Golden Protector
Chapter 25: Slash
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It was Saturday morning so everyone was coming into breakfast at different times. No one was in a rush to get to classes. Most of the house tables were still half empty.
Harry was smiling to himself. He couldn't remember the last time he felt this content. He looked at Malfoy who was reading the paper beside him fondly. Everything seemed to be going great with their relationship. They spent as much time as possible together. It had only been dating for a little over a week but their relationship had grown in leaps and bounds.
Sipping at his coffee Draco flipped through the paper. He was featured in not one but two articles. He threw it away in disgust. He actually used to enjoy reading the paper a long time ago, now it was just ruined. Instead of being a relaxing start to his day it stressed him out. The sad thing was the speculation about his and Potter's relationship was partially true. At night they did spend the majority of the evening kissing and slept in the same bed now.
"What did they write today?" Pansy asked at his disgruntled expression.
"Nothing really new. Me and Potter are shagging like bunnies apparently." Draco replied with a roll of his eyes. He was surprised that their relationship had not been shunned by the wizard society but embraced instead by most. He suspected it was house wife's who were their main supporters. He wasn't saying that they had gotten off scot-free. Their torrid afar had made many only old purists angry along with many who had lost loved ones in the war. They had received a good amount of hate mail but the fan mail had outnumbered it surprisingly.
"Well you are." Blaize mumbled sarcastically into his coffee. he had to dodge he blonde's sharp elbow making him almost spill his coffee.
"I wish I knew this." Harry spoke sarcastically. Malfoy thumped him in the chest and tried to hide his blush. He knew everyone was thinking they were but truthfully they hadn't gotten that far yet.
Harry wanted to kiss Malfoy but he couldn't risk a picture being taken. He had noticed many camera's sitting on tables recently. He was sure the pictures in the paper of them had come from students looking for extra pocket change. Instead he squeezed the blonde's thigh under the table instead.
He frowned when a ministry owl landed in front of him. 'What could they want from him now?' Harry thought in annoyance. He opened the parchment and frowned at the contents and stood up from the bench with a frown.
"Potter?" Draco called after him and when he didn't stop he yelled "Potter! Harry?!" The Gryffindor disappeared out the doors.
"What's wrong with him?" Blaize asked with a frown.
Draco shook his head. "I don't know?"
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When Draco arrived back at their quarters he found Potter in his bed room."Why'd you just abandon me in the middle of the great hall?" He asked disgruntled from the door way with his arms crossed. Potter didn't say anything just walked over and handed him the letter he had received.
Draco read it over. "The ministry is disbanding my protection?" He asked surprised after only a few lines. "Why?" He hadn't even made it through the whole parchment yet.
"Yeah, they claim that one of their aurors had killed Greyback while out on a mission." Harry replied as picked up more of his clothes off the floor. "McGonagall confirmed with them that the backlash they expected against you didn't happen so with him gone they say you don't need any protection."
"So I have to go to the 8th year dorm then in Slytherin House?" Draco winced when he thought about going back to live in the dungeons. He didn't feel like he belonged down there anymore.
"McGonagall said that you could keep the rooms though since some of the Slytherin's still aren't happy with you." Harry informed him he didn't have to move out.
"Where are you going then." Draco asked once he realized that Potter was packing all of his things.
"I've been ordered that I have to return to Gryffindor tower." Harry said disgruntled, shoving some things more forcefully than he needed to into his trunk.
"Why?" Draco demanded. Just because Potter had been told he didn't need to watch him 24/7 anymore it didn't mean he needed to move out of their rooms. It wasn't like there wasn't enough room for him here.
"McGonagall knows we're in a relationship now. She thinks that these chambers make the perfect love nest." Harry answered as he gestured around the room with the big bed. It was true that they had the most privacy out of anyone in the whole school beside the teachers.
"What she also thinks we're shagging like bunnies? She shouldn't believe everything she reads." Draco asked sarcastically. He didn't want the headmistress to be thinking about his sex life.
"Who knows what she thinks." Harry shrugged. Then he folded and placed his clothes in his trunk. He stood up and went to grab more of his stuff but Malfoy cut him off by stepping in his path.
