Title: Harry Potter and the Abandon Dragon
Chapter: The Key to winning a war.
Summary: To survive the War Draco made a deal with Harry, to win the war Harry made a deal with Draco. What happens next? Pairing: Draco/Harry, Lucius/Snape/Remus
Warning: slash and everything else.
Two days after school begins. Hogwarts
Harry followed Draco into the unused potion room. When they were both in, Draco cast a locking and binding spell on the door. Draco then swept the room for muggle and wizard spying equipment, finding the monitoring devices that Dumbledore used, and casting spells to temporarily deceive them.
Then Draco added an ancient silencing, deafening, privacy and secrecy spell to the room.
Harry looked on shocked, "The Head Master actually uses monitoring spells?"
Draco looked at Potter like he was stupid, "How else do you think he knows everything? You should have seen what he tried to do to the Slytherin common room."
"Why am I here Malfoy?" Harry asked, refusing to discuss the concept of the Head Master spying with Malfoy.
"I have a proposition for you. I know your side is in need of a spy, and I have information that could help sway the tide of this war. But it will come at a price", Draco replied.
Harry looked at Draco suspiciously, this was just what the light needed: a spy in the dark camp. But could he ever trust Malfoy? "And what would be the price?"
Draco looked at Potter, and said, "If I do this then I want you to vouch for my father and I after the war, making sure we go free with no punishment."
Harry's jaw dropped open and he looked at Malfoy in disbelief, "You and your father are murdering death eaters and I am suppose to let you go free?"
Anger flared in Draco's eyes, and he angrily jerked up the sleeve of his shirt. "I'll have you know that I am not a death eater and I have never killed anyone. My father has done what your side has forced him to do and whatever was necessary to protect his family. For your information my father went to school with your father, when the Slytherins tried to go to the Head Master for help, he refused them because he said he could not trust them. Though Merlin knows there's plenty of ways he could have tried to confirm their story. And you know what- your father and his Gryffindor friends did? They encouraged Dumbledore in his mistrust. Many purebloods might hate muggles and muggleborns but we do not want to kill them, but your father and his friends labeled them Death Eaters because they happened to have the same belief as a mad man." Draco looked at Harry and saw disbelief and confusion written across his face.
Harry cast off his confusion with a glare at Draco and responded, "I don't see how some childhood rivalries excuse murderous schemes and deatheater allegiances!"
With a put-upon sigh Draco thought, 'And this is the savior of the light, maybe I should switch back.' Out loud he said, "Okay let me put this in terms that a simpleton would understand: sometimes do you think that Granger spends way too much time in the library?"
Hesitant to agree with anything Malfoy said but wanting to understand his point he answered truthfully, "Yes. Sometimes I do."
Smiling a plastic smile that didn't reach his eyes, Draco continued "Okay I believe that too, so starting tomorrow I am going to do everything possible to keep her out. No matter what, I won't let you or anyone else stop me."
Harry immediately got upset. "How dare you Malfoy- just because she does better than you in your classes you are looking to sabotage her work. Well. I will do everything to stop you from hurting my friend."
Draco tilted his head to the side as he refuted, "But Harry, you agreed with me that she spends to much time in the library so you must be a part of the movement to stop her."
Fuming, Harry snarled "Just because I... oh," Harry trailed off. "Still, that's not the same- your father is a deatheater, and other purebloods joined him too" Harry emphasized.
As Harry paused, Draco's point lingered in the silence: just because the purebloods believed that muggles and muggle borns were inferior did not mean they would automatically join Voldemort.
"Harry," Draco continued pleadingly, "Many of today's Slytherins had relatives who went to school with Tom Riddle. He was charismatic, he inspired, and he made people believe in the impossible. He made them believe in a world were Muggle borns were educated separately and given lessons in wizarding culture: the knowledge that children that grew up in magical families take for granted. Tom said he wanted to open up relations with muggles, to educate them so that the waizarding world did not have to be totally secret. Of course young and idealistic purebloods fell prey to him, and joined his 'revolution.' My parents' generation, however, could see what Riddle had in store for them, and tried to run to the light. But the light rejected them and with no one able to fight for them they had no choice but join the dark. You would think that Dumbledore had learned his lesson the last time, and wouldn't continue to reject all Slytherins because of his prejudices. Trust me Harry, when I say you don't want to meet us on the battlefield: whatever side we fight on will win."
