Author: Golddragon83 aka xanathosfr2000
Pairing: Eventual Neville/Draco
Rating : PG-13
Disclaimer: I do not own the mentioned characters . JK Rowlings does
Chapter IV : The night the stars bled...
It was now 6 pm . Neville and Snape had been back from St Mungos for about two hours when Draco really began worrying about Neville's mental health . He had been sitting motionless for about two hours and still there had been no reaction . No yelling, no screaming, no tears, no nothing just stillness and the the most complete silence... He had known about Mrs Longbottom death from Dumblemore who had strangely asked him to be very careful around Neville and leave him alone... Snape had surprised everybody in school when he had declared there would be no Potions for the whole week . His face was a mixture of anger, shock, bewilderment, and if it was possible joy...
For the first time ever, Draco felt that things were spinning out of control at an increasingly fast rate ... Yet he couldn't linger here much longer; he had a date with Potter that couldn't wait... With this last though, Draco left the room without noticing that Neville's eye had began taking an intense emerald color...
In Greenhouse 5 Professor Sprout didn't notice that the gentle mouvements of the leaves and the branches weren't caused by a random breeze... And In the Forbidden Forest, strange cracking sounds began echoing in the canopy and the earth began trembling softly... Great events were about to occure...
Yet again back at St Mungos, Frank Longbottom had disappeared ...
The ambiance in the Leaky Cauldron was electrifying . Tonight were the first trials of a local musical contest and the room was buzzing with activity... Yet Draco was oblivious to his surroundings, he was meeting Potter, his long time nemesis and lover... They had solved their differences a long time ago especially since he had secretely joined the Order's ranks . Was it love ? Lust ? There was definitively passion in their relation and they couldn'y deny the attraction between them, the electricity that seemed to flow in the room whenever they met ... Harry was a delicious attraction he couldn't get enough of ... And he wasn't ready to leave him ... yet .
They had to talk about the recent developments, especially his marriage ... He had noticed that Harry had been unsettled these last few days ... They had to talk...
As he began drinking his light vodka – contrary to belief, he hated alcohol – he spotted Harry coming towards him through the dense crowd . He was as usual stunningly beautiful and desirable and soon there was no one in the world but them...
He was dying ! It wasn't a surprise really... He had been kind of expecting it... His faltering vision, his tired legs and arms... He was running low on time, but he was confident he wouldn't die before telling Him... He was all that mattered now... It wasn't that he believed in the Prophecy or something ... He had known about Harry Potter before the attack, he wasn't surprised that he had survived Voldemort . It was just Fatality really... Although Good always prevailed on Evil it didn't mean that there wouldn't be casualties and tragedies... Yet he had no time to loose on philosophical ramblings... He had important matters to attend to... and so little time . The different magical residues of the attack had prevailed on the treatments they had been receiving... Mariah had done her part,he still had his to play...
And so Frank Longbottom kept walking on the road leading to Hogwarts focused on the single task of telling his son the single thing he desired to know...
Yet his passage did not go unnoticed... Old history had spotted him too and wasn't glad about it !
Liam Voucher was not happy . He was rather terrified . Hadn't they succeded in disabling Longbottom years ago ? He had to take action or else his Lord wouldn't be pleased...
So he rose from the seat he had been occupying in the Leaky Cauldron in a hurry and began running towards the door ... He had barely made it to the street – having already summoned his death eater disguise – when the biggest Mandragore plant he had yet to see materialized behind Frank Longbottom and proceeded to beat him with it's huge mass, screeching with hatred and anger . And more surprisingly it was attacking with an intelligent strategy... His wand had been taken away from him while a cold giant root proceed to tie him up and exposing his face and Dark mark ...
The last thing he saw before a Petrificus curse hit him was the ghostly back of Frank Longbottom disappearing between the crowd ...
