A/N: This took longer than I expected it would, but here it is anyway. I hope you guys enjoy it and I'm sorry if I didn't reply to a review from you, but thank you for them and hopefully this chapter will make up for the sad one before :). Read and Review please!!

Ch. 14

Days passed where Draco and Harry didn't even see each other. Draco tried in vain to find where he was staying within the castle, but eventually gave up. He figured that if Harry wanted to see him he'd find him. Teddy and Scorpius looked for him as well, but Harry wouldn't even appear for them. This hurt Teddy especially, but was assured by Kreacher that Harry was in fact keeping a close eye on him along with Draco and Scorpius. He distanced himself so that he could sort through his anger and not make things worse between them all. Ron was still working feverishly on finding out more about Carikove, but was having a difficult time in doing so. Fall was fast approaching and the days were getting shorter and colder. There had been no more incidents at all related to the explosions or anyone being threatened.

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Harry woke up to darkness. He had spent most of his afternoon sleeping since he worked through the evening on the incidents in Hogsmeade and at Hogwarts. He also made sure that when he was sleeping that someone was watching the boys and Draco at all times. He also had others watching his close friends and family. His stomach grumbled loudly.

"Kreacher!" He called.

Kreacher appeared with a pop. "Yes Master?" He asked with a bow.

"Could you bring me up some dinner?" Harry replied sleepily. He rubbed his eyes and flicked his hand to turn on the lights in his room. Kreacher nodded and quickly left through the portrait hole. Harry closed his eyes for a moment.

"Harry!" A small voice cried.

Harry quickly sat up and saw that half of Teddy's small body was in the portrait hole with his shocked face staring back at him. Harry quickly ran over to him and got him through the rest of the way. Teddy threw his arms around Harry squeezing him as tight as his little arms could.

"Teddy, what are you doing here? How did you find me?" Harry asked hugging him tightly back.

"I've been watching this portrait for a long time and finally I saw Kreacher come out and I knew this was where you were. I quickly ran over to get in before it closed, but obviously I didn't quite make it in all the way," Teddy replied slightly muffled since his face was buried in Harry's stomach. He stopped hugging him and stepped back.

Harry glanced at his timepiece. "Teddy, your grandmother is going to be worried sick. You should have met her a half hour ago," Harry scolded.

"I don't care. I wanted to find out where you were. I wanted to make sure that you were okay. I wanted to know that you still love me!" Teddy cried defiantly. Tears were brimming his eyes and Harry felt his face fall as he scolded himself inwardly for being such a git. He pulled Teddy into a hug and kissed the top of his had firmly.

"Teddy, of course I still love you. I'm not angry at you or Scorpius or even Draco anymore. I am just angry that you were put in harms way because of who you are to me. I thought that distancing myself would be better and safer for all of you. I'm sorry. I should have let you know where I was. I am okay. I am all done with my potions so I'm as good as new," Harry replied.

Teddy nodded as he listened to him. He stepped back and quickly wiped his eyes. Harry smiled at him and he smiled back. Kreacher returned with a pop holding a tray of food for Harry.

"Kreacher, you knew that Teddy was out there didn't you?" Harry asked smirking at the elf.

"What do you mean?" Kreacher asked looking at Harry with a masked expression.

"You never go out of the portrait hole to get me anything," Harry commented.

Kreacher glanced over at Teddy and then bowed his head. "Yes, you are right Master Harry. He's been out there for a couple of days now and I finally just decided enough was enough and I went out there. I'm sorry, I will punish myself," Kreacher replied. He walked slowly towards the wall near the fireplace. Teddy watched with a horrified expression.

"Kreacher, that won't be necessary. Thank you for doing that. I was being a bit more stubborn then need be (Kreacher scoffed at this and Harry rose an eyebrow and smiled). Will you go find Andromeda? She's probably worried sick about where Teddy is," Harry said. Teddy hung his head and Harry patted his shoulder.

Kreacher nodded and disappeared once again. He returned about a minute later with an irate Andromeda Tonks.

"Ted Remus Lupin! What do you think you were doing?!" She cried glaring at her grandson.

Teddy cowered behind Harry, avoiding his grandmother's gaze. Harry could feel the heat of her gaze as well and realized that it wasn't just directed at Teddy.

"Don't you cower behind your idiot of a godfather, I am not happy with him either," Andromeda chastised.

Harry looked up at her startled. "What did I do?"

"Oh, don't give me that young man. Not only has your godson been so upset the past several days that he can barely eat, but my nephew has been just as equally as upset. Do you even know what you've been doing?" Andromeda asked tapping her foot loudly.

