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Author's Note:Here it is, the last chapter of Inevitable: Bane. For all those out there who want to read the next story, I'll have the first chapter up as soon as I can. Hopefully this means tomorrow . In the meantime please read and review
Chapter Ten: Bane
Bane: noun. 1; that which causes death or destroys life 2; a deadly poison 3; a person or thing that ruins or destroys: he was the bane of her life 4; ruin; destruction; death.
The end of the year was nearly here and the five Gryffindor's and the five Slytherin's had truly put their differences aside and had become firm friends, much to the shock of the rest of the school. Even more shocking was that Harry Potter and Draco Malfoy seemed to be a couple and they weren't the only ones, Neville Longbottom and Blaise Zabini were seemingly together as were Seamus Finnigan and Pansy Parkinson.
Any how it was a cool June day and the ten friends were sitting outside by the lake, the ten of them were just hanging around enjoying each other's company and talking about anything and everything.
"Oh my god!" said Draco suddenly, raising his head and a horrified look entering his eyes.
"What's up?" asked Harry who was sitting beside him.
"I just realized something" replied Draco in a shocked tone which drew the attention of everyone else to him.
"What?" asked Harry curiously.
"Do you remember when we were in the Prefects bathroom?" asked Draco in a strange tone.
"What about it?" asked Harry wryly, amused at how many times he'd said the word what in the last minute.
"Pardon?" asked Blaise dropping to the ground in front of Draco.
"The two of you were in the bathroom together?" asked Neville sitting down next to Blaise.
"Um…, perhaps this isn't the best time to talk about it" said Draco blushing as he realized everyone was listening to the conversation.
"Oh come on! That's not fair" said Pansy.
"Yeah! We want to know all the juicy gossip" agreed Seamus.
"Now I understand, you just remembered you were naked" said Harry brightly.
"Harry" croaked Draco hoarsely and his face went white then red so fast it's amazing he didn't faint from the blood rush.
"Naked huh?" said Blaise with a wicked smile.
"Sounds like the two of you were having some fun" said Neville with a grin.
"It wasn't like that" protested Draco, still very red.
"Really? Then what was it like?" asked Pansy also smiling.
"I tried to kill myself and he saved me, that's all" explained Draco.
"Is that true?" asked Hermione of Harry, she and everyone else looked at Harry for the answer.
"Yes" replied Harry simply and Draco's expression changed from relief at the simple answer to mortified when Harry added "But then the stupid prat wouldn't talk to me so I did the only thing I didn't think of to get him to listen to me".
"What do you mean, the only thing you didn't think of?" asked Ron totally confused.
"Because I certainly didn't think about it, I just grabbed him, kissed him and gave him one hell of a hickey" explained Harry, still in the same bright tone.
"You're talking about the day you two first got together, aren't you?" asked Hermione.
"Yep" replied Harry helpfully and then he noticed that Draco had buried his head in his hands, so he leant in slightly closer and asked "Draco, are you okay?"
Obviously without thinking, Draco angrily replied with "Oh blow me!"
"What? In front of everyone?" asked Harry raising one finely crafted eyebrow in inquiry.
"What?" said Draco explosively and he, Ron and Hermione all looked at Harry in total shock.
"I'll take that as a no" sighed Harry in regret while Blaise, Neville, Seamus and Pansy desperately tried to hold in their laughter.
"Why? Why him? Couldn't you have made it so I was attracted to someone else?" asked Draco of the heavens as he lay down on his back.
"Don't you like me anymore?" asked Harry in a sulky tone.
"You're embarrassing" said Draco by way of explanation.
"Fine! I'll just have to make you like me and I know how" said Harry in a dangerous tone.
Then without any warning and lightning quick, Harry straddled Draco, pinned his hands down and brought their lips together in a fierce kiss. As soon as Harry's lips touched his Draco forgot about everything.
Retuning the kiss with equal fervor, Draco begun to suck and bite on Harry's tender lips and he was delighted when he drew another deep throated growl from Harry.
Deepening the kiss Harry ran his tongue along Draco's lips as he sought entrance into Draco's mouth, which was eagerly granted and soon the two moist muscles were once again exploring each other and the mouths of their opposite's owner in an increasingly heating kiss.
Then Harry shifted his position as his right leg, which was at an odd angle, began to cramp and without meaning too, as Harry shifted, their two groins rubbed together. Drawing gasps from both of the young men as bolts of ecstasy shot through their bodies, which made them break the kiss and stare into each other's eyes as they tried to catch their breath.