"Maybe we should prove her right." Draco pushed him back until his legs hit the corner of the bed making him fall onto it, he climbed on top of him. Tugging Potter's shirt out of his jeans he pulled it over his head. He kissed down Potter's pale neck and stroked the skin that had been revealed to him.
Harry pulled the blonde more fully down on top of him. Maybe the headmistress was right. It took him away from temptation, since Draco had revealed his feelings he hadn't been able to keep his hands to himself. Their relationship had started out hot and passionate, it hadn't cooled down yet. He didn't want it to turn purely physical.
He turned over and laid the Slytherin out bellow him. Grinding into the other boy he felt the others hardness. Fingers were suddenly removed from his hair to fumble with his belt to undo it. Once the obstruction was out of the way Malfoy undid his zipper and slipped his hand inside, making Harry let off a deep groan into the blonde's mouth as he wrapped his hand around his length.
He could feel the Slytherin's smirk against his face at his reaction. Wanting to give as good as he got, Harry popped the button on the blonde's dress slacks and pushed them down and out of the way. He ran his hands over his ass and squeezed. They hadn't gone all the way yet but he could feel they were close. It felt very tempting to breach the blonde right now.
Malfoy pulled his hand out of his jeans. He got off the bed and kicked off his pants before climbing back on the bed. Leaving his button down shirt on because it would take too long to remove.
Harry reached eagerly for the blond and pulled him close. Their tongues tangled together as they groped at each other. Malfoy sucked his bottom lip into his mouth as he slipped his hand back into Harry's drawers and took his length in hand again. Pushing the jeans further out of the way so he could actually see what he was doing.
At the sight of the erection he had the strong urge to taste Potter. Laying down flat on the bed he sucked the tip into his mouth curiously, Potter hissed in pleasure. Until now they had only gotten as far as mutual hand jobs, this is the first time he had tried this. The taste was salty as he flicked his tongue over it. Being careful of his teeth he took Potter fully into his mouth making him let off a deep groan.
Harry grabbed Malfoy's hair, so glad that he had stopped wearing hair gel. The heat of Draco's mouth was amazing and he had to try not to use his hold to fuck his mouth. He felt the tip hit the back of the Slytherin's throat and surprised that he didn't gag.
Ginny had tried to do this before when they were dating. She had nothing on Malfoy even though he knew she had more experience with her previous boyfriends. As far as Harry knew Malfoy had only dated Pansy before back in fourth year and she didn't have the right equipment for him to get good at this from her.
Draco curious at the sensation took the length further back into his throat. He experimented with how far he could take it in. Which was pretty far because apparently he didn't have a strong gag reflex. He hollowed his cheeks and sucked deeply. It felt like Potter was going to rip his hair out he was gripping it so hard. Hopefully that meant he liked it.
Harry moaned at the sensation of the throat muscles squeezing his erection. This is something that Ginny had never been able to perform on him. It made him think that the Slytherin must have had a string of lovers in secrete to get this good. "Have you done this before?" He wanted to berate himself for talking when the blonde pulled off to answer.
Draco gasped as pulled back and took some deep breathes. "No." Looking up at Potter's eyes as he continued to stroke him as he tried to catch his breath. He could feel the strong grip in his hair that wanted to tug him back in but Potter was restraining himself, instead he pulled Draco back up so rested on his knees and kissed him.
Harry could taste himself in Malfoy's mouth. He didn't want to be the only one getting pleasure. Pulling the blonde's hips closer he took his length in his hand along with his own. He stroked them both together as he continued to plunder Draco's mouth. Harry moaned into Draco's mouth as he came much sooner than the blonde because of previous attention. Using his own seed as lube he sped up his actions to jerk off the blonde. Malfoy moaned as he released.
They collapsed to the bed in exhaustion and held each other. "It's going to be lonely without you." Draco rested his head on Potter's clavicle.
"I know." Harry sighed dispassionately about having to leave their rooms.
"Potter!" They could hear a voice yell from the common room.
"Fuck, it's Severus." Draco hissed, jumping off the bed with a bounce. Scrambling to find his clothes he noticed that the other boy . "Get dressed." He threw Potter's shirt at him as stepped into his pants and pulled them up around his hips. His godfather was the last person he wanted to catch him post coital.