"So why tell me all this- why not go to Dumbledore?" Harry asked.
" And give him a chance to reject us again?" Draco raised an eyebrow. "Frankly, we do not trust him, and I don't think we ever will. But I am willing to swear a binding wizard's oath with you; if you swear that you will protect those Slytherins that fight by your side, then I and the Slytherins I can trust will spy for you, passing on all information we can gather. And we will fight to the best of our abilities for you, and only you. We will work for 'the boy who lived', until we have crushed Voldemort's attacks and destroyed him once and for all."
"And for this you want me to protect the current Slytherins and their families?" Harry questioned again.
"Only those Slytherins that help, want to help but can't, or those that remain uninvolved." Draco answered.
Harry pulled up a chair and sat down. He closed his eyes and started thinking about the war, they seemed to be losing and people were losing hope. They could definitely use the help. What Draco offered seemed to be the ideal solution to both their problems. But after 6 years of distrust and hate could what Draco proposed work?
He would make it work if would bring and end to this blasted war; he was tired of seeing people he loved die. He could do this if it meant less people that he knew he would have to face. Plus, Malfoy was very influential in Slytherin house, and he knew that Dumbledore was worried about them.
But he needed something to publically bind Malfoy's loyalties to him for the war, something that would be hard for him to explain away to the Dark Lord, if he was planning on being two-faced. Thinking he came to only one possible solution, and spoke quickly before he chickened out.
"Malfoy, I agree, with three conditions. First, not just you but all your Slytherins must swear the binding wizard's oath to the light. Second, in the final battle they must fight for the light, or be foresworn. Finally...ah, you, you must become my lover for the duration of the war, and publically act the part."
Draco was shocked but he hide it well, he just looked blankly at the Gryffindor as he thought 'who would have thought that the Golden Boy would make sex a part of the bargain. I mean first off the Boy-Who- Lived-and -Just-Would-not-die, is gay. And he wants to sleep with me for the duration of the war.'
" Potter, I can see how you might want to sleep with me, and of course you and most likely the whole school know that my preferences are ...open. However, while it might be reasonable to have a little romp and keep a nice face on for the public, that's not what you are asking for, I am not sure you know what you are asking for much less what the consequences of what you are asking from me. Besides why would you want to be my lover for the duration of the war, when it could go on for years? Trust me binding oaths are notoriously exact and prefect to ensure that I do not betray you."
Harry looked at Malfoy, called on his Gryffindor courage and spoke, "The point is Malfoy; I don't trust you. For six years we have hated each other up until 10 minutes ago you acted the part of a junior death eater. And now I am to just accept that you changed and hinge us winning or losing the war on your say so? No too many people depend on me; I must make sure that you have no ability to betray me.
By making you my lover, it will solve a lot of other problems for me. First, it will bind you to me. I presume that if you use the word lover in a binding oath that it will require you to be faithful to me, and probably will not allow you to lie to me overmuch. The public aspect of our relationship will make it difficult for you to convince the Dark Lord that you would betray me, and that will also help keep you honest. So primarily, it's about ensuring that I can trust you, at least a little. And of course if I'm the only person that you can be with, you might work a little harder on my behalf, either to end the war quickly or to keep me happy with you... this could take years, after all.
Second, I have never been with a man before, but I want to explore that. And I don't want to explore it with someone who is only interested in my name, or my scar. At least with you I know exactly what you really want from me right up front, which is a little easier to deal with. Someone else might be tempted to talk to the press, or be excited about his or her conquest of 'the-boy-who-lived' and with you I get the guarantee of a loyal lover, and a clean, Skeeter-free break-up.
And lastly, fighting a war is lonely- and we all need someone, even if it is just for a moment in time. I really can't be vulnerable to that kind of thing and do what I need to do, also."
