Sorry this took a bit, but it's here now. Hope you all enjoy! An extra special thank you to Megp10, my PHENOMENAL beta! Without further ado...

"Dialogue."

'Thoughts.'

::Parseltongue::

***Chapter 14***

The welcoming feast had just started and yet it seemed to have been going on for hours! Harry seated himself by Neville Longbottom and the Weasley twins - who were currently trying to get Harry to laugh.

Draco, at the Slytherin table, sat in between Blaise Zabini and Theodore Nott, across from him was Pansy Parkinson - who looked like she wanted nothing more than to eat him up. Every few moments he would glance over at Harry and shoot him a concerned look.

"AND NOW FOR THE SORTING!" Dumbledore's voice rang out suddenly. Harry whimpered - his dragon fae transformation had its drawbacks, sensitive hearing was one- and the twins immediately gave him a candy wrapped in a pale green wrapper. "For the noise." Fred murmured. Harry nodded thankfully and popped the candy in his mouth. It seemed to dull the sound considerably, just enough so he could hear what was going on.

The sorting went by fast, there were only 17 first years. 5 Gryffindor, 5 Hufflepuff, 4 Slytherin and 3 Ravenclaw. Harry felt the candy's effects ware off almost directly after the sorting and he couldn't help but feel slightly disappointed. Even without the sorting hat's screams it was still exceedingly loud in the Great Hall.

"OH AND ONE MORE THING! I'D LIKE TO ANNOUNCE OUR RETURNING DEFENSE AGAINST DARK ARTS PROFESSOR, REMUS LUPIN!" Dumbledore continued after the sorting. He promptly sat down and Remus waved once then continued eating. The roars from the Gryffindor table were loud, but the other three tables respectfully clapped, although you could barely hear them.

"Hey Harry!" George exclaimed. He waved his hand in front of Harry's face and immediately Harry flinched back slightly and directed all of his hearing towards them, which also happened to be towards the rest of the great hall, and all the other noises. "Wanna hear a joke!?" George asked with a grin.

Harry winced at how loud it was and all the scents that filled his nostrils, but nodded anyways.

"Why doesn't Voldy wear glasses?" George asked with glee.

Harry shrugged and Fred answered, "Nobody nose!" Both twins and a few others around them burst out in loud laughter that seemed to drill into Harry's ears and ricochet in his head. He slowly put his hands up to his ears and only slightly muffled the sounds.

He saw Draco, from across the hall, raise his eyebrows and mouth, 'you okay?' Harry nodded, and brought a hand down to his bracelet. 'I'm fine. It's just all the noises and scents!' Harry thought.

"Whatcha got there Harry?" Neville asked quietly, in a near whisper. Harry looked up, remembering the quiet boy was sitting with them and hastily threw his hand off the bracelet.

"It's, uh, just a bracelet. I got it for my birthday." Harry answered. He immediately knew Neville saw right through his lie but he didn't question him further, which Harry was thankful about. Instead, Neville just hummed and took a small bite of his mashed potatoes.

Suddenly, a small letter enveloped in a silvery ribbon landed in front of him. He opened it and immediately noticed that it was Dumbledore's handwriting.

Hello Harry. I hope you had an enjoyable summer. I hope you and Mr. Malfoy don't mind meeting me in my office after the feast. I look forward to seeing you.

P.S. I have an abundance of cockroach clusters!

After Harry had read through the note and folded it back up, Fred shot a curious look at him.

"It's from Dumbledore. I assume it's for my, er, sleeping arrangements." Harry said, giving both twins a look and glancing sideways at Neville.

"You aren't sleeping in Gryffindor, Harry?" Neville inquired, raising his eyebrows and turning to face Harry a bit more.

"Er. Um no. I'm not." He paused, "At least I don't think so. I'll let you all know back in the common room if you'd like." Harry offered hesitantly.

George was the first to nod and immediately agree, "Yeah. Sounds great Harry!" The other two echoed him and Harry felt his bracelet tingle. He immediately opened his mind to let Draco's thoughts come in and flinched when he heard the raised voice start reprimanding him.

'Harry! I've been trying to get your attention forever!' Harry looked up and saw Draco did indeed look slightly annoyed and anxious.

'Sorry.' The Gryffindor apologized.

'Don't apologise. Anyways, did you get the letters from Professor Dumbledore and Severus?'

