Chapter Thirty Six - Thin Line of Friendship
Harry entered the room and saw the pillow fight and all the food. Everyone was laughing. He honestly didn't see what was so funny.
Ron stood at his back, looking at his friend in a worried like way, hoping he didn't go too far with his anger.
It's said, Anger can make you do things you otherwise wouldn't dream of doing so. They say it gives you the courage to do what's right for you, and helps you get your point across better. But at what cost?
He cleared his throat, loudly.
Everyone turned to the door, and upon seeing him, grew very silent.
"HARRY!" Mione yelled and ran up to him and embraced him like a brother. "it's wonderful to see you--." He pushed her off.
She landed on the ground, in a heap of herself.
"Harry, man what's your problem?" Ron Chided as he and Draco helped her off the ground.
"Harry, what's wrong?"
"Where's Hermione?" he spat at her, his eyes glaring.
"What?" she blinked a few times. "Harry, I'm Hermione, are you ok?"
"No, as a matter of fact I'm not." Harry shouted.
"Chill Potter, she's done nothing to deserve this." Draco stood between the now horribly confused Mione and Harry.
"Out of my sight Malfoy." He punched him in the gut so quick, no one could blink.
"HARRY!" Ron shouted, and grabbed his friends shoulder. "Cool it!"
He shrugged his arm off and walked in front of Hermione. He kneeled and put his face in front of hers.
"You lied to me. With everything in the world, you lied to me."
"What do you mean Harry?"
He touched her necklace. "Malfoy gave this to you, why didn't you tell me when I asked you at the beginning of the year?"
"Because she was keeping it quite Potter." Draco stated. "WE were trying to hide our friendship for both of our healths."
"She still could have told me, Malfoy, I apposed no harm to her did I?"
Silence.
"Did I?" he shouted, standing up
"Yes, Harry, you did." Mione whispered.
"How?"
"By not trusting me in the first place." She glared at him. "You didn't believe me before, how could I know that you would go and beat Draco up after I told you? How could I know that you wouldn't think he put me under some spell?"
"By trusting me in return." He stated. "Friends trust each other no matter what. I guess since you believe I wasn't trustworthy, and since I don't see you as someone I can trust any more, I guess we aren't friends are we Granger?" he spit at her, and left.
The tears she was holding back came out full force.
"How could that Idiot ruin such a good day?!" Hanna growled. Tom put his arm around her to calm her.
"I'm going after him," Ron sated, "I'll be back later, but he can't think that he has no friends or he'll close up." And he ran out.
Draco did care, he was pissed. How could the boy who lived no understand one of his best friends, which he had known for over six years? Even Dora and Ray understood.
He sat down beside Mione and held her, closely and securely. He then started to rock her like he did that night when she woke up from the nightmare. He began to blow lightly into her ear and whisper "shhhh sh-h-h- h." over and over to her.
"Why?" she sobbed, "why did he have to overreact?"
"He must think that he's special," Draco answered back.
"No, Draco, Harry needs to be able to trust people completely, otherwise he'd put himself in danger."
"SO WHAT?!" he chided angrily. "Does he think himself so special that his friends have to tell him everything? Can't they have their own choice or life?" he whispered.
"He's my friend, even though I'm not his, I'll try to get him back."
Draco looked down at the girl in his arms, a sad look on his face, he knew she'd react like this, however, he also knew that she was moving to fast. "Sh-h-h-h-h" he repeated. "Give Harry time to cool off, talking to him now would be like walking into a den of cobras."
She nodded hearing his concern.
"You should rest, we were up all night yesterday, and with this you can't be thinking properly, and your just getting yourself stressed, lets get you to bed."
He picked her up, and walked into her room, He sat her down on the bed and pulled the blankets over her, he spelled them to keep her warm, and to be extra soft. He shut all the curtains and walked over and kissed her forehead.
"Sleep well Mione."
But she had already fallen asleep.
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"They do seem comfy don't they?" Hanna commented as Draco walked into Mione's room.
"All in good time." Tom answered back, "right now, that's not what they need; right now they need friendship, not a relation ship."
"But when they do get together, they'll look so sweet, and it will last."
"It will at that."
"Does either of them realize?"
"Draco told me a week back, that he felt something for her, I bet Mione feels something too, but both of them know that now is not the right time for anything like that."
"I hope that it comes soon, they'll be so happy."
"You aren't understanding are you Han?"
She smirked up at him, "No I understand perfectly, just I'm being stubborn."
"That's what I like about you." He smiled and kissed her cheek, causing her to blush.
