"How is he?" Harry asked banging the door open that leads to the infirmary, Ron wa1ked in behind him rushing to keep up with the Prince. Snape and Madame Pompfrey were over him. Madame Pompfrey had magic flowing into Draco from her hands as Snape kept asking her questions before picking bottles and pouring the potions down Draco's throat.
"He's fine Harry" Hermione said moving towards him trying to stop him from going over and bothering the two working on Draco.
"Hermione get out of my way. I'm going to see him and if you don't more I will make you." Harry stated moving to past her and over to see Draco.
"Don't bother them till they're done." Hermione told him as he walked past her, "They need to be able to concentrate with out you hovering."
"If one of them tells me he is fine then I'll leave for a little while." Harry snapped walked the rest of the way to Draco's bed and stopping next to Snape.
"Go away, he'll be fine." Snape snapped forcing another potions down Draco's throat. Madame Pompfrey stood back her light fading back into her.
"He should be fine in a few hours." She sighed, "He may need a headache and some claming potions but other then that he should be as good as new when he wakes."
"Can I stay with him?" Harry asked looking a that blonde lying on the bed not moving except for the reassuring stead rise and fall of his chest.
"No." Snape snapped moving away form Draco and pulling Harry with him.
"I want to stay." Harry argued ripping his arm out of Snape's grip and moving back to Draco.
"Its fine." Madame Pompfrey stated pushing a chair towards Draco's bed. Snape snorted and moved to the door,
"You'd better hope your father doesn't get anymore suspicious then he already is about you and that slave of yours." He remarked walking out of the infirmary. Harry glared at Snape's back. He sat in the chair Madame Pompfrey bad pushed towards Draco's bed.
"I'm just glad you managed to stay out of here for once." Madame Pompfrey teased moving into a room that branched off of the main ward.
Harry shook his head and pulled the chair closer so that his knees were resting on the side of Draco's bed.
"What did you do to that man?" Hermione asked. Moving over to Harry. Harry looked up at her confused, "the man who ran into Draco?" Hermione reminded him.
"Oh, right." Harry growled his face darkening, "he's fine." Hermione raised an eyebrow,
"What did you do?"
"Nothing he didn't deserve." Hermione looked as if she was about to say something else to Harry and he sighed exasperated, "you may go if you're only going to pester me about some idiot." Harry snapped pointing to the door leading out of the infirmary. Hermione glared at him and walked out. Ron looked after her and turned back to Harry as if asking him what to do. "Go with her." Harry mumbled grabbing Draco's hand brushing the wisps of hair away that had fallen across Draco's face.
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"We need to go." Blaise barked walking into the room Markus was resting in; they had been given the room upon arrival to the Malfoy's castle a few days previously. Blaise had finally been allowed to seethe Lord Malfoy and had not been please with what he had heard the servants whispering about in the days he had waited. The king was not going to be pleased.
"Why my Lord? We still have a day before we have to be starting on the trip back. Plus if we leave now we will be riding during the night." Blaise glared at Markus and grabbed the collar of his shirt.
"We do not have any time. What I have learned so of immense importance, and the king would be very displeased if I delayed telling him. Get ready to leave." Within the hour the two had left the castle for the nine-hour trip back to the Capital.
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Harry was not pleased. Not only had Draco not woken up in the few hours Madame Pompfrey had prescribed for him, he was still under days after the incident occurred. No one knew, or at least was willing to say why it was taking so long for Draco to wake. Harry had become very snappy; barking at anyone he thought was not doing everything in his or her power to help revive Draco. He rarely left Draco's side unless absolutely necessary such as to get food or use the bathroom.
Snape walked into the infirmary and sneered down at Harry before turning to Draco.
"Why's he not awake?" Harry asked again looking up at Snape hopefully. Snape shook his head and Harry's face fell sorrow over masked normally by anger at no one finding how to help Draco showing though.
"He will be alright." Snape said checking all of Draco's vitals.
"But what happened in the first place?" Harry asked desperately, "Why is he not already awake and back to normal?" Snape sighed looking up from Harry and Draco and pinched the bridge of his nose, he puled a chair next to Harry and,
"Harry you need to stop. The longer you're in here fretting wont help Draco's condition in the least. Do something to take your mind off of this."
"No!" Harry snapped glaring at Snape.
"Potter are you blind? Don't you have a clue about anything around here? Your father is going to be suspicious of all of the time you give this slave. You can't make it obvious about how much you care!"
"Why?" Harry asked confused not looking away from Draco and missing the look annoyance flashing across Snape's face as he threw his hands into the air.
"Figure it out you idiot child." He snapped leaving the room. Harry looked up glaring after Snape and back to Draco. He thought of what Snape yelled at him trying to make sense of what he was told while watching, as Draco lay motionless on his bed.