Snape narrowed his eyes when he found the two boys both in Potter's room. They were both flushed. He didn't even want to think about what they were doing before he arrived. "Have you packed?" He asked Potter while crossing his arms. Looking at the state of the room he could see what he was asking was futile.
"Almost." Harry answered sheepishly as he looked at the clothes still strewn about the room. He was nowhere close to finishing yet.
"Draco what are you doing in here?" Snape asked just to torture the boys.
"I'm helping." Draco replied. He leaned down and grabbed a pair of pants off the floor and folded it. Placing it with the others in the trunk. Snape could see that the boy hadn't folded any items before that one. The others were messy in compare; definitely Potters work.
"Hurry up I'll be waiting outside." Snape exclaimed as he turned on his heel to stalk out. Closing the door behind him.
Draco let out a deep breath in relief. "That was too close."
"Is there any way to lock a portrait if someone knows the password?" Harry asked curiously. Having Snape catching him defiling his god son was a horrifying thought and it almost came to fruitation.
"No, so we're forever just going to have to worry about Severus walking in on us." Draco replied with reluctant acceptance.
"At least until we graduate." Harry nodded at the suggested.
Draco looked up at him curiously. They had never talked about what would happen when they left Hogwarts. "What are you talking about?"
Harry slid down to his knees in front of the Slytherin. "I'm asking you to move in with me after we graduate." He lent in and kissed the blonde's surprised lips and pulled back to observe his reaction.
"Move in?" Draco repeated and Potter nodded. "You want us to live together?" He blinked; they had already been living together at Hogwarts alone for a few weeks now. He just realized that now.
"Yeah. I've kind of gotten use to seeing you every day, so I don't think I could stand long periods of time not seeing you." Harry nodded enthusiastically to show he had no doubts. "With me being in the auror academy and you apprenticing with Snape, we'll both be busy. At least if we live together we'll see each other every day, even if it is just for a couple minutes."
"Grimmauld place is a long way from Hogwarts." Draco said unsurely. It would take more than one floo trip to commute home every day both ways. When Draco had agree to take the apprenticeship he thought he'd have nowhere else to go but Hogwarts.
"I was thinking we'd get a house in Hogsmeade actually. The order is still using Grimmauld place and I want a place where it will be just you and me." Harry leaned his forehead against the blonde's and searched his far away eyes. "Well, what do you think?"
Draco would usually make a long list of the pros and cons before making such a big decision but this time he had no doubts. "Ok" he croaked out. Potter smiled and kissed him.
"Potter!" Snape yelled and banged on the door. They separated quickly worried that the potion master would throw the door open.
"You better go." Draco tilted his head towards the door. "Severus gets really impatient."
"Yeah, we'll talk more about this later." Harry stood and closed his trunk. He opened the door to be greeted by the potion professor who was tapping his foot on the other side of the door. "Let's go."
Draco sat up and shifted uncomfortably in the now empty room. It was weird being here alone. Looking around at the bare walls and floors. It didn't feel like he belonged here anymore without all of Potter's things strewn around the room. Even though he'd been sleeping here for the past two weeks it didn't feel right for him to continue doing so.
He decided he would be spending the nights back in his room. Pushing himself up off the floor he headed back across the hall.
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Snape walked Harry back to his dorm to make sure he made it back instead of going back to Draco.
He didn't exactly support their relationship but it was just because he didn't want anyone defiling his god son. If it had to be anyone he guess Potter was an ok choice. At least he knew the boy was too noble to ever take advantage of Draco.
The potion Master rapped on the portrait. A second year opened the door and gulped when he saw the intimidating teacher on the other side. "Inside Potter. I don't want to see you till morning." Harry floated his trunk inside as Snape turned on his heel and marched back towards the stairs. When Harry entered the common room a loud cheer erupted.
"Welcome back." Seamus walked over and thumped him on the back.
"The dorm hasn't been the same since you left." Neville shook his hand in greeting.
Hermione pulled him into a hug. "Don't look so down." She patted his shoulder in comfort.
