Bond length

Month: 1

Week: 2

Day: 6

Stage: Friendship

A/N - Harry and Draco bonded Friday, July 31st.

Harry left the kitchen an hour after curfew still not knowing where Draco's new dormitory was but feeling much more emotionally charged.

The walk from the basement floor, where the kitchens were located to the 7th floor Gryffindor tower was normally a fairly easy task... despite the fact that Teachers were beginning to sworn. It was it the middle of Harry's fourth years that he discovered that this was prime time for students trying to sneak from one common room to another... So there was Harry, on the 5th floor, wand lit in one hand and the Maurders Map in the other. Harry focused too much at teachers names and not enough at students, that he didn't realize he was in the same corridor as Neville.

"Harry?"

Harry finally looked up, gazing at his friend.

"Oh Neville, I didn't see you. "

"What are you doing out of Gryffindor?"

"I am actually trying to get back to the tower"

"Nightmares again?"

"What?"

"Harry, we have been sharing a room since the first year. I've noticed that for the first six weeks of school you always awake from nightmares. I've also noticed that you always take a night walk after it"

"That's very observant Neville"

This just caused the shy Gryffindor to shrug his shoulders

"What are you doing out?" Harry asked

"Oh. I was heading to the west tower"

"Why?... what's in the west tower?"

Neville went bright red "R-r-r-Ravenclaw tower"

This caused Harry to smirk.

"Padma? Luna? Cho?"

Neville didn't get to chance to answer

"POTTER! LONGBOTTOM!" Harry turned to face the brown eyes of McGonagall

"Is Gryffindor tower on fire?" She growled

"Erm... no?"

"I see. Is Gryffindor tower about to detached its self from the rest of school? Plummeting to the ground?"

"Erm... no"

"Is there a valid, life threatening reason why you two are not currently there?"

"Well... err... everyone was gossiping about my sex life and i couldn't well deny the rumors with our breaking a few hearts. So I took a walk?" It came out as a question but Harry was personally pleased with his response.

This caused McGonagall to smirk

"Ah, yes. I heard a few good stories in last 5 hours".

" all true professor. All true".

" very smooth Mr. Potter. But, how do you account for Mr. Longbottoms presents "

"We are meeting up in prefects bathroom professor. Nothing like a bath.. to relax the muscles"

"Get back to the tower both of you!" McGonagall replied, barely holding back her laughter. Harry liked to make his head of house laugh. Ever since Voldemort's return in the fourth year, she has been too anxious. too uptight... too sad.

It was between 5th and the 6th floor that Neville said his goodbyes and tried for a second time to reach the house of the Raven.

By the time Harry got back to the Gryiffdore tower it was 90 minutes after curfew and Harry was wearing a smirk... a smirk everyone knew as guilty.

That smirk was what gave Harry away. "Alright mister, I thought Lavender was just being Lavender with that rumor. Now I know something is going on!" Ginny mentioned her voice crackling as Harry climbed through the portrait hole.

"I don't know what you're talking about" he lied, trying to calm his features.

"Harry... are you seeing someone"

"No... well... I don't think so?"

"Who is she?"

"Ginny, please..."

"Just answer me one question... girl or guy?"

"Guy"

"So, we would have never had a chance? You and I, I mean" Ginny asked. harry knew she always liked him.. and fair enough, in his grief they did give it a try late last year... it wasn't a bad relationship by any means, in fact, it was okay..but after the death of this godfather, it just seemed too much. They both agreed to end in temporarily. in hope that the time apart would help with Harrys never-ending - grief. Harry gazed at Ginny and felt a ping of sadness for the youngest Weasley, which resulted in him walking over to Ginny and sitting next to her, grabbing her hand, rubbing it gently.

"Ginny, it's not that black and white"

"So.. you're bisexual?"

"I don't know?...I like boys. Now... but ... I don't know ... 2 maybe 3 months ago I didn't"

"So, what happened 2 months ago that changed?"

"You'll find sound soon enough. I am sorry- I can't ... we are not ready".

"So, there is a boy?"

"Ginny ..."

"You know what Harry! It's fine! At the end of the day, you like boys and I can't change that!"

"Sorry Gin"

"Answer me, one thing though"

"Are you happy?"

"I...I... think so"

The next morning Harry awoke with a spring in his step. He was determined to spend tonight with Draco and in order to do that he had to found out where his dorm was...luckily he had potions class on Friday's with Slytherin. it wasn't until the last period of the day, but it would have to do.

For the past 2 weeks, Slughorn had been determined to keep house strength by pairing the lions with other lions and the snakes with other snakes. Draco, despite his problems in Slytherin, was always paired with Zabini. Who Harry Identified as a low risk. A snake, yes. but not a potential death eater. Actually, it wasn't until last years that Harry noticed that the Zabini family was the only sixth year Slytherin that was not in connection with the dark lord... this made Harry realise that all the professors obviously knew about Draco's changed loyalties.

