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Greater Inheritance
Chapter 17 – A Spy Amongst You
Again Draco woke up in a cold, empty bed and made his decision definite. He didn't want to wait any longer: he wanted Harry back now!
He quickly rolled out of bed and looked to the time. It was only quarter to five.
"Meh! Harry will deal!" Draco reasoned with himself as he put on yesterday's pants and grabbed a shirt. He silently exited the dorm rooms and made his way to the passage to Harry's rooms. Once inside he found the fire in the grate almost out, so he did a small incendio and rebuilt it to its former glory. Then he came upon Harry: laying out on the couch, shivering slightly, out to the world.
Draco had to laugh at the scene. He knelt down at Harry's head and pushed a few strands of the inky black hair off his face. Leaning over, he kissed Harry's lips. The sleeping boy shifted slightly, as Draco coaxed his lips open. Once inside, he engaged their tongues to battle as Harry sleepily moaned. Suddenly Harry stilled. It appeared the boy had just woke up.
Just as suddenly as before, a hand come to Draco's neck as Harry brought him closer. They sighed together as they made up for the past day apart, tongues duelling and hands running rampant.
Fed up of kneeling, Draco climbed on top of Harry to straddle him, all the while not breaking their kiss. But quickly they ran out of air completely and so had to break. Both panted heavily as Draco rested his forehead on Harry's shoulder and Harry clung to him for dear life.
"Mmmmmm.... I've missed that." Draco purred as he kissed Harry's neck.
"Drake, I'm sorry. I should have kept my mouth shut and let you deal with him, I-"
"Sshhh. I know. Don't worry about it." Draco said as he snuggled into the boy beneath him and Harry wrapped his arms around the other's waist.
And within seconds they were asleep again.
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"Harry Potter! Master Draco! Wake up, quickly!!" Dobby shook the two boys none to gently as slowly Draco opened his eyes.
"Wadisit?" Draco slurred, still too sleepy to be awake.
"It be time for school!! Nine o'clock!! Quickly!" Dobby disappeared leaving a tray of breakfast on the table.
Draco moaned as he rose up onto his elbows and looked down on Harry. He could sleep through anything. Either that or he was that tired. It didn't matter at the moment because they were due in class by now.
"Harry....Haarrreey." Draco started depositing kisses over Harry's face and slowly Harry's eyes fluttered open. Harry moaned as Draco engaged his mouth in yet another kiss. Eventually Draco broke away as he looked at Harry. "It's 9 o'clock."
Harry shrugged. "Bugger it. Not going. Wanna stay with you."
"Well...we have already missed the start of lesson." Draco smirked as he descended on Harry again.
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Later on that morning, they eventually got up and showered and dressed for Runes, but they barely even made that. They didn't worry about much that day apart from each other as at various times of the day, they broke apart from the walk down corridors to next lesson for another snog session.
Neither cared, because they had each other again.
The sound of the door banging open alerted the class and Snape glowered as Harry and Draco stumbled into the potions lesson 10 minutes late, incredibly dishevelled and Harry sporting a hickey just below right ear.
"Get to your seats!" Snape yelled as he walked back to the front of the class, but a knock on the now closed door stopped him. "WHAT NOW?!"
At Snape's roar, the whole class flinched and the door was opened to a peak. A second year Hufflepuff edged her way into the classroom, a piece of folded parchment clenched in her hand. She cautiously stepped into the room and closer to Snape whilst he glared at her.
With her head bowed low, she stepped even closer and held the parchment out to him from two metres away. Stepping forward with a growl, Snape snatched the parchment from the little girls hand, and then she was gone. She'd bolted from the room.
Snape ripped the letter open and quickly read through it. "Potter! Report to the Headmaster immediately!"
All eyes looked to Harry, who was smirking, "Yes Professor."
Harry stood, sending a discrete wink and a raised eyebrow to Draco who smirked in return. Picking up his books he left the room and made his way to the Headmaster's office.
"Ah, Harry. Thankyou for coming." Dumbledore rose, the twinkle in his eye ever-present as he motioned Harry to take a seat.
"Why am I here?" Harry slumped into the chair, showing no respect for the aging Professor.