At exactly 8 pm Frank Longbottom came in view of Hogwarts . The nearby vegetation began shaking gently as if silently cheering him up and encouraging him ... The air began charging up with energy, hogwarts was literally buzzing with magic and power, as if building energy reserve... Everyone in the castle could feel the build – up of magic . It was overwhelming . Then as Frank Longbottom stood before the gigantic doors, they opened in silence and with grace... Dumblemore who had interrupted his meeting with the fellow members of the Order, apparated in the Main Hall to witness the passing of the Auror . Severus who had been following gasped and nearly fell down... The magic build – up seemed to increase further more as Frank simply vanished ...
Every person in Hogwarts could see the green particles of light flowing towards Gryffondor Tower . They were numerous and the sheer sight of them spread awe in the hearts of all the students and teachers alike ... The atmosphere was saturated with energy... Yet every one felt compelled to wait, even Severus Snape who showed great signs of emotion...
He stood behind a young man... His son ... who looked a lot like Severus and who needed him desperately... -"You are leaving me again . First mother and now you..." -"It has to be . It should have been a long time ago... . But you are now setting us free ..." -"What do you mean ... ?" -"Every wizard born from a male bearer is special ... You are the first Earth Mage ever to have existed ... You control great elemental forces as well as many other abilities..." -"I want you and mother, you can't leave me now too ... " -"I was always with you, every time you visited I could see you and know your problems, you have matured my son . You have finally discovered the true purpose of fear and thus you have come into your powers ... Fear is made to be conquered . By mastering your fears, you have freed us from whatever link that kept us here . You don't need us anymore in your subconscious and therefore nature is resuming it's course with us.... Don't worry about the wand , It was just an extension of me... you didn't need it... nor will you need a wand anymore... I love you, I have always been proud of you... but our time has been long overdue..." -"Am I destined to be alone?..." -"Snape is your other father, Go to him , make him your friend. "
With these last words Frank Longbottom bent down and kissed his son's forehead for the first time, Neville smiled despite his great pain and then his father's body seemed to dissolve in a great shower of light, that circled around him entering him and infusing him with years of love and longing...
Unable to get hold of his emotions, Neville surrendered to his fate and passed out...
The energy that had been building up all that time exploded in a myriad of colors . Under the pressure of the raw power, every stone in Hogwarts seemed to shine with a powerful bright light ... The sky turned fiery red as if all the stars had exploded ... And a pillar of light rose from Hogwarts and could be seen everywhere in the magical nation ... A shockwave ripped throught the countryside as the light intensified and then suddenly died out ...
Draco was leisurely passing his fingers in Harry's hair as he usually did after an intense lovemaking session... He could still feel the afterglow of his orgasm as his body tingled with pleasure... Watching distractedly as his fingers traced simple patterns in the dark ebony hair; he couldn't but think that somewhere in Hogwarts, his Consort sat silently in the comfortable but empty Gryffondor room... He really didn't know what to think of Neville anymore... Longbottom kept surprising him ... He had expected a sniveling cry baby, yet Neville had proved to be secretive and quite a mystery ... He suspected his life was going to become very complicated in the next few days...
As he began dozing off, the bed seemed to get a life of his own as he was brutally ejected from it along with Harry . The entire room shook briefly but violently . All the glass in the room shattered and he hurriedly cast a cleaning charm ...
Noticing the commotion down on the street , he quickly dressed and got down followed by Harry ...
The panic was general . People came out of the buildings screaming as glass still showered down from damaged windows but Draco could clearly confirm that there was no injuries ... Harry kept looking around him bewildered but he soon composed himself and said : -"Look in the direction of Hogwarts ... "
Turning his gaze towards the castle, Draco amazed saw that the sky seemed to be pulsating with a white color, as if gigantic fireworks were taking place... Summoning a magical broom, he quickly flew towards the castle followed close by by Harry ...
After taking some altitude, he saw the imposing form of Hogwarts pulsing with white energy like the neon lamps of muggle London, only much more beautifully . More amazingly, the Forbidden Forest seemed agitated as if it was shaken by strong winds . The forest seemed also to glow with a dim green light . The vegetation sure acted strangely today ... And then as if the world "plant" had been his key, he linked the recent events with Neville's strange behavior and so actually flew at full speed effectively avoiding the swarm of brooms that had also took Hogwarts direction...