"Happy Friday to my sixth-year snakes and lions!" Beamed Slughorn in an excited manner. "I have such a fun lesson planned for today! Come on!" He waved his arm to the table brewing the front of him. "Come gather around".

"Can identify what is brewing before you?" slughorn asked.

"It's a soul potion professor". Hermione spoke predictably.

"Excellent Miss Granger. 10 points to Gryffindor"

"On Monday, I asked you to research a reason why someone may use the soul potion. So, miss Parkinson... What is a reason?"

"To determine if some had a soul?" Spiked Pansy with a giggle. This caused Draco to look at her questionably, his gray eyes clearly saying "dumb bitch".

"Well... no miss Parkinson. That's not quite correct. What about you Mr. Malfoy? I hear you have had some experience with the soul's mother potion"

"It essentially temporally alters your physical appearance to show how someone else souls perceive's yours, it is often used in the last stage of a brothel bond. the idea is that it helps to identify if magical core combination would help the wizard or hinder it" Draco glanced at Harry for a second or two, before turning to face Slughorn again.

"Excellent . 10 points to Slytherin. Now, the second half of the potion is on the board. "

The 90-minute class seemed to pass by rather quickly, as it turns out Harry loves potions ... Just not when a sexually frustrated, stick-up-the-arse bat was teaching it.

"Now, Since you are sixth years and thus you are no longer children and I am going to assign you a test- partner. do not forget that a war is underway and it is only strengthening day by day! We need to put childish house rivalry aside and try and find a friend in an enemy."Slughorn glanced at Harry, then at Draco. clearly, he knew about Draco's new allianced but not about the brothel bond. "Once, I call your name I want you to take a vial of your potion and find your partner - I'll test it and if it passes.. which I expect every single potion in my newt level class to do so... then on my account you will add the required three blood drops into your partner's potion, then drink your own... I shouldn't have to remind you that no matter how negatively you are altered, the alteration will only last several minutes. So we have Hermione Granger with Blaze Zabini, Ronald Weasley with Hannah Abbott, Harry Potter with Draco Malfoy..." obviously there was at least ten other names on the last, but once Harry's name was mentioned. He simply zoned out.

Slughorn was proficient, he had passed everyone's potion- some more easily than others - within two minutes. Harry without hesitation took the scalpel from Draco's workstation and sliced his palm adding three drops into Draco's perfectly made potion. Draco did the same.

"Scared Potter?"

"You wish"

This caused both boys to break out in a massive grin, Draco biting his bottom lip... And with that, they clunked their vials and skulled the purple liquid

Instantly Draco's hair grew to his shoulder blades, his black uniform pants transfigured to pure white trousers, while his green and silver school vest vanished just leaving his white bottom down. From his shoulders sprouted very large and very white wings. Draco glowed a yellow light. Harry, by this time, had shoulder length wavy hair. He was dressed in black leather pants and had a tight white shirt. His jaw line was sharper and his eyes were fluorescent green. He too sprung wings. Only they were an off white color. Both boys were breathtaking.

Green eyes met Grey and it seemed Two guardian angels were staring into each other's very soul and it was intense. Too intense. Just as it did when the bond was established purple magic begun to swirl around the teenagers, climbing higher and higher. Intensifying the higher it got. The crackling of the magic begun to make surrounding cauldrons to re-bubble, the candles - the dungeons only source of light - begun to engulf, wands and quills and any type of loose item begun to violently shake. the stones beneath their feet begun to crumble. The room was both quite and calm and was loud and intense.

And then it was over.

Returning to normal Harry had less then a second to register that his bond mate fainting, before Harry himself saw black.

The teenagers woke in the hospital wing exactly 48 hours later. On an overcast Sunday morning. They were sore from head to toe. Breathing rugged, heart racing and stomaches rumbling.

"Welcome back to the land of the living boys" soothed Dumbledore.

"What exactly happened professor?" Harry winched, trying to sit up. A pale hand pushed him back down.

"Rest Mr. Potter - Black" Harry signed, there was only one person in the castle that would call him that. harry glanced up, fair enough. it was Snape.

"Well... it appears that the soul potion you digested caused an intense amplification of your soul perception, which resulted in your betrothal bond trying short circuit which, in turn, Interacted badly with the sanctuary bond ... as a result, your magical core got depleted".

Harry just stared blankly. Snape rolled his eyes.

"Potter, He was saying that because your soul sees me as your attractive... but feminine... guardian angel" Draco began to smirk. "the betrothal bond got super excited and wanted to combine our magic core right away." Draco replied smugly "which caused our magic core to resist. The sanctuary bond must have seen this as a threat to my life and blacked both of us out... however by blacking us out and resisting the combination our magic core got depleted".

"So... what happens now?" Harry asked.

"You eat and you rest " Pomfrey chimed from behind Dumbledore, placing a food tray in front of each boy.

"There is one more thing - even though your magical core didn't combine, we are unsure if your bond did increase in stage".

"Meaning?" Harry asked

"Meaning, Harry, tomorrow I may be very comfortable with you ..."