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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
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V.
The next day brought the beginning of many plans for the Slytherin students. Pansy approached Ginny about becoming a Slytherin, and Theo was enjoying himself spying on the Gryffindors, observing the interactions between Hermione and Ron. There was one time, when Ron raised a hand to strike his girlfriend, that the decision was final. They needed to get Hermione alone and talk to her.
It was Vince's idea that they would start a fight with Ron, when he was alone, and then all get a detention, himself, Ron and Greg. This would leave Hermione free, she spent time in the library every evening. There was a gap between when she got there and when Ron headed there to make sure she was alone. Once they got Ron out of the picture someone would have the chance to talk to Hermione.
But sadly, Harry had to get through a whole day of classes with the Gryffindors before they could attempt this plan. Monday came quickly, and dressed in his new school robes, complete with the new-student grey hood and tie, he went down to breakfast.
Ginny was also wearing the grey robes, this was a statement to show that they were planning to switch houses. This wasn't well accepted that morning. Ginny and Harry sat at the Gryffindor table until the teachers came to breakfast. By this point there was a whisper through the hall, which had filled now.
"Harry, we should go up now…" Ginny whispered to the dark haired boy. Harry sighed an stood, shaking. Ginny stood right behind him and they clasped hands for support.
Draco nodded to Harry with a smile from his table. Harry smiled back tentatively, and they began the walk up to the head table.
"I, Harry James Potter, do request of the Sorting Hat a resorting." He said, his voice not following with his broken demeanor.
"I, Ginerva Marigold Weasley, do request of the Sorting Hat a resorting as well."
The teachers were flustered for a moment, before Dumbledore stood.
"And who shall be your third to request?" they looked at one another in sadness.
"Well Prof-"
"I, Hermione Jessica Granger, do request of the Sorting Hat a resorting as the third." Hermione stood as she spoke up loudly, cutting the professor off.
The Slytherins as well as the two at the front stared at Hermione in shock, they had no need to execute their plan…Hermione had joined in without their intervention.
"Hermione! What the hell are you doing? You can not switch houses…I…I forbid it!" Ron yelled standing as well.
Hermione took a step back in fear but she stood her ground after that, fists clenched.
"You do not own me Ronald Weasley!"
"Yes…I…Do! You are my girlfriend, my property…but you already know that. What happened the last time someone tried to steal my property?"
"Mr. Weasley! That is enough. You will see my in my office immediately after breakfast, is that clear?" Professor McGonagall's voice rang out clearing over the large room.
Ron sat down defeated.
"You still need someone from each house to second this request…" Dumbledore pointed out, trying to find a way to keep things the way they were.
"I, Draco Malfoy of the Slytherin House bare witness to this request and on behalf of my house, I give this motion our permission." Draco stood and said clearly, with a smile on his face, looking lovingly into Harry's eyes.
"I, Terry Boot of the Ravenclaw House bare witness to this request and on behalf of my house, I give this motion our permission." Terry stood and smiled triumphantly.
"I, Justin Flinch-Fetch of the Hufflepuff House bare witness to this request and on behalf of my house, I give this motion our permission." Justin stood also, smugly looking down on Ron and the other Gryffindors.
"I, Alicia ….of the Gryffindor House bare witness to this request and on behalf of my house, I give this motion our permission." Alicia stood and glared at the younger members of her house.
"Well…then…Harry, Ginny, Hermione…you realize that once you are resorted the decision is final, and no matter what house you are placed in you must stay there…even if it is Gryffindor again…"
"Yes Headmaster. We do." They nodded.
The old man sighed and rubbed his eyes.
"Would all those baring witness please approach the House Table." The four students came up quickly.
"Have any of you been forced into this decision?" he asked.
They all shook their heads.
"Would you be willing to attest to that under Veritasirum?"
"Yes sir." Justin said, speaking for all four.
"Professor Snape?" the bat like man pulled a tiny clear vial out from his robes, followed by one filled with a black liquid.
Pouring one drop into the empty goblet in front of him, he filled it with water on top of the potion.
Passing it to Dumbledore, he handed it to Alicia first. She took a sip and then passed it onto the rest of the witnesses.
One by one they drank.
"Alicia …do you bare witness to this of your own free will?"
