A man with light brown hair walked through the strong wind and into a nice neighborhood, where all the houses were brick and all their doors where finely polished oak. The gold numbers on each door reflected the streetlights, causing anyone who looked at the numbers to squint painfully. The man pulled his tan coat tighter around his body, trying to keep the fierce winds out. The strange thing about this man was that he wasn't alone. In fact, a large black dog was trotting obediently beside him. But that wasn't strange, no, what was strange was the fact that this was the biggest, meanest looking dog in all of England but it didn't growl or bark or anything. In fact, it didn't even have a leash. It passed by people and animals without giving them a second thought. The dog looked happy just being outside and in the company of the light haired man, just as the man was in its.

The man and his four legged companion turned toward the house numbered 11. Just before the two of them walked into the far right side of the brick house, they disappeared. If the man and his dog would have been more aware of their surroundings they would have noticed a grey rat, watching them with more humanity in its eyes, than any creature should ever have. The grey rat curled into a ball and went right to sleep because it had traveled farther than any rat; it had left from a castle in Scotland, jumping out of the hands of a red haired Gryffindor perfect.

"No, I've seen snow before but I was really little, I can barley remember it." Harry said. He turned to face Draco and Blasie, who had already run off to play in the snow. Harry rolled his eyes.

It was Friday afternoon and the train was leaving on Sunday for Christmas break. It was also the first time Harry had ever played in the snow. Sure it had been snowing since late October but Harry had refused to go out in it, claiming it had been "Too cold". So since then Azi had to sneak through the castle and into the Slytherin boys First year dorms. Harry had no idea how his 'brother' did it but secretly, Azi had gotten a little help from a crazy old headmaster who thankfully knew all the common room passwords.

Draco had invited Harry and Azi to the England – Ireland Quidditch match held on January 3. Well more like Draco invited only Harry but his dad had already invited the rest of the Devono family. The two families planed on meeting up outside of the Quidditch stadium at six-o-clock on January second and staying at a wizarding hotel not far from it. From then on, they'd see what happened.

Harry was a little exited and scared about leaving for Christmas break. He was pretty sure it had to do with the fact that he wasn't going home when he got off the train, instead he was going to Draco's house for two days. He was exited because he was going to get to see Draco's house but he was a little scared because he would also have to meet Draco's mom, who he heard was not the nicest woman in the world.

That night would be the last night he would see Azi until he went back to their island house. His mind was torn from that thought as a snowball slammed into the side of his head. Harry grabbed the side of his face in shock, not really knowing what to do, until he heard the laughter of a certain Ravenclaw who had just stepped out of the school moments before. Terry's laughter was joined by his other two friends. Harry glared at all of them and started to walk back up to the castle to get out of the cold.

"Wait Harry!" Terry yelled. He ran up to Harry and Draco and Blasie stopped laughing. "I was just playing, I'm sorry." He continued as he walked beside me.

"I know." Harry sighed. "It's just..., I don't..., I just don't like snow." Harry kept his eyes on the ground as he talked.

When Harry walked through the doors of the great hall Terry stopped following him. He looked back at Draco and Blasie who were just watching and mouth the word 'help' with a desperate look on his face. I took a couple seconds for the two Slytherins to register what was happening but when they did, both took off to Harry. They were almost at the common room door when the three of them even managed to slow Harry down a bit.

When they asked Harry to stop or tried to get him to, Harry would just mumble one or two words and move around them. Finally when Harry stopped to say the password did the boys actually get more then one or two words from him.

Harry still didn't look up. "I just... need to go to sleep. I don't feel good anymore." He said walking through the common room door, but the three boys refused to give up their pursuit.

"Well then," Draco put in "We can take you to Madam Pomfrey. She would be used to you by now."

Harry just shook his head and kept walking.

"Come on Harry." Draco stepped in front of the smaller boy and tilted his head toward his. "Please Harry, tell me what's wrong."

Terry and Blaise watched Draco work his magic on their best friend.

Harry just held out his arms and hugged Draco. Draco froze for a second but then wrapped his arms around Harry and pulled him closer. Draco gave the other two friends a look that clearly told them that they needed some time alone.

Five minutes later, Draco and Harry were sitting on Draco's bed. Harry was sitting sideways on Draco's lap crying softly while Draco rocked him back and forth while rubbing circles in his back and whispering soothing words. Draco still didn't know what was wrong. Harry had just burst into tears when Draco had closed the dorm door.

Draco vowed at that moment that he would do whatever it took to find what was wrong with Harry and how to fix it. A half hour later Harry's cries had turned to heart wrenching sobs and he was shaking from exhaustion. Now Harry was lying on his side in a fetal position with his head in his hands. Draco was laid out in front of him still whispering to the crying boy, still rubbing circle but this time, placing small kisses to the top of Harry's head and his hands.

