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The Quill of Amor

Chapter 10

Draco woke up with a feeling of deep sorrow and hurt, but somehow he sensed that it wasn't his own feelings. He tried to remember what he had dreamed about, but as he recalled it he realized that it wasn't his own sorrow. He wondered if the bond to his soul mate could be so strong that they had started to feel each others emotions when they were strong. But if that was true, then what could possibly have made his mate so sad? Draco started to get worried and quickly pulled his journal and quill out of his bedside drawer.

Love? What's wrong? I just woke up feeling like a Dementor was in my bed. Are you okay?

He watched the writing disappear and waited anxiously for a reply. When it didn't come he wrote again.

Please answer me, I know you are still upset from earlier but I'm worried for you.

No reply. Draco was starting to panic. What if he was hurt?

Don't make me start searching the castle for you.

When he still didn't get a reply he made his mind up to go look for him, he hoped that he could somehow feel where he was. He hurried with pulling some robes over his pyjamas and went out to search the halls.

He had walked around for quite some time when he suddenly bended over in pain. While he tried to shake the feeling off him someone came up to him from behind.

"Hey, are you okay?"

Draco turned around quickly trying to hide his discomfort to the boy. He looked him over and saw that he was from Gryffindor and probably his own age, next to him was a girl holding on to his arm. He immediately felt embarrassed for showing vulnerability to them and scrunched his face up in a sneer.

"Mind your own bloody business" he said in an unpleasant voice.

The girl gasped while the boy looked hurt.

"I was only trying to help, you don't have to be so malicious about it"

"Yeah well I don't need your help. Besides, you're not allowed to be out after curfew, I will have to take 20 points from each of you. Now get out of my face and back to your common room."

The boy and girl looked shocked but hurried away a moment after, cursing him for being so cruel.

The moment they were gone he felt awful for acting the way he did. He had been embarrassed for looking so weak. He hated to show his emotions to anyone and had therefore pulled on a strong and uncaring façade.

He remembered why he was out there in the first place and began searching again. All kinds of thoughts went through his head. He wondered whether his mate was hurt, but guessed that if he truly were, that he would have felt it. Since he hadn't felt anything more since the pain he guessed that his mate was okay.

He sighed. The episode the day before had truly hurt him; he had felt anger flaring up inside him when he heard about what George Weasly had done. At that moment he hadn't considered that writing the note to him would have hurt his mate as well. He had felt the need to defend and protect his mate, the urge to do that had been so strong at the time.

When he saw the sun starting to rise in the horizon he decided that he probably should get back to his room and try to sleep a little before he had to get up.

After lying awake an hour he decided to confront his mate with what he had felt that night. What he found out shocked him. If he thought the episode the day before had hurt, then it was nothing compared to the hurt he felt now. To know that his mate had intentionally seeked comfort with the Weasly twin after knowing how he desired him, was what hurt the most. But even though he wanted to be angry at him, he found that he couldn't. He cursed the fact that they had to be anonymous so people didn't know that they were an item, or at least kind of. He wanted to show the world that they belonged together, but he couldn't. After considering what he should do about the situation he remembered the rings he had brought with him from the secret room in the Manor. It was two beautiful white gold bands with intricate carvings on both. He had found them next to the Quill; at the time he hadn't thought there was anything special about them. When he had found the book about soul mates and the Quills, he had found a page about the rings. They were magical and were intended for a soul mate couple. He had read that when they both put them on, they would both be able to sense when the other was in any kind of danger or in great need of the other. In such situations the rings worked as portkeys that would transport them to their mate.

He wanted to be sure that his mate was serious about where they stood. When he found out that he was, he suggested they wore rings to remind them of the promise they had made to each other.

The only problem now was to give it to him. He contemplated the possibilities and eventually decided to try and contact a House Elf. After hearing the small pop he turned around and addressed the Elf.

"Sir, what can Elsie be helping with?" she asked in a squeaking voice.

"Hello Elsie, I was wondering if you could help me deliver something to another student?"

"Of course Sir." She replied eagerly.

"There is a small problem though, which I hope you can help me with" at this she nodded and smiled, happy to be able to help him.

"I don't exactly know who this student is, but I have an item which will probably show the students magical signature. Can you sense magical signatures?"

"Yes Sir, Elsie can do that" she squeaked in happiness.

He showed her the quill and watched as she pointed her finger at it. A blue light emerged from its tip and surrounded the Quill. After a moment she nodded and smiled.

"I know now Sir, Elsie will be helping you"

Draco smiled and gave her a little black box containing the ring and a note to his mate. After a moment and lots of bows and thanking, the Elf popped out again.

Draco felt relieved and put on his own ring, after a moment it became invisible. This was something Draco had spelled them to do, so they wouldn't be able to recognise each other. After a little while he got up and went out for breakfast.

The week went by rather fast, and on Saturday after Draco had been to a meeting with the Headmaster and the Professors he went down to the Quidditch pitch to see the tryouts for the Slytherin team. He went up to the stands and overlooked the students competing for the different positions. After a couple of minutes he found that he couldn't take his eyes off Orion and the way he flew perfectly around the pitch. He admired his talent on the broom, but he couldn't shake off the feeling that it reminded him of someone, the way he easily dived and swooped around the other players. It was as if he had seen those flying skills before. As he sat in his own thoughts another person joined him on the stands. He turned around and to his dismay, saw that it was Pansy. He let out a long sigh as she went straight towards him.

"Draky sweetie, where have you been? I have been looking for you for ages! And yesterday too." She said with a slight pout

"I have been busy with my Head Boy duties." He said without looking at her. In stead he looked out at the players, who where in the process of packing up.

