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Ch. 13

Draco, Harry, and the boys quickly made their way to the front doors. Several of the students called out to Draco and he gave them a quick wave, not stopping. Some of the students looked at him a bit perplexed and turned to their friends to try and decipher his actions. They quickly burst through the front doors and began jogging to the memorial.

"Draco, slow down," Harry called out after looking around to make sure no one was close enough to hear him. Draco stopped and turned to face his invisible form. The boys stopped as well on either side of Harry.

"Can't keep up, Potter?" Draco asked with a sneer.

"Just because you're pissed at me doesn't mean you need to be an asshole. I can't keep up if you're going that fast," Harry said through clenched teeth.

Draco threw his hands into the air. "Why do you think I told you to stay behind?" He seethed.

"And I told you that this guy pushed me too far by using Teddy to get to me. I am here with you guys and you need to slow the fuck down. You are already drawing suspicions by going as fast as you are. Put your issue with me aside so that we can get to the bottom of this," Harry demanded.

Draco huffed and the turned around and continued walking to the memorial.

"Some things never change," Harry muttered.

Scorpius turned to him. "He's just worried about you Harry," Scorpius whispered.

"Well, he sure has a funny way of showing it," Harry mumbled. Scorpius shrugged and continued following his dad. As they reached the entrance into the memorial each of them raised their wands, ready if need be. Harry stepped into the shadows and removed his invisibility cloak.

Draco glared menacingly at him. Harry rolled his eyes and moved throughout the shadows.

"Teddy, where is this passage that you took?" Harry asked.

Teddy looked around nervously.

Harry knelt in front of him and set his hands on Teddy's shoulders. "I am right here. I will keep you safe," Harry assured him.

Teddy nodded and took a deep breath. He looked around.

"It's this way," he said pointing to the left. Harry nodded and followed behind Teddy as he set off in the direction he pointed. Draco and Scorpius followed closely behind.

They stopped in front of a blank wall and Teddy indicated that this is where the passage should be. Harry stood in front of the wall and examined it closely. He waved his wand several times while muttering under his breath. He walked up and down the expanse of the wall continuing to mutter, waving his wand here and there.

Finally he stopped next to a set of rocks. Draco was standing with his arms crossed and tapping his foot in annoyance. Teddy and Scorpius just watched in confusion. Harry ignored them and pushed the top of a rock in the middle. He heard the wall begin to scrape across the ground as it slid open. Draco widened his eyes in surprise along with the boys. Harry stepped in front of the moving wall and lit his wand. He looked down at the ground and the walls. He waved his wand once again.

"Okay, we need to make a single file line behind me. Teddy and Scorpius get right behind me and Draco I want you on the end directly behind the boys. Don't even protest because I don't want to hear it, just do as I ask," Harry commanded.

Draco scoffed. "I wasn't going to argue."

Harry rolled his eyes once again and waited until everyone was situated behind him. He continued forward. Draco glanced down and noticed that the pathway they were on was very narrow and on the sides there was a murky liquid that he could only imagine was something awful. He silently thanked Merlin that Harry was with them since he would not have thought about the small things that Harry was. I'm not about to tell him that though. How did Scorpius skip this I wonder?

"Stop right here guys. Wait here, I'm going ahead to check things out. Don't move," Harry warned. He walked ahead ignoring the protesting noises coming from Draco. He came across an opening that he guessed was where Teddy was taken. He waved his wand around several times, but found no enchantments or sensors in the area. He stepped into the clearing and looked around.

"Alright, guys, watch your step and come on in," Harry called. He watched the entrance as Teddy, Scorpius, and Draco walked in.

"This is where he took him," Scorpius commented.

They all walked around looking for any clues as to who may have taken him in there. Draco went into a small alcove and gasped loudly.

"Harry! Over here!" He called out.

Harry rushed to where he was followed closely by the boys. What he saw when he stepped into the alcove was something he never expected to find.

"What is all this?" Harry asked staring in shock at the walls. They were covered in pictures of Harry and Draco from all twenty-seven years of their lives; more specifically of their time at Hogwarts.

"Somebody must really, really, like you guys," Scorpius commented. Harry and Draco both shook involuntarily and felt the hairs on the back of their necks stand on end.

There were pictures of the two with their set of friends. Some were taken in the privacy of their common room or even their dorm rooms. Several were of them during the battle in their seventh year. Some were pictures of Harry at Dumbledore's funeral. There were pictures of Draco and Pansy with baby Scorpius; Harry holding Teddy when he was a baby. There were several more photos at different times in their life.

"Draco," Harry muttered. He didn't know what to say about it. He was at a loss of words.

"I know," Draco replied. They turned to look at each other.

"I never expected something like this. I, uh, what are we going to do about this?" Harry asked. For the moment both boys anger at each other subsided.