"A visitor." Dumbledore motioned to the house elf he'd not noticed.
"Tilin?"
"Master." The elf bowed low. "I'm sorry to disturb you from your studies but a client has demanded to meet with you. He is at Poulnabrone Manor waiting."
"Fine." Harry stood again and began walking to the door with Tilin following.
"Please return by curfew, Mr Potter." Dumbledore called.
"Whatever." Harry replied, the door already closing behind him as he jogged down the stairs.
"Master, I will meet you at the manor presently." Tilin bowed again and he disappeared with a pop.
In a huff, Harry sent his books to his room with a thought and made his way out of grounds. Apparating to the gates, he was once again met by the gate's keeper house elf, Djin.
"Welcome back to Poulnabrone, Master."
"Thankyou Djin." Harry hopped into the carriage that awaited him and took the ride up to the manor. Upon arrival he took the most direct route to the study to find a greying man sitting in the seat in front of the desk.
"I don't appreciate being pulled from my studies, Sir. Now how can I help you?"
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As always, Draco brewed the lesson's potion quickly and perfectly as he sat again to read the next section. Thoughts of what Dumbledore could have wanted Harry for were occupying his mind however, as he read the book but didn't absorb the information. Soon enough, lesson had finished, and still Harry hadn't come back.
He collected his books and made his way to transfiguration. But to his horror, a bushy haired Gryffindor fell into step beside him.
"Hello, Draco." Hermione said warmly.
"Granger."
"How are you?"
"Fine."
"And Harry?"
"Fine." Draco was starting to get irritated now.
"Do you know why he went to Dumbledore's?"
"No."
"Harry truly is sorry. He was that paranoid yesterday morning when you went to Lucius."
"How did he know?"
"I'm not sure." She lied easily. "Don't be too hard on him. He's finding it hard to ditch the hero complex; and also get it into his subconscious that you don't need rescuing."
"I know."
"Good luck, Draco." She remained silent after that as they walked to transfiguration and then parted to separate tables.
"Hey, Draco. Mind if I sit here?" Blaise asked, books in hand.
"Yeah, alright." At Draco's word, Blaise plonked into the seat beside the blonde and set up his books.
"So, hows it going with Potter?"
"Fine."
"Still angry with him?"
"No. Never was really. But I spoke to him this morning."
"So that's why you never came to this morning's lesson." Blaise smirked slyly at Draco.
Draco smirked back.
"Today class, we will be going more in depth into the subject of the Animagus. Professor Snape has recently brewed the potion used to discover one's animagus form, and he has been kind enough to give the potion to the seventh years. Now, take out your books and read the section on Animagus."
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The greying man finally left Poulnabrone Manor and Harry slumped in the chair.
"Master Potter, would you be liking some dinner?" An elf he recognised to be as Math was standing to his right.
"Yes. Thankyou Math." Harry stood and made his way over to the fire and lounge setting. Removing his shoes and robes, he curled up on the end of the lounge. He was almost asleep in the half a minute it took for math to return with a steaming plate filled with a roast and vegetables.
Once he'd eaten, he felt more energetic as he clothed himself again. Tilin walked him to the door and was about to call for a carriage when Harry stopped him. "No, Thanks Tilin but I want to try something."
Tilin nodded and took a few steps back. Harry took a deep breath and focused on his animagus form. He imagined himself running through the forest surrounding the manor and he felt the changes start. Moments later he was again in the form of the Cnn Annwn; he looked to Tilin who seemed to be nearing a heart attack as he backed up flat against the door.
He bowed his head at the poor stunned house elf, who seemed to relax a little, and then he trotted down the stairs. Letting the instincts of the Hell Hound to the front, Harry soon found himself bounding through the close dark forest as his night eyes easily made out the trees and other blockades of the forest.
The ride through the forest was exhilarating as the Hound's senses easily picked out a clear path and soon he was skidding to a stop at the gates. The house elf Djin gave a loud screech as he ducked under a nearby brush.
Harry transformed back to give an explanation. "Djin. It's ok. It's only me."
The elf peeked out from under the brush and was relieved to find it was only his Master.
"Careful Mr Potter. The Hell Hounds be out tonight. I saw one only moments ago. Standing right where you are now."
