"What exactly am I charged with?" Draco demanded as soon as the door to the Headmistress' office was closed.
The Aurors stood stony faced in front of the two boys, until the taller of the two spoke "Use of the Imperious curse, or a strong, illegal, love potion."
"That's ridiculous!" Harry protested from his seat.
"Now, Mr. Potter," The shorter one said, in a slightly patronizing voice, "It would seem like that to you, were you really under the affects of one of these things."
Harry glowered, but stayed silent as the Auror reached into his robes and pulled out a vial filled with clear liquid.
"This," The blond Auror spoke, "Is the strongest Veritaserum known to Wizarding kind. There's no way to fight it. To clear things up, it will be administered to Mr. Malfoy, now." He said with a small smile, turning to Draco. "This could go smoothly, or difficultly, which would you prefer?"
"Just give me the damn potion." Draco growled.
The Aurors frowned at him simultaneously, in the same manner, making the two teens smile in spite of themselves.
"Alright, Mr. Malfoy, thank you for your cooperation, now, open up." Draco glowered, but obediently parted his lips to allow the potion to be poured into his mouth, seeing as his hands were still tied. The blond choked slightly, but managed to swallow the liquid.
"Now," The taller Auror said, smiling "Can you state your name?"
"Are you an idiot?" Draco snapped, but closed his mouth at the look he got from Harry, clearly telling him to 'play nice, or else,' "Sorry, let me try that again. My name is Draco Abraxas Malfoy." He said in a nicer, but forced tone.
"Good." The Auror mumbled, pinching the bridge of his nose in slight frustration. "Now, did you use the Imperious curse on Madame Rosemerta?"
Draco looked down, blond locks hiding his face "Yes."
Harry saw the pained expression in Draco's gray eyes, before it quickly vanished, and vowed to get back at Ginny.
"Did you use the Imperious curse on anyone else?"
"No."
"Did you use the Imperious curse on Harry Potter?"
"What part of 'no', are you not getting?" Draco bit out, and then sighed when he saw the expression on Harry's face, "No, I didn't use it on Harry."
The Auror pursed his lips in annoyance, but did not comment on the rude answer. "Did you use any form of a love potion, spell, jinx, curse, binding, or blackmail on Harry Potter to make him appear to be in love with you, or believe that he in fact is?"
"No." Draco said, and then smirked, "Unless my incredible sexiness counts."
Harry blushed, and smiled when he saw the shorter Aurors lips quirk slightly. "Are you in a relationship with Harry Potter?"
"Yes."
"Are his feelings genuine?"
"To the best of my knowledge, yes."
The Aurors shared a glance at this. "Well, ah, that's the end of the questioning, and seeing as nothing has incriminated you so far, we have no reason to charge you, yet." He stared hard at Harry "We would like to perform an exam on Mr. Potter, and give him the chance to tell us if Mr. Malfoy has done anything."
Harry stared at the man like he was crazy, "Are you insane?" It was Draco's turn to give Harry a warning look, and the raven haired boy was quick to rephrase, "I mean, I never made a complaint in the first place. We're together, consensually, because we like each other."
"Will you allow us to do a cursory exam?"
Harry nodded curtly. The blue eyed Auror slowly approached the Gryffindor, wand raised. Harry flinched slightly, as a tingling sensation washed over his body, and looked at his hand in fascination as a light blue glow emitted from it, like the rest of his body.
After a minute, the Auror pulled away, and the light faded. "Well," He said with a frown, again glancing over at his partner, "It appears that these charges are, indeed, false."
Draco glared, "Really, I would never have guessed." He said sarcastically.
"We are truly," The Auror's face twisted briefly into a grimace, "Sorry for this ordeal, we'll do our best to stop any further lies spread by the Daily Prophet."
"That's great and all," Draco said bitterly, "Not that it'll matter much, what with everything that's already been written about us. Now, could you be kind enough as to untie me?" It was more of a command than a request.
Wordlessly, the other Auror waved his wand and released Draco's hands from their binds.
"Can we go now?" Harry asked quietly.
"Yes, of course Mr. Potter, once again, we offer you two our sincerest apologies."
Draco and Harry nodded, and without a second glance, exited the office.
They walked for a while, until Harry pulled Draco into an enclosed alcove in a deserted corridor.
"Hey," Harry whispered, stepping closer to the tense blond who was currently glaring at the floor "You okay?"
"No!" Draco ground out, "I'm not fucking okay. The Weaslette went too far, fucking calling the Ministry on me! And then, you had to get hauled up there as well. How can you be so calm?"
"I'm sorry." Harry murmured.
"For what?" The silver eyed teen asked surprised, "This wasn't your fault, I should be sorry, I should have known this would happen, with our history, and what I've done in the past. . . "
"It was in the past, and it stays in the past," Harry said firmly, "You've changed, I know that, we both have. And, what happened with Madame Rosmerta," Harry sighed as Draco tensed even further, "You didn't have much of a choice, and she forgave you. It is in the past. This is our relationship, and they had no right to do any of that."
"It's just… you've had to put up with shit like this nearly your entire life, I hate that I'm the cause of more of it."
"It sucks, true," Harry said, grabbing his hand and giving it a light squeeze, "But, we'll get through it together."
Draco smiled, wrapping his arms around the raven haired boy's slender waist, and bringing their lips together in a light, sweet kiss. "Harry," He said, lips still centimeters apart, "Sleep in my dorm tonight, we can get your stuff in the morning, you shouldn't have to deal with Weasley and any of the stupid things he'll try to spew at you."
Harry smiled, and brought their lips together for a lingering kiss. "Of course" Harry replied with a smile, before they started heading to Draco's room, hand in hand.
But, even though their moods were slightly lifted as they walked towards Draco's dorms, all they could think about was how to deal with what was to surely come, and then extract their revenge.
AN: Sorry about the long update, I'll try to go faster, but I'm currently using an old laptop, since mine broke, until I can get a new one =( I'm trying to reach at least a hundred reviews by this chapter, so please, review! And thanks to my awesome beta, eternal-depths-of-emerald!
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