"He's just sad that he doesn't have as easy access to his lover." Seamus smirked as he fluttered his eye lashes.
"I don't want to hear about what you two get up to behind closed doors." Ron exclaimed from the coach where he covered his ears mockingly.
Harry flushed when he thought about what he and Malfoy had done earlier. It wasn't something he would be telling his best friend about he could tell you that. "Don't worry I won't. It has only been a week anyway. We haven't gotten that far." He flopped into one of the high back chairs by the fire.
"I'm not sure if I'm happy or not to hear that. I'm your best mate so I'm supposed to want you to get as much tail as possible, but it is also with Malfoy so..." Ron said to himself.
"The ice prince not putting out?" Seamus asked and his eye brows raised at the deep flush that had taken over Harry's face. "So not a problem in that department yet. You just meant you hadn't fucked yet. Who's going to be bottom?"
"Seamus!" Hermione berated the Irish boy. "It isn't our business." He leaned back in the couch to show he was done and did a motion showing he was zipping his lips.
"I'd put my money on Malfoy." Ron said as he took a sip of butter beer. The older students were allowed some light alcohol in the dorms.
"I thought you didn't want to know what we did behind closed doors?" Harry exclaimed surprised at his friends input. This wasn't something he had even discussed with Draco yet and he didn't think the topic was appropriate for the middle of the Gryffindor common room.
"I'm just saying that Malfoy is a lot more slender than you and I can't imagine him being the one in control." Ron shrugged while giving his reasoning on the observation.
Hermione grabbed beverage out of the red heads hand. "I think you have had enough of this. Your lips are becoming way to lose." Ron didn't try to argue the fact. He'd just revealed that he had thought about what position his best friend and his new boy friend would have sex in.
"I think this conversation has gotten way to weird for me." Harry stood up and levitated his trunk. "I'm going to go upstairs and unpack." He exclaimed before walking towards the stairs.
"Don't go." Seamus whined. "I promise well be good."
Harry shook his head fondly in exasperation. He still continued up the stairs to his dorm.
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They had just gotten back from dinner. Everyone wanted him to join in for a game of exploding snap but he declined. He was too wiped out and he just wanted to go straight to bed. He tried to ignore the loud talking coming from the common room as he closed the door.
Harry flopped on to his bed and stared at the canopy.
He wasn't sure how he was going to sleep that night. He become used to having a warm body on the bed beside him. It was only a couple days after they got together that Malfoy actually moved into his room. The blonde had shown up almost every night anyway so they thought they'd make it official.
He pulled out the marauders map and looked at Draco Malfoy's name just to make sure he was alright. The name hovered in the blonde's room in one place. He smiled thinking about how Draco must have fallen asleep because he'd tuckered him out. Harry had always enjoyed looking at the map. People were everywhere and you could tell what they were doing just from their movements.
The pit of his stomach filled with dread when he caught sight of a certain name moving steadily towards Malfoy's rooms.
Running down the stairs he rushed across the dormitory and knocked some people over on his way out.
"Harry!" Hermione yelled. She noticed he had dropped something in his rush. Standing up she walked over to pick it up only to see the marauders map open. Harry must have seen something on it that made him freak out. Picking it up she scanned it for what was so wrong. "Greyback." She whispered under her breath.
"What?" Ron asked.
"Greyback's in the castle." Hermione announced in alarm. Reaching into her pocket she sent out a message on the D.A. coin for everyone to be on high alert. "Let's go." She announced. Rushing out the door followed by the present D.A. members in accompany.
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Draco was sleeping when he was woken by a loud crash in the other room. He bolted up in bed and looked around confused. He heard heavy footsteps make their way across the room and then the door handle turned. He'd locked it before he had taken his nap. A heavy force hit it and the wooden door splintered apart.
Wide eyed he watched as Greyback appeared through the broken door.
Draco instantly threw himself off the bed just in time to dodge the werewolf that had lunged at him. He hit the floor with and thump and scrambled to his feet. He tried to reach his wand where he left it on his vanity but his feet were swiped out from under him.
"Not gonna happen." Greyback mocked as he stood triumphantly over his prey.
