A/n- All right first of all I'm sorry for the over due chapter! :ducks flying object: I said sorry!! But like I said school is taking my top place right now, along with this after-school thing that I can't wait till its over! So how's everyone doing out there? Hope your all doing well.
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The Great Tragedy
"I hate you."
Tom's eyes widen in horror as he let Harry go and watched as he fell to the floor. James rushed to his son, while Sirius caught Lily before she hit the ground, the redhead had screamed and swayed on the spot. Tom took a step towards Harry, words forming on his lips but words that he couldn't get out.
"Murderer!" James yelled out clutching his still bleeding son, to his chest. "Get away from him!"
Tom stopped and again got the repulsed look on his face. He stared at his hands, which still held the revolver but he paid no heed to that, it was the blood, Harry's blood that he stared at. He shot his beloved.
"Harry please open your eyes." His father shook him but still nothing. "Help!" He called to the crowd that was still watching scandalized.
Then they heard the third shot of the night. Everyone turned to watch as Tom Riddle's body collapse to the ground, dead. Thinking Harry dead he raised the revolver to his head and pulled the trigger. Eyes never leaving Harry's unmoving body.
Harry bright emerald eyes shot open at the sound of the blast and stared straight into his father's coffee-brown, worried eyes. "Is-" He started to say with a struggle, eyes filled with dread.
"Ssh Harry save your strength." James tried to sound soothing.
"Is Draco ok?" He ignored his dad's request and asked the question. He felt blood rush out of the wound but also felt the pressure of a cloth against his wound.
James looked to his left and saw Lucius holding his own son, Narcissa was hysterical and being clamed down by one of the guest. Draco's father looked up at him.
The older blond men eyes were red with unshed tears. "His alive, the bullet just grazed the skin." He said as he stared down at Harry, who was getting paler.
"His fine Harry." James told him. Harry nodded and slowly shut his eyes. His father shook him but got no reaction. "Harry open your eyes." Nothing. He shook him harder. "Harry you have to stay with us!"
Tears blurred his vision as he looked up frantically and saw that Lily was in hysterics, Louis was trying to help her calm down but he himself was in alarm. Many were either crying or to shock to do anything but stare at the scene before them. The whole thing seemed so surreal. Later on people would say it was something out of a book or movie.
"Excuse me sir but we need to get him to the hospital." A young men dressed in dark red hospital scrubs was before him.
Dark red to hide the blood from others. James thought as he looked at the men guardedly, instinctively holding Harry closer to him.
He hadn't noticed them before. Draco was already being taken away on one of the rolling beds, closely followed by his mother and father. Tom Riddle's body was covered with a black sheet and a photographer was taking pictures while a detective was out with a note pad taking in details and asking questions. Other police officers were putting up yellow tape and ushering people out. Harry was also put on a bed and his face was covered by an oxygen mask. James didn't like how still his son looked as he was carried away.
"We need to get him to the emergency room quickly, his losing too much blood." James over heard the young men, who looked to be in his late twenties, say to his partner. James watched as his youngest son was carried away.
He had no idea what do; it was like the time Harry was kidnapped by the now dead Riddle. He felt useless and inept to do anything for his son. James ran over to Lily and his family, praying that when he got to the hospital that Harry and Draco would be ok and that this could be put behind them.
He reached where Sirius, Remus and Lily were waiting along with the rest of his family. They all looked at him, waiting for his reassurance and counseling. He'd always been the leader, always and it seemed to be no different now. But for once he wanted someone to help him and comfort him. Wiping a stray tear he put on his mask of courage and grabbed Lily's hand. It was shaking like a leaf caught in a wind.
"Were going to the hospital. All we can do is wait." A sob escaped Lily and James hugged her tightly.
It was strange usually Sirius would be fuming, threating even the Gods for daring to hurt his Godson but now he was quiet and reserve. Remus who was always the
optimistic of the group looked as if he lost faith. Quietly they made their way to the doors.
"Mr. Potter can you please take us with you?" Blaise asked, behind him was a crying Hermione and a lost for words Ron.
"You kids should go home." He said hurriedly wanting to get to the hospital.
"Please when need to know if Draco and Harry are going to be ok." Hermione choked out. James gave in mostly because he wanted to get the hospital.
"Come on."
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Painfully Draco opened his eyes, he felt rather then saw that he in was in a fast moving vehicle, somewhere he heard a beeping sound and two men were talking quietly. Where was Harry? Then everything hit him like a lighting bolt.
"Harry!" A flash of pain zipped through the right side of his head causing him to hiss.
