~Chapter 11-To go Forward, One must sometimes go back~
Draco's hand struck Harry hard across the face. "Potter!!! How dare you?! I can't believe you would do such a thing!!"
Harry looked dumbstruck, cradling his throbbing cheek. "What was that for?!"
The blonde gave no answer; instead he left Harry standing alone in the hallway.
Later~
"Well, it certianately doesn't seem that chastity is his problem..." Ron said, looking over at his best friend.
Harry rolled his eyes, Draco's hand print still visible on his face. "I don't know what to do, Ron. I sent him a gift, I was nice to the great sod, hell, and I even became Snape for him!"
"Not to be nit-pickish, you wanted to become Snape so you could tell Malfoy NOT to have a crush on him, remember?"
Harry groaned. "That's not the point. Argh, what am I going to do Ron?"
"I don't know... If you had a question about maybe wizard's chess, or Quidditch..."
"That's all right Ron." Harry said smiling. "Good night."
"G'night, Harry."
For what seemed like hours, the boy who lived stared into the canopy. Things were all screwed up now. With Draco, with his dead father, and now he had gained a reputation as a peeping tom.
What ever could go wrong now? He thought, sighing softly. How did my father get Lucius Malfoy anyway? Every one says I'm just like him... Then why can't I seem to do the same to Lucius's son? I hate it when history repeats it's self in all the wrong places but the one that you need it to.
Harry bolted up right in bed. "That's it!!" He proclaimed loudly. He bounced out of bed, and shook Ron wildly. "Ron! Ron! Wake up! I know what to do!"
The red head groaned, still half asleep. "Harry... I really hope you get into Malfoy's pants soon, I haven't gotten a full night's sleep since the beginning of the semester..."
"Sorry! I'll tell you what happens in the morning!" The boy sprung from the boy's dorm, and headed towards the girl's. "Hermione! Hermione!"
Several girls shrieked, upon having a boy enter their room. Especially since Harry Potter was now the peeping tom of Hogwarts.
Hermione's head poked out of the curtains. "Harry... It's 2 A.M...."
"I know, I won't keep you for long. Please let me borrow the time turner! I promise to return it, and I won't mess up the flow of history! It's important!"
"Oh fine... But I want to know why...... In the morning." She said, yawning loudly before handing Harry the hourglass.
"Thanks, I promise I'll explain. G'night Hermione." Harry rushed outside the room. He grabbed his invisibility cloak, and started to turn back time.
Some twenty years ago~
Harry looked around. Huh... I don't see anything that's different... Maybe it didn't work.
Several people began filing into the room. Just by looking at them, he recognized Sirius Black, Remus Lupin, and Peter Pettigrew. ...Just during their first year of Hogwarts.
...If only he could warn his father of Pettigrew... Harry thought bitterly.
"Where's James? He was right behind us! Man, he'd better not have gotten lost."
"Geez! You have no memory at all, do you?" Lupin said, looking over to Sirius. "He's out in the Forbidden Forest with that stupid git, Malfoy. The dare, remember?"
Harry took off for the forest, hoping to catch up to James and Lucius.
The two figures of Lucius and James made their way to the outskirts of the forest.
"I hate you, Potter. This is so stupid." The blonde said, his feathery hair bouncing along his shoulders as he went.
"You took the dare, Malfoy. I didn't think you'd be stupid enough to take it." James muttered, drawing his wand. "Lumos!"
"Lumos!" The blonde said, speaking to his wand. "Hah! Mine glows brighter!"
James rolled his eyes. "You're something else, Malfoy."
Harry was confused. This didn't seem like the type of relationship he was expecting... He followed the pair into the dark wood.
"We've got three hours to go." James said, looking over to the blonde, who was clutching his wand tightly.
Birds screeched overhead, and some form of creature howled off into the distance.
"You.. You don't think those stories about the werewolves where true... Do you?" Lucius asked nervously.
