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CHAPTER FIFTEEN-THE VEIL REVISITED

Draco found Harry in the great hall. The dark haired wizard was playing chess with Remus and loosing as usual. Harry groaned as Remus check mated him.

"You know Remy, you should play against Ron. No one in Gryffindor can beat him."

Remus laughed; "well I guess one Gryffindor chess champion can certainly play another."

"What! Why didn't you tell me? No wonder I can't win." Harry just sat back and crossed his arms. He was pouting and that is how Draco found him. The blond took one look at the chessboard and the smug expression on Remus' face and chuckled at his lover.

"What's wrong Harry, lose another match?" Draco was snickering at seeing his lover pout.

Harry glared at his the blond. "I never liked this game ever since the crazy match at the end of our first year when Ron had to beat the giant chessboard; I've never had good experiences with it."

The two men just laughed at the Gryffindor prince. Before Draco had the time to tell Harry what he had found about the veil, they were interrupted when King Lirendel came into the great hall followed by the full counsel of elves. Draco had a secretive smile on his face while Harry and Remus looked on in curiosity.

The king stopped in front of Remus and bowed.

"Lord Lupin." Remus had been made an honorary Lord in the elven realm for his role in helping the elf prince defeat the dark Lord.

Remus got up and bowed to the king. "Your Majesty; I am happy to see that you are in good health."

"Thank you Remus. The counsel and I are wondering if we could have a few words in private with you and Prince Harry."

Remus gave Harry a questioning look, while Harry just shrugged at him.

"It would be our pleasure your Majesty."

The two men followed the elves into the Room of requirements. The room was now looking like a replica of the counsel chambers in King Lirendel's castle. The king sat down and invited the others to do the same. Draco sat as his right while Harry was invited to sit at his left. Remus took a seat next to Lord Aldron who smiled at the man he had begun to think of as a friend. The elves had been quite impressed with the intelligence of the werewolf. He was the first werewolf who was fully trained as a wizard and it amazed them at the determination and courage that he displayed.

The king looked fondly at Draco and said. "Do you want to tell them or should I?"

"Can I grandfather, I've been researching this for the last month."

The king gave Draco a nod in agreement and sat back to listen to his grandson.

Draco got up and looked at Harry and Remus nervously. "I guess you two are wondering why you have been brought here to talk with the full counsel of elves." Draco stopped and took a deep breath. He watched as curiosity flashed in both men's eyes. "I have discovered a book in the dark elf's realm about the black veil in the department of mysteries. From what it says if we have enough power we can bring back Sirius who probably isn't dead by just stuck in Limbo. The veil used to be in the dark elf's realm but had been stolen by an elf who had wanted to use it to kill his enemies. He brought it to the human realm where his foe had gone into hiding. He was able to push the wife of his enemy in it before he himself was thrown in by his enemy."

Draco stopped to take a drink of pumpkin juice while watching the reactions on Harry and Remus' face. The two men had paled but had kept quiet to hear what Draco had to say.

Draco waved his hand and the book appeared in front of him. He then gave it to Remus.

"The elf who's wife had been pushed in the veil started to study it. It took him ten years to find a ritual that would work but with a specific incantation, some blood magic and the help of ten powerful friends he was able to bring his wife back from the veil. When she came out she didn't look a day older then when she was thrown in. Since Sirius wasn't dead when he went in he should still be alive. With the help of that book and the fact that the counsel will help you as a thank you for helping us defeat the dark elves that had joined Voldemort we have a good chance to bring him back. The final decision is yours of course."

Remus jumped up and gave Draco a hug. "Of course we want him back, with Peter captured and in Azkaban and after his confession, Sirius will be free."

Harry came and took Draco in his arms kissing him soundly. When he was done kissing him the blond was flustered and had a cute blush on his cheeks. The men of the counsel were snickering. Their oh-so-serious prince was putty in the hands of the Gryffindor Prince.

"Merlin Draco is that why you kept on disappearing this past month. You were researching how to save Sirius."

"Yes Harry, I know that you and Remus both loved him very much and I wanted to get him back for you. I know you would want him to be present at our wedding next month."

Harry had the biggest smile that Draco had seen yet. Making his lover happy was what gave Draco the strength to do something as dangerous as bringing his lover's godfather back from the veil.

"All right we will perform the ritual tomorrow, let's rest today because we will need all our energy to perform the ritual." Draco turned back to the two wizards and told them who would be helping with the ritual. It would be himself, the king, professor Dumbledore, Harry, Remus, Lord Aldron, General Saran, Ron, Hermione and Nigel.

