Chapter 3:
These meetings carried on for weeks, until before they knew it, it was nearly Halloween. So far all Draco had found out was that whatever they weren't telling Harry, they were doing their best attempts at keeping it quiet. Harry began reading all of the books he could get his hands on, both light and dark magic. Draco was also doing the same but he was only practicing spells that he could use for his revenge on Harry's so called best friends, who were keeping him in the dark about something evidently important. He began to remember the summer after his fourth year, except this time there was no excuse for it. Harry and Draco would use the 'secret' room frequently to practise the spells that they had learnt.
It was dark again as Draco entered the secret room and found Harry practicing the Imperius curse on Neville's toad.
"Imperio!" Harry cried in frustration as he was having problems performing this Unforgivable.
"Potter, don't you know anything about using an Unforgivable?" Harry shook his head slightly, "Look they're not like normal curses, you have put feeling into them and want to use them, and you can't just say the words they don't mean anything." Draco walked over to where Harry was and pointed his wand at the toad.
"Imperio!" Draco cried. As suddenly as Draco had said the words the toad went slightly stiff, then Draco commanded it to do things and obeyed without hesitation. "See it isn't that difficult"
"How come…" Harry began then seemed to realize exactly who it was that he was talking to.
"Come you can try now, just remember that you have got to feel it, not just say it."
Harry stepped up in front of Draco feeling like he had just been to get up in front of the class and do a demonstration. He pointed his wand at Trevor and concentrated on feeling the curse and wanting to make the toad do inappropriate things that aren't normal for a toad to be doing. "Imperio!" This time the toad went stiff for a second and began to move but then snapped out of it and carried with what he was doing before hand. Harry looked at Draco with an expression of extreme frustration and annoyance at not being able to do something that Malfoy could do. Draco just smirked at him.
Over the next two hours Draco taught Harry how to do the Imperius curse easily as they moved onto bigger things. As Harry got better and better and had eventually made Filches cat act like she hadn't seem them walking down the corridors, Harry began itching to try it on something bigger. When they got back to the room, Draco sat down slightly exhausted and extremely smug knowing that he had taught Potter something.
"Potter, you know how to block the Imperius right?" Draco asked, Harry nodded and they began to work on both Harrys expertise with the Imperius curse and Dracos skill at blocking it. As the sun began to come up they realized what time it was.
"Shit! You tell anyone about this Potter…"
"Don't worry I wouldn't want anyone knowing either, but you better not say anything…"
They nodded their mutual agreement and proceeded to their own dormitories, both in need of some sleep.
As Draco came down from getting changed in his dormitory, after only a couple of hours sleep, he was greeted by Drucilla.
"Hey Draco, you look tired. What happened couldn't sleep?"
"Er…Yeah, whatever" He continued out of the Slytherin Common and proceeded to the Great Hall. As he entered the Great Hall he quickly swept his eyes over everyone and spotted the Weasel talking to Gerald Barmunion, a seventh year from Ravenclaw. He walked slowly passed them to try and catch some of their conversation.
"…you think that would work? I mean it seems like it will but you can never be sure can you?" the Weasel was saying.
"Of course it will, you just have to get him to the tower."
Draco continued on wondering what the hell that was all about, but he was determined to find out. Throughout the rest of the day Draco stayed fairly close to Ron so that he could find out exactly what they might be doing.
Later that night, Draco met Harry in the same that they usually met in and told him exactly what they had heard.
"Yeah, I think I remember hearing them talk about the astronomy tower and to meet there at midnight." Added Harry
"Well if it's the same thing then they are going to meet there tomorrow night."
"I say we go find out what they are up to."
"I don't want to be seen with you and if we go up there we will definitely be seen together."
"No we won't"
**
The next night Harry and Draco made their way up to the Astronomy tower at ten minutes to midnight. They were both hidden underneath Harrys invisibility cloak. Once they arrived at the astronomy tower they went towards one of the far corners and waited.
"Now we wait…"
**
Fifteen minutes later Hermione arrived followed by Ron, then Gerald. They quietly closed the door and walked towards the furthest wall of the astronomy tower.
"Well? What do we know?" asked Hermione "I just want to get this sorted I can't stand this anymore"
"I know what you mean. We've been able to keep away from Potter, but I don't know how much longer we can do it and not make him suspicious." Added Ron
"Don't worry you two. The Dark Lord has plans for Potter, and we need you two to keep Potter and Dumbledore from finding out who you really are." Gerald explained. He handed them both a small slip of paper. "Here, make this potion and slip it into his food. This should do the trick."
Once they had put the slips of paper into their pockets, Ron and Hermione left the astronomy tower followed by Gerald.
"Looks like this is bigger than we thought, Potter" said Draco taking off the invisibility cloak. He turned and looked at Harry. He was standing in the same position that he had begun in, and just stared off into space as if he had been petrified. After a couple of minutes he answered.