"Yes."
"Justin Flinch-Fetchy do you-"
"Hey Ferret! Are you a queer?" Dean yelled out from his place beside Ron.
"Yes." Draco said, though he could not control it.
"Do you want to fuck the golden boy into the mattress you bloody pillow biter?"
Draco's eyes widened and he covered his mouth with his hands. He looked pleadingly at Harry and Snape, who fumbled with his own goblet and the black potion. He poured a drop in and shoved it into Draco's hands.
He gratefully took a sip before the words left his mouth…thus giving himself control of his body back.
"Mr. Thomas! You will be seeing me in just a moment. Along with Mr. Weasley. You have interrupted a very special ceremony. Be silent!" this was Professor Dumbledore reprimanding them this time, instead of their head of house. He turned back to the witnesses.
"Justin Flinch-Fetch do you bare witness to this of your own free will?"
"Yes."
"Terry Boot do you bare witness to this of your own free will?"
"Yes."
"Draco Malfoy do you bare witness to this of your own free will?"
Draco took a sip from the Viritasirum laced goblet and the question was asked a second time.
"Yes, I do."
They all drank from the goblet with the antidote quickly.
"Does anyone wish to back out of this while they still have the chance?" Dumbledore asked hopefully.
"No sir." The three echoed.
Professor Sinistra came forward with the sorting hat, which she had collected from the head master's office in the beginning of the ceremony.
Ginny took the hat first, and placed it on her head.
Her grey robes changed green and the hat quickly yelled out Slytherin as it's decision.
Hermione went next, her robes turned grey as she placed the hat upon her head.
It took the hat a while, but eventually it made it's decision.
"Slytherin!" her robes turned green. She ran to Ginny who held her as she cried.
It was now Harry's turn, and the hall watched with baited breath as he placed the hat on his head. It took the hat not seconds more then it took to decide Ginny's new home, to yell out it's decision.
"Slytherin!"
Harry laughed and ran into Draco's arms, nearly in tears. Draco held him close and hugged him, joyful as well.
"Well!…that was…unexpected for sure…: Dumbledore racked his brain for a way to make the ceremony void, but there was no way…he had lost three of his students to the other side…
Classes were canceled for the day, as most of the school was in shock and they knew that it would be better then having a large number of students skip class.
In the Slytherin common room, the sixth year students, along with the new additions were sitting quietly.
Draco still had his arms around Harry and was holding him tightly, not willing to let him go.
"We did it…and we didn't even need to convince you Hermione!"
She laughed lightly.
"I…I guess I finally found a way to escape Ron, I wasn't expecting to be placed in the Slytherin house...that's for sure. But the hat thought I would be best protected here, it said something about him trying to attack me again after this…Ron is, well Ron has a temper for one…" she looked at her twisting hands in her lap.
"Did he ever hit you Mione?" Harry asked, angry at the fact that his ex-best friend could do such a thing.
"Err…" she blushed.
"Hermione, if he ever hurt you…you need medical attention! You should press charges against him!"
"No!" Hermione protested after her shock.
"No…no one can know, and I won't go see Madam Pomphrey…"
They were all silent for a moment.
"Will you let me heal you?" Blaise asked. "I know just as much, or more then Madam Pomphrey. I had to learn….I'm our healer to fall back on, we needed someone who knew the details just incase a plan backfired."
"A plan?" Ginny asked confused.
"Yes, a plan to take out the Dark Lord."
"Ah…" she nodded. "he is so much different then when he was sixteen."
Harry smiled sadly.
"Anyways, will you let me look?"
Hermione blushed and faltered.
"Hermione Jessica Granger, what did that Weasel do to you?" Harry asked angrily.
"I'll see Blaise. But I don't want to talk about it." She said just as angrily, nearly yelling.
"Thank you." Harry hugged her, standing and pulling out of Draco's arms. The blond pouted and Hermione chuckled when she saw him sad because Harry had left.
"Your blondie misses you…" she pointed out amusedly. Harry turned and smiled when he saw the pouting Draco. He pulled away from Hermione and bounded back over, sitting in his lap this time. He flung his arms around Draco's neck and kissed him on the cheek.
Draco smiled now and pulled Harry close.
TBC