Title: Aspettare
Author: BlackRavenrose
Warnings: Twisted views, OOCness, Gryffindor-bashing, Slash, Death, Abuse…maybe Oo who knows?
Pairing: Eventual Draco/Harry
Summary: Draco saves Harry from Ron and his cronies one night when they attack him. Draco and the Slytherins teach Harry about how things really are, and not the fairy-tale world Dumbledore creates. SLASH DMHP
A/N: I just wrote you a chapter O
IV.
With Pansy leading the way cheerfully, the rather largish group of Slytherins and Harry headed out of the dungeons and through the entrance hall to the outside were they began the rather long walk to the village, having missed the early carriages there.
Their hopes from an uneventful walk were broken when Ron stalked up behind them, he had his whole group with him, including a fearful, broken looking Hermione who wouldn't meet their eyes.
He stood in front of them blocking their way and sneered.
"What do you want weasel?"
"I see you have the whore with you." He growled out ignoring the question, nodding to Harry.
The small boy was drawn against Draco's side protectively.
"Oh look…the ferret found something to play with."
"Pan!" someone shouted from behind both groups. Ginny Weasley came running over, skipping into view. She went right up to the Slytherin girl and gave her a hug and a kiss on the cheek.
"I haven't seen you since like…Wednesday! What have you been up to?" she linked arms with the girl and pulled them right through the group of Gryffindors.
Keeping up a steady pace she chatted mindless with the Slytherin.
"We could have taken them you know." Pansy said in an amused voice.
"But not without bloodshed I'll bet." Ginny grinned. "And as much as I wish that would happen, I don't want you all stuck in detention."
"That was a nice save there, you had them shocked…they just parted ways."
"Stupid Gryffindors!" she laughed. Harry stared in shock at the red headed girl.
"Ginny?"
"Hello Harry!"
"I…I didn't know you were so friendly with the Slytherins…"
"Err, yeah," she blushed. "After…all that with the diary in first year they took me under their wing I suppose. It changed me, you know? Being possessed by the dark lord? He left some shit behind too…like traits I guess. Oh not like you," she aid when she say his face. "But like…stealth wooooo! And cunning ha!" Pansy smacked her upside the head.
"We take offence to that remark!"
"So he gave you some Slytherin traits…"
"It would seem that way!" she went over and hugged him, pulling him away from Draco.
"I'm glad you're okay…"she whispered in his ear. "After they got back from the hospital wing they came to the common room and began bragging about it."
"The hospital wing?" Harry asked, confused.
"That would have been me." Draco said as he pulled Harry back to him. "After I found you…I cursed them…ha you should have seen the looks on their faces, they were scared shitless!"
"What did you do to them?" Harry asked, wrapping his arms around Draco's waist comfortably and looking up at him.
""I used Peste Negra…"
"Ouch." Harry flinched. "I didn't know you could cast spells like that…"
"Yep…that actually wasn't one of the things my father taught me, we taught ourselves that one. You aren't the only one with a secret club." He grinned.
"Ha...you rated us out!" He said, as they neared the village.
Draco rolled his eyes. "And what would have happened if I didn't? My image as a git would have been ruined!" they all laughed as they walked into the village and the throngs of students.
"Was there something any of the rest of you needed? Or are you just here because we are…"
Greg and Vince went off to Honeydukes, and Theodore slinked off to Zonko's. Millicent and Tracy wandered off to the book store. Daphne followed Millie and Tracy.
"Well! That certainly depleted our numbers…" Only Ginny, Pansy, Blaise and Draco were left with Harry.
"Oh well! Let's shop!" Draco grinned and pulled Harry into the robes store.
"Madam Malkins?"
A short but very slim woman came walking out of the back room. She was wearing a gauzy sweeping violet dress and a scarf around her hair. She had a large number of other scarves around her person in a rainbow of colours, and chains with huge pendants around her neck. The dominant feature on her face was obviously the huge pink horn rimmed glasses.
"Draco! My dear! You brought friends!" she said, with a heavy French accent.
Draco went over and hugged her, allowing her to air kiss his cheeks.
"This is Madam Malkin Harry, her sister runs her shop in Diagon Alley…they own the two of them together."
The small woman clapped her hands together excitedly.
"What are you children here for today then?"
"We came to get Harry new robes."
"Ah! Wonderful! Come right this way my dear…" she bustled off back through the curtain to the other room. Her ring covered hand popped back out.
"Come along!" she said from somewhere beyond the curtain.
Draco grabbed Harry's hand and they went through the curtain, while everyone else looked through the racks of pre-made clothing, and the samples of fabrics hanging.
Through the door was a largish room that had a stool on a platform in the middle, surrounded by mirrors.
"Up you go!" she said cheerfully as from somewhere in her hair she pulled out a gold tape measure.
Giving it a snap she let it do its work, it reminded Harry of the one from Mr. Ollivander's wand shop.
In less then a minuet it was finished and snapped back into her hand, reading the scrap of a scroll that popped up in front of her with a poof she bustled off into a back room.
Harry stayed on his stool and Draco lent against one of the mirrors on the wall, lost in thought. Suddenly he stood up straight.
"I'll be right back." Without waiting for an answer he left through the doorway they came through.
He went out into the rest of the shop and pulled Pansy and Blaise over to talk with them.
Ginny watched as they seemed to be discussing something rather serious. Lots of arm waving and angry motions were made. She knew hey were done when all three hugged and Draco near ran back through the curtain.
Draco laughed when he saw what was going on while he left.
Madam Malkin was trying to get Harry to see what a bolt of red velvet would look like on him, for a cloak she said. It matched his house colour…
"Madam Malkin, might we have a moment alone?" he pulled the bolt of red fabric off of Harry's head and passed it back to the woman.
"Could you have a full set of school robes started? The same cut and style as mine please. As well as the same material."
"Of course Draco…" she went back into the far room and left the two of them alone.
"Err…Harry, umm…" Draco looked down at his toe, which it appeared, that he was trying to bury in the thick carpet.
"We, the Slytherins I mean, wanted to offer you something, well the opportunity, choice of something anyways…"
"What is it Draco?"
"There is an old rule in the school, that if three students want to change houses then there can be a re-sorting. Well, there are other rules to like one student from each house has to agree with the decision and that once you are resorted that is the end of it…and you have to accept the decision…but we were wondering if you might umm want to try and switch houses?" Draco asked hopefully, looking up through his hair and the other boy. Harry was speechless and just stood there with his mouth open.
"Draco…I….I don't know what to say…" Then Harry launched himself off the stool and into Draco's arms.
"Of course! I never thought I would be able to do something like that! gods no one has ever wanted me before…" he was almost crying as Draco held him tightly…
"But what about the other two students?" he asked confused.
"Well…I know Ginny wanted to join us as well…and I wouldn't be surprised if Granger was sick of the way Ron keeps a leash on her, she never really seemed Gryffindor material unless she was hitting someone…I dunno I'm sure we could find someone…"
Harry pulled Draco's head down to his and kissed him lightly.
"Thank you…"
TBC