A/N: I don't own these characters…ok now for a few things. I realized that I made a few boo boos last chapter but hey, doesn't mean I did them on purpose. I'm not an expert writer and I'm not hoping to be one, I goofed up ok ? And I'm sorry if it offended anyone in some way. And please don't blame me for the editing of the Harry Potter books. I totally disagree with you on that too. *I* don't even know why they went and changed the title, but you're right ! That was dumb…anyway again I apologize for any offences that I've made in my writing, now, are we good ? Ok here we go…

Love in the Form of a Dragon.

Harry smiled faintly at the sight of the dragon before him. The afternoon's slowly dying sun threw it's golden rays on the dragon, making it's pearly scales appear gold with the light. Harry held out his hand halfway to touch it but felt hesitant to do so. Instead, he marveled at the golden silhouette that the sun had made of the elegant white dragon.

It looked even prettier than it did when he last saw it in the darkness of the night. It had a powerful long neck that supported it's head, crowned with two silver prongs and a narrow snout. It's silvery-blue serpent eyes sparkled and held a depth to them that one was sure to fall in a trance if gazed into them for too long. A shimmer of glitter sparkled throughout it's body as the tips of it's short white hair seemed to have been dipped in silver paint.

This creature was no doubt a dream creature. It had to be a guardian perhaps, or a keeper of beautiful dreams only dreamt by the innocent and purest of hearts. Yes that was it, there had to be a secret place where this beast stands guard in, and occasionally make appearances within the beautiful dreams of the dreamers. And that maybe… just maybe, Harry had dreamt this creature into life in a way he did not know about. But where ever this creature had come from, Harry found himself drawn to it. It made him feel warm and serene.

Harry found his breath finally as it seemed to have been trapped in his throat. He felt assured to approach the creature. A few steps closer and the white dragon lowered it's head to reach Harry's height.

"I… was almost afraid that you had gone away…" He said tenderly. Harry brought up his hand and held it just above it's snout. He glanced at where the wound was and found that it's been treated.

"you got your wound fixed… did…someone do it for you ?" he asked and the dragon nudged his hand. Harry cautiously began running his fingers down the middle of it's head over the pearly scales. The dragon flinched, and Harry quickly retracted his hand.

"sorry " he paused for a moment then brought his hand slowly over to where it's pointy ear was and scratched the soft area behind it. The dragon purred and Harry smiled warmly.

Alright Potter, tell me what goes on in that head of yours…tell me everything…

"wow… beautiful…do you belong to anyone ?… Are you… the only one of your kind ?" Harry asked then rested his racing broom down and brought his other free hand to stroke the dragon. Draco found it harder to keep a straight face, and gave up and surrendered to the other boy's sweet caresses. Harry giggled at the dragon's ardor. He was amazed at how something so fierce, could be reduced to something as lovable as a cat with the right touches. He sighed warmly.

"I wish I can bring you home with me…I can keep you here, but back at home…in London, my stupid muggle family won't understand creatures like you when they won't even accept me as a wizard…" Harry said. Draco mentally raised a brow.

We're getting somewhere…

"I hate them…the lot of them…and no I don't consider them my family because no family treats their own as rubbish " he spat almost absent-mindedly and the dragon cocked it's head in concern.

"I'm hoping to get a job soon to be on my own…then maybe I could be free…" he said last as he looked up at the skies.

"then I could get away from them… get away from here…I don't want to live as Harry Potter anymore, I'm tired of it…I don't want to be everyone's hero, I just want to be left alone…"Harry sighed feeling a little relieved. Draco couldn't help but feel somewhat amused.

What provoked him to say this ?

"bugger…they're going to start dinner soon, I'll bring you something to eat…" Harry said as he grabbed his broom and patted the dragon on it's head.

"I'll see you tonight…bye !!" he said as he ran off. The dragon waited until the boy disappeared out of sight, then laid on the ground and crossed it's forearms arrogantly. Draco chuckled to himself.