"Shit!"
These meetings carried on for weeks, until before they knew it, it was nearly Halloween. So far all Draco had found out was that whatever they weren't telling Harry, they were doing their best attempts at keeping it quiet. Harry began reading all of the books he could get his hands on, both light and dark magic. Draco was also doing the same but he was only practicing spells that he could use for his revenge on Harry's so called best friends, who were keeping him in the dark about something evidently important. He began to remember the summer after his fourth year, except this time there was no excuse for it. Harry and Draco would use the 'secret' room frequently to practise the spells that they had learnt.
It was dark again as Draco entered the secret room and found Harry practicing the Imperius curse on Neville's toad.
"Imperio!" Harry cried in frustration as he was having problems performing this Unforgivable.
"Potter, don't you know anything about using an Unforgivable?" Harry shook his head slightly, "Look they're not like normal curses, you have put feeling into them and want to use them, and you can't just say the words they don't mean anything." Draco walked over to where Harry was and pointed his wand at the toad.
"Imperio!" Draco cried. As suddenly as Draco had said the words the toad went slightly stiff, then Draco commanded it to do things and obeyed without hesitation. "See it isn't that difficult"
"How come…" Harry began then seemed to realize exactly who it was that he was talking to.
"Come you can try now, just remember that you have got to feel it, not just say it."
Harry stepped up in front of Draco feeling like he had just been to get up in front of the class and do a demonstration. He pointed his wand at Trevor and concentrated on feeling the curse and wanting to make the toad do inappropriate things that aren't normal for a toad to be doing. "Imperio!" This time the toad went stiff for a second and began to move but then snapped out of it and carried with what he was doing before hand. Harry looked at Draco with an expression of extreme frustration and annoyance at not being able to do something that Malfoy could do. Draco just smirked at him.
Over the next two hours Draco taught Harry how to do the Imperius curse easily as they moved onto bigger things. As Harry got better and better and had eventually made Filches cat act like she hadn't seem them walking down the corridors, Harry began itching to try it on something bigger. When they got back to the room, Draco sat down slightly exhausted and extremely smug knowing that he had taught Potter something.
"Potter, you know how to block the Imperius right?" Draco asked, Harry nodded and they began to work on both Harrys expertise with the Imperius curse and Dracos skill at blocking it. As the sun began to come up they realized what time it was.
"Shit! You tell anyone about this Potter…"
"Don't worry I wouldn't want anyone knowing either, but you better not say anything…"
They nodded their mutual agreement and proceeded to their own dormitories, both in need of some sleep.
As Draco came down from getting changed in his dormitory, after only a couple of hours sleep, he was greeted by Drucilla.
"Hey Draco, you look tired. What happened couldn't sleep?"
"Er…Yeah, whatever" He continued out of the Slytherin Common and proceeded to the Great Hall. As he entered the Great Hall he quickly swept his eyes over everyone and spotted the Weasel talking to Gerald Barmunion, a seventh year from Ravenclaw. He walked slowly passed them to try and catch some of their conversation.
"…you think that would work? I mean it seems like it will but you can never be sure can you?" the Weasel was saying.
"Of course it will, you just have to get him to the tower."
Draco continued on wondering what the hell that was all about, but he was determined to find out. Throughout the rest of the day Draco stayed fairly close to Ron so that he could find out exactly what they might be doing.
Later that night, Draco met Harry in the same that they usually met in and told him exactly what they had heard.
"Yeah, I think I remember hearing them talk about the astronomy tower and to meet there at midnight." Added Harry
"Well if it's the same thing then they are going to meet there tomorrow night."
"I say we go find out what they are up to."
"I don't want to be seen with you and if we go up there we will definitely be seen together."
"No we won't"
**
The next night Harry and Draco made their way up to the Astronomy tower at ten minutes to midnight. They were both hidden underneath Harrys invisibility cloak. Once they arrived at the astronomy tower they went towards one of the far corners and waited.
"Now we wait…"
**
Fifteen minutes later Hermione arrived followed by Ron, then Gerald. They quietly closed the door and walked towards the furthest wall of the astronomy tower.
"Well? What do we know?" asked Hermione "I just want to get this sorted I can't stand this anymore"
"I know what you mean. We've been able to keep away from Potter, but I don't know how much longer we can do it and not make him suspicious." Added Ron
"Don't worry you two. The Dark Lord has plans for Potter, and we need you two to keep Potter and Dumbledore from finding out who you really are." Gerald explained. He handed them both a small slip of paper. "Here, make this potion and slip it into his food. This should do the trick."
Once they had put the slips of paper into their pockets, Ron and Hermione left the astronomy tower followed by Gerald.
"Looks like this is bigger than we thought, Potter" said Draco taking off the invisibility cloak. He turned and looked at Harry. He was standing in the same position that he had begun in, and just stared off into space as if he had been petrified. After a couple of minutes he answered.
"Shit!"
