Chapter 3:  What is this Feeling?

"Harry, I'm glad you came," exclaimed Dumbledore as the other boy walk toward the chair across from him.  Dumbledore handed Harry a small round box.  "Go ahead and open it.  This box is what Asluril, the boy earlier, gave me." 

Harry took the box in his hand and lift the cover.  In it was a bracelet decorated with a crystal ruby dragon wrapping around it. 

"What is it," he managed.

"That's a very powerful bracelet there.  And I called you here because I think it might have something to do with Voldemort.  I think he is trying to pursue this.  I'm yet to ask the boy exactly what happen."

"Voldemort?  He is not dead yet?"

"No, I'm afraid he is not.  I haven't found a way to get rid of him yet.  But we have this thing in our hand so it is somewhat safe from him.  I want you to be alert of Voldemort.  He might be trying to do something strange again."

Harry felt a knot in his stomach.  The name Voldemort is enough to make him sick.  "Thanks for letting me know."

"Oh and I also want you to do something for me.  I have informed Fliche that you have my permission to roam around for tonight.  I want you to take Asluril, that boy, to find something to satisfy his hunger, I think he hasn't eaten anything for quite a long time.  He might have a few questions to ask you so answer them to the best of your ability.  I think it is best if he is around someone who is near his age.  Will you do as I ask?"

"Sure.  I don't have anything to do for tonight anyway."

"I knew you would accept.  I will have Fliche take you to his quarter.  Oh, the boy doesn't have any comfortable clothes with him, if you don't mind, would you spare him a few extras?  I think he is about the same size as you."

"I would be glad to."  Harry was glad that he was able to give this boy help.  The boy could really use some sympathy.  Falling from that height and being stared by the whole school, Harry kind of feel sorry for him. 

Before Harry went to the boy's quarter, he went back to his dorm and brought a few extra pairs of jeans and t-shirts with him.  They were probably comfortable enough to sleep in.  Harry was still in his school uniform.  He didn't want to change yet, and it would be better to walk around in the uniform than pajamas.  Fliche left Harry right outside the door to the Asluril quarter.  He hesitated before he knocked.

"Come in."  The voice was sweet and soft, which only reminds Harry more of the innocent questions the boy asked in the Great Hall. 

Harry opened the door slightly and peered in.  The boy have both arms in his back and was standing straight as if he was waiting for someone all along.  What struck Harry first was the boy's pretty face.  The boy has very pale white skin with dark hair that slightly curves around his necks.  Harry found himself slightly blushing. 

"You may come in you know," the boy pointed out innocently. 

"Y…es.  Professor Dumbledore sent me.  I'm Harry Potter."  Harry reached his hand for a handshake, which the boy slowly raise his and took Harry's hand.  Harry added, "You can call me Harry."

"Nice to meet you, Harry.  My name is Asluril Pangaton.  You can just call me Asluril."  Asluril took a step back and put both of his hand on his sides.  "How do I look?"

Harry was surprised by the question.  The boy has on the Hogwarts' school uniform.  He even had the knee length sock and the black school shoes.  Harry thought he looked pretty darn good and found himself even blushing more hotly.  This is probably the first person who was able to make him blush like this.  For some strange reason, he found himself acting strange around the boy.  "You look great!  I mean it looks great on you.  The uniform fits you well." 

"Did I put it on right?"  The boy asked.

Harry noticed that the boy's tie was loose.  So he step toward the boy and started to fix it.  To his relief, the boy didn't move away though they were only inches away.  "Well…I don't think you put on the tie right."

"Oh, that!  I didn't know how it go so I didn't try to fix it."  Their eyes happen to meet.  He was sure that he felt an electric wave right down his spine as he stared into Asluril's eyes.  This was the strangest thing Harry ever felt before.  Asluril has the most beautiful eyes Harry had ever seen before.   He has long eyelashes and for the first time, Harry saw someone who has two eye colors.  One was as green as his own, the other was as blue as the ocean.  

Asluril quickly look away. 

"There you go.  It is fix now."  Harry stepped away from Asluril until there were a few feet apart.  Asluril inspect Harry's work for a few moments.