'I got one from Dumbledore. What did Snape say?' Harry asked. He looked up at the head table and saw both Remus and Severus deep in conversation.

'Oh. Uh, he just wanted to ask how we were.' Harry saw Draco start fidgeting with his hands and he sighed, why wouldn't his mate just tell him the truth.

'Liar.'

'He was just warning me about my father. He's suspicious.'

Harry nodded and closed his mind again. He suddenly heard a huge roar that seemed to rip Harry's internal ear and slice through any thoughts he had.

"WITCHES AND WIZARDS OF HOGWARTS SCHOOL OF WHICHCRAFT AND WIZARDRY! I HAVE A FEW MORE WORDS TO SAY BEFORE WE RETIRE FOR THE NIGHT!"

Harry covered his ears and whimpered, completely oblivious to Fred, George and Neville's worried gazes, he cast a look up to the head table to see Remus flinch and stand - leaving the great hall. Harry quickly stood and headed for the side doors and followed Remus's example in leaving.

Immediately, he felt some of the tension in his body go away, and the noises and scents died down a bit. He ran down the hall and quickly came to Remus, who had his wand pointed at himself. He noticed Harry and made a small circular motion and winced.

"It's a silencing spell that seems to help in the great hall." Remus explained as he brought Harry into his arms. "You okay cub?"

Harry nodded, "Yeah. It's just so hectic in there!" He leaned into the hug more and Remus looked down in confusion and concern. He immediately smelt a slight salt watery scent and narrowed his eyes. He pulled Harry back a bit and saw he was indeed crying.

"Let's sit down." Remus offered and when Harry nodded he brought them to a small room and transfigured a loveseat. "What's wrong?"

Harry nodded and pushed himself against Remus's chest, savoring the feeling of protection and warmth. "I just.. It's so much to handle all at once." Harry finally said.

Remus nodded in acknowledgement and draped both arms around the small teen. "Do you want to start at the beginning?"

Harry nodded again, "Yeah. I guess so. It all started on the train I guess. I went to go find some food and when I came back, Ginny and Draco were..." Harry took a deep breath. "Ginny was kissing Draco's neck, and her hands were.. all over him. We had a fight. Then we kissed." He blushed and cleared his throat, "Then -Them- we fought a bit more. And now we're here. I just.. Remus I don't know what to do."

"Oh Har. Are you alright? I know it's a lot right now, but everything will even out in the end." Remus said helpfully. He hugged Harry tighter for a moment and leaned down to tuck his chin over the teens head. "It'll all be alright."

Harry shook his head slightly, careful not to jostle Remus, "I-I think he was enjoying it." His voice came out very small and sounding weaker than before - which had to be some new record. He quickly cleared his throat and looked away, embarrassed.

"Do you really think that? I don't think Draco meant any of it. He's not a bad person, you know this. He may be.. accustomed to being self-preserved. But he had changed for the better since I first met him." Remus lectured. Harry felt the urge to bash his head against a brick wall, repeatedly.

However, he nodded instead. "Yeah." He forced out a laugh, trying to lighten the mood, "He hasn't tried to kill me again yet!"

Remus growled slightly and rolled his eyes, "Much like how I haven't threatened to tear him to shreds again." Had Remus not had the obvious tone of sarcasm on his voice, Harry would have been sincerely worried. They were silent for a moment, just basking on the comfort of one another and the quietness that surrounded them.

"I think you and Draco should talk a bit more, so you can express all of this to him as well." Remus gently informed, "And I think that you two should spend the weekend together, just the two of you, and enjoy yourselves. Wander the halls, find a secret passage, awake some of the marauder blood in yourselves! And, there should be some books that you can read, should you need some space, about different spells for creature inheritances, you could find some of those if you'd like."

Before he could respond, students filled the hallway and Harry felt Draco's magical aura near so he reluctantly stood and leaned slightly against Remus. "Dumbledore." Harry muttered quietly in answer to the unasked question.

"Ah." Remus nodded. "Be careful, okay cub?"

It was Harry's turn to nod just as Draco sauntered over. "Hey! Where'd you go!? I tried to ask but you wouldn't listen!"

Harry resisted the urge to flinch at how loud his voice was, but answered nonetheless. "Sorry Draco. It was to loud. I came out here with Remus."