Draco thought over Harry's words, nodding his head that he understood. However, he laughed inwardly, at the flaw in Harry's plan. "Fine. I can agree to your third term, and I agree with term number two. However, I can't agree to term number one, for two reasons. First, as you know many Slytherins have Death Eaters as parents and thus by allying with you they are going against their families. This is a hard and dangerous thing for them to do, so there can be no record of this. Which brings us to the crux of the problem: not being raised in a pureblood family you don't know about many of the traditions that go along with being a wizard. One of those traditions is a wizard's Family Oath book. The book functions as a record of all Wizard's Oaths, Debts and blood feuds that a family is a party to. When an Oath, debt or feud is listed the Head of the family is notified. Thus having them swear an Oath to you would be giving away the game before it even began. Thus I propose that I have them swear an Oath to me, and I will swear an additional Oath that will bind all my followers to you.
Secondly, we Slytherins do not fight for the light. We fight for our survival; therefore we fight for you. My followers swear to me, and I swear to you- whatever side that is: light, dark or indifferent. Dumbledore is not worthy of our talents."
Taking a deep breath, Draco continued "And of course this must be kept secret between only the two of us. That means no telling Dumbledore, the Order, the Weasel, Granger, Family or Friends in any way, shape or form. The only one you would be able to tell is the Judges during the inquest. Not only would knowledge of this oath puts lives at risk, while I am willing to swear as your lover, I am not a whore and I will not be talked about as a bargaining chip."
Harry looked skeptically at Draco as he realized, "You come from and old Pureblood family- doesn't your family have an Oath book that will notify Lucius also?"
Draco quickly responded, "Yes, but my family supports me in this matter. My father wished for me to secure a deal to protect myself from the Ministry and Voldemort, he does not know I am including him or brokering a deal for Slytherins."
Harry thought about this and knew that the light could use this deal. And he, he needed this deal too. To have inside information, to lose less of his friends and family to the evil that was Voldemort, to never face a classmate with the killing curse, even if they were a Slytherin.
And so he agreed. Holding out his hand he said, "I, Harry James Potter, agree to you proposition Draco Malfoy."
And there the game began.
Chapter: The Key to winning a war.
Summary: To survive the War Draco made a deal with Harry, to win the war Harry made a deal with Draco. What happens next? Pairing: Draco/Harry, Lucius/Snape/Remus
Warning: slash and everything else.
Two days after school begins. Hogwarts
Harry followed Draco into the unused potion room. When they were both in, Draco cast a locking and binding spell on the door. Draco then swept the room for muggle and wizard spying equipment, finding the monitoring devices that Dumbledore used, and casting spells to temporarily deceive them.
Then Draco added an ancient silencing, deafening, privacy and secrecy spell to the room.
Harry looked on shocked, "The Head Master actually uses monitoring spells?"
Draco looked at Potter like he was stupid, "How else do you think he knows everything? You should have seen what he tried to do to the Slytherin common room."
"Why am I here Malfoy?" Harry asked, refusing to discuss the concept of the Head Master spying with Malfoy.
"I have a proposition for you. I know your side is in need of a spy, and I have information that could help sway the tide of this war. But it will come at a price", Draco replied.
Harry looked at Draco suspiciously, this was just what the light needed: a spy in the dark camp. But could he ever trust Malfoy? "And what would be the price?"
Draco looked at Potter, and said, "If I do this then I want you to vouch for my father and I after the war, making sure we go free with no punishment."
Harry's jaw dropped open and he looked at Malfoy in disbelief, "You and your father are murdering death eaters and I am suppose to let you go free?"
Anger flared in Draco's eyes, and he angrily jerked up the sleeve of his shirt. "I'll have you know that I am not a death eater and I have never killed anyone. My father has done what your side has forced him to do and whatever was necessary to protect his family. For your information my father went to school with your father, when the Slytherins tried to go to the Head Master for help, he refused them because he said he could not trust them. Though Merlin knows there's plenty of ways he could have tried to confirm their story. And you know what- your father and his Gryffindor friends did? They encouraged Dumbledore in his mistrust. Many purebloods might hate muggles and muggleborns but we do not want to kill them, but your father and his friends labeled them Death Eaters because they happened to have the same belief as a mad man." Draco looked at Harry and saw disbelief and confusion written across his face.
