Angels and Dragons, Chapter 13: "Fly With Me Forever, My Angel"
Summary: Draco's mother has been released from Azkaban, thanks to Harry, and has surprised her son. And now, Draco has a surprise for Harry. What could it be? Read on to find out!
Legal Disclaimer: Unfortunately, I do not own these characters, but I do own this story, so there will be no stealing!
Hello again to my loyal fan base. I do apologize for the long wait, but I just haven't felt like typing. I know, I'm lazy, but aren't we all at one point or another? Of course, the newest Harry Potter came out on Saturday, and I finished it in 12 hours (6 hrs. on Sat. and 6 on Sunday). I will not give anything away, in case there are some of you who may not be fast readers, or who have not started reading yet, or just don't want to accept the ending. I will tell you that the ending made me cry, and I was not expecting that to happen. Anyway, here is my next chapter!
Chapter Thirteen: "Fly With Me Forever, My Angel"
Harry smiled. Draco's expression changed from shock to pure happiness. He held Harry's hand tighter and looked at him.
"Did you help arrange this?" he asked quietly.
"Yes, love, I did. I knew how much you missed her, so I asked Dumbledore if it would be possible for her to join us for breakfast. Do you like it?" Harry asked with a smile, already knowing the answer.
"Yes, of course I do! Thank you so much, Harry," Draco whispered, hugging his boyfriend tight, his angel.
"For goodness sake, just kiss him already!" shouted Fred. Both Harry and Draco started to laugh.
"Yeah, go on, Draco! Kiss him," said George. Draco pulled out of the embrace and looked at Harry.
"Fine then. I will," he whispered, and kissed Harry gently and passionately.
"Woohoo! All right, Draco!" shouted Fred.
"You are the bravest," added George. They broke the kiss and laughed.
"Well, he's right, Draco. I highly doubt that anyone besides you is brave enough to kiss their boyfriend in front of the teachers," said Harry.
"What can I say? I enjoy being different," said Draco. He took hold of Harry's hand, and they walked to their tables. Before they could sit down, though, Narcissa came forward and embraced her son.
"I am so proud of you, Draco," she whispered. She kissed his forehead and then smiled at Harry before giving him a hug, too. "I want to thank you for all that you have done for my son and I. You are the only person who has ever made my son as happy as he is. You'd better plan on sticking around for a long time, Harry."
"Don't worry. I plan to," Harry whispered, so that only she could hear him.
"Are you gonna ask him?" she asked hopefully.
"Yes, I am," Harry replied.
"Good. I'm getting my name changed. I can't stand to be associated with that loser that is soon to be my ex-husband."
"What are you changing your name to, Mom?" asked Draco curiously. Narcissa smiled and glanced at Harry, who'd looked down at the thought of his godfather's last name still being alive. Narcissa gave Harry another hug.
"You don't mind, do you, Harry?" she asked.
"No," he said through his tears of joy at the thought of his godfather.
"Good, then it's settled. Starting as soon as I can, I will be Narcissa Black once again." Draco gasped.
"You're related to...Harry's godfather?" Harry glanced at Narcissa with a confused look on his face.
"You never said anything to him? I thought you'd told him," he said. Narcissa shook her head. Harry smiled.
"Well, I don't know about the two of you, but I'm starving, so I'm gonna return to my seat," said Narcissa. Harry looked at Draco, who still looked confused. (Poor Draco!)
"Do you want to sit with us today?" he asked, indicating the Gryffindors. Draco smiled and nodded, causing some of the girls to give the couple scandalized looks because they still hadn't really accepted the relationship yet. Hermione and Ron scooted over a little to make room for them. As they sat down, the food appeared and the owls started to bring the mail. A school owl showed up for Hermione, Pig showed up for Ron, a beautiful snowy owl showed up for Ginny, the twins' owl showed up, Hedwig showed up, another school owl showed up for Neville, and Draco's eagle owl showed up, each carrying a copy of the newspaper. They each accepted the newspaper, only a little shocked that they didn't have to pay for it.
"Look at this, Harry! We're all on the front page," Draco exclaimed, indicating the various pictures of everybody. The biggest one was a group picture of Harry, Draco, Neville, Ron, Hermione, Ginny, Fred, George, Lupin, and Tonks on the Quidditch field.
"Who took that picture? I don't remember anybody from the Ministry there on that day," said Harry.
"There wasn't, Harry. Read who the picture's credited to,"said Hermione. Harry looked down, and then he smiled.
"I should have known. Colin Creevy," said Harry, shaking his head. Harry read the headline for the article.
"Dangerous Criminals Caught By Teachers, Students, Ministry Personnel"
"That's not a bad article. I suppose it could've been better, but with Fudge around monitoring everything, he doesn't always allow the truth to be printed," said Hermione, closing the newspaper.
"I'll agree with you there, Hermione. Fudge is such an idiot that it's not even funny. He doesn't understand everything to it's full extent. I don't know whether to trust him or not," said Neville.
"I have the answer for you, Neville. Don't trust him. It's as simple as that," said Harry.
"Well, I don't know about you, Harry, but I'm stuffed. Shall we?" asked Draco. Harry smiled.
"Okay. We'll see you around," he said to the others in their little group.
