Disclaimer: Refer to first chapter
Summary: Harry Potter died in his final battle against Voldemort, but did he really die?
Pairings: DM/HP, SS/HG, LM/OC, LP/JP, RW/PP, RL/NB for now.
This fic contains OotP spoilers.
AN: Well, everyone, here is another chapter, I hope you enjoy. Again I don't know when I'll update again, as I'm in college and it takes a lot of my free time, but don't worry, I won't drop this fic, as I promised in first or second chapter, you will see the end of this, I just didn't know it would become so long and that this term would be so hard, but don't worry, it is trying that we succeed ^_^.
Warning: This fic contains slash, which means male x male relationships so, if you are offended, the back button is on the top of your screen.
Thanks to my reviewers, you rock!
sak: Well, get ready for some more twists, I still have some more in my twisted mind
Sheree: Don't worry, I won't make you wait that long anymore and turn blue again, it was really cruel from me. Fowgive me? (Puppy dog eyes) ^_^
Alyanah: Glad I didn't take your sanity, no one deserves to end up like me ^_^. Now the answers will start to appear but it will still have some twists, but not much, only the truth coming out. ^_^.
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9.The heir of Merlin
It had been more than one hour since Nil had gone and strangely, the feeling that something wasn't quite right was still bothering him. He was pacing around the apartment, thinking about moving with his father for a while but the more he walked around his apartment the more memories kept flooding through his mind. Memories of sad and happy times.
* Flashback *
Draco, in his fourth year, was pacing furiously across the empty Slytherin common room and Nil, also a fourth year, was sat in one of the desks, doing her homework.
"I still can't believe Pothead got away like that. It must be because he is 'Dumbledore's Golden Boy'" he was ranting.
"Or maybe ha was innocent and was in the wrong place at the wrong time." Nil answered calmingly without raising her eyes from her homework.
Draco looked incredulously at her. He was introduced at her on his fourteenth birthday, in a very Malfoyish party at Malfoy Manor, to make him find a 'nice pure blood girl'. He liked her immediately, but as a friend. His father was always telling him to marry her but he couldn't see her as his wife or even as his girlfriend, only as a friend, the only one he had. They kept their friendship a secret, especially because she was somehow excluded from the others Slytherins, but he only allowed her to discuss his point of views. But now he was really considering that she had finally lost it.
"You are not serious, isn't it Nillie? Please, tell me you are not serious."
"Yes I am, Draco. I am serious about that." She answered looking at him. "And you know that I am not afraid to voice my opinions."
"I know, Nillie, but honestly, it is Scarface we are talking about."
"Have you already thought that maybe the red clowns talk the same thing about us, Slytherins?"
"I didn't know that they could put two words together."
"Yes, they can, it is the Hufflepuffs who have this problem."
"Yeah, you are right, but still, if the 'Golden trio' didn't have that filthy mudblood with them I highly doubt that they would know which way is up and which way is down, specially saint Potter, I doubt he would even know how to use a spoon if he didn't have that know-it-all to tell him."
"And the fact that you would like to be the one to teach him how to use a spoon doesn't count" Nil whispered lowering her eyes and shaking her head.
"I beg your pardon. I don't want to teach him how to use a spoon, I don't even like him." Draco answered spitefully.
"Yeah right." Nil whispered "Who said you like him?" Nil said to him looking in his eyes.
Draco only glared at her.
"Look Draco, I already finished my homework, do you want help with yours?" Nil said it smiling from his glare.
"Do I look like the guy who needs help with his homework?"
"Okay, then. I'll leave you with your plotting to make the Golden Boy's life a living hell." Nil bowed mockingly.
"Nice friend you are, Nillie." Draco said playfully.
"Sorry Draco, but even ladies need to use the loo." She answered him, laughing.
"Oh sorry, young lady, it was extremely disrespectful from my part." Draco replied bowing mockingly.
"You are impossible, Draco Malfoy." She walked to him "And I hope that you truly find happiness and that no prejudice stand on your way." She said hugging him and then she walked away.
He kept thinking what she had meant with that, sitting in front of the fire.
* End Flashback *
Yes he had truly found happiness but it had been taken away from him so quickly... so quickly that the few memories he had of those happy times, he cherished more that anything now, but those memories were driving him crazy at the moment.
* Flashback *
It was the first month that he was with Harry, in his sixth year and he was excited to find out what Harry would think of his present. It had been very hard to admit his feelings to Harry but now that they were together, his entire future looked brighter. He owed a lot to Nil, she had helped him to gather the courage to tell Harry about his feelings in the Mermaid's Song, she even stayed there, a cloaked figure, to help him if something went wrong, she had talked to him when he needed most, had written the letters to him so Harry wouldn't find out it was him by his handwriting... really, she was his best friend, but whenever he tried to introduce the two, something would happen, it seemed that fate wanted Nil to stay in the shadows, but now, there was no Nil's help and that was because he was nervous, he didn't have anyone to cover him if something went wrong. With a final look at the mirror he left his bedroom and the Slytherin Common Room to find Harry at the front doors.
"Where are we going, Drake?"
That deep voice would always send shivers down his spine
"Sshh, it is a surprise. You will like, I promise." He answered putting a bandage on his eyes, being careful to not hurt Harry.
