CHAPTER
5 (I THINK)
Ron waited silently, crouched opposite the
door of his prison ready for his chance to escape.
A key turned, the lock clicked, and the
door opened. Ron threw himself at the door, using blind rage to give him
strength.
A flash of light blinded him, and then he
was spiraling down into dark unconsciousness.
Ron woke up to find himself strapped to a
wooden table, Lucius standing at the end of it with a large wooden mallet and
an evil smile.
"You have tried to ambush us for the last
time, boy" Lucius said. "We tire of having to guard ourselves every time we
enter your cell." With this, he raised the mallet, and brought it crashing down
on Ron's left kneecap, making a sickening crunching sound as it shattered the
joint. Ron screamed, a sound that echoed with pure agony. When the mallet was
brought down on his other knee, Ron fainted.
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Hermione screamed and flinched as her cell
door opened and something was thrown carelessly inside. Hermione waited,
cautiously, in her corner. It groaned and started to sit up, then screamed and
fainted.
Hermione crept forward, curious as to what
it was. As she got closer, she noticed some patches of bright red shining
through the gritty hair.
"Ron?" she whispered
"Mhmmm?" came a short reply "Hermione?"
Hermione rushed to Ron as he finally managed to successfully sit up, with only
a wince betraying his pain. As his eyes adjusted to the dark, and took in the
sight of her, he gasped. Her naked body was just a mass of bruises. "Oh Hermione"
he whispered, "What did they do to you?"
Halting at first, Hermione told Ron of her
multiple rapes, describing all the pain and horror she'd been through. At the
end of her tale, she was sobbing on Ron's shoulder. He gently patted her back,
murmuring soothing words, then, he began his own tale. The horrors of the
torture chamber bought him to tears, and they sobbed with each other, taking
comfort in their shared pain.
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Harry and Draco waited outside Dumbledore's office, after having gotten past the statue using the password "canary creams".
"What are we going to tell him Harry?"
Draco said, pacing up and down on the narrow landing.
"The truth I guess," replied Harry,
twisting his robe nervously.
"In the letter, my father says we are
lovers. Should we deny it?"
"No. Now that your father's out of the way,
there's no reason to keep it a secret. I want everyone to know about us, don't
you?"
"Yes, I hate always sneaking around"
"Good. Then, it's settled?"
"Yes"
"Besides, its never a good idea to lie to
Dumbledore" Harry mused
The two boys fell into silence again. Not
long after, they heard soft footsteps approaching and professor Dumbledore came
into view.
"Hello Harry, Draco" he said. "What brings
you to my door?" Dumbledore reached the landing and opened the door, letting
the two boys in.
"Well sir," Draco began "It's about my
former father"
"Former?" Dumbledore queried with a lift of
his snowy white brows. Draco handed Dumbledore the letter impassively.
"This should explain everything," he said,
The two boys waited nervously. Halfway
through, Dumbledore glanced up and said "Please, sit down". They sat down on
the seats indicated, nervously glancing at each other and trying to give each
other silent encouragement.
Dumbledore looked at them, his face
unreadable. "Is this true? Are you lovers?"
"Yes, it's true" Harry answered, taking
Draco's hand in his and looking defiant. Dumbledore's face took on a somber
expression.
"Harry's my little love muffin" (A.N. for
the one and only Emma who suggested it.) Draco said, grinning in an attempt to
try and brighten the mood. Harry grinned back at him, squeezing his hand in
reassurance.
"Yes, I'm sure he is" said Dumbledore,
trying to hide a smile. "The question is, what are we going to do now? Our
first objective is to rescue Ron and Hermione. Then, we should find a new home
for Draco."
"Umm, if you wouldn't mind sir" Draco said
tentively "Could I try on the sorting hat again?" Noticing a curious look from
Harry, he explained "I don't want to be in Slytherin anymore. They all hate me
anyway."
Dumbledore nodded and got up, reaching for
the hat. He placed it gently on Draco's head.
"Well, well" the hat spoke into Draco's ear
"What do we have here? So many years as a Slytherin, yet so much courage and
honor see in you, what has brought about this change?"
Draco formed a picture of Harry in his
mind, the loving smile and brilliant green eyes coming to him so easily.
"Oh, I see! Yes, this will be a good thing
for you. I think you shall now be called a…Gryfindore!"
As with the first time the hat spoke the
houses name out aloud, delighting Harry. Draco grinned at him.
Dumbledore took in their happy faces then
said "I'm not sure if I'm comfortable with you two sleeping in the same room."
"We'll be good" said Draco, giving him a
patently false innocent look. "We would never do anything bad"
"Hmm" was all Dumbledore said.
"Well, I'll have to show this to the other
teachers. I'll need their help to rescue Hermione and Ron. Follow me." He led
them to the staff room, where the teachers were gathered due to a special
announcement that had magically been produced on the way. The pupils of
Hogwarts curiously looked at Harry and Draco as they followed Dumbledore. Most
assumed that they were in trouble.
They reached the staff room as the bell for
lunch rang. Draco and Harry sat down on a two-seater couch in the corner of the
staff room to wait.
"As you all know, Ron Weasley and Hermione
Granger have been missing for quite a number of days now. Apparently, Lucius
Malfoy has been holding them at his mansion. He has sent Draco a letter which I
shall read aloud now."
At the end of the letter, Snape looked over
at them with something akin to horror on his face and said "Your lovers? That's
disgusting!"
Draco just grinned and said "Don't knock it
till you've tried it sir." This caused Harry to grin also, but everyone else
just seemed to be in shock.
"Harry, I never would have expected
something like this from you!" Professor McGonagall said.
"Expected what, Professor?" Harry asked
"Well, that you….you could…"
"Could what? Fall in love? Have feelings
and emotions like everyone else? Have the courage to give up everything for
someone?" He shot back at the professor "I'm sorry that I disappointed you
professor"
Draco smiled at him lovingly. "They are
just a bit shocked Harry." Draco said "You can't blame them for that"
Harry sighed "I know, I just hate being
pidgen holed"
Draco laughed "And you think I'm not?
Honestly Harry, everyone gets pidgeon holed. People just naturally seem to do
it. you can't blame them."
Harry grinned and said "Can't I?" arching
an eyebrow. They looked back at the room to find the teachers looking at them.
"Aren't we supposed to be figuring out how
to save Ron and Hermione?" Harry asked.
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Well
I'm sorry for not writing this sooner but my keyboard was not working and yea,
so what did you think everyone? Was it good should I keep going? I think some
people would have my head in my noose if I didn't.
Well
to be coming soon, Ron and Hermione's rescue! I'm very imaginative with titles
aren't I? Oh and there will be a sequel to this story because the next one is
the last chapter.