Chapter Twenty-One: Announcing…
Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter. I don't own Dragon Lance. I'd
like to own Raistlin, Remus, and Sirius, but that doesn't look like
that is happening anytime soon because neither Rowling nor Weis and
Hickman have contacted me about purchasing rights *weeps*… The idea of
Hogwarts having balls is not mine. It also belongs to Miss. Rowling.
However, the idea of having a Spring Ball is mine, AND Voldemort's
death by Raistlin's hands is mine as well. On with the fanfiction!
Every student had seen the announcements by breakfast and every one of them had heard the news. Voldemort was dead, though no one knew how yet, and there was going to be a Spring Ball to celebrate. As the student body gathered in the Great Hall for breakfast, Dumbledore stood. Every student was in the hall. "My dear young ones, I am sure you've all by now heard the news that the Dark Lord Voldemort is dead…" He paused as people whispered and muttered a bit. After a moment he held up a hand for silence which came instantly. All hoped to hear how the Dark Lord had fallen. "I am sure you all are anxiously awaiting to hear how he happened to have been killed, but that will wait as yet. For the present know that he is dead, the guardian's will remain in case his Death Eaters, whom are still at large, attack, and there will be a ball in celebration in two weeks time." With that the Headmaster sat down and brooded in silence for the rest of the meal. McGonagall noticed this odd behavior in the Headmaster, but knew better than to comment. Raistlin however was no where to be seen, and many students were creating fantastical stories about their Defense Against Dark Arts teacher having been killed while killing He-who-even-now-must-not-be- named. It was however still only up to Remus, Sirius, Harry, and Dumbledore to speak the ex-Dark Lord's name. Soon the school was a flurry with students asking each other to the Ball, being let down, being accepted. Harry found Draco behind a statue on the fourth floor. There was no one around so he slipped behind it with his lover. "What do you want to do about the ball?" Harry asked. Draco looked up at the Gryffindor boy. "I don't know." He put his head to Harry's chest and wrapped his arms around his waist. "I just don't know, Harry. I don't want to go if it isn't with you, but how can we let them all know?" Harry thought a moment while holding the blonde boy close to him. "I think it is the best way to tell them, really. I mean that way it shows them not only that we have been together, but that inter-house relationships can work." Draco looked up at Harry. "But my father…" The Gryffindor boy silenced his lover with a gentle kiss. "I'll go talk to Dumbledore right now." With that Harry left his lover behind the statue and hurried to the statue of the gargoyle. "Sugar Quills." He said once reaching the statue. The gargoyle sprang to live and moved out of the way. Harry didn't wait for the stairs to take him up, but dashed up them. "Head Master!" He yelled as he through open the door to Dumbledore's office. He was met by Fawkes, but no Dumbledore. No! He has to be here the one time I need to talk to him! He just can't not be here! Harry thought desperately. He looked all around the large office, and only paused when a fist sized; blue glowing medallion caught his attention. It had the symbol of Voldemort, the ex Dark Lord, upon it. He felt it had to prove that Voldemort was dead. Before Harry could help himself he was reaching out towards the medallion. As his fingers brushed against the cold steel of it, the door flew open. "Harry don't!" Albus seemed to fly, he moved so swiftly. Harry's hand jerked back and the medallion began to glow with an eerie green light. "You have some of Voldemort in you, no matter what you wish. You must never touch this medallion for it contains his very life essence. I don't want him to come back again, or worse yet, you to become him." "Oh…" All was silent for a long moment, as Dumbledore placed the medallion in a casket and put it in his desk. "So what have you come to speak to me about, Harry?" Albus seemed his old cheerful self. "Well…" Harry forgot all about the Medallion. "Now that Voldemort is dead, I was wondering if I still have to stay at the Dursleys'? I mean can't I stay with Sirius?" Dumbledore thought a moment. "There is some other reason behind this as well, I assume?" Harry shuffled his feet. "Well… if I have someplace to stay that will accept not only me but…" "You want a place for the summer so that you and Draco can be together