AN: TO wwwendy, yes it will be tough for them to get into a relationship.

Icyangelbmw- Thank you for pointing that out. I was thinking something but I typed something else. I'll revise it…….after this chapter of course.

Chapter 11

With a wary mind, Malfoy next to Potter in Care of Magical Creatures. Draco didn't know why he had taken this class again after what had happened in his Third Year but all the other classes were born. The big oaf was still a teacher and Draco watched in misery as the half giant stood next to a cage, covered with a large red sheet.

"Now today, we're going to be learning about a really beautiful and gentle creature."

A lot of people snorted at this, even Hermione. Hagrid's idea of beautiful and gentle was a fire-breathing dragon with spiked horns on his tail and claws the size of houses. When Hagrid slid off the sheet, the entire class gasped. Inside were to girls? No they weren't just girls, one's skin was blue and the other was a greenish color. Their hair were the same color as their complexions and they were tall and lithe, huddled together in fright. They were very beautiful, like colorful veelas and were dressed in what looked like giant leaves.

"These," said Hagrid to the class, "are nymphs. The green one is a wood nymph while the blue one lives in water. I found em caught in my griffin traps in the Forbidden forest and just thought I'd show em to ye before I set em free. "Everyone may come up and see them. I'll call you out three by three. Yer don't want to overwhelm em."

"Drakey! Drakey! I want to see the nymph first!" Harry said who had been sitting on a tree stump and jumped off and ran towards the cage. The Slytherin followed to make sure the Boy-Who-Lived didn't do something to startle the nymphs.

"Oh they're so pretty." Harry said awed. Harry grabbed the bars and the nymphs shrunk back. "Don't worry I won't hurt you." Harry said. The green nymph moved hesitantly towards Harry had first and then reached out he arm and touched him gently on the cheek before she jerked it back. Just as the nymphs were interesting to the humans, they were interesting to the nymphs. The green one touched his cheek again tentatively again but held it there. She smiled and Harry giggled. And reached his little slightly chubby hand in and touched her cheek in. Then after a moment the wood nymph moved away and back to the water one.

Harry bounced back to Hermione and Ron. "Didja see dat? Didja see dat? She touched me and I touched her cheeky too!"

"Why that's good Harry!" Hermione said with equal enthusiasm. Hagrid let the rest of the class observe the nymphs and gave them a 12 inch essay about nymphs and their habitats.

"I got a treat for ye." Hagrid said. "Since this is the last class fer me today, I'll let you see the nymphs get their freedom." Hagrid walked over and opened the gate that swung open towards the forbidden forest. The nymphs did nothing, but then started to crawl towards the opening, unsure if it was another trap or not. Harry ran over to the opening and then ran out a little.

"You're fwee (free.)! You're fwee! Go on you're fwee! Run away!" he said and circled around in the grassy field, arms outstretched. Finally, the nymphs stood up and ran out, giving wary looks at the humans behind them and then with graceful leaps like a deer, they bounded towards the forest, almost flying. They danced and twirled around Harry for a moment who was awed before they gracefully leapt back to their homes.

"BYE!" little Harry yelled waving frantically and Harry did his own bounding dance back to Malfoy. "Didja see that Drakey?"

"Yes I did." Malfoy said and picked Harry up who had lifted his arms in request. The Slytherins and Gryffindors both were shocked at Draco's kindness towards Harry except for Hermione and reluctantly Pansy who glowered at the two. Harry yawned and Draco realized that Harry needed a nap.

COMC ended and Draco carried a now sleeping Harry to his Head Boy room and laid him on his bed. He cast a spell that would alert him if Harry woke up and headed back out to Arithmancy the last class of the day.

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Malfoy was able to get through his last class quickly and the alarm that alerted if the toddler back in his room was awake did not sound. There was an hour and a half of free time before dinner and Draco went up the library to do research on Divination to finish a schedule of the future that was due tomorrow. He didn't know why Dumbledore wouldn't sack the old bat. Everyone knew Siybl Trenawley was a full fledged fraud. It was another class he didn't know why he had signed up for.

