The Beginning of a New Chapter
Word had gotten out that Lord Voldermort was dead only hours after his deadly fate. Also known to the wizarding world was that he had an unborn baby growing inside one of the most powerful witches in the world who, along with her girlfriend, had taken his place. A week after the death the school had started to run normally again only with a couple of disturbances during a few classes. Half of the Slytherin House population had fled the day their Lord had died only living the other half mostly of first and second. A couple of Ravenclaw had been sent home after Dumbledore had found out that they had been helping with a few curses here and there and they were attending a hearing that day.
Most of the school was shaken up about the attack but no one had gone through what, Harry, Draco, Ron, Nevile, Ginny and Luna had. Dumbledore had agreed to let Luna and Draco move to Gryffindor House but only until they had gained full control of themselves. Harry and Draco and half of Gryffindor House had tried to persuade Dumbledore to let Draco and Luna if she wanted to, stay in the house until the end of the year but he refused. He had plans that were being established and would be finished at the end of the month though he didn't tell them that.
It was the first day that school had started running again after the attack. They woke up at around seven that morning in the boy's dormitory. Draco was curled up next to Harry and Ginny was curled up next to Nevile. Dumbledore had also put another bed there for Luna however after a couple of days she had slowly made her way onto Dean's bed. Harry lay awake stroking the blonde's hair as he slowly awakened from his sleep. Looking into Draco's eyes he said, "I love you, so, so much" and kissed him. After five minutes each student in the room slowly got up making their way to the showers. After they were all ready they made their way together into the Great Hall for breakfast. They sat at the down at the table and picked at the food in front of them. Half way through breakfast Dumbledore made an announcement.
"Students, there has been slight changes to each of your timetables so we are giving new ones out just before you go to your first classes. Also I would like to announce that there will be new arrangements in your Houses. Due to reasons that I cannot explain until it is confirmed we are taking even bigger caution into action since the Ladies of Darkness have come into power than when Voldermort was alive. We are also inviting several students, who are in their final year of schooling from our fellow wizarding schools, into our school. They are scheduled to arrive in a week's time. We will hold a feast for them and they will also be sorted into Houses. There will be about ten coming, five girls and five boys. But for now let us finish our breakfast and then start our classes", Dumbledore said and was about to sit down before he added, "Mr Potter, Mr Malfoy and Mr Weasley I would like to see the three of you in my office. You will be excused for the morning lessons today".
They slowly digested their breakfast and then Professor McGonnagal came around and handed out the new timetables. They examined them carefully. There classes were the same as each others, except Ginny of course. Thankfully their first lessons were Potions and Transfiguration so they didn't miss out on any of their favourites. They slowly got up and left the Great Hall. Ginny, Nevile, Dean and Luna headed to their first classes and Ron, Harry and Draco headed to Dumbledore's office. The three young men stood at the statue of Gargoyles for about fine minutes trying to figure out the password before Professor Flitwick came along and saved and congratulated them. They stepped slowly onto the spiral staircase as it went up and they landed at the door in front of Dumbledore's office.
McGonnagal stepped out. She looked at the boys and sighed.
"You may go in. But I'm warning you this might come as a shock to you" she said before brushing passed them. They entered the room and Dumbledore welcomed them.
"Good morning. Am I right to assume that Minerva just said something along the lines of, "You may come in. But I'm warning you this might come as a shock to you?" he asked the three boys.
"Yes sir, but I don't see the point of bringing us in here just for that", Harry answered and glanced at the other boys.
"Quite right you are Harry. But on the note, she has a habit of doing that" he winked at the three boys. "Now sit down before you're legs are unable to stand any longer" he said cheerfully before sitting down. The three boys sat down and with a wave of Dumbledore's wand a tray full of chocolate treats and tea appeared on the table.
"Help yourselves boys. Well I have new news about our situation. First I will tell you Mr Weasley and then you must leave us I have something to discuss with these two in private" he said and turned to Ron.
"I'm glad to say that the Miss Granger that is now one of the new rulers isn't the real Hermione Granger. However the real Hermione Granger's presence is unknown" he looked at Ron. Harry glanced at Ron as well. This news was indeed a bit of a shock as Professor M had said but he wasn't sure how Ron would take this news.
"Um… how do you know for certain?" Ron asked.
"Tell me Ron. Do you really think she would turn to the dark side as well as being a lesbian?" he asked him.
