If we haven't owned Harry Potter before now, what makes you think that we do now?

AN here you go! Hope you all like this chapter- it's kind of short, but that's okay I guess. review!

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Chapter 10 The Return of Draco Malfoy



"Draco!" Pansy Parkinson squealed, the moment she entered the Great Hall, the day of the New Year's Welcoming Feast. She practically ran to his side and planted her rather large ass in his lap. She hit the ground with an extremely loud thud.

On the other side of the hall, Harry was looking rather gloomy, and kept fingering the silver ring around his finger. His eyes were locked on Draco. Draco looked up and caught his eyes, mouthing 'tonight' and adding a small smile.

Harry nodded at the secret meaning.

He and Draco had gone over their 'fight' very thoroughly. Harry would accuse Draco of becoming a Death Eater, and Draco would mock Harry about his lack of girlfriend. About then they would pull out their wands and Harry would hit Draco with a tickling charm, while the other attacked with a 'misplaced' stunner charm- that would happen to hit Ron. A plus in both boys' opinions.

Around then, they figured McGonagall would arrive and take them to Dumbledore.

Right after dinner, everything went exactly according to plan, but when Ron and Pansy stepped in, everything went very, very wrong. Draco accidentally hit Hermione instead of Ron... and Ron hit Draco with a rather painful hex. If he were any more ignorant, he would have missed the look of panic in Harry's eyes- but he saw it, and he stored it in his 'useful things to know about Harry' bank.

By this time, Pansy had hit Ron with the same spell he had used on Draco, and was dragging said blond down the corridor. Right around then- Snape appeared. He didn't look very amused.

"Potter, Malfoy, Weasley and Parkinson, would you please explain /what/ you all are doing?"

Harry and Draco didn't say a word, but Ron spoke up, and ever the loyal and biased Gryffindor, he placed all the blame on Draco. Pansy, ever the loyal and biased Slytherin, placed the blame on Harry.

Snape looked even less pleased.

"Potter, Malfoy has been back at school for two days and you can't even last that long with out trying to antagonize him. Fifty points from Gryffindor and go to the headmaster's right this instant, and if I hear that you placed the blame on him- you will have a month of detention in addition to that."

Harry very nearly shivered at Snape's cold stare, but there was nothing he could do, except turn and start walking towards the headmasters' office. He could hear Draco slowly walking down the hall behind him. They reached the headmasters office and slowly walked up.

Dumbledore didn't look surprised to see them.

"I didn't think you would duke it out this quickly," he said, after they had seated themselves. "But- where is Professor McGonagall?"

Harry flinched. "Professor Snape got to us before McGonagall," he muttered. "Took fifty points from Gryffindor too..."

Draco sighed and took Harry's hand, kissing it softly and playing with the ring he had given to the other boy. "Weasley and Parkinson involved themselves in our 'duel'," he said quietly, not looking up from Harry's hand. "And I accidentally hit Hermione with a stunner spell. Ron hit me with an illegal hex," he rattled off its name, "and Pansy hit him back with it."

Dumbledore frowned. "That wasn't supposed to happen at all," he muttered. "I'll deal with Professor Snape, Mr. Weasley and Miss Parkinson- in the mean while, your room will be ready tomorrow morning. You shall meet me after breakfast and I will show you to them. But, I'm sorry to tell you that I couldn't find any empty rooms by the Gryffindor common rooms, so you will be on the forth floor, away from most of the school."

Harry and Draco nodded, cracking weak smiles. After that, they were free to go. They spent about ten minutes together before exiting through the gargoyle.

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When Harry got back to Gryffindor tower, Ron was waiting up for him with a very determined glint in his eyes. However, Harry managed to brush him off, saying he needed to talk to Hermione. He nearly sprinted up the stairs to the girls' dorms.

"Hermione!" Harry called, knocking on her door, "are you in there?"

The door opened and Lavender Brown stood there, in rather provocative pajamas. She looked pleased to see Harry standing on the other side of the door.

"Harry," she beamed, bending over just enough to allow Harry a glance down her top. "How lovely to see you..."

"Hi Lavender," Harry muttered, pushing past her and heading towards Hermione. "Hermione, can I talk to you- alone?"

Hermione looked up form checking her charms homework and looked closely at Harry. . . seeing the frantic look on his face, she nodded and stood up. She led him into the deserted girl's bathroom and sat down on a sink to hear him out.

"God Hermione, I am so sorry that Draco hit you with that charm- he didn't mean to, it was actually for Ron- but he missed."

