An Understanding between Rivals Chapter 3
Author: Vampire Gurl a.k.a. Stormy
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the character of the Harry Potter series. However, the characters of Terena, Kendera, Faith, and William are mine.
Rating: I will say PG-13 for now. Rating could go up. I am not sure yet.
Summary: Harry gets a tape that will change his life. He finds out more about his mother and her friends along with a certain blond hair Slytherin boy. Will Contain Slash, mainly HP/DM and Original characters. Don't like? Do not read. It is that simple.
Spoilers: All the books
Authors note: Please review if you like this fic. Tell me if I should continue, or any constructive criticism is strongly welcomed, however flames are not and will be used to roast marshmallows! Also, if anyone is interested in being a beta for me please tell me.
Special thanks to Kendra1117, Silver-Sunn101, and Abagail Malfoy for reviewing my story.
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Harry just stood there in shock. Seven, he thought. He was seven and the most influential, and important person in his life disappeared. Harry looked at his arch-rival for the past five years. Draco's crossed arms rested on top of his bent knees. His head was face down in his arms. Harry took a closer look and noticed that his shoulders were shaking. Harry walked over and sat down next to Draco.
"Draco, I'm so sorry. I never…"
"No need Potter. It's alright, you could not have known." Draco said very lightly, never moving his head, his shoulders still shaking. Harry was at a loss of what to do, so his followed his instincts. He gently placed his arm around Draco.
Draco looked up to see Harry. Harry gasped at what he saw. Draco's eyes were red from crying. His cheeks were stained with tears. Understanding what Draco was feeling, he pulled Draco towards him and hugged him. Draco was surprises at first but then broke down and sobbed into Harry's chest. Harry moved his hand in a soothing manner along Draco's back while gently rocking him.
He was able to do for Draco what he wished someone would have done for him. His aunt and uncle never held him when he awoke screaming after a nightmare he had of his Godfather. They never went to comfort him while he was mourning the loss.
They sat like that for what seemed like hours. A little while later, Draco's sobs lessened to snuffles then stopped completely. He lifted his head off Harry's chest and looked at his face.
"Thanks Potter." Draco had with a smile, not a smirk.
"No problem Draco. I think we should go back inside however."
"I agree."
They stood up and walked back to the castle. They stopped when they had to part ways. Just as Draco turned to go down the stairs Harry stopped him.
"Draco?"
"Yes?"
"If you ever need to talk, I'm here."
"I'd like that, Harry"
They said their good-byes and parted they separate ways.
In his bed, Harry replayed what had happened today. He finally found someone that could understand what he felt. Yet, this person was his enemy, Draco Malfoy. In the last few minutes, everything he thought about the boy had changed. He was not so anti-muggle after all. He admitted that he loved it when Terena took him out into the muggle world. Maybe the distaste he felt for muggles was just misplaced anger, since she had disappeared in a muggle house. On the other hand, was he just pretending, covering up the hurt he felt? He could not possibly want to become a deatheater, unlike he used to think, not if one practically killed his godmother. Everything he every thought he knew about Draco turned into a lie. He realized that he did not know Draco like he thought he did.
'That's it!" thought Harry. 'I'm gonna find out the truth about who Draco Malfoy really is.' That is when he fell asleep.
While this was going on, Draco entered the Slytherin common room. He went to his room and flopped down on his bed. He had his own room because he was a prefect. He threw himself into his bed and stare up at his ceiling. Draco was in deep thought, while holding back his emotions, not cry again. I told him about Terena. I have never told anyone about her, thought Draco. I never fully got over Terena. I hope one day that I find out what happened to her.' Draco always had this nagging thought in the back of his head that his godmother was not dead. His parents told him that he was in denial, that he could not handle the truth.
When he thought about though, the Auror's story had a ton of holes in it. Why would there be a baby in an abandon house? Why have they not yet caught this Deatheater? Why? Draco stopped his train of thoughts. Even if she was not dead, were could she be? Draco fell asleep with the questions still plaguing his mind.
The next day was normal for Harry. The school day came and went. When he passed Draco in the halls, they exchanged glances but that was all. Harry went to the library to do his homework. Once he was done with the little homework he had, he took out a blank parchment and started to write a letter to Draco.