"Please tell me what's wrong Harry." Draco's plea was drown out by Harry's cries. "I swear I'll make it better. I swear. Please Harry."

Draco begged the boy for another ten minutes until Harry finally fell asleep but he still had the tear marks on his face and his dreams were obviously troubled. He turned back and forth, mumbling to himself, every once and a while he would let out a small sob.

The rest of the afternoon continued that way as it went into the night. Draco soothing Harry in his troubled dreams as Harry fell deeper into sleep. Finally Harry's sobs stopped completely and he stayed in one position for more than fifteen minutes, but by then it was less then five minutes till Azi arrived and Draco would question the boy until he got all his answers. Draco knew this had something to do with his past because it was obviously triggered by memories and the only person Draco knew from Harry's past was Azi.

When Draco heard the dorm room door open he sat up quickly. He knew it was Azi because he knew Blasie told the rest of the boys to stay away until he got Harry calmed down. Draco got off the bed and met the other boy half way across the room. Without a word Draco grabbed Azi's hand and pulled him to the bed farthest away from the one Harry was sleeping in.

"Hey, what are you doing?!" Azi yelled, glaring at Draco.

"Shh!" Draco whispered harshly while looking to the bed Harry was in. "You'll wake him."

Azi's face fell. "What happened?" He said with fear in his voice. He had seen the look on Draco's face and it wasn't a good look.

Harry's nightmare

A four year old Harry sat on a bench in the park close to Privet Drive. Snow littered the ground and the families there were having their share of fun in it but Harry just sat on the bench and shivered.

Most of the families gave Harry odd looks because here was a small boy all alone barely wearing anything to keep him warm. Of coarse on one said anything or offered anything, they just looked at him strangely as they walked by. Harry was getting ready to leave; the cold was getting to him. His face was pale and his lips were beginning to turn blue.

Just as he was making his way to the sidewalk, a large snowball hit him in the side of the face. Harry held his hand to the stinging flesh and tried to shake the ice out of his clothes. He heard the laughter in the back round and immediately new that it was Dudley and the rest of his gang.

As Harry was turning around to look at them, another snowball hit him in the back, wetting his thin shirt. When he looked back, there was Dudley and some other kids packing snowballs and laughing with each other and there was his Aunt Petunia and Uncle Vernon right behind their son. Vernon was smiling proudly and Petunia was completely ignoring it.

Harry took his only chance and stated running back to Privet Drive only to get there and have to wait on the porch for a couple hours as it got colder.

End Dream

"Really, are you serious, I had no idea." Draco said. His face was pale white and he was shaking so badly he had to grab on to the side of a bed to keep from falling.

Azi nodded sadly

"I can't believe it." Whispered Draco "How could... no one would..."

Azi started to get worried at Draco's stuttering. "Ok, Draco. I think your going into shock. Why don't you just lie down here and calm down." Azi said slowly.

"Calm down! Calm Down!" Draco yelled with small tears beginning to make their way down his face. "I just found out my best friend was abuse for the first half of his life and you expect me to calm down!"

"Shut up you moron." Azi hissed, looking worriedly toward the bed Harry was resting in. "If you wake him I'll never let you live it down."

Draco just shook his head and turned over. All the sudden a gasp came from Harry's bed and he bolted up right. He sat completely still for a couple seconds then started crying again. Azi rushed to his side and put a hand on his chest, slowly pushing the smaller boy to the bed. When Harry was laying down again Azi curled up next to him and shushed him.

"It's ok Harry, I'm here. Everything will be ok." Azi whispered. Draco stared at the brothers for a couple minutes before getting up himself and making his way over to Harry's bed. Draco closed the hangings and laid on Harry's other side. The three boy's fell into a dreamless sleep and none of them would wake until later the next morning.

The rest of the boys quietly made their way into the dorm, noticing that Harry's bed was empty and Draco had his curtains pulled closed. But it was almost normal now, for Harry and Draco to slip into each others bed some nights.

Harry yawned and stretched his arms high above his head. He tried to bury himself further into the warmth of his bed, or was it his bed? Everything from the night before came back to him. He opened his eyes quickly and tried to sit up but couldn't because there was an arm holding him back. Harry followed the arm to a body. Not Draco's body but Azi's. Harry looked to his other side and found the missing Slytherin.

He smiled brightly and moved back into the covers. As he did Draco muttered under his breath and turned around to face Harry. He threw his arm around Harry's shoulder and pushed his face into Harry's neck Harry closed his eyes with a smile on his face and fell back into sleep.

AN: Sorry for the two week wait everyone. I guess I was being kind of lazy, but I made this chapter longer like I promised. Hopfully these chapter will gradually get bigger. Thanks for the reviews everyone, even the person who said I was 'uncalled for' because that was uncalled for and stupid. I don't mind critasizum but that dosen't mean I won't critasize you back.

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A.J. Finch