"Hey! Why are you stopping? I was taking notes" said Blaise and his voice slowly registered in Harry and Draco's desire fogged brains.
"Oh, hi everyone" said Harry releasing Draco's wrists but he stayed straddling him.
"I must've done something really, really bad in a past life" sighed Draco covering his eyes with an arm and trying to ignore the amused smiles everyone were wearing.
"Thanks for the show" said Pansy grinning.
"Don't mention it" replied Harry carefully leaning forward slightly and running his hand through Draco's hair.
"Yeah and if you want another one just ask" said Draco with heavy sarcasm and then a smile of pure pleasure graced his features as Harry continued to play with his hair.
"Good I may need more notes" said Blaise seriously and he gave Neville a wink, causing him to blush.
"Harry, I really reckon you should stop embarrassing Draco" said Hermione.
"Yes, I suppose your right" sighed Harry mournfully, then brightening up he added "Hey! It's lunch time, let's go eat".
With this said Harry shot up like a rocket, grabbed Draco and pulled him up to the castle. After sharing an amused smile everyone else got up and slowly headed up to lunch.
The next day Harry, Draco, Blaise, Neville, Seamus and Pansy were sitting in the Library chatting, Crabbe and Goyle don't talk remember? And Ron and Hermione were elsewhere doing, as Harry had explained with a snort, more important stuff. At first the group talked about trivial things such as homework, food, classes, food the weather and of course food, as you can tell they are obsessed with food.
"Hey! Did you guys know that there are still Demons, Angels, Light Demons and Dark Angels from Banes time alive today?" asked Harry breaking the temporary silence.
"Oh come on! Everyone knows that's impossible" said Pansy.
"That's right! We die when we hit one hundred, remember?" agreed Seamus.
"True but not long ago Ron, Hermione and I met some of the originals and they told us how you can survive past one hundred" explained Harry.
"Really? How?" asked Blaise skeptically.
"To live past a hundred you must refrain from any and all kinds of sex" explained Harry cheerfully.
"Damn! That Bane sure has a nasty sense of humor" said Draco shaking his head.
"How come you got to meet some of the originals?' asked Neville curiously and he and everyone else looked at Harry expectantly.
"Because Hermione came up with this theory that Banes back, we told Albus who in turn told the originals, who then came to talk to us about Bane" replied Harry calmly.
"So is Bane back?" asked Draco curiously.
"They weren't sure, so they left to find out if there have been any sightings of Bane or his weapons" answered Harry.
"What do you mean by sightings of his weapons?" asked Seamus perplexed.
"Apparently Banes weapons are living weapons that can think and act for themselves and can become anything that can be used as a weapon" replied Harry brightly.
"So his weapons could be wondering around? Did these originals say what Bane or his weapons look like?" asked Seamus.
"I don't know to the first question and nope to the other two" replied Harry.
"That's stupid, if they'd told you what they look like then you could help them keep an eye out for Bane and his weapons" said Pansy.
"True but they did say that Bane is so powerful that the air around him is distorted in such a way that it looks like he is walking around under water" explained Harry helpfully.
"Then he shouldn't be too hard to miss" said Blaise with a snort.
"Hey Neville, are you okay?" asked Harry and he and everyone else looked at Neville whose features had gone blank as though he was trying to remember something.
"I think we can safely say Banes back" said Neville paling slightly and refocusing on the group.
"Why's that?" asked Blaise as he worriedly put his arm around Neville's shoulders.
"Don't you remember? Last month in the Prophet there was that article about Azkaban being attacked by a heavily cloaked figure, who... looked... like... they... were... under... water" explained Neville enunciating the last bit very slowly.
"That's right! Plus wherever the cloaked, stuff it, Bane walked the guards exploded, I don't think I want to meet him" said Harry with a straight face.
"Oh I don't know about that" said Draco and everyone looked at him in shock, including Harry whose features quickly changed into a calculating expression that no-one saw because they were looking at Draco.
"Are you saying that you want to meet Bane?" asked Pansy incredulously.
"I want to thank him for freeing my father" replied Draco passively.
"You know what I want to know?" asked Seamus.
"What?" said Harry asking the question for everyone.
"If Bane is really as evil as everyone says he is" explained Seamus.
"I know what you mean, because if you listen to all the stories the four races seemed unlikely to end the war until Bane appeared, which is when they decided to work together and since then the four species have lived in relative peace" said Neville.
