Draco grumbled as he hid away in his room. His eyes continually falling onto the wooden sword Harry had given him. He tugged at his hair only to glance at the mirror that frowned at him with his own face.
"Now, why are you ruining your hair like that?" The image asked causing Draco to groan yet again and go back to pacing. His father this life let alone their allies were already rubbing against his nerves. He was just glad he had been able to avoid Voldemort's gaze. He moved over to the wooden sword and began to practice using it like a real sword allowing his mind to drift into motions from his old life.
He paused breathing hard his present body very much not used to the movements he had previously known so well. He paused and shut his eyes breathing hard.
"Goddesses damn this present life, it's a good thing Ganondorf isn't my enemy yet. He'd be able to take me out with a single swat." Draco muttered. He placed the wooden sword under the pillow of his bed then slipped into his bathroom to clean up a bit. He frowned as his door was opened into his bedroom and sighed poking his head out of the bathroom.
"Can I help you?" He drawled out feeling almost dirty in the way he spoke.
"Draco, I wish to speak with you for a bit. Your friends came to me with some worries." Lucius' voice came from his bedroom doorway. Draco looked into his mirror and frowned noticing his ears were changing and winced shaking his hair up to make sure the tips were not visible. He walked out of the bathroom and nodded quickly to Lucius.
"What is wrong Father?" Draco asked trying to look like the dutiful pure-blood son. Pulling on all his training during this life. Lucius seemed to look Draco over and sneered a bit.
"You have been hiding away up in your room most of the holiday so far. Plus you apparently have been talking with mud-bloods." Lucius sneered angrily.
"Father I would do no such thing. With the revival of the Dark Lord though I figured being able to keep track of the boy-who-won't-die and knowing his plans to pass on would be helpful. Of course that does mean I have to do a few distasteful things." Draco explained. He wanted to shudder at his words feeling like oil was dripping across his skin.
"I can't believe that would work Draco. You have upheld the Malfoy name to your best ability. Surely the stupid mud-blood would see through your supposed change or heart." Lucius pointed out with a sneer. Draco groaned looking at his father with irritation.
"Well then I guess I can't overly help with the situation. Which means I will be of no help at this time to our lord, so what would be the point of visiting with our allies." Draco pointed out. "We can not have me interacting with them from a weak position."
"Well at least you have a decent reason for hiding away." Lucius sneered as he spun. "You better be ready to face him this summer though."
"I will be ready Father." Draco said as he bowed his head watching from beneath his hair as his father left the room. Once the door was closed, he spun and punched his bed. "I'll make sure I'm ready to take him out." He whispered. Draco groaned as he tightened his hands into fists, then spread the fingers out a few times. In some ways he was sure this was the most stressful situation he had been in.
He paced around the room a few times trying to calm his nerves knowing with the memories of his present life that his mother would likely be coming up to check on him and try to convince him to interact with others, and avoiding some of the people would be a big pain. He shut his eyes with a groan.
"Why me? Why here? I'm not a Sheikah, I'm not skilled at deception." Draco muttered has he covered his face with his hands after falling back onto his bed. He released a groan as his door was opened causing him to sit up quickly to see who was walking into his room. He blinked in surprise seeing his mother walking over to where he is laying with a soft smile.
"Dragon, I know your father came up to speak with you, but if there is something you want to talk about that you feel you can't with your father you can always talk to me." Narcissa said as she moved to sit next to Draco with a gentle smile. Draco glanced towards his mother and without thinking brushed his hair back as Narcissa was smiling. She blinked and stared before reaching out and touching Draco's ear tips.
"Dragon what is this?" She asked causing Draco to jump and gulp a bit. He shifted away from his mother and shrugged.
"I don't know. I've been trying to hide them since they started to change." Draco explained while not looking at Narcissa not wanting to see his mother's face at the physical change.
"Well then we certainly can not let certain people see you like this." She said with determination and stood before pulling out her wand. Draco pulled away eyes going wide with fear at her reaction and words. He pulled away from his mother who smiled and shook her head a moment.
"Dragon darling, I don't mean me. I am going to teach you a few charms that can help hide that. I promise I do not hold this against you. There is enough creature blood in both mine and your fathers lines to allow for a strange trait like this to pop up. I'm just glad it is such a minor trait." Narcissa said with a smile. Draco hid the frown he was feeling at her words. He was just glad she was not all out rejecting him though.
"Mother why are you so calm about this. I was sure you and Father would throw me out for this." Draco admitted softly. Sure it wasn't the full truth on what he was fearing but there was a part of him that had grown up in this new life that said they would have.