Harry laughed. "No, that was me. My Animagus form is a Cnn Annwn. So there's no need to worry alright."
Djin nodded dumbly, in shock that his master was such a creature.
"Thankyou Djin." Harry laughed quietly before transforming back to the Cnn Annwn and trotting out the gates. With another thought he apparated to the gates of Hogwarts and bounded for the entrance. The night creatures around him seemed to stop dead as the Hell Hound bounded past them. Harry could hear the various creatures long before he came upon them and as they stopped their movements. He could hear them breathing as he flew past and onto the doors.
As he reached the steps he slowed down and transformed back to his human form. Inside, the Great Hall was already darkened.
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Dinner time at Hogwarts found Draco sitting at the Slytherin table idly playing with some food, half listening to the conversation going on around him. He still hadn't heard any news as to where Harry was. Dumbledore was sitting at the head table chatting amicably with Professor Flitwick. So where was Harry?
Dinner was over and the majority of the Hall emptied to their dormitories. He remained at the Slytherin table in thought.
"Draco. Mr Potter was called away to the manor to deal with a client of the Potters. He should be back before curfew." Snape's hand on his shoulder brought the blonde out of his daze.
"Thanks Uncle Sev." Draco sighed as he stood, and the two men exited the Great Hall, one dimming the lights.
"Off to the dorms Draco. I need to see the Headmaster." Draco nodded. "Goodnight."
"Goodnight."
They parted in the entrance hall as Draco took the stairs down to the dungeons. Draco decided to go for a bit of a walk as he took a longer route to the common room. Strolling down the many corridors, all was quiet. There weren't many portraits in this area of the school as they all preferred more light and dryer conditions. Hence there were tapestries and suits of armour scattering the corridors.
"IMPERIO!" A voice boomed from the corner behind Draco and he felt the curse hit him. Immediately he had the sensation of nothing to worry him, and then the subtle coaxing from within his mind.
Draco fought the curse off within seconds and turned to face his father.
"What are you trying to achieve?" Draco drawled as his father strode towards him.
"I will not have my son betray me! CRUCIO!" Draco had his wand out and the spell deflected to a suit of armour.
"I advise you not to do that again. Not only will you lose but you will be sent to Azkaban. I will ensure it."
"You insolent brat!" Lucius stopped barely a foot from his son. A brief skirmish erupted and Lucius was the victor as he broke his son's wand over his knee. "Now." An evil grin erupted over Lucius' features.
"I'm a Malfoy, Lucius what do you expect. I will not grovel to that aging mudblood like you."
Lucius features morphed into a hateful sneer as his face turned red in anger. "CRUCIO!"
Draco cocked his head to the side. "Why are you bothering, Lucius? I'm more powerful than you can imagine. And I know you can imagine a lot."
"CRUICIO! CRUCIO! CRUCIO!" Lucius screamed but it was all in vain as the hexes bounced off the wandless barrier.
Draco shook his head. "You'll never learn."
Wandlessly, Draco sent a stupefy at his father. Then ropes to bind him together should he come to.
A quick levitation spell had Lucius floating before his son as they made their way to Dumbledore's office. Upon arrival the statue immediately moved for the two. Lucius had awoken moments ago and had started yelling insults and threats at the top of his lungs. Needless to say, Dumbledore and Snape heard them coming long before they reached the door.
"I suggest you arrest my father. He attacked me. Should you need proof," Draco brought a finger tip to his temple and drew out the memories in their silvery strands. Holding his hand out he moulded the thoughts into a crystal ball and handed it to Snape. "Here are my memories of the event. Oh, shut up." Draco looked at the figure struggling on the ground and sent a wandless spell to cover his mouth.
He then reached down and took Lucius' wand and his own from his father. He gave Lucius' to Snape and then levitated his own wand that lay in halves. Before all their eyes, Draco's wand came together at his will and fused seamlessly. He snatched it out of the air and pocketed it.
"Thankyou professors." Draco strode to the door and disappeared.
"Did you know he was wandless?" Snape turned to Dumbledore.
"Well, I- I- I always knew he was a powerful wizard. But now he is more powerful than we could have dreamed." Dumbledore's speech became smoother as he went.