"The reason why I asked them is that the more power we have in that room while performing the ritual the easier it will be to bring him back."

Harry was happy to see that his friends had agreed to help. Tomorrow would be an exiting day for all of them.

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The next morning the ten people involved were in the great hall getting ready to leave. Minister of Magic Arthur Weasley met them and they soon left to get to the ministry. Making their way down to the department of mysteries Harry felt his stomach flutter. He was nervous and being here was making him remember bad memories.

They finally arrived in the room with the spinning doors. Arthur raised his wand and the doors stopped. The door they wanted started to glow. All eleven of them went into the room. Harry walked closer to the veil and started to hear the whispers that came from it.

Draco grabbed his arm. "Don't get too close Harry, the spirits of the beyond will call to you until you can't resist them and walk through the veil on your own."

Harry looked at Draco and took a few steps back. "I'm ready love, when do we start?"

"We can start now Harry." Draco turned to the others and said; "All right everyone, let's do this just like we discussed it yesterday."

Arthur stood back and sat down on one of the benches to watch. He had aurors and healers ready in case something went wrong. The ten wizards and elves formed a line in front of the veil. Remus was on one end while Harry was at the other end. Draco was standing in the middle.

Draco started chanting an incantation in elfish; then he extended his hand where a beam of light came out and made its way into the veil. Everyone followed suite with Remus being the last on to send the spell into the veil. Once the ten spells were in the veil it started glowing. Draco started chanting louder and a beam connected all the ten of them to the veil. The ground started shaking and a gust of wind surrounded them. A few minutes later as Draco's voice kept on getting louder a dark form started coming out from the veil. It was a big black dog. As soon that it was fully out of the veil it transformed into a man. In front of them was now standing a very shocked Sirius Black.

"But…how…the spirits said I was trapped for ever…how?"

Remus and Harry rushed up to him and embraced him in a hug almost cutting off his air. Professor Dumbledore whose eyes were twitching like made just chuckled and told the men to let him breathe.

In the excitement of getting Sirius back no one noticed that Draco was passed out on the floor. Harry turned to thank his lover when he saw the blond lying unconscious.

"DRACO!" He ran to his lover and took him in his arms. He noticed how pale he was and looked at the King.

"Your Majesty, he needs help now!"

The king opened his arms and they were surrounded by the usual golden glow of a portal. They reappeared in the infirmary at the crystal castle. The king saw his daughter Emoline who was the chief healer.

"Daughter, your nephew Draconis has passed out after performing the ritual to bring back Prince Gryffindor's godfather. Please examine him to see what's wrong."

"Yes father, give me a few moments to scan him and I'll let you know what's going on." The healer told everyone to leave but Harry insisted on staying. He held on to Draco's hand with no intention of letting go.

"I'm sorry Prince Harry, but you must let me scan him without the interference of another strong magical signature near by. It won't take long; just wait outside in the waiting room. I'll come and get you as soon as I'm done."

Harry reluctantly let go of Draco's hand and let King Lirendel drag him outside. Harry sat down next to Remus who was in the process of telling Sirius what had gone on while he had been trapped in the veil.

"…so the three of them were sent to an unknown part of the school where they were given special training so they could finish their NEWTS. They manage to finish their studies one year early. Both Harry and Hermione finished with Outstandings in all their lessons. Ron was close behind with all Outstandings except for an E in potions."

Sirius looked at Harry with pride in his eyes. "Merlin Harry, you've obviously got your mother's brain. Your parents would be so proud of you." Sirius gave Harry a pat on the back. "I just hope you've let yourself some time for fun and romance."

Harry blushed under his godfather's stare. "Er…fun…well not much time for that with the war going on. But romance… well I'm engaged to be married."

"You are, great who is the lucky girl?"

Harry chocked on the water he was drinking. "Well Sirius it's not a girl that I'm marrying. But I'll tell you everything later. Let Remus finish his story."

Sirius gave him a contemplative look and turned back to his mate to get him to go on with his story.

"So what did the golden trio do after they had finished their Hogwarts education." He snickered when he heard the three young wizards groan at the mention of being the golden trio.

Remus laughed at the three young people he had grown to love as his own children; they were his cubs and part of his pack ever since they had all became animagus; Harry being a phoenix, Hermione being a white wolf and Ron a sly red fox.

"Well our three young friends there went through extensive auror training. They also learned to be animagus. Once they had mastered the transformations the accompanied me on every full moon to help me out." Sirius was happy to hear that Remus had not always been alone to transform.