"Oh Dragon, my dear heart. I would never abandon you. You are my treasure, my only child. In many ways my little miracle." Narcissa said as she pulled Draco into a tight hug. Draco pressed into the hug and shivered as the lack of Maternal care hovered in his mind from his previous lives. He began to shake as he struggled with the emotions racing through him. He didn't know how to deal with this desire and almost need to cry.
"Mum, I… There is more to this… so much more, but I can't tell you… I… I.. can't let it get to the wrong people." Draco whimpered as he hugged Narcissa tightly with a shudder. Narcissa hugged Draco tighter with a frown at his words.
"Dragon, love what are you talking about? I can only help if I have the information." Narcissa murmured.
"I can't, The Dark Lord will kill me if he finds out, let alone some of our other allies." Draco said softly. Narcissa frowned at his words as she lightly tipped Draco's head up to get his eyes to look directly at her.
"Dragon, I don't interact with the Dark Lord. You are my son always. I will never betray your life to anyone." Narcissa stated as she still kept a hold of him.
"I… I don't know how to explain this mother. I have never had to deal with something like this before. Never before did I remember the previous times." Draco whispered as he allowed himself to sob a moment. Narcissa frowned at Draco's words even as she held her son. The way he spoke was strange and suggested something that terrified her.
"I will protect you always Dragon. Don't worry about it." Narcissa murmured softly. Draco finally started to release his mother and shook his head before smiling a moment.
"Mother I will be fine." Draco comforted his Mother as he relaxed into maternal warmth.
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Harry walked over to where some of the handlers were trying to prepare the two horses for transport. He rolled his eyes then whistled sharply pulling the horses attention to him. He walked over to pet the nose of the large stallion before looking to the spirited mare.
"I know you want to see Link again. If you let them send you where I told them to you soon will." Harry said to the mare then looked at the Stallion.
"I am going to be heading back there in a couple weeks so need you to be there for me." He explained to the stallion before placing his forehead against the horses nose. He smiled as the handlers moved quickly to get the portkeys on the two horses while they are calm. He patted Tiraak'haal once more then stepped back with a smile. He watched as the horses vanished from there spots and laughed in excitement.
He couldn't wait to ride Tiraak'haal around the school once he got back. He stepped slowly towards where the Weasley's were gathering to talk and enjoy time together. He glanced around before pausing noticing a white boot hanging down from a tree and looks up into it. He blinks and chuckles softly seeing Ghirahim just laying along the heavy branch.
"Ghirahim are you sleeping in a tree?" Harry asked watching the Demon Lord's chest rising slowly up and down as he laid there. Ghirahim slowly turned his head to look at Harry blinking his eyes slowly. He blinked a few times and smiled at Harry.
"Not sleeping, just been enjoying the day. This has been the greatest week I have had in ages." Ghirahim said as he almost slid to the ground from the branch he had been laying on. Harry blinked a few times and walked up to Ghirahim once he was standing on the ground.
"You look different at the moment Ghirahim." Harry said and reached out to push Ghirahim and watched him stumble a bit at the shove. Ghirahim frowned at Harry a moment then shrugged before sitting back against the tree his eyes shutting again.
"I'm feeling far more relaxed Master. I haven't felt this good in ages, so I'm enjoying the feeling." Ghirahim explained. Harry frowned and leaned towards Ghirahim slowly.
"You didn't hurt him did you?" Harry growled in warning. Ghirahim blinked slowly and shook his head before tossing his hair back.
"No, at least not in anyway he did not want. You warned me before and I was not about to challenge that." Ghirahim stated. Harry nodded then started to continue on his way. He chuckled and glanced back once more seeing Ghirahim just laying there against the tree obviously dazed.
Harry chuckled only to see Charlie shifting a bit as he talked to the twins by one of the enclosures. The older Weasley showing all the signs of a good night. He smirked as he walked forward almost as though he was stalking towards prey. He needed to hear from Charlie that everything had been okay.
"Hey Charlie was everything willing on your part last night?" Harry asked causing the twins to grin and leaned closer obviously curious but not willing to broach the topic themselves.
"Harry! That is private and not something you should be asking about!" Charlie cried out blushing a bit as he glanced at his younger twin brothers. Harry chuckled as they grinned more.
"Do we need to tell Mum that you had your virtue taken from you?" The twins asked in concert grinning. Charlie groaned and covered his face while glaring at Harry.
"Hey I just needed to be sure he didn't hurt you. I warned him not to but he is a Demon Lord so I can't be sure if what he feels would be hurting is the same as what we would feel was." Harry explained. Charlie shook his head before laughing a bit.
"It was fine Harry. Was actually a really good night." Charlie admitted as he glared at his siblings laughing. Harry glanced at the twins and moved behind them then smacked both of them upside their heads.
