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They woke up the next morning to Betty gently waking them at half past seven as they'd requested. She'd done so gently and it was lovely to wake up in such a tender way. Harry actually felt fully refreshed. He wasn't used to waking up in school so calmly. Usually he was surrounded by freaking out and noisy guys rushing to wake up and dress quickly. He had discovered the sleek easy hair potion his relatives had made and was delighted to start using it. He would need to take it once a month at the start of the month so he could have calmer hair each month. As a consequence of him using it his hair now fell flatter than it had before and looked way tidier. He loved the calming blue and silver tones of his new Ravenclaw uniform. He thought the blue matched the blue in Draco's eyes not that he would be telling him that of course. That would be a bit embarrassing so he didn't feel like being teased by his husband for having such a thought.
It was interesting to see Draco get ready. Before even without the hatred potion he had always sort of assumed Draco would be pretentious whilst getting dressed and had Draco stayed as his father preferred it would have been true but it wasn't now. As he glanced over he saw Draco stood stock still glancing into his trunk a worried expression on his face. "Draco what is it?" he asked making Draco who had been zoned out jump.
"Sorry about that. I saw some hair gel in here and freaked out. I don't want to wear that anymore but it's all anyone has ever seen me in. Will I be hated if I don't look as Lucius intended? I really am more fashionable then that! I'm scared!" he said suddenly some tears leaking from his eyes. Harry softened his gaze at once embracing his husband in a massive hug effectively calming him immediately.
"Draco I am known everywhere as the boy who lived something I hate sincerely. If we were not targeted to start with by many people in the school I would be more worried. I expect it and to those assholes who try anything I say fuck them. Don't give credence to those who have not earned it. Wear your hair as you like and anyone who has a problem with that can come to me. I was meant to be a Slytherin for a reason. Quite frankly I look the way I choose to but can indeed be cunning when I choose. The case and point for that being my house!" he said as Draco dried his eyes and smiled a watery smile.
"Betty I want you to quietly scan everything we must eat or drink before we do it. Do not be seen and touch us both on the hand to let us know its ok to eat. If it is not please take it to Madam Pomfrey and ask her to tell you what was in it!" Harry ordered suddenly and so suddenly that Draco was amazed he'd thought of it at all. They left their room hand in hand and what Draco had feared initially didn't happen. Most people did look at them either stunned or horrified but most people said they thought Draco looked better with the natural hair. In fact he hadn't realised how much everyone else had hated it. Clearly he'd looked awful. They entered the great hall walking towards their table. They spotted Lina beside Ron and smirked.
"Remember Ron those who eat like a pig and forget become the ones who do not get!" she scolded as he blushed bright red and instantly tried eating better. Hermione tried very hard to not scream at her for treating Ron so awfully but it was very tough indeed. Cormac was annoying her because he looked far too good and was taking her attention from Ron which she didn't like one bit. They approached their table grabbing some breakfast but were horrified as they felt no taps on their hands at all. The food before them disappeared and they selected other food which did not disappear. They felt her tap their hands and began eating. Madam Pomfrey was in the hospital wing about to leave for Breakfast when Betty Popped in.
"Madam Poppy I am Betty the house elf for Potter Warrens and I need you to tell me what is in this food. They asked me to watch their food and I detected something wrong with this so took it away from them!" she said handing over the food items to a stunned Poppy.
"Thank you Betty I will test them and see what they are! Ok well this one here contains a potion to cleanse other potions from the system. It is a very strong brew. This is not actually a bad one but that one there is not good at all. It contains a potion of extreme revulsion and a potion of exceptional hatred! What a fool! If you combine these two potions it is deadly. This has a magical signature of Pansy Parkinson too. I will be having it out with her momentarily. Thanks Betty you may go!" she said storming from her office to the great hall which she entered looking around for a while. She decided to embarrass Miss Parkinson in the hope of getting it to stop.
"Sonorous! PANSY PARKINSON GET OVER HERE NOW! YOU HAVE TRIED TO POISON MR AND MR POTTER WARRENS AND IT NEARLY KILLED THEM! HAD THEY EATEN IT THEY WOULD HAVE DIED! WHAT HAVE YOU TO SAY FOR YOURSELF YOU UTTERLY FOOLISH GIRL?" she snapped as she suddenly shielded a curse heading towards the girl which Hermione had shot off.
"Miss Granger twenty points from Gryffindor for being a reckless idiot! We do not need your stupidness right now. Pansy here has enough for all of us now kindly shut up and sit down because quite frankly I can only deal with one idiot at a time and no I don't care to hear it! I am most disappointed in you. You should be most ashamed of yourself. Get yourself together! Ah Miss Parkinson here you are now explain yourself at once you fool!" she snapped as Severus sidled up to them looking concerned.