"And you expect me to believe that?" Snape sneered.
"Why ever not, Dear Boy? Severus?"
But Snape had left also, leaving him alone to deal with the Ministry.
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Draco laughed all the way to Harry's room as he recounted the scene in Dumbledore's office. The old man had been too shocked to breathe at one point. "Let's see him bullshit his way out of this one."
Draco smirked as he entered Harry's room to find it empty. Harry hadn't returned yet, so he decided he'd wait for him. Stoking the fire up, he undressed and got into Harry's bed to wait.
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Harry walked through the Entrance Hall and was about to start his descent into the dungeons when Dobby appeared before him.
"Dobby is so sorry, Harry Potter. Dobby has failed!" The Elf wailed as he began to hit his head on the stone wall.
"WHAT!? DOBBY what happened? Where is he!? DOBBY!!!" Harry took the house elf by the front of his pillowcase clothing to seek an answer.
"Master Malfoy attacked Master Draco. But Master Draco moved even faster than Dobby, Harry Potter. He stopped Master Malfoy before Dobby could lift a finger. Dobby is so sorry. Dobby will go punish himself now."
Harry gave a huge sigh of relief when he discovered that Draco had been the victor, was alive and beyond well. He was shocked out of his relief when he heard Dobby's last sentence.
"NO!! No, Dobby. It's okay. As long as Draco is alright, there's nothing to worry about. You don't have to punish yourself. I don't think you need to follow Draco anymore though. Thankyou very much for doing this for me."
"But Dobby failed." Dobby wailed again.
"NO, no you didn't, Dobby!! So don't punish yourself. There's no need to. There's never a need to!"
"But-"
"No Dobby. I order you. No punishing yourself. Okay? Thankyou."
Soon the elf disappeared again and Harry continued on to his room. Hopefully Draco would be there.
He was rewarded in his hopes to find Draco asleep in his bed; the room dark apart from the fire in the grate. Quickly undressing down to his boxers, he joined Draco under the covers. Running a hand down Draco's chest, Harry smirked as he discovered the other boy to be naked.
"Harry? That betta be you." Draco mumbled sleepily as he pushed away the covers.
"Who'd you think it was? Sev?"
"Oh Merlin, NO!" Draco's face screwed up in disgust as he pushed Harry's head away. But the raven haired quickly came back as he leant up Draco's body to kiss him.
"I heard you had some fun this afternoon."
"Lucius? Yeah. He tried to attack me" Harry motioned he was listening as he took Draco's nipple between his teeth. "Dumbledore and Snape know I'm wandless now too. You should have seen the Old Coot's face though."
"I can imagine." Harry licked his way across to the other nipple.
But in a sudden flash of movement, Draco had reversed their positions. "You should have seen Lucius' face."
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"Mmmmm." Draco seemed to pur in satisfaction as he snuggled into Harry to put his nose under Harry's chin.
"So. What happened?" Harry asked quietly as he stroked circles at Draco's lower back.
'Lucius tried Imperio on me, then came up and snapped my wand. After that he tried Crucio a few times. They bounced straight off. After that I stupefied him and took him to Dumbledore's office. Snape was there and saw everything. Gave my memories of the event, fixed my wand, silenced Lucius again and then took off."
"Well done!" Harry kissed him. "But I need to tell you something."
"What?"
"I made the animagus potion last night."
"Yeah. McGonagall said something along the lines of Snape giving her a batch."
"I can already turn into my form."
"Hmm? Show me." Draco pulled away to watch Harry get out of bed. Naked, Harry turned to Draco to see the blonde lick his lips. Harry shook his head as he focused on the Cnn Annwn.
Moments later he was in the form and he finally looked back to Draco.
"It was you! You little Bastard!!" Draco smacked the Cnn Annwn's nose with his finger before rolling over and patting the bed beside him. Immediately Harry's ears perked up as he jumped up and settled next to Draco who stroked his fur.
Draco sighed as he settled next to the Hell Hound. Suddenly rising up on his elbow, he leant down to its red ear and asked, "Are you going to tell me how you know about all my little escapades?"
Harry pretended he didn't hear.