"No. But sir, I'm not sure about a lot of things lately. How do we know that this isn't a part of her plan" and with a second wave of his wand Dumbledore had conjured up a revealing potion. He slowly poured it onto a strand of Hermione's hair which had been sitting there since she had escaped and had been sitting in a glass jar. He silently muttered a spell and the hair instantly turned to a shade of black, revealing the name of, Jessica Clarke. The three students gasped and then looked at Dumbledore.
"Jessica was never a bright student. She left the school in the middle of your third year before your Godfather revealed himself. She had turned to the dark side and I heard notice that she had disappeared. But I did know one thing, that she and Miss Parkinson had been seeing each other for three years" he said smiling slightly.
"But then where's Hermione? Does she, does she love me?" was all Ron could say before he broke down in tears. Harry and Draco put two comforting arms around the smaller boy.
"That young Mr Weasley is a question that no one can answer except Hermione. But my dear boy, if we have any information on the whereabouts of Miss Granger you will definitely be the first to know. Oh and another question I am guessing you all want to know is how Clarke has been interpreting Hermione. It's a simple switching spell which your father Harry and Sirius used quite a lot. It also is used by me but I dare not say who I have been turning into" he replied softly, "but don't worry it is nothing bad" he added.
Harry whispered something in Ron's ear and the red-head looked up smiling slightly. "Yes sir. I believe you wanted to Harry and Draco?" he asked.
"Yes if you don't mind. Though you are excused from classes I have organized for you to have study time in the library which will be supervised by Miss Finny seeing as she doesn't have a class and wanted to do some research for me. Oh and I must ask you not to speak a word of this to anyone. I was under strict orders not to tell you but I thought you of all people should know" he said and Ron nodded then left the room.
Harry glanced at the facial expression on his boyfriends face, which had gone from being nervous, too sad, to concerned and then back to being nervous. Draco saw him looking at him and smiled a fake smile. Dumbledore had bee studying the boys carefully after Ron left five minutes ago and then he decided to break the silence.
"Now you are obviously wondering what I need to talk to you about so I'll come right out and say" his smile slowly faded to a frown, "Draco we have captured your father and he is now in Azkaban. Hopefully this time no one will be able to break out. Yes the Dementors are no longer at Azkaban, thank Merlin for that, but we have Aurors and a few order members that aren't Aurors stationed around there so it will be almost unable to break in or out of. On the note of your father, I have just remembered something that will greatly be appreciated by you. But don't worry its good news that I have remembered otherwise your situation will be more difficult to explain. Your father was a Veela. But he never met found his mate so he settled down with your mother", he looked at Draco surprised that he was taking the news so well.
"Umm… But sir what has that got to do with us… Oh wait. I remember now", Harry said smiling slightly and looking at his boyfriend.
"Correct you are Harry. But the only thing different is that Draco does have Veela in him but has yet to come into inheritance until his birthday in about a month if I am correct", Draco nodded and then he continued, "It is important as you know for a Veela to find his or her mate which usually happens after their seventeenth birthday but obviously you have found him. But after your seventeenth birthday you two will be unable to leave each others side for too long, if you make the other angry you will soon feel as though you have lost a part of you and most importantly if one of you dies or leaves you will slowly die from a broken heart" he said now with a frown and surveying each of the boys expressions carefully. After about a minutes silence Draco spoke again.
"So that's why we have been put in the same classes?" he asked and received a nod in reply and then questioned, "But then what about me going back to my house, wouldn't that have some affect" he asked.
"It certainly will but I have already worked that out. You will both have an apartment near Gryffindor House and you will be able to visit them anytime and if you choose to they will be able t visit you as well. Oh and Miss Lovegood and Dean, well they'll get used to not sleeping in the same bed after a while", Dumbledore noticed that Harry had a surprisingly huge smile on his face and Draco noticed too.
"What's up Harry?" Draco asked.
Still smiling Harry answered, "That's why you weren't allowed to stay in Gryffindor House right. But that's also why your still gonna be with me and well Luna and Dean…" he started laughing and then Draco and Dumbledore joined him.
After five minutes of a laughing fit they calmed down.
"We will have a huge party for your birthday Draco and I will announce to the school your inheritance. Now lunch started not long ago and I must ask you not to tell anyone this. Oh and I have chosen both of you and I forgot to tell Mr Weasley and can you also tell Mr Longbottom, Miss Lovegood and Miss Weasley that I have chosen the seven of you to be escorts for the new students when they get here and I have also set up a table in the Great Hall away from the others for you six and anyone else you wish to sit there and also the new students will sit there until they are sorted into the different houses", he said getting up and motioning them out the doors.