An Understanding between Rivals Chapter 14
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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"I do." Draco said. "I love him."
"I thought you did." Terena said with a knowing smile. "Now go on. You have to eat something before classes today."
"Okay. See you later Ma." Draco said as he left the room.
Terena sat back and smiled to herself. What she had said to Draco was true. They only thing that mattered was that Draco was happy.
You may wonder why Draco had called Terena, Ma. It was not because she was his godmother but the fact that she was more of a mother to Draco then Narcissa ever was. Let us start at the beginning. The pregnancy had taken its told on Narcissa. Narcissa and Lucius were in love when they got married. The marriage had been about love and family ties.
The love however dimmed after Narcissa pregnancy. For the first few years of the marriage, Narcissa and Lucius did everything possible for Narcissa to become pregnant. She did conceive only once before Draco, but that had ended up in a miscarriage. They were overjoyed when Narcissa became pregnant with Draco and they did everything in their power to make sure that the pregnancy went smoothly.
When it came time for her to give birth, the labor was became quiet difficult for Narcissa. Terena was there along with a med-witch and Lucius. It turned out that her hips were too narrow for her to give birth. Narcissa had always been very tiny and thin. The med-witch then preformed something that closely resembled a muggle C (Cesarean)-Section.
Lucius was overjoyed once Draconis Lucius Malfoy was born. Narcissa on the other hand never fully recovered from the pregnancy. Her body became weaker, and she developed a deep depression. Terena believe that this was because she remembered the baby that she miscarried.
When Narcissa found out that she was first pregnant, she was excited and overjoyed. She bought all types of baby clothes and supplies. She even started to look for names. When she miscarried, she felt horrible. She fell into a fit and destroyed all of the baby supplies. Terena and Lucius found her on the floor of what had been the nursery. She was cry and in hysterics. It took a good year for her depression to go away. It went way when she became pregnant with Draco.
Once Draco was born, she became emotional unstable. Her mood would change in the blink of an eye. They gave her potions to help her depression, but everyone had and still has to be extremely carefully around Narcissa.
Lucius would not allow his beautiful baby boy near Narcissa in her current state. When Draco was around his mother, both Lucius and Terena were right there holding Draco in a protective embrace, just in case.
It was Terena who helped to raise Draco. It was Terena who was there when Draco had said his first word, and taken his first steps. Terena was more of a mother to Draco then Narcissa. When Draco was just a toddler, he would call Terena mommy when they were alone. This continued all they way until today apparently. Terena was never upset that Draco did this, Terena was always loved Draco as if he was her own baby.
Madame Pomfrey walked up to Terena bed.
"Guess what?" Pomfrey said
"What?" Terena asked
"You can get up and walk on."
"Yippi!" Terena exclaimed
"Wait just one minute missy!" Pomfrey told Terena as she started to rise from the bed.
"Your leg muscles haven't been used in some time. They may not be able to support you. We have to work on strengthening your legs before you can think of leaving."
The rest of the day for Terena was filled with treatments and such to strengthen her legs. It was much later that day when Draco and Harry walked into the room, to visit Terena. They saw her on crutches attempting to walk around. Draco gasped at the sight.
"Terena!" Harry exclaimed, "Are you all right?"
"What happened?" Draco asked.
"Oh nothing at all. Do not worry you too. I just need to work out my legs is all."
"But why the crutches?" Harry asked.
"You see Harry. Since begin laid down on a bed for so long, the muscles in my legs got no exercise. Without using them, they weaken. They can no support my weight just yet, so I have the crutches to take some of the pressure off of my legs."
"Oh, that makes sense." Harry said
"You has us worried there for a second." Draco stated.
"No need boys. No need." Terena smiled. "Did you want to talk to me about something?"
"Yeah we did. If you have the time." Harry said.
"Of course I do. Is this private or not?"
"Private." The boys said together
"Alright then. How about we go to the Room of Requirement then. I have a feeling I know what this is about."
"Alright, just ask Pomfrey if you can leave first." Draco said.
"I hear that, and yes, as long as you two are near her at all times." Pomfrey told the three of them.
"You mean I can leave this room?!" Terena said quiet happily.
"That is right, Miss. Malfoy."
"Yippi!" Terena exclaimed.
She grabbed her crutches and stood up. Harry went to her left while Draco went to her right. Then they started their trek up to the Room of Requirement. Some there, Terena entered and quickly sat down on an overstuffed chair.
"My arms are killing me!" Terena exclaim.
"You can rest now." Harry told her.
"Now what was it that you two have to tell me? It wouldn't be about our trunk would it?" Terena asked them with a knowing look.