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Greater Inheritance
Chapter 17 – A Spy Amongst You
Again Draco woke up in a cold, empty bed and made his decision definite. He didn't want to wait any longer: he wanted Harry back now!
He quickly rolled out of bed and looked to the time. It was only quarter to five.
"Meh! Harry will deal!" Draco reasoned with himself as he put on yesterday's pants and grabbed a shirt. He silently exited the dorm rooms and made his way to the passage to Harry's rooms. Once inside he found the fire in the grate almost out, so he did a small incendio and rebuilt it to its former glory. Then he came upon Harry: laying out on the couch, shivering slightly, out to the world.
Draco had to laugh at the scene. He knelt down at Harry's head and pushed a few strands of the inky black hair off his face. Leaning over, he kissed Harry's lips. The sleeping boy shifted slightly, as Draco coaxed his lips open. Once inside, he engaged their tongues to battle as Harry sleepily moaned. Suddenly Harry stilled. It appeared the boy had just woke up.
Just as suddenly as before, a hand come to Draco's neck as Harry brought him closer. They sighed together as they made up for the past day apart, tongues duelling and hands running rampant.
Fed up of kneeling, Draco climbed on top of Harry to straddle him, all the while not breaking their kiss. But quickly they ran out of air completely and so had to break. Both panted heavily as Draco rested his forehead on Harry's shoulder and Harry clung to him for dear life.
"Mmmmmm.... I've missed that." Draco purred as he kissed Harry's neck.
"Drake, I'm sorry. I should have kept my mouth shut and let you deal with him, I-"
"Sshhh. I know. Don't worry about it." Draco said as he snuggled into the boy beneath him and Harry wrapped his arms around the other's waist.
And within seconds they were asleep again.
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"Harry Potter! Master Draco! Wake up, quickly!!" Dobby shook the two boys none to gently as slowly Draco opened his eyes.
"Wadisit?" Draco slurred, still too sleepy to be awake.
"It be time for school!! Nine o'clock!! Quickly!" Dobby disappeared leaving a tray of breakfast on the table.
Draco moaned as he rose up onto his elbows and looked down on Harry. He could sleep through anything. Either that or he was that tired. It didn't matter at the moment because they were due in class by now.
"Harry....Haarrreey." Draco started depositing kisses over Harry's face and slowly Harry's eyes fluttered open. Harry moaned as Draco engaged his mouth in yet another kiss. Eventually Draco broke away as he looked at Harry. "It's 9 o'clock."
Harry shrugged. "Bugger it. Not going. Wanna stay with you."
"Well...we have already missed the start of lesson." Draco smirked as he descended on Harry again.
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Later on that morning, they eventually got up and showered and dressed for Runes, but they barely even made that. They didn't worry about much that day apart from each other as at various times of the day, they broke apart from the walk down corridors to next lesson for another snog session.
Neither cared, because they had each other again.
The sound of the door banging open alerted the class and Snape glowered as Harry and Draco stumbled into the potions lesson 10 minutes late, incredibly dishevelled and Harry sporting a hickey just below right ear.
"Get to your seats!" Snape yelled as he walked back to the front of the class, but a knock on the now closed door stopped him. "WHAT NOW?!"
At Snape's roar, the whole class flinched and the door was opened to a peak. A second year Hufflepuff edged her way into the classroom, a piece of folded parchment clenched in her hand. She cautiously stepped into the room and closer to Snape whilst he glared at her.
With her head bowed low, she stepped even closer and held the parchment out to him from two metres away. Stepping forward with a growl, Snape snatched the parchment from the little girls hand, and then she was gone. She'd bolted from the room.
Snape ripped the letter open and quickly read through it. "Potter! Report to the Headmaster immediately!"
All eyes looked to Harry, who was smirking, "Yes Professor."
Harry stood, sending a discrete wink and a raised eyebrow to Draco who smirked in return. Picking up his books he left the room and made his way to the Headmaster's office.
"Ah, Harry. Thankyou for coming." Dumbledore rose, the twinkle in his eye ever-present as he motioned Harry to take a seat.
"Why am I here?" Harry slumped into the chair, showing no respect for the aging Professor.