"Do you think this shrine ties into the explosions?" Draco asked.

"I don't know. I mean unless they are testing a weapon or something that's going to take care of us or something. I mean this is just weird. I've never seen anything like this," Harry replied glancing at the pictures again.

"This is obsession right here obviously, but why?" Draco asked.

"I really don't--" Harry stopped and held up his hand. They froze in place as they heard voices entering the cave. Harry motioned to his left and they slipped into a crevice. He quickly cast silencing charms and disillusion charms on all of them.

"Are you stupid or something?" A high pitched voice demanded.

"Look, we want to know where he is, why not ask his godson?" The other person replied.

Harry felt Teddy tense next to him.

"Because, Potter is very powerful and if we've done our research correctly we know that when you threaten someone close to him, you're going to wish you didn't," the high pitched voice replied.

"Well, I am so sorry if an opportunity presented itself and I took it," The man replied.

"You lured him into here. That is not an open opportunity. Potter is already going to be keeping a look out and holding everyone close to him. You've ruined any chances that we have of finding him through someone else. You're an idiot. I don't know why we keep you around," The other one responded, more than likely a woman.

"Because I'm family, that's why," the man replied. They heard one set of retreating footsteps and another set making there way to where the boys were hiding. The presumed woman stepped into the alcove and looked at all the pictures.

"Harry Potter, come out, come out, wherever you are," the woman taunted. Harry cringed and felt a large hand grip his own. He felt a surge of assurance from the hand knowing that it was Draco.

The woman took one last look and walked away. Eventually they heard the sound of the wall opening and then closing again. Harry lifted the charms off of them and they each stepped out of the crevice.

"Let's get out of here before they come back," Harry said. He ignored the worried look that Draco sent his way and he and the boys quickly followed behind him.

Draco glanced down at his timepiece and noted that he had another hour until his next class and he still hadn't eaten lunch. Harry put his invisibility cloak on before exiting the memorial behind Draco and the boys. They quickly made their way back to the potions room each lost in their own thoughts.

As soon as they were back in the bedroom and locked in Harry whipped off his cloak and threw it across the room. He walked over to the bed and began punching it. Teddy and Scorpius's eyes widened in shock at his lack of control.

"Boys wait for me in the office. We'll go down to lunch together in just a minute," Draco whispered. He didn't have to tell them twice. They quickly zipped out into the office closing the bedroom door silently behind them.

"Harry," Draco pursued reluctantly. Harry was hitting the bed with such force that it was creaking loudly with each hit. Tears were streaming down his face. His face contorted in rage.

"Get out," Harry whispered harshly.

"Harry, don't do this. Talk to me," Draco urged.

"I said, GET OUT!" Harry yelled looking at Draco with tortured eyes. Draco took a half step back from the heat of his look. He turned quickly and walked away from him. He slipped out of the bedroom closing the door quietly behind him. Harry threw himself on the bed and screamed out in anger.

"KREACHER!" Harry screamed.

With a pop his devoted elf appeared bowing deeply.

"Yes, Master Harry?" He asked.

"Oh get up! Stop bowing!" Harry yelled.

Kreacher lifted his head and gave his master a hard look. "You have not been this angry in a very long time Master Harry, what is troubling you?"

Harry took several deep breaths before responding. "When will it stop Kreacher? I thought this shit was all done, but of course it's not," He muttered.

"What is it that hasn't stopped?" Kreacher asked.

Harry stood up a bit quickly and put too much weight on his ankle. He cringed in pain and Kreacher was about to approach to help him when Harry waved him off.

"There is someone who's trying to get to me and they used Teddy to do it," Harry replied.

"Is Teddy alright?" Kreacher asked a bit alarmed.

"Yes he is fine. Luckily Scorpius stepped in before he could reveal where I am, but still these people went after my godson and to top it all off Draco didn't want me to go along with them. He said 'It's not safe, they'll see you' blah, blah, blah. You know what Kreacher there were things that he would not have even thought to check if I wasn't there. He would have surely gotten himself and the boys hurt or killed if I wasn't there. It just makes me so angry that he's trying to control me. We've barely even started getting to know each other on a different, more personal level and he's already trying to control me. I'm not going to put up with it," Harry exclaimed. He stood up carefully this time and hobbled to his trunk. He started throwing his stuff in and tossed in the case of potions for him to take.

"Master Harry, Draco just worries about you. That's why he didn't want you to come. What are you doing?" Kreacher asked looking at him nervously.

