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The Disappearance . Chapter Six .
Back at the Red Dragons Order things were going as well as could be expected with the leader missing. Draco had been performing his new role admirably but he just wasn't Harry.
After the inner circle conference where they discussed Harry's disappearance Draco had gone to visit Nick, Harry's self proclaimed little brother. Nick had almost broken down when Draco told him what happened but not long afterward he flew into a rage about the fact that they weren't trying to find Harry.
So Draco had dragged Nick to the Red Dragon's Headquarters where he could keep an eye on him. He gave Nick a room that looked to be fully furnished but unlived in, not knowing that it was Harry's quarters. After all, no one had ever really been there, not even Harry, except for a few times.
Draco slumped back to his office and went straight to the intelligence room saying the password, 'Blaise'. Saying the name made Draco almost slam his head on the desk (again). 'Why is Harry so obsessed with keeping secrets?' he wondered to himself.
*Flashback*
An agent had arrived. Draco showed them Harry's ring and noticed their sudden gasp. "What is your code name and password?" he prompted.
A slightly shaking voice came from under the agent's dark hood, "Slayer. And my password is golden king."
'So this is Slayer,' Draco thought. He had wondered why the agent had a different password than all the others. The stranger looked to be a woman from the stature and voice. Shrugging internally, he handed over the letter labelled Slayer.
Unlike the other agents, this one tore open the letter as soon as she received it, not caring that Draco was still standing there. Deciding it was best not to leave an agent to their own devices in the middle of the headquarters, Draco waited.
The figure clapped a hand to their mouth and silent sobs shook the slender body as she continued to read. Draco assumed she was a rather good friend of Harry's to have this reaction. The woman cut through Draco's thoughts by lowering her hood and revealing the tear streaked face of...
"Blaise Zabini!" Draco cried. She nodded and threw herself into his arms crying into his shoulder. Draco patted her on the back hesitantly. He was at a loss. Why was she an agent? How well did she know Harry? What had happened to her after she disappeared at the end of fifth year?
The sobs were slowly subsiding and the girl extracted herself from Draco's arms blushing slightly. "I'm sorry, Draco. But Harry's missing and I just needed some comfort. From everything he's told me about you I sort of feel like you're my best friend too."
Draco was shocked. "Whoa, back up. Exactly how well do you know Harry?"
A brief look of hurt shot across Blaise's face before it was replaced by understanding. "He hasn't told you about me." She said it as a statement instead of a question. Draco shook his head. Blaise smiled. "I suppose I can understand why," she said, "he is extremely protective of me. But as for your question, I know Harry very well. We have been friends since the summer after fourth year."
Draco's jaw dropped. He was willing to bet not even Ron and Hermione knew that Harry had been friends with Blaise. "But here's the kicker," Blaise continued; she paused to see how her silence after such as statement would affect Draco. Harry would have been proud of her teasing skill. Draco tried to look patient but Blaise could see the curiosity and slight annoyance behind it.
She cleared her throat, "I am Harry's girlfriend," she stated casually. Draco's eyes nearly popped out of his head and he slid down the wall he had been leaning against until he was in a sitting position. Blaise knelt beside him.
Suddenly his head shot up. "Bloody hell!" he yelled. "I should have figured this out. His password to the intelligence room is 'Blaise' and sometimes he gets this dreamy look in his eyes. I thought he was just thinking up new pranks or something." He tilted his head back to hit it against the wall only to have it stopped by Blaise's hand.
"How long have you and Harry been going out? It's either been a while or he considers me and my mannerisms a good conversation topic."
Blaise smiled at him. "We have been going out for a little over a year and actually he does consider you a good conversation piece. You are his best friend you know."
Draco stared at her. "Over a year," he muttered. Then what she said caught up to him. "I'm Harry's best friend?"
"He has a few but your right up there with them," she replied.
Draco smiled his first genuine smile since Harry was kidnapped. "Harry's my best friend too."
"I never would have believed those words would ever come out of your mouth back at Hogwarts," Blaise laughed. Draco smiled sheepishly. "Well, I guess I should go..." she stopped when a large black dog that was certainly not Sirius came around the corner.
