TigerBlossom17- Well, here's the 11th chapter! Sorry for the wait! I hope you all enjoy it!
Inner TigerBlossom17- Thank you for putting up with her this long.
TigerBlossom17- (glares at inner) Hey! That's not nice!
Inner TigerBlossom17- Whatever. Enjoy the chapter!
Harry sat next to Draco's bed, his back straight and his tail swaying back and forth behind him. He continued to watch said blonde as the teen wizard slept on peacefully with an exasperated and frustrated glint in his vibrant green eyes.
Come on you bloody git! Wake up already! Harry thought irritably as he glared at the oblivious teen. The two of them were going to meet up with Asher and the others in a short while, and Draco wouldn't get up!
Stupid prat! He takes forever to get ready. If he doesn't get up soon we'll be late! Harry growled as he stood up, his eyes bearing down on the sleeping blonde. Smirking to himself, Harry carefully got up on the four-poster bed, making sure not to wake the other.
Stepping light on the pads of his large paws, Harry made his way closer and closer to Draco. The blonde continued to sleep on as Harry stood over. The large panther suddenly paused as he stared down at the sleeping form. Tilting his head to the side, Harry watched him closely.
Huh, he actually looks . . . peaceful, when he sleeps. Slowly lowering himself down on top of the bed, Harry watched as Draco continued to take in deep, even breaths, his face completely relaxed of any features. Harry felt his chest swell with an unknown feeling, causing Harry to blink.
Pushing aside his thoughts, Harry leaned forward and rested his head on Draco's rising and falling chest, a content purr escaping the back of his throat. As Harry lost himself in his thoughts he didn't notice a pair of silver-blue eyes flutter open.
The feeling of a soft vibration brought Draco slowly out of his sleep. Opening his eyes he was met with soft, black fur obscuring his vision. Chuckling lightly, Draco raised his hand and pushed Emerald away, smirking when he saw a confused look in the panther's eyes.
"Your purring is really loud, you know that?" Draco teased as he looked over his shoulder at the large cat. The blonde laughed when Emerald's ears flattened back against his head, a low growl escaping his throat as his eyes narrowed in a glare. Reaching over, Draco ruffled the fur on Emerald's head, causing the cat to try and bat away his hand.
Still laughing, Draco pushed aside the blankets and stood up. He groaned as he stretched out his stiff muscles. He glanced back at Emerald and smiled at the animal.
"I'll start getting ready so we can meet up with the others, okay?" The blonde's smile widened as Emerald's ears instantly perked up at his words, his tail swishing back and forth with excitement.
An hour and a half later, Draco and Harry were standing in the floo room and watching as the fireplace suddenly erupted in green flames. Ava and Iris walked into the room, smiling brightly as they spotted the two waiting for them. As they gave each other a quick hug, Harry getting a few kisses on the top of his head, much to Draco's amusement the other two soon arrived right after.
"Great! Now that we're all here, let's get going!" Ava stated happily as she grinned at everyone. Draco walked over to the floo and grabbed a handful of powder.
"Diagon Alley!" Green flames once again burned brightly in the fireplace. Pulling their cloaks tighter around themselves, the six quickly walked through the channel. Harry looked around the busy street of Diagon Alley, the usual huffing and buffing going on like any other day.
"Come on guys, let's go to the Leaky Cauldron before we start shopping." Iris suggested as she gestured to said place further along the street. Harry looked up at the girl with slight confusion.
"We're shopping? I thought we were just here to get away for a bit?" he asked as they all began walking towards the Leaky Cauldron. Iris glanced down at him and smiled.
"We are, but Ava and I thought that while we're here we can get a little shopping done while we're at it." She answered as he gave him a quick wink before looking up to watch where she was going. Harry groaned they all filed through the Leaky Cauldron's door, the warmth of the place wafting over Harry's body.
"This is going to be a long day." Harry listened to Ava and Iris' laughter through their link, relaxing just a bit more by their soothing presence. Iris then turned to everyone and smiled.
"Why don't you guys go get a table and I'll go order us some drinks." Ava smiled at her.
"Okay!" With that said everyone then walked over and sat down at one of the tables in the far back while Iris went to the drinks. Ava reached out and was about to pull out her chairs when another hand brushed passed hers and beat her to it. Looking up at the owner of said hand, a faint blush brushed across the girl's cheeks as she stared into kind gray eyes.
"Let me." Asher said softly as he stared back into Ava's golden, blue-rimmed eyes. Ava's blush darkened a shade more, making it easier to see if you looked for it. Slowly, drawing her hand away from the chair, Ava stood up straight and smiled shyly at Asher.
"O-Okay. Thank you." Harry watched the two closely, curious at Ava's sudden shy behavior, but when Asher smiled at her again as he pulled out her chair and let her sit down before sitting down beside her himself, Harry smiled knowingly.
Well, seems this is going to turn out to be a very interesting day, today. Harry thought as he watched Ava's and Asher's eyes shift towards the other every once in a while.
Suddenly, the sound a flesh hitting flesh, a grunt, and several different things breaking caught all of their attentions. The sight that they saw stunned each and every one of them. Iris stood at the counter, their drinks sitting safely on the hardwood surface, her face twisted in the most hostile, contempt expression, her eyes the darkest color of violet the others have ever seen.