"Potter?" Harry asked the silence sitting around him, why did he call me that? And why did it sound so familiar?
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"Has he come to you with any questions?" the hollow faced man asked as soon as the other man sat across form him.
"No, he more likely then not hasn't even thought of anything for himself he's to bloody worried about his newest slave."
"Yes I noticed how the blonde got injured. Has he not recovered?" the man asked interested.
"No. Is there something you actually needed to tell me today or were you just sent to chat sent you know how much I love getting together with you." the man smiled at him,
"The note I gave you last time, have him get is somehow." He man nodded and moved to stand up but was stopped by the other man grabbing hold of his wrist, "tell the prince to use his own magic and try and help the Slave."
"Why do you think I could not wake him nor one of the most trained medical witches in the world could but he can?" the man barked.
"Have him try. It might do nothing but at least he will know that he is trying to help." He said sitting back and looking over the crowds moving around. The other man glared at him before swirling around and walking off towards the place. The man watched as the other disappeared. As soon as he was out of sight the other man slipped into an alleyway. Moments later a huge dog was seen waling amongst the crowds.
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"Has there been any improvement?" Snape asked Madame Pompfrey s he walked into the infirmary noticing the prince sitting with Ron playing chess while glancing at Draco causing his to lose even more spectacularly then normal as his head wasn't in it.
"No change. I have no idea what is going on." Madame Pompfrey said in a defeated tone, "it makes no sense." Snape nodded and seemed to be thinking about something. Madame Pompfrey left him to his ponderings and went to look over the guard that had been brought in the night before. He was hurt after breading up a street fight somewhere in the city.
Snape walked over to Harry and Ron and looked at the blonde. Harry noticed Snape's presence and his concentration on the game that he had been gaining disappeared. Snape looked at Harry and saw Ron glaring at him form the chess game. Snape moved around to Draco's side and pulled the sheets down to the top of the blonde's pajama bottoms, he unbuttoned Draco's shirt and moved it off the blonde, "Harry come here." Snape ordered. Harry jumped up and moved to Snape's side groaning at the sight of Draco with his shirt off not having sent the blonde in any form of nudity for days.
"Place your right hand on his forehead with your left in the middle of his chest." Snape instructed. Harry did ad he was told slightly confused about hat Snape was going to have him do. "Allow your magic to free itself in any form into your palms, you need to have as much as you can." Harry concentrated and pushed as much on the sensation into his hands till they seemed to be going numb with all of the magical vibrations, "now think of how much you want to help Draco. Think of him waking. And push the magic from you and into him." Snape instructed.
Ron watched in amazement as Harry for what seemed like hours poured magic into the blonde. The colors of his magic shifting very now and then become near to every color of the spectrum even if only for a moment.
"Give him as much as you can of your magic, but do not over strain yourself with how much you give him. We don't want him to wake as you fall under." Snape said as Harry worked. Eventually Harry stopped and sat down into his chair panting. Madame Pompfrey came around to see the bad glaring at Snape,
"What were you having him do?" She glared at Snape.
"I was just trying a theory I had." A groan came from Draco bed and Harry sprang up and moved closer to the blonde who was shifting on the bed, Draco's eyes opened and Harry was grinning down at him, "and look at that, it worked." Snape remarked letting Madame Pompfrey move to Draco and check him over to make sure nothing was wrong with him. Once she was done she left and walked into one of the rooms off to the side.
"What happened?" Draco asked Harry who was still grinning at him, he also saw Ron at the end of the bed a grin on his face as well.
"Don't you remember? That some stupid person hit you with there carriage." Draco nodded that he remembered and pulled Harry so that he was sitting on the bed that Draco was lying on.
"How long was I out?" he asked pulling at Harry so he had to lie next to Draco.
"Five days." Harry told him wrapping his arms around Draco and kissing the blonde's neck.
"You should have seen him." Ron said to Draco, "out of his mind he was." He said about Harry. Harry glared at Ron and pulled Draco closer to him,
"Go away." Harry said trying to get mad at Ron but too happy that Draco was awake to manage real anger.
"No, I don't think I will." Ron said.
"Suit yourself." Harry turned to Draco and kissed him gently, Draco smiled at him and pulled Harry to him,
"I should have figured that's all you ever do." Ron grumbled walking out of the infirmary.
"Are you okay?" Harry asked pulling away from Draco. "Nothing hurts does it?" Harry asked seeming to realize Draco might be in some form of pain.
"I'm fine." Draco said grinned at how protective Harry was being. Harry grinned at him and kissed Draco again thrilled that the other boy was finally awake.