Draco froze even though he knew he should just show Harry's ring and say 'Arana.' The creature was like nothing he had ever seen before and it looked very dangerous. Light bounced off its sleek black coat and it bared pointed teeth. Glowing red eyes bore into him as sharp claws clicked against the stone floor.
He glanced over at Blaise but she calmly raised a hand toward the leyrie showing a silver ring. The creature bowed its head to her and continued toward Draco. His hand shook as he lifted it to reveal Harry's ring. The dog growled but Draco forced himself to say, "Arana."
The growling stopped and understanding flashed in the leyrie's dark eyes. It bowed its head in sorrow and apology and ran back in the direction it had come.
Blaise looked over at Draco who still seemed to be in shock. "Haven't you ever seen a leyrie?" she asked. "They visit Harry all the time." Draco shook his head. "Then how did you know what to do?" Blaise pressed.
"Harry told me if I ever saw a large black dog like that to show his ring and say 'Arana', but I have never seen one before. Why did it acknowledge you after you showed that ring?"
"Harry gave me this ring," she responded, "he called it my 'girlfriend ring' and said it should keep the guys away and as an added bonus if I ever was cornered by a dangerous looking creature and had no idea what to do I should show it and it might help. But, anyway, I've meet leyries before. They visit Harry sometimes."
"When do you visit Harry?" Draco questioned. "How come no one's ever seen you?"
"That's probably because Harry comes to me. And it would be during the night for you so that's why you didn't notice," Blaise answered anticipating his next question.
"Where do you live, then?"
"America. Draco, do you think I could stay here at the headquarters? I'd like to be here when Harry comes back and maybe I could help you with some things. Harry didn't give me anything to do in his letter."
"That would be great, Blaise," Draco replied.
*End Flashback*
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After a particularly brutal torture session Harry found himself back with his ancestors. He had come to treasure the time not only because of the new things he learned but also because he enjoyed the company of the founders and Merlin. Harry could understand why Salazar got a sad look in his eyes every time they talked about his long gone friends.
Speaking of Salazar, he was the reason Harry was at this moment rolling on the ground laughing. "Salz and Godric actually did that?" Harry asked. He had picked up the founder's pet name for Salazar after all their stories about him. There was a lot of good blackmail material, especially because they had pictures though Harry had no idea how they got them since as far as he knew cameras had yet to be invented back then.
Rowena, Godric, and Helga had just finished telling Harry a particularly funny story where Salazar and Godric had pranked Helga. They had turned her skin and hair silver and gold and charmed her robes to look like a colourful clown suit. Helga, however, couldn't see the changes and walked into the Great Hall for breakfast with all the Hogwarts students there.
After Rowena had calmed down and stopped laughing she told Helga what had been done and the Hufflepuff had immediately started in on Godric and Salz. This only made them laugh harder since her voice sounded like she had just swallowed a lot of helium. Their laughter stopped when she hexed them, giving them tentacles.
"Okay, story time is over," Rowena said through her laughter.
Godric and Harry pouted but moved over to a sitting area when Merlin was waiting for them. "Harry, we are all very proud of your final animagus form," Merlin said while the others nodded. "Since it is an animal that has never existed before you will need to come up with a name for it."
Harry thought for a moment. What could you call a large cat made of fire and lightning? "Well, I was thinking of calling it a Light Cat. Not very original but it seems to fit."
"Yes, it does fit. Very well Harry, congratulations on being the one and only Light Cat to ever to walk the planet."
Harry smiled and thanked him. "So what else do you want to teach me?" he asked. "I think I've finished everything you specified when you first told me what I would learn."
"Yes, you finished everything quite quickly Harry. I can't really think of anything else but perhaps the founders can give you some fun things to do. That last Death Eater knocked you out pretty hard so I think you'll be with us for a while," Merlin answered.
The founders smiled. "I already have some stuff planned out," Rowena said. "Everyone can help though," she continued seeing Godric and Helga looking downcast. They had all become very fond of Harry during his stay. He was like Salazar with a bit of each of them mixed in and his own spark.
The other founders immediately perked up and Rowena led everyone over to a grassy area. A coal black unicorn stood majestically in front of them. His silvery white horn looked both beautiful and deadly and shone with an inner light. Blue eyes watched them warily and obsidian hooves pawed the ground. On his back graceful black/silver wings were folded and perfectly matched his tail and mane.