A man that looked to be in his late teens early twenties, laying on the ground below the Slytherin girl, a hand held to his face, pressed against his now bleeding nose. Taking in the scene, the others quickly snapped out of their thoughts as the sound of a chair scraping across the floor sounded next to them.
Draco, Harry, Asher, and Ava looked up as Lace suddenly got up from his seat with grace and quickly made his way over to his furious friend. The action caused Harry get up as well, quickly following after Lace, the others right behind them. What the hell happened?! Harry thought as they grew closer to Iris.
"Bloody hell! Are you out of your soddin' mind?!" The man on the ground bellowed as he glared up at Iris with anger. Iris growled and took a step closer to him.
"If you weren't such a poxy moron, I wouldn't have done it!" Iris hissed as she narrowed her eyes at him.
"Iris!" Said brunette looked up as Lace was suddenly by her side. "What the hell is going on?" Iris gritted her teeth as she pointed at the bleeding man, never taking her eyes away from Lace's.
"This bloody idiot thought it was okay to walk up and start groping me!" Harry paused when he was at Iris' other side before a cruel, malice growl escaped his throat as he stepped in front of Iris protectively, his teeth bared, claws unsheathed, and his fur bristled. Iris watched as pure hatred and anger flashed through the other fours eyes before they all turned to glare down at the man.
"I did no such thing you filthy liar!" Iris' head snapped as she quickly turned back to the man, her eyes blazing with contempt once more. She began to walk towards the man before she felt a pair of strong arms wrap around her waist and pull her back securely against a hard chest. Iris instantly began to struggle in the grip, trying to free so she could hit the guy once more.
"YOU GRABBED MY ARSE YOU FUCKING PILLOCK!" Iris shouted as she continued to struggle. The man's eyes narrowed before he quickly stood up and took a step towards her. He yelped as he was suddenly tackled down by a very furious and heavy black panther.
He stared up at the powerful animal with the utmost fear in his brown eyes. Harry snarled viciously as his claws dug into the man's shoulders, causing him to wince. The boy-turned-panther heard footsteps come up behind him and a familiar, gentle hand on his back. But he could clearly feel the rage and disgust coming off from Draco as the blonde stood behind him, not making any move to tell him to get of the man under his paws.
He felt the blonde teen shift behind him before he could see Draco's expressionless face come into few from the corner of his eyes. Harry felt a flash of utter satisfaction as he knew that look quite well during his time over the summer.
You are going to wish you were never born. Stupid prat. Harry thought as Draco leaned a little closer to whisper to the man, his right hand pressed against Harry's flank.
"I suggest you keep your disgusting mouth shut, or I won't hesitate to kill you. Do you understand?" Draco asked in a completely cool and composed his tone apathy. The man nodded vigorously, his eyes wide with apprehension.
"Good. Now, I want you to apologize to my friend." The man hesitated as he glanced up at Iris, the girl still held tightly in Lace's grip, as he glared viciously down at him. Harry felt him stiffened as the tip of Draco's wand was suddenly pressed against his throat. "Apologize."
"Okay! Okay! I-I'm sorry!" The man stammered as he began shaking underneath Harry. Completely pathetic, and this man calls himself a wizard. Harry inwardly snorted at the thought as he growled in the man's face again.
"Excellent. Now, I want you to leave and never show your face around here for the rest of the day. I'm pretty sure that your small brain can understand those words, no?" Harry mentally snickered at Draco's words. Again, the man nodded quickly, eager to jump at the chance of getting away unscathed.
Draco stood up, his hands moving to Harry's back once again. He gave him a quick pat before stepping away and back to the others. Slowly, Harry extracted his claws from the man's shoulders and eased his way off of him. The man instantly got to his feet, his body trembling with fear.
"You're all bloody insane! You hear me!" Harry roared as he swiped at the man, missing by centimeters. The guy yelled and then ran out the door, everyone watching him with different expressions of anger, disgust, and amusement.
"Are you okay Iris?" Ava asked her cousin as she placed a hand on the other girls shoulder, trying to help sooth her anger. Iris took a few deep breaths before answering.
"I'm fine. The bloody idiot was just being a complete wanker." Ava nodded her head in agreement as she removed her hand. It took a couple more minutes before the girl was calm enough to where she wouldn't go after the man the second she was let go. Sighing heavily, Iris turned and looked up at Lace, her eyes completely calm and now soft, a fond look in her blue gaze as she meet equally blue eyes.
"Thanks Lace. I'm not sure what I would have done if you had let me get to him." Said brunet smirked at her, his arms loosening around her waist.
"Probably skin the git or something." Iris grinned at him, a dark look crossing her eyes.
"Or something." Lace's smirk merely widened as he drew his arms back to his sides.
"Let's get out of here. I think I've had enough for one day." Draco suggested as he straightened his clothing, brushing off invisible dirt. The others quickly agreed and paid for their drinks before leaving.
As they six of them began walking down the street Harry carefully watched Ava and Iris from the corner of his eye. He noticed with delighted amusement as Ava seemed to strike up a conversation with Asher, blushing faintly every now and then, while Iris talked with Draco and Lace, her arm brushing up against Lace's as the two continued to walk close to each other, seemingly unknowingly.
Harry grinned, his sharp canines catching the light of the sun, causing a few people looking at him with step back from the feral look in his eyes.
This really did turn out to be an interesting day after all. Harry thought with mirth as he saw Ava blush again and Iris smile warmly at Lace.
A very interesting day indeed.