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Harry was walking the halls in an angry daze. He didn't hear Ron come up to him, but after walking together in silence, he did start to realize his only friend was walking with him.
Harry breathed out the breath he was holding, and with it released his anger. "Why did she lie to me?"
"I don't know, but there more to her Harry, then either of us can fathom, it's a girl thing, give her time, she'll tell you eventually."
"How come she didn't tell me when she told you?" He asked.
"She never told me Harry, if she had, then I bet she would have told you as well."
"How did you find out?"
"Remember this summer when we went over to her house?"
"Yeah, how could I forget, she started acting odd then."
"Well I'll explain that later. Harry, Hermione has a book in which she keeps her sanity, we just happened to pick it up, that's why she was shouting at us. Inside, I saw a picture she drew," he paused and took a breath, hoping this went well, "It was of Malfoy, Harry. But it didn't look like him, he had odd eyes and looked kinder. After being around him for a bit, I realized that she saw something the rest of us couldn't, she glimpsed something mortal eyes weren't meant to gaze upon. She saw the TRUE Draco Malfoy."
"True?" Harry laughed. "Is there such a thing?"
"Yes Harry, and if you weren't so pissed off earlier, you would have seen it as well, twice today in fact. When I entered the Hall, the two bikers? Tom and Malfoy, Malfoy walked right up, smile on his face, and talked to Mione like they were best friends." He faced his friend. "Your dense Harry, yes they were trying to hide the fact that they were friends, but any idiot could have put the pieces together, I think half your anger tonight was at yourself for not realizing sooner."
Harry Remained silent. They kept walking each hall of the castle in a very round about route back to the Gryffindor tower.
"Your right Ron." Harry finnaly stated. "I was angry at not figuring out earlier, actually I think I was ignoring it the entire time, and that I 'did' know."
"Try to make up with Mione Harry; she was in fits when you left. You mean so much to her you know?"
Harry smirked at his friend "I didn't realize she liked me 'that' way."
"What?!" Ron looked so shocked. "She thinks of you as her Brother, that's all." An image of Draco in front of Mione stood ouit in his head.
Harry laughed again. "I know Ron, I know."
The reached the picture of the fat lady, Harry stopped before actually getting in front of it. "Ron, you realize nothing between me and her can be the same?"
"Change is the progress of life Harry, for the better, that's why You-Know- Who's ways are so hated. Not only because he kills so much. That's why you're admired. You give hope, and you provided change for our world. Both Muggle and Magical."
Harry Smiled at his friend. He always knew what to say to cheer him up.
"Lets get some sleep, Ron." He faced the pink lady, "Regina."
She nodded and opened the passage.
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Ray was at home, playing with her wand. She has been a witch for almost a month, and she wanted despritly to tell her Mom.
But what would they think?
She starred at it still for longer. A chill and shadow passed over her.
She remembered what Severus had said. That her wand gave her a special ability to cast life on things.
She knew better than to throw that around. She had heard from Ron and all the other Kids and Mione school, about a man named You-Know-Who, Harry called Him Voldemort.
She wouldn't want to draw his attention.
Ron's face poped up in her head, and she smiled. He was soo innocent.
She had thought for a time, that she might have liked Severus. But seeing Ron changed her mind.
Two more chills passes over her and she picked up her phone anda Dialed Dora.
"Yam?"
"Mrs. Spinet?"
"Ray dear? Why are you calling so late?" she yawned.
"I want to talk to Dora, please could you put her on?"
"She went out for a few hours; maybe she's at the black mansion?"
"Thank you, I'll go look for her."
"Night."
And they both hung up.
Since she had become a witch, life seemed far more dangerous then it ever had.
She dressed and grabbed her wand, and went over to the Malfoy's place.
Ringing the door she heard a quick 'squeak' and she smiled "Mitty?"
"Ms. Ray!" the house elf opened the door. "Ms. Dora is already here."
"Thank you Mitty."
"No problem Miss."
She walked into the Living room, and Mr. and Mrs. Malfoy were there chatting with Dora over a cup of cocoa.
"Mind if I join you? I had a bad feeling at my place."
"Did you ward it dear?" Mrs. Mafloy asked merrily.
"Of course, when I left."
"then stay and enjoy some Cocoa, we were just discussing jobs that Dora could do with so little magical training."
"They suggested that I work for the muggle ministry and help the Magical one through it."
"That sounds wonderful." She took a seat of the big fluffy couch. "What about me? What could I do?"
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AN: Two chappies in one weekend!
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I hope you all enjoyed, remember,
Review!