"Of course not." James gulped, looking around. "You're not scared, are you Malfoy?"
"No..."
More silence followed as the pair crept further along. Harry shivered; remembering his own first venture into the forest.
Lucius sighed, resting against a tree. "Can we maybe rest a moment? I want to take a break."
"Fine."
A slight cracking noise was heard underfoot. James glanced around. "Did you hear that?"
"Hear what?"
"I thought I heard something cracking..."
"Well, it IS a forest, Potter. There are animals that walk over things like, oh I don't know, sti-" Lucius started. The ground below the blonde's feet split in two, causing the boy to fall threw.
James ran to the hole, and shouted down. "MALFOY! MALFOY! Are you okay?!"
Silence.
"Lucius!! Come on, answer me!"
"Ja... James?" Came a frightened reply.
"Are you hurt?!"
"I.. I think my wrist is broken! I can't climb back up!"
"Hang on! I'll go get help!" James said, springing to his feet.
"NO! PLEASE DON'T LEAVE ME! ..I think there's something down here... Oh Merlin, I'm scared..."
"Do you have your wand still?"
"I can't see it... The fall must have caused the light to go out!"
James looked around for anything he could use to get Lucius safely out of the pit.
If Lucius gets eaten, there'll be no Draco Malfoy... Harry thought, quickly searching the perimeter. I know I shouldn't help.. But I have to put some security into my future... The boy dragged a vine from the underbrush over to James.
Harry's ears began to pick up something. Clicking... Where had he heard that before... It wasn't a normal type of clicking, like the sound of car signal... It was more insect in- OH NO...!
"Look my children... Fresh meat has wandered into our den..."
"AHH!! SPIDERS! SPIDERS! REALLY BIG SPIDERS!"
James's eyes widened. "Hang on Lucius! ... Hey, where'd this vine come from?" The boy tied part of the plant to the trunk of a tree, and tossed the other end into the pit. "I'm coming!"
Harry watched the scene with grave interest as his father repelled down into the hole. He gripped the sides of the cloak tightly.
James came down into the pit, holding out his wand. "Leave him alone!"
The frightened Malfoy was pressed against the wall of pit as spiders began to advance on him.
"LUMOS!" James shouted, creating an even larger light at the end of his wand.
The spiders scattered clicking loudly, blinded temporarily.
"Lucius! Get onto my back! I can't climb and hold you at the same time!"
Unfortunately, the young boy was so petrified, he couldn't move.
"Oh for the love of..." James muttered, as he swung Lucius over his shoulder, and began to climb up the side.
Harry watched as the pair appeared from the hole. He breathed a sigh of relief as he saw Lucius, almost unharmed.
He set down the blonde, and shouted "Come on, Malfoy! We've got to run!!"
Lucius gave a slight nod, snapping out of his frightened state.
Harry ran off after them thinking that if they ran too fast and too recklessly, they'd get lost.
Both boys collapsed under a large tree. James looked to Lucius, who looked quite upset.
"Oh come on, it's not that bad of a break... Let me see it."
The blonde gingerly held out his wrist.
James grabbed some pieces of wood, and ripped a bit off of his robe to make a crude splint.
Lucius winced, biting his tongue. "It doesn't hurt."
The dark haired boy smiled slightly. "Right."
"Potter...? Are we lost?"
"No way in hell." James said, lying through his teeth. "But... Maybe we should rest here. Just for a minute or so."
Lucius nodded. "I'm cold..."
"Me too... Are you scared?"
"...Yes." The blonde said his voice barely over a whisper.
"So am I..." James took the shivering form of Lucius Malfoy into his arms, as the two boys cuddled together for warmth.
Harry blinked. I understand now... I know what to do. He took the time turner, turning it forwards.
Back in the present~
The boy crept upstairs, and returned the hourglass to Hermione before returning to his own bed. He sat up; looking at the bows of the canopy, stewing over the information he had just received. The dream... His father and Lucius, and the forest... It was all beginning to make sense now.