Chapter IV : The night the stars bled...
It was now 6 pm . Neville and Snape had been back from St Mungos for about two hours when Draco really began worrying about Neville's mental health . He had been sitting motionless for about two hours and still there had been no reaction . No yelling, no screaming, no tears, no nothing just stillness and the the most complete silence... He had known about Mrs Longbottom death from Dumblemore who had strangely asked him to be very careful around Neville and leave him alone... Snape had surprised everybody in school when he had declared there would be no Potions for the whole week . His face was a mixture of anger, shock, bewilderment, and if it was possible joy...
For the first time ever, Draco felt that things were spinning out of control at an increasingly fast rate ... Yet he couldn't linger here much longer; he had a date with Potter that couldn't wait... With this last though, Draco left the room without noticing that Neville's eye had began taking an intense emerald color...
In Greenhouse 5 Professor Sprout didn't notice that the gentle mouvements of the leaves and the branches weren't caused by a random breeze... And In the Forbidden Forest, strange cracking sounds began echoing in the canopy and the earth began trembling softly... Great events were about to occure...
Yet again back at St Mungos, Frank Longbottom had disappeared ...
The ambiance in the Leaky Cauldron was electrifying . Tonight were the first trials of a local musical contest and the room was buzzing with activity... Yet Draco was oblivious to his surroundings, he was meeting Potter, his long time nemesis and lover... They had solved their differences a long time ago especially since he had secretely joined the Order's ranks . Was it love ? Lust ? There was definitively passion in their relation and they couldn'y deny the attraction between them, the electricity that seemed to flow in the room whenever they met ... Harry was a delicious attraction he couldn't get enough of ... And he wasn't ready to leave him ... yet .
They had to talk about the recent developments, especially his marriage ... He had noticed that Harry had been unsettled these last few days ... They had to talk...
As he began drinking his light vodka – contrary to belief, he hated alcohol – he spotted Harry coming towards him through the dense crowd . He was as usual stunningly beautiful and desirable and soon there was no one in the world but them...
He was dying ! It wasn't a surprise really... He had been kind of expecting it... His faltering vision, his tired legs and arms... He was running low on time, but he was confident he wouldn't die before telling Him... He was all that mattered now... It wasn't that he believed in the Prophecy or something ... He had known about Harry Potter before the attack, he wasn't surprised that he had survived Voldemort . It was just Fatality really... Although Good always prevailed on Evil it didn't mean that there wouldn't be casualties and tragedies... Yet he had no time to loose on philosophical ramblings... He had important matters to attend to... and so little time . The different magical residues of the attack had prevailed on the treatments they had been receiving... Mariah had done her part,he still had his to play...
And so Frank Longbottom kept walking on the road leading to Hogwarts focused on the single task of telling his son the single thing he desired to know...
Yet his passage did not go unnoticed... Old history had spotted him too and wasn't glad about it !
Liam Voucher was not happy . He was rather terrified . Hadn't they succeded in disabling Longbottom years ago ? He had to take action or else his Lord wouldn't be pleased...
So he rose from the seat he had been occupying in the Leaky Cauldron in a hurry and began running towards the door ... He had barely made it to the street – having already summoned his death eater disguise – when the biggest Mandragore plant he had yet to see materialized behind Frank Longbottom and proceeded to beat him with it's huge mass, screeching with hatred and anger . And more surprisingly it was attacking with an intelligent strategy... His wand had been taken away from him while a cold giant root proceed to tie him up and exposing his face and Dark mark ...
The last thing he saw before a Petrificus curse hit him was the ghostly back of Frank Longbottom disappearing between the crowd ...
At exactly 8 pm Frank Longbottom came in view of Hogwarts . The nearby vegetation began shaking gently as if silently cheering him up and encouraging him ... The air began charging up with energy, hogwarts was literally buzzing with magic and power, as if building energy reserve... Everyone in the castle could feel the build – up of magic . It was overwhelming . Then as Frank Longbottom stood before the gigantic doors, they opened in silence and with grace... Dumblemore who had interrupted his meeting with the fellow members of the Order, apparated in the Main Hall to witness the passing of the Auror . Severus who had been following gasped and nearly fell down... The magic build – up seemed to increase further more as Frank simply vanished ...