Harry cast off his confusion with a glare at Draco and responded, "I don't see how some childhood rivalries excuse murderous schemes and deatheater allegiances!"
With a put-upon sigh Draco thought, 'And this is the savior of the light, maybe I should switch back.' Out loud he said, "Okay let me put this in terms that a simpleton would understand: sometimes do you think that Granger spends way too much time in the library?"
Hesitant to agree with anything Malfoy said but wanting to understand his point he answered truthfully, "Yes. Sometimes I do."
Smiling a plastic smile that didn't reach his eyes, Draco continued "Okay I believe that too, so starting tomorrow I am going to do everything possible to keep her out. No matter what, I won't let you or anyone else stop me."
Harry immediately got upset. "How dare you Malfoy- just because she does better than you in your classes you are looking to sabotage her work. Well. I will do everything to stop you from hurting my friend."
Draco tilted his head to the side as he refuted, "But Harry, you agreed with me that she spends to much time in the library so you must be a part of the movement to stop her."
Fuming, Harry snarled "Just because I... oh," Harry trailed off. "Still, that's not the same- your father is a deatheater, and other purebloods joined him too" Harry emphasized.
As Harry paused, Draco's point lingered in the silence: just because the purebloods believed that muggles and muggle borns were inferior did not mean they would automatically join Voldemort.
"Harry," Draco continued pleadingly, "Many of today's Slytherins had relatives who went to school with Tom Riddle. He was charismatic, he inspired, and he made people believe in the impossible. He made them believe in a world were Muggle borns were educated separately and given lessons in wizarding culture: the knowledge that children that grew up in magical families take for granted. Tom said he wanted to open up relations with muggles, to educate them so that the waizarding world did not have to be totally secret. Of course young and idealistic purebloods fell prey to him, and joined his 'revolution.' My parents' generation, however, could see what Riddle had in store for them, and tried to run to the light. But the light rejected them and with no one able to fight for them they had no choice but join the dark. You would think that Dumbledore had learned his lesson the last time, and wouldn't continue to reject all Slytherins because of his prejudices. Trust me Harry, when I say you don't want to meet us on the battlefield: whatever side we fight on will win."
"So why tell me all this- why not go to Dumbledore?" Harry asked.
" And give him a chance to reject us again?" Draco raised an eyebrow. "Frankly, we do not trust him, and I don't think we ever will. But I am willing to swear a binding wizard's oath with you; if you swear that you will protect those Slytherins that fight by your side, then I and the Slytherins I can trust will spy for you, passing on all information we can gather. And we will fight to the best of our abilities for you, and only you. We will work for 'the boy who lived', until we have crushed Voldemort's attacks and destroyed him once and for all."
"And for this you want me to protect the current Slytherins and their families?" Harry questioned again.
"Only those Slytherins that help, want to help but can't, or those that remain uninvolved." Draco answered.
Harry pulled up a chair and sat down. He closed his eyes and started thinking about the war, they seemed to be losing and people were losing hope. They could definitely use the help. What Draco offered seemed to be the ideal solution to both their problems. But after 6 years of distrust and hate could what Draco proposed work?
He would make it work if would bring and end to this blasted war; he was tired of seeing people he loved die. He could do this if it meant less people that he knew he would have to face. Plus, Malfoy was very influential in Slytherin house, and he knew that Dumbledore was worried about them.
But he needed something to publically bind Malfoy's loyalties to him for the war, something that would be hard for him to explain away to the Dark Lord, if he was planning on being two-faced. Thinking he came to only one possible solution, and spoke quickly before he chickened out.
"Malfoy, I agree, with three conditions. First, not just you but all your Slytherins must swear the binding wizard's oath to the light. Second, in the final battle they must fight for the light, or be foresworn. Finally...ah, you, you must become my lover for the duration of the war, and publically act the part."