Draco guided Harry through the hallways, a secret passageway and some stairs and then he stopped and took the bandage from Harry's eyes.
It was really unbelievable, he could tell by the look in Harry's eyes that he never expected him to do something like that.
"Drake, this is... this... wow!"
"I'm glad you liked" Draco answered shyly.
"Liked? I loved it! Thank you." Harry answered pulling Draco closer and hugging him.
It wasn't for nothing that Harry was so surprised. Draco had closed the Mermaid's Song just for them. Candles were floating and a single table was placed in the middle of the first floor, facing Hogwarts. It was one of the most romantic things one could ever see.
They would have to get back to their lives in no more than one month and Draco wanted to make those two months worth all the waiting they would go through the summer so Draco prepared that dinner to spend a little more time with Harry, as they had to keep their relationship secret for now.
The next year they revealed the school their relationship and surprisingly just a few people were against them; most of the school supported them and even covered their relationship from their parents.
**** End Flashback *****
Draco heard a strange noise coming from the door, the windows and the fireplace. He crossed his apartment and stopped in the middle of the room when he saw smoke coming from the fireplace. Soon the windows were blasted, just like the door and white-cloaked figures entered, with the ones that came from the fireplace.
"Who are you and what are you doing in my house?" Draco demanded.
"We are here to take you to where you belong, Draco Malfoy" One of the figures spoke.
"What?! I demand you get out of here now!" he replied furiously
The figure chuckled and said:
"There is no need to be angry. Soon you will join us in our cause anyway. Resisting will only make things worse for you. You should be glad that you are being spared, opposite to that filthy mudblood Snape."
"What? What do you mean? What have you done to Hermione?" Draco was getting angrier by the time and the figures didn't realize it would bring the failure of their mission.
"Enough with the talking, my dear. You will come with us willingly." The figure answered taking his wand out of his pocket. "Mens factum ab odium" the figure shouted but it never realized it was too late.
Things started to fly and when the curse was sent to him it didn't work, instead, just smoke got out of the wand and the figure started to cry in agony because of a terrible ache in the entire body. Draco's eyes were all silver, his pupils had disappeared and lightning bolts were getting out of it. Whoever he looked at, started to scream in agony as if their bodies were being ripped from the inside out and being opened by powerful hands. (From now, things get a bit disgusting, so if you don't want to read, go to the next paragraph) Those who he kept looking for too long had their bodies exploded and brain, organs and blood were staining the white walls and the marble floor or were twisted in the most strange positions, breaking all the bones and destroying all the organs. Those who escaped that fate had one much worse, they had hallucinations with spirits of those they had killed willingly where they were tortured and were ripped apart.
The one who had talked with Draco, before loosing his sanity, and his soul, thought:
#This is really the Heir of Merlin, the one with the power to rule over the souls#
Suddenly a hand sneaked around his face, placing a wet handkerchief on his nose and making him loose his conscience. It was Lucius who had finally gotten near Draco without being seen. Otherwise he could have ended up like the Bringers that now lay down dead or crazy on the floor.
#Thanks Merlin I was once a Death Eater and now I'm part of the Brotherhood# Lucius never thought he would, someday, thank the fact that he once was a Death Eater, but this time, the secrecy it required was coming in hand. "Hey, Jules, I have the heir, send the boys to do their job" said Lucius contacting the Brotherhood headquarters and Aparating there. The job the 'boys' had to do was clean all the mess and capture the survivors, if there was any, to interrogate and clean their minds from all the hate, sometimes even erasing their memories and the fact that they were wizards, but it was a small price to pay, at least they would have the chance to start anew, of course, always supervised by someone from the Brotherhood that stayed in the shadows.
When Lucius arrived at the Brotherhood, he went straight to the room that was prepared to the heir of Merlin and placed his son on the bed. His son. He wasn't the perfect father but at least now he would have the chance to make up from everything. The potion that was in the handkerchief would keep Draco asleep for another nine hours, enough time for him to recover from the blast of energy he had. He exited the room, closed the door and went to the Elders Room to receive his next orders and to the Monitor Room, to know what news they had about the other attack, and of course, about Nil. Potter would want to see Draco but surely he could wait until he had rested; tomorrow they would have time. The Bringers would need some time to recover from two failures and many losses. From now, they were relatively safe.
AN: Well everyone, now I'll need your help to do one of the chapters so I'm posting this now so everyone will have time to help me. In this chapter, Draco finally arrived at the Brotherhood and in next chapter there is (finally) his reunion with Harry and the arrival of the Order of Phoenix (is it still called spoilers?). Anyway, I'd like everyone to send questions they would want to know and the character they want to make the question, for example: a reader send me a question about why the Bringers want to destroy the muggle – borns and tell me that he/she wants Sirius Black to do that question, so I'll put that in the fic. It doesn't count Lucius Malfoy, Tom Riddle, Bellatrix Lestrange, Rodolphus Lestrange (you'll know why later), Lily Potter, James Potter, Aberforth Dumbledore, and the OCs, but you don't have to do that if you don't want to, but I'd really appreciate if you sent me a review, please (puppy dog eyes).