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A/N: Warning beginning next chapter really odd things are going to be happening. Oh and just to let you know I was really trying to hold back on updating this so I can have some semblance of order to these updates. But since I got extreme musation muse interferance I already have up to Chapter 14 typed and ready to go. So thank my muse you get this chapter way early.
Chapter 12
The morning dawned and found the dream god swiftly departing with his bag of forgotten dreams. It snuck over Viper, still sitting cross-legged on the stone courtyard. She could feel her new power running through her like alcohol in her veins. She stood slowly and dusted the dirt off of her pants. There was the sound of wings.
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Draco slowly slipped into awareness. He ached all over and his wrists needed to be bandaged. Even with all the aches and pains he was reluctant to move from where he lay. He turned slightly and found himself face to face with the point of a wand. The wand was shaking slightly with the force of the holder's anger.
"Good morning Weasley." Draco sighed easily. "If you will back up a bit then I can get up without disturbing Harry."
"Since when do you call him Harry?" Ron could barely stop himself from hexing Malfoy then and there.
"Since he was there when I needed him to be." The tone of Draco's voice had Ron hesitantly backing away and carefully watching as Draco walked slowly to the bathroom as if every step brought pain.
"Need some help Malfoy?" Draco closed his eyes for a second realizing that he was dangerously weak from lack of food.
"I just might need assistance Weasley."
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After Ron got Draco into the bathroom he walked back out shaking his head.
"Where is he?!" Harry was in a panic searching the empty dorm room.
"Calm down Harry. He is in the bathroom."
"You didn't kill him?"
"How could I? The rest of the boys thought you guys looked absolutely adorable sleeping there and refused to assist me in scaring the daylights out of him. Now if you don't mind get dressed." Ron said too casually, he walked over to his own bed and fished out a piece of paper out of his trunk. "Actually Harry, I have known about your thing with Malfoy for awhile now. I just wanted you to actually come and tell me."
Harry looked dumbstruck. "I was afraid of you blowing up at me and not wanting to be my friend anymore."
"Harry, that is just unheard of." Ron winked at Harry while watching the boy finish dressing. "Besides this way I will never have to beat you for doing anything to my sister." The two boys walked out of the room laughing so hard that they kept falling into each other.
Draco walked out of the bathroom a little amused at what he had heard. 'So he has liked me for awhile now. That should make this easier.'
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Draco just didn't understand it. When he had walked into the full Gryffindor common room he expected insults, hexes, snide comments about his hair. Instead there was nothing. Not a murmur of hurtful gossip about him. It felt like he almost belonged here.
"I think I took up most of their shockablitly." Draco spun around and came face to face with Viper.
"I know you." He managed to whisper. Her eyes unnerved him it was like looking into a universe with no stars. Then she smiled and light entered her eyes making her seem almost human.
"Come on." She took him by the hand and headed towards the window.
"Aren't...we going to take the door?" Viper chuckled at the nervousness in Draco's voice.
"That takes too long." She pulled Draco into her arms and leapt headfirst out into the morning sunlight. Draco had never felt so free before.
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"I want to see my son. You have no right to keep him from me." Lucius was livid. "If I don't see my son in front of me in five minutes I swear that there will be nothing left of this school when I am done with it!"
"Please Mister Malfoy, calm down. Your son is currently with a guest of ours and safer than he could be with anybody." Dumbledore soothed. "I am sure he will arrive as soon as he gets back. Are you certain you don't want any tea?"
The door opened and admitted a slightly breathless Draco. He was flushed with excitement, his hair was sticking out at all angles and his robes were way out of place.
"Good afternoon Father, Dumbledore." He plopped into the nearest chair. "I was out flying! No broom or spell!"
"Then how did you manage to stay afloat?" Draco shivered when he heard the calm, civil tone coming out of his father's mouth. 'Oh no, this can't be good.' Draco thought as he tried to form an answer for his father.
The door opened once again and Lucius' nightmare walked in. Viper gave him a wink before placing a dead bird on Dumbledore's desk.
"I believe that owl belongs to Mr. Weasley. Draco if you would summon him to my office please." Draco obediently went trying to ignore his father's glare. "Now, Viper would you please sit?"
"So my assailant has a name." Lucius spat out. Viper stiffened and took a sidelong look at the middle aged man. Fortunately she was saved from comment as the door opened and Draco walked in followed by Ron.
"Pig!" An ocean of sorrow could be heard from Ron's watery voice. He rushed to Dumbledore's desk and cradled his bird. Viper watched him carefully before standing up and walking over to Ron. She circled around him so her front was pressed against his back and wrapped her arms around his until her hands covered Ron's.
"Meltha nedgo aruend farneeh." Her strange words were colored by a thick accent. The voice barely sounded like hers. She raised both the owl and Ron's clasped hands. "Forgune eodlin jorihe sehvesy." The tiny brown owl started glowing red from the inside. Ron could barely hold his tears at bay while he was treated to a detailed view of his owl's organs and skeleton. The heart started to beat and the lungs to fill. He could feel Pig begin to move in his hands.
"Let him go." Viper's breath slid past his cheek and he loosened his hands. Pig rose up on his little feet and looked around blinking before flitting around the room. Once he had made three circuits of the area he came to land on Ron's shoulder and nipped at his ear chirping plaintively to be fed.
"I can't thank you enough." Ron's voice cracked with suppressed emotion.
"Thank me by going to feed him. He will be ravenously hungry for a couple days." Viper backed away from Ron and he dashed out of the room presumably to the owlrey. Draco looked at the open door then to Dumbledore who nodded at his unspoken request to leave. Draco made a deep bow and left closing the door with a click.
Lucius gaped at Viper his mouth slightly ajar. He shook himself and with one last glare to Dumbledore he swept out of the office slamming the door behind him.
"Well, that is the fastest and quietest I have ever seen him leave here. You are hired." Viper looked at Dumbledore before both burst into laughter.
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Harry couldn't get the image out of his head. He had never seen Draco be so happy and carefree. 'I wish I could make him that happy.' Harry sighed and turned around when he heard the door open. Draco was standing there in the light of the common room that had leaked up the stairs.
"Can I come in?" It seemed to take a lot out of Draco to ask that question.
"Of course." Harry walked over to his bed and sat down. Draco followed his lead and sat a couple inches away from Harry. The boys looked at each other; there was so much tension between the two it almost felt like the room was going to explode.
Harry leaned forward an inch unsure that his advances would be welcome. Draco shrugged and closed the distance between him. Harry grabbed Draco by the waist and pulled him as close as he could. He searched the silvery pools and found the permission he was looking for. Draco watched Harry gather his courage and then swooped in for the kiss. Sensation exploded all over Harry's sexually frustrated body. He felt Draco's tongue run over his lips and couldn't resist sucking it into his mouth. Judging from the moans coming from the other boy it was the right thing to do. Harry pulled away from the warm haven of Draco's mouth.
"Draco, I hate to do this but...We have to stop before it gets too far." Draco looked absolutely scrumptious and made it very hard for Harry to not kiss him again.
"Why Harry? It felt so good."
"I just need to figure some things out first." Harry stared into Draco's eyes and was relieved when he found no hurt there.
"Well as long as we don't get to do anything fun then you can hear about what Viper did in Dumbledore's office!"
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Through the portal Uasi could see the dim outline of the school. Slowly he wedged himself into the small hole and heard it pop back into itself behind him. 'There is no going back now.' He thought as he made his way through the forest.
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