"A visitor." Dumbledore motioned to the house elf he'd not noticed.
"Tilin?"
"Master." The elf bowed low. "I'm sorry to disturb you from your studies but a client has demanded to meet with you. He is at Poulnabrone Manor waiting."
"Fine." Harry stood again and began walking to the door with Tilin following.
"Please return by curfew, Mr Potter." Dumbledore called.
"Whatever." Harry replied, the door already closing behind him as he jogged down the stairs.
"Master, I will meet you at the manor presently." Tilin bowed again and he disappeared with a pop.
In a huff, Harry sent his books to his room with a thought and made his way out of grounds. Apparating to the gates, he was once again met by the gate's keeper house elf, Djin.
"Welcome back to Poulnabrone, Master."
"Thankyou Djin." Harry hopped into the carriage that awaited him and took the ride up to the manor. Upon arrival he took the most direct route to the study to find a greying man sitting in the seat in front of the desk.
"I don't appreciate being pulled from my studies, Sir. Now how can I help you?"
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As always, Draco brewed the lesson's potion quickly and perfectly as he sat again to read the next section. Thoughts of what Dumbledore could have wanted Harry for were occupying his mind however, as he read the book but didn't absorb the information. Soon enough, lesson had finished, and still Harry hadn't come back.
He collected his books and made his way to transfiguration. But to his horror, a bushy haired Gryffindor fell into step beside him.
"Hello, Draco." Hermione said warmly.
"Granger."
"How are you?"
"Fine."
"And Harry?"
"Fine." Draco was starting to get irritated now.
"Do you know why he went to Dumbledore's?"
"No."
"Harry truly is sorry. He was that paranoid yesterday morning when you went to Lucius."
"How did he know?"
"I'm not sure." She lied easily. "Don't be too hard on him. He's finding it hard to ditch the hero complex; and also get it into his subconscious that you don't need rescuing."
"I know."
"Good luck, Draco." She remained silent after that as they walked to transfiguration and then parted to separate tables.
"Hey, Draco. Mind if I sit here?" Blaise asked, books in hand.
"Yeah, alright." At Draco's word, Blaise plonked into the seat beside the blonde and set up his books.
"So, hows it going with Potter?"
"Fine."
"Still angry with him?"
"No. Never was really. But I spoke to him this morning."
"So that's why you never came to this morning's lesson." Blaise smirked slyly at Draco.
Draco smirked back.
"Today class, we will be going more in depth into the subject of the Animagus. Professor Snape has recently brewed the potion used to discover one's animagus form, and he has been kind enough to give the potion to the seventh years. Now, take out your books and read the section on Animagus."
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The greying man finally left Poulnabrone Manor and Harry slumped in the chair.
"Master Potter, would you be liking some dinner?" An elf he recognised to be as Math was standing to his right.
"Yes. Thankyou Math." Harry stood and made his way over to the fire and lounge setting. Removing his shoes and robes, he curled up on the end of the lounge. He was almost asleep in the half a minute it took for math to return with a steaming plate filled with a roast and vegetables.
Once he'd eaten, he felt more energetic as he clothed himself again. Tilin walked him to the door and was about to call for a carriage when Harry stopped him. "No, Thanks Tilin but I want to try something."
Tilin nodded and took a few steps back. Harry took a deep breath and focused on his animagus form. He imagined himself running through the forest surrounding the manor and he felt the changes start. Moments later he was again in the form of the Cnn Annwn; he looked to Tilin who seemed to be nearing a heart attack as he backed up flat against the door.
He bowed his head at the poor stunned house elf, who seemed to relax a little, and then he trotted down the stairs. Letting the instincts of the Hell Hound to the front, Harry soon found himself bounding through the close dark forest as his night eyes easily made out the trees and other blockades of the forest.
The ride through the forest was exhilarating as the Hound's senses easily picked out a clear path and soon he was skidding to a stop at the gates. The house elf Djin gave a loud screech as he ducked under a nearby brush.
Harry transformed back to give an explanation. "Djin. It's ok. It's only me."
The elf peeked out from under the brush and was relieved to find it was only his Master.
"Careful Mr Potter. The Hell Hounds be out tonight. I saw one only moments ago. Standing right where you are now."
