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I drew myself art for the story! It's a really bad picture but I also drew it at 2 in the morning so yeah.
THIS IS WHAT THEIR UNIFORM/PENDENTS LOOK LIKE: http : / paigeysama. deviantart. com /#/ d47b4be
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Chapter Ten:
"Being bound to a Serpent does give you a few powers though. I'm not sure I'd want to tell you one of them." Draco scratched his cheek and Harry made him sit down on the bed next to him and urged him to continue. "Well, you'd be able to speak to me telepathically, if you're in danger, you'd adapt some of my powers, you would know where I am at all times, we'd be able to read each other's minds and feel each other's emotions…" Draco trailed off and sighed. "And if you demanded me to do or not do something, I'd have to listen."
"…Even if I told you to kill yourself?" Harry asked confused, earning a glare from Draco.
"Yes. ANYTHING." This made Harry very confused. Why on earth would he be able to control Draco. "It's a safety reason. Say I don't eat for a longer period of time, let's say ten days, you'd force me to eat because at fifteen days, I either die or go completely crazy. Or let's say a Vampire is using mind control on me and I'm about to kill you. You just tell me to stop and no matter how strong the Vampire is, I will. But the power really only completely works with humans since they need more protection than Vampires, Serpentires, Werewolves, Mermaids, exedra."
"Wait. Mermaids exist? Werewolves?" Draco raised an eyebrow.
"Yes..?" He said slowly and Harry pondered on it for a while.
"Hey, Harry it's time for dinner." Lillian said as she walked through the door and grinned at the two. "Okay, you prefer dessert, understandable." Harry's eyes bugged out.
"Lillian!" She laughed and closed the door and Draco was smirking. Harry realized he missed Draco smirking. Draco saw Harry observing him and nudged him to the door.
"Go on. Eat." Harry went to object but his stomach growled violently so he laughed and waved to Draco.
"Bye." He didn't know the proper thing to say but Draco didn't seem to mind.
…
"Draco! Draco!" Pansy called and pushed down his door. Draco rolled over and met her gaze. "Draco! Wake up!"
"What do you want from me?" He groaned and sat up and rubbed his eyes.
"We're in a war." She said seriously and he jumped up. "Yeah, now let's get to the conference hall." And the two ran down the several flights of stairs.
The room was packed with everyone that lived in the house. There was a section for werewolves, which Lupin was in charge of. Everyone seemed to be branched off in their element. Pansy and Draco bid each other farewell and moved to their designated spot.
"Hush, all." The murmur throughout the room quickly ceased and Dumbledore stood up. Draco saw Neville was standing next to him, very closely because of all the hateful looks he was receiving. "Neville here, has informed me of something I find to be rather important. It seems that You-Know-Who is planning on an attack sometime in the next few months. He will have a large amount of Vampires fighting for him, over 2,000 Neville thinks," the Serpentires seemed to shrink when he said that. Only about 300 lived in the house.
"which is why I'm having Severus Snape contact the others. I'm notifying you that you will not have a room to yourself anymore. There are an extra 300 rooms, yes, but we need to be sure everyone can fit at least two other people in your room. The werewolf tower will be expanded as we will be collecting more of them, thanks to Lupin.
Most of you are inexperienced with their powers, which is why I am thankful to be hosting the masters of the six elements. They will arrive within the week and it is mandatory for every section to train with the master in the group sessions. This isn't a joke. This is a war. This also means the underground training room will be opened. The outside training grounds have a thick wall of magic protecting anyone but a Serpent or Werewolf access. Thank you all for coming here, you may go back to sleep."
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"Nngg… Draco?" Harry rubbed his eyes when he saw Draco climbing through the window. "It's two in the morning."
"I know. I'm sorry." Harry took one look at him and closed his window, scooted over and pat the bed lightly. Draco smiled and slid in the bed and felt more warm than he ever could when Harry cuddled against his chest and fell asleep. "I can't see you anymore, Potter. At the end of this week I will be training for a war…" He whispered. "But don't worry, I'll know where you are at all times and I'll still keep you safe if you need me to. I need to fight this war, for you and for Lillian."
…
"Malfoy, are you alright?" Harry asked, stirring his drink with his straw. They were at the café they normally went to for lunch. They slept until 12:04 which amazed them both for a second then realized it made sense.
"Hm? Oh. Yeah I'm fine Potter. Just Serpent stuff, you know." He gave Harry a weak smirk and Harry raised his eyebrow.
"You really don't seem like your normal self though. Are you sure everything is okay?" He asked and Draco nodded absentmindedly. "I'll be here to talk if you need me." Harry promised.
"I'll always be here for you, no matter what." Draco swore and Harry smiled at him.
"Is it because you've bound yourself to me?" He asked and Draco shrugged with a shadow of a smile.
"Something like that." He agreed and Harry smiled down at his drink, his cheeks were pink. "So, Potter. What's going on with Ginger Bitch?" He asked and it startled Harry and he looked away, sighed and shook his head. "What does that mean?"
"Well… I got mad at her for saying you were obsessive over me and stuff so I yelled at her. I haven't talked to her since. Ron says she's really mad at me, but I don't care." If Draco could look at someone like they were any more of a god, it would have to be god himself.
