An Understanding between Rivals Chapter 13
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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A/N: Sorry if this chapter stinks, but this is me working through my writer's block and Merry Christmas, Happy Chanukah, Happy Kwanza, Happy be-lated Ramadan. And Happy New Year. I hope I got all the holidays.
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Draco was the first to wake up the next morning. He took in his surroundings from his spot on the floor. After he realized that it was morning and he had fallen asleep in the Room of Requirement, he noticed the sleeping brunette in his arms. Draco smiled to himself as he looked upon the handsome boy in his arms sleep. He waited a while before he would walk Harry up.
Draco treasured these moments with Harry. He remembered when he first saw Harry, not at Hogwarts but at the Robe Shop. The boy was so small and shy, and seemed so uncomfortable in his own skin. Later when he found out that the boy was in fact the Harry Potter, the Savior of the Wizarding World it was rather hard to believe. The supposed savior of all wizards was a boy who was the same age as him.
When Harry later rejected his offer of friendship, Draco was upset to say the least. What he did not understand was why Harry refused him. Being upset quickly transformed into a bitter jealousy, anger and a bit of an obsession. These feelings only grew when Harry continued to beat Draco in almost everything they did together. Harry was better at dueling, at Quidditch, and at flying.
Some where in their times at Hogwarts, the obsession that Draco felt changed into something else. He did not remember when it happened but he remembered when he found out that it had changed. During the end of their fifth year, when Harry lost his godfather, Draco did a lot of thinking. He again realized that Harry was not that different from the boy he had first met in the robe shop so many years ago. Here was the same boy did not know where his place was in the world, or what he wanted from it. Here was the same boy, who just wished to be accepted.
At the same time, Draco also realized the differences of the two. The Harry now was grown and matured. Harry was no longer a boy but a teenager. He was a teenager who had the weight of the world on his shoulders. All that he ever wanted was to be a normal boy. Yet, he could never be a normal boy because of the scar on his forehead and his name. The famous Harry Potter, who's fate was determined for him long before he could have any say in what could happen to him.
During Draco's stay with Snape (a long time friend of his father's) while Lucius was in Azkaban, Draco thought all this stuff out. Draco was a very observant person, and watched Harry throughout the years. He saw how Harry changed through the years. While at Snape, he pieced together the puzzle that was Harry Potter. He put together as much as he could but it was like doing a jigsaw puzzled with only a few of the pieces. Harry was a very complex man.
The one event in Harry's life that hit Draco the hardest was the death of Sirius. He saw Harry utterly enraged for the first time since the entire time he knew him. He saw Harry saddened and depressed with the lost of the only parental figure he knew. It reminded Draco of when he lost Terena. When he made the comparison, he then decided to tell Harry about Terena. It was odd that Draco came to this decision because Draco never talked about her, but he thought that it would help Harry if he knew.
Draco sighed and gently shook Harry awake.
"Harry, you have to wake up now." Draco said gently. Harry just mumbled a reply.
"It morning you have to wake up." Draco said once again.
"I'm up, I'm up." Harry said as he rubbed his eyes.
"Come on Harry. It's morning and I want to see Terena before classes start."
"Okay." Was Harry's reply.
Harry stood up and stretched, as did Draco. They left the Room of Requirement and headed towards the infirmary. Once they got there, they saw that Terena was talking to Tonks. They carefully walked closer, hid behind a curtain, and listened to their conversation.
"Ok Terena. I need you to tell me what happened on the day that you disappeared." Tonks said
"Alright. Well as you know we got the call that a wanted deatheater was hiding in a abandoned muggle home. We knew that it was risky, and was probably a trap but we thought that we had handled worse and this was no problem. We got there and went into the house, sure enough it was a trap. Once we were in the center of the house, the deatheater set the house on fire. We apparated out of the house and went to a safe ground.