Harry laughed. "No, that was me. My Animagus form is a Cnn Annwn. So there's no need to worry alright."
Djin nodded dumbly, in shock that his master was such a creature.
"Thankyou Djin." Harry laughed quietly before transforming back to the Cnn Annwn and trotting out the gates. With another thought he apparated to the gates of Hogwarts and bounded for the entrance. The night creatures around him seemed to stop dead as the Hell Hound bounded past them. Harry could hear the various creatures long before he came upon them and as they stopped their movements. He could hear them breathing as he flew past and onto the doors.
As he reached the steps he slowed down and transformed back to his human form. Inside, the Great Hall was already darkened.
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Dinner time at Hogwarts found Draco sitting at the Slytherin table idly playing with some food, half listening to the conversation going on around him. He still hadn't heard any news as to where Harry was. Dumbledore was sitting at the head table chatting amicably with Professor Flitwick. So where was Harry?
Dinner was over and the majority of the Hall emptied to their dormitories. He remained at the Slytherin table in thought.
"Draco. Mr Potter was called away to the manor to deal with a client of the Potters. He should be back before curfew." Snape's hand on his shoulder brought the blonde out of his daze.
"Thanks Uncle Sev." Draco sighed as he stood, and the two men exited the Great Hall, one dimming the lights.
"Off to the dorms Draco. I need to see the Headmaster." Draco nodded. "Goodnight."
"Goodnight."
They parted in the entrance hall as Draco took the stairs down to the dungeons. Draco decided to go for a bit of a walk as he took a longer route to the common room. Strolling down the many corridors, all was quiet. There weren't many portraits in this area of the school as they all preferred more light and dryer conditions. Hence there were tapestries and suits of armour scattering the corridors.
"IMPERIO!" A voice boomed from the corner behind Draco and he felt the curse hit him. Immediately he had the sensation of nothing to worry him, and then the subtle coaxing from within his mind.
Draco fought the curse off within seconds and turned to face his father.
"What are you trying to achieve?" Draco drawled as his father strode towards him.
"I will not have my son betray me! CRUCIO!" Draco had his wand out and the spell deflected to a suit of armour.
"I advise you not to do that again. Not only will you lose but you will be sent to Azkaban. I will ensure it."
"You insolent brat!" Lucius stopped barely a foot from his son. A brief skirmish erupted and Lucius was the victor as he broke his son's wand over his knee. "Now." An evil grin erupted over Lucius' features.
"I'm a Malfoy, Lucius what do you expect. I will not grovel to that aging mudblood like you."
Lucius features morphed into a hateful sneer as his face turned red in anger. "CRUCIO!"
Draco cocked his head to the side. "Why are you bothering, Lucius? I'm more powerful than you can imagine. And I know you can imagine a lot."
"CRUICIO! CRUCIO! CRUCIO!" Lucius screamed but it was all in vain as the hexes bounced off the wandless barrier.
Draco shook his head. "You'll never learn."
Wandlessly, Draco sent a stupefy at his father. Then ropes to bind him together should he come to.
A quick levitation spell had Lucius floating before his son as they made their way to Dumbledore's office. Upon arrival the statue immediately moved for the two. Lucius had awoken moments ago and had started yelling insults and threats at the top of his lungs. Needless to say, Dumbledore and Snape heard them coming long before they reached the door.
"I suggest you arrest my father. He attacked me. Should you need proof," Draco brought a finger tip to his temple and drew out the memories in their silvery strands. Holding his hand out he moulded the thoughts into a crystal ball and handed it to Snape. "Here are my memories of the event. Oh, shut up." Draco looked at the figure struggling on the ground and sent a wandless spell to cover his mouth.
He then reached down and took Lucius' wand and his own from his father. He gave Lucius' to Snape and then levitated his own wand that lay in halves. Before all their eyes, Draco's wand came together at his will and fused seamlessly. He snatched it out of the air and pocketed it.
"Thankyou professors." Draco strode to the door and disappeared.
"Did you know he was wandless?" Snape turned to Dumbledore.
"Well, I- I- I always knew he was a powerful wizard. But now he is more powerful than we could have dreamed." Dumbledore's speech became smoother as he went.