"Grandma, he was just trying to protect us. He already apologized to me for it and explained his thinking. It's okay," Teddy jumped in.

Andromeda softened her look only slightly. "Well, Teddy I'm glad that he apologized. Now Harry, you need to apologize to Draco for being such a prat."

Harry and Teddy's mouths dropped at the curse word (it's a curse word for Andromeda anyway). She rolled her eyes.

"Andromeda it's not that easy. I was a royal prat to him. He won't want to hear it I'm sure," Harry said with a sigh.

She threw her hands into air. "Harry, I have never seen him so depressed not even when he and Pansy divorced. He really likes you and he really wants to be in your life. You know darn good and well that he was just worried about you when you had your big blowup. Don't throw it all away. I know he makes you happy."

Teddy and Kreacher nodded knowingly next to him. Harry nodded as well.

"I know all of that. I've known that since the second I came into this room. I will go talk to him soon. I just need to figure out exactly what to say so that he doesn't hex me into next week," Harry replied.

"Okay then. Now Teddy let's go. You've got homework and Harry needs get to work on coming up with what to say to Draco. Harry dear, please talk to him soon. Don't put it off much longer," Andromeda said. She smiled at Harry and gently patted his cheek. Teddy turned to him and gave him a tight hug. Harry smiled at them both and said goodbye. He turned to his table and sat down and quickly ate something. He would take the time going down to see Draco to think about what exactly he needed to say to him.

He slipped on his invisibility cloak and walked slowly down to the potions room. The room was dark when he opened the door. When he looked towards the office door he could not see any light coming from the room. He knocked anyway. He waited for a few minutes before knocking again. Still no one came to the door.

"Kreacher," He whispered loudly.

Kreacher appeared quickly. "Yes Master Harry?"

"Did Draco leave?" Harry asked quietly.

"Yes sir. As soon as his last potions class is done for the day he spends a bit of time in his office waiting for Scorpius and then they floo back to his cottage in Hogsmeade," Kreacher replied quietly.

Harry sighed loudly. "Why didn't you tell me that before I came down here?"

"I thought you knew sir," Kreacher replied.

"No, but then again I never really asked I suppose. Okay, well I am going to head down there then. It's a nice night for a walk. Could you bring me my cloak?" Harry asked.

Kreacher nodded and left again. He was back in a manner of seconds holding Harry's cloak and his shrunken down trunk. Harry lifted an eyebrow at him, but pocketed the trunk anyway.

"Let me know if you need anything Master Harry," Kreacher offered with a bow.

"Thank you, I will," He replied. He slipped his cloak on and then put the invisibility cloak over it. He quickly exited the potions room and made it to the castle doors just as dinner was over. He slipped out without being seen and headed towards the gates out of Hogwarts. He went through the gates and headed down the path to Hogsmeade. As he walked he took in deep breaths of the crisp fall air. He suddenly smelled something burning and he stopped to look around. Smoke was wafting out of the forest to his left. His curiosity was peaked as he noticed that it was in the same area as the explosions had been. There hadn't been any explosions, but something was definitely going on over there.

He noticed a small path leading into the forest. Should I investigate or just head straight for Draco's? This could be something very important. He looked down the path that he was on towards Hogsmeade and then the path to his left that went into the forest. He shrugged his shoulders and turned down the small path to his left and headed into the forest. He took his invisibility cloak off before getting too far into the forest. He didn't want it snagging on any of the branches plus it was rather dark and he wasn't worried about being seen.

He continued deeper and deeper into the forest. The farther he went the darker it got. The smell of burning wood was becoming stronger and he knew that he was getting closer and closer to the source. Finally, things started to get lighter and Harry could hear people talking. The forest began thinning and Harry quickly disillusioned himself. He looked past a tree and into a clearing and what he saw made his jaw drop in amazement and the hair on the back of his neck stand on end.

There were several witches and wizards bustling around this clearing. In the middle was a large statue about fifteen feet high of a warrior. It was the likeness of Aries the Greek god of war. The statue had a bow, but no arrows. Harry was a bit perplexed. The area was oozing dark magic that Harry could feel without any incantations. He looked up and noticed that the tree above him was well covered and an excellent place for spying. He levitated himself and sat down on a wide tree branch. He could see the whole area perfectly. He conjured up some parchment and a quill and began scratching notes down of his observations. He decided to watch the people for a couple of days so that he'd have something to take back to his fellow Aurors. He would move from tree to tree so that if he was picked up on at least they wouldn't know where he'd go. The thought didn't even cross his mind to let anyone know where he was. His focus was this new development.

