Pairing: Harry/Draco Ron/Hermione Dean/Seamus Severus/Lucius
Disclaimer: Characters from the Harry Potter books belong to JKR, I own the plot. Any similarities to real life is purely coincidental. So there.
Warnings: General Innuendo
Rating: PG-13
Authors Note: Not many more to go for this longer than I expected prologue. Some things may seem irrelevant, but will make sense as the series continues. This Fic is mainly to give some background to Harry's post-Hogwarts life as he and Draco assume the name of 'Team Gemini' as they hunt down the last remains of Voldemort's followers across the globe. There will be one more chapter for this particular year, then there will be another chapter for the final year in which we see a new couple surface, no not Lucius and Snape. Wait and see.
Harry And Draco Adventures: PROLOGUE: 3
16th March Hogwarts Year 6: 5:09pm_
Hogwarts Rose Garden_
The day's lessons had come and gone and Harry had spent the whole time reflecting on the day. It seemed like a whole lifetime had happened in the last ten hours. He kissed Draco, found out that his father was a Ministry spy, and they had developed a plan to rid Voldemort forever. All in all it was a day to mark on the calendar. He strolled to his meeting point in the rose garden, where Draco has asked to meet him. He held the note that Draco had scrawled during Defence Against the Dark Arts.
He sat down on the stone bench to wait for Draco. He was five minutes early, just enough time to psyche himself up for their first 'real' meeting since they kissed.
A sudden rustle of noise made Harry stand up with a jerk. He could hear scuffling and swearing from behind the rosebush. He quickly strolled around and his was almost astonished at what he saw.
Dean was trying to fasten his trousers while Seamus was trying to climb into his robes. Looking at their red faces and the sudden frozen looks when Harry arrived, it wasn't hard to imagine what they were up to.
"Dean, Seamus?" Harry asked almost stammering.
"Uh, Hi Harry." Dean said clumsily. "We were just..."
"I know. I never thought that you two were... you know..." Harry said uneasily.
"Yeah. I guess we are. And so are you we saw. This morning here with Draco. We was gonna umm.. you know, but you beat us to it." Seamus said in his rich Irish accent.
Harry smiled.
"Hey Harry!" Draco's soft voice penetrated the wind.
Harry's head span round to face the voice and Draco was heading towards him his face flushed from running. Draco caught sight of Seamus and Dean and paused.
"Its okay Draco, they already know." Harry pointed out.
Draco smiled and brushed back a strand of Harry's hair that was in front of his eyes. Dean and Seamus were grinning widely as Draco moved towards the nervous Harry and pressed his thin lips against Harry's. Dean and Seamus cheered. Harry grinned through the kiss and wrapped his arms around his lover and pressed his mouth harder towards Draco.
"Welcome to the club Harry." Dean hollered clapping like a mad man. Seamus was jumping around like a space hopper.
Draco broke the kiss and placed Harry's head between his hands. "Harry Potter, you are the most beautiful thing that ever graced the name Malfoy."
Harry blushed.
Dean and Seamus were now hugging each other,
"Want to find somewhere quieter?" Harry said quietly to Draco, who nodded. The linked arms and wandered off to some distant part of Hogwarts Grounds.
* * *
5:57pm_
The Great Hall (Dinner)_
Harry ran desperately towards the main doors of the Great Hall. Draco was hot on his heals and trying to stop him from reaching the Great Hall. Eventually Harry reached the doors and, breathing hard, he rested his hands on his knees and tried to catch his breath. Draco came running in with a swirl of robes and collided with the stationary Harry. They both crumpled to the floor with a mixture of flesh and robes. Both of them were giggling so much they couldn't stand up, they just kept on laughing so much that when people started to arrive for Dinner they started to attract a lot of attention.
Draco managed to dig himself out of the tangled mess and straightened his robes before offering his hand to the flushed, giggling Harry who was still lying on the floor. When they were both on their feet they saw that they had attracted a few peoples attention. Some reactions where shock and horror, others where smiles and some where sympathetic.
"Uhh, Hi guys." Draco said grinning lopsidedly at the gathering ensemble of students.
"Have you two been dueling, what curse did you use to get you both laughing like that?" One Hufflepuff girl asked.
"None!" Harry said suddenly. "Draco is my boyfriend."
This shocked even Draco, whose jaw dropped open. Harry, seeing his reaction immediately regretted his words and was about to run of to a secluded spot. However the shock on Draco's face slowly drifted into a deep loving smile.
"Yes," Draco said. "And he is my boyfriend." And with that he leant over and kissed Harry full on the lips.
Draco marched Harry by the hand into the dining hall. A small problem hit Harry as they entered the hall. Where were they going to sit?
"Um, Draco?"
Draco's answer was to haul Harry into the direction of the Gryffindor table. He found a gap that was reserved for Harry between Ron and Dean.
"Shift up Dean I gotta get in there too." Draco said complacently.
All along the table Gryffindor's were dropping cutlery in surprise, some ever gave muffled shrieks as they caught glimpse of Gryffindor's No.1 Public Enemy. What confused them even more was the smile on Harry's face. In fact everyone around Harry seemed to be wearing a well rehearsed grin. Those that didn't grin widely enough got a boot full of Hermione.
Harry chuckled at the sight, but felt warm in the fact that his friends were trying to make him feel good, even if they didn't agree with it.
"Its okay, you can stop all the straining before you pull something." Harry announced.