At Neville's words everyone got thoughtful looks on their faces as they contemplated if Bane really was evil.
"Too bad you weren't told more about Bane or his weapons!" stated Blaise into the silence.
"That's okay, they said that once they find out more information than they'd be back for a chat" said Harry calmly.
"Then they'd be back soon wouldn't they? Especially if they read the Daily Prophet" said Draco.
"You could be right about that and after we've had another chat I'll let you all know what we discussed" said Harry.
"Are you allowed to be discussing this stuff with us?" asked Seamus curiously.
"Meh" replied Harry with a shrug and then with an abrupt change of subject he said "So Gregory, Vincent are you two going to share some of your wisdom with us today? Or are you going to remain mute?"
At Harry's question everyone looked at Crabbe and Goyle who, even though they came to the talks never contributed anything, and were sitting quietly in their seats, observing everything.
A few days later, straight after breakfast instead of going to classes Harry, Ron and Hermione went in the completely opposite direction, for the three of them had received letters from the Headmaster requesting that they come to his office.
So that was where each of them were headed and even though they had been discussing at breakfast what Dumbledore could possibly wish to see them for, they were now silent, each lost in their own thoughts. In silence the three of them reached the statue of the Gargoyle, said the password and ascended the revolving staircase to the top, where they knocked on the door and then entered the office when given permission.
The room was once again occupied by the Headmaster, Remus, Sirius, James, Lily and the four originals.
"Thank you all for coming" said Dumbledore amiably once Harry, Ron and Hermione had sat down.
'Like we had a choice' muttered Harry under his breath.
"We are once more gathered together to discuss Bane" explained Dumbledore.
'Nah shit Sherlock' muttered Harry.
"Now Therin, Nathanial, Natalya and Isabella have some important information to share with us" said Dumbledore in a grave tone.
"I have a bad feeling about this" said Hermione worriedly as she looked at the seriously grave faces of the Headmaster and four originals.
"What do you mean?" asked Harry passively.
"Well, you know those gut feelings that you get?" asked Hermione.
"It's called indigestion" said Harry dismissively.
"Harry!" said Lily sternly, she and everyone else were shocked at Harry's tone.
"What? It's not called indigestion?" asked Harry bewildered.
"Oh Harry! You are so innocent" said Lily reaching across her husband to hug her son.
^Idiots^ thought Harry contemptuously as everyone gave him sympathetically amused smiles.
"So what do you wish to discuss?" asked Remus quietly looking at Therin.
"I hate to be the bearer of bad news but it appears that Bane is indeed back and is once again killing people" said Therin.
"Are you sure?" asked James worriedly.
"Positive, I'm sure you read that article about Azkaban a month ago, that was most definitely Bane" replied Therin.
"Any sign of his weapons?" asked Sirius curiously.
"No and hopefully it's because they haven't found each other" said Therin.
"Have you found out anything else about Bane?" asked Harry while at the same time he thought ^This could be interesting^.
"It took a while but we did find out some new information" replied Therin.
"Really? What and how?" asked Ron happily.
"It's amazing we never thought of it before but we decided to ask the more ancient races if they knew anything" answered Therin.
"Who's more ancient then you?" asked Hermione bewildered.
"Oops! Sorry, I meant the more ancient animal races" amended Therin.
"Animals instinctively know things we don't, especially magical animals" said Nathanial helpfully at everyone's puzzled looks.
"So you asked a magical animal for help?" asked Lily looking for clarification.
"Yes and to be precise we asked for advice from the dragon tribes" said Therin.
"You asked dragons?' asked Ron shocked.
"They're a lot more intelligent than people expect, plus they understand and can speak an old tongue that we partially know" replied Therin calmly.
'All animals can understand and speak the old tongue they just prefer not to you idiot' muttered Harry disdainfully under his breath.
"Did you say something, son?" asked James looking at Harry.
"Just thinking out loud" replied Harry with a smile.
"So what did the dragons tell you?" asked Remus dragging everyone's attention off Harry and back to the discussion on hand.
"They explained that there is a way to control Bane and all we have to do is find the Dragon Master" replied Therin a little smugly.
"Did they tell you who the Dragon Master is?" asked Harry and unnoticed by anyone all the emotions had left his voice and face.
"No! For some strange reason half way through the conversation they got spooked and fled" answered Therin the smug tone exiting his voice.
"So how are we meant to find the Dragon Master?" asked Hermione.
"I suppose we could start with anyone who has either word in their name" said Therin thoughtfully.
