Disclaimer: this story uses characters and settings from J.K. Rowlings wonderful creation Harry Potter. I get neither fame nor money for the stories I create off her work. All I get is the reviews my readers grace me with. This yet another collaboration with darkshadowedrose. This one is a bit of an even split the way The Day Albus Dumbledore Never Remembers is.

Yet Another Universe

Chapter 37

It had been a long terrifying night for Draco Malfoy. He'd thought the forest was terrifying but the worst had be crossing the open ground to get to the front steps of Hogwarts. He'd had to spend an hour in a rabbit burrow to hide from hunting owls, and an owl had tried to grab him even as he transformed. But he would get his revenge he knew just the spell.

In the Slytherin seventh year boys dorm Harry quietly stretched put in his contacts and put on the concealer for his scar before un-warding his curtains and grabbing his armor. His roommates razzed him but he passed on Constant Vigilance and Be Prepared. Finally he headed to breakfast, last night had been way too short. As he and Warrington hit the top of the stairs, Harry had a scant millisecond to register the presence of Draco Malfoy before getting hit with a purple curse that resembled flame. Harry was knocked a half step back and bent over to catch his breath. He was overjoyed that he'd made a habit of wearing his armor. He recognized the curse as the one Dolohov had thrown at Hermione at the battle at the DOM.

Draco saw his spell hit but was appalled that Luthor was just standing there he was supposed to fall over damn it. Since his spells didn't seem to work Draco decided on a physical attack. He charged. Harry saw him coming and at the last second bent so he was under the attack. Draco's solar plexus hit Harry's shoulder. Harry straightened sending Draco flying up over his shoulder. But Harry had forgotten he stood at the top of the stairs to the dungeon. That was until he heard behind him the somewhat distinctive crunch that comes from breaking bones. He whipped around and watched as Draco's now limp body tumbled a few more steps. "Oops."

The entry hall was frozen in shock.

The two aurors had had the Heads of House go through the students and they had gotten the list of suspects down to four and they had been about to take a break by eating Breakfast when a blond came charging through the front doors and attacked a student at the top of the stairs to the dungeons with a breath of life curse. They pulled their wands when to their surprise the student who'd been attacked straightened. The blond decided this person now warranted a physical attack and charged the student at the stairs. The student in question ducked under the charge and the blond was thrown down the staircase behind him.

Pomona Sprout had been bustling down the hall to get to the Great Hall when she witnessed Draco Malfoy's attack on Mr. Luthor. She had been too stunned that he would throw a deadly dark curse at school to do anything when he shifted his attack. Mr. Luthor however simply proved why he was the acting DADA professor but even she heard the distinctive crunch as Lex turned around. And the "Oops" that followed.

The dozen students of various years were surprised to see Draco Malfoy attack Lex Luthor out of the blue like that. Rumors out of Slytherin said the two had as little to do with each other as possible but Snakes never attacked other snakes right?

One of the aurors went to check the unmoving body while the other checked the boy who had been hit by the spell. The blond was dead, neck broken. The auror picked up his wand since the blond was one of the students they had intended to question. He ran a priori incantateum and discovered this was the wand used in the attack on the girl. He looked closer at the body and noticed a set of three scratches on one side of his face. Well they now had a motive for his attack on the boy at the top of the stairs.

Harry cooperated with the second auror as he steered him to the infirmary, he thought his armor had absorbed most of the curse but he felt a little short of breath, better safe than sorry. He was mildly surprised that neither auror said much to him. But when they got to the the infirmary, one peeled off "I'll floo to Headquarters and make my report."

Amelia Bones heard the report and decided to take a personal day to go to Hogwarts and check on Lex. As she stepped into the infirmary she heard Albus laying into Lex.

"A student dead at your hands!"

"Yeah what of it? He made his choices, he attacked me."

"You know how to fight, he was a young innocent boy!"

Amelia was surprised by the result of that statement. Harry exploded off the bed and despite his smaller shorter stature he had Albus pinned against the wall in three seconds flat.

"Don't you fucking dare tell me that crap! Draco Malfoy attacked Luna Lovegood in an effort to get to me! Three weeks ago he accosted a twelve year old and demanded a blow job. You want to know who's to blame for Draco's death, old man, YOU ARE. You and every other smug sanctimonious magical who let him get away with doing anything he wanted to in the name of trying to woo him away from his Death Eater family while at the same time condemning him for who he was born. If the prick had had to face real consequences over the years, maybe he'd have known what to choose. Three weeks ago you didn't give a crap, you let him tell his lies and get away with it. You're a fucking legilimence you could have looked but no instead you made a twelve year old innocent child feel she's about as important as a flea. All in the name of trying to bring an already dark wizard to the light. How many more will suffer because of your God complex? So far I count Tom, everyone he's killed since, Sirius, Me, Brooke, Luna, the safety of all your students. You could have prevented this attack on Luna you could have expelled Malfoy after his assault on Brooke. Then he wouldn't have had a wand with which to attack Luna. I may not be completely blameless. He probably chose Luna to get to me, but my conscience is clear because I bloody well didn't let him do what he set out to do. And don't give me crap about Draco being innocent. I saw the look on his face as he was assaulting both girls. He was enjoying it. Their fear their pain , people like that belong in jail not running free. Maybe that's where you belong too, old man."

Amelia was shocked by what she'd just heard. "An assault on a twelve year old, why wasn't I informed."

Lex noticed her. "You weren't informed because the Headbastard here swept it under the rug. The girl in question is a Slytherin half blood with no important ties, the assault was stopped after little more than intimidation happened and her assailant is a prefect of notable standing in a house known for somewhat deviant behavior who claimed she asked for it and liked it rough. I'm not sure why Madame Pomfrey let him get away with it though. Actually there are a lot of things she should have reported over the years and I'm not sure why she hasn't. Maybe she's a closet sadist who likes aiding and abetting Dumbdork's behavior or maybe there's something more insidious going on. You're the auror, you find out." Lex exited the infirmary.