Relena
Harry entered the room and saw the pillow fight and all the food. Everyone was laughing. He honestly didn't see what was so funny.
Ron stood at his back, looking at his friend in a worried like way, hoping he didn't go too far with his anger.
It's said, Anger can make you do things you otherwise wouldn't dream of doing so. They say it gives you the courage to do what's right for you, and helps you get your point across better. But at what cost?
He cleared his throat, loudly.
Everyone turned to the door, and upon seeing him, grew very silent.
"HARRY!" Mione yelled and ran up to him and embraced him like a brother. "it's wonderful to see you--." He pushed her off.
She landed on the ground, in a heap of herself.
"Harry, man what's your problem?" Ron Chided as he and Draco helped her off the ground.
"Harry, what's wrong?"
"Where's Hermione?" he spat at her, his eyes glaring.
"What?" she blinked a few times. "Harry, I'm Hermione, are you ok?"
"No, as a matter of fact I'm not." Harry shouted.
"Chill Potter, she's done nothing to deserve this." Draco stood between the now horribly confused Mione and Harry.
"Out of my sight Malfoy." He punched him in the gut so quick, no one could blink.
"HARRY!" Ron shouted, and grabbed his friends shoulder. "Cool it!"
He shrugged his arm off and walked in front of Hermione. He kneeled and put his face in front of hers.
"You lied to me. With everything in the world, you lied to me."
"What do you mean Harry?"
He touched her necklace. "Malfoy gave this to you, why didn't you tell me when I asked you at the beginning of the year?"
"Because she was keeping it quite Potter." Draco stated. "WE were trying to hide our friendship for both of our healths."
"She still could have told me, Malfoy, I apposed no harm to her did I?"
Silence.
"Did I?" he shouted, standing up
"Yes, Harry, you did." Mione whispered.
"How?"
"By not trusting me in the first place." She glared at him. "You didn't believe me before, how could I know that you would go and beat Draco up after I told you? How could I know that you wouldn't think he put me under some spell?"
"By trusting me in return." He stated. "Friends trust each other no matter what. I guess since you believe I wasn't trustworthy, and since I don't see you as someone I can trust any more, I guess we aren't friends are we Granger?" he spit at her, and left.
The tears she was holding back came out full force.
"How could that Idiot ruin such a good day?!" Hanna growled. Tom put his arm around her to calm her.
"I'm going after him," Ron sated, "I'll be back later, but he can't think that he has no friends or he'll close up." And he ran out.
Draco did care, he was pissed. How could the boy who lived no understand one of his best friends, which he had known for over six years? Even Dora and Ray understood.
He sat down beside Mione and held her, closely and securely. He then started to rock her like he did that night when she woke up from the nightmare. He began to blow lightly into her ear and whisper "shhhh sh-h-h- h." over and over to her.
"Why?" she sobbed, "why did he have to overreact?"
"He must think that he's special," Draco answered back.
"No, Draco, Harry needs to be able to trust people completely, otherwise he'd put himself in danger."
"SO WHAT?!" he chided angrily. "Does he think himself so special that his friends have to tell him everything? Can't they have their own choice or life?" he whispered.
"He's my friend, even though I'm not his, I'll try to get him back."
Draco looked down at the girl in his arms, a sad look on his face, he knew she'd react like this, however, he also knew that she was moving to fast. "Sh-h-h-h-h" he repeated. "Give Harry time to cool off, talking to him now would be like walking into a den of cobras."
She nodded hearing his concern.
"You should rest, we were up all night yesterday, and with this you can't be thinking properly, and your just getting yourself stressed, lets get you to bed."
He picked her up, and walked into her room, He sat her down on the bed and pulled the blankets over her, he spelled them to keep her warm, and to be extra soft. He shut all the curtains and walked over and kissed her forehead.
"Sleep well Mione."
But she had already fallen asleep.
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"They do seem comfy don't they?" Hanna commented as Draco walked into Mione's room.
"All in good time." Tom answered back, "right now, that's not what they need; right now they need friendship, not a relation ship."
"But when they do get together, they'll look so sweet, and it will last."
"It will at that."
"Does either of them realize?"
"Draco told me a week back, that he felt something for her, I bet Mione feels something too, but both of them know that now is not the right time for anything like that."
"I hope that it comes soon, they'll be so happy."
"You aren't understanding are you Han?"
She smirked up at him, "No I understand perfectly, just I'm being stubborn."
"That's what I like about you." He smiled and kissed her cheek, causing her to blush.
