A/N: Still looking for a beta. Any one out there willing to beta this? Dracolov at yahoo dot com. I could really use the help.
Chapter 16
Draco and his brother walked into the office after about 20 minutes. It had taken a lot out of Draco to just get dressed. In human form, Sam had gotten on Draco's left and Mark on his right. Then they helped him walk up the steps and to the office. Once Draco had taken a seat, they sat on either side of him.
The doors of the office closed and Red stepped out from behind them. Draco looked across the table to see the trio watching him. At the head of the table was Elwood. Red took the last seat at the other end of the table.
"Well now that we're all here, it's time to get this mess all sorted out. Let's start with you three." He pointed too the trio, but before one of them could answer Draco spoke up.
"Father Elwood it is no mystery as to why they were looking for me. It's really quite simple to see. They wanted to use me for information." He stared at Hermione as he said his next part. "They figured if they made it look like they cared for me and what I had been through; I would tell them whatever they wanted to know." He looked back at Elwood. "See I lived with the people they're fighting against and I have the inside track on whatever it is they need to bring them down." Elwood looked over at the trio and nodded.
"I see, so you're just here to get information to win your side of the war, in the Wizarding world. Well we'll give you that and you can be on your way. However Draco and Hermione there is much more to your relationship than you even know." Elwood said simply.
Draco stared at Elwood and didn't see the look of guilt Hermione was trying to hide. "What? I'm afraid I didn't understand half of what you just said."
Red sighed and lay on the table slightly. "Elwood lets not beat around the bush." He looked annoyed.
"All of this will be answered in good time, but first it's a good idea to see were everyone stands." Elwood smiled at Red. Red rolled his eyes but said nothing more.
"Harry did you know Draco saved your life?" The Trio's eyes widened and looked over at Draco. Elwood smiled. "I will take that as a no. Draco why don't you tell them how you saved his life?" Draco looked at Elwood for a long moment.
"First I like to know how you knew I saved him." Draco asked with his eyebrow raised.
Again, Red answered. "Because Elwood and I know everything about you! Look Draco I know this whole thing is weird, but just answer our questions and I promise at the end of this stupid sharing section you will know everything you want to know."
Draco looked at Red to Elwood and back. "All right I will answer your question. But I've got to ask, which time you're referring to. I've saved him and his little friends' asses more then I can count."
"The most recent one; which happened three weeks ago." Draco sighed at this and looked at Red, who winked at him and sat up crossing his arms. Draco had to admit as much as he didn't like Red, he liked him even more, though the wink creeped him out some.
He looked at Harry "Do you remember being in the library three weeks ago? You were meeting someone who sent you a letter?" Harry nodded his head slowly. "The person who sent you the letter was a Death Eater. He was setting you up to be hit by a new spell that would have made you die slowly and miserable. The thing is this spell can only be used once every 6 months." Now they were all nodding. "You then fell down the steps and you didn't know why. Well they were not steps but rather, a slide. Do you remember that?"
Harry looked shocked at that. "I remember feeling like someone pushed me and when I looked up there was black smoke and the steps were in a slide form, yeah."
"The black smoke was the spell meant to kill you. I however changed the steps and then hit you in the side with a simple pushing spell. I knew you'd get a couple of bumps and bruises, but you'd still be alive." The kids just stared at him.
"Yes, it was a brilliant plan. Right up until they figured it out and realized you had been helping Harry all along," Elwood said sadly, as he placed something on the table.
"But why would you save my life Malfoy? I mean you hate me." Harry asked
"Don't let it go to your head Potter. I still hate you; however, my family has been trying to get the hell out of Voldemort's control for sometime now. The problem is he knows our weakness and uses them to keep us under his foot," Draco said dryly.
"Your love for each other?" Hermione asked softly.
"Yes Granger, our love for each other. He promised if one of us were to betray him the other two would pay." Draco sounded cold as he answered her.
"So your mother and father's lives are in danger now?" Mark asked softly next to him.
"They would have been if my mother hadn't disowned me and my father hadn't promised to kill me." He looked at the sad face Mark was making, and taking in a deep breath he spoke warmly to his brother. "Once my mother had figured out I had been helping Potter all along, she told me to run. The after, she attempted to keep my father and herself save. She knew it was only a matter of time before the Death Eaters realized the same thing. She told me to run in hope of keeping me alive." Draco patted Mark on the shoulder, in hopes of cheering him up some.
