An Understanding between Rivals Chapter 16
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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It had been two days since Lucius and Snape gave them the warning. Harry and Draco were training harshly in preparation for the upcoming battle.
When Harry heard the warning, he had gone up to Dumbledore and asked him if he should regroup the DA The Headmaster just told Harry to go on and practice. Sure enough, at breakfast Dumbledore announced that all classes would be canceled until further notice.
"Attention everyone!" Dumbledore had stated near the end of breakfast that first day. "It grieves me to say this but Hogwarts is under the threat of an attack by He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named. Anyone who is able to help is asked too. If you do not want to fight, you may want to help set up some traps around the school instead, or help with defending our troops from afar. Also, if anyone has any medical knowledge, magical or muggle, that are asked to help Madame Pomfrey. Please do this for yourselves and Hogwarts."
Harry and Draco where sitting by their lake. They were resting from two days of almost no-stop training. They were seated on the ground and staring out to the crystal blue lake.
"Harry?" Draco asked softly
"Yes, Draco?"
"Are you scared of what may happen to us?" Draco asked, never taking his eyes off the perfect, calm lake.
"Very." Harry answered truthfully. "And you?"
"I'm terrified." Draco replied.
"No matter what though, we will be fighting side-by-side throughout the whole thing." Harry told Draco as he placed his hand on top of Draco's.
"Promise?" Draco asked him.
"I promise." Harry replied.
"Can you promise me something else?"
"Sure, but what is it that you want me to promise you?"
"Promise me that you won't die." Draco said as he moved his gaze off the lake and towards Harry.
"I'll make that promise, if you promise me the same thing along with another promise."
"What is the other promise?"
"Promise me that no matter what, that when all of this is over, we will still be as close and not allow anything at all to separate us."
"I promise." Draco said sincerely.
"Good, so do I."
They stared at each other smiling, neither one wanting to ruin the moment. This perfect moment was ruined however, when a black owl stopped in front of Draco. He opened the letter and read it aloud so Harry could hear.
Dearest son,
I have sent a note to Terena as well. We are appariting to Hogsmeade as I write. We are to be there soon. Please be careful and prepared.
Love always, Dad
"Come on Harry! We have to get inside!"
Harry nodded and they ran inside the castle and ran to the Great Hall. In the Hall, the members of the Order had already started to gather. Also, there were former members of the DA and many Slytherins. Among the Slytherins were Pansy, Millicent, Blaise, Crabbe, Goyle, and others of the 'Slytherin Court' as many people called them. Terena ran up to them.
"Are you two ready?" she asked.
"Yes"
"Yup"
Just then the main doors of Hogwarts bursts open and in came the deatheaters. The opening of the doors tripped some of the traps. A ton of sticky goo fell down on the entering deatheaters. A weak shield blocked the deatheaters from entering. The shield was destroyed rather quickly, but it still gave the team the precious seconds that they needed.
The people in the Hall ran out to the doors and started attacking them. The mixed team of adults, and students threw jinxes, curse, and spells from different houses. The Slytherins along with throwing curses were throwing bottles of different potions. They were throwing a grayish potion, which created a thick mist around the nearest person when the bottle broke. This mist wrapped itself around your opponent only. A light purple potion they had caused a gas to rise in the air. This gas causes the people around them to cough and sneeze. A deep dark blue potion released a gas that irritated the eyes of the opponent making it hard for them to see clearly.
Terena and Tonks took Harry and Draco outside. Not to far from the castle however they ran into Voldemort, handful of deatheaters, and dementors. Upon seeing them, Voldemort sent the dementors out to attack them. Harry quickly produced his stag and sent it after the dementors. Draco produced his dragon right after Harry. Draco and Harry where fighting the dementors.
"You!" a deatheater screamed, while Draco and Harry where occupied with the dementors.
"Bellatrix!" Terena said with venom and hate lining her voice.
"You filthy bitch!" Bellatrix screamed
"You got the upper hand on me once before. It won't happen again."
"We will see to that. Crucio!" Bellatrix bellowed aiming to Terena.
Terena quickly dogged the curse and through another curse to Bellatrix who blocked it. They traded spells and curses until Terena was able to disarm Bellatrix.
"Accio wand!" Terena said to the discarded wand.
Terena destroyed the wand immediately. Bellatrix screamed out in utter disbelief. She charged straight towards Terena. She attempted to hit Terena but Terena was stronger, physically, then Bellatrix and quickly overpowered her. She placed a body bind around her that almost completely prevented her movement.
Lucius then came up to Bellatrix and deliver a strong kick to her mid-section.
"You never mess with a Malfoy, and not suffer the our revenge." Lucius said to her.
