Chapter 21 is here! I supposed to say some disclaimer here, but I think you guys already know what that's about so I will get straight in it.
Draco Malfoy was a lot of things but he was not stupid in any form of the word. So when Harry stopped speaking and the bond telling Draco where Harry was at all times fell silent, which caused him to gasp from the suddenness of it all, he knew he had to get to Harry immediately. Even if he still was not sure about Harry actually being Caelum and what he was going to do about it at the moment, he knew Harry dieing right now would be very bad for any plans he would be making. So he stood up, with a look of calm plastered on his face, and walked quickly out of the great hall. Once outside it though he let the mask slip and started to run to where Harry's last know location was. When he arrived he already had his wand out and had a stupefy on his lips which he sent out to the one Gryffindor walking down the hallway that Draco had last sensed Harry. Turning, the Gryffindor was unable to dodge Draco's spell in time and fell unconscious when the stupefy spell hit and dropped something as well that Draco was unable to see from this distance with the Gryffindor's body partially covering it. Guessing the thing the Gryffindor dropped was Harry he came close and confirmed that it was Harry. Seeing Harry was unconscious he cast enervate in hopes that it would wake Harry to which his luck it did.
Ugh...what happened? Harry questioned when he came to.
I was hoping you could fill me in on that, Draco responded which got a startled look from Harry in response.
All I remember is walking towards the great hall before seeing myself get hit by what I guessed was a stupefy spell, then waking up with you here. Harry responded after remembering the events which lead up to this point.
Do you know who this is then? Draco questioned as he pointed his wand at the Gryffindor next to Harry who just noticed him for the first time.
Yeah! That's McLaggen! Should have expected he would do something, he is too foolish, and for me to say that, that is saying something. Harry responded. So what are we going to do with him?
I would take planning on levitating him to the Great Hall where the teachers are but that would probably cause an uproar in the whole school, which although they should know what he did, I don;t think levitating him into the Great Hall would put me in a good light. Draco responded after giving it some thought.
I can run to the Great Hall and bring somebody back, Harry suggested.
Surely you are joking. I am not letting you run off again after I saved you from one stupid Gryffindor today. Draco responded. I would cast a patronous charm if I knew how and send it to them, but sadly I was never taught it.
I could transform and cast mine, Harry suggested.
I guess that might be our best bet, Draco said as he quickly looked around. It doesn't look like anybody is here, so do it quickly and send it to Severus, he will understand the need to make sure nobody follows.
Harry nodded, not wanting to argue with Draco on who should come, besides, Snape was known at being able to keep things quiet. Harry took a quick look around before changing into his human form again.
Dam, Harry looks good now, especially with that collar on...Draco shook his head at where his thoughts were heading. Harry did look good, now that he was feed well and got enough sleep for once in his life, Harry had filled out his form a lot, even if he still was short for his age. Harry quickly cast his patronous and told it to go get Snape, before changing back into his animagus form before anybody came into the hallway they were in. Not too long after Snape came around the corner with his robe billowing behind him.
"What is the meaning of this?" Snape asked looking not too pleased.
"McLaggen here deciding to attack my familiar here and I thought you might want to do something with him, since attacking a familiar is like attacking a wizard according to wizarding law.
"I see, this is the reason you left the Great Hall so suddenly after arriving." Snape concluded. "20 points to Slytherin for quick thinking, and since I know Gryffindor won;t be punished enough for this incident, 20 points off from them as well." Which was emphasized by a look Snape gave to Harry.
Of course Snape would find a way to take points off from me when I am not even technically here, Harry groaned to Draco which got a chuckle in response to which only caused Snape to raise his one of his eyebrows at this.
"Since you are also here Severus, I wish to talk to you privately about you keeping information about my familiar about me. Caelum here seems to be...quite gryfindorish and saved some Slytherins that I later found out how he did it. A normal panther would not be able to take out five 6th years by himself correct Sev? Yet, he did it and I want to know why you kept his ability from me." Draco concluded to which Snape only agreed to talk later in his office about it.
"Now I believe you two need to hurry to the Great Hall and eat before dinner is over. I will take care of McLaggen without the whole school freaking about it." Snape said as he levitated the stunned McLaggen and cast a disillusionment charm on him.
Seeing that Snape had it covered, Harry and Draco headed off to the Great Hall to eat, everybody not noticing a tapestry near by which had a hidden passage behind it had a person who was watching the entire time since Draco arrived at the scene at was a little stunned at the events that occurred before his eyes. He quickly left the entryway and headed deeper into the tunnel to then head to the Great Hall to eat while he thought about today's events.
That last part took a couple times rewriting to try and figure out how to get Harry to transform without there being some serious plot hole in my writing. If there still is, please tell me so I can rewrite it before I write the next chapter. Otherwise it will stay as it is. Some people thought it was Ron that stunned Harry, and it was the original thought, but that was bordering on mean and although Ron is jealous of Harry, and it gets in the way of their friendship multiple times, Ron never came off as a person who would attack an animal even if that animal was Draco Malfoy's animal.
