An Understanding between Rivals Chapter 9
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. I must say that this story is for entertainment purposes only. I make no profit.
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
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Harry just sat there, holding the crying Draco. Draco had his head on Harry's shoulder, and his arms were around him tightly. Harry had one hand on Draco's back, rubbing it in a soothing fashion. Soon the nurse, Liz, came back into the room.
"What is going on in here?" Liz inquired
"No time to explain," said Harry. "But please go to room 309. There should be two people in the room, a patient by the name of Faith Clementine, and a man but the name of William Marcellus. Bring them here as fast as you can."
"Alright." The nurse said as she left the room.
Harry looked down at the boy in his arms. He was still crying but not as harshly as before.
"Draco," Harry muttered. "Draco, please."
"What?" said the hysterically boy.
"Listen, the nurse is getting the others. You may want to calm down." Harry said gently.
"Ok," said Draco as he started to regain his composure.
"That's better." Harry said as he brushed away a few tears on Draco's cheek, and pushed back his hair.
"I just can't believe it."
"I know." Harry said.
"I remember, when I was seven, before the Auror came to tell me what happened. It was the evening, my mother, father and I were seated at the table eating dinner. We were just chatting and what not when suddenly my father dropped his fork and fell on to the floor. He placed a hand over his heart and started screaming. I never heard my dad yell like that before. It was a scream of pure agony. I did not understand why this happened at the time, and my father refused to tell us when he finally stopped.
However, later he told me, after the Auror came by. You see my father and Terena were not only brother and sister but twins as well. As twins, they shared a deep connection. He screamed that day because he felt her pain. He did not understand at the time why the pain was so intense at the time, but he did then, after the Auror.
When my father finally realized that his Terena, his twin sister, the person that was always there with him since the beginning was… gone, he lost it. My father was never a bad man. He was a very good person, even helped to fight against Death-eaters. Nevertheless, when his sister died, he changed so much. Terena was always there, whenever he needed her. She comforted him when he felt bad, gave him advice and was just always there. To listen, to talk, to anything! Terena had a warm feeling around her and she could make anyone feel better. She was a constant in his life ever since they where born. Without her, he just gave up and withdrew into himself as the rest of us did.
Do not get me wrong, my father loves and cares about me and I, him along with my mother. Now his just distance. Because of his grief, he believed that for some reason it was his fault. I was the same."
Draco took a deep breath and closed his eyes.
"Draco, you don't blamed yourself for your godmother's death do you?" Harry asked quickly.
Draco just looked down and did not say a word.
"Draco, please tell me that you don't blame yourself!" Harry asked a little louder this time.
"Yes, I do." whispered Draco so softly that Harry barely heard him.
"Draco, there was no reason to blame yourself. None at all." said Harry delicately.
"How many time should I say that before I believe it?" Draco asked him.
"I don't know, but no one blames you. Please do not blame yourself."
"I can't make that promise Harry. But for you I can promise that I will try."
"Thanks, " voiced Harry "But there is one thing that I do not understand."
"What is that Harry?"
"If the connection was still there, because Terena isn't really dead, wouldn't your father know?"
"I do not understand that either…Unless…" pondered Draco.
"Unless what Draco?"
"Unless someone gave her the Draught of the Living Dead. It is a very powerful and complex potion. It simulates death in it is victim. That could be the reason why my father felt her 'pain'. The pain could have been a reaction to the potion."
"Huh?" Harry said.
"Since the potion simulates death, what my father felt could have not been pain per say, but a reaction to his sisters 'death.' The potion slows down the heartbeat down, it still beats, but for the first few minutes, you can not even tell that it is. The breath also slows down to an almost nonexistence pace. After the first half-hour, the breathing and heart beat return to the pace of someone in a deep sleep or coma."
"But Draco, the nurse says that she has woken up before."
"I don't know about that. I would have to do research on it."
"Is there any way to reverse the potion?"
"Yes, but the antidote is a very difficult potion to make."
Just then, the nurse came through the door, quickly followed by a worried looking Professor William Marcellus and a confused Faith Clementine.
"What's wrong?" ask William
"You probably won't believe me. Just look at the person in the bed. " said Harry
A puzzled Professor Marcellus shifted his gaze from the boys on the floor to the bed. He looked at it carefully as he stepped closer to the bed. His face then became one of astonishment and surprise when he noticed who was in the bed.