and away from his father?" Harry was amazed only a moment before remembering whom he was speaking too. "Yes, Headmaster." "Well then you'll need to ask Sirius because I don't know if he'll let Draco into his home…" Albus got up and walked over to a small silver device. The device began to whirl and whistle. Soon Krista, Raistlin, Sirius, Lupin, and Severus entered the room in their respective groups. "Sirius, Krista. You two are still at the Black Manor?" "Yes, Albus, and Remus has been living there with us as well." Came Krista's cold reply. "Whom else will be there with you this summer?" The group looked around in a bit of confusion. "What do you mean?" Sirius asked. "Well I assume you two will continue to live there and will continue to allow Remus to stay there, but what of Harry, Raistlin, and Severus?" The whole group looked taken aback by this startling announcement. "Well I will most likely return to my own world soon, probably after the school year is over. Krista is of course welcome to come with me." Came a whisper from the depths of Raistlin's black velvet hood. Krista smiled slightly aside to him. "I may leave. I haven't thought on it much." "Very well. What about Harry and Severus? And I believe I should add Talon as well." Remus looked at Severus. "Well we weren't sure about what we would do over the summer. If it is alright with Sirius I would like to stay there, but only if Severus could at least be seen about the place without getting attacked…" Remus was quiet, almost ashamed of his pronouncement, but Sirius smiled broadly. "Of course you and Severus can stay, Remus. As long as I see as little of him as possible and Talon can stay as well." Severus stiffened at the sly smirk on Sirius' face. Harry felt like he was getting way more information about these people than he would have ever wanted to have. "Sirius?" Harry felt he needed to get his godfather's permission and leave as quickly as possible before he was sick. "Can I stay with you this summer? Please don't make me go back to the Dursleys'." Sirius looked at his godson. "Of course you can stay with me. I figured that would be an understood." Now Sirius' smile was warm and friendly. Harry almost didn't want to ask his next question, especially with Severus there. Then he got an idea. "Um… could you all wait here a minute?" Harry bolted from the room and ran head long to the statue where he had last seen Draco. The Boy-Who- Lived prayed his lover that was still there, which of course he was. "Draco, you have to come with me. I can't tell them alone…" "What do you mean 'them'?" "Just come on, you'll see." The two boys sprinted back up to Headmaster Dumbledore's office. Neither one wanted to think about the fact that they were both missing classes for this and that would be a highly noticed event. The two burst into the office to utter silence. Harry gulped, as Draco utterly refused to meet anyone's eye. "Mr. Malfoy, what are you doing here?" Severus asked, returning to himself instantly. Draco blanched, but remained silent. He even went so far as to move to the other side of Harry in an attempt to hide from Snape behind the Gryffindor boy. "You see now?" Harry muttered. Draco only nodded. "Sirius… well this is certain not the way I had thought to tell anyone… I'm… well I'm gay." Harry floundered in his conviction of not that fact that he was gay, but that in his conviction of wanting to tell anyone. Too late now. Sirius didn't seem overly upset. "And Malfoy here is your boyfriend is that it? Or is he the girlfriend?" Sirius grinned. "Well he is welcome at our house because I know his father won't like this." Draco flushed at Sirius' poking fun. His eyes slid over to gage Professor Snape's reaction. "Well that certain explains a lot about all the tension between you two this year." Was all he said. Remus smiled. He was the only one that had noticed it wasn't hatred, but he hadn't thought the two were together. It had never smelt like hatred, more like lust, which indeed it had been. Krista and Raistlin left the room. Severus and Remus soon followed. Sirius looked at Harry and Draco, noticed they were holding hands. "When are you planning to tell everyone?" "Well if I can stay with you over the summer, at the Spring Ball because I dare not go home after my father finds out." Draco muttered from over Harry's shoulder. "Fair enough then. You two can both stay at the Black family Mansion for as long as you want." Sirius turned and left, Harry and Draco followed shortly, and Dumbledore was left standing beside Fawkes, petting his phoenix, forgotten.
Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter. I don't own Dragon Lance. I'd
like to own Raistlin, Remus, and Sirius, but that doesn't look like
that is happening anytime soon because neither Rowling nor Weis and
Hickman have contacted me about purchasing rights *weeps*… The idea of
Hogwarts having balls is not mine. It also belongs to Miss. Rowling.
However, the idea of having a Spring Ball is mine, AND Voldemort's
death by Raistlin's hands is mine as well. On with the fanfiction!
Every student had seen the announcements by breakfast and every one of them had heard the news. Voldemort was dead, though no one knew how yet, and there was going to be a Spring Ball to celebrate. As the student body gathered in the Great Hall for breakfast, Dumbledore stood. Every student was in the hall. "My dear young ones, I am sure you've all by now heard the news that the Dark Lord Voldemort is dead…" He paused as people whispered and muttered a bit. After a moment he held up a hand for silence which came instantly. All hoped to hear how the Dark Lord had fallen. "I am sure you all are anxiously awaiting to hear how he happened to have been killed, but that will wait as yet. For the present know that he is dead, the guardian's will remain in case his Death Eaters, whom are still at large, attack, and there will be a ball in celebration in two weeks time." With that the Headmaster sat down and brooded in silence for the rest of the meal. McGonagall noticed this odd behavior in the Headmaster, but knew better than to comment. Raistlin however was no where to be seen, and many students were creating fantastical stories about their Defense Against Dark Arts teacher having been killed while killing He-who-even-now-must-not-be- named. It was however still only up to Remus, Sirius, Harry, and Dumbledore to speak the ex-Dark Lord's name. Soon the school was a flurry with students asking each other to the Ball, being let down, being accepted. Harry found Draco behind a statue on the fourth floor. There was no one around so he slipped behind it with his lover. "What do you want to do about the ball?" Harry asked. Draco looked up at the Gryffindor boy. "I don't know." He put his head to Harry's chest and wrapped his arms around his waist. "I just don't know, Harry. I don't want to go if it isn't with you, but how can we let them all know?" Harry thought a moment while holding the blonde boy close to him. "I think it is the best way to tell them, really. I mean that way it shows them not only that we have been together, but that inter-house relationships can work." Draco looked up at Harry. "But my father…" The Gryffindor boy silenced his lover with a gentle kiss. "I'll go talk to Dumbledore right now." With that Harry left his lover behind the statue and hurried to the statue of the gargoyle. "Sugar Quills." He said once reaching the statue. The gargoyle sprang to live and moved out of the way. Harry didn't wait for the stairs to take him up, but dashed up them. "Head Master!" He yelled as he through open the door to Dumbledore's office. He was met by Fawkes, but no Dumbledore. No! He has to be here the one time I need to talk to him! He just can't not be here! Harry thought desperately. He looked all around the large office, and only paused when a fist sized; blue glowing medallion caught his attention. It had the symbol of Voldemort, the ex Dark Lord, upon it. He felt it had to prove that Voldemort was dead. Before Harry could help himself he was reaching out towards the medallion. As his fingers brushed against the cold steel of it, the door flew open. "Harry don't!" Albus seemed to fly, he moved so swiftly. Harry's hand jerked back and the medallion began to glow with an eerie green light. "You have some of Voldemort in you, no matter what you wish. You must never touch this medallion for it contains his very life essence. I don't want him to come back again, or worse yet, you to become him." "Oh…" All was silent for a long moment, as Dumbledore placed the medallion in a casket and put it in his desk. "So what have you come to speak to me about, Harry?" Albus seemed his old cheerful self. "Well…" Harry forgot all about the Medallion. "Now that Voldemort is dead, I was wondering if I still have to stay at the Dursleys'? I mean can't I stay with Sirius?" Dumbledore thought a moment. "There is some other reason behind this as well, I assume?" Harry shuffled his feet. "Well… if I have someplace to stay that will accept not only me but…" "You want a place for the summer so that you and Draco can be together and away from