Angels and Dragons, Chapter Eight: "Darkness Falls"
Summary: Well, this is a Harry/Draco, so if that bothers you, don't read it. But if you've gotten this far without realizing what it is, then maybe you should actually read the story. Anyway, what happens when Lucius shows up at Hogwarts? Answer: A big mess and a battle of sorts.
Legal Disclaimer: Well, I own Harry Potter and Draco Malfoy. (Long extended silence) Just kidding! I'll leave that privilege to Mrs. Rowling. I do, however, own this story, so deal with it.
Okay, enough of that. Hello once again to all of my faithful fans! This is Ryo-sama once again with another chapter. I am glad that everybody so far has liked my last chapter, despite the fact that Draco is very out of character. That's my privilege as a fanfic writer, so...Anywho, here's the next chapter!
Chapter Eight: "Darkness Falls"
As the sun rose, Harry stirred slightly, but did not wish to get up. He was still half-asleep when a pillow came down on him. Harry jumped and sat up. Draco was standing next to the bed, fully dressed, and laughing.
"Sorry, baby. Didn't mean to scare you."
"Like hell you didn't. What's the big idea?"
"Well, duh! It's morning, sleepyhead."
"I can see that! It's a Saturday, Draco. I was hoping to sleep in."
"Nope. I can't allow that."
"Why not?"
"Because Dumbledore wants to see us. He said it was urgent."
"When Dumbledore says something's urgent, something must be really wrong," said Harry. He scrambled out of bed and hurriedly put his clothes on. Then he grabbed Draco's hand and they walked down two empty corridors (A/N: Are there no people in this school, or are there so many corridors that half of them don't get used?)to Dumbledore's office. He must've told his gargoyle to watch for them because they didn't even say a password and it moved, revealing the spiral staircase. The two lovers walked up the staircase and stopped outside of Dumbledore's office. Harry raised his hand and knocked.
"Come in," came a voice on the other side, but it wasn't Dumbledore's. It wasn't even a man's voice! When Harry opened the door, the sight that greeted him made him sway on the spot. Not only was the Order of the Phoenix in Dumbledore's office, but Lucius and Narcissa Malfoy were there too. Apparently Draco was shocked too, because he was standing behind Harry, not moving.
"Ah, hello Harry. Hello, Mr. Malfoy," said Tonks, the owner of the female voice who had told them to enter. Today, Tonks' hair was two colors, her usual bubble-gum pink and lavender. Mad Eye acknowledged Harry with a slight nod of his head. Lupin smiled warmly at Harry and Draco. McGonagall and Snape stood on either side of the Malfoys, wands out. Same with Kingsley, Elphias Doge, Diggle, Emmeline Vance, and Hestia Jones. One of the new Azkaban guards was there too, since the dementors weren't following orders given by the Ministry anymore. Most of them were destroyed in Harry's sixth year, along with Lord Moldy Shorts, when Harry performed Avada Kedavra on him and destroyed Riddle Manor.
"What's going on?" asked Harry.
"Well, these two idiots insisted on seeing their son, so we brought them. They put up quite a fight in the beginning, trying to get away, but after four Stunning Spells, they calmed down," said Kingsley.
"What does this have to do with Harry?" whispered Draco.
"Well, they..."started Lupin, but Lucius cut him off.
"You're disowned, boy. You insist on being involved with Potter, so we've decided that you have a choice: you either..."
"I don't care what you have to say, I'm not listening to you! I'm staying with Harry, and that's final!" To prove his point, he put his arms around Harry and held him close. Lucius looked menacingly at Harry, then at the guards standing around him and his wife. Narcissa looked at her son, then turned to her husband. Without saying a word, she punched him.
"This is all your fault! If you hadn't gotten involved with that freak, my son wouldn't have grown up resenting me! I hate you!" she screamed. The guards raised their wands, but Harry stepped forward.
"Wait. Put down your wands." Draco stepped out from behind Harry and walked slowly toward his mother.
