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"Help me kill him."
"What?" Draco spun around, eyes trying to focus in the midnight of the hall ways.
"Help me kill him." The voice repeated.
Draco listened with growing interest, leaned back against the proffered wall, "Who are you?"
"The one who asked you to come."
"I knew that. What's your name?"
"You know my name."
"Quit fucking around!" Draco snarled, pushing away from the wall and stepping closer to the direction of the voice.
"My name doesn't matter until I know if you'll help me. I come offering you quite a bargain."
"What kind of bargain?" Draco asked cautiously watching around him for the invisible deal maker.
"One you can't turn down, one fate has proclaimed as destiny twisted in my grasp. The fool will die a week from now as read from the book of life."
"The book of life is a forbidden artifact, it disappeared a hundred years ago." Draco stated, watching for a reaction.
"I know," said the voice, "I found it. Best not ask how, for know. Knowledge is something shared between friends, and we are not that, quite yet."
"Who then?"
"I want you to help me kill Ron Weasley, I could do it myself but, I thought you might like to join me."
"Why? What do I have to do to gain this liberty?"
"A favor, nothing life threatening or mortally embarrassing, nothing to crush your ego."
"What then?"
"I'll tell you after we have a deal. A secret for now. Will you do it?"
"My father always warned me never to go into a fight blindfolded."
"If my father brutally whipped me for his own pleasure, I wouldn't listen to anything he said." The voice snarled.
Draco started, going pale in the flickering torch light, "How did you…know?" He began to slide back against the wall away from the voice, "It's not true…I don't know where you heard something like….that."
"Still your weak point isn't it? Your father."
The voice sounded from behind Draco, the way he was trying to escape. Draco started and stumbled back in the opposite direction. A hand appeared, pressing up against Draco's chest, forcing him back against the wall.
"Do we have a deal Draco?"
Draco stared down at the hand pinning him to the wall, weighing his options and the consequences, "If we get caught?"
"We won't. If something does happen to go wrong then I can assure you I will happily take all the blame."
"Then…it's a deal, my friend."
"Good," The hand released him and disappeared once again, "tomorrow, midnight. Go to library and I will meet you there."
"Yes," Draco nodded and smirked absentmindedly, "I have wanted to kill the Weasel for such a long time."
"As have I, probably not as long as you though, it seems just this year he started to grate on my nerves."
"And the fact that the school year just started a few days ago?"
"So I'm a shallow, conceited, egotistical, prick that, it seems are the only things we have in common."
Draco smiled, as in really smiled, and gave a sort of half laugh, half sigh, "Before I leave, you said once the deal was made you say what you wanted from me. If it's money or contacts it might take a little while."
The voice laughed lightly, "Oh, it's nothing like that." The voice slid closer until Draco could have reached out and touched it, "All I want from you is…well let me show you."
The invisible man once again pressed Draco to the wall, a hand pinning him as another hand slowly traced down Draco's chin and neck. Draco stiffened as he felt a stream of hot air on his neck, as this stranger slowly leaned against him. He fought down arousal as a tongue slipped up his neck, coming back down to plant slow, delicate kisses. Both hands now roamed freely as his body weight pinned him to the wall, not that he couldn't escape if he struggled but, he wasn't struggling.
A hand cupped Draco's cheek, the other slipping though his hair. Another breath of hot air warmed Draco's lips and had Draco's eyes been open he would have seen but, again, they were not. Lips brushed Draco's and he whimpered slightly, completely lost, unaware anymore of himself. Draco just wanted for that moment to be touched and held and in the very bottom depths of his heart he ached, for once in his life to be loved, but he would never admit that to himself.
Those lips captured Draco's own and held them. Holding with them a silent promise and a desperate plea. The lips pulled away and the weight began to lessen upon Draco's body but, Draco reached out and captured his invisible lover, pulling him back to himself. Feeling this strangers skin, Draco knew that his was something he could have. Something he had before and it had completed him but in his mind he felt the weighing presence of those scars his father had left him, not only physically but mentally. How can one ever expect to find true happiness and love when all your life you have been punished for expecting it, wanting it, having it.
Draco startled, pushing him away with such force that he slammed into the other wall, knocking the breath out of the stranger with a sickening thud.
"Never do that again you bastard." Draco hissed through clenched teeth, face flushed.
An invisible hand pushed itself up right, away from the wall, a small chuckle issuing from the hidden depths of his mouth, "We made a deal, Draco, if you remember."
Draco rushed forward, grasping out in front of him until his hand curled around a grip of cloth. Reaching up Draco grip his assailant by the throat, using his anger as leverage to lift the bastard above him. The invisible man's breathing slowed to a low whisper but he didn't struggle or gasp. Draco snarled violently, swinging around and releasing him, smashing into the wall across, a muffle of air was heard in the sudden stillness of the hallway. Draco turned to leave.
"Tomorrow midnight, Draco."
Draco didn't look back and as he was about to round the corner, paused and called back, "I'll be there."
Harry picked himself up off the ground, flipping back his hood, inhaling deeply but carefully from his injured lungs, "That's why I fell in love with you. See you there, Draco." And turning in the opposite direction he headed down toward the Gryffindor dorms and his bed but he wouldn't be sleeping tonight just yet. He had much planning to do.
TBC
Thankies-
Tenku-no-Sora- Hey thanks for reviewing, I took your review as a great bit of inspiration for this chapter actually. So Ron will die and I'm working on turning Draco into as much of a bastard as Harry. I'm just not used to the concept yet. Review again! I demand critiquement on the new chapter!
Stephanie felton- calm down! Geeze, I'm sorry I took so long to update but you're kinda scary and don't beg it's degrading for both of us…well actually only you but all my reviewers are like mini gods and should always look tiptop spiffy and such. Don't worry about witt'le Draco, he'll remember enough and I'm not that sadistic and cruel as to not put them back together. And wipe that up *points at drool puddle*
musicgirl225-You thought I had died! That's so sweet. Of course I'm gonna write a sequel, I just love this story to much to let it go! And you'll get your R rating, if not in blood in…ok, maybe I'll write a sex scene, but only if I have to. I wrote a really good one in veela blood, that's D/H pairing too, you need to read it and review it, I think you might like it. Anyway…
Jalee- Loyal little reviewer I thank you from the bottom of my heart and feel free to threaten me all you like, I think it's funny when you reviewers threaten or bribe me…I only have a couple worshipers though, but I've done the same thing when I review other stories so I can't say and you're right, Draco should have punch Harry or hexed him or something but I wasn't thinking at the moment.
Marie McBride- I think that Snape and Hermione are still seeing each other, I'd like to delve more into that this time around actually, like having Harry and Draco spread it all over the school and then when confronted pull out some of those lovely wizarding pictures that have the occupants 'moving' inside…never mind, I'm an idiot. Thanks for reviewing.
Wyntre de Romanov- you weren't expecting a dream sequence I wasn't expecting the whole scene, that entire chapter was completely spontaneous and unplanned and later, after I had thought about it, not a good idea. I'm very proud of my new Harry, I just love him to bits, I'm hoping that soon Draco can come up to join him.
throbbing-squirm- You're scary, you know that? You remind me of a friend I have. Very interesting is how I describe her and appropriately how I will describe you. By the way, I'm sorry I took so long to update but…just don't come near me. It's people like you that invent rapid ninja gophers. Not that's a bad thing but they're…rapid ninja gophers….
deaths mistress- thanks for revewing…besides my own stories it would almost be a crime to say more but, Obsession by blanchemalfoy is pretty good.