"You have got some explaining to do!" Hermione jabbed her fork in Harry's direction. "You know I wouldn't give a damn what you choose to do." She leaned past Ron who almost bit her arm instead of his forkful of beef.
"Thanks Hermione!" He said.
Dinner passed quickly and everyone soon got used to the new Draco. He was soon joining in all the fun, adding his own quips and quirks. It turned out that no one really cared that Harry was gay, and it just reinforced Harry's own state of mind that being gay was another way of being normal.
"So Draco," Came Justin's Caribbean accent. "When did you realise you were gay?"
"When did you realise you were straight?" Draco said shoving some roast potato into his mouth.
Justin faltered and nodded his agreement. "So what about Harry, when did you start loving him, considering you used to hate him."
Harry stopped eating and looked at Draco expectantly.
"Well..." He swallowed. "I never really hated him. I just did what was expected." He grinned at Harry. "Besides who hasn't fallen for the boy-who-lived."
"Draco!" Harry whined blushing deeply.
"You made him go all red" Neville couldn't help but point out Harry's' obvious embarrassment.
Draco chuckled as he got up from his seat. "I have to go and see my father. Harry, you coming?"
Harry stood up ready to accompany Draco. "Sure."
6:46pm_
The Great Hall (Dinner)_
Draco rapped his knuckles on the large oak door of Lucius Malfoy's temporary living quarters. The door clicked and creaked open.
"Good evening boys." Professor Snape greeted them with his usual hollow expression. "Please come in."
The two boys walked into the living quarters that was usually reserved for the Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher. Neither of them had ever been in here before and it was strange to know that some of Hogwarts most infamous teachers had been in here. Including Quirrel as he carried Voldemort to another attempt on Harry's life. Now it seemed Ironic that the very room Voldemort once occupied was now occupied by his very servant that was going to remove him from this existence.
"Draco, Harry, I am pleased to see you both." Lucius said with a smile that creased the corners of his eyes. It looked like it had been a long time since Lucius had reason to smile. Even Draco seemed perplexed by this unexpected greeting. Lucius' normal dark character was gone and Harry could, for the first time, see Lucius as he really was without the charade of being evil and murderous. Lucius looked a lot like Draco, just older and much more weathered. His blond hair was longer than Draco's and hung down about his slender shoulders. The rest of Lucius had Draco's thin manipulative figure, and he even wore that lop sided grin-come-sneer that Draco frequently wore.
Harry reached out and shook Lucius' hand. It was a firm grip, unlike Draco's whose grip was delicate and purposeful. Harry looked at the exposed flesh of Lucius' arm he could make out scars on his hand that had originally run deep across his wrist. Lucius noticed Harry's gaze and frowned.
"They are scars once inflicted to escape the torment of evilness. Now they exist to remind me that there are other ways out of evilness." He pursed his lips and broke the suddenly sombre mood. "Please do sit, I have wonderful news to bring to you both."
They sat closely on a small hard sofa that was pressed against a wall. Lucius and Professor Snape grabbed separate chairs and placed them in front of the boys.
"First things first." He directed at Draco. "I have no objections to you being in love with Harry. In fact it makes me extremely joyful to see my son and the worlds saviour united under the name of love." Harry blushed once more. "You shouldn't be modest Harry, You gave this world over a decade of peace before he returned, and even now, you will be a crucial influence in banishing him for eternity. He always knew that you would be his undoing, that was why he concentrated his efforts on destroying you. Fortunately, it distracted him to such an extent that he never saw my defection coming allowing me to escape unharmed. So I suppose in a way I have you to thank for my safe return."
"Now down to business. The banishing will take place tomorrow at 8am. Classes will take place as usual with the exception of Defence Against the Dark Arts and Potions. You and Draco will be excused for all lessons of course, and I expect you both to get a good nights sleep. You will sleep in the spare quarters next door where I can awake you in the morning."
Harry and Draco nodded in unison.
"Professor Snape has devised a potion that will prevent us from being pulled into the Tangent Realm."
"Father?" Draco asked. "Why am I needed, if its only Harry's wand you need. I'm not saying I don't want to go, I do, but why me?"
"That is the second part. We need to draw Voldemort in by using bait. The bait will be You and Harry. The deal is, we have sent a message to Voldemort that you are to be initiated at the cemetery at 8am. He will be there along with a selection of his Death Eaters, and hopefully we will be able to rid ourselves of a few other nuisances too. Harry will be a trophy "
"Mr Malfoy, you mentioned that Defence Against the Dark Arts will be cancelled tomorrow." Harry said.
"Ah, yes, I have been invited to teach that lesson until the close of the school year." He replied.
"What about Mother, what is going to happen to her?" Draco asked.
"She has finally been offered the job as Ambassador to the United States with the Ministry. It seems that the Ministry was only holding back the position due to my placement in Voldemort's inner circle. Nevertheless, the world will soon be able to rest finally." He smiled.
Snape stood up and stretched out his robes.
"I suggest you collect a few belongings and transfer them into the room next door for the night. We will rouse you at 6am sharp, and breakfast will be provided." Snape said with his voice less sharp than usual.
Harry and Draco got up to leave the room.
"Harry?" Lucius called. Harry turned. "I will be needing your wand."
Harry reached into his robes and pulled out his wand. He fingered it lightly and hoped that this wasn't some elaborate trick. With a quick glance at Draco he was assured that it wasn't and handed his wand to Lucius, something he never thought he would be doing in a million years. With a brief smile he left the room with Draco in hand.
