Chapter twelve
Clayton had gone to the club to keep an eye on Logan, there was no point in bringing him in tonight as Harry was far too drained to restore his memory as well, however they couldn't risk the guilty party taking revenge on Logan for the others disappearing into thin air.
Harry and Draco had given up their room to Cassidy and Landon who were sleeping off any after effects of their traumatic experience; they too would be back to normal when they awoke the next morning, as if nothing had gone wrong.
Harry and Draco had therefore taken up the entire couch and were snuggled together a blanket covering them both, Draco wasn't really that tired seeing as it was only early evening, Harry on the other hand was over exhausted and the blonde had opted to rest with his boyfriend.
While Harry slept Draco read a book about pregnancy that Megan had picked up for him while out shopping for food with Trinity, Sydney and Drew. It was of course for women but he identified a lot of the symptoms, he definitely had morning sickness, which he read was common, unfortunately he found out that his growing uterus would cause him to take more bathroom breaks than usual.
He had also been advised at this stage to find a care provider, however he didn't think that that was really an option at this stage, unless Carrie counted although the book did mention that it was important to have someone you trusted and Draco certainly didn't trust her, he didn't know her.
He had of course considered going back to Hogwarts to speak to Poppy about it but he would do nothing without Harry by his side, meaning that he wasn't about to tell his boyfriend what the book advised in case Harry went overboard with the whole think, something that Draco had already discovered could happen.
What he did have to ask Harry about was speaking to his godfather, Severus Snape, he knew that he could discuss his condition with neither his mother nor his father but Severus had always been good to him and despite being marked by the Dark Lord Draco knew that he was a spy and a good man that had been led down the wrong path but now sought to rectify that.
He didn't however wish to write a letter and then send it off without checking beforehand seeing as he could be breaking an 'owl silence' or something, they certainly hadn't received any since their arrival. Harry would know, Draco was sure of that, his Harry knew everything.
Draco continued to read for a little white longer before spelling the lights out and snuggling up close to Harry, who was still fast asleep.
They were awoken the following morning, bright and early at around seven am when Megan, Drew, Sydney, Trinity, Clayton, Nicholas, Landon, Cassidy and Carrie all came bounding into the front room talking their heads off.
Harry and Draco groaned as the light was switched on and the blanket was removed from them ridding them of the warmth that it had provided.
"Sorry to disturb the love birds but we have a job to complete." Clayton's voice said, Harry was a little quicker to wake up than Draco who grumbled about being woken so early and began to go back to sleep. However the noise that everyone else was making didn't help matters much.
Cassidy and Landon were looking at the two with interest, clearly they hadn't been caught up on events as of yet. However they all looked slightly concerned and a little worried, this caught Harry's attention at once along with the uneasy atmosphere of the room.
"What happened?" Harry asked knowing full well that something had.
"Logan's gone, didn't turn up for work and the flat that they used to live in is empty, they took him back to the deatheater camp." Clayton informed them as everyone else settled themselves down so that they could discuss battle tactics.
"Do we have any leads on where the camp is?" Nicholas asked, "We are going to get him back."
Everyone instinctively looked to Harry for answers but he gave none, remaining silent, Clayton had had enough of this, he promptly stood up to confront Harry.
"I don't know whether it's Draco's pregnancy that brought this on or whether it was something else entirely but you have always been our leader and we look to you for support and guidance, I don't give a damn why you've suddenly backed down but whatever the reason you have to resume that position."
"Why should I have to, because I'm Harry Potter, is that why, I don't want to be your leader, I'm not sure if I want to be an Allure any more. Draco's pregnancy has opened my eyes to another world, then there's Megan and Drew, should she be asked to come back to England leaving him behind. I realise what we do is important but what is more important than our lives, we weren't born to run errands for the ministry." Harry responded and everyone was silent.
"Yes I will help you get Logan back but I'm done with it, when we get back to London it's over, I'm leaving."
"Harry, without you there won't be any Allures, surely you know that."
"Yes, I think a part of me does Sid but think of all those things that we've been forced to give up, a family, a proper family. We were never children, only students waiting to be tutored but we never once questioned it because we knew no better but now we do and it's over."
There was silence for a long time, the kind of awkward silence at family reunions when no one really knows what to say after the familiarities of 'look how much you've grown' and 'How long has it been, have you been well?'.
It was Nicholas who finally broke the silence, "Look I realise that we have a lot to discuss," Everyone sent him a look that clearly stated that that was an understatement but they said nothing so he continued. "But if we don't do something then we're going to lose Logan, whether we are still the Allure or not he is still our friend, he has been our brother as far back as any of us can remember, we cannot abandon him in favour of bickering."
"Nick's right" Trinity said realising that he spoke the truth. "This is what we have been trained to do and it's about time that we do it, we can discuss this later."
Everyone nodded making a silent agreement that this conversation was closed until Logan was safely returned. Harry had however made up his mind on the matter and despite how much he loved the other Allures he knew that he loved Draco more than that especially now that he was carrying their baby.
"So what's the plan?" Carrie asked, sighing Harry stood up resuming his old role of leader within the group, he had hoped that he wouldn't have to do this again but here he was leading them into battle, deep inside him he knew that they wouldn't all make it and that scared him.