Draco looked away slightly and ran a hand through his hair, "Oh, right. Sorry." He trailed off for a moment, leaving silence hanging in the air then suddenly looked up. "Wait!? How come you can't always hear me through these?" He questioned, raising an eyebrow and glancing at his wrist uncertainly.

"Oh, I just kinda close off the part of my mind that they come to." Harry murmured. He shifted his weight and suddenly realized that Draco had never done that, and the guy at the shop said you could ALWAYS hear the other person... maybe his was broken somehow.

"Like occlumency! Sev has been teaching me! I'm not too good at it though." Draco said, looking down slightly.

"No, I'm horrible at occlumency." Harry returned, scratching his head slightly. "That's what got Sirius killed.." Harry muttered quietly.

Remus, who was still standing there, caught the small mutter and put a hand on Harry's shoulder. As equally quiet as Harry spoke, Remus said, "That wasn't your fault."

Draco watched the two and immediately felt on edge when Harry growled under his breath and, very loudly I might add, said, "Yes it was!"

Remus shook his head and looked between both boys. "It wasn't. On Sunday, if you'd like, Severus and I are arranging a breakfast, you're more then welcome to join us."

Harry felt his mouth go dry. Remus and Sev were "arranging" a breakfast. He opened his mind slightly and pressed his bracelet to his thigh. 'Am I missing something?' He thought to Draco.

' No idea.' Draco thought back.

"Well, boys, if I'm not mistaken, you two have a meeting with Dumbledore right about now..?" Remus asked. Harry nodded and Draco just looked shocked, as if he had entirely forgotten.

They quickly said goodbye and the boys were gone in a blink of the eye.

"So I owe you a galleon, Remus is the DADA teacher again." Draco joked as they started down the hallway.

"Yeah.." Harry trailed off and looked away slightly.

"Um. So what do you think is going on with Remus and Severus?" Harry asked, trying to break the tension. He saw Draco grin and smile back with a sidelong glance.

"I'm not sure, but it seems different. Refreshing almost." Draco responded quietly. They quickly stood in front of the headmasters doors and Harry cleared his throat.

"Cockroach Clusters."

The door slid open with a slight creak and Harry and Draco walked shoulder to shoulder up to his office.

"Ah. Good evening boys!" Dumbledore greeted happily. "Lemon drop?" He offered immediately, sitting down behind his desk. Both boys shook their heads respectfully and sat opposite of the headmaster.

"Well, I do believe I have some grave news." Harry glanced over at Draco and resisted the urge to grab his hand. Dumbledore paused for a moment then continued, "There are no extra rooms I can give to you two. There are simply to many families that need protection. Unfortunately, many families have been threatened by Voldemort and we cannot deny them a place to stay. I will not deny you a room should one open up though." Dumbledore informed. He looked straight at Harry and the smaller teen could've sworn that he saw the man give him the look. The look that said more than any words could and Harry nodded once, not understanding and yet knowing what the man was silently saying.

'What did I miss?' Harry heard Draco's voice bleed into his mind and he hid a smile.

'Not sure.' Harry answered quickly.

"What if we find a place that is uninhabited? Could we stay there?" Draco asked suddenly, breaking out of his stupor.

Dumbledore brought a hand up to his half mooned spectacles and quirked an eyebrow. "I don't see why not. Anywhere in mind?" Dumbledore asked.

"No yet."

"What about the Room of Requirement?" Harry suddenly asked. He met the slightly startled gaze of Draco looked down. "Sorry sir." He apologised, his cheeks flushed.

"No, no my boy. Nothing wrong with that." He shook his head quickly, "I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but unfortunately, we already have half a dozen families staying there."

"Why so many?" Harry questioned.

"Well, my boy, I can't tell you exactly why, but I will repeat that Voldemort has made may threats." Dumbledore conceited.

"Oh." Harry sighed and Dumbledore looked at the two of them sympathetically.

'What's up with his eyes?' Draco's voice once again cut through Harry's thoughts and he grimaced.

'It's just how they always are. They twinkle.'

'huh.'

"Harry, I have a few questions about your inheritance if you don't mind." Dumbledore said casually. He watched Harry with slightly narrowed eyes and glanced at Draco once then back to Harry.

"..Alright." Harry nodded. "Draco can stay if he'd like."

Harry glanced sideways at Draco and smiled when the other boy grab his hand. "Of course I'll stay."

'Like hell I'm leaving.' Draco thought directly to Harry.