"Mom? Mom, I don't resent you," he said quietly, tears streaming down his face. Narcissa smiled, then stepped back, because the guards still had their wands raised.
"For goodness sake, put down your wands! If you want to point them at someone, point them at him, but don't point them so that my boyfriend is in the line of fire," said Harry, furious. The guards all pointed their wands at Lucius, who was still on the ground. Draco glanced at Harry, then took another step toward his mother, who looked like she wanted to hug both her son and Harry, but was unsure of whether or not she was allowed to.
"Harry, come here please," said Dumbledore, who'd been silent until now.
"What is it, Headmaster?" Harry asked.
"You are in charge of what they do to the Malfoys, Harry. You do know that, right?" When Harry nodded, Dumbledore continued. "You get to say how they are treated and what they can and cannot do. Your choice," he added. For a minute, Harry was confused, but then he realized what Dumbledore was getting at.
"Harry Potter?" At the mention of his name, Harry turned around. He saw that it was Narcissa who was speaking.
"Yes?"
"May I please speak to you?"
"Yes. What is it?" Silent tears were slowly sliding down her face.
"No amount of apologizing can make up for what I have done to people, so I won't try to. All I ask is that I be allowed to hug my son." Harry knew that, no matter what she'd done in the past, he could not find any reason that he had to be angry at her, so he smiled and nodded his head.
"Thank you," she said. She stepped forward and hugged her son close. Draco looked over at his boyfriend and caught his eye. He smiled at Harry, as if to say, "Thank you." Harry smiled back. Narcissa saw this small gesture and smiled too.
"I wish to thank you, Harry Potter, for making my son so happy. It means a lot to me, even if my husband acts like a jerk." Harry smiled and bowed.
"Ahem, excuse me, Albus, but I need to take these two back to Azkaban. Their time is up," said the Azkaban guard, who was a wizard dressed in purple.
"Very well then." Narcissa hugged her son tightly and whispered something in his ear. He laughed, which caused her to smile. She then turned to Harry, smiled, then bowed. Harry stepped forward and held out his hand. She smiled and gently shook it. (A/N: If Narcissa is out of character, too bad. This is my story and I chose to do it my way.)
"Thank you again for making my son so happy." In an undertone, she added, "If you ever decide that you want to marry him, you have my consent, approval, and best wishes. I may not see you again except in the newspaper, so you take care of yourself, you hear?" Harry smiled and nodded his head.
"I will. Goodbye, Mrs. Malfoy," he said with a bow.
"Goodbye, Harry Potter." With that, the guard left, except for Lupin and Tonks.
"We'll be back momentarily, Albus," said McGonagall. Dumbledore nodded his head. When they had left, Dumbledore shut the door with a flick of his wand.
"What did your mom say to you that made you laugh, Draco?" asked Harry.
"She told me that she'd always love me, that she approved of our relationship, and that my father might not be alive for much longer if he kept acting up." Harry laughed. "Oh, and she said that she wouldn't allow him to disown me."
"Harry, you are the oddest person I know. Why did you ask us not to point our wands at Narcissa if your boyfriend wasn't even in the way? It doesn't make sense," said Lupin.
"I believe that Harry didn't feel that Narcissa Malfoy posed any kind of threat to us. Am I right, Harry?" asked Dumbledore.
"Yes. Narcissa isn't as dangerous as Lucius is. Plus, I don't trust Lucius at all, so he needed the extra wands pointed at him, just in case."
"Harry's right. Lucius Malfoy's criminal record is far longer than his wife's. the only reason she was arrested was because she went crazy."
"What do you mean, Tonks?" asked Harry.
"What she means is that Narcissa started throwing things at us and Lucius because Lucius was trying to kill us and we were trying to Stun him. Most of our spells kept going toward her, so she was trying to protect herself without the use of her wand," said Lupin.
"How long will she be in for?" asked Draco quietly.