Draco,
I was wondering if you would want to meet in the Room of Requirement tonight after dinner. I wanted to show you the tape of my parents wedding. Also, I have a ton of pictures that belonged to my mother. I bet there is many pictures of Terena in them. Please, send a reply. Thanks!
Harry
Harry looked over the letter once more before folding it up and giving it to Hedwig.
"Okay girl, I want you to bring this to Draco you understand?" Hedwig gave a hoot. "Thanks a good girl!" With that, Hedwig flew out the window.
At dinner, Harry was making idol chitchat with Ron and Hermione. They were sitting across from Harry. They also were sitting quite close together. Hedwig came to Harry with a note in her beak. He took the note and read it.
Harry,
I will be up at the Room of Requirement right after dinner.
See you then,
Draco
After Harry read the note, he folded it and put in his pant pocket. He finished his conversation with Ron and Hermione along with his dinner. He stood up, said good-bye to his friends, and headed towards the Room of Requirement.
When he got there, Draco was sitting in an overly stuffed chair.
"Hey Draco."
"Hello there, Harry."
"Do you want to see the tape first?"
"It doesn't matter to me."
"Okay." Harry turned on the projector and let the movie play. When it was over, Draco was just shocked. He never knew that Terena was Lily Evans/ Potter's best friend. Harry shut off the projector and brought out a box.
"These are the pictures I told you about."
"Well, let us have a look."
Harry and Draco sat across each other on the floor. There were hundreds of photos there. Some of them, were muggle photos, while others were wizard photos. There were group photos, and single photos. Harry stumbled across a photo that shocked him very much.
"Draco? Take a look at this picture."
"Okay?" Draco took the picture and gasped at what he saw. In the photo, were Lily, Terena, Faith, and Kendra in there school robes. They were smiling and waving, and just having a great time. The shocking part was the robes though. They were all the best of friends, yet they were all in different houses. Lily had on Gryffindor robes, Terena had on the Slytherin robes, Faith had Hufflepuff robes, and Kendra was wearing Ravenclaw. They had all became friends, even thought they were part of rival houses.
However, that was not all. Harry picked up an envelope, hidden in the massive pile of pictures.
"Draco?"
"Yes?"
"This envelope is addressed to you."
"What?"
"I'm not kidding. Look!"
Draco took the letter from Harry. Indeed, it did have his name written in the front. He opened it. Out of the envelope were a small key and a letter. He read the letter aloud.
Draco,
Hello my little dragon. Well, I guess something must have happen to me if you have this. I wrote this letter some time after you were born. I enchanted this letter to go to some place safe where you could find it one day. As you may or may not know, I am an Auror and I lead a very dangerous life. I am writing this in the chance that I may not be able to tell you face to face. You see, when I was in Hogwarts I was a Slytherin, but my best friends were those of other houses.
The four of us, Lily Evan, now Lily Potter, Kendra Clara, Faith Clementine and I discovered something during out last year. It is a very important, and my play a crucial part in the downfall of Lord Voldemort. I can not tell you what it, in case this letter falls into the wrong hands.
What I can give you is this. You need to find four keys. I already enclosed one of the four. The next key is in a book of Lily's that holds many memories. I know that you have probably met Harry Potter, the son of Lily and James. I was there, with the others when he was born. I can tell that the future holds much for you and Harry. If you do know him, ask him. He can help you. Take care, my dragon.
Love always,
Terena
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Authors Note: Okay, I know that some of you may wonder why a letter to Draco was in Harry's stuff. Well, Harry's stuff is his mothers. You see Terena and Lily were the best of friends. Terena enchanted her letter to Draco. In case anything was to happen to her, it would automatically be sent to Lily. Lily died and Terena never changed the spell so when Terena disappeared, the letter was still sent to be kept safe with Lily. It went with the rest of Lily belonging, which eventually ended up in Harry's hands. I hope that explains it.
That's it for this chapter. I hope you enjoyed it. Please remember to review! I changed it so I can accept anonymous reviews. The next chapter should be up soon. Thanks!!! ^_^