Harry felt a strange connection to the amazing creature and moved in front of it bowing. Using his beast-speech ability, which Godric had helped him perfect he said: "Hello, my name is Harry. Who are you?"
The creature looked a bit startled that a human had spoken but quickly recovered and responded. "I have no name. Not until the one I bond with chooses one for me." With that the unicorn bowed his head and a bright light shot out of his horn and into Harry's heart. Harry felt as if some part of him that had been missing was finally returned and looked into the eyes of the black unicorn.
"Your name shall be Midnight, my friend," Harry said knowing that the unicorn had just bonded with him. Midnight whinnied his approval of the name and Harry climbed onto his back.
The founders stood off to the side gawking as Harry leapt smoothly onto the back of the unicorn and rode off at a fantastic speed. "Rowena, did you expect this to happen?" Godric asked. Rowena shook her head weakly.
"I just wanted to teach him about war unicorns and see if it would let him have a ride since he is so good with animals. They bonded, Godric. That's supposed to be impossible. Even normal unicorns rarely bond with humans."
"Well, no one ever said Harry was normal," Godric replied smiling.
"Yes, Harry is very special," Helga agreed.
The founders looked back to see Harry and the unicorn but saw nothing but open fields. "Look!" Helga cried pointing at the sky. The other two lifted their heads to see Harry and the war unicorn flying high above them and looking as if they were having the time of their lives. Slowly they made the pair made their way down to the founders and Harry easily jumped to the ground.
He strode over with a huge grin on his face but it faltered when he sensed something was wrong. Whistling he called Midnight over to meet his ancestors. The unicorn immediately came and Harry stroked his silky mane. "What's the matter?" he asked his teachers.
The founders snapped their jaws closed and proceeded to tell Harry how rare it was to bond with a unicorn. Harry gaped for a bit but took it in stride and asked Midnight if he would take the founders for a ride. Midnight agreed after looking intently into each of the three's eyes. He took Helga and Rowena at the same time and while they were gone Godric informed Harry all about war unicorns.
Helga and Rowena came back looking exhilarated. "Well, Harry obviously knows how to ride," Rowena said dryly, "so what do you want to do now Harry?"
"Well, I don't think Godric will appreciate what I want to learn next so why don't you take a long ride on Midnight," Harry said turning to Godric.
Godric looked puzzled. "What do you want to do?" he asked curiously.
Harry smiled. "Cook," he replied.
"Ahhh!" Godric screamed running toward Midnight.
Rowena, Helga, and Harry laughed. "I think that's a great idea, Harry," Helga stated while Rowena nodded.
"I already know a lot about cooking from living with the Dursley's but I would love to learn some different dishes from your time period. Maybe we could make some of Godric's favourites to show that cooking isn't evil and you could teach me some of Salz's favourites so I can make them for him when I get back."
"Brilliant as always Harry," Rowena said fondly leading him over to a kitchen area. "I can give you a copy of my cookbook and it's already separated into sections with each of our favourite dishes."
So the two women and Harry started to cook the different foods and laugh over more Salz stories. Before long Godric was attracted by the smell of his favourite meals and made his way hesitantly into the kitchen. Seeing the scrumptious cuisine he launched himself at the table and began devouring it.
Rowena and Helga sighed but Harry smiled evilly. Suddenly, Godric turned into a canary and the others burst into peals of merriment. When Godric turned back into himself he was laughing too. "What the heck was that?" he questioned. Rowena and Helga looked at Harry wanting to know as well.
Harry beamed. "That was a canary cream. Invented by the Weasley twins. They are prank geniuses; almost as good as Salz and I. I funded their shop Weasley Wizard Wheezes' so I get unlimited access to the goods."
"You are just like Salz. He always enchanted the food." Helga said. They all laughed over more memories and resumed eating when Harry assured them there were no more tricks.
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Okay, I think I took the war unicorn bonding from another story I read so sorry about that. Harry should escape in a couple chapters. Should he appear hurt on his desk at the Red Dragons order between Salazar and Draco or heal himself elsewhere and just come waltzing in one day? Review and tell me what you think.
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Another chapter!!!! YAY!!!! Enjoy it as much as I did!