Gentle but firm hands pushed him back down on the bed. "Calm down were almost to the hospital."
"What happen to Harry?" He tried to look around but found that moving his head caused too much pain.
"You'll find out later." The voice answered carefully and Draco just knew that something had occurred.
"What happen?! Is he ok?"
Again the person talking to him was hesitant to speak. "His going to be all right." The man told him too confidently.
Draco clutched the man's upper arm in a surprisingly tight grip. "What happen to him?"
Brown eyes looked down at him with pity. "He was wounded as well." Draco let his arm go distressed. He broke his promise. He said he would always protect him but he couldn't. He let Harry get hurt.
"He'll be fine. Now rest you need it." He felt a pinch in his arm and soon his eyes became to heavy to hold up. The last thing he thought of before he gave in to the darkness was of Harry.
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"That fucking jerk!" A blond- haired man threw the remote he was holding at the TV. The batteries came flying out of the back and the remote broke in two from the impact.
"Paramedics soon rushed Harry Potter and Draco Malfoy to the hospital where they are still being treated to for their wounds, they both suffered gunshot wounds. It is not known how Tom Riddle got into the hotel ballroom, but detectives are looking into it. Draco Malfoy is expected to make a full recovery. Harry Potter is still in critical conditions. We will keep you updated on both of them. Draco Malfoy is the heir --"
The men in the chair got up and shut off the TV angrily, pacing the area of the room he resisted the urge to kick something.
"Your lucky your dead Riddle." He muttered.
It wasn't supposed to go like this. Riddle wasn't suppose to kill Harry before he got a chance to have his fun first. Oh he knew he should have kept a better eye on that bothersome Tom but he had better things to do then baby-sit a lunatic. But who would have thought that that the moron would go and pull something like that!
Harry had better live.
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Harry and Draco's family spent the night in the waiting room. Ron, Hermione and Blaise had been picked up by their parents once the news got out, but they promised to be back soon. The remaining people tried to sleep but who could sleep when they could awake to hear the worst news.
Draco was fine; because of Mr. Malfoy pressing a cloth to his wound he didn't lose a lot of blood and got stitches that luckily wouldn't leave a scar. He would be out of the hospital in three days. While everyone was relief to hear the new of Draco's recovery the worst wasn't over.
Harry on the other hand wasn't doing well at all. That he survived the night only gave the doctors a meager of hope. He was shot in the abdomen and lost a great amount of blood that he needed a transfusion. He spent over an hour in the ER trying to be saved by doctors and nurses. They almost lost him one time but by the quick thinking of the doctors he was saved and stabled. He was now in Intensive Care where he held on to life.
Doctor Chess came out of to the waiting room where many were waiting to hear news on Harry.
"How is my son Doc.?" James asked and the others crowded around him.
The doctor sighed; it was never an easy thing to say to parents that there was a chance that your son could die. "He is stable but could take a turn for the worst at any moment."
"Can we see him?" Lily asked tears coming out of her miserable jaded eyes. She spent most of the night in James arms crying her heart out. Always thinking the worst.
"Harry's in Intensive Care and only one person is allowed in there at a time. Only for a short while. I'm sorry but I don't want to take any chances that something might disturb him." Doc. Chess turned to leave but James pulled him aside.
"Please tell me the truth is there a chance that my son could die."
The weary doctor looked him in the eyes and nodded. "Yes there is. Harry was badly wounded. But don't give up hope, Harry seems like a strong young man and personally I think he'll pull through this." James let the words sink in and after one last nod from Dr. Chess he left the room. James went back to his family. As he sat down with his hands in front of him, he felt as if a little bit of the distressed he'd been feeling since last night leave him. Harry was strong and he would pull through this.
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"When can I see Harry?" Draco asked. He was ready to leave but they told him that he had to stay another day and they wouldn't let him see Harry. It seemed every time he would bring his boyfriend up, they would get tightlipped and try to change the subject, asking if he was hungry or how the weather was.
The blonde had let them not answer his questions on the first night because he was constantly sleepy under all the drugs they gave him so he wouldn't feel the pain from his wound but now he wasn't under any more drugs and felt fine. Now he wanted answers.
His mother sighed and looked away from her son, she couldn't bear to tell him that Harry was still in Intensive Care, but she knew they couldn't keep it from him forever. So gathering the courage she turned around to face an impatient Draco.
"Soon, I promise but right now his in intensive care and only one person at a time is allowed."
"Intensive care? What does that mean?"