Dumbledore brought his hands together and smiled gently at the boys, "You are a Dragon fae." He paused and Harry nodded once, "Is it true that you can transform at will?"

Harry nodded once and Draco scooted his chair closer suddenly. Harry looked at him oddly for a moment then turned back to the headmaster. "Yes sir."

"Do you transform when exceptionally angry or depressed?" Dumbledore asked. Harry tilted his head slightly and looked at the older man in confusion. "In a book I read, it mentioned that it often happened."

Harry thought back for a moment, the last time he was angry was on the train.. but that wasn't full anger, and with Draco around he didn't get depressed much. Besides when he died, but he didn't transform then..

"Um, no I don't think so." Harry shrugged and looked off to the side slightly.

"Why'd you leave the Dursley's and how?" Dumbledore fired, leaning forward slightly. Harry immediately felt the headmaster start to prod his mind and he couldn't resist the urge to growl.

"I left because I was turning. I don't remember how." Harry ground out, suddenly not at ease and uncomfortable -comfort-.

'You okay?' Draco asked. Harry nodded once but didn't mentally respond.

"I'm sorry my boy. I just needed to know that it didn't get physical like last time. I am sorry." The headmaster apologized. He reached towards Harry then stopped when the boy flinched slightly.

"Ah. I see. So did they..?" Dumbledore inquired. He watched as Harry frowned and kept silent. "I'm sorry, my boy." Dumbledore apologized sincerely.

'Harry!?' Draco thought, the thought pierced him as if the other boy had screamed. Harry ignored him and turned back to Dumbledore.

"Anything else sir?" Harry asked, desprate to change the subject. He watched as Dumbledore hesitated the spoke.

"Not tonight. You should both be going to your dorms, it's already past curfew." Dumbledore said kindly. He watched as Harry nodded curtly and both boys stood.

"Goodnight Headmaster." The Slytherin bid as he followed his mate out the doors. Harry didn't even turn back, he just kept marching forward. Dumbledore shook his head slightly, knowing he made a mistake, but not feeling all too guilty.

The two boys shut the doors behind them and Harry immediately took a half step closer to Draco so they were walking shoulder to shoulder. Draco looked over and grabbed Harry's hand. He pulled his mate into the corner of the hall and immediately hugged the smaller teen.

"Thanks Dray." Harry murmured. He was relieved to hear that there wasn't much noise out in the halls. So much better than at the feast.

Draco pulled out of the hug and tossed an arm over Harry's shoulders. "What was he talking about?"

Harry shook his head determinedly and looked up into the silvery molten eyes. "Another time." Draco nodded slightly. "It's already past curfew. Are we going to sleep separate..? Or..?"

Harry watched as Draco flushed just slightly and ran a hand through his hair - a habit he had picked up from Harry - and looked away slightly.

"Um. I don't think your dorm mates are really keen on me. And McGonagall had a charm in place." Harry said. He frowned as he remembered the charm, it recorded who came in after curfew and if they were in any particular state (like drunk).

Draco nodded. "You can do a night alone, right? You won't be hurt?"

Harry nodded, "Yeah, Ill be fine." 'I just won't be able to sleep.'

"Alright then. We'll talk in the morning." Draco said. He brought Harry back to himself and hugged him tightly. "If you need me I'm only a thought away." He reminded quietly.

Harry pulled away and nodded. "Yeah. Meet in the entrance?" Harry asked.

Draco nodded and gave Harry a chaste kiss on the cheek. "Sleep tight." Harry nodded and let Draco go. He watched as the blond turned slightly and gave Harry a sleepy smile. Harry attempted to smile back as he started back to the dorms.

By the time he had returned, the weight of the day tugged down on him and had him dragging his feet and struggling to keep his eyes plastered open. All the others were asleep when he walked in so he slipped into the bed as quietly as he could and put his glasses on his trunk beside his bed.

'Night Dray.' He thought quietly.

No response. Harry sighed quietly, he must be asleep. And with that he closed his eyes and prayed he would be able to somehow sleep during the night.

...

His prayers had been answered. He did get about three hours of sleep. While he was sleeping he was plagued by horrid nightmares - but he did indeed sleep.

'You awake? I'm headed to the spot.' Draco's voice bled through his mind and he grinned. No one in the dorm was awake yet, but Harry was already showered, dressed and as rested as he would get.

'On my way.' Harry thought back.