"Stop teasing your brother." He snapped. The twins pretended to fall over and clutched at their heads, crying out in fake pain. Harry rolled his eyes at this and looked at Charlie. "How did you deal with these two?"
"I was the older brother. Me and Bill just sat on them when necessary." Charlie said with a shrug. Harry laughed as the twins looked at Charlie betrayed. Charlie smirked at them as he turned just in time to see his parents and youngest brother coming over.
"Charlie I am surprised I never realized how well all the handlers are treated I always thought you were living in a mud hut!" Molly exclaimed with tears. Charlie groaned shaking his head.
"Mum I told you we were well looked after. You just wouldn't listen." Charlie exclaimed, shaking his head. Molly blushed in embarrassment. Harry kept laughing softly at what was going on around them.
"I'm sorry Charlie. I just always wanted to keep the family close. I never wanted any of you to leave." Molly admitted softly. Harry frowned then sighed softly realizing what this would mean since she considered him one of her brood.
"Mrs. Weasley, all children at some point need to leave their home." Harry pointed out softly. Molly frowned sadly at this showing how much she wanted to hold onto her family. Harry sighed and headed away to look at the Chinese Fireball that had almost escaped looking it over.
"So much intelligence lost. Was it my magic the loss of the Goddesses power or time. I wonder which." Harry muttered as Charlie moved next to him noticing the distraction on Harry's face.
"Harry what are you talking about?" Charlie asked as Molly frowned towards them. Harry laughed and shook his head.
"Did I ever tell you that I'm a reincarnation? It's why I look so different from how I did during the Tri-Wizard Tournament." Harry explained the whole situation to Charlie watching the shock form on his face.
"Wait wait wait… You are the reincarnation of a being that once tried to conquer the known world due to being possessed?" Charlie asked with shock. Harry nodded then shrugged a moment.
"People I trusted and who raised me used me as a vessel for a being they worshiped. If I had realized what they planned for me I could have prevented it." Harry admitted then smiled at the others. The twins wrapped an arm each around Harry's shoulders even as they had to reach up to do so due to his size.
"So when we get back to school we can actually start having some real fun with the other students." The two declared grinning. Harry groaned remembering second year where they were declaring him the heir of slytherin in a joking manner.
"If you two start that again, I will keep a secret you two would love to have from you forever." Harry stated before pulling free of the two with a smirk. Fred and George looked at each other then at Harry frowning.
"You wouldn't want to do that Harry. I'm sure we could figure out a way to get back at you if you tried." They said.
"Oh you really think you could?" Harry asked as a slightly blood thirsty grin spread across his face. His golden eyes started to glow as they focused on the two. Both looked at Harry then each other before spinning and running off. Harry started to laugh dropping the look he had been holding.
"You are kind of scary Harry." Charlie said as he shifted a moment. Harry chuckled and shrugged.
"It's way too easy to intimidate now. My present body is just intimidating, and I know I'm not at my full growth. My old race were always on the large side. Especially the rare male." Harry chuckled remembering how tiny the Hylians always were compared to his tribal Gerudo.
"Wait rare male?" Charlie asked and frowned wondering if Bill would be able to figure out more with that information.
"Yeah one male about every century. Just the way things were. Then what happened to me kinda cursed my race. Don't know if they have had a male child since." Harry admitted. Charlie frowned again then blinked.
"Wait is your race related to the Amazons?" Charlie asked. Harry shrugged a bit and chuckled.
"Might be not sure as I've only seen an image of the legend of them. They do kinda look like the Gerudo." He said then smirked. "But that isn't why I came over. I wanted to thank you for allowing the visit. The dragons are nothing like the ancient ones. All the intelligence they once had is gone. And many just look like giant winged lizalfos."
"What is a Lizalfos?" Charlie asked in curiosity.
"Humanoid lizard like creatures. They are somewhat smart but easily outsmarted by most other human-like races. They could use armor and weapons some could even fly. Useful minions." Harry explained offhandedly.
"Huh they sound like they would of been an interesting race. Well other than your opinion that they were useful minions." Charlie said with a shudder.
"Yeah well I haven't seen any signs of them still existing so no worries there." Harry shrugged as he smiled.
"So many interesting sounding races you have dealt with. I wish I could see some of them." Charlie admitted sadly.
"Well some of the critters from back then are still around. They've just changed to survive. Anyways I should make sure all my stuff is packed up. I'm looking forward to getting back and seeing Sirius before school is back in session, as well as seeing if things have finally started to move forward with proving his innocence." Harry turned and walked off as the rest of the Weasley's started to surround Charlie for a final greeting and talk before the time to leave hit.