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The Disappearance . Chapter Six .
Back at the Red Dragons Order things were going as well as could be expected with the leader missing. Draco had been performing his new role admirably but he just wasn't Harry.
After the inner circle conference where they discussed Harry's disappearance Draco had gone to visit Nick, Harry's self proclaimed little brother. Nick had almost broken down when Draco told him what happened but not long afterward he flew into a rage about the fact that they weren't trying to find Harry.
So Draco had dragged Nick to the Red Dragon's Headquarters where he could keep an eye on him. He gave Nick a room that looked to be fully furnished but unlived in, not knowing that it was Harry's quarters. After all, no one had ever really been there, not even Harry, except for a few times.
Draco slumped back to his office and went straight to the intelligence room saying the password, 'Blaise'. Saying the name made Draco almost slam his head on the desk (again). 'Why is Harry so obsessed with keeping secrets?' he wondered to himself.
*Flashback*
An agent had arrived. Draco showed them Harry's ring and noticed their sudden gasp. "What is your code name and password?" he prompted.
A slightly shaking voice came from under the agent's dark hood, "Slayer. And my password is golden king."
'So this is Slayer,' Draco thought. He had wondered why the agent had a different password than all the others. The stranger looked to be a woman from the stature and voice. Shrugging internally, he handed over the letter labelled Slayer.
Unlike the other agents, this one tore open the letter as soon as she received it, not caring that Draco was still standing there. Deciding it was best not to leave an agent to their own devices in the middle of the headquarters, Draco waited.
The figure clapped a hand to their mouth and silent sobs shook the slender body as she continued to read. Draco assumed she was a rather good friend of Harry's to have this reaction. The woman cut through Draco's thoughts by lowering her hood and revealing the tear streaked face of...
"Blaise Zabini!" Draco cried. She nodded and threw herself into his arms crying into his shoulder. Draco patted her on the back hesitantly. He was at a loss. Why was she an agent? How well did she know Harry? What had happened to her after she disappeared at the end of fifth year?
The sobs were slowly subsiding and the girl extracted herself from Draco's arms blushing slightly. "I'm sorry, Draco. But Harry's missing and I just needed some comfort. From everything he's told me about you I sort of feel like you're my best friend too."
Draco was shocked. "Whoa, back up. Exactly how well do you know Harry?"
A brief look of hurt shot across Blaise's face before it was replaced by understanding. "He hasn't told you about me." She said it as a statement instead of a question. Draco shook his head. Blaise smiled. "I suppose I can understand why," she said, "he is extremely protective of me. But as for your question, I know Harry very well. We have been friends since the summer after fourth year."
Draco's jaw dropped. He was willing to bet not even Ron and Hermione knew that Harry had been friends with Blaise. "But here's the kicker," Blaise continued; she paused to see how her silence after such as statement would affect Draco. Harry would have been proud of her teasing skill. Draco tried to look patient but Blaise could see the curiosity and slight annoyance behind it.
She cleared her throat, "I am Harry's girlfriend," she stated casually. Draco's eyes nearly popped out of his head and he slid down the wall he had been leaning against until he was in a sitting position. Blaise knelt beside him.
Suddenly his head shot up. "Bloody hell!" he yelled. "I should have figured this out. His password to the intelligence room is 'Blaise' and sometimes he gets this dreamy look in his eyes. I thought he was just thinking up new pranks or something." He tilted his head back to hit it against the wall only to have it stopped by Blaise's hand.
"How long have you and Harry been going out? It's either been a while or he considers me and my mannerisms a good conversation topic."
Blaise smiled at him. "We have been going out for a little over a year and actually he does consider you a good conversation piece. You are his best friend you know."
Draco stared at her. "Over a year," he muttered. Then what she said caught up to him. "I'm Harry's best friend?"
"He has a few but your right up there with them," she replied.
Draco smiled his first genuine smile since Harry was kidnapped. "Harry's my best friend too."
"I never would have believed those words would ever come out of your mouth back at Hogwarts," Blaise laughed. Draco smiled sheepishly. "Well, I guess I should go..." she stopped when a large black dog that was certainly not Sirius came around the corner.