Voldemort appeared suddenly in front of the two Malfoys.
"Lucius!" he bellowed "How dare you defy me!"
"Do you forget why I joined you in the first place. I was to be in your service until you could give me back my dearest sister!"
At this point, Terena made herself know.
"Hey you ugly piece of shit! Ya miss me?"
Voldemort's only reply was to roar. Lucius continued.
"The deal of the spell, was that I would be in your serve UNTIL I was given back my sister. Dead or alive. Look at this, she is alive and right next to me! This in turns breaks the spell! See?" Lucius lifted his shelve to shoe Voldemort his forearm that once had bore the dark mark. It was devoid of any mark imperfection.
"It's all gone, Voldy!" Lucius continued "I no longer serve you nor do you control me any longer!"
"I will kill the both of you!"
"Not if we have anything to do about it!" Harry said as he and Draco walked up to them after they had finished with the dementors.
"We will kill you, you sorry, hypocritical ass!" Draco yelled
"You think that you can defeat me?" Voldemort questioned.
"Yes, we can!" Harry said.
Harry then looked around him. Everyone from the Order was fighting off the deatheaters and dementors.
"We will see about that! Cruico!" Voldemort yelled
Harry and Draco both muttered the shield charm that they had learn. Voldemort threw more curses at them, which they all blocked. Them he sent a pure blot of energy straight to Harry. Draco saw this happen and without thinking he ran and pushed Harry out of the way. Draco was hit by the curse instead and was thrown back several feet.
Harry looked up from his place on the floor and saw Draco lying on the ground, not moving. He jumped up and yelled in angst.
"How dare you!" Harry yelled in a voice that was much deeper them his own. There was a pure red aura around him. His hair was waving around him. His eyes had become a blue color and not his normal bright green. Voldemort visually shuddered.
"Who are you?"
"Your worst nightmare." Harry said simply
"Die Potter." Voldemort said as he sent the killing curse to him.
Harry was pushed down to the floor a second time that day, but the body fell down with him. It was Draco of course. However, he was different like Harry. Once Draco had seen the killing cure coming towards Harry, he acted in pure instincts. He has a powerful green aura around him and he eyes were now hazel colored.
"You lying son of a bitch! How dare you!" Draco said in a voice unlike his own.
"What?" Voldemort stumbled.
"How dare you take the proud name of Slytherin in vain!"
"What? Who… who are you two?"
"Really, I thought you were smarter them that Voldy!" Harry said
"We are the true heirs!" Draco told Voldemort.
Together, they blasted Voldemort with a spell. He flew backwards and lay lifeless on the ground in front of some of the Aurors. Harry and Draco both lost their aura and changed back to normal as they collapsed on the ground.
Harry opened his eyes slowly, and was quickly blinded by the harsh artificial light from the ceiling of the infirmary.
"Hey there sleepy head!" Tonks said.
"Where's Draco?" Harry asked quickly.
"Calm down hun. Draco is just in the bed next to ya. The two of you have been sleeping for two days now." Tonks explained
Harry looked over to the bed in his right. He breathed in a sigh of relief. Sure enough, there laid Draco and he was sleeping peacefully in his bed.
"I'll be right back." Tonks announced
She stepped out of the room. Harry threw off his blankets and stood up. He slowly trudged over to Draco's bed. He sat down on the bed lightly. He took a hold of Draco's hand and lend down to place a gentle kiss on Draco's forehead. With his free hand, he brushed back the platinum hair from Draco's face.
"Are you awake Draco?" Harry said in a gently voice.
Draco mumbled, but did not open his eyes.
"Hey, it's me Harry. Are you awake?"
"Hey." Draco said as his eyes fluttered opened.
He blinked his eyes rapidly trying to adjust his eyes to the light. They stared at each other for a while. Harry was just about to say something when Tonks came back to the room.
"Yo Harry. Draco! Good Morning!"
"Hey Tonks." Draco muttered as he yawned.
Behind Tonks came Snape, Lucius, Remus, William, Terena, Faith, and many familiar faces from the Order. There was a girl though, who was standing in between Faith and Terena.
"Draco, Harry. I'd like you to meet Kendra."
"Hey." Kendra said.
"Where did you come from?" Harry asked.
"I was captured by Voldemort a few years back. He placed me under the Imperio curse. Thanks to the two of you, the curse was lifted when you defeated him. So here I am." Kendra explained
"So, he's dead now. For good?" Draco asked
"Yeah, some of the deatheaters got away and we are looking for them now." Terena said.
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Next chapter will be up in a day or two, and expect much more interaction (and Fluff) between Harry and Draco. As always, review.