"Great, not you too. Ugh, this is ridiculous! I am leaving his room. Go and find me somewhere else to stay in the castle. I can't stay in here with him. There is just no way that I can," Harry said angrily. He slammed his trunk lid and looked at Kreacher expectantly. Kreacher looked at him for a moment, not sure what to do. Finally he realized that there was nothing he could do, but follow his master's command. He disappeared with a pop. Harry hobbled over to the couch and sat down. He ran his hands through his hair and bowed his head.

The fireplace cackled and Harry looked up. Ron's head was poking through the fire. Harry waved him in and a few seconds later Ron stepped out of the fireplace brushing off the soot. He noticed that Harry had his trunk next to him and that he looked rather agitated. He sat down on the couch next to him and set the folder that was in his hands between them.

"What's going on?" Ron asked.

"I'm getting another place in the castle," Harry replied quietly.

Ron lifted an eyebrow. "Um, why?"

"I don't want to talk about it. What did you find out?" Harry asked disregarding his question.

Ron shook his head, but as usual didn't pursue it. "Well, Carikove is a hard guy to look into. I only found enough information about him from the past two years. He came from up near France. He is just a bit younger than us and I'm pretty sure he grew up in France. I haven't determined if he has any siblings yet, but I'm working on it."

"Good, try looking into other names," Harry suggested.

"Like what kinds of names? You need to be more specific Harry," Ron replied looking at him with a confused expression.

"Look into names of people that went to school here and also people that followed Voldemort closely. It could be anyone," Harry replied.

"Okay, well that doesn't really narrow things down for me," Ron replied.

Harry glared at him. "Well, I am so sorry that it's a bit too hard for you to do this menial task."

Ron stood up and walked to the fireplace. He threw in some floo powder. "I'm on it," he said as he stepped into the fireplace and flooed away. Harry yelled out in frustration again and pounded his fists on the couch.

Kreacher appeared with a pop. "Master, I found you a nice room on the seventh floor near the Gryffindor Tower. It is all ready for you when you are," Kreacher said with a quick bow.

"Take my things. I'm going to leave a note for Draco. Thank you," Harry said quietly. Kreacher bowed and grabbed Harry's things. He disappeared with another pop.

Harry stood and walked over to the breakfast table. He sat down and conjured up a piece of parchment and a quill. He stared at it for several seconds before he began to write.

He quickly wrote a note to Draco. He banished the quill and stood up. He slipped on his invisibility cloak and quickly exited the bedroom through the office and exited the potions room. He made his way to the 7th floor using all of his short cuts from his time in school.

Kreacher stood outside the entrance of his room. The portrait guarding his dorm room was of a white tiger grazing in a beautiful forest. He smiled at it.

"Your password is golden snitch in Parseltongue," Kreacher said.

Harry smirked at him and nodded. He said the password and entered into his room. He walked straight for the bed and collapsed into another fitful sleep.

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Draco, Scorpius, and Teddy ate their lunch quickly. Carikove was not at lunch which hardly registered with Draco. His thoughts were elsewhere on a certain angry Gryffindor.

On their way back to the potions room Draco sent Teddy upstairs to see Madam Pomfrey. He wanted him to get checked out to make sure that everything was okay after his time in the cave.

"Dad, why is Harry so angry with you?" Scorpius asked as they approached the potions room.

"I don't know if he's necessarily angry at me, but when he's worried about others and when people threaten those he cares most about he reacts in anger and with stupidity. He's always been like that. It'll blow over soon enough and then he'll be fine," Draco replied although he didn't quite believe his own words. He was pretty sure that this wouldn't blow over quickly.

He opened the potions room door and they both walked through the office and into the bedroom locking both doors behind them. Draco stopped in the doorway.

"Harry?" He called out. He stalked into the room looking around the couch and the bed and then finally the bathroom. Harry was nowhere to be seen. His stomach was in knots. He feared the worst. Then he looked more closely at the floor of the room and noticed that Harry's trunk was gone. His stomach plummeted.

Scorpius watched his dad fall to pieces in front of him. He looked at the breakfast table and noticed the piece of parchment that Harry used before he left. He picked it up and carried it over to Draco. "Here dad, this was on the breakfast table. I think it's from Harry." He handed him the paper and Draco reluctantly took it and read it slowly.

Dear Draco,

I wanted to let you know that I will not longer need you to take care of me. I am going to deal with it on my own. I am still in the castle and will remain here, but I am not going to tell you where. Kreacher knows where to find me if the boys need anything. I cannot be around you right now for I am too angry to even see straight. I'm sorry.

Always,

Harry

Draco read and reread the letter several times; each time tearing his heart into smaller pieces. He balled up the letter and angrily threw it across the room. He stood up and walked over to the couch and sunk into it, hanging his head. Scorpius stayed near the bed not sure what to do. He decided instead to just leave his dad be and give him time to sort through his thoughts. He quietly exited the room glancing back one last time at a devastated Draco.

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