"It means a lot that you defend me, Potter." He chuckled and Harry blushed again.
"Shut up." Harry bit his lip and Draco playfully shoved his shoulder.
"I think it's cute that you're defending my honor, Potter." He teased and Harry turned red and glared at him.
"I'm not defending your honor!" He retorted. "She said you were obsessive so I said you were protective. She said you were Malfoy, I said you were Draco. She said that you liked me and I said there was no way." Draco stared at Harry for a minute. His emotions were scattered. Harry called him Draco. Harry defended Draco. And yet, Harry refused to believe the possibility that Draco might like him? Why?
"Why would it be so hard to believe if I liked you?" He asked and Harry looked up at him with wide eyes.
"W-what?" He asked, Draco's lips pursed and he sat up straighter.
"Why would it be SO hard to believe that I like you?" He rephrased and Harry's face turned bright cherry red. He started stuttering incoherently and Draco sighed and slapped a 20 on the table and got up and walked out.
"Malfoy!" Harry called and Draco paused and turned to him with a glare.
"So it's Malfoy huh? I thought it was Draco." He snapped and Harry froze where he was and Draco shook his head at him. "I thought so." And just like that, Draco was gone.
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"Once upon a time there was the human boy that fell in love with a Serpentire." Lillian read with a smile. Tom was giving her a thumbs up. "But one day the human boy was transformed into a Vampire by an act of goodness. He fell into a fit of depression thinking the Serpentire wouldn't love him anymore. The Serpentire looked for him for WEEKS and just couldn't find him…"
Harry was hearing his cousin talk, but he wasn't really listening. He was trying to talk to Draco and he wouldn't answer his phone or text messages. Harry didn't HAVE Pansy's number or Blaise's and he was pretty sure he couldn't find out where the Serpentire Mansion was.
"Very good." Harry said with a smile when Lillian finished reading. She smiled at him and Tom just examined him closely. "What?"
"Why are you so upset? Did something happen with you and Draco?" He asked and Harry raised an eyebrow and he smiled. "Lillian talks about you two all of the time." He reasoned and Harry gave a look to Lillian who smiled innocently. "Did you two have a fight about something?" Tom asked and sat down next to Harry.
"Kind of." Harry nodded his head and Tom examined his face again. "What is it?"
"Let me guess, you fell in love with him and you're too embarrassed to say anything but everyone knows he loves you and you're just being stubborn because you think you like someone else who you really only like because you think you're expected to like her." Tom said easily and Harry's eyes widened at the explanation but before he could ask how he knew such elaborate details of his love life, Tom just smiled. "It's just a guess."
"So… What do you think I should do?" Harry asked slowly and Lillian beamed.
"You should talk to him—"
"No, no Lillian." Tom interrupted. Lillian looked at him confused.
"But he has to." She argued softly and Tom shook his head at her and smiled softly.
"He has to wait until Draco has… simmered down a bit." Tom said carefully. "I would wait at LEAST a week to talk to him. Just give him some space this week. Next week start fresh. Don't call him, don't text him. Just let him think and you two will be just fine." There was something sinister about his innocent smile that Harry couldn't figure out. He decided he was seeing things and nodded at the boy. "Excellent."
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The next day at school was incredibly hard for Harry. He couldn't concentrate; he couldn't do anything, really. He just sat there and tried his best not to turn his head to meet Draco's gaze. If Draco wanted time to think, he would give him time to think. He didn't want Draco to be mad at him.
He slowly mended things with Ginny throughout the day, she forgave him for being so mad and he made her promise she wouldn't insult Draco any longer. Ron was happy that he didn't have to hear his sister bitch anymore and then gushed to Harry how he got Pansy's number.
Harry smiled and nodded at everything Ron said but in reality, he really wasn't listening. He wanted to talk to Draco but he forced himself to not look at Draco at all costs. He didn't see the hurt looks Draco gave him. He didn't see how many times Draco went to apologize but Harry was busy with something. He didn't look.
Draco couldn't believe how much it stung to have Harry ignoring him. He went out of his way to ignore him too! Draco was walking down a hallway and Harry changed hallways, Harry was about to sit down next to Draco, then completely changed locations.
It stung. Badly.
"Why is he ignoring me?" Draco asked Blaise quietly and Blaise looked over at him and shrugged. "Come on Blaise, what are his emotions?" Blaise sighed and looked at Harry.
"He's tired, miserable, and bored." Blaise said flatly and Draco hit his head on the table.
"Do you know if he's miserable about me?" Draco asked softy and Blaise shrugged.
"You or that Ginny is sitting somewhere else. I don't know. Just give him some time. He'll talk to you."
…
Harry ignored Draco all week. He didn't see the longing glances Draco was giving him or the near-break-down Draco had on Friday. Harry smiled, in spite of himself. Finally, the week was over! Once it was Monday again, he would talk to Draco and everything would be fine!
The only problem was, Draco wouldn't be at school anymore. Draco would be at the Mansion training for months. He didn't even let Draco say goodbye.
"Draco Lucius Malfoy." Draco whispered to himself as he climbed into his car and saw Harry walking away with Ginny. "You will not cry you fucking pansy." He muttered hatefully to himself and his arms wrapped around the steering wheel and he pressed his forehead to the center and breathed heavily and shaky.
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