard me say horcrux, he used to kill to make one, it was so he'd never die, no matter what. So when he did this,' Harry reached up and touched his scar, 'the piece he was splitting went into me, that's why I could speak to snakes and see into his mind. I saw and felt a lot of things through that connection, I saw him make you do things.'

Draco stared at Harry, 'You know I didn't want to do that, don't you Harry?'

'Yes, I used to see him hit you with the cruciatus curse to make you use it on others and his threats that he would kill you, which he would have Dra.'

'I know, that's why I turned up that night on the astronomy tower. He kept telling me to do it or he'd kill me and my parents.'

'I know love, but that's all behind us now, so why don't we stop talking about it as well. We've both got a chance at a new life and a new life together.'

'Sounds good, even though I think it's going to take everyone a while to get used to him being gone and gone for good.'

'Yeah, most will think he could come back like last time, but I think after a while they'll realise it's not like last time. Kingsley had his body taken away, not sure where, but before he sort of turned into a mist. Everyone saw him fall dead that night, so they'll know it's over eventually.'

'Yep, they will, but you know I have to leave soon. I told my mother I would be home tonight,' Draco sighed.

'Yeah, but we'll see each other tomorrow and at least you're safe, you can apparate right from the top step, which is inside the fidelius charm.'

'I've got a bit of time, so how about we just sit together.'

'I'll be in that,' Harry took Draco's hand and they walked into the living room, 'I have to get my own place.'

'We're going to look tomorrow, so it won't be long.'

'I know, but enough talking,' Harry moved and stared to kiss Draco very seriously, putting everything he felt into it and Draco did the same thing.

Hermione and Ron visited the next day, but Ron was starting to get uncomfortable, so he decided to just leave and get it over with. Hermione went back to the Burrow why Ron packed. His father gave him the bag of money, then hugged him before Mrs. Weasley hugged her youngest son. Hermione and Ron walked outside for some privacy, snogged as much as they could, then Hermione watched as Ron apparated away before she went inside to join her parents and Ron's parents.

Harry and Draco with Jeremy and Oscar headed out to look around for a house. After looking for the whole afternoon, Harry finally found one he liked. One thing Harry liked about the house was it was secluded, so he knew he could sit outside and no worry that anyone would see him. It wasn't large, but had plenty of space for him and Draco. Two bedrooms, a large living room, kitchen dining room combined, another room that could be used as an office or library and a small storage room off the laundry. It had some furniture that was being sold with the house, so Harry thought at least he could move in as soon as the paper work went through, which would be a couple of weeks.

A week later, Kingsley had informed him that the aurors had caught two more death eaters, so hopefully it will be safe soon. But made sure Harry kept taking aurors with him if he needed to go anywhere. Harry was content to stay at Grimmauld Place with Draco while he waited for the paperwork to be finalised for his house. Draco spent some nights and other nights he went home to be with his mother. Hermione spent a lot of time with Harry and Draco, she told Harry that she found Draco to be very nice and nothing like what they all thought. So when the three of them were together, they had a good time. Harry and Draco tried to keep Hermione occupied because she was missing Ron and hoped he would be home soon. As the second week approached that Ron had left, Harry decided to get Hermione and her parents, along with Narcissa over to dinner, but he also invited Andromeda and Teddy and hoped the two sisters could put their past behind them and start a new life, just like everyone else was.