"It means that he still not doing as well as the doctor's hoped." She hating breaking it to him, she watched as her son tried to comprehend what she just told him.
"Harry's not going to die is he?" Draco asked looking for all the world like a lost little boy.
Narcissa hugged her son tightly. "No honey, Harry is strong and will pull through this." She told him reassuringly.
Draco held on to his mother strongly for support, trying not to think the worst. Harry would pull through this... he has too.
* * *
"Hey kiddo." Sirius said softly, staring down at Harry.
James had taken Lily to try and get her to eat something before she made herself sick. Leaving Remus in the waiting room he had asked Dr. Chess if he could spend a little bit of time with his godson.
He was lead into a washroom, was told to wash his hands and face, and change into a blue hospital gown over his own cloths, then a nurse led him into the room. Sirius stopped at the sight of Harry. He had two small green tubes up his nose giving him oxygen and other things that he didn't know connected to his arms. Sirius let a silence pass where the only sounds were of the medical beeps, it was to quiet.
"You have everyone so worried about you." He stroked Harry's raven locks carefully, scared that he might disturb him.
He was remembering all the times he babysat Harry, how the greens eyes would look up at him with a huge smile and how he would try to say 'Sirius' but his baby mouth couldn't. Harry was always outgoing, getting into trouble because like his dad he was fearless and bold.
Tears were forming in his eyes and once again he looked at his motionless ashen godson. "You can't die Harry; we all need you here with us." Tears stained the mask he was wearing but he paid them no heed still looking at Harry.
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Draco was finally released but still remained in the hospital with Harry's parents. After much reassuring from his part his parents went back home, but would call him every hour to see if he was all right. Harry's grandparents would come in, as well as Remus' family and Harry's friends but would leave after an hour or so to wait at home. James, Sirius, and Lily refuse to leave, except to go take showers but other then that they spent all their time in the hospital.
Five heads looked up to see Dr. Chess looking at them with a slight smile on his face. "Harry's doing much better and if he wakes up tonight, tomorrow I'll have him move to another room where you can all be with him." With a nod he left the family to celebrate amongst themselves.
"His going to be all right." Lily gave the first real smiles in days and hugged James tightly. "Our baby's going to be all right." She proceed to hug everyone, even Draco who was as happy as she was.
The weight that had been on their hearts was now lessen a great deal, all the thoughts were the same. 'Harry's going to be all right.' Sirius and Remus went to call the family and Lily cried out of joy on James' shoulder.
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The man with blonde hair was currently watching Harry's family and the blonde brat all cheer at the fact that Harry would be all right. A small twisted smile crossed his face. Harry wouldn't die but wouldn't be safe either, for none of them saw what was coming.
Soon...
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"Remember how he use to come home with cuts or scratches." Lily said, as they all laughed.
"It's a wonder that Harry has such nice skin with all the trees he use to climb." Sirius put in.
"Harry use to climb trees?" Draco asked skeptical, trying to picture Harry up a tree.
"All the time." Remus smiled. "We built him a tree house and Lily would have to bribe him to come down." Laughing softly.
"Oh he was such a pest." Louis said with affection in his voice. "He couldn't stop asking questions. Louis where you going? What are you doing? What are you studying? The boy could chew your ear off." Another laughter went around.
But Draco wondered what happen to that boy who use like to talk a lot, 'cause the Harry he knew wouldn't talk if not spoken too. He voiced his thoughts and they all became somber.
"Tom Riddle happened." Sirius growled. Silenced follow but Draco had another question that had bugged him to no end.
"How did Harry meet Tom?" For awhile he thought no one would answer him but finally James did with a far away look in his eyes.
"Tom was a substitute teacher in one of Harry's classes. Harry told us he was nice enough, but then he started to show up in the same places where Harry would be, the first time he thought it was coincidental, then it kept happening. It got to the point where he didn't want to leave the house." James stopped glaring.
"Then the phone calls and little presents came, I remember one day walking in Harry's room the phone smashed, along with the cell phone that Sirius bought him for his birthday." Harry's father seemed to be lost in the memory and forgot the people around him.
"He was shaking and crying on the bed, hands over his ears repeating the same thing 'Leave me alone,' If Riddle wasn't dead I swear I'd kill him." James finished and left the waiting room Lily followed him. The others were in their own thoughts.
Draco was shaken by the tale. Of course he knew that Tom had tormented Harry but never did envision that. The blonde had tried on different occasion to try and get Harry to open up but every time Harry would tense and quickly change the subject. Suddenly he felt a rage in him and the desire to kick something was strong.