"This is bullshit! I'm leaving" said Harry in a dark tone, shocking everyone with the words he said and the tone he used.
Without another word and before anyone could say anything to him, Harry stood up and left the office.
"What's wrong with him?" asked Natalya curiously.
"I think I know" said Hermione looking at the place where Harry had disappeared with sympathy.
"What's wrong with him?" asked Lily worriedly.
"I don't know if he's told you this but um…, Harry's gay and he's kind of been seeing Draco Malfoy" explained Hermione in a soothing tone.
"Oh" said Lily and she and the adults who knew Harry well were wearing the same shocked look.
"Wait! Draco, isn't that Latin for dragon?" asked Isabella calmly.
"That it is" agreed Natalya in the same tone.
"So that's why he stormed out" said James in a sympathetic tone.
"Do you know where Draco Malfoy is at this moment?" asked Therin.
"He's probably out by the lake" replied Hermione.
"Not in class?" asked Therin curiously.
"He has a free period at the moment" answered Ron.
"Would it bother you to take us out to meet him?" questioned Therin.
"No, not really, let's go shall we?" said Hermione standing up.
"Lets" agreed Therin.
So everyone stood up and together they left the office and headed down to the grounds by the lake. The group received heaps of second glances as they travelled the halls for the Headmaster was with them as was a large black dog. Sirius had changed into his animagus form just so he wouldn't frighten the students because even though the Ministry had declared he wasn't a Deatheater there were those that still believed he was.
It didn't take the group long to reach the outside grounds or to locate Draco who was sitting with Blaise, Neville, Pansy and Seamus. What shocked the group was spotting Harry with Draco and the others, he was lying on his belly with his arms crossed in front of him and his head resting on his arms. Strangely enough Harry had taken his jumper off and was just in his sleeveless green shirt.
As the group approached Draco and the others they became slightly disconcerted when they realized they were being passively watched.
"Hi" said Hermione quietly, unsure as Draco and the others continued to watch them as though reserving judgment.
"Hi" replied Draco passively his eyes flickering to Hermione then back to the strangers.
"Um…, this is Therin, Nathanial, Isabella and Natalya" said Hermione nervously when Dumbledore seemed unwilling to talk.
"That's nice" said Draco still in the same uncaring tone.
"What's wrong with you guys?" asked Hermione in a worried tone.
"What do you want?" asked Blaise in the same uncaring tone as Draco.
"We wish to speak to the one named Draco" explained Therin saving Hermione from having to talk when she obviously didn't want to.
"That would be me" said Draco.
"Did you know that in the old tongue Malfoy means master?" came Harry's dead voice from where he was lying on the ground.
"What?" asked Therin shocked.
"But that would mean…, it can't be that easy" said Natalya disbelievingly.
"Sure it can" said Isabella.
"That's right, we're bound to have some good luck sooner or later" agreed Nathanial.
"If you don't mind we'd like you to come with us" said Therin to Draco.
"Wait a second! Harry how do you know that?" asked Remus, asking the one question everyone else seemed to have forgotten.
"Because I'm smart" replied Harry dully as he got to his feet and stood facing everyone.
"Harry! What's that?" asked Hermione in total disbelief.
"What? This?" asked Harry and he turned his left arm so that the inside was facing everyone and there clearly marked was the Dark Mark.
"What's going on?" demanded Ron as everyone looked at Harry in disbelief.
"You need to come with us" said Therin walking forward and grabbing Draco firmly by the arm.
"Let me go!" said Draco ripping his arm free and moving closer to the protection that Blaise, Neville, Seamus and Pansy offered.
"You will come with us" said Therin in a threatening tone moving after Draco, this was the final straw, Harry snapped.
"You vile, disgusting, traitorous scum, how dare you touch what is mine" said Harry in a reverberating voice filled with dark harmonics.
Then as everyone looked on, shocked at the power in Harry's voice, the air around Harry began to distort as his anger got out of control, causing him to lose his hold on his normalcy illusions. Then as everyone watched Harry's ears pointed, his eyes slitted, becoming a much more vibrant emerald green and two snakes appeared wrapped around each arm.
"Harry?" said Hermione worriedly taking a step forward.
"That's not Harry any more" said Therin grabbing her arm.
"Then who is he?" asked Hermione confused as well as worried at the deep fear in Therin's voice.
With a look so grim you'd think someone had died and in a voice laced with fear Therin answered with one word that filled most of those who heard it with dread, he simply replied with "Bane".