"Do we have any clue to where this deatheater camp is?" Harry asked, everyone shook their heads in response, "Then we go to ministry, we beat it out them if we have to but we end it today." Harry said defiantly in his no nonsense tone of voice that was not to be messed with. "Lets get ready to move out, leave our belongings here if we have time we can retrieve them if not they can be replaced."
Draco listened to his lovers words and felt the fear settled in, he was scared for himself, for Harry and for his baby, however he didn't want to be left behind but he was terrified of what this battle would mean, what if he lost his baby. He doubted he would be able to cope but also knowing that he couldn't sit here and wait for them to return, he'd go mad with suspension.
Harry it seemed was having the same inner debate when it came to Draco and what he should do. Harry pulled on jeans and an old tee while Draco did the same. The others had gone off to prepare leaving them very much alone in the living room.
"Draco, I know that you don't want to be left out but I'm not sure that I want you in this battle." Harry said without diluting the issue one bit.
"I don't want to lose the baby Harry, it means so much to me, to us but I can't sit here and wait for news, I couldn't stand knowing that you could be dead and might never come back to me."
"We've been trained for situations like this coming battle but you haven't, how do you think I'd feel if I lost you both, I wouldn't be able to live with myself knowing that I sent you out into battle without a second thought."
"Is there no way to solve this, we'll be going in circles like this forever if we don't."
"I know away" Harry said as he dove into his backpack that was to the side of the sofa and brought out a medium sized box with intricate patterns painted on it alongside the Potter family crest. "These belonged to my parents, they were in Dumbledore's service when they were murdered, these necklaces served as a link between them."
"What do they do?" Draco asked as he looked at them in awe, inside the box were two silver chains with emerald pendants, they clearly meant a lot to Harry as their condition was perfect.
"While each of us wear one we will never die, the pendants will share the energy of the wearer with the one who is badly hurt. All that can happen is that we can both go into a coma until our energy level has returned to an acceptable amount."
"Even if one of us is hit by the killing curse?"
"Yes, if that happens the other will become very weak as a lot of their energy would have gone into saving the other but we would both be alive." Harry picked one up and secured the clasp around Draco's neck before doing the same with his own. "Now that I've found you Draco I'm not going to let you go."
"Promise me that when this all over that we can have normal." Draco said looking pleadingly at Harry who smiled at him.
"Whatever you want I will do my best to deliver, you deserve normal whatever that is and I will give it to you even if I have to battle against the half the ministry to give it to you."
"Harry, we should go." Nicholas said popping his head in the door and smiling at the sight before his eyes, they looked so cute and serious sitting together on the sofa like that.
"Alright, we'll be right out." Harry said and Nick took the hint leaving them alone once more. Harry placed a soft kiss on Draco's lips and the blonde even shed a tear or two however Harry couldn't say that he didn't cry.
It was however time for them to leave, the Allures were waiting for them in the hallway, all prepared for a long hard battle, one that they would hopefully see the end of. Each and everyone was terrified of what was going to happen, Megan was gripping Drew's hand as if her life depended upon it.
It was now or never, they wanted Landon back and the ministry was more than likely to know where the deatheater camp was. It was time that they dealt with this problem but something had sprung into Harry's mind quite unexpectedly, he couldn't believe how stupid he'd been.
"Drew," Harry asked, "you told me that there is a group similar to the Allures here in Australia, why haven't you dealt with the deatheaters and their camp before now?"
Drew looked slightly ashamed; he bowed his head unable to meet Harry's eyes as they bored into him. "Well, we tried; we weren't going to just let them settle without a fight. So we fought them."
"And the outcome?"
"We were all killed, there is only me now, as I said before now we never worked as a team, we didn't know each other, couldn't anticipate each others moves, we weren't organized and we were slaughtered because of that, Manton took me in after that, he looked after me like I was his son."
"And you didn't think to tell us this before we take them on ourselves?"
"You all seemed so confident, so together; I didn't want to shatter that."
"Great, so tell me, how many were killed?"
"Nine on our side three on theirs, there were so many of them, we were ill prepared and took the fall."
"And now with no one else left you spread the rumours to us and we come running."
"It isn't my fault, I didn't know that any of this was going to happen."
"I realise this, it seems that Manton has more in common with Alastor than I cared to believe, we're going to the ministry and then we're going to finish this for good."
So that is what they headed off to do, confront the Australian Ministry of Magic which seemed as useless as the British Ministry of Magic. Harry was determined to get in to see the Minister and see what he had to say for himself.
Harry was slowly loosing all respect for authority figures, he just wanted it over, he wanted Voldemort dead if not for the good of the wizarding world but for him and Draco, not to mention their baby.
What kind of world was this, where evil wizards were not dealt with and the side of the light were the ones that manipulated each other, it wasn't right and Harry knew that this one act would not set it right but it wasn't his job to do so.
Here is another chapter done for you guys, only two more chapters to go and then I'll be finishing Dancing into your heart and then hopefully I'll work on the sequel to this story. Let me know what you guys think about the story.
I know there were a lot of mistakes on the last chapter and I apologise but there is a lot going on in my life right now. Don't forget to review.