Draco froze even though he knew he should just show Harry's ring and say 'Arana.' The creature was like nothing he had ever seen before and it looked very dangerous. Light bounced off its sleek black coat and it bared pointed teeth. Glowing red eyes bore into him as sharp claws clicked against the stone floor.
He glanced over at Blaise but she calmly raised a hand toward the leyrie showing a silver ring. The creature bowed its head to her and continued toward Draco. His hand shook as he lifted it to reveal Harry's ring. The dog growled but Draco forced himself to say, "Arana."
The growling stopped and understanding flashed in the leyrie's dark eyes. It bowed its head in sorrow and apology and ran back in the direction it had come.
Blaise looked over at Draco who still seemed to be in shock. "Haven't you ever seen a leyrie?" she asked. "They visit Harry all the time." Draco shook his head. "Then how did you know what to do?" Blaise pressed.
"Harry told me if I ever saw a large black dog like that to show his ring and say 'Arana', but I have never seen one before. Why did it acknowledge you after you showed that ring?"
"Harry gave me this ring," she responded, "he called it my 'girlfriend ring' and said it should keep the guys away and as an added bonus if I ever was cornered by a dangerous looking creature and had no idea what to do I should show it and it might help. But, anyway, I've meet leyries before. They visit Harry sometimes."
"When do you visit Harry?" Draco questioned. "How come no one's ever seen you?"
"That's probably because Harry comes to me. And it would be during the night for you so that's why you didn't notice," Blaise answered anticipating his next question.
"Where do you live, then?"
"America. Draco, do you think I could stay here at the headquarters? I'd like to be here when Harry comes back and maybe I could help you with some things. Harry didn't give me anything to do in his letter."
"That would be great, Blaise," Draco replied.
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After a particularly brutal torture session Harry found himself back with his ancestors. He had come to treasure the time not only because of the new things he learned but also because he enjoyed the company of the founders and Merlin. Harry could understand why Salazar got a sad look in his eyes every time they talked about his long gone friends.
Speaking of Salazar, he was the reason Harry was at this moment rolling on the ground laughing. "Salz and Godric actually did that?" Harry asked. He had picked up the founder's pet name for Salazar after all their stories about him. There was a lot of good blackmail material, especially because they had pictures though Harry had no idea how they got them since as far as he knew cameras had yet to be invented back then.
Rowena, Godric, and Helga had just finished telling Harry a particularly funny story where Salazar and Godric had pranked Helga. They had turned her skin and hair silver and gold and charmed her robes to look like a colourful clown suit. Helga, however, couldn't see the changes and walked into the Great Hall for breakfast with all the Hogwarts students there.
After Rowena had calmed down and stopped laughing she told Helga what had been done and the Hufflepuff had immediately started in on Godric and Salz. This only made them laugh harder since her voice sounded like she had just swallowed a lot of helium. Their laughter stopped when she hexed them, giving them tentacles.
"Okay, story time is over," Rowena said through her laughter.
Godric and Harry pouted but moved over to a sitting area when Merlin was waiting for them. "Harry, we are all very proud of your final animagus form," Merlin said while the others nodded. "Since it is an animal that has never existed before you will need to come up with a name for it."
Harry thought for a moment. What could you call a large cat made of fire and lightning? "Well, I was thinking of calling it a Light Cat. Not very original but it seems to fit."
"Yes, it does fit. Very well Harry, congratulations on being the one and only Light Cat to ever to walk the planet."
Harry smiled and thanked him. "So what else do you want to teach me?" he asked. "I think I've finished everything you specified when you first told me what I would learn."
"Yes, you finished everything quite quickly Harry. I can't really think of anything else but perhaps the founders can give you some fun things to do. That last Death Eater knocked you out pretty hard so I think you'll be with us for a while," Merlin answered.
The founders smiled. "I already have some stuff planned out," Rowena said. "Everyone can help though," she continued seeing Godric and Helga looking downcast. They had all become very fond of Harry during his stay. He was like Salazar with a bit of each of them mixed in and his own spark.
The other founders immediately perked up and Rowena led everyone over to a grassy area. A coal black unicorn stood majestically in front of them. His silvery white horn looked both beautiful and deadly and shone with an inner light. Blue eyes watched them warily and obsidian hooves pawed the ground. On his back graceful black/silver wings were folded and perfectly matched his tail and mane.
