Chapter 6 – The Prophecy

The following morning, Dumbledore arrived at the castle and headed to the Gryffindor common room. When he entered the common room, he was shocked to see both Harry and Draco there together, asleep on the couch.

Harry and Draco soon stirred in their sleep and slowly woke up. Draco sat up quickly when he saw the Headmaster and reached for his wand before he realized who the person in the room with he and Harry was. Draco blushed and cast his eyes downwards.

"Sorry Professor. I didn't realize it was you."

"That's quite alright Draco. I didn't mean to startle you." Dumbledore turned to look at Harry. "Good morning Harry," the Professor greeted.

"Good morning Professor."

"I must say that I am surprised to see the two of you together here. Are you going to be sharing the tower?"

"Yes Professor," Draco started. "We were both a little lonely with no one else in our dorms with us so we decided to share a dorm. Gryffindor is much more comfortable than Slytherin so we decided to stay here."

Harry and Dumbledore both smiled at Draco. Hearing Draco refer to himself and Harry as 'we' made Harry incredibly happy. Dumbledore was just glad to see the two boys getting along.

Dumbledore spoke again. "Well I'm glad to see you two are getting along so well. I have something for you that will require you to do some extensive research together."

Draco was delighted, seeing as he loved books and research, and that he would be able to research with Harry. Harry, however, was very unenthused. The library was not where he wanted to spend his summer or his time with Draco.

"What are we researching Professor?" Draco asked.

"Well the Order has discovered a prophecy and it is expected that it has to do with the fall of the Dark. But the Order is occupied with new developments in the situation with Voldemort and the escape of the Death Eaters from Azkaban. If you two are willing to translate the prophecy, which appears to be written in some type of ancient runic language, and figure out its meaning, that would be incredibly useful to the Order."

Draco looked at Harry, trying to gauge Harry's feelings about doing the research. Harry smiled and nodded. Even though he hated research, he would do anything to help the Order and the Light side. He wanted to live through this war.

"We'll do it," said Draco. "When do we start?"

"Well I have the prophecy with me so you boys feel free to start whenever you can." Dumbledore stepped towards the couch and handed Harry the piece of paper where the prophecy had been copied.

"We'll get started on this right away," Harry replied, eager to open the prophecy.

"Thank you both. Again, I'm glad to see you boys getting along. Good luck with the prophecy. I hope you figure it out soon."

"Goodbye Professor," Harry and Draco said at the same time, sharing a look.

Dumbledore smiled back. "Goodbye."

Once Dumbledore left the dorms Harry opened the piece of paper than contained the prophecy. His face screwed up in concentration. It wasn't written in any runic alphabet he had seen before and he wondered if it would be in the English language once they translated it. The task seemed nearly impossible.

Draco watched Harry's face as he looked at the paper. He found Harry incredibly adorable when he was thinking. "Can I see it Harry?"

"Sure. It doesn't make any sense though." Harry passed the paper to Draco who studied it intently. Harry watched Draco closely, wondering if Draco would be able to make sense of it. Draco was concentrating very hard on the paper.

'My gods he is sexy,' Harry thought. The last word escaped Harry's thoughts and came out of his mouth.

"What was that?" Draco asked. He thought Harry had said 'sexy' but he wasn't sure.

"Oh I was just thinking that...uh...I've never seen runes like that before?" Harry's reply sounded more like a question than an answer and he blushed, incredibly embarrassed that he was thinking aloud.

Draco looked at Harry appraisingly then shrugged. The way Harry was blushing made it rather obvious that he was lying. Draco was rather curious but decided to let it go for the time being. He would ask Harry about it some other time.

Harry was slightly uncomfortable and felt rather stupid for letting his thoughts slip. He was searching his mind for something to change the subject to when his stomach grumbled loudly. He blushed again.

"Merlin Harry!" Draco said laughing. "Maybe we should eat some breakfast then go for a jog."

"Good idea. I'm starving!" Harry was glad to have the change of subject. The boys changed into their running clothes and headed for the Great Hall.