Draco just managed to reach up to the surface and grab a crystal vase his mother had given him. He whipped it at the werewolf to buy himself enough time. Greyback dodged it the projectile and it shattered on the wall behind him. Some of the shards hit him but it did little damage.
Jumping to his feet he tried to grab his wand but ended up with a hairbrush instead in his panic. Greyback started to laugh and stalk closer. Draco decided to risk it and change into his animagus form to make himself a smaller target. He slipped through the man's legs. Since the door was broken off its hinges it was left wide open to him.
Draco was almost through when the fur on the back of his neck was grasped and he was pulled directly off the floor.
Greyback grinned when he brought the fox the meet his sight. "You got a few tricks in you don't yah." He smirked as he took out his wand and pointed it between the creatures eyes.
When darkness hit him he thought to himself he should've had his nap with his wand under his pillow.
...
When Harry arrived at Malfoy's rooms he found that the portrait had been ripped to shreds. He hoped the occupant had gotten out ok. He stepped inside carefully.
Draco's door had been kicked in, the wood splintered by the forced. The vanity was broken, flowers and water were spread out on the floor, there was a pile of broken glass, and the comforter was ripped down the middle. The last one made him worry the most because he knew that had been the last place Malfoy had been. At least there was no blood as far as he could see.
They weren't here. He had to figure out where Greyback was taking Malfoy. Harry searched his pockets for the map but didn't find anything. "Where is it?" he growled to himself in agitation.
Hermione suddenly appeared at the doorway. "It's trashed." She gingerly stepped over some broken glass as she made her way to his side.
"I was too late. Greyback's taken him, and I don't know where they've gone because I've lost the map." Harry grabbed at his hair berating his stupidity.
"Oh." Hermione exclaimed in realization. She dug into her pocket and handed the map back to its owner. "You dropped it on the way out of the common room."
"Thank god." Harry ripped the map open and spoke the activating words. His eyes dashed through the lower floors knowing that the werewolf would be trying to get out. "Greyback, got it." He pointed to a spot and folded the parchment back up.
Turning on his heel he ran out of the room past the D. A. members who had gathered in the hall.
...
Greyback made his way through the abandoned halls as he tried to drag the boy outside. What many didn't know about werewolves is that they could only ever really turn someone fully under the full moon when not indoors. Even if you were bitten you wouldn't have the full affects.
Greyback scratched a moon into the boys pale throat directly under his pulse point on the small creature.
He'd been counting down the days since he saw the Malfoy boy at the Hogsmeade weekend. Greyback knew it wasn't the right time to take the boy then. His transformation had only occurred a few days earlier. It would've been impossible to keep the Malfoy heir in captivity for so long. Either the boy would get rescued or he would ending up killing him by accident.
Looking out a window he noticed that the sun hadn't set yet. Within an hour he'd make his transformation though. He just had to make his way to the forbidden forest by then. He'd be able to lose anyone following him out there.
Greyback dragged the small unconscious form closer to freedom. The Malfoy's transformation into his animagus form had actually made this all easier for him to get out with him. He decided not to take the obvious path from the boy's room out and use a less busy hallway.
Greyback had just managed to reach the stairs when he heard his name called.
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"Greyback!" Harry called as he raced through the hall. He could see the werewolf's back and Malfoy's unconscious animagus form in his arms.
A vicious growl was let off by Greyback at the sight of him. This close to the full moon his instincts were taking over. 'He didn't have time for stairs' he thought before he jumped off the edge. Greyback landed easily and dashed towards the exit.
Suddenly the way was cut off by school children. All their wands were pointed at him. He snarled, he had nothing against hurting children. He preferred it actually.
Running over Harry leaned over the banister as he watched the werewolves landing. He noticed the stairs were changing so he jumped over the gap. He managed to make it without losing his balance and falling down the stairs. He used his momentum to get to the bottom.
"Put Draco down!" Harry demanded. "You're out numbered." Harry gestured to the 25 students who had shown up. Hermione must have activated the coins to call the whole D.A. together.
The werewolf growled when he looked around and saw that all the exits were blocked. "I guess the revenge isn't worth the trouble. I might as well kill him now." Greyback took Malfoy's head in a hold as if he was going to break his neck.