Harry was there in impeccable timing, but somehow the Slytherin beat him there. "Har? You okay? You look like shit." Draco told Harry.

Harry nodded and kept his face neutral. "I'm fine. We should get some food, I'm starved." In reality, Harry felt anything but hungry, but he didn't need to worry the blond any more.

They quietly slipped into the kitchens and ate a quick breakfast. "Any ideas for a place to stay?" Draco asked as they left the kitchens.

"Um, Yeah actually." Harry responded. He had figured out a place during his painful hours of exhaustion last night.

"You can't call me crazy." Harry said suddenly.

"Deal." Draco agreed immediately.

"The Chamber of Secrets." Harry returned, tensing slightly as he said it.

(AN: I was about to end it here!)

"Are you absolutely crazy!?" Draco burst. "The Chamber of Secrets!?"

Harry nodded and grabbed Draco's hand. "Can we at least go check it out?" He pleaded. Harry watched the blond screw his eyes shut and let out a breath.

"Yeah fine." Draco nodded and was immediately rewarded by Harry squeezing his hand and turning his head upward to connect their lips. As if he realized what he was doing only then, he pulled away quickly and blushed heavily.

"Sorry." Harry mumbled. He took a step forward only to feel Draco wrap a hand around his waist.

"You can kiss me whenever you'd like." Draco whispered quietly. "It's okay." He pulled the smaller teen to him and covered Harry's lips with his own. Harry immediately fought Draco for control over the kiss and kissed the taller teen back harder. Draco grinned against Harry's lips and deepened the kiss. Remembering where they were after a few moments, Harry pulled out of the kiss slowly and let the warm tingly feeling envelope his chest and beating heart.

"Good to know." Harry replied weakly, a slight pink tinge rested on his cheeks but he smiled nonetheless.

Draco bit back a laugh and followed as Harry led them up the stairs and... into the girls restroom. "Uh, Harry, what are we doing here?"

Harry laughed and pulled Draco up to the sinks.

::OPEN:: he demanded.

Draco shivered and felt a slight wave of arousal hit him after hearing the sharp hissing noise that was incomprehensible. 'That was hot.' He thought - he didn't notice that he was tracing the outline of the bracelet absent-mindedly. He did however notice when Harry grinned and let out a small laugh.

'Nice to know Draco.' Harry thought back, amused.

Draco looked at Harry then flushed slightly, and pointed towards the opening door with a snake on it. "Is that it?" He asked, trying to divert Harry's attention.

"Yep!" Harry said happily as he slipped into the pipes, leaving Draco standing alone.

"Harry! Are you okay!?" Draco called, sticking his head into the pipe slightly. He heard the creak of the entrance start to close so he quickly tossed his legs up and slid down the pipes.

He immediately felt a wave of unsettlement pass him when he saw nothing but darkness and heard his own screams chase him down. He felt like he would die if he went any faster and when he stuck his arms down to slow him down he couldn't grip anything. Just as he was about to entirely freak out, he felt his knees give out as he landed on the cold, hard floor.

"Awe shit, you okay? I was gonna warn you." Harry said.

Draco stood up shakily and saw that his mate was barely containing his laughter. "I'm fine." Draco ground out.

Harry accidentally let a squeal escape his lips. Which quickly turned into barks of laughter.

"What's so funny?" Draco drawled as he straightened his robes and glared at Harry.

"You were going down for less than 30 seconds and you nearly lost it!" Harry explained quickly. At Draco's still confused look he added, "You're a Slytherin!"

Draco huffed and turned away from the still laughing Harry Potter. He immediately felt Harry's hand wrap itself around his hand and pull him back.

Harry was suddenly composed and serious, "We're staying together. I'm sorry for laughing." He flinched rather violently and Draco lost all anger from earlier and looked at Harry with worry.

"The bond is about as happy as you." Harry said after a moment. The gut wrenching, horrid pain that had appeared suddenly, had dulled considerably, letting him have enough breath to speak again. After another minute or so, Harry straightened completely and walked towards the first hall.

"You ready?" Harry asked. They took a step together into the room and it was only then that Harry remembered what he left here in second year.

"Harry. That's a big snake." Draco gulped before falling into Harry, unconscious. Harry looked at the blond in his arms and sighed then looked up at the dead basilisk and unknowingly slipped into Parseltongue.

::Oh yeah. You're still here::

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