"They finished their training a few months ago and became full fledge aurors. After they had become aurors they were asked to join the order of the Phoenix to help us with the war. When Harry's turn came up to say his oath the phoenix told us that it was time for him to take his rightful place and become our leader. The phoenix also told us of a prophesy about the phoenix joining his soul mate the dragon to defeat Voldemort. About two months ago we got help from a very secretive source. The light elves had come to help us. We had been loosing more often lately because of a new ally that Voldemort had made; the dark elves. When they found out about this King Lirendel and his men didn't hesitate to come and ally themselves with us. In doing so he sent his grandson Prince Draconis to lead the men. In the prince Harry found his dragon. You see the elf prince is half human and is able to attain the animagus transformation. His form is that of an ice dragon; apart from Harry he is the only other known magical animagus in the world now."

Sirius seemed to be thinking about what Remus said. "So you're saying Remus that Harry found his soul mate and that is who he's engaged with."

"Yes and their very much in love. So for them their union is part of a natural course of events. No one saw this coming but we're all grateful that it happened. Prince Draconis and Harry make a fine couple. Together a little over a month ago they defeated Voldemort and the dark elves."

"WHAT! You mean the war is over!"

"Yes love it is. We also managed to capture Peter; he confessed and you were pardoned. You're a free man."

Sirius was in shock. So many things happened in one day. He closed his eyes to be able to think about what had been said. He felt Remus place his arms around him.

Harry looked on with worry; he still had a few things to tell his godfather.

"Er…Sirius there stills a few things we have to tell you."

Sirius opened his eyes and looked at Harry. The young man seemed nervous.

"What are you trying to tell me Harry?"

Harry stood up and snapped his finger. He was now wearing his Gryffindor battle robes and his gold circlet. He watched as his godfather looked at him. Harry knew the moment that Sirius understood what Harry was trying to tell him. But his godfather didn't seem surprise.

"I knew that James was a prince." Sirius voice was soft and sad. "I was the only one to know except your mother." Sirius looked down and then back at Remus.

"I'm sorry love I couldn't tell you. I found out by accident. One day I wanted to surprise him and offer him a ride on my new motorbike. When I got to his home I went in without knocking as was my usual habit. He was dressed just like Harry is now and was in the process of telling Lily. He was going to obliviate me for yours and your mother's safety Harry but I swore a wizard's oath that I would never reveal his secret. He made me promise that if something happened to him before he was able to tell you that I would reveal the secret to you on your twenty first birthday."

Sirius was smiling at his godson. The he frowned. But what does this have to do with you getting married.

"Well I'm marrying a prince so I had to let my secret out to the wizarding world so that I could claim my throne. As the prince's equal and soul mate our marriage would now be accepted by his people." Harry gulped and prayed to Merlin that his godfather wouldn't blow a fuse when he told him the next bit of information.

"Sirius my future husband is also half human. He lived the first sixteen years of his live in our world before his grandfather the King came to fetch him to train him to be his heir. In our world he is known as Draco Malfoy."

Sirius paled at the name. "But Harry wasn't his father a…"

"Death eater…I know, but that doesn't mean that Draco followed in his father's footsteps."

Sirius gave Harry a skeptical look. Remus took his hand and said; "it's true love, he and his grandfather King Lirendel of the elves have helped us defeat Voldemort who was well on his way to destroying our world."

Sirius turned back towards Harry. "All right I believe you but I still want to have a little talk with him." Harry smiled and warned his godfather to be nice to Draco.

The men continued talking while waiting for news on Draco. The others were showed to rooms where they could rest and refresh themselves. The King returned to the waiting room to see it they had gotten any news of Draco's condition.

"Have you heard anything?" he said.

Harry let out a sight of frustration. "No it's been two hours and Princess Emoline still hasn't come out of the infirmary."

"My daughter will take great care of him. The whole family is quite attached to young Draconis." The King had just finished talking when the Princess came out of the infirmary.

"Ah father, Harry, I'm happy to say that Draconis is fine. He wants to talk to you Harry."

Harry quickly got up and made his way to his lover's side. Draco was sitting in bed wearing blue silk pajamas. He smiled when he saw Harry come in.

"How are you love?" asked Harry.

"I'm fine; I've just used a bit too much energy for the spell. Aunt Emoline said that I would be back to normal after a few days of rest."

"That's great love; you really scared me today."

"Sorry Harry, I didn't think that it would affect me this way. Er…I have something else to tell you Harry."

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TBC

Sorry everyone to leave you hanging like this but I just thought it was a good place to end this chapter or I could have gone on forever. The next one as usual will be posted in the next few days. OH and for those who don't like my cliffy….sorry but I'm the queen of cliff hangers. LOL.

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