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sry about not being able to update sooner and for the length, hopefully it won't be so long next time:)
The next several weeks went by rather quickly. Harry got better and stronger. He had also grown a fair bit and was almost as tall as Ron. Ron had finally been allowed to leave the hospital and they went back to Snapes manor in the Alps. Dudley was getting grumpier by the day, he had not been allowed to eat as much as he liked of anything and certainly not of anything he liked and had to work each day. Ron and Draco had come to terms with each others presence and had managed to not attempt to murder each other. Draco had shortly realised that it was in his best interest to also befriend, or at least tolerate, the girls since the last time he had insulted Hermione at the manor he had wound up wearing a rather stylish outfit consisting of giant diapers fastened with safety pins, a frilly pink bonnet and a large rattle. Ginny had seen him and had added a baby bottle and a pink lacy top with a bib that said "ickle babykins needs a new nappykins". The twins were still laughing about it. Ron had not returned completely to normal, he was unusually quite most of the time and normally sat in the corner brooding. Harry had tried to get him interested in something, even going so far as to get Draco into a heated debate about quidditch while Ron was nearby. Draco had eventually said that the Cannons were a disgrace to the game, Harry had been certain that Ron would rush to their defence but he only stared off into space. That had worried Harry to no end, of course once Draco had realised why Harry was worried he had talked to Snape about it. Harry stayed as close to Ron as he could except when it was time for him to take his potion. He had finally been able to stop taking the potions for his height weight magic and intelligence, but he still had to take the one that blocked out Voldemort. He had gotten better at occlumencey but he was not an expert as of yet. Hermione and Ginny would try and get him to talk as well but the most that they could get from him were one word answers if they asked him a question. Eventually Snape decided that it was time for him to try a therapy session though he was loath to do so. He knew that if he didn't manage to make him the annoying bullheaded Gryffindor that he once was that he would be blamed for everything. He made sure to glare at Draco for talking him into helping the Weasley.
The day had started off badly enough; Dudley had decided to throw a giant sized temper tantrum when he saw his list of chores. He apparently thought that it was abnormally cruel to for a child to wash windows. So Snape decided that it would be a good idea to have him not only wash windows but weed the garden, trim the trees on the grounds and then retile the dining room. Dudley had not been very happy about that, but when Snape had threatened to add more work to his already overfilled day he snapped his mouth shut.
Draco found it to be rather amusing to watch Dudley work while eating his favourite snacks in front of him. Harry would have felt sorrier for Dudley if he hadn't done the exact same thing to him countless times while he was being starved by his aunt and uncle. Harry held no delusions about why Dudley had helped him; it wasn't because he had suddenly turned into a decent person it was because he felt obligated to. Draco was eating a rather sumptuous looking treacle tart very slowly while in plain view of the muggle. Dudley for his part was drooling over the tempting dessert while he was supposed to be weeding. Harry had no doubt that if it weren't for the fact that Draco could do magic Dudley would have beaten him up and stolen the dessert by now.
"Oy Draco, you might want to leave the poor small minded muggle alone. You know he won't be able to resist the tart that you're waving under his nose much longer."
"What, are you suddenly concerned for the fat lards well being now Potter?"
"No I just think that it's a waste of time and magic to hex the moron."
"I suppose you're right." Draco gave an especially annoying smirk to Dudley and then sat down under the tree with Ron and Harry. Harry had wanted a treacle tart, but Snape had refused to let him have any until he had eaten dinner. He found it both frustrating and comforting, not to mention just plain weird that Snape was acting like how he imagined a parent would act. Harry had brought and apple and a couple of oranges along for while they were outside today. He knew the main reason that Draco wanted to be outside was so that he could torment Dudley with treats. Harry had just wanted to get some fresh air and thought that the change might do Ron the world of good. He really hadn't been himself since he had gotten that ghost mark removed, but Harry had not been able to get him to talk about what had happened.