Every person in Hogwarts could see the green particles of light flowing towards Gryffondor Tower . They were numerous and the sheer sight of them spread awe in the hearts of all the students and teachers alike ... The atmosphere was saturated with energy... Yet every one felt compelled to wait, even Severus Snape who showed great signs of emotion...
He stood behind a young man... His son ... who looked a lot like Severus and who needed him desperately... -"You are leaving me again . First mother and now you..." -"It has to be . It should have been a long time ago... . But you are now setting us free ..." -"What do you mean ... ?" -"Every wizard born from a male bearer is special ... You are the first Earth Mage ever to have existed ... You control great elemental forces as well as many other abilities..." -"I want you and mother, you can't leave me now too ... " -"I was always with you, every time you visited I could see you and know your problems, you have matured my son . You have finally discovered the true purpose of fear and thus you have come into your powers ... Fear is made to be conquered . By mastering your fears, you have freed us from whatever link that kept us here . You don't need us anymore in your subconscious and therefore nature is resuming it's course with us.... Don't worry about the wand , It was just an extension of me... you didn't need it... nor will you need a wand anymore... I love you, I have always been proud of you... but our time has been long overdue..." -"Am I destined to be alone?..." -"Snape is your other father, Go to him , make him your friend. "
With these last words Frank Longbottom bent down and kissed his son's forehead for the first time, Neville smiled despite his great pain and then his father's body seemed to dissolve in a great shower of light, that circled around him entering him and infusing him with years of love and longing...
Unable to get hold of his emotions, Neville surrendered to his fate and passed out...
The energy that had been building up all that time exploded in a myriad of colors . Under the pressure of the raw power, every stone in Hogwarts seemed to shine with a powerful bright light ... The sky turned fiery red as if all the stars had exploded ... And a pillar of light rose from Hogwarts and could be seen everywhere in the magical nation ... A shockwave ripped throught the countryside as the light intensified and then suddenly died out ...
Draco was leisurely passing his fingers in Harry's hair as he usually did after an intense lovemaking session... He could still feel the afterglow of his orgasm as his body tingled with pleasure... Watching distractedly as his fingers traced simple patterns in the dark ebony hair; he couldn't but think that somewhere in Hogwarts, his Consort sat silently in the comfortable but empty Gryffondor room... He really didn't know what to think of Neville anymore... Longbottom kept surprising him ... He had expected a sniveling cry baby, yet Neville had proved to be secretive and quite a mystery ... He suspected his life was going to become very complicated in the next few days...
As he began dozing off, the bed seemed to get a life of his own as he was brutally ejected from it along with Harry . The entire room shook briefly but violently . All the glass in the room shattered and he hurriedly cast a cleaning charm ...
Noticing the commotion down on the street , he quickly dressed and got down followed by Harry ...
The panic was general . People came out of the buildings screaming as glass still showered down from damaged windows but Draco could clearly confirm that there was no injuries ... Harry kept looking around him bewildered but he soon composed himself and said : -"Look in the direction of Hogwarts ... "
Turning his gaze towards the castle, Draco amazed saw that the sky seemed to be pulsating with a white color, as if gigantic fireworks were taking place... Summoning a magical broom, he quickly flew towards the castle followed close by by Harry ...
After taking some altitude, he saw the imposing form of Hogwarts pulsing with white energy like the neon lamps of muggle London, only much more beautifully . More amazingly, the Forbidden Forest seemed agitated as if it was shaken by strong winds . The forest seemed also to glow with a dim green light . The vegetation sure acted strangely today ... And then as if the world "plant" had been his key, he linked the recent events with Neville's strange behavior and so actually flew at full speed effectively avoiding the swarm of brooms that had also took Hogwarts direction...