He got up to leave but Louis stopped him. "Harry's been through a lot, after he came home from the hospital he was never the same Harry. But you brought back a little bit of the old Harry; he met you and started to live again. Please don't ever hurt him."
"I won't." Draco answered surprised by his words but before he could say anything else Louis let him go and went over to talk Sirius.
Draco left the hospital to think about everything new he had just learned. He realized that Harry took a huge chance with going out with him, Draco could have broken him completely if the date had gone wrong.
The blonde pulled into a fast-food joint and bought a burger that he eat but really didn't taste and thought more of all the things in Harry's life, his boyfriend took a chance with him but not the wrong one. No matter what he would always love Harry.
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Harry awoke to the sound of something hitting the ground with a loud thud, turning his head he saw a man with a white hospital robe on unconscious by the looks of it on the floor. Before he could open his mouth to say anything a hand clamped over his mouth.
"Yell for help and I'll kill you." A voice said very close to his ear. Fearfully Harry turned his head to look into blue eyes. He didn't know the face but he recognized that voice anywhere. It was the other stalker.
Harry started to struggle ignoring the pain he felt in his stomach. But it was a useless task; the other man overpowered him easily.
The blonde man laughed harshly." You got spirit I'll give you that, but I can't have you screaming once we get out of here or you'll ruin my plans." A cloth was pressed to his mouth and nose. Darkness surrounded Harry and he knew no more.
The blonde men picked him up easily and placed him in a wheel chair that the doctor had brought with him. He had waited till the doctor shutdown all the machines and removed all the medical equipment that covered Harry's nose and arms. Moving quickly he knocked the doctor with the revolver in his hand. With his white coat he looked like any other medical doctor in the building and effortlessly got Harry out.
Now the fun has begun.
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"Shouldn't Harry be in another room by now?" Sirius asked looking at his watch.
"It's for Dr. Chess to decide that just be patient." Remus said but Draco was inclined to agree with Harry's godfather, they had been waiting for two hours now, but still no news on Harry from Dr. Chess.
"I can't wait to see him."
"Us to Sirius."
"Excuse but who are Harry Potter parents?" A man in his late forties asked. He didn't look like a doctor wearing gray slacks and a black polo shirt.
"That would be us." James and Lily stood. "How can we help you?"
The men hesitated for the briefest of seconds before flashing a badge. "I'm detective Davis. I'm sorry but your son was kidnapped about an hour ago."
For a moment it seemed, as the group didn't comprehend what he had just told them. And then the impact of the words settled in.
"My son was kidnapped." Lily repeated faintly before fainting James caught her and sat her in one of the chairs. The others were too shock to even react, it was too sudden. Tom Riddle just had done his bit to destroy Harry and now this! Too much to take in at one time.
Draco sank to the floor, shaking his head. "No no no no " He kept shaking his head as if to empty it out. "But how!?"
"How the hell could he be taken from a hospital?!"
Detective Davis always hated jobs that had to do with kids, he could never deal with a grieving family well. "I promise we will find Harry, but if anyone could tell me anything at all that might help. Dose he have any enemies?"
"It's the other stalker." Draco whispered.
* * *
Harry once again opened his eye but this time it was dark and not the off- white hospital walls he excepted to see. Then he remembered the other stalker had taken him. Sitting up quickly he saw him.
The blonde was sitting in an armchair at the foot of the bed Harry was lying on, his face slightly hidden in shadows but clear enough to make out his features. He wasn't remarkable looking, not handsome like Tom or stunning like Draco just plain you'd probably pass him on the street without a second glance, thought Harry couldn't tell how old he was he classified him in his late twenties or early thirties.
He seemed to be watching Harry, and that made him afraid. He was in a room, lying on a bed that wasn't his and a crazy stalker for company.
"Who are you?" Harry asked raspy, mouth dry. The man in the chair seemed to come to life and moved forward with a cruel smile on lips.
"How rude of me not to introduced myself. My name is Colin Creevey."
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A/n- I was so tempted to leave it at 'My name is....' but I've kept you waiting for so long that out of the goodness of my heart I told you!
So what do you think? Everyone's long awaited question of 'who the fuck the other stalker is?', is answered. Surprised or disappointed? I really tried hard with this chapter but it was kind of hard.
Wait until next chapter... to quote one of the line 'Now the fun has begun.' Sadly I don't know when it's going to be out but this should keep you tide over till then right?
Ok I have to run, not literally, but yeah I have to go now before I pass out from this stupid headache that won't go away!
Love you all!
Ciao