Then we heard a baby's cry from the window on the second floor. I instinctively apparated into the room where the sound originated from. Just my luck, it was a trap. The sound was fake. In the burning room, I saw the deatheater, with a sinister laugh. We fought as the house crumbled around us. The battle was brutal. The deatheater disapparated and reappeared behind me. She hit me with the Cruciatus Curse while my back was turned.
She then disapparated and the house continued to fall only more rapidly. With the last of my magic I disapparated myself outside the house. I was lucky because once I got out of the house it fell down. That was the last thing I remembered before I fell unconscious.
I then woke up in a muggle hospital. They were tending to my wounds. I had some head trauma from when I disapparated, I must have hit my head when I hit the ground. I had many other wounds, which I will not go into detail about now. Because of the many wounds I had obtained, I was to weak or even talk to them. The second day I was at the hospital, the deatheater came to me. I was too weak to do anything, especially fight her off. She poured a liquid down my throat and I fell asleep. I remember seeing her often. Every time she continued to pour the liquid in my mouth."
"Do you know who the deatheater was?" Tonks asked.
"Yes, she was Bellatrix Lestrange."
"Bellatrix? Are you sure?"
"Yes, I am positive."
"Okay then. Thanks for your help Terena. See ya later!" Tonks said as she left. Or trips and then left.
"Draco, Harry. You can come out from behind that curtain now." Terena said.
Draco and Harry did as they were told. They both had eyes filled with tears from the story. Draco and Harry stood besides Terena bed.
"I didn't know. Are you okay?" Draco said as he hugged Terena.
"Yes, I am much better."
"Are you sure it was Bellatrix?" said Harry with a hateful look in his tearfull eyes.
"Yes, why do you ask Harry?" Terena replied.
"I HATE her! I hate that bitch!"
"What's with the language Harry?"
"That… that bitch. She murdered my godfather!" Harry said in a hateful voices as the tears spilled from his eyes.
"Sirius Black is dead?"
"Yes, last year. She killed him. I saw her do it."
"Harry, I'm sorry." Draco said gently, and with genuine concern as went to hug Harry. The two of them hugged, and then they were joined in by Terena who had wrapped her arms around the both of them.
"I'm sorry Harry." Terena said. "Sirius was a good man. The girls and I were working on a way to free him in our spare time."
"Thanks." Harry said.
They stayed like that for some time. Draco was the first to break the silence that had fallen upon the three of them.
"Harry, we should get down to the Great Hall if we want breakfast before classes."
"Your right Draco. Bye Terena. Is it ok, if we stop but after classes?" Harry asked.
"Of course it is." They boys turned to leave, but Terena called out to Draco and asked him to stay. Draco told Harry that they would meet up after classes.
"What is it Terry?"
"I was wondering, what are your feelings for Harry?"
"What do you mean? We are friends."
"I don't mean that. I want to know what you feel for him. You know you can tell me anything."
"Why do you think I feel anything other then friendship for Harry?"
"I see how you look at him when you think no one is looking. I saw your reaction when you saw him crying."
"That's doesn't mean anything." Draco said nervously.
"It's okay to love him Draco."
"What?" Draco said utterly shocked.
"It's okay if you love him."
"I don't know what I feel Terena." Draco said honestly. "I feel like I like him more then a friend but I'm not sure what I want. I do want his friendship."
"What else do you want? Do you want him happy?"
"Yes, I do." Draco said honestly. "I wanted him happy. It makes me happy when he is. And I have this utter joy when I make him happy."
"What else? You can tell me anything Draco."
"I want him happy. I want him safe and comfortable. I want to protect him with everything I have. It kills me when he is sad. I also have this need to cheer him up when he is feeling down. I want to be near him and get to know him better. But his happiness comes first."
"Would you die to protect him?"
"Yes." Draco said truthfully.
"Now, tell me. Do you love him? It's okay to love him Draco. Your father and I just want what is best for you. We want to see you happy. If Harry make you happy, then that's all that matters."
"I do." Draco said. "I love him."
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That's it for this Chapter. My muse is BACK!!! YIPPI!!! As always review and tell me what you think of the chapter.