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Draco spent the first few days after Harry's abrupt departure being semi-confident that he'd come back soon enough, but after the fourth day and no Harry back, he knew that Harry wasn't going to be coming back anytime soon. He went through all his classes in a fog. He was exceptionally harder on the students, but he didn't care. He was so angry. He couldn't even stay in the castle after his last class anymore. He always went home as soon as Scorpius found him. That's where he was now staring into the blank fireplace.

"Dad, you've got to stop doing this," Scorpius said coming into the sitting room. He flicked on the lights and stepped in front of Draco.

Draco shrugged and didn't look at his son.

Scorpius let out a loud sigh and took a seat next to him. "I talked to Teddy today and he told me that he found where Harry was staying a couple of days ago and that Aunt Andromeda gave him a stern lecture about how he's been acting. Teddy said that Harry knew the second he got to his new room that he made a big mistake, but he didn't want to come back because he thought it would be safer for us all if he distanced himself. Isn't that great dad?" Scorpius asked.

Draco turned to him and smiled. "Well, it is, but as you can tell, Harry has not come by to see me and it's been two days since he talked to Teddy."

Scorpius was about to retort when they heard a loud pop in the foyer of Draco's cottage. They both looked over the couch and into the foyer to see Kreacher approaching them wringing his hands together. Draco instantly stood up and looked at the elf with a worried expression.

"Excuse me Mister Malfoy for the intrusion, but Master Harry is he here?" He asked.

Draco looked at him with a confused look. "No. I haven't seen Harry since he left over a week ago, why?"

Kreacher's eyes widened in fear. "You mean he hasn't been down here to see you at all?"

Draco shook his head.

"Oh no, where could he be? Where could he be?" Kreacher muttered as he began pacing back and forth

Draco looked fearfully at him. "What are you talking about Kreacher?" He demanded quickly approaching the elf. Kreacher recoiled and bowed his head.

"He was supposed to come down and see you a couple of days ago. Right after the scolding by Andromeda. He never came down here at all?" Kreacher said quietly.

"No he didn't!" Draco cried. He began pacing and Scorpius watched him feeling rather nervous.

Kreacher nodded and disappeared with a pop. Draco whipped around to look at the spot where Kreacher had disappeared.

"Damnit!" He screamed. "Stay here Scorpius." He walked towards the front door and whipped his cloak off the hook. Scorpius didn't even move after his dad slammed the door.

Draco stalked down the steps of his patio and headed in the direction of the castle. As he approached the fork to go left up to the castle or straight through the forest he noticed a person walking from the road into the forest. He reached for his wand and watched as the person quickly made their way towards him. The person stopped several feet ahead and Draco could feel his heart rate quicken as he realized who was staring back at him. It was Harry.

Draco smiled broadly and let out the breath that he was holding in. Harry smiled back just as brightly and stared at him for a moment. They stared at each other for several seconds. Finally Draco took a step forward and watched as Harry jogged up to him. Harry stopped in front of him and searched his steely gray eyes. Both boys felt the familiar tug in their stomachs and threw their arms around each other in a tight embrace. Draco took a half step back and cupped Harry's face.

"Where have you been?" He whispered.

"Not where I should have been," Harry whispered back.

Draco smiled and bent down kissing him hard on the lips. Harry kissed him back eagerly. He slipped his tongue out and brushed it against Draco's lips. He opened his mouth slightly and allowed Harry entrance. They stood there at the fork in the road for several minutes kissing and making up for lost time.

Finally they broke apart and Harry looked at Draco. "I'm so sorry for being such a git and thinking that distancing myself from you would be the best idea. I've missed you so much," Harry said as he gently kissed Draco on the lips

"I've missed you too. I forgive you. I understand why you did what you did, but next time, don't do it. Stay with me and be with me. We are in this together. Besides I think you almost gave Kreacher a heart attack," Draco said in return and kissing him gently on the forehead.

Harry looked at him confused for a moment and then it dawned on him. "Shit, I forgot to tell him that I got sidetracked in coming down to see you," He said slapping his forehead.

"Where did you go?" Draco asked.

"Let's talk about it back at your cottage. I don't want to say it out here in the open, but it's big," Harry whispered.

Draco nodded and kissed Harry once again. They turned and set off back to his place hand in hand.

A/N: Yes I know what you're thinking, Draco forgives too easily. All well, it's Harry, he makes him weak lol. Hit that button for sure!!