"Is it true Poppy? I mean Draco can be such a fool but did Miss Parkinson really try and kill him!?" he asked his voice so calm that Pansy almost wet herself but didn't. She managed to look calm despite obviously shitting herself. Poppy delved into her pocket and pulled out a parchment with the results of her tests to show him as Albus approached looking highly disappointed in all of them. What the fuck was his problem? Why did he look disappointed at all if it wasn't going to be aimed at the person who had done the wrong thing?
"Miss Parkinson you fool! When you combined the potion of extreme revulsion and the potion of hatred it causes a reaction so volatile in someone's system that it kills them. Why would you wish to wish kill Mr Potter Warrens?" he asked as she looked at him with such a bitter expression it momentarily stunned him as he'd not seen it coming.
"For gods sake you hate Mr Potter and everyone knows it. You're not even good at hiding it. I mean ask anyone at all and they'd tell you that so I don't know why you suddenly care about him when you never have before! I wasn't aiming for him just Draco! I don't want to die sir you know what my idiotic father put in that marriage contract. If Draco and I don't marry I'll die!" she wailed as he eyed her seriously.
"Be that as it may that was when he was a Malfoy. Mr Warrens is no longer a Malfoy you idiot! Depending on what he himself decides will determine if and when you go to jail!" he snapped as Albus intervened.
"Excuse me Severus but when Draco Warrens was doing all that he had the right to let Miss Parkinson know. It is understandable that she is concerned. I myself am concerned. Why would he marry Mr Potter and not tell anyone? I mean we didn't even know where he was this summer or both of them for that matter. That kind of reckless conduct is just the sort of thing I'd expect from him. Clearly he has been a bad influence on Mr Potter either that or Mr Potter is more defiant then I gave him credit for earlier. Miss Parkinson you have indeed been very foolish. Wait here and I will call them over and then we can all go to my office and discuss this like adults considering those two fools clearly want to be adults before their damn time!" he snapped as Harry and Draco were summoned to his office with an irate looking Pansy Parkinson and an even more irate looking Severus Snape. In fact he looked so angry he could spit tacks! They entered his office and he conjured many chairs for them to sit in.
"Poppy what are you doing here?" he asked finally seeing her and looking highly confused.
"I am here Albus to insure that you don't let Pansy Parkinson off lightly. I am here to make sure justice is carried out Merlin knows it hasn't been before. Don't look at me like that when you know I am right it is unbecoming of you!" she snapped as he somehow managed to look like a scolded school boy for a mere moment before he attempted to school his features and failed. He was never good at playing the cunning game and shouldn't start now. In actuality he was annoyed she was there totally as he planned to dock many points from Slytherin and give her one detention but now that she was here he could no longer do that.
"Poppy you say that like I'd just let him do it for shame!" Severus tutted as Albus looked thoroughly stunned at Severus' comment. It actually sounded like he wanted to have her punished.
"In answer to your earlier statement Miss Parkinson I have not always liked Mr Potter Warrens but I am willing to form a truce with him. It is not healthy for me to continue as I am and I have the sense to see that. Mr Warrens may I say sorry to you too and that I realise all was not as it seemed!" he said to Draco who nodded once.
"Very well Miss Parkinson do you see why what you did was wrong? Draco and Harry do you see why you were wrong too? I mean you should have told us you intended to marry! What about poor Miss Parkinson being afraid she may die? I can see you did think of that and this was indeed reckless. Miss Parkinson two hundred points from Slytherin and three months detention with your head of house. Harry and Draco I will have to remove fifty points from Ravenclaw for being reckless fools! Because you chose to be selfish now Miss Parkinson will more than likely end up in jail. I will not be able to save her now I truly hope you are proud of yourselves!" he snapped as Poppy reeled!
"Albus Miss Parkinson did what she did by herself. No one forced her hand and even if they hadn't told her she should have realised that with a very different last name he obviously wasn't a Malfoy any longer and therefore not a threat. You will assign those fifty points right now or else I will do it for you!" she snapped spitting tacks herself. He'd never behaved so recklessly before now.
"If I must but she should still be given another chance. It's just not fair. Fine fifty points to Ravenclaw. In future you are to tell those who will be affected what you two intend to do. It was very reckless and foolish of you to not inform me. I might have liked to know so I could have prevented this disaster. Get out of my office now. I don't want to have to see you here again like this. Be sure it doesn't happen. Get to your breakfast and finish it before classes!" he snapped as Madam Bones came through the floo to deal with Pansy Parkinson. It was after a time decided that no actual jail time would be issued to the young lady in question but that if she reoffended in such an extreme way again her soul would be sucked out by a dementor. She was so terrified of that prospect that she did wet her pants. They had also decided that Lucius and Kenneth Parkinson would pay for having such a dangerous clause in a marriage contract at some point later on in the future. It had been an eventful morning and breakfast wasn't even over yet.