Draco's hand struck Harry hard across the face. "Potter!!! How dare you?! I can't believe you would do such a thing!!"
Harry looked dumbstruck, cradling his throbbing cheek. "What was that for?!"
The blonde gave no answer; instead he left Harry standing alone in the hallway.
Later~
"Well, it certianately doesn't seem that chastity is his problem..." Ron said, looking over at his best friend.
Harry rolled his eyes, Draco's hand print still visible on his face. "I don't know what to do, Ron. I sent him a gift, I was nice to the great sod, hell, and I even became Snape for him!"
"Not to be nit-pickish, you wanted to become Snape so you could tell Malfoy NOT to have a crush on him, remember?"
Harry groaned. "That's not the point. Argh, what am I going to do Ron?"
"I don't know... If you had a question about maybe wizard's chess, or Quidditch..."
"That's all right Ron." Harry said smiling. "Good night."
"G'night, Harry."
For what seemed like hours, the boy who lived stared into the canopy. Things were all screwed up now. With Draco, with his dead father, and now he had gained a reputation as a peeping tom.
What ever could go wrong now? He thought, sighing softly. How did my father get Lucius Malfoy anyway? Every one says I'm just like him... Then why can't I seem to do the same to Lucius's son? I hate it when history repeats it's self in all the wrong places but the one that you need it to.
Harry bolted up right in bed. "That's it!!" He proclaimed loudly. He bounced out of bed, and shook Ron wildly. "Ron! Ron! Wake up! I know what to do!"
The red head groaned, still half asleep. "Harry... I really hope you get into Malfoy's pants soon, I haven't gotten a full night's sleep since the beginning of the semester..."
"Sorry! I'll tell you what happens in the morning!" The boy sprung from the boy's dorm, and headed towards the girl's. "Hermione! Hermione!"
Several girls shrieked, upon having a boy enter their room. Especially since Harry Potter was now the peeping tom of Hogwarts.
Hermione's head poked out of the curtains. "Harry... It's 2 A.M...."
"I know, I won't keep you for long. Please let me borrow the time turner! I promise to return it, and I won't mess up the flow of history! It's important!"
"Oh fine... But I want to know why...... In the morning." She said, yawning loudly before handing Harry the hourglass.
"Thanks, I promise I'll explain. G'night Hermione." Harry rushed outside the room. He grabbed his invisibility cloak, and started to turn back time.
Some twenty years ago~
Harry looked around. Huh... I don't see anything that's different... Maybe it didn't work.
Several people began filing into the room. Just by looking at them, he recognized Sirius Black, Remus Lupin, and Peter Pettigrew. ...Just during their first year of Hogwarts.
...If only he could warn his father of Pettigrew... Harry thought bitterly.
"Where's James? He was right behind us! Man, he'd better not have gotten lost."
"Geez! You have no memory at all, do you?" Lupin said, looking over to Sirius. "He's out in the Forbidden Forest with that stupid git, Malfoy. The dare, remember?"
Harry took off for the forest, hoping to catch up to James and Lucius.
The two figures of Lucius and James made their way to the outskirts of the forest.
"I hate you, Potter. This is so stupid." The blonde said, his feathery hair bouncing along his shoulders as he went.
"You took the dare, Malfoy. I didn't think you'd be stupid enough to take it." James muttered, drawing his wand. "Lumos!"
"Lumos!" The blonde said, speaking to his wand. "Hah! Mine glows brighter!"
James rolled his eyes. "You're something else, Malfoy."
Harry was confused. This didn't seem like the type of relationship he was expecting... He followed the pair into the dark wood.
"We've got three hours to go." James said, looking over to the blonde, who was clutching his wand tightly.
Birds screeched overhead, and some form of creature howled off into the distance.
"You.. You don't think those stories about the werewolves where true... Do you?" Lucius asked nervously.
"Of course not." James gulped, looking around. "You're not scared, are you Malfoy?"
