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Harry laid himself down on the floor of the tower, looking out at the sky and the moon and he considered telling Draco what he'd realized just a few moments ago on their way up.
"Hey, look at Adrian," Draco was standing at the ledge of the balcony and looking down at the school grounds.
"Where?" Harry hauled himself up and walked over to see.
"Just there, by the giant's hut," Malfoy pointed to where Adrian was standing in the moonlight talking to someone.
"Who's he with?"
"It looks like…wait," Draco walked over to a telescope and aimed it at the pair. "he's talking to Srene, they're practically giggling Harry, take a look."
Harry put his eye to the scope and saw Adrian was leaning against a tree and smiling with his arms folded over his chest, one leg crossed over the other. Srene was standing there looking far less imposing than normal in a pair of jeans and a black trench coat. He was smiling and his dark hair swung loosely into his eyes and he had his hands in his pockets. It looked like they had just come back from something.
"What do you think they could be doing?" Harry asked, standing up straight.
"I don't have a clue," Draco leant over the edge and squinted at them. He gasped and nearly fell. "They kissed!" he pointed eagerly at the duo in the distance.
"What!" Harry looked through the telescope and indeed he saw them embraced and kissing.
"I thought he would never get over Joseph," Draco smiled and looked over at Harry.
"Who?"
"His old boyfriend got killed by a muggle in a pub brawl," Draco said.
"Oh."
I want him dead.
Harry's head jerked back and he looked around the room for the source of the words.
"Harry?"
"Did you hear that?"
"No."
I'll kill him slowly, won't take too long at all.
"I heard that." Draco turned sharply and looked into the shadows.
"We have to leave," Harry took Mafloy's hand. "Come on."
"No, wait…look there." Draco pointed into the shadows. Harry squinted and saw the shape of a snake like creature.
"What is it?"
"A Nyolo I think."
"What's that?"
"A psychic form of python, they live in equatorial South America though, how did one so big get all the way to England?" Draco approached it slowly.
Back away beast!
"Wait, come into the light, we just want to get you back to where you came from."
The forest?
"Which forest?" Harry asked, coming up beside Draco.
There. It used its huge tail to indicate to the Forbidden Forest. Draco frowned and glanced out.
"Do you know how you got there?"
Men, twenty or more, carried me in a great crate from my jungle territory which has no doubt been taken by some haughty wench.
Harry realized the snake was a female then as it slithered into the light and its forked tongue flickered in and out. Over each eye was a large set of thick and curled eye lashes and a plume of white feathers was attacked the base of the head. Along her back ran a row and spines colored gold and blue, her tail was forked in three, each one a different color.
"Why did they bring you here?"
To kill you.
Draco gasped and jumped back from the snake, it hissed angrily and lunged for him. The snake slithered towards Harry, who jumped back as well, glancing between the creature and Draco, it was backing him to the ledge. Readying an attack.
Harry sucked in breath and raced forward, he tackled Draco and they flew off the tower, plummeting to the ground. Behind them the snake lunged off as well, darting through the air after them. Harry held the blonde in his arms and closed his eyes, aiming his own back to the ground.
"Harry!" Draco screamed over the wind rushing by their ears.
Harry opened his emerald eyes and looked the other boy. He seemed to glow with the moon behind him. "Kiss me!" Draco commanded.
Harry did and immediately felt an ease in the pull of gravity, he kissed the blonde harder and the pressure of falling decreased.
The Nyolo sped past them through the air and plummeted with a sickening crack into the ground. Harry opened his eyes and realized they were suspended in air. The around them was thick with magic, supporting them from falling. He removed his lips from Draco's and the two looked around them, confused, the magic began slowly going the remained hundred meters to the ground. It dissipated as they touched down and Harry felt light-headed. A light flickered on in a window, then another and another, it continued until the whole castle was alive with torch light. The two frowned as they heard a loud racket coming from inside.
Harry rushed with the Slytherin to the front doors, inside they saw the entire castle had come alive with magic. The staircases, walls, magic doors, passages and objects were in full motion. Staircases flew from one place to another, barely missing as they went past one another. Walls crashed across hallways and expanded and shrank, changed angles and disappeared again. The statues were marching in place, banging their speared against their shields, turning their heads from side to side. Portraits were buzzing and it sounded like similar difficulties were occurring all over the school.
Amazed, the two froze at the doors, looking at the frenzied castle.
"Boys!" Srene rushed up behind them, his dark eyes widened at what he saw, Adrian came up behind him.
"Bleedin' hell! What'd you two do? There's a Nyolo done exploded on the lawn and the castle gone bonkers!" Adrian said, motioning vaguely towards where the snake had hit.
"We-"
"Can we get to the headmaster's?" Srene asked, looking down that hall, filled with rampaging walls and armor.
"I don't know, we could try, it's take some skill though." Adrian shrugged, observing the hall with doubt.
"Can he get to us?"
"Probably not. I doubt anyone will get anywhere until this magic surge settles down, with how it's wearing itself out, that won't take but a few hours."
"What did you two do?"
"Yeah, why's there a Nyolo dead on the lawn?" Adrian added in.
"We…"
"We were going to spend the night in the Astronomy Tower but the Nyolo was up there. We jumped off the tower, it followed us and we kissed in air and didn't die," Malfoy said defensively.
"That's what caused the magic surge," Srene nodded in understanding.
"?" Adrian looked between the three in confusion.
"They're a Match." Srene informed him.
"A Match, like in reference to those with tainted magic?" Adrian's eyebrows shot up as the DADA teacher nodded.
Above them suddenly two stair cases crashed into each other with a deafening crash. Dust, stone and mortar rained down into the hall and smashed a suite of armor. Srene and Adrian watched as the partially destroyed stair cases slowed to a stop right in the path of the other moving stairways.
"Stop them!" Adrian yelled.
"PARALYSUM!" Srene shouted, his wand raised towards them.
The stair cases rushed past, barely missing the two stopped ones, the spell having no affect.
"I can't," Srene shook his head, his fangs showing as he snarled. "Boys?" Srene looked at them.
Draco breathed in deeply and took Harry's hand. "We can't let any more damage done to the school, if it happens we're in danger of loosing each other."
"Got it." Harry nodded and concentrated on the hand in his. He felt the sensation of magic rushing through him. It took a moment but he sensed a heartbeat matching his, Draco's, and he could sense Draco's magic matching his own. Harry closed his eyes and when he opened them the castle was still and there was the noise of students coming out of their Common Rooms. Harry felt inexplicably stronger, more awake, alive. It was the magic they had absorbed out of the castle again.
"Nice work boys." Srene nodded.
"Get your arses back to your Common Rooms before people notice you're standing around holding hands!" Adrian shoved them in opposite directions.
"Bye." Draco whispered and rushed into the black shadows to the right.
"Bye." Harry nodded and went up the stairs.
Srene turned to look at the red-haired man next to him. "This is going to be a bit complex."
"They'll get over it." Adrian smirked and planted a kiss on Srene's lips before turning and disappearing into the shadows outside. Leaving the vampire in the light of the entrance hall.
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