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CHAPTER NINE-THE PHOENIX MEETS THE DRAGON
A week later the members of the Order of the Phoenix were awaiting the arrival of the elven Prince and his guards. Harry was nervous, when he had told Ron and Hermione who the prince was they had not been happy. Albus and he had made sure that they understood that they couldn't insult Draco, they needed the elves as allies and if they did anything to hurt the new alliance that it could cost them the war. Hermione had quickly agreed while it had taken longer to get Ron to agree to be good to the 'ferret'.
Harry was standing next to Albus and Arthur while waiting. He was discussing the plans that they had prepared for living arrangements for the elven forces. It wouldn't be easy to set up quarters for over two hundred elves. The prince would be invited to stay within the school with his guards while the troops would be set up in wizarding tents hidden in the back of the school. They would eat in the great hall and would be able to go around the grounds of the school to set up patrols and a defense.
After a few minutes of waiting a golden glow appeared in front of them. Three elves appeared, the prince was not with them but it was obvious that they had come ahead to make sure that it was safe. The tree elves looked around before sending a message to the prince to tell him that all was clear.
About two minutes later another golden glow appeared and out of the light appeared the most beautiful man that Harry had ever seen. Harry had admitted to himself a long time ago that he preferred men to women and this new Draco intrigued him. He recognized the blond but he had changed a lot physically. He was much taller and his hair was much longer and white and his eyes were now silver instead of blue. His eyes were now full of life instead of cold as when he had been a student of the school. Draco was a six foot three Adonis. Harry gulped as he watched the blond make his way towards them.
Draco looked at the wizards and smiled. He felt nervous he had been shocked when his grandfather had announced that he would lead two units of soldiers in the human realm. He had been explained why he had been chosen. Draco had agreed that this was the best way for them to fight the dark elves in the human world but he was still nervous at seeing the people he had known when he was younger.
Arthur Weasley steeped up and welcomed the newcomers.
"I am Arthur Weasley, Minister of Magic; welcome Prince Draconis to the human world."
"Thank you Minister. I'm happy to be back in the human world even if it is for just a short while. May I present to you Lord Cyriel and Lord Wendel sons of Lord Aldron and Lord Nigel, they are my personal guards and friends."
The three elves bowed to the minister. They had been explained some of the human politics before leaving and knew that the minister was an important man, a leader in the wizarding world. They examined the minister and saw kindness in his eyes. All three men felt welcome in this new world but they still kept some of their guard up. Ever since the Fountain incident they now always kept a constant vigil over their friend.
Arthur turned around and started presenting the other members of the order.
"This is the leader of the Order of the Phoenix Harry Potter, Albus Dumbledore headmaster of Hogwarts School of witchcraft and wizardry. Minerva McGonagall deputy headmistress, Severus Snape potions master and his wife Narcissa Snape." Arthur stopped when he heard a gasp coming from the prince.
Draco looked at his mother and his godfather. They were holding hands and smiling at him. His mother took a few tentative steps towards him. Cyriel and Wendel didn't know that this was Draco's mother so they stepped in front of their prince to protect him. Narcissa stopped and gave Draco a pleading look.
"It's ok my friends, she is my mother." The twin elves turned around and gave their prince a surprised look both raising an identical eyebrow. A silent 'you could have warned us' was clearly expressed in their faces.
The two elves turned back towards Narcissa and bowed. Two identical voices could be heard "My Lady, we apologize, we were not warned that we would meet Prince Draconis' mother today." Harry was reminded of the Weasley twins when he heard the two elves talk.
"It's ok, I'm happy to see that my son is well protected." Then turning towards her son she placed her hands on her hips and glared at him. "You could have left me a note telling me where you were going. I spent months searching and crying over you. How could you do this to me, don't you know that I love you." She had tears running down her face when she was done her ranting.
Draco felt guilty that he had left the way he had but he knew that she would have tried to talk him out of it. He loved his new life and had no intentions of going back to what he had before.
"I'm sorry mother, but this was for the best. Grandfather needed me and I needed to discover who I really was. With Lucius out of the picture I was free to become who I was meant to be."
He walked up to her and gave her a hug. "Please forgive me. Let's go in so that I can explain everything." Draco looked over his mother's shoulder and saw Harry. (OH Merlin, what a hunk.) Draco hadn't been attracted to anyone like this before. Just one look and he felt weak in the knees. He looked at Harry and saw the man that he had become.
Harry was now at 6f tall with broad shoulders showing that he was someone who was used to physical exercise. He was tanned and had let his hair grow to his shoulder; it fell down in soft waves. His bright green eyes weren't hidden by glasses anymore and for the first time ever he was smiling at Draco who smiled back.
Cyriel and Wendel looked at each other and smirked. Bets of how long it would take then to get together would be flying around tonight. The prince was smitten with the powerful wizard in front of him. They had never seen Draco blush when someone looked at him like that. Professor Dumbledore cleared his throat to get the two young men to come out of their trance. Harry shook his head and looked at the old wizard.
"Harry I think we should move this to the great hall."
"Yes you're right Albus." Harry turned around and invited the elves to follow him.