"Hey, Harry! Where can we find you when we're done?" asked Fred.
"We'll be outside on the Quidditch field," said Draco before Harry could answer.
"Okay then, mate. We'll see ya out there," said Ron. As they left the Great Hall, Harry looked questioningly at Draco.
"Why are we going out to the field? What have you got up your sleeves this time?"
"You'll see," said Draco mischievously. As they approached the field, Harry saw that a tent had been put up. He raised his eyebrows but didn't say anything. Draco held the flap open for Harry, then followed him inside. Harry gasped.
"Draco, why...how did you...wow!" Harry exclaimed. Draco had put a spell on the tent to make it so that pictures of Harry's family were everywhere. There were pictures of Harry with his parents when he was first born, pictures of Harry's parents when they were still in school surrounded by their friends, pictures of Harry with Sirius and Remus, pictures of Harry with the Weasley twins, pictures of Harry surrounded by his friends, and even some recent pictures of Harry and Draco.
"I told you I'd give something back to you. I spent all night doing this, with Dumbledore's, Flitwick's, Remus', and Tonks' help. Do you like it, Harry?"
"Like it? Draco, I love it! Thank you so much!" said Harry, throwing his arms around Draco's neck and kissing him passionately. Draco smiled into the kiss and wrapped his arms around Harry's waist. Then Harry stepped back.
"I'm glad you like it, angel. You're worth everything to me, and I thought that this would be the perfect way to show it," whispered Draco.
"I have something that I've been meaning to ask you for awhile now, but I've never had the courage to ask you. You're my world, Draco, forever and always, and I was wondering if you would be willing to spend the rest of your life with me." Draco's eyes widened in shock.
"Does this mean what I think it means?"
"Yes. Draco, will you marry me?" Draco stood rooted to the spot, staring at Harry. Tears slid down his face as he smiled and rushed at Harry, throwing his arms around him.
"Yes! Of course I will. How could you even wonder about whether I'd say yes or not? I'll love you forever and always, my angel."
"Wow! This is so cool! Did you do this, Draco?" asked a voice standing behind them. Draco pulled back and Harry turned around. Neville, Ron, Hermione, Fred, George, Ginny, Tonks, Dumbledore, Lupin, Mr. and Mrs. Weasley, Narcissa, Bill, Charlie, McGonagall, and Flitwick were all standing behind them.
"Yes and no. I had a little help, Neville," said Draco.
"I think we interrupted something important between you two. Did we?" asked Tonks. Harry smiled and shook his head.
"No, you didn't really interrupt anything."
"Oh, shut up, Harry. You're teasing them, and that's not nice. He asked me to marry him, and I said yes," said Draco.
"Oh, how wonderful!" said Tonks.
"Good for you, Harry," said Lupin. Everybody else had a similar reaction. Draco held Harry's hand and squeezed it. Harry returned the gesture.
"So, who gets to wear a wedding dress?" asked Ron innocently. Draco glared at him and Harry hit him over the head.
"You smartass," growled Draco.
"Ronald Weasley, that wasn't very nice! Apologize," said Hermione angrily.
"Young man, apologize for being so rude. Honestly, I didn't raise you to be an ill-mannered person," said Mrs. Weasley.
"Sorry Harry, Draco. I was only kidding," said Ron.
"I'm so happy! I now have an extended family," said Narcissa. Harry looked around at everybody and smiled. He felt Draco's grip on his hand tighten, and he turned around to face him. Draco smiled and kissed Harry gently.
"My heavenly angel," Draco whispered.
"Golden boy," whispered Harry, earning him a smack upside the head from Draco. "Oh, sorry. My sexy kitten," he whispered so low that Draco almost didn't hear him.
"That's more like it," purred Draco. Harry put his arms around Draco's neck and rested his head on Draco's shoulder.
"I wish we could stay like this forever," said Harry. "Just you, me, and our extended family."
"Nobody's stopping us, angel," replied Draco. "I do have one request for our arrangement, though."
"What's that, love?"
"When my mother changes her name, what do you think about me taking on the name Black so that we can combine our last names?"
"Do you mean that, Draco? You'd really do that?" asked Harry in disbelief.
"Yes, I do. Nobody should have to have the last name of Malfoy ever again. At least, not in our family. That name is cursed."
"Okay, if that's what you want, Draco, that's what we'll do."
"Good choice, Draco. Our loved ones should always live on in name as well as in spirit. I'm sure Sirius is proud of you two," said Lupin.
"Thank you, Remus," said Draco.
"I'll go tell the house elves to fix something different for lunch because we have a few things to celebrate," said Dumbledore, leaving. He was followed by everybody else, except for Harry and Draco.
"Thank you again for what you've done for me, Draco."
"Don't mention it. This spell is permanent, by the way, so whenever we put this tent up, the pictures will always be here."
"Thank you, my love."
"You're welcome, my angel. You'll fly with me forever, my angel, won't you?"
"Yes, I'll fly with you forever, Draco."
The end. Long silence, in which reviewers are glaring at the author. Just kidding! My part-time editor started an epilogue for me, and continued to help me write it, but it'll take a little time to get it all up, because it's really long. Thank you to all of you who have stayed with me from the beginning, and until next time, this is Ryo-sama signing off!