"No..."
More silence followed as the pair crept further along. Harry shivered; remembering his own first venture into the forest.
Lucius sighed, resting against a tree. "Can we maybe rest a moment? I want to take a break."
"Fine."
A slight cracking noise was heard underfoot. James glanced around. "Did you hear that?"
"Hear what?"
"I thought I heard something cracking..."
"Well, it IS a forest, Potter. There are animals that walk over things like, oh I don't know, sti-" Lucius started. The ground below the blonde's feet split in two, causing the boy to fall threw.
James ran to the hole, and shouted down. "MALFOY! MALFOY! Are you okay?!"
Silence.
"Lucius!! Come on, answer me!"
"Ja... James?" Came a frightened reply.
"Are you hurt?!"
"I.. I think my wrist is broken! I can't climb back up!"
"Hang on! I'll go get help!" James said, springing to his feet.
"NO! PLEASE DON'T LEAVE ME! ..I think there's something down here... Oh Merlin, I'm scared..."
"Do you have your wand still?"
"I can't see it... The fall must have caused the light to go out!"
James looked around for anything he could use to get Lucius safely out of the pit.
If Lucius gets eaten, there'll be no Draco Malfoy... Harry thought, quickly searching the perimeter. I know I shouldn't help.. But I have to put some security into my future... The boy dragged a vine from the underbrush over to James.
Harry's ears began to pick up something. Clicking... Where had he heard that before... It wasn't a normal type of clicking, like the sound of car signal... It was more insect in- OH NO...!
"Look my children... Fresh meat has wandered into our den..."
"AHH!! SPIDERS! SPIDERS! REALLY BIG SPIDERS!"
James's eyes widened. "Hang on Lucius! ... Hey, where'd this vine come from?" The boy tied part of the plant to the trunk of a tree, and tossed the other end into the pit. "I'm coming!"
Harry watched the scene with grave interest as his father repelled down into the hole. He gripped the sides of the cloak tightly.
James came down into the pit, holding out his wand. "Leave him alone!"
The frightened Malfoy was pressed against the wall of pit as spiders began to advance on him.
"LUMOS!" James shouted, creating an even larger light at the end of his wand.
The spiders scattered clicking loudly, blinded temporarily.
"Lucius! Get onto my back! I can't climb and hold you at the same time!"
Unfortunately, the young boy was so petrified, he couldn't move.
"Oh for the love of..." James muttered, as he swung Lucius over his shoulder, and began to climb up the side.
Harry watched as the pair appeared from the hole. He breathed a sigh of relief as he saw Lucius, almost unharmed.
He set down the blonde, and shouted "Come on, Malfoy! We've got to run!!"
Lucius gave a slight nod, snapping out of his frightened state.
Harry ran off after them thinking that if they ran too fast and too recklessly, they'd get lost.
Both boys collapsed under a large tree. James looked to Lucius, who looked quite upset.
"Oh come on, it's not that bad of a break... Let me see it."
The blonde gingerly held out his wrist.
James grabbed some pieces of wood, and ripped a bit off of his robe to make a crude splint.
Lucius winced, biting his tongue. "It doesn't hurt."
The dark haired boy smiled slightly. "Right."
"Potter...? Are we lost?"
"No way in hell." James said, lying through his teeth. "But... Maybe we should rest here. Just for a minute or so."
Lucius nodded. "I'm cold..."
"Me too... Are you scared?"
"...Yes." The blonde said his voice barely over a whisper.
"So am I..." James took the shivering form of Lucius Malfoy into his arms, as the two boys cuddled together for warmth.
Harry blinked. I understand now... I know what to do. He took the time turner, turning it forwards.
Back in the present~
The boy crept upstairs, and returned the hourglass to Hermione before returning to his own bed. He sat up; looking at the bows of the canopy, stewing over the information he had just received. The dream... His father and Lucius, and the forest... It was all beginning to make sense now.