Hmm…I'm sensing something devious here…so what if I get Potter to open up to me, it doesn't seem like it's going to be a problem. He'll tell me everything and it would be the ultimate get back for when he tries to get back at me… !! he chuckled again.

Anything he'll try to get me with, and I could use his own secrets against him…He thought last with a snicker. If dragons were able to smile, this one would have a huge grin plastered on it's face.

~*~

Harry had changed out of his quidditch outfit and washed up for dinner. He sat down at the Gryffindor table and quickly tried to finish his dinner while sneaking some food into his napkins. His best friend sat across from him and stopped his chewing upon noticing his odd eating. The red head put down his fork slowly and crossed his arms on the table.

"Harry… What's the rush ? That food isn't going anywhere…" he asked curiously. Startled by this, Harry started choking. Hermione sat on his side and started hitting his back.

"erm…" he coughed. "I have…" he coughed again. He hit his own chest then took a sip out of his goblet which made matters worse when the juice sprayed out through his nose. A few tables down, a pair of silver eyes belonging to a certain Slytherin watched him too, and knew exactly what Harry was in a rush for. Draco grinned.

Think you can finish dinner early to run off and see your *dragon* ? Draco arrogantly leaned his head into his hand and resumed sipping at his soup.

"Harry you ok ? You're turning almost as red as Ron's hair"

"hey !"

"yes *cough* I'm fine… *cough* actually…*fits of coughing* "

"here let me try something " Ron ran behind Harry and wrapped his arms around him in attempt to do the Heimlich maneuver. Harry waved his hands in protest, but the youngest Weasely boy attempted to help his best friend anyway and ended up cutting off Harry's breathing completely. Hermione shook her head then stood to help too.

"no no no Ron that's not how you do it, you put your hands here like this…" Harry wanted to stop her too, but upon feeling her pressed tightly to him, Harry's face flushed even more. By now the whole Gryffindor table were watching and laughing at the show, no worse, the entire Hall. Even Draco found their act rather comical while poor Harry struggled to stop his choking. The blonde Slytherin sighed after seeing that they weren't helping very much and got up gracefully from his seat. He headed straight over to the Gryffindor table.

"honestly, it shouldn't take the two of you to help him…but hey that's Gryffindor for you…here…" Draco positioned himself behind the still choking Harry who was pounding on the table.

"let me try…" he said then elbowed Harry in his back so hard, that Harry actually spit out the piece of food that he was choking on and sent his round frames flying off his face. The Slytherin table laughed and cheered as Draco gave them a little bow. Harry scowled at him in while rubbing his sore back. Draco flashed him a beaming grin and opened out his arms in mockery. Harry rolled his eyes at him.

"is that how you treat a person who just saved your life ? Twice !! The least I should get is a simple thank you, or is that a problem for you idiotic Gryffindors too ?" he said as he brushed by Harry to sit back at the Slytherin table.

"yeah sure, thanks for nothing Malfoy…" Harry mumbled as he found his glasses and took his seat. Draco chuckled to himself then stopped dead in his tracks upon recalling what he said. Draco's eyes widened in fear and turned back to look at the infamous Gryffindor and swallowed. Lucky for him, Harry was too embarrassed to realize what he had just said. Harry just sat back down and thought about finishing his dinner again. Draco's eyes narrowed then scowled.

I almost slipped…I've got to be more careful…he then joined the rest of his house at the Slytherin table.

Harry picked at his remaining food then noticed two pairs of eyes studying him curiously. He blinked innocently back at them.

"what ? I was hungry…" he said but Ron shook his head unbelievingly.

"nope try again…"

"I was !!"Harry started to get annoyed.

"well ok Harry sure, just be more careful next time…"

"look I just have things I have to do and I just wanted to get a quick bite ok ? Stop getting on my case all the time and I'm NOT going to fall apart or anything !!" he snapped then paused, thinking that his yelling was really uncalled for.