Hermione's face relaxed into a smile, "it's okay, Harry," she said. "And thanks for telling me." She paused thoughtfully. "Was there actually a reason that you two were dueling?"

Harry smiled. "Dumbledore said that it was a way to help us spend time together- now that he's Draco again. I'm going to move in with him tomorrow morning, as a 'punishment'."

Hermione smiled. "I'm glad that it's all working out for you, Harry," she said. "You really deserve someone special."

Harry smiled again and twirled the ring on his finger. "Thanks, Mione," he said softly.

They left the room and Harry practically floated back to the boys dorms. There was only thing that could bring him back to earth. And sadly enough- that one thing was waiting for him.

"So, how's Kari?" Ron asked, feigning casualness, leaning against the doorway to the door room he shared with Harry.

"She's fine," Harry said, loosing the goofy smile on his face.

"You must really like her a lot," Ron said, peering closely at Harry's face.

"Yes," Harry muttered. "I really do."

"So- Harry, would you care to explain why you and Malfoy seem so close all of a sudden?"

"Excuse me?"

"I saw the way you were looking at him during dinner," Ron snapped. "And I saw the way he was looking at you during your 'duel'. It's kind of strange when somebody who is supposed to hate Muggle-born's looks scared after they hit one with a simple stunner curse."

"I have no clue what you are talking about." Harry snapped, pushing Ron way from the doorway and striding towards his bed.

"Then perhaps you would like to explain to me about the necklace around Malfoy's neck that looks so much like the one that you gave Kari."

Harry stopped dead.

"That's what I thought." Ron said smugly. He slowly walked towards Harry. "I didn't know that you were a poof, Harry," he said softly, circling the other boy. "But now that I think about it- it's actually quite obvious. The way you stare at the male population of the school so much. . . all those extra 'Quidditch Practices' with Wood back in third year. . ."

"I'm surprised you're so dense that you didn't figure it out sooner," Harry snapped. "But I bet you're pretty happy considering you forced a kiss from the one and only Draco Malfoy."

Ron paled.

"Remember Ron?" Harry continued harshly. "That day in the hallway. You forced Draco against the wall and kissed him. Although- I don't blame you. . . he was a beautiful girl. But you know what? He's an ever more beautiful boy."

With that, Harry stripped down to his boxers and climbed into bed- pulling the curtains around it with an awful scratching noise.

*****

The next morning, Harry woke up early and packed all of his things into his trunk. Dumbledore had told him and Draco that the house elves would bring their stuff to their new room. And right now, he was so angry with Ron that he was happy there hadn't been any rooms by the Gryffindor common rooms.

After breakfast he followed Dumbledore to the forth floor, Draco at his side.

"The password is 'Erised." Dumbledore told them. It was only then that Harry realized this was the same room that housed the Mirror of Erised back in his first year.

Dumbledore smiled at them and left them to unpack their things.

Draco looked over at Harry and saw the way shoulders were tense and his hands were shaking. "What's wrong?" He asked, taking Harry's hands in his own and kissing them softly.

"Ron knows the truth about Karisuta Mica." Harry muttered, taking his hands back and playing with his ring. That was quickly becoming a nervous habit.

"How does he know?" Draco asked, his hand moving to fiddle with his necklace.

"Your necklace for one," Harry muttered, collapsing in a small comfy chair. "And, well- Ron's not that dumb, he knows how to put two and two together to get four. He's not very happy to say the least. But I don't think he's going to say anything because the whole school knows he was pining after you."

Draco nodded but didn't say anything. He didn't look to happy being reminded about Ron's attempt to force himself upon him. All Draco did was give Harry a quick kiss and move into the bedroom to unpack his things. After a moment, Harry joined him and claimed the bed further from the window. When they had finished unpacking, they sank onto the window seat, silent and holding each other tightly.



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AN So? Is it good? And should Ron tell the rest of the school about Draco? He probably won't- but what do you guys think? More to come soon! And Scary!Draco with Terrified!Snape still to come. YAY! Remember to leave a review on your way out...

*****

Run, run, run, as fast as you can! You can't catch me- I'm the gingerbread man!

You're a monster!

I'm not a monster, you are! You and the rest of that fairy tale trash, poisoning my perfect world. . . now tell me- where are the others?

EAT ME!

I've tried to be fair to you creatures, now my patience has lost it's end! Tell me, or I'll-

NO, not the buttons! Not my gumdrop buttons... *****

AN Hehe, my friend Wayne does such a good impression of that scene. And if you people haven't seen Shreck- go do it now! WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR? NOW!