He was guessing the ritual they had done the night before had made it so they could feel each other's pain. Or any feeling the other might be having, because Draco felt sad and he felt sorry for himself. It didn't make sense, for he had never felt sorry for himself. Somehow, he knew it was Mark feelings he was noticing.
"So who gave you all those scars and why?" Hermione asked out of nowhere. Draco could see she didn't think he was telling the truth, which hurt him in away he didn't know was possible.
"My father," Draco said quietly. "He isn't exactly sane thanks to all the spells and crap Voldemort put him through. Most of the time he's really a great guy, but sometimes he loses himself and goes crazy. When Dobby lived in the house, that poor elf got the brunt of it. But after Potter freed him, my father came after me and my mother. He still loved us, but just couldn't remember who we were. Sometimes he'd be like that for days and others only a moment. I'm not mad at him because I know he couldn't help himself. It was like living with a drunk basically."
The room was silent for a bit. "So when you left home where did you go?" This time it was Ron asking the question.
"I was mostly in Ireland I drove up into Scotland where I sold my car and then took a boat over to London. I had been at a house my family owned over in Ireland when my mother told me to run." Draco said with a tone that said 'what do you want to know that for?'
"So who was it you cast a memory charm on?" Ron asked with a bit of nodic.
"What? I haven't cast a single spell since I left home." Draco looked completely lost.
"I cast the spell." Red said from the other end of the table. Everyone looked at him wide eyed. "There's a lot to that so unless they're any more questions for Draco here I will fill you in." Everyone but Hermione said they had no more questions for Draco.
"I have some actually," she stated, and with all eyes on her, she looked at Draco. "One; what were you doing in a vampire's bar? Two; why are these two werewolves your brothers?" Her eyes were burning into his, Draco ended up having to look away.
"Red asked me to go to the bar and see him sing. I felt bad for leaving him in the sun for two hours, so I decide to go. I didn't think it would be a vampire bar though. I just thought it was a muggle bar. But the name of the bar should have been all I needed to know to realized it was a vampire bar." He looked at his brothers. "Two; they asked and I always wanted a brother. Now I've got two." He smirked as he answered her.
Harry looked at him funny and then he looked at Sam. "Why did you ask Malfoy to be your brother? And how did simply asking and getting a yes make him your brother?"
Sam looked at him for a bit before answering. "Well, we were pretending he was our brother anyways." Sam made a funny face. "Actually, there's more to it than that. Mark and I had this strange feeling we were connected to him somehow. Like we had met him before and were good friends. I know that sounds weird, but it's the true. So we performed an elements ritual, which bonded us to him in a very secret way. We can now feel each other's feelings, he can speak our language and some other things. Through this ritual Draco really did become our brother." Sam popped his knuckle joints.
"Well now that that is all cleared up. Elwood and I can finally show you what we have discovered." Red smiled at the Elf.
"Yes, it is time. At some point I believe we have all, except Harry and Ron, gotten the feeling we knew each other and there was some kind of special bond between us. It took me a while to figure it out, but with Red's help we found out why we keep getting that feeling." Elwood showed everyone what he had placed on the table. It was a bowl full of water, or so it seemed. "The thing is we have in fact met before. The magic time twined water will show you the entire story." Elwood tapped the water and a story began to unfold.
(It showed them all the pg-13 stuff from 'Camping With Malfoy')
No one spoke; there was only silence for a good three hours. Harry looked at Hermione and Ron. "You two were in loveā¦" Hermione only stared at the water in the magic bowl.
"When Elwood and I started to have the same dream about you," he motioned to Draco. "We knew that we had to find you. I was out studying what it was like to be a homeless runaway when I saw you. For two days, I followed you. When I saw that boy trying to approach you I hit him with a memory spell." Red sighed. "However, we still have no idea what this all means, but one thing is for sure Draco you and Hermione are in the middle of it all."
"So, now what do we do?" Draco asked still a little shaken by finding out he had once been married to Hermione. Elwood stood up and walked around the table. "For now we all keep quiet, we'll keep you safe and if Mr. Potter, Mr. Wesley and Ms. Granger agree to keep quiet, maybe we can help stop the war in your world; though I believe whatever it is you are meant to do is a lot bigger than the war to come." He placed a hand on Draco arm and looked across the table. "So what do you all say?"
There were no questions after this about where anyone stood. They all agreed to help each other and figure out what they were supposed to be doing this time around. Draco decided he was going to get to know each one of them and maybe rekindle the love him and Hermione once had.
