'What subjects are you taking next year'?

It was just past midnight and Harry was sat curled beneath Draco's arm leaning in to his side. They were leaning against, what they had come to see as 'their' wall in the Trophy Room.

It had been a long day and the second years had been told that this week they must decide which subjects that were going to take during their third year.

Draco shrugged, 'I have no idea, you?'

'I'd love to give up Potions.' Harry said with a sigh, 'I know I can't though Ron told me we have to keep all our old subjects.' Harry sighed and slumped further in to Draco's side. He felt Draco's arm tighten around him, 'You'll survive Harry, Snape doesn't hate you as much as you seem to think he does.'

Harry sat up with a start, he turned his head to glare at the blond at is side 'C'mon Drake you know full well that he does he can't stand the sight of me.' Harry huffed and crossed his arms across his chest as though in an act of defiance, Draco smirked and reached out with his left hand and pulled Harry back in to his arms by his collar, he wrapped his arm around the smaller boy pulling him back against his chest; 'Behave Potter, you are not a child.' This caused Harry to huff and stick out his bottom lip, 'actually Drake I think you'll find I am,' Draco laughed at the petulant display, after a second or two Harry relented and gave Draco a little dig with his elbow before continuing; ' seriously though I grew up as a muggle, I have no bloody idea what these subjects are, Divination, what the hell is that?'

'Rubbish' Draco replied, 'Don't go for that.'

Harry turned his head so his chin was resting on Draco's chest, he looked up through his fringe at his boyfriend, 'Kinda already have, I didn't know what to pick so I just picked the same as Ron.'

Draco rolled his eyes, 'Weasley, you picked the same as Weasley, and I had every hope for you.' The tome was almost mocking but Harry could hear the laughter behind it and knew Draco was just playing with him. Harry reached up and cuffed Draco lightly round the ear, 'at least I have picked something, why haven't you? I had assumed you always knew exactly what you wanted to do.'

Draco hummed and absent mindedly reached up a hand to run through Harry's unruly mop of hair, 'That is exactly why I'm not sure, I have always been told exactly what to do, my future is mapped out for me, and the funny thing is I have no idea what my future holds, It's awful, I know that Father has decided my future he just doesn't think that it is important that I get to know, it's not important as long as I do the right thing at the right time according to Saint Lucious of Malfoy. '

Harry turned once more to look in to his boyfriends steely grey eyes, he reached up and placed a hand on the pale cheek, Draco's gaze dropped to meet his, 'Who cares at the minute though, we are just kids and are you not having fun now?'

Draco smirked and there was an evil glint in his eye as he pushed Harry off him he pounced on the smaller boy pushing him to the floor, he swung a long leg over Harry and straddled him, pinning his arms above his head, 'Sure am,' he said quietly as he leaned in to kiss his boyfriend for the first time that day.

...

Harry had had a brilliant day, the sun was shining and he felt ridiculously happy with the way his life was at the moment. He had managed to put the issued that the school was facing and the diary to the back of his mind as he wandered back from Quidditch in the warm autumn sun. He was just walking back towards the castle when he felt his parchment vibrate, the pattern to mark a four way conversation repeated again and again, each time seemingly with more urgency as he hurriedly tried to remove the parchment from where it was hidden in the fold of his robe. As he had not yet seen any of the conversation the parchment was filled from top to bottom in the hurried conversation of his friends and boyfriend, the first handwriting at the top of the page was Neville's untidy scrawl;

Harry are you there, you need to come to the dorm it's urgent.

Followed by the looping curves of Draco,

What is it Neville? You know he is at a game?

Draco are you with Blaise? Where are you both? I'm really worried and could do with you being here if possible?

What is it Neville, spit it out?

I'm here Nev what is it? Where are you? Are you ok? We can't come to Gryffindor tower.

I have the cloak Blaise so we can do as we please, where are you?

In the dorm I'm coming to the common room now.

Ok, Neville care to fill us in?

Our dorm has been completely trashed, I have no idea who has done it but it's Harry's stuff, It's every where , someone, I have no idea who, has been through all his things he needs to get her e quick.

Nev we are on our way can you let us in somehow?

Er yeah there is loads of commotion I'll say I need a breath of air, pretty sure no one will miss me.

Nev now is not the time.

I know sorry, Where the hell is Harry?

At this point Harry had broken to a run and was so close to Gryffindor tower that he did not need to reply.