Harry heart was beating fast. He feat a shift as he lunged through the air in his panic instead of used his wand. His bones shifted and grew and long black fur grew all over his body.
Greyback's eyes widened when a werewolf was coming at him instead of a wizard boy. How was that possible when the moon hadn't even risen yet. He dropped the fox in his rush to get away.
Hermione and Ron finally made their way to the bottom of the entrance hall. They slipped over to the two Slytherins who were standing nearby.
"What's happening?" Ron asked, looking around for Harry and not seeing him anywhere.
"Holy shit! Potter just changed into a werewolf." Zambini answered.
"That's Harry?" Ron stared gob smack at the large form that was apparently his best friend.
"Draco!" Pansy gasped in worry when she saw the limp form on the floor.
"I'll get him." Hermione ran over to get Malfoy out of harm's way. The two fighting figures came on her fast.
"Granger!" Pansy yelled. She cast a spell to summon the other girl towards her and out of the way.
"Thanks." Hermione said out of breath as she lent on the other girl.
"No problem." Pansy replied. "Is he ok?"
Hermione held the fox up for observation. The only mark on him was some blood at his neck. "I think he's fine. I think it's just a spell keeping him under."
Greyback held the jaws away from his face. He thought he was going to lose until he felt a shift of his own. "Yes" he exclaimed with glee as he managed to push the other wolf off of him once his strength started to grow to match the boys. The black werewolf landed on his back and skidded on the floor because of the force he had used.
"What's happening?" Pansy asked confused. Potter had been winning but it seemed like the stakes had changed.
"It's the full moon tonight. Greyback is shifting too." Hermione observed with worry.
His bone's started to elongate and his teeth started to lengthen, brown fur grey all over his body. Greyback howled once the transformation was complete and lunged forward towards the one who was climbing back up off the ground.
The black and a brown werewolf went at each other once again.
They wrestled for a while. Harry hissed in pain when he felt a swipe across his pectorals as the werewolf's claws dug into his skin.
in retaliation he tackled the other wolf to the ground. His jaws gnashed just inches from the werewolf's face. The animal instincts were taking over. He must preserve his own life at all costs. With a twist of the others head there was a crack and he went limp in his hold. The body shifted back into its human form.
Harry panted as he looked down at the body at his feet. The body grew smaller until there was a human form left. He felt his vision black out once the adrenalin had run out. Harry swayed on his feet for a second before collapsing to the ground.
"Harry!" Hermione yelled. She ran over and slid in beside him. His expression was slack and his breathing was shallow. She tapped his face bit received no response.
Aurors suddenly rushed the area. Students had to rush out of the way or risk being trampled.
"Dam. We're too late." The head auror exclaimed as he looked at the ruminants of a fight. There were two unconscious bodies on the floor. Walking over he tapped Greyback with his foot to see how out of it he was but received not even a twitch.
His second in command leaned down and touched the werewolf's neck. "He's dead sir." The auror felt no pulse.
The head auror looked at Harry Potter when he heard that since he was the other body. He was in bad shape so he could only assume he was the killer. "I want statements taken from everyone here. I need to know what happened here exactly. Tomorrow we'll have a press conference."
McGonagall rushed over to her fallen student. She had just been exiting her office for the night when a young Ravenclaw had slid to a stop in front of her. Just managing to pant out that "Greyback was in the Castle." Immediately she had turned and rushed back up the stairs she had floo called the aurors office and they had sent out aurors in full force. "How is he?" McGonagall asked Miss Granger as she ran her wand over the injured boy.
"He has a couple broken ribs but it's the slash on his chest that is worrying me. It won't close no matter what I cast at it." Hermione replied with frustration in her voice.
"We'll take him to St. Mungos." A nearby auror suggested. Moving as if to pick the boy up.
McGonagall stepped in the way. "No! He needs to see Poppy." She was adamant that she didn't want Potter to leave the school grounds. He had just technically killed someone so she didn't know how the law would view that.
Two aurors picked Harry Potter up carefully following the headmistress' instructions and carried him towards the stairs.
...TBC