"I'm sorry I didn't mean…uh… I think I'm quite done with my dinner" he said then stood up to leave and stuffed something into his robe. Ron and Hermione glanced at each other then back at Harry's parting form.

"he's just embarrassed from what happened…" Ron said and Hermione sat back and crossed her arms.

"no somehow I think that's not the only thing that's bothering him…"

"huh ? so then what do think is eating him ?" Ron asked and Hermione leaned in to whisper.

"is he still having nightmares like you said he was ?" she asked and Ron nodded slowly.

"more so than ever…more violent even, yes…"

"then I think I might know something…a few weeks back I asked my dad to send me his book of psychological disorders to look up a few things" Ron thinned his lips and shook his head as in saying 'what else is new'. Hermione glared at him.

"oh sod off ! Anyway…I noticed Harry's been acting kind of weird and so I read about the symptoms, and… I think he might be suffering from something called post traumatic stress…" she said in concern.

"which makes sense, with everything that's been going on with you-know-who, and all the trauma in our fourth year…he was holding it all in. And I think now it's starting to get to him and it's killing him." Ron nodded his head slowly in understanding.

"so~o… what can we do to help…" he asked and Hermione sighed while looking away.

"I don't know…I think that should be left up to professionals…but do you think ?"

"I don't know either, he could get pretty upset if he knew what we were up to, you remember what happened when you took his Firebolt to get it inspected for his own good." He said then fell quiet. Both resumed eating in silence.

~*~

Harry had gone back to his dormitory to retrieve his invisibility cloak. He washed up after his dinner and ran back out, completely ignoring the buzzing noise of the rest of the Gryffindors already in the common room. He climbed out of the portrait whole and made a dash towards the school's front doors.

Draco was seated in a cozy armchair in the Slytherin dorm room reading the chapter of Animagus in his Transfigurations book. He had gone over every detail concerning animagi magic then slammed his book shut in frustration.

Doesn't say much about how to keep our energy steady and stay in animagi form for long periods of time…damn…at this rate, if I don't know how to control my energy much longer, I'll be found out for sure…he thought irritably then felt a pair of slender arms trail down slowly from over his shoulders down to his chest. Draco regarded the arms for a moment, then craned his neck to the side smiling. He then felt a pair of lips to press gently into his neck.

"what are you reading there handsome…" said a smooth suave voice. Draco laughed softly to himself and received a kiss from over his shoulder.

"nothing that would concern you…" he replied and the stranger untangled himself from him and went to position himself in front of Draco. The boy kneeled in front of the blond and pushed his knees apart. He crept up on Draco placing his hands on his slender hips and reached up to kiss him fiercely. Draco wrapped his arms around the darker boy possessively and pulled him up. His hands then found their way into the other boy's sleek black long hair that was tied back then hungrily placed a hungry kiss on the dark toned flesh of the other boy's neck. They pulled apart for air, and the boy grinned impishly up at Draco and Draco smiled back.

"Blaise…"

"your bed or mine ?"

"no…not tonight…" Draco said and watched the other boy's handsome Mediterranean face turn sour.

"why not ?" he asked as if insulted. Draco just smiled and ran his thumb across his lips. Suddenly remembering his little meeting with Harry, he stood up while carefully brushing off the other boy.

"I've got other matters that I need to attend to they're …important Blaise…" he said while throwing on his robe and grabbing his wand.

"but you said tonight would be that night Draco…I've waited long enough !" Blaise protested but Draco ignored him.

"I have to catch the library before it closes for the night…"he lied then ran out of the dorm. Blaise watched him leave then sighed heavily while tucking a loose strand of his long hair behind his ear.

~*~

Harry shivered and brought his robes tighter around himself. He had know idea the temperature had dropped so drastically and now practically froze in his spot. He looked around once more and sighed, thinking the dragon wasn't going to show up. Just then, a rustle in the bushes caught his attention and smiled warmly at the sight of an ethereal glow coming his way. Excited, he ran the rest of the way to greet his dragon.