The portrait swung open and Harry threw himself in to the Gryffindor common room, every head in there turned to stare at him, he heard the whispers following him as he raced up the stairs toward the dormitory taking them two at a time, he swung around the door frame in to the dorm and stopped dead at the sight that greeted him, the dorm room was covered in almost everything that he owned, pages of his homework and text books littered the floor, even his clothes had been pulled from the trunk and were scattered haphazardly throughout the room. At that moment Harry had never been happier that Draco had borrowed the invisibility cloak, with that thought he glanced at Neville raising a questioning eyebrow, Neville caught on to the meaning of what was being asked and glanced quickly towards a seemingly empty corner of the room, Harry felt his shoulders relax knowing that Draco was here in the room with him.

As he and Neville pulled his blankets back on to the bed Ron, Dean and Seamus came in. Dean swore loudly.

'Harry what happened?'

'I have no idea, obviously someone was looking for something.'

Harry met Ron's eye, 'Is anything missing?' the red-headed boy asked, Harry shrugged, 'Let's look, Dean, Seamus could you go and ask around , only a Gryffindor could have gotten in and done this.' Dean and Seamus shared a looked and left the dorm with a nod to Harry. 'Ron,' whispered Harry, ' Shut and lock the door will you,' Ron looked at his friend in askance but did what had been requested of him, no sooner than he had turned the key he heard a rustle of material, as he turned he was greeted by the two Slytherin's that had been hidden, until then, from sight, 'Bloody hell,' Ron said, 'a bit of warning next time yeah.'

'Oh do we quiet Weasley there are more important things going on here, Harry is there anything missing.'

Harry looked up at his tall Italian friend and shrugged his shoulders, 'Dunno, c'mon you lot give me a hand.'

The five boys worked in silence to restore the room to it's former self, the silence punctuated occasionally with muttering from a certain blond haired Slytherin who was plotting the downfall of the person who had dared to do this to Harry's things.

Suddenly Harry stood up straight from where he had been organising his trunk, 'guys, it's missing, Riddle's diary is missing.'

...

Harry heard the voice again... he turned wide-eyed to Ron, 'Can you not hear that?' Ron shook his head, Hermione, however, clapped a hand to her forehead.

'Harry – I think I've just understood something! I've got to go to the library!'

And she sprinted away up the stairs.

...

Hermione's been attacked.

What?

Where?

Who attacked her?

I don't know she has been petrified?

Seriously, Harry where are you?

Yeah seriously, I'm in the dorm with Ron he is not in a good way, just staring blankly at the wal.

I'm coming up now Harry.

Ok Nev, see you in a sec.

Wish I could come too?

I know Blaise don't worry can't be helped, there is nothing we can do anyway.

What happened Harry?

I don't know Drake I was called from Quidditch and she was just lay there unmoving, it was completely awful?

Where had she been?

The library, (Nev's just arrived) I heard the voices again and she seeed to realise something and darted off there before we could stop her.

I'm glad he's there.

Yeah me too, he's talking with Ron now, she had a mirror with her, what the hell is that about?

A mirror? That's interesting.

Really? You have an idea?

I might do, but I don't want to say anything as yet in case I am wrong.

Ok, let me know though. I think I need to go and talk to Hagrid,

You will do no such thing.

I have to.

D you think that they suspect him?

I don't know but I don't thinkit's him.

So why go to see him?

If he did open the Chamber he will know how to do it again.

And why, may I ask do you need to know that?

I need to stop this.

You need to stay out of trouble. You can't go out anyway we have to stay in our dorms.

I have a way of getting out without being seen though don't I Drake.

Blaise I'm sorry about this,

The parchment vibrated and suddenly it was just Draco and Harry that were able to see the conversation;

Harry what on earth are you planning on doing?

I need to speak to Hagrid to find out what he knows, I need to help Drake, I need you to bring me my cloak please.

Harry you cannot put yourself in more danger.

Draco please try and understand, she is my friend, I need to try and stop this, or at the very least get some information to help.

There was a long pause , it went on for so long that Harry began to think Draco had stopped speaking to him.

Fine, you go, but I am coming too.

Draco...

Draco's curved writing appeared before Harry could even finish his sentence;

I'm coming too, no arguing, I will meet youat the portrait hole in five minutes.

Harry sighed as he folded up his parchment, he quickly explained to Neville and Ron what he was planning to do, he assured Neville he could contact him if he needed to leaving Ron blinking confusedly between the two and then left the room to wait for Draco.