A/N: Hey guys! Here's the next chapter. I know it's a week late, but I was kind of busy with work, Christmas and everything else that's going on. Enjoy! If you have time, please review.

I'm sorry for any misspelled words. English is not my mother language so there might be mistakes.

Warnings: please ignore HBP and DH, in later chapters this will probably be slash.

Disclaimer: I don't own anything. The characters and all the places belong to J. K. Rowling expect (of course) a cute little girl named Selena.

To Trust your enemy

Chapter 10

The next few weeks went by very fast. They now got along very well, not only for Selena's sake. And life with Selena was quite interesting and entertaining sometimes. She was a really cute and well behaved child. At least she was most of the time. And the rest of the time, she would smile and laugh and the next minute if something happened that she didn't like, or if she was supposed to go to bed, she would stick her nose in the air, get an attitude and then she would behave like a little princess with Malfoy genes.

When she had one of those fits, Draco had the tendency to just start laughing and Harry would be the one to fight with her. Harry often complained about the unfairness, and the fact, that she was Draco's responsibility, but he did it none the less and he liked it. If you looked close you could see the smile playing on his face when he argued with the six-year-old girl.

Harry also started to train again, now with the help from Draco. After all the Slytherin had been supposed to become a Death Eater and he knew a lot of things about them and of course a lot of spells and hexes, defensive and mostly offensive which Harry hadn't known before. They often practiced long hours, but mainly after Selena went to bed. They didn't want to disturb the girl, especially because she was already confused sometimes with the fact that she had been a kitten.

Harry and Draco had been able to find out while talking to her, that she remembered everything, but to her it seemed like it happened in a dream or long ago. She often asked about her uncle. Why he had been so cruel to her and every time the two teens didn't know what to tell her. There were also the questions about her mum. When she finally understood what it meant, that her mum wasn't there and would never come back, she didn't talk for two days and cried a lot.

After those two days, she came down from her room with a determined look on her face like she had decided something really big. She stood straight in front of Draco and told him without hesitation, that he had to be her big brother. Not only a cousin, because that's not really how a family was supposed to be, but also because she had nobody else.

Draco, who had been shocked by her appearance, only nodded mutely and was then rewarded with a kiss on the cheek and a big hug. When she turned to Harry they had no clue what to expect next, it definitely wasn't something you could expect.

With an angel's face, she looked at Harry. "You know, we have to stay with you here, don't you?" Harry spluttered. "If we don't, then we'll have to buy new clothes all the time. I remember all the bubbles and the fun we had when Draco tried to wash. You told me yourself that my "dreams" aren't really dreams but my memories when I was a kitten, right. And I remember that Draco couldn't wash. And he's really bad with cooking, too. So that's why we have to live with you." she finished with a big grin, obviously happy with her reasoning.

Harry had to smile. She was definitely smart. Everything she had said was the truth. Draco loved her and would do everything for her, but he was a lousy cook and also Harry had explained him the principles of a washer the blond couldn't wash at all. He whole heartedly agreed with her, but the Slytherin didn't have to know that.

With those thoughts running through his mind, Harry bent down to Selena.

"You have to ask Draco if he wants to stay here. I can't decide that for him and for you. But I'm glad that you would like to stay here. And I definitely don't have a problem with it. The house is big enough." he said seriously but still smiling.

Selena turned puppy eyes on Draco. But this time the Slytherin wasn't surprised to get that look. In a cool but still gentle voice he told her to go to her room so that he could talk to Harry about her proposition.

When they heard the room door upstairs close, Draco swiftly cast a silencing charm. And with no warning, nothing had shown on his face, he suddenly started yelling at Harry.

"What the hell do you think you're doing, playing the nice host? Do you really want me and a child staying at your house forever? Turning his back to the black haired boy, he punched the wall. You don't have to play the martyr. I don't need your help."

"Yes, you do." Harry said in a gentle voice. "I'm not playing the martyr. I like Selena… and you. It's not easy right now, not for you and not for me. I mean, I have to fight a Dark Lord, and by defecting you choose the same destiny. You are already staying here and helping me. And I don't have a problem with it. If you remember, I choose to ask you on the train if you wanted to stay with me. I already decided then and there that I wouldn't mind. And if you look back the last few weeks, we came a long way. We were always fighting and now we're actually getting along. I even would consider us friends. It can't happen from one day to the other. And you might not realize it, but you are a different person. You changed or maybe now you are the person you have always been. You just had to hide it in the past.

And when you'll be able to live somewhere on your own, after I defeat Voldemort, you're free to go, but right now, I just can't let you go. As my duty as the Boy-Who-Lived I can't let some one, who is in as much danger as you are, live somewhere on his own." Harry grinned cheekily at him.

The look on the blonds face was priceless. Not knowing how to answer the last few of Harry's sentences, the logic of them not really making any sense, he kept staring at the other teen. Then finally after a couple of minutes he visibly pulled his mind together. Shaking his head he looked at Harry and sneered.

"You Potter, are not able to defeat a Dark Lord on your own. You will need help. And it looks like I'll be the one to provide that help. You will not fight alone. I'll do my best to watch your back in that confrontation and I will make sure that we both survive, because I absolutely refuse to tell Selena that you are dead." he smirked and then added "I guess now you are definitely stuck with two Malfoys."

Harry started laughing. "I guess you're right."

Suddenly they heard a loud bang and a high pitched scream from upstairs.