Harry felt a strange connection to the amazing creature and moved in front of it bowing. Using his beast-speech ability, which Godric had helped him perfect he said: "Hello, my name is Harry. Who are you?"
The creature looked a bit startled that a human had spoken but quickly recovered and responded. "I have no name. Not until the one I bond with chooses one for me." With that the unicorn bowed his head and a bright light shot out of his horn and into Harry's heart. Harry felt as if some part of him that had been missing was finally returned and looked into the eyes of the black unicorn.
"Your name shall be Midnight, my friend," Harry said knowing that the unicorn had just bonded with him. Midnight whinnied his approval of the name and Harry climbed onto his back.
The founders stood off to the side gawking as Harry leapt smoothly onto the back of the unicorn and rode off at a fantastic speed. "Rowena, did you expect this to happen?" Godric asked. Rowena shook her head weakly.
"I just wanted to teach him about war unicorns and see if it would let him have a ride since he is so good with animals. They bonded, Godric. That's supposed to be impossible. Even normal unicorns rarely bond with humans."
"Well, no one ever said Harry was normal," Godric replied smiling.
"Yes, Harry is very special," Helga agreed.
The founders looked back to see Harry and the unicorn but saw nothing but open fields. "Look!" Helga cried pointing at the sky. The other two lifted their heads to see Harry and the war unicorn flying high above them and looking as if they were having the time of their lives. Slowly they made the pair made their way down to the founders and Harry easily jumped to the ground.
He strode over with a huge grin on his face but it faltered when he sensed something was wrong. Whistling he called Midnight over to meet his ancestors. The unicorn immediately came and Harry stroked his silky mane. "What's the matter?" he asked his teachers.
The founders snapped their jaws closed and proceeded to tell Harry how rare it was to bond with a unicorn. Harry gaped for a bit but took it in stride and asked Midnight if he would take the founders for a ride. Midnight agreed after looking intently into each of the three's eyes. He took Helga and Rowena at the same time and while they were gone Godric informed Harry all about war unicorns.
Helga and Rowena came back looking exhilarated. "Well, Harry obviously knows how to ride," Rowena said dryly, "so what do you want to do now Harry?"
"Well, I don't think Godric will appreciate what I want to learn next so why don't you take a long ride on Midnight," Harry said turning to Godric.
Godric looked puzzled. "What do you want to do?" he asked curiously.
Harry smiled. "Cook," he replied.
"Ahhh!" Godric screamed running toward Midnight.
Rowena, Helga, and Harry laughed. "I think that's a great idea, Harry," Helga stated while Rowena nodded.
"I already know a lot about cooking from living with the Dursley's but I would love to learn some different dishes from your time period. Maybe we could make some of Godric's favourites to show that cooking isn't evil and you could teach me some of Salz's favourites so I can make them for him when I get back."
"Brilliant as always Harry," Rowena said fondly leading him over to a kitchen area. "I can give you a copy of my cookbook and it's already separated into sections with each of our favourite dishes."
So the two women and Harry started to cook the different foods and laugh over more Salz stories. Before long Godric was attracted by the smell of his favourite meals and made his way hesitantly into the kitchen. Seeing the scrumptious cuisine he launched himself at the table and began devouring it.
Rowena and Helga sighed but Harry smiled evilly. Suddenly, Godric turned into a canary and the others burst into peals of merriment. When Godric turned back into himself he was laughing too. "What the heck was that?" he questioned. Rowena and Helga looked at Harry wanting to know as well.
Harry beamed. "That was a canary cream. Invented by the Weasley twins. They are prank geniuses; almost as good as Salz and I. I funded their shop Weasley Wizard Wheezes' so I get unlimited access to the goods."
"You are just like Salz. He always enchanted the food." Helga said. They all laughed over more memories and resumed eating when Harry assured them there were no more tricks.
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Okay, I think I took the war unicorn bonding from another story I read so sorry about that. Harry should escape in a couple chapters. Should he appear hurt on his desk at the Red Dragons order between Salazar and Draco or heal himself elsewhere and just come waltzing in one day? Review and tell me what you think.
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Go on and tell her what you think. Oh, and tell her to get a place at fanfiction.net as well.
The Red Dragons Order