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Harry was walking the halls in an angry daze. He didn't hear Ron come up to him, but after walking together in silence, he did start to realize his only friend was walking with him.
Harry breathed out the breath he was holding, and with it released his anger. "Why did she lie to me?"
"I don't know, but there more to her Harry, then either of us can fathom, it's a girl thing, give her time, she'll tell you eventually."
"How come she didn't tell me when she told you?" He asked.
"She never told me Harry, if she had, then I bet she would have told you as well."
"How did you find out?"
"Remember this summer when we went over to her house?"
"Yeah, how could I forget, she started acting odd then."
"Well I'll explain that later. Harry, Hermione has a book in which she keeps her sanity, we just happened to pick it up, that's why she was shouting at us. Inside, I saw a picture she drew," he paused and took a breath, hoping this went well, "It was of Malfoy, Harry. But it didn't look like him, he had odd eyes and looked kinder. After being around him for a bit, I realized that she saw something the rest of us couldn't, she glimpsed something mortal eyes weren't meant to gaze upon. She saw the TRUE Draco Malfoy."
"True?" Harry laughed. "Is there such a thing?"
"Yes Harry, and if you weren't so pissed off earlier, you would have seen it as well, twice today in fact. When I entered the Hall, the two bikers? Tom and Malfoy, Malfoy walked right up, smile on his face, and talked to Mione like they were best friends." He faced his friend. "Your dense Harry, yes they were trying to hide the fact that they were friends, but any idiot could have put the pieces together, I think half your anger tonight was at yourself for not realizing sooner."
Harry Remained silent. They kept walking each hall of the castle in a very round about route back to the Gryffindor tower.
"Your right Ron." Harry finnaly stated. "I was angry at not figuring out earlier, actually I think I was ignoring it the entire time, and that I 'did' know."
"Try to make up with Mione Harry; she was in fits when you left. You mean so much to her you know?"
Harry smirked at his friend "I didn't realize she liked me 'that' way."
"What?!" Ron looked so shocked. "She thinks of you as her Brother, that's all." An image of Draco in front of Mione stood ouit in his head.
Harry laughed again. "I know Ron, I know."
The reached the picture of the fat lady, Harry stopped before actually getting in front of it. "Ron, you realize nothing between me and her can be the same?"
"Change is the progress of life Harry, for the better, that's why You-Know- Who's ways are so hated. Not only because he kills so much. That's why you're admired. You give hope, and you provided change for our world. Both Muggle and Magical."
Harry Smiled at his friend. He always knew what to say to cheer him up.
"Lets get some sleep, Ron." He faced the pink lady, "Regina."
She nodded and opened the passage.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Ray was at home, playing with her wand. She has been a witch for almost a month, and she wanted despritly to tell her Mom.
But what would they think?
She starred at it still for longer. A chill and shadow passed over her.
She remembered what Severus had said. That her wand gave her a special ability to cast life on things.
She knew better than to throw that around. She had heard from Ron and all the other Kids and Mione school, about a man named You-Know-Who, Harry called Him Voldemort.
She wouldn't want to draw his attention.
Ron's face poped up in her head, and she smiled. He was soo innocent.
She had thought for a time, that she might have liked Severus. But seeing Ron changed her mind.
Two more chills passes over her and she picked up her phone anda Dialed Dora.
"Yam?"
"Mrs. Spinet?"
"Ray dear? Why are you calling so late?" she yawned.
"I want to talk to Dora, please could you put her on?"
"She went out for a few hours; maybe she's at the black mansion?"
"Thank you, I'll go look for her."
"Night."
And they both hung up.
Since she had become a witch, life seemed far more dangerous then it ever had.
She dressed and grabbed her wand, and went over to the Malfoy's place.
Ringing the door she heard a quick 'squeak' and she smiled "Mitty?"
"Ms. Ray!" the house elf opened the door. "Ms. Dora is already here."
"Thank you Mitty."
"No problem Miss."
She walked into the Living room, and Mr. and Mrs. Malfoy were there chatting with Dora over a cup of cocoa.
"Mind if I join you? I had a bad feeling at my place."
"Did you ward it dear?" Mrs. Mafloy asked merrily.
"Of course, when I left."
"then stay and enjoy some Cocoa, we were just discussing jobs that Dora could do with so little magical training."
"They suggested that I work for the muggle ministry and help the Magical one through it."
"That sounds wonderful." She took a seat of the big fluffy couch. "What about me? What could I do?"
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AN: Two chappies in one weekend!
Go me!
I hope you all enjoyed, remember,
Review!
Relena