AUTHORS NOTE: This is my first Harry and Draco slash, it is straight of the press so to speak, so its not beta read and might not be very good quality. But hey I like it.
DISCLAIMER: I do not own Harry or Draco or anything else related to Harry Potter, they are property of JKR, Time Warner, Bloomsbury and anyone else I forgot to mention. But the plot is mine. No sticky fingers.
RATING: R for slashy thoughts and actions.
PAIRINGS: Harry/Draco Hermione/Ron Sirius/?
NOTE:
Snatch and Burn
Lucius Malfoy scowled at his son. This wasn't abnormal, it was just the way his father looked when he was distracted from more enjoyable tasks. Nevertheless, it was at his own command that Draco be returned, for what he was bound to eventually find out. To return back to Malfoy Mansion was the last thing Draco wanted right now. He had a unhealed scar on his arm, that Lucius was bound to see, it was the day before Halloween and he'd be missing all the festivities, but most of all, he would have to leave Harry at this crucial time. Damn his Father and damn Voldemort.
"Draco, we have a fireplace waiting for you. Leave at once!" Lucius commanded with a dismissive wave of his hand. The fireplace in MacGonnagal's office was already lit. He looked back at the professor sat in her chair. She wore the usual face of the Deputy Headmistress, but there was also a hint of something else, was it pity? he held his breath as he stepped into the fireplace.
It all happened to quickly, he felt arms grab him and pull him out of the fireplace.
"Foris exstinctum!" A female voice bellowed, one that he could only recognise as...
"Mother?"
The fire in the fireplace died to nothing preventing any further travelling through it. His mother and a few of her favourite servants were all carrying bags.
"We have to go, Draco. It will only take him a few minutes to get outside Hogwarts protection of wards to Apperate back here. We must leave now, I have packed your things."
"Mother..!"
"Hush Draco. Hurry!"
She ushered him out of the large house where a Horse and Carriage awaited. She shoved Draco over into the Carriage while the servants piled bags onto the back. With a rattle the carriage set off down the cobbled driveway. Draco waited patiently for his mother to speak. It was not like her to defy his father, something bad must have happened.
He heard a familiar squealing and a mad patter of feet. He poked his head out of his window and saw a little house elf running madly to catch up with the fleeing carriage.
"Drakky!" Squealed the short house elf.
"Jezzy!" Draco yelled. He looked around the carriage and saw his mothers broom. Grabbing the bristly end he shoved the handle out of the window where it stuck out just in front of the elf. With a surprisingly agile leap, the small house elf leaped onto the handle and hung their. Draco pulled the broom into the carriage and gave the little elf a hug.
"Mad Luiccy in 'dere" The elf whimpered. He looked at his mother, who smiled. The carriage silently left the ground and soared gracefully into the air. The last thing Draco saw on the ground was his Father rushing out onto the cobbles and throwing a few misguided curses up at the fleeing carriage.
He turned to his mother. "Care to explain Mother?"
Narcissa turned to her son. "Draco, love. Your father is going to do something that even I cannot stand by and watch."
Draco gawked. Up until now his mother had been a stay-at-home and wash up person, only doing the thing she was told to by Lucius. This was an all new side of her.
"Nowhere is safe right now Draco, that's why I had to take you. Your Father and the Dark Lord are going to attack Hogwarts tonight." There was an uneasy silence as the information sunk in.
"No! they can't. I have friends their, they will be hurt!" Draco said breathlessly.
"If you mean Crabbe and Goyle, they have been recalled home as well. Heaven knows, I bet half of Sytherin has been recalled. It's a wonder no ones put two and two together." Narcissa shook her head.
"Not them." He said deftly. "Harry. Ron. Hermione."
"Oh." Narcissia said surprised. "I thought you weren't fond of them."
Draco cringed. He surprised himself at hearing his own words, but it was true, they were the people he was going to miss the most. Ron's sharp but unobtrusive comments that he learned to laugh at; Hermione's complete trust and friendship of anything that breathes; and most of all Harry's cute ignorance of most things magical. He melted into his seat when he thought of Harry, it sent memories of that one kiss through his spine.
"Draco? Are you okay?" He mother asked.
"I'm okay, things have changed at school. I'm just worried for them." He said reservedly.
* * *
Sirius chuckled at a story Harry had just told him about a particular Divination class. They chomped on various treats that Harry had procured from Hogwarts kitchens. It had been a pleasant chat, Harry filling him in on the various Happenings in the wizarding world, given him a copy of the Daily Prophet and even brought him a present, a Swiss army penknife. Sirius was amazed to see how all the various tools fit into something he could put in his pocket. Eventually though, things became more serious as Harry straightened his face and confronted his god-father.
"Sirius?"
"Oh, this looks serious." He said expectantly.
"What do you think of two men being in love?" Harry asked avoiding the point for as long as necessary .
"Oh that! It absolutely disgusting Harry, if you ever go near that I'll kill you."
Harry paused and then saw the look on Sirius's face. They both burst out laughing for some strange reason.
"Honestly though," Sirius continued, "It doesn't bother me either way Harry, you are what you are. Who is he Harry?"
"Huh! What me?" Harry was shocked he saw straight through it.
"I'm not stupid Harry. Look at it this way, I had a crush on another guy once. So if you are in love with someone, then you have my blessing, whoever it may be." Sirius smiled.
This was a turn out for the books. Harry didn't know anything about Sirius' love life, he never even thought to ask. He wondered who it could have been, but thought better than to ask. He considered lying about who he had a crush on. But perhaps he would see through that too. He decided to brave it.
"It's uhh, Malfoy. Draco Malfoy." He waited for the reaction.
"Oh... a Malfoy huh? Do you realise what your getting yourself into here. Those people are incredibly unstable, and they switch sides faster than Pettigrew."
Harry saw the concerned look on Sirius' face. "He is sorry. Please don't repeat this to anyone." He waited for the nod to continue. "He tried to commit suicide, that was how sorry he was. Ron and Hermione witnessed it, and I take their word for it. Me and Draco, we... we... kissed, this morning and it was unlike anything I'd ever felt. It felt more natural that Quidditch."
Sirius smiled. "Okay Harry. I trust your insight into this. He lifted Harry's arm and and the time. Oh my, look at the time."
Harry didn't realise how fast time had gone. The Hamper was long emptied and darkness was beginning its descent on the world.
"Harry!" Sirius frowned. "I can hear something from the town. It sounds like some sort of commotion." Sirius was now in his dog form and trotted out of the cave. Harry followed the black dog down the side of the hill. From their high vantage point they could see various people scattering about.
By the time they got down into Hogsmeade people were on the verge of uproar. Harry could hear shouts of Dark Lord, Forbidden Forest, and Hogwarts.
Harry stopped a nearby person and asked what was going on.
"Its an attack. They have found a way into Hogwarts." The hysterical woman shouted. He recognised her as a glass clearer from the Three Broomsticks tavern. Harry turned to Sirius, but he was no where to be seen.
END OF CHAPTER 4
A/N: See I told you, plot. I already have a way around Hogwarts wards of protection, so you can't send me mails about how it can't be breached. After all, its been breached a few times before, am I not right; a troll, Voldemort himself was inside in the first book; A Death Eater in book four. So who is to stop them from just walking in? Dumbledore is away remember... how convenient. :-P