"Thanks!  Can we go now because I'm starving."  Asluril made a face as if to show how hungry he was.  "I could really eat a whole pig!"

Harry laughed, "I'm pretty sure you can with that slim body of yours!"  He suddenly regret saying it.  But Harry was relief when Asluril broke into laughter.

"I could.  I may be skinny but I'm as strong as a hulk!" 

Harry had never met anyone who was so easy to talk to.  He liked the boy a lot.  Asluril was very easy to talk to and he has a wonderful sense of humor.  He has only met the boy a few moments ago but it felt like he know him for years.  Before they leave the room, Harry gave Asluril the clothes he brought with him.  The boy happily accepted them.

Harry took Asluril to the Goblins in search for food.  He knew how good the Goblin housewives cooking are.  During their trip, he told Asluril how he and his friends have sneaked across those halls many times during the past years. 

Finally they reached a small stair-case.  "This is where the Goblin housewives are.  This is where we came for late night snacks."

"Wow!  Does the Professors know about this?"

"I'm not sure.  Sometimes I would think that they know.  But I'm not sure."

As they reached the bottom of the stairs, Asluril moved ahead and look around the room.  The room was perfumed with food.  There were a five Goblin Housewives working in their own kitchen.  "Is that what Goblins looks like?"

"You never seen one before?" Harry asked.

"No, not really."

"These are friendly Goblins.  It is a pleasure for them if we would try their food."  Harry went over to one of the housewives.  "What are you making tonight?"

"Spaghetti special tonight.  Would you two like to try some?"

Asluril stalk over to Harry's side and replied, "I would love to try some.  They look very good."

"Of course, we made the best food in all of Hogwarts!"

Harry found a small table for both of them to sit.  He wasn't that hungry but he didn't want to turn down the offer.  During the whole time he wasn't eating that much, he spent most of his time watching Asluril.  Asluril's manners were childish, Harry enjoyed seeing him lift his forks and suck in the spaghetti like a child. 

Finally Asluril look up from his plate and they both meet eyes to eyes again.  Harry just couldn't get over Asluril's eyes they were too impulsive. 

"Is there something wrong?"  Asluril asked.  He looked around and then at Harry again.  "Do I have some on my face?"

"Oh no.  Nothing.  There's nothing."  Harry hesitated and then accidentally blurt out, "It just that you look cute when you eat."

Asluril glared at Harry.  To Harry, time seems to froze in place and his heart was beating very fast.  Finally Asluril put his fork down and stretched.  "You the first person who ever said that to me.  I didn't know a person can look cute when they're eating."

"I meant what I said."  Harry forced some spaghetti down his throat and avoid Asluril's gaze.  "You reminded me of a child when you eat."

"Oh, I see.  I was taught manner but I don't really used them anymore.  Anyway, I'm stuff!  You were right, the Goblin housewives are very good cooks.  Thanks for bringing me here." 

Harry look up and was overjoyed when he saw the expression on Asluril's face.  Asluril was smiling at him.  It was a very sweet smile that Harry knew it was truthful and directed only at him.  He smiled back, "It was my pleasure."

When they left the Goblin housewives, Asluril manage to convince Harry to take him on a tour.  It was dark but Harry had brought a lamp with him.  When they reached the Astronomy tower, Asluril couldn't resisted to go into one of the room and look at the star-gazer.  Harry didn't want to disappoint Asluril so he took him to one of the room all the way up in the tower. 

"Wow!  This is cool!"  Asluril reached his hand forward and took hold of Harry's hand.  The touch was electrifying to Harry.  He blush slightly as the boy pulled him to the window.  "This is very high up!  Look, it's a full moon tonight!"

"Y…es," he turned to gaze at the moon.  "It is very beautiful, isn't it?"

Asluril leaned forward and sighed.  "Yes it is.  Where I came from, there's a moon that is always full.  And there's one that is exactly like this.  I like the changing moon like this one here because it seems to be alive.  I could never get bore looking at it."

"Where you came from?" Harry look at Asluril curiously.  Now the boy was getting even stranger.  A world where two moons exist?