"Oh, Merlin!" exclaimed William.
"What is it William?" asked Faith.
"Come over here and look for yourself."
Faith walked towards the bed and looked down at the women in the bed. She gasped as she looked at her long time friends. She looked the same as she did the last time she saw her all those years ago. Her hair was still the same platinum color, same pale, but healthy skin.
"Oh my!" wailed Faith as she started to cry.
"Um… Sir?" Draco asked
"Yes, Draco?" answered the professor.
"I believe it would be best if I were to go and tell my father. Is that ok?"
"Yes it is, and I will go with you. Faith and Harry stay here, we will be back as soon as we can."
"Bye Draco." Harry said as he hugged Draco.
"I will be back very soon." Said Draco
William and Draco left then. Harry sat on a chair at the foot of the bed. He looked over at Faith. She was crying, asked Terena what was wrong, and that they all though her to be dead. The nurse walked in then, and turned to Faith. Harry never saw her leave in the first place.
"Miss, she can not answer you."
"Why not?"
"She has been in a coma for a couple of years now."
"She has never woken up?"
"She has once or twice. However, she woke up screaming, but never being able to talk. Once she would stop screaming, she would fall back into the coma soon after."
"Oh, dear!" Faith cried again. She turned back to Terena and grabbed a hold of her hand.
"We will take care of you, don't worry." Faith whispered to Terena.
The nurse then turned to Harry. "May I ask what her name is?"
"Her name is Terena Malfoy." Replied Harry.
"That's a beautiful name."
They stayed there in silence for what seemed like forever to Harry. A loud bellow soon interrupted the silence.
"WHERE IS MY SISTER?" roared an angry Lucius Malfoy who just busted into the room. Draco and William followed him.
"In the bed father." Said Draco pointing towards the bed.
He ran the rest of the way to his sister. Faith let go of Terena's hand and walked over to Harry. He looked down at his sister, with an unreadable look on his face. He then turned to Professor Marcellus.
"I'm taking her to Hogwarts. Snape will be able to make the antidote."
"I know."
"Excuse me sir." The nurse said. "You will have to sign a release form if you want to take her out of here.
"I will not sign anything! I am taking my sister and that is final."
"You have to sign the forms sir. It's procedure."
"Malfoy, just do as she says. It will be quicker then starting a fight." Said William
"Alright, but you." Lucius said pointing to the nurse. "Bring those forms here, now."
The nurse left and returned a few seconds later with the forms.
"All you have to do is sign here, here, and here." The nurse said.
"Okay." Lucius said as he finished signing the forms. "Can I take my sister now?"
"Yup, you are all set to go! Have a great day!"
Lucius then took a hold of his sister. One arm was placed under her knees and the other under her back. Her head the rested on his shoulder.
"What are you people waiting for!" Lucius said. "Let's get back to Hogwarts!"
They all left the hospital and headed towards Diagaon Ally. Once they got there, they used a fireplace to floo to Professor Marcellus' room at Hogwarts. They then walked the rest of the way to Madam Pomfery.
"Pomfery! Come here!" called William
"What is it?" ask Pomfery as she walked closer to them. "Is that who I think it is?"
"Yes," said Lucius "do you have a place where I can put my sister?"
"Yes Lucius, that bed over there in the corner next to the window. I'll go get Snape and Dumbledore."
With that Madam Pomfery left and Terena was placed on the bed. Soon, Madam Pomfery returned with Snape and Dumbledore in tow.
"There she is."
"What is wrong with her." Asked Dumbledore
"Draco told me that he believed it to be the Draught of the Living Dead." Said Lucius
"Let me see." Snape said. He took out a vile of some odd potion. He then pricked her finger lightly and let a few drops of blood fall into the vile. Snape closed and shook the vile for 30 seconds. The clear potion turned a pitch-black color.
"You were right Draco. She was given the Draught of the Living Dead."
"Can you make an antidote?" said Draco
"Yes I can. I can have the antidote by tomorrow night, if I have all of the ingredients."
"Harry and Draco, I believe you two should get to your dorms. Your friends are probably worried." Said Dumbledore
"Thanks Professor."
Harry and Draco left the room. Before they separated to leave to their rooms, they agreed to meet up at the lake after dinner.
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That is it for now. I promise that there will be more slash in the next chapter, along with a kiss. As always, review!