Chapter 11 – Working in Harmony

Dumbledore awoke abruptly to an owl tapping on his bedroom window. He let the owl in, unrolled the letter from Draco and read it quickly. Sitting down at his desk he quickly informed the Order member that there was to be a meeting at noon that day. He sent the letters with the owl then flooed to his office at Hogwarts. When he finally arrived at the castle it was nine in the morning so he made his way to the Gryffindor common room.

Arriving in the dorms, Dumbledore was amazed by what he saw. There in the same bed were Harry and Draco, Harry with his head laying on Draco's shoulder and his arm across Draco's stomach. Draco was gently holding Harry and had his nose nuzzled in Harry's black hair. Dumbledore smiled to himself while the boys stirred in their sleep.

"Mmm Draco..." Harry whispered as he snuggled closer to Draco. Draco ran his hands through Harry's hair and kissed the top of Harry's head. Harry slowly opened his eyes and saw the blurred outline of Dumbledore.

"Professor!" Harry exclaimed, causing Draco to jump. "I...we...um..." Harry said, blushing. Draco realized that both he and Harry were half naked so he grabbed the sheets and pulled them up.

Dumbledore just smiled at his two students and said, "Good morning boys. I received your owl regarding the prophecy. Shall I go down to the common room and wait for the two of you there? I am very excited to see what you have uncovered."

"We'll be right down," Draco said as Dumbledore turned to leave. "Thank you for coming so quickly."

Draco turned to Harry once Dumbledore shut the door behind himself. "Harry we should get dres...mpff!" Draco felt Harry's tongue running along his lips and resisted the urge to meet Harry's warm tongue with his own. Draco gently pushed Harry away from him and reminded Harry that Dumbledore was waiting for them.

"Come on Draco! Just a little fun before we go and talk to him," Harry whined, kissing Draco again.

"The sooner we talk to Dumbledore and figure this out, the sooner we can be alone," Draco whispered. Harry was so difficult to say no to.

"Fine," Harry sighed as he rolled off of Draco and rose from the bed.

Five minutes later Harry and Draco were dressed and on their way down to the common room. Dumbledore was waiting for them in the softest armchair by the fire. The boys sat down together on the couch and passed their translation to Dumbledore.

"We found a translation table for the runes in a book that was written in French. We translated the runes and the message was also in French, so Draco wrote down the English. But now that we know what it says, it doesn't make much sense," Harry informed Dumbledore who was looking over the prophecy.

"Well Concordiae is a Latin word that means 'harmony.' So we have the Master of the School of Harmony. I don't know of any schools by that name, so the School of Harmony must represent an actual school. Any ideas?" Dumbledore asked.

"Um there's Beaubaxtons, Durmstrang, and Hogwarts. And Bill Weasley has a pen-friend at a school in Brazil but I don't remember what the school is called. I don't know any other ones though." Harry turned to Draco with a questioning look on his face.

"Don't forget The Salem Witches' Institute in the US. But that's the only other one I know of." Draco paused for a moment, thinking. "I think we can rule out Durmstrang as the School of Harmony. They don't like Muggles and they are partial to the Dark Arts. Hardly seems harmonious to me."

Dumbledore nodded in agreement. "Beaubaxtons is a very competitive school so I doubt that they are the school in the prophecy. And Brazil and America are far beyond the reaches of Voldemort's current power."

"But Professor," Harry said, "that only leaves us. We're really competitive and not all the houses get along. There's always some issue between one house and another."

"That is true Harry," Dumbledore said. The Headmaster paused for a moment, trying to figure out the puzzle. Harry and Draco looked at Dumbledore expectantly. After a few moments Dumbledore spoke again. "Do you remember what the Sorting Hat said last year before the sorting?" he said, looking quizzically at Harry and Draco who shook their heads. "I do believe that the Hat said:

'In times of old when I was new

and Hogwarts barely started

the founders of our noble school

thought never to be parted:

united by a common goal,

they had the selfsame yearning,

to make the world's best magic school

and pass along their learning...

So Hogwarts worked in harmony

for several happy years.'"

Dumbledore looked to Harry and Draco once again.

Draco spoke slowly, beginning to understand what Dumbledore was saying. "So, Hogwarts was founded on the principle of harmony. But we wouldn't have been a harmonious school when the prophecy was made would we?"

"But we don't really know when the prophecy was given. It could have been given a long time before Hogwarts was founded. When did the book say that the runes stopped being used?" Harry figured that the runes had been out of use by the time Hogwarts was founded and hoped that he was right.

Draco stood up and took the book off the table in the middle of the room. He flipped through the pages and found the runes. "It says...it says the runes weren't used after 1583 BCWE. And Hogwarts wasn't founded until 438 BCWE..."

"So if Hogwarts is the School of Harmony then that means that Dumbledore can't be killed with a wand." Harry turned towards Dumbledore who looked as calm as ever. "But I don't see how this has anything to do with the war and defeating Voldemort."

"Perhaps there is something there that we haven't seen yet," Dumbledore said as he stood up and walked towards the Common Room exit. "The Order is meeting today at noon and we will be discussing the prophecy. Maybe they can offer a different perspective. The meeting will be in my office. We will be waiting for you two to arrive so we can start the meeting."

Harry and Draco were slightly shocked that they were being allowed to attend the meeting. "We'll be there Professor. Twelve o'clock sharp," said Harry. Dumbledore smiled, nodded, and walked out the door.

As soon as the door shut, Harry turned to Draco. "How about some of that fun you promised me?" Harry said huskily.

"I suppose we could have a little fun," Draco said as he stood up and offered his hand to Harry. He pulled Harry up the stairs into the dorm and locked the door behind him.

NOTES:

1) BCWE stands for Before Common Wizarding Era. It's not an actual HP term, just something that popped out of my head.