"Oh!  I was just saying that if I was from a world where there are two moons and one is always changing while the other one stay the same, I would like the changing one better because it will never bore me."  Asluril turned away from the window and walk toward the door.  "It is getting late, I think we should go."

Harry followed him and simply replied, "If you said so."

He was about to follow the boy out when Asluril suddenly stopped before turning the door handle. 

"I think somebody is coming.  I heard voices.  Listen."  Harry listened, at first he couldn't hear anything but soon he was able to hear the unmistakable voice of Seamus.  What is he doing here?  I thought no one was allow to leave their dorm!

Before Asluril could ask any questions, Harry drag him by the arm and they both crouch down behind a pile of junk in the far back corner.  Harry blew out the lamp and whispered, "I sorry but can we wait until he is gone?"

Asluril was a little uncomfortable at the tight space around them.  He was breathing near Harry's ear because they were so close together.  "Sure, I don't think it will take long."

Harry and Asluril were able to get a decent view of the room through the ripped tablecloth in front of them.  They saw the door slightly crack and then a pair of feet enter followed by another. 

"Seamus, please don't," it was a girl's voice.  The two figures came into view.  Harry recognized Seamus but the other was a girl he didn't quite know, he had seen her before, probably a Hufflepuff. 

Seamus was kissing the girl and reluctantly answered, "Let's do it here.  No one will see us.  Come on."

After a few kisses, she finally said, "Okay, but promise you won't tell anyone."

Harry soon became aware that he was getting pretty hot.  The realization of what Seamus was doing to that girl and Asluril breathing so close and rubbing against his body was enough to make him feel dizzy.  What am I'm thinking!

"Don't tell me they are doing that in here!"  Asluril glared at Harry, who was getting pretty red in the face.  Harry didn't know what to answer and he didn't want to look Asluril in the eye.  Unfortunately, Asluril mistook the lack of an answer for a fever and reached a hand and lay it on Harry's forehead.  "You are hot, are you having a fever?"

"No, it's not that.  I'm just a little shock, I think."  Harry didn't dare to look at what Seamus and the girl is doing.  Even if the only thing that lit the room was the windows, looking toward them wasn't safe.  He ended up gazing at Asluril.  The other boy was looking through the tablecloth.  Harry could tell Asluril was a little irritated because the boy has narrowed his eyes. 

After a few seconds he turned to Harry.  "I don't think I will enjoy my whole night like this.  Nor do I enjoy watching two people while they are at it.  Now they are starting to take of their clothes and if I'm correct, there won't be anymore clothes left after that.  I would rather run into them now then when they are stake naked."

Harry could taste the slight disorientation in the boy's voice.  The boy was about to stand up when Harry hold him back.  "Sorry.  Could you stay put while I talk to that boy there?  I'm sorry if they made you feel a little uncomfortable." 

Asluril slowly fell back to his place while Harry stood up.

"Seamus!"

Seamus and the girl jumped as they heard the voice.  Seamus wears a shock expression on his face when he realized that the person who had just called out his name was Harry Potter.  He and the girl quickly let go of each other and started to straighten their clothes.  Seamus, whose shirt was unbutton, began to button them quickly. 

"Harry?!  What are you doing here?" asked Seamus, who sounded a little angry.

"What am I doing here?  What are you doing here?"  Harry directed the question back at him.  "And don't think I don't see what you have been doing this whole time here."

"POTTER!  I never knew you were a pervert!  That you like to look at people while they are at it!"

"Oh shut up Seamus.  I'm not a pervert and I know you are just saying that so that I would not tell anyone I saw you here with this girl."

Now that Harry knows something of his, he wasn't going to let it go easily.  "I wonder what would happen to your record if I told everyone that you fail to listen when Professor Dumbledore clearly told everyone that they have to stay in their dorms."

Harry wasn't going to tell that he has special permission from Dumbledore to freely walk around.  He didn't want to brag.  "Well, I'm not the only one who venture out here am I?"

"My record was never that clean so I'm not going to care about it."

The girl behind Seamus spoke for the first time, "Seamus, just let it go will you.  I don't want to get into anymore mess than this."

Seamus ignored her.  "We're not going anywhere until I got things straighten out!"