"Yes it is." Draco said. "How are we to defeat Voldemort? We know that we are heirs but how is that to help us?"
"Yeah, we are powerful but we don't have any special powers." Harry said.
"I can't even speak Parseltongue, though Harry can." Draco exclaimed
"You're powers just haven't shown up yet. Draco you will be able to speak Parseltongue when the need arises. And what is this about Harry speaking Parseltongue?"
"I apparently inherited some of Voldemort's powers when he tried to kill me."
"In a life and death situation, your powers will come forth and protect you. This explains why Harry did not die when presented with the killing curse. Yes, Lily and James both gave up their lives to protect you and they gave up their powers to protect you. Draco you have not had a reason for your powers to come out."
"How are we to defeat Voldemort though?" Draco said.
"The both of you must combine your powers. William, Faith and I will help to surface your powers and help to train you. Then once the both of you combine your powers, you will be more powerful then Voldemort. When the day comes that you are to fight Voldemort all of us will be behind you and help you along the way."
"When will you start training us then?"
"You're training will start once I have full use of my legs. Okay?"
"Alright. That sounds fair."
"Can I see the trunk?" Terena asked
"Sure." They said and went over to bring the trunk to her. She opened the trunk and looked everything over.
"Wow," She stated "I didn't think it was that much." She said in shock.
"Ah! My robe!" She exclaimed has she taken out the Slytherin robe that was in the trunk. She then handed the robe to Draco. "Here, you can have it." She said to him.
Draco took the robes and said thanks to Terena. Terena moved to sit on the floor and started to go through the numerous pictures. She sat there for hours explain the each picture to the boys. She cried when she picked up one picture. It was the four of them, they were seated on a beach.
"What's wrong?" Draco asked, He didn't see anything abnormal about the picture. He could not understand why she was crying.
"This was the last picture that was taken of the four of us. Three days after this picture was taken was the day that Lilly and James were killed."
Draco said nothing, he just hugged Terena as tightly and comforting as he could. Harry then wrapped his arms around the both of them and they sat there for awhile. When Terena stopped crying, she again began to shift through the pictures. Harry suddenly realized something and turned to Terena.
"Terena?" Harry asked.
"Yes Harry. Is there something you would like to ask me?"
"Yes, most of all the letters were address to Draco and I. How did you to know that it would be us that found the trunk. How did you know that we would get along. We weren't exactly friend our first five years at school."
"We designed casted a spell over the room, so no stranger could find the trunk or the clues. We set it up so only a direct heir of Slytherin and Gryffindor could find it. As for you to getting along, we knew you would."
"How?" asked Draco
"Easy, hold on for a bit." Terena said as she dug through the many pictures in the trunk. She stopped and hit her head with her hand for a moment. She then moved the lining of the trunk and pulled out a picture. She showed the pictured to the two boys. Both Harry and Draco gasped in shock and surprise.
The picture was of two babies who were happily playing together. They cooed, smiled, laughed, and played in the picture. In the background, you could see Terena and Lily. The most shocking thing was how the babies looked. One baby had platinum blond hair and gray eyes. The other had jet black hair and bright green eyes.
"Yup," Terena said. "Those two babies are you. I wanted to see Harry and Lily wanted to see Draco. We arranged to meet up at her house. We saw the babies complained them and such. We then put the two of you on the floor as we went to grab a cup of coffee. When we came back, we were a little shocked to see the two of you playing together."
Harry and Draco were speechless.
"You only met once though. This moment proved to Lily and I that you to were definitely the ones to defeat Voldemort. Harry you were a shy baby, as were you Draco. The both of you normally did not like to around people you just met without your parents. That's why it was a shock when we saw the both of you getting along so well. Not only were the both of you direct heirs of two extremely powerful wizards, you also proved that you could get along."
"Then why didn't we get along when we first met?" Harry asked.
"Technically, we did. When we were in the robe shop, we got along. It was only when Weasley told you how 'evil' my family was." Draco said. "So, it makes sense. You were then against me for being the 'corrupt and evil' Slytherin. And I was mad at you when you rejected my offer of friendship. We became friends this year because we saw pass those false images that were placed in our minds."
"That does make sense." Terena said.
"Yeah." Harry agreed.
"Well, it's getting late. Can the both of you help me back to the infirmary?" Terena asked
"No problem!" They said.
They helped Terena to stand and grabbed her crutches. They each stood on one side of Terena and helped her back to the infirmary. It was 4 days later when Terena's legs were strong and back to normal. It was then that they would being the training.
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