"It's quite cosy up here alone isn't it Draky?" she asked trying to get closer to the blond.

Draco hurriedly stood up to avoid her.

"I have to be somewhere" he said and turned around, almost running towards the stairs leading down to the grounds.

"Draky! Wait up, I'll walk with you there, Draky slow down you're going too fast" she almost yelled at his retrieving back.

Draco groaned and walked faster to get away from her. When he made it to the grounds he could still hear her calling for him to wait. He panicked. He didn't want to deal with her right now, so he did the first thing that came to mind. He saw the Quidditch locker rooms nearby and ran towards it to hide in there. At least she wouldn't be able to go inside as it was the boy's locker room.

He flung the door open while looking over his shoulder to see if she had seen where he went. When he didn't see her, he hurried inside and slammed the door shot. Breathing out in relief he turned around sensing someone else in the room.

What he saw made him completely taken aback. In front of him where the most beautiful guy he had ever seen. And he was naked in all of Gods glory. Draco couldn't help but stare dumbfounded at the naked guy in front of him. After a couple of seconds he realized who it was. After swallowing the lump in his throat he stammered out an apology.

"Sorry Orion I didn't know you were in here. I was trying to get away from Pansy."

Draco felt the heat rise in his cheeks and he started to breathe irregularly. When Orion pulled his boxers on Draco realized to his further embarrassment that he had been staring at his groin the whole time. And sweet Merlin, that was truly an amazing sight. He desperately tried to say something to make the awkward moment more bearable. He saw the tattoo on Orion's abdomen just above his groin and decided to ask about that.

"Mischief Managed huh?" he managed to get out with a little more composure than before.

"What kind of mischief?" he asked as he got curious about what it meant.

Orion smirked at him and winked. "Wouldn't you like to know?" he said before going out the door, now completely dressed.

Draco slumped down on the bench completely amazed "Yeah I really would" he whispered.

After a couple of minutes he realized exactly what had happened and he felt bad about the way he had acted. He shouldn't be this attracted to another guy when he had a soul mate. But damn! Why did Orion have to be this gorgeous? It was completely impossible not to be attracted to that guy.

When he came back up to the castle he tried to forget about the situation and concentrate about his Head Boy duties. He had to host a meeting together with Padma for the prefects. At the meeting with the Headmaster and the professors they had been told that the school would host a Halloween party for the entire school. It would be the Head student's and the prefect's jobs to help plan and arrange it. After some time they had decided that it would be a masquerade party where everyone had to dress up and wear masks. This fact made Draco think that it would be a perfect situation to meet his mate without revealing their identities. As soon as the meeting was over he hurried down to his room so he could suggest the plan to his soul mate.

Love? I have an idea to how we can meet without revealing ourselves to each other…

Really? That would be amazing.

There is going to be a Halloween party, everyone has to dress up and wear masks... What do you think?

I don't know Halloween isn't my favourite day; I'm kind of lame to be around.

If you'll come I promise to give you a good night kiss :D

I'll go, but only for you

That's what I like to hear. But don't worry; I'll make sure you'll have a good night. I'll be able to treat you like the prince you are.

Wow, I've never had anybody talk to me like that before and I know I've never had anyone want to treat me like I was something special.

You deserve it my love! You ARE something special, and I'll make sure you'll never doubt that for the rest of my life.

I really don't deserve you love, but I am so glad to have you for my own.

Oh, it's quite the contrary actually, I don't deserve you.

Well then we are agreed, we don't deserve each other, the fates just decided to bless us this time.

Indeed. Well I'm going to bed now, sleep well and sweet dreams my love.

And to you as well love.

Draco put the journal down and went to sleep with a huge smile plastered on his face. That night he dreamt of a masked face and a lingering kiss.

A couple of weeks later Draco went with Blaise to Hogsmeade to buy a costume. He had made sure no one else would be joining them. He wanted his costume to be a complete secret to everyone. He had thought about asking Orion to go with them, but he was still embarrassed about their meeting in the locker rooms and found that he couldn't look the guy in the eyes at times. So he only went with Blaise.

"Drake? Why all this secrecy about your costume?" Blaise asked curiously

"Well, I just want it to be a surprise that's all. And because I don't want people to know why I chose that costume." He said trying to sound sincere.

"What are you planning to dress up as then?"

"Er, a fictional character from my favourite book." He said nervously.

"Which character?"

"Mr. Darcy" he said while blushing.

"Who is that? I've never heard about him. Which book did you say it was?"

Draco murmured his reply while looking away.

"I'm sorry, Drake, I didn't really hear that." Blaise said with a smirk, he got the feeling that the blond was somehow embarrassed about it.

"I said the book is Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen" he said a little louder.

"Isn't that some Muggle romance novel?" he asked now fully grinning

"YES Blaise, now will you please quit asking more questions? Or did I make a mistake by asking you to come with me?" Draco said, anger starting to rise up inside him.

"No you definitely didn't. I have to see this. This will be hilarious." He said laughing out loud.

"Why I ever let you be my friend I'll never know." He said regretfully while Blaise kept laughing.

That evening in the Great Hall Draco was still a bit bitter towards Blaise for teasing him about his costume, because of that he completely ignored him. After he had eaten he walked out of the hall without at word to him and went on his evening patrol of the castle.

Meanwhile Blaise had gone to Draco's room to apologise to him, but when he got there he found the room empty. He decided to leave a note for the blond to know he had been there. He went over to Draco's nightstand and took a quill to write him a message.

Hey Mr. Charming

I had hoped you would be here so I could apologize for today.

But still, I can't wait to see you in that sexy costume; maybe you could give me an early preview??

I'll come back later tonight; please do wait up for me.

See you Hot Stud ! :D

When he had written his message he left.