Asluril, who was still behind the pile of junk was getting very annoyed.  Usually he has a lot of patience but not tonight.  Given what he has been through, he was getting very tired and cranky.  This guy, Seamus, is starting to get on his nerves.  So he decided that he would take care of this thing in his own way.

"Oh shut up!" Asluril stood up and walk over toward them.

"Asluril!  What are you doing, I thought I told you to stay put."  Harry scowled at him.

"Well, there's just this person that is getting on my nerves.  I don't' think I have much patience anymore given what I've been through today."

Seamus look at the boy closely, though he couldn't see clearly in the moonlight.  Suddenly an idea struck him.  "Oh my god!  Harry, I didn't know that you were gay!"

"What?!" exclaimed Harry, Asluril, and the girl.

Seamus smiled, "What else would you two be doing here at this hour?  And Harry, don't act like you don't know what goes around in the Astronomy tower during those hours of the night."

Harry didn't really want to know, "You are plain sick, Seamus.  I can't believe you would come up with something like that."

"Oh come on.  Admit it, there's nothing to h…." before Seamus could finish his last sentence, Asluril slapped him hard on the face.

Harry was so surprise at Asluril's action.  He didn't expect that at all.  Asluril promptly inch toward Seamus.  "Reality check!  For your information, Harry has received permission from Professor Dumbliedore to take me around Hogwarts.  But I don't remember anyone giving you the same grant.  We were just touring this place when you happen to jump in and strand us here."

Seamus was now walking backward, Asluril was no more than a feet from him.  For the first time, Seamus got a close look at the boy.  He thought that the boy was someone he would know but this boy was a complete stranger to him.  The worst part was that he found himself speechless. 

When Seamus though he was going to back into the wall, the boy suddenly stopped.  When he looked at the face in front of him, he was hit by the strangest feeling.  The boy slightly frowned and asked, "I'm sorry if I hurt you.  I just want you to understand that we have nothing against you in anyway.  I promise you that not a word of what happened here tonight will reach anyone's ears other than ours."

"Seamus, you can take his word for it," Harry cut in. 

Asluril backed away from Seamus and gave a little yawn.  "Oh well, I ready for bed!  I'm going now!"

Without waiting for Harry, the boy strolled out of the room.  Harry quickly followed the boy and they both disappear down the hall. 

"Who was that," the girl asked Seamus as soon as the two boys were out of site. 

"I'm not sure.  I never seen him before.  We better leave now."  They both walked out of the room.  Seamus was dazing throughout his way back.  He couldn't get that boy out of his head.  Why does Harry always get all the fun?

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"I can't believe you just did that!" Harry fallowed Asluril down the stairs. 

"Well, I don't really know why I did it.  Maybe I couldn't stand being stranded in there or maybe it was because I couldn't stand him insulting us.  But that was to get him off our back for sure." 

Harry managed to laugh a little.  "Wait!  Where are you going?"

Asluril stopped, looked at him and answered, "Back to my quarter.  I'm tired."

"Are you sure you know your way back?"

"I think I'll manage.  You can go back to your dorm now if you want."

"No can't do.  I want to see you safe in your quarter before I go back to mine."

"Do whatever you want."  Harry felt a sharp pain in his chest as the other boy turned around and walk on.  Was he mad at me?  What did I do?

"Wait Asluril.  Are you mad at me?  Why are you acting like that?"

Asluril quickly stopped and turn around to face Harry.  He raised both hand, smiled, and pinched both sides of Harry's cheek.  "Of course I'm not mad at you!  I'm just a little tired and a little cranky.  You don't want to know how many days I have gone without sleep!  Come on, let's go!"

Harry felt his cheek burning where Asluril has just pinched him.  The memory of Seamus words 'Harry, I didn't know that you were gay!' suddenly hit him.   Why does Asluril made me feel so strange?  He found himself staring at the Asluril's back and the way his hair curl slightly above the pale skin.  Oh God!  What am I doing!

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That's it for now.  I wrote chapter 1-3 in two days and I didn't went back to edit so they are probably very bad.  Oh well, it's my first fic anyway and I was learning while I'm at it.