Draco was shocked but he hide it well, he just looked blankly at the Gryffindor as he thought 'who would have thought that the Golden Boy would make sex a part of the bargain. I mean first off the Boy-Who- Lived-and -Just-Would-not-die, is gay. And he wants to sleep with me for the duration of the war.'
" Potter, I can see how you might want to sleep with me, and of course you and most likely the whole school know that my preferences are ...open. However, while it might be reasonable to have a little romp and keep a nice face on for the public, that's not what you are asking for, I am not sure you know what you are asking for much less what the consequences of what you are asking from me. Besides why would you want to be my lover for the duration of the war, when it could go on for years? Trust me binding oaths are notoriously exact and prefect to ensure that I do not betray you."
Harry looked at Malfoy, called on his Gryffindor courage and spoke, "The point is Malfoy; I don't trust you. For six years we have hated each other up until 10 minutes ago you acted the part of a junior death eater. And now I am to just accept that you changed and hinge us winning or losing the war on your say so? No too many people depend on me; I must make sure that you have no ability to betray me.
By making you my lover, it will solve a lot of other problems for me. First, it will bind you to me. I presume that if you use the word lover in a binding oath that it will require you to be faithful to me, and probably will not allow you to lie to me overmuch. The public aspect of our relationship will make it difficult for you to convince the Dark Lord that you would betray me, and that will also help keep you honest. So primarily, it's about ensuring that I can trust you, at least a little. And of course if I'm the only person that you can be with, you might work a little harder on my behalf, either to end the war quickly or to keep me happy with you... this could take years, after all.
Second, I have never been with a man before, but I want to explore that. And I don't want to explore it with someone who is only interested in my name, or my scar. At least with you I know exactly what you really want from me right up front, which is a little easier to deal with. Someone else might be tempted to talk to the press, or be excited about his or her conquest of 'the-boy-who-lived' and with you I get the guarantee of a loyal lover, and a clean, Skeeter-free break-up.
And lastly, fighting a war is lonely- and we all need someone, even if it is just for a moment in time. I really can't be vulnerable to that kind of thing and do what I need to do, also."
Draco thought over Harry's words, nodding his head that he understood. However, he laughed inwardly, at the flaw in Harry's plan. "Fine. I can agree to your third term, and I agree with term number two. However, I can't agree to term number one, for two reasons. First, as you know many Slytherins have Death Eaters as parents and thus by allying with you they are going against their families. This is a hard and dangerous thing for them to do, so there can be no record of this. Which brings us to the crux of the problem: not being raised in a pureblood family you don't know about many of the traditions that go along with being a wizard. One of those traditions is a wizard's Family Oath book. The book functions as a record of all Wizard's Oaths, Debts and blood feuds that a family is a party to. When an Oath, debt or feud is listed the Head of the family is notified. Thus having them swear an Oath to you would be giving away the game before it even began. Thus I propose that I have them swear an Oath to me, and I will swear an additional Oath that will bind all my followers to you.
Secondly, we Slytherins do not fight for the light. We fight for our survival; therefore we fight for you. My followers swear to me, and I swear to you- whatever side that is: light, dark or indifferent. Dumbledore is not worthy of our talents."
Taking a deep breath, Draco continued "And of course this must be kept secret between only the two of us. That means no telling Dumbledore, the Order, the Weasel, Granger, Family or Friends in any way, shape or form. The only one you would be able to tell is the Judges during the inquest. Not only would knowledge of this oath puts lives at risk, while I am willing to swear as your lover, I am not a whore and I will not be talked about as a bargaining chip."
Harry looked skeptically at Draco as he realized, "You come from and old Pureblood family- doesn't your family have an Oath book that will notify Lucius also?"
Draco quickly responded, "Yes, but my family supports me in this matter. My father wished for me to secure a deal to protect myself from the Ministry and Voldemort, he does not know I am including him or brokering a deal for Slytherins."
Harry thought about this and knew that the light could use this deal. And he, he needed this deal too. To have inside information, to lose less of his friends and family to the evil that was Voldemort, to never face a classmate with the killing curse, even if they were a Slytherin.
And so he agreed. Holding out his hand he said, "I, Harry James Potter, agree to you proposition Draco Malfoy."
And there the game began.