his father?" Harry was amazed only a moment before remembering whom he was speaking too. "Yes, Headmaster." "Well then you'll need to ask Sirius because I don't know if he'll let Draco into his home…" Albus got up and walked over to a small silver device. The device began to whirl and whistle. Soon Krista, Raistlin, Sirius, Lupin, and Severus entered the room in their respective groups. "Sirius, Krista. You two are still at the Black Manor?" "Yes, Albus, and Remus has been living there with us as well." Came Krista's cold reply. "Whom else will be there with you this summer?" The group looked around in a bit of confusion. "What do you mean?" Sirius asked. "Well I assume you two will continue to live there and will continue to allow Remus to stay there, but what of Harry, Raistlin, and Severus?" The whole group looked taken aback by this startling announcement. "Well I will most likely return to my own world soon, probably after the school year is over. Krista is of course welcome to come with me." Came a whisper from the depths of Raistlin's black velvet hood. Krista smiled slightly aside to him. "I may leave. I haven't thought on it much." "Very well. What about Harry and Severus? And I believe I should add Talon as well." Remus looked at Severus. "Well we weren't sure about what we would do over the summer. If it is alright with Sirius I would like to stay there, but only if Severus could at least be seen about the place without getting attacked…" Remus was quiet, almost ashamed of his pronouncement, but Sirius smiled broadly. "Of course you and Severus can stay, Remus. As long as I see as little of him as possible and Talon can stay as well." Severus stiffened at the sly smirk on Sirius' face. Harry felt like he was getting way more information about these people than he would have ever wanted to have. "Sirius?" Harry felt he needed to get his godfather's permission and leave as quickly as possible before he was sick. "Can I stay with you this summer? Please don't make me go back to the Dursleys'." Sirius looked at his godson. "Of course you can stay with me. I figured that would be an understood." Now Sirius' smile was warm and friendly. Harry almost didn't want to ask his next question, especially with Severus there. Then he got an idea. "Um… could you all wait here a minute?" Harry bolted from the room and ran head long to the statue where he had last seen Draco. The Boy-Who- Lived prayed his lover that was still there, which of course he was. "Draco, you have to come with me. I can't tell them alone…" "What do you mean 'them'?" "Just come on, you'll see." The two boys sprinted back up to Headmaster Dumbledore's office. Neither one wanted to think about the fact that they were both missing classes for this and that would be a highly noticed event. The two burst into the office to utter silence. Harry gulped, as Draco utterly refused to meet anyone's eye. "Mr. Malfoy, what are you doing here?" Severus asked, returning to himself instantly. Draco blanched, but remained silent. He even went so far as to move to the other side of Harry in an attempt to hide from Snape behind the Gryffindor boy. "You see now?" Harry muttered. Draco only nodded. "Sirius… well this is certain not the way I had thought to tell anyone… I'm… well I'm gay." Harry floundered in his conviction of not that fact that he was gay, but that in his conviction of wanting to tell anyone. Too late now. Sirius didn't seem overly upset. "And Malfoy here is your boyfriend is that it? Or is he the girlfriend?" Sirius grinned. "Well he is welcome at our house because I know his father won't like this." Draco flushed at Sirius' poking fun. His eyes slid over to gage Professor Snape's reaction. "Well that certain explains a lot about all the tension between you two this year." Was all he said. Remus smiled. He was the only one that had noticed it wasn't hatred, but he hadn't thought the two were together. It had never smelt like hatred, more like lust, which indeed it had been. Krista and Raistlin left the room. Severus and Remus soon followed. Sirius looked at Harry and Draco, noticed they were holding hands. "When are you planning to tell everyone?" "Well if I can stay with you over the summer, at the Spring Ball because I dare not go home after my father finds out." Draco muttered from over Harry's shoulder. "Fair enough then. You two can both stay at the Black family Mansion for as long as you want." Sirius turned and left, Harry and Draco followed shortly, and Dumbledore was left standing beside Fawkes, petting his phoenix, forgotten.
