Thanks DOF, but I don't think that there would be much slash in this 'book'. They are only eleven, after all. But, (if I decide to continue) as they get older, there may be…in fact, it's highly possible. Sorry, but I can't stand any other pairings rather than. Thank you so much though.

Chapter 19: Sehr schlau, ist er nicht?

Harry woke up to voices in the room. They were all familiar.

"I think he's waking up!" Draco.

"Well, now he's up thanks to your cake hole!" Obviously Snape.

"Hush now, let him awaken when he's ready to." Uncle Tom.

Harry opened his eyes and found the three sitting in seats around the bed.

"Good afternoon, Harry! Good to see you awake again." Uncle Tom stood and hovered over him with a smile on his face. He ran a gentle hand through the boy's hair, as a sympathetic father would to his sick son, "How are you feeling?"

"I can't feel my leg, but other than that…well."

"It's normal, so don't be alarmed." He said. Harry nodded, "In about an hour you'll get the feeling back and you'll be able to walk normally again."

"Good…" Harry sighed.

"Now, if you don't mind…Severus and I must have a talk about certain matters," Tom was careful not to talk about anything in front of the blonde boy, "You wouldn't mind watching over my favorite nephew, would you Draco."

"I'm your only nephew." Harry said lazily.

"Precisely," Tom hissed, "All the more reason for you to be protected."

"No, sir. Not at all." Draco answered finally.

"And Harry, you'll behave, won't you."

"Of course."

"There's a good lad." Tom ruffled Harry's hair before turning and walked to the door. He opened it and found Severus waiting for him in the other room. He turned again to Harry and hissed in Parseltongue, "Nagini can hear you if you want her to, you know."

And with that, he left.

"What was that about?" Draco asked.

"He just said that Nagini could hear me if I called for her, is all." Harry smiled, "So, what's been going on without me?"

"We were going to wait till you woke up to have that Quidditch victory party, but everybody's off on Christmas Vacation anyway…"

"Why didn't you leave?"

"I told my father what happened, and he said that it was alright that I could stay."

"Who all stayed?"

Draco thought for a moment, "Well, there are the Riley twins, Bulstrode, Higgs, Crabbe and Goyle."

"That's it?" asked Harry wide-eyed.

"That's it." Draco confirmed with a nod, "Oh, and look here. Your Uncle let me stop by the infirmary and bag all the sweets." He pulled out a brown bag and dumped it all out on the bed.

"Professor Snape would kill you if he found out about this."

"Nah, he'll be alright with it?"

"He will?"

"Sure," Draco smirked as he tore open the bag of Licorice Wands, "I am my father's son, you know. Him and Severus are best friends."

"What's today?"

"Uh, the 27th of December. Oh, and speaking of today, want to know what happened this morning? It was bloody brilliant!"

"What happened?" Harry asked as he bit into a Chocolate Frog.

"Well, it's just us at first. You know, me and the others that stayed," Harry nodded, "We're out on the Quidditch Pitch freezing out arses off…of course, with Uncle Severus there 'supervising', but he's really just grading papers. We thought we'd have to beg to let him take us outside…but we didn't…surprisingly. I think he was just as bored as us…"

"You're off the subject…" Harry stopped him.

"Sorry," Draco said, "so, we're on the Quidditch Pitch having fun flying about, and Dumbledork shows up. He starts talking to Uncle Severus and then they get into an awful row, which is quite funny…"

"What about?"

Draco looked at him for a moment, "Hm, Dunno. It's not like we could hear them, you know. Do you want me to continue?"

Harry nodded and continued on with his Chocolate Frogs, "They got into a bad fight, but you know Dumbledork. He stood there calmly with that same bloody fucking twinkle in his eye."

"What happened?"

"I'm getting to that," Draco snapped, "But…just as we promised, you have to promise not to tell anyone. This is just between you and me."

"Of course." Harry nodded.

"Well, just as the old coot was leaving," he came in close to Harry and whispered, "Uncle Severus pulled his wand on him."

Harry gasped, "It was great. Though, we don't know what happened to him after that. He was unconscious when we last saw him…for all we know…he could be dead."

"Are you serious? What would the Ministry do if they found out?"

Draco shrugged and went on with eating the rest of the bag of Licorice Wands. They talked some more about different things. How to get Weasley expelled was one of them even though most of the ideas wouldn't work, they knew, but it was fun. Draco told Harry how the Riley twins got a picture of Harry's infamous nosedive that got him stuck in the hospital wing. Harry just groaned and said how it wasn't one of the greater things that he was proud of.

Just then, "Harry James Potter!" Uncle Tom walked through the door, "Why didn't you tell me about your conversations with Dumbledore? Most of this could have all been avoided."

Harry didn't say anything.

"Why is there candy in here?" he heard Snape start, but ignored him. Draco gave his godfather a nervous smile.

"Harry, we have to get you to Godric's Hollow…we have to get there and into the dungeons…" Tom was pacing the room, "It can't be true…Elenorum was my mother, I would have been one of the first to know about it, whether she had been a Gryffindor or not."

He looked up at the other three, "Draco, I think it best that you forget anything you've heard here and go to the dungeons and stay there. No one is to know about this…"

Draco turned to his godfather and saw that the man agreed, "But I want to go, too, I can help."

"Draco Aquilus Malfoy! You know better than to talk back! Get to the dungeons now!" Snape yelled, watching Draco's retreating form, "And if you tell anyone about this, you'll be answering to me. I know you have a big, fat mouth!"

Harry could hear the boy cursing under his breath. The blonde turned to wave as he closed the door behind him.

"How's your leg?" Uncle Tom asked. Harry moved his leg and found that it worked just as well as it did before it was broken.

"It's perfect. I should be able to walk now," He moved the covers and hopped out of bed. A few moments later, he found himself kissing the floor. Maybe his legs weren't all that stable as he thought they were.

"Maybe you should take it easy for a while, Harry. You were stuck in bed for a good month, you know." Tom smiled as he and Snape hauled Harry off the floor, "Severus, would you mind getting Harry a pair of warm attire. We'll be heading out as soon as possible."

Snape nodded and left, leaving Harry and Tom alone, "What happened to Dumbledore, Uncle Tom?"

Tom looked at him for a moment before answering, "Severus gave him a potion; the Draught of Living Death. I'm sure you've heard of that one from me." Harry nodded, "Snape locked him up in one of the towers where he won't be found until we figure out what to do with him. We've forged a note saying that he'll be in London for a while. That makes Minerva McGonagall in charge, since she's Deputy Headmistress."

"What are we going to do when we get there?" Harry asked.

"We're going to go down to the dungeons and find out what's down there, if anything. We're going to see if Dumbledore was lying or not, which I'm sure he was."

Severus returned with a warm set of robes and gloves with a thick cloak and scarf.

"As soon as you put these on, we're off." We'll be waiting in the other room. Tom and Severus left the room leaving Harry to dress.

End of Chapter 19

Hm………….interesting…lol. I'm jumping from one plot to another. But, that makes it interesting, no? Please review and tell me what you think so far! Is there anything I should change or add?