It had been a week since the encounter with Ronald Weasley and Albus Dumbledore. It had been a week since Harry discovered there was a prophecy about him. After Severus had finished his story, the boys had left. Neither said a word to their professor since. Harry didn't know how to react, he was destined to die. Draco, on the other hand, was silently supporting his best friend, not wanting to upset the raven-haired boy any further. The boys walked into potions and walked into their last period for the day, potions. They sat at a desk with their fellow Slytherin's, Blaise Zabini and Theodore (Theo) Nott.

The two boys were pure-bloods and had grown up with Draco. Theo was the studious one, quiet but very observant. He had silky smooth, light brown hair and sparkly, bright blue eyes. Theo usually spoke in a soft tone, unless angry, nervous or restless. However, Blaise was loud and friendly, he caught the attention of students and teachers. He had dark brown hair, with clouded, brown eyes. He had acquaintances in all the houses, except Gryffindor, of course.

Over the previous week, Theo had noticed a subtle change. A change in the interactions between his friends and his Head of House. They had stopped talking in class unless it was about the potion Harry or Draco worked on. All eye contact was being avoided between them, Theo started to get annoyed. Turning to Blaise, he raised an eyebrow to see if the other boy had noticed any of this.

Blaise had started to notice, but only that morning at Breakfast when Harry complained about having to go to his favourite class, Potions. "What is going on between the three of them? If they don't cut it out soon, someone else is going to pick up on it. Someone like Dumbledore," he whispered into the blue-eyes boys' ear.

Theo shrugged at Blaise, "I have no idea, but I will be finding out. As soon as wizardly possible," he murmured in reply.

Separately, the boys decided to keep an eye on their friends. At least for the rest of the class and during dinner. After that, they would confront them and get to the bottom of their dilemma. Harry and Draco were oblivious to their classmates' thoughts as they each thought about the 'incident' last week.

Harry knew he wasn't angry at Severus he was glad the man told him the truth. However, he was scared- no, scratch that he was terrified. He had spent every spare minute he had in the last week, researching prophecies. Harry found there had been a multitude of Seers over the years. Who gave an abundance of predictions, most of which didn't get fulfilled. He also found that the nature of prophecies is dangerous, especially self-fulfilling prophecies. Harry figured that is what Voldermort had done their one, by choosing to go after him, he started the prophecy. The only way Harry could know for sure though is to listen to the whole thing himself. 'I will beat this,' he thought to himself.

Draco's thoughts were focused around the previous war and his misconceptions of it. As well as Harry and the threat of the Dark Lord returning. His mother had always told him about this all-powerful man, someone who was going to save the Wizarding World. She had been convinced he was the only person who could protect pure-blood families. Draco had been young and impressionable, and he had believed her. He dismissed his fathers' speeches about a boy named Harry Potter, known for defeating said Dark Lord. When he had met his new best friend, he was shocked by the boy he found. He was meek and hadn't known about the Wizarding World.

Draco was glad that Harry had introduced himself before he had an opportunity to talk. He was scared of how he might have reacted if Harry had not. He knew now, he would always stand beside Harry, no matter what. As he shook the thoughts from his head, he realised he had been daydreaming the whole lesson, and everyone was packing up their stations. Draco was surprised to discover his and Harry's draught seemed to be perfect. He also saw Harry was still not thinking straight. He packed up their materials and dragged his friend outside to the courtyard.

The blond and the brunette found a shady tree and laid down side by side. Harry closed his eyes and drifted off into a slight slumber. Draco heard a soft snore from next to him, gave a small smile and shut his eyes before he too fell asleep. They had not noticed their fellow Slytherins' following them at a distance and or when they settled in to wait and watch.

Severus Snape was getting worried. His two snakes had left him without a word after he had bared his soul to them. He didn't know what either of them felt about the situation, or him. The last person he had opened up to was Lilly, and he ruined that friendship. Severus was beyond angry at his so-called mentor. He had thought Albus Dumbledore was protecting the Potters', but the more he thought about it, the more he realised, that was never the case. 'No matter what they think of me, I will always protect those boys,' he decided. Severus sat at the end of the head table in the Great Hall, waiting for the students, teachers and food to arrive. He was so caught up worrying about Harry and Draco, he didn't notice when other people started to show up.

Suddenly, he heard his co-worker's Scottish brogue from beside him, "You okay there Severus? You haven't been your usual, snarky sense this past week."

Snapped out of his thoughts, Severus turned to his friend, and hissed, "I am fine Minerva, mind your own damn business."

Severus saw shock and hurt flash through the woman's' eyes and immediately regretted his actions. Before he could apologise, Minerva had turned her back on him and started a conversation with Filius Flitwick, the Charms professor and Head of Ravenclaw. Severus lifted his eyes and scanned the Slytherin table for Harry and Draco. He spotted them about halfway down, sitting with a bunch of first-year Slytherins. Harry was looking at him, but when he noticed the professors eyes on him, he quickly turned away. Draco was piling food onto both of their plates, ensuring his best friend ate.

AN: I would like to say a big thank you to mandancie from who helped me to add new characters, and is helping me to finish the end of year one.
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