"And you expect me to believe that?" Snape sneered.
"Why ever not, Dear Boy? Severus?"
But Snape had left also, leaving him alone to deal with the Ministry.
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Draco laughed all the way to Harry's room as he recounted the scene in Dumbledore's office. The old man had been too shocked to breathe at one point. "Let's see him bullshit his way out of this one."
Draco smirked as he entered Harry's room to find it empty. Harry hadn't returned yet, so he decided he'd wait for him. Stoking the fire up, he undressed and got into Harry's bed to wait.
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Harry walked through the Entrance Hall and was about to start his descent into the dungeons when Dobby appeared before him.
"Dobby is so sorry, Harry Potter. Dobby has failed!" The Elf wailed as he began to hit his head on the stone wall.
"WHAT!? DOBBY what happened? Where is he!? DOBBY!!!" Harry took the house elf by the front of his pillowcase clothing to seek an answer.
"Master Malfoy attacked Master Draco. But Master Draco moved even faster than Dobby, Harry Potter. He stopped Master Malfoy before Dobby could lift a finger. Dobby is so sorry. Dobby will go punish himself now."
Harry gave a huge sigh of relief when he discovered that Draco had been the victor, was alive and beyond well. He was shocked out of his relief when he heard Dobby's last sentence.
"NO!! No, Dobby. It's okay. As long as Draco is alright, there's nothing to worry about. You don't have to punish yourself. I don't think you need to follow Draco anymore though. Thankyou very much for doing this for me."
"But Dobby failed." Dobby wailed again.
"NO, no you didn't, Dobby!! So don't punish yourself. There's no need to. There's never a need to!"
"But-"
"No Dobby. I order you. No punishing yourself. Okay? Thankyou."
Soon the elf disappeared again and Harry continued on to his room. Hopefully Draco would be there.
He was rewarded in his hopes to find Draco asleep in his bed; the room dark apart from the fire in the grate. Quickly undressing down to his boxers, he joined Draco under the covers. Running a hand down Draco's chest, Harry smirked as he discovered the other boy to be naked.
"Harry? That betta be you." Draco mumbled sleepily as he pushed away the covers.
"Who'd you think it was? Sev?"
"Oh Merlin, NO!" Draco's face screwed up in disgust as he pushed Harry's head away. But the raven haired quickly came back as he leant up Draco's body to kiss him.
"I heard you had some fun this afternoon."
"Lucius? Yeah. He tried to attack me" Harry motioned he was listening as he took Draco's nipple between his teeth. "Dumbledore and Snape know I'm wandless now too. You should have seen the Old Coot's face though."
"I can imagine." Harry licked his way across to the other nipple.
But in a sudden flash of movement, Draco had reversed their positions. "You should have seen Lucius' face."
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"Mmmmm." Draco seemed to pur in satisfaction as he snuggled into Harry to put his nose under Harry's chin.
"So. What happened?" Harry asked quietly as he stroked circles at Draco's lower back.
'Lucius tried Imperio on me, then came up and snapped my wand. After that he tried Crucio a few times. They bounced straight off. After that I stupefied him and took him to Dumbledore's office. Snape was there and saw everything. Gave my memories of the event, fixed my wand, silenced Lucius again and then took off."
"Well done!" Harry kissed him. "But I need to tell you something."
"What?"
"I made the animagus potion last night."
"Yeah. McGonagall said something along the lines of Snape giving her a batch."
"I can already turn into my form."
"Hmm? Show me." Draco pulled away to watch Harry get out of bed. Naked, Harry turned to Draco to see the blonde lick his lips. Harry shook his head as he focused on the Cnn Annwn.
Moments later he was in the form and he finally looked back to Draco.
"It was you! You little Bastard!!" Draco smacked the Cnn Annwn's nose with his finger before rolling over and patting the bed beside him. Immediately Harry's ears perked up as he jumped up and settled next to Draco who stroked his fur.
Draco sighed as he settled next to the Hell Hound. Suddenly rising up on his elbow, he leant down to its red ear and asked, "Are you going to tell me how you know about all my little escapades?"
Harry pretended he didn't hear.
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