"Er…Draco…prince Draconis please follow me." Harry turned to leave when he heard Draco's soft voice reply.
"It's ok if you call me Draco, as long as I can call you Harry."
Harry turned to look at Draco and smiled. "Sure why not."
When the Order and the elves arrived in the great hall they noticed that the tables had been rearranged to sit them all so that they could see each other. Once everyone sat down Harry stood up to speak.
"Welcome everyone; we are here today to discuss the arrival of the elven troops that Draco will be leading to help us. We really appreciate the help; I was able to see first hand what the dark elves could do and believe me we will need all the assistance we can get." Harry stopped talking when he noticed the three elven guards looking at Remus with a strange look on their faces. Draco seemed to notice that something had taken Harry's mind off his welcoming speech. He turned around to look at what Harry was staring at and saw his three friends looking at Lupin. He leaned towards Nigel who was directly besides him and asked him what was wrong.
"Nigel, what's going on, you three are acting funny and Harry has noticed your behavior."
"It's just that we've never seen a werewolf before." He whispered. "In our world the ones afflicted with the disease were cured with a potion. There hasn't been a werewolf in our realm in over five hundred years."
Draco snapped his head back to the side to look at his friend. "What! Are you telling me that the elves have a cure for the werewolf curse?"
"Yes your highness there is. I don't know if it would be the same on a human, we would have to have a human potions master to look at the recipe and tell us if it would work."
Draco was thinking of the possibilities, he then noticed that the room was quiet and waiting for him to pay attention to Harry again.
"I'm sorry Harry; my friends tell me that in our realm there is a cure for the werewolf curse. They're curious about Remus because they had never seen a werewolf before. They don't mean to be rude Professor Lupin."
Remus who had almost fainted at the news that the elves had a cure just had a goldfish expression on his face. Severus who was sitting next to him just rolled his eyes and warned him about flies that would fly in his mouth if he didn't close it. Remus closed his mouth with a snap and smiled sheepishly at the elven Prince.
"It's ok prince Draconis, I can probably answer some questions after the meeting if they are curious about my condition?"
Nigel who was the equivalent to a magical creature specialist in the elven world was curious about the werewolf side of the curse so he quickly nodded and told the professor that he would talk with him later.
"All right now that we got that settled we wanted to advise you that we have arranged lodging for your troops. The north side of the castle grounds has been set up with wizarding tents. So your troops will have all the comforts of home. They will have access to the great hall for meals and will have free rein of the grounds. I have set up quarters for you Draco in the lower North tower. Your guards will also have rooms next to yours. From there you will have direct access from a hidden door to the area where your troops are set up. I hope these arrangements will meet with your approval?"
Harry turned towards Draco to see what he would say.
"Thank you Harry, you've actually relieved me of a lot of work that I had to do this week. I think that the arrangements should be ok. Tomorrow you can show me around the compound that you've set up. I have one request, when the troops are here could some of the wizards show the elves and myself how to produce a patronus. It is one of the only spells that I had never been taught by my father since I couldn't come up with a happy memory." Draco grimaced when he thought back at his years under his fathers thumb.
Harry looked at Draco and wondered why he didn't have any happy memories when he was a kid. "I'll have Remus and Severus teach them the charm. I'll teach you myself, I know you'll be able to manage it, you seem powerful enough and you must have made some good memories in the elven realm."
"Yes I have, and thanks Harry I appreciate it. I wouldn't want to find myself face to face with a dementor. If I remember correctly they are some of Voldemort's favorite pets."
"They still are, but since he has allied himself with the dark elves we seem to see less of them. But it would still be best if you learned the charm."
They talked for another few hours as the Order was explaining what had gone on in the war up until now. Draco was shocked at some of the evil things that Voldemort had done. He had been sad when he heard that Blaise's family had been killed making the young man turn on his master to become a spy for the light. Many had been hurt and it was time to stop the evil snake from doing more damage.
After the meeting Harry showed Draco and his guards to their personal quarters. They would share a common room and each have their own rooms. The three guards would share a bathroom while Draco had his own that he could access directly from his bedroom.
The three guards thanked Harry and left to unpack their things in their room. Draco looked at Harry who had suddenly gone quiet.
"Harry, I'm glad that we can put the past behind us. I'd like us to be friends."
"I'd like that too." Came the soft response.
Draco walked up to Harry and extended his hand. "Prince Draconis, please to meet you."
Harry took the hand without hesitation. "Harry James Potter and the pleasure is all mine."
The two men smiled at each other. Harry remembering his manors asked Draco if he wanted some tea and a snack.
"Yes, tea would be good. I haven't had a proper cup of English tea since I've left this world. I'm just dying to have some."
Harry called a house elf and soon they were both sitting down drinking their tea and eating scones.
Harry kept on stealing looks at Draco who was doing the same thing. The two men finished their tea and Harry got up to leave.
"I'll come back later to get you for diner."
"I'll see you then." Said Draco. He smiled as he watched Harry leave the room. (Gods I'm lusting after the savior of the wizarding world. But damn he's hot.)
Draco went into his room to rest and freshen up a bit before diner.
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