"Six months, tops," said Tonks. Suddenly, there was the sound of an explosion not far off. Everyone rushed out of Dumbledore's office and into the corridor to see Lucius with a wand in his hand and all of his guards, and his wife, on the ground.
"I don't care what happens to me, I will not allow you to be in any sort of relationship with Potter. Crucio!" The spell hit Draco, who dropped to the floor screaming. Lupin and Tonks raised their wands, but Lucius was faster. "Crucio!" Before he could turn the wand on Dumbledore or Harry, Harry raised his wand and shouted, "Stupefy!" It almost hit Lucius, but he dodged it.
"Stupefy!" Lucius' aim was off, and the spell hit his son, who'd just stood up. Draco swayed, then crumpled. Harry turned and faced Lucius, furious.
"Crucio!" he screamed. The spell hit Lucius, who instantly dropped on his knees, screaming. Before the effects of the spell wore off, Harry aimed his wand at Lucius again. "Stupefy!" Lucius was out cold. Harry put his wand away and stepped toward Tonks, who was stirring, but Dumbledore stopped him. Tonks appeared to be fine, but was still in pain.
"I think you should leave this to Madam Pomfrey. Please go get her." Instead of walking, Harry disappeared in a flash of blue light; he had become a very powerful wizard since the defeat of Lord Moldy Shorts.
"Oh my! What the...oh, it's you. What can I do for you, Mr. Potter?" asked a very shocked Madam Pomfrey.
"A whole group of people who are either Stunned or have been hit by the Cruciatus Curse are in front of Dumbledore's office."
"I'm sorry, but did you just say..."
"Yes, I did." With that, he put his hand around her wrist and they were transported to the spot. Madam pomfrey looked at the scene in front of her. Tonks and Lupin were now sitting up. Draco, Lucius, Narcissa, and Mad-Eye were still out. Snape, McGonagall, Kingsley, Diggle, Elphias, Emmeline, and Hestia were sitting up with some difficulty, so it looked like they'd all been hit with the Cruciatus Curse too.
"Oh dear. What in the world is going on? How did this happen? And why are the Malfoys and one of the Azkaban guards here?" The Azkaban guard was hanging upside down from the ceiling.
"Well, you've answered part of your own question. Lucius Malfoy is what happened here. He came to see his son, so that's why the guard is here," said Dumbledore.
"I would assume that he attacked all of these people, including his wife and son?"
"Yes."
"Oh, ow. I hate that curse," said Tonks.
"Are you all right, Tonks?" asked Harry.
"Oh, I'll be fine."
"How 'bout you, Professor Lupin?"
"I'll be fine, Harry. I've had worse pain than this."
"Oh, Harry?" whispered a voice behind him. He turned around to find his boyfriend sitting up slowly.
"Draco! Are you all right?"
"Well, I will be. I think. Are you all right?"
"Yes, I'm fine."
"How about Tonks and Lupin and my mom and the others?"
"Well, Tonks and Lupin are fine. Your mom and dad are still out. So is Mad-Eye. Everyone else appears to be fine."
"Sick, sadistic bastard! I hope you gave him a taste of his own medicine before you Stunned him." Harry laughed.
"Draco, you should watch your language. You're around the Headmaster and two teachers, who could easily take points away and give you a detention."
"Oh, I don't care." He pulled Harry to him and rested his head on Harry's shoulder.
"You're impossible, Draco Malfoy."
"You still love me though, don't you?"
"You already know the answer to that, Draco. Do you even have to ask?"
"I can never be too sure," Draco replied with a smile. Harry shook his head.
"Well, I do believe that the first thing to do is get all of these people down to the Infirmary. First things first, though. Could I possibly get somebody to help me get this guard off the ceiling?"asked Madam Pomfrey.
Well, I'm done with this chapter. Finally! What do you think of it? I personally enjoy what happened to the Azkaban guard and how Harry took down Lucius. Lucius creeps me out, and I had to do something funny, so the guard was what I came up with. Please R & R! Bye until next time!