"hey !! I got you something…" Harry said. He patted the dragon on the head and pulled out the napkin containing the food he snuck for it. Draco laughed to himself mentally.

Good thing I didn't eat much at dinner…let's not disappoint him.

The dragon started nibbling away at the food and Harry watched it eat peacefully, ignoring the cold nipping at his skin.

~*~

No one knew just how long its been since the two had sat there in the chill of the night. Harry was curled back against the dragon, using it's fur for warmth, and gazing up at the starry skies with content. Harry had found himself quite comfortable discussing events of his life with the dragon. He knew it wouldn't respond and wasn't even sure if the dragon even understood him. But it was so relieving to spill all of what his heart had held for so long with out having anyone to mourn for him. All he really wanted was someone to talk to without having 'go see Dumbledore' added to the end of the conversation. Someone to just discuss his feelings with and maybe share his feelings with as well.

He thought he was able to do that with Cho, his first crush. But she had long sealed off her feelings for anyone else from the day her love's life had been brutally taken. His two trusty friends were there, always willing to listen. But they weren't exactly ones he would want to be intimate with. There was his beloved godfather, still on the run though and couldn't risk exposing him for the sake of intimacy. So who was left. He truly felt alone, while every one else had someone.

"because I'm Harry Potter…I don't need anyone…" he said sadly while resting his head on his knees. Of course Draco was there to hear it all. He couldn't help but feel something. He felt like he had to say something, but that would only blow his cover. Draco sighed mentally.

You're wrong Potter…everyone needs that someone in their life…I offered to be that someone for you…he thought suddenly recalling the scene 6 years ago where he and Harry met for the second time on the train and Draco had offered him his hand.

But you turned me away…thinking I wouldn't be that someone later on…thinking that *I* would cause you failure and a future of darkness instead ! How did you know I was going to do that to you ?…no…you bought this out on yourself Potter…

Harry gently put his hand up at the base of the creature's neck and looked up at it. It turned it's head to meet Harry's gaze and the boy smiled at it softly. He gave it's neck a final pat before rising and standing up to leave.

"I have to go…"Harry said then looked the dragon in it's shimmering cloudy eyes and felt an overwhelming sense of warmth melt his heart. Draco wanted to look away feeling uncomfortable suddenly at seeing him gaze at him like that.

God Potter, don't look at me like that…

But to make matters worse, Harry went back to pet his dragon tenderly. Draco was pretty much stuck to deal with him that way. So his rested his head on the boy's shoulder and drowned into his gentle stroking. Harry's heart felt like gushing at the dragon's sweet move, he was amazed at how it did this to him. Harry smiled then trailed his knuckles down the hairs on it's neck.

"you know…Hedwig will be so jealous if she saw you like this…she's my owl, and she tends to be a little possessive" he said but Draco's mind was else where. He began to wonder where exactly this little plan of his was going to take him. Draco felt that if he kept this act up any longer, then his original plan of ruining the boy wonder, was going to be foiled.

This has to stop…before things get more serious.

But that night, as an exhausted Draco transformed back to his human self. He thought about the night's earlier events. The third meeting he had with Harry was the one that had brought him down and reawakened something Draco once vowed he would keep hidden, something he even thought he had destroyed a long time ago. But that third meeting he had with Harry was a heart-wrenching one. It had awakened all feelings he once had for the wild haired, green-eyed Gryffindor. And this wasn't what he planned at all.

With the brewing thoughts making him grow furious, Draco punched the stone wall irritably. And since he had used the last ounce of his strength, he slid down the wall and curled up in a ball in one of the corners of the hallways. His tired mind had shut down and practically stayed that way until he was carried off into his own dreams.

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A/N: I luv anime too, and I got the idea of the dreams from Sailor moon super S season. But instead of a dragon the actual animal was a Pegasus ^_^