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Chapter 10 – Some rather unpleasant meetings
Draco was lost.
He knew he was in the middle of muggle London, but he had no idea where.
Not that he knew where he was going in the first place...
He stopped on the sidewalk and looked around him. He could see dress shops, cafés, a muggle fast food restaurant called McDonalds, a bag shop, and... Kings Cross Station!
Draco smiled. Maybe he could find somewhere to go if he caught a train!
Draco decided to try to saunter, like his fa – Mr Malfoy, did. It always seemed to make him look like he knew what he was doing, and people usually ignored him. Draco wanted to be ignored.
So he sauntered over to the train station, sauntered through the doors, and sauntered over to the time tables.
Draco was feeling very proud that his sauntering had worked when –
"Who does that boy think he is, walking around like he owns the place?!"
Draco whirled around. Behind him were two mean looking boys, about his age.
One was very round, with blond hair plastered across his chubby face. Draco thought he looked like a pig in a wig. The second was a rather scrawny boy, who had a face like a rat.
"What do you want?" Draco asked smoothly
The two boys leered evilly at him.
"Well at least say something," Draco remarked, "or are you too think to string two words together?"
Pig said nastily "that wasn't very nice now, was is it, Piers?"
Rat replied with "No, it wasn't Dudley. Reckon we should teach him a lesson?"
Pig and Rat, now called Dudley and Piers, grinned nastily and advanced towards him.
Draco backed away. Maybe if he walked fast enough, he could turn and run?
He was considering when to run, when he backed into a solid wall.
Uh Oh, he thought.
Piers and Dudley stalked closer, rubbing their knuckles and pulling their sleeves up. Draco started to panic. He shut his eyes. Oh how he wished that the wall behind him would open up, and he could get away. If he focused, he could almost feel himself falling backwards, and –
*SMACK*
"OW!"
Draco hit the back of his head on hard concrete. Opening his eyes, he could see that he was lying on the floor, that Piers and Dudley were no where in sight, and that he was on a completely different platform!
Draco read the platform number off a sign.
"Platform 9 ¾ !"
This was the station where the Hogwarts Express was!
Draco slowly sat up. All around him, witches and wizards were bustling around. He caught sight of a red-haired lady standing with a boy his age, and a little girl.
"NO Ron," she said, "you CAN'T go to Hogwarts!"
"But muuummm," he whined, "Fred and George get to go, and they don't go to Hogwarts yet!"
"They have Orientation Day, and no, you can't go, it's only for 9 and 10 year olds. You still have a couple more years yet! That goes for you too Ginny! Now go and say goodbye to your brothers!"
The boy and girl went and did as she asked, and came back sulking.
"Wipe that sulk off your face! Your too old for that!"
"Obviously not old enough for Hogwarts" Ron grumbled.
Their mother glared at him. "Come on now, we're going to meet your father in Diagon Alley, so if you wan't an icecream, you'd better get that silly pout off your face."
Ginny and Ron's faces immediately changed into angelic smiles. Their mother rolled her eyes.
"Come on, now, wave goodbye, the train's leaving..."
Draco's heart lept. It was leaving! Without a second thought, he sprinted over to the Hogwarts Express, and hauled himself on, just as the train got to fast to keep up with.
He was going to Hogwarts!
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Back in the hospital wing, Remus was pacing back and forth, uneasily.
Harry watched him with a frown. "Stop it Remus," he said, "you're making me dizzy."
Remus raised an eyebrow, but stopped pacing, and sat down in a chair next to Harry. Because he could no longer pace, he twiddled his thumbs.
"Hey Remus... who's Sirius?"
Remus stopped twiddling his thumbs and sighed.
"He's your godfather."
"I have a godfather?"
"Mm-hm. Also a very good friend of mine, and we were both very close to your parents. When... Lily and James died he was heartbroken... he didn't really see the point of living anymore."
Harry's face fell. "He's dead now isn't he?"
"No, no. He's still alive"
Harry felt his heart fill with hope. "Can I see him?"
Remus hesitated, and then nodded. "Yes, would you like to see him now?"
"Yes please"
"I probably should warn you, he might not recognise you. Even if he does, I doubt you'll get much response..."
Harry jumped off his bed, and Remus led him to a separate room.
He looked around in awe. Everything was red and gold!
He averted his gaze to the lump on the bed that was his godfather.
He knew that man!
"Why didn't you tell me it was him!?" he whispered to Remus, who was utterly confused, but shrugged it off.
"Sirius," Remus said boldy, "you have a visitor."
Sirius just stared at the ceiling.
"Sirius..." Remus tried again.
Harry shook his head, and felt it was high time he took matters into his own hands.
He took a running leap into Sirius' bed
"PADFOOT WAKE UP!"
Sirius turned to him and blinked in surprise, and Remus gasp when he saw his eyes widen in recognition.
"Harry?" he whispered hoarsly.
Harry grinned "Yup, s'me Padfoot!" he said with pride.
"Harry." Sirius murmured, with a small smile, and a distant look in his eyes, as though lost in some beautiful memory.
He reached up and gently brushed his fingers against his godson's cheek.
"Harry..." he said again, and a tear slid down his face, before dropping his hand, and turning slowly back to the ceiling.
He did not deserve Harry as a godson. Harry would be much better off without him.
Harry's smile faded, and he burst into tears.
Remus swept him off the bed into a tight hug. "Shhh... Shh it's alright Harry..."
Harry just buried his head further into Remus' shoulder.
Inside his dim existence, Sirius could hear the far away sound of his godson's sobs.
Yes, he thought to himself, better off without me...
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Underneath the Malfoy Manor
Lucius Malfoy lifted the imperious curse as Crabbe and Goyle threw Wormtail into the corner of a room. He sank in exhaustion onto the stone floor.
"Now, you fool," Lucius spat, "I am going to give you one last chance. Are you, or are you not, going to rejoin the elite rank of the death eaters?"
Peter looked up him coldly. "What do you want from me anyway."
Lucius' mouth formed into a sneer. "Why, wormy, didn't you know? You are going to help us bring back the Dark Lord."
This time, Peter sneered. "And what will you do, Lucius, when your precious Voldemort is vanquished. Will you go crawling back to the ministry, like the unworthy dog you are, and tell them of the imperious curse that you were slaved under? I don't know, Lucius, whether they will believe you this time."
"CRUCIO!"
Lucius' face was livid with fury. "You little worthless rat. How dare you insult me, and the Master! You are not fit to speak his name."
"Master, sir, some one wishes to speak to you!" Dobby, the house elf, was watching his master fearfully.
"Very well Dobby." He spat. "Tell them I will be up there in a moment"
"Yes, sir. Dobby will, sir." He scampered up the stair case giving Peter a scared, but sad look, as he writhed on the ground in pain.
Lucius turned to Peter. "Finite Incantatem!"
Peter's pain subsided, and he lay on his side, twitching.
"Well, Wormy, I see you have left me no choice. It would have been wiser to rejoin the Master without protest." His nostrils flared angrily, as Peter gave him an icy glare.
"If I had a choice, I would rather snog the giant squid."
"Ah, but as entertaining as that may be, you do not have a choice. IMPERIO!"
Peter's eyes glazed over.
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Hee hee insulting Lucius :D
Did you all go watch the potter puppet pals? Did you? Huh? Did you?
Well if u haven't, the links are on my bio page. Make sure you read them in order.
Hermione: I love to learn!
Harry: I love magic!
Ron: I love you, Harry!
Harry: Uhhh...
(PPP2)
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