As Draco took a book of the shelf he realized that the train to take people home for the holidays would be here in two days. 'Two days until my fate.' He thought remorsefully. Should he go and take the Mark to ensure he was safe from death and still had the Malfoy name or should he stay here and lose everything? Malfoy really didn't want to go. Draco was dark but that didn't mean he was going to kiss some half dead snake's feet and jeapordize his freedom to Aurors if he was caught with the Dark Mark on his forearm. He was already suspected to have the Mark on his arm and Draco purposely wore long sleeves to keep students nervous. Draco flipped ran his fingers through his hair and watched amused as a Hufflepuff girl who had watched him ran full fledged into the wall. Stupid Hufflepuffs.

Thirty minutes later, Draco was just finishing up his work when he saw Granger and Weasely approach him.

"Malfoy where the hell's Harry?" Ron demanded and Draco fixed a steely stare at him. "He's taking his nap Weasel. Now what do you want?"

Hermione took a seat next to Draco who sneered. He couldn't be see with this MudBlood. "Dumbledore told us to tell you not to get on the train but you won't be staying at Hogwarts. You and Harry will be staying with us. Dumbledore will probably Portkey you."

Draco frowned. "Why can't I stay at Hogwarts?" he asked and then he knew the reason. If he wasn't on the train his father would most likely barge down to the school that's what. "Shit." Draco whispered and he sighed.

Just them the alarm went off. "Potty's awake." He said and told them to come with them. He'd let them have Harry for dinner. He had another visit to make with Snape. As they were walking, they bumped into Professor Miggorian who jumped as if she had been caught. She had come out a room with an odd symbol on the door and her face was ashy white.

"Why…h…hello there children. Where are you heading off to?" she asked and they all caught her stuttering.

"To my room." Draco drawled narrowing his eyes at the DADA proffesor who shifted under his gaze. He didn't like Miggorian and thought the woman naturally looked sneaky. He was sneaky, but he had the sexy face of an angel. The professor on the other hand had a skinny gaunt face and thin long brown hair that proved she was a female. Her lips were thin and she had no breasts. Just because Draco was gay didn't mean he didn't the appreciate the female body. He knew a nice figure from a stick.

The professor gave them a forced small before rushing off down the corridor towards the Grand Staircase and to who knew where.

"That freak of a professor." Draco said sneering as they continued their trek to the dungeons.

"Even though I hate you Malfoy, I have to agree with you. She's so weird." Ron agreed.

Hermione frowned at the both of them and they prepared themselves for her upcoming lecture.

"Even though Professor Miggorian is a bit odd, she's still our professor."

"A bit odd Hermione?" Ron said eyebrows raised. "She's bloody knocers sometimes and what was she doing sneaking around. She acted as if we caught her sucking blood or something." Ron told his girlfriend who opened her mouth to defend their teacher but she knew he was right. Something wasn't right with their DADA teacher. They put her out of their heads as they reached Circe who flashed Ron a saucy grin and bent over her cauldron of poison showing her cleavage. Ron blushed and Hermione scowled at the portrait.

Malfoy said the password, turning almost purple when Hermione raised an eyebrow at him and let them enter, with some reluctance.

"Drakey! Mione! Ronnie!" Harry screamed from……They looked around and finally gazed up at the ceiling. Harry was somehow floating in the air near the ceiling.

"What are you doing up there?" Draco asked and Hermione said a spell that would make Harry return to the ground. It didn't work.

Harry had tears in his eyes. "I don't know. I was here when I woke up from my nappy. Then you came in, took something out of that chest on your desk and when I scweamed for you to get me down, you looked at me mean and left." Harry said and was freely crying now. Hermione had tried every spell she knew including, "Finite Incantatum" but nothing worked.

Draco whipped out his wand. " Muttiero Finito." He said simply and he was worried for Harry's well being. The small boy slowly floated to the ground and ran into Hermione's arms looking at Draco with hurt eyes.

"Why didn't you help me? Why didn't you save me?" he cried and Draco felt a pain in his chest.