Writer: Azure K Mello
Title: A Bond Never Dies
Part: 93 of , or part 10 of Part Three
Words: 339
MRHG-"Do-gooding is like treating hemophilia- the real cure is to let hemophiliacs bleed to death… before they breed more hemophiliacs."
"You could sterilize them."
"You would have me play God? But we're off the subject."- 184 SIASL
"What?" asked Harry slowly.
"He showed my parents and I the contraption when they weren't certain about sending me to school. It showed two options, in the first they kept me home and I killed them one night during the full moon when they forgot to lock me in the basement. In the second they sent me to school and everything ended happily with them living in Cornwall."
"And?" asked Harry not seeing the point.
"They died years before they could ever more to Cornwall. The device was wrong. It doesn't account for free will."
"He showed me a second option too," said Harry, "one where I accepted Draco's friendship."
"And?" asked Remus expectantly.
"It was great. He was the best friend I ever had, we grew up, became lovers, he took the spell that was meant for me and died a painful death." He shut his eyes again and breathed in Sirius' scent slowly.
"Alright, but that didn't account for James not being dead, Sirius surviving, Voldemort going underground, or my liking you," said Severus.
"Why is everyone so eager for Draco and I to be friends? Dumbledore and you both. Did you sic him on me?" asked Harry angry and hurt at the possible betrayal.
"No, Harry, my reason and his have nothing to do with each other."
"Why do you want Harry to be friends with Malfoy?" asked Remus with worried incredulity.
"He wants me to be a spy," Harry said taking revenge on the Severus he'd seen in the device's image.
Severus rolled his eyes and said, "No, Harry, I see how you look at him like a lonely child, I knew you wanted to be friends with him and I set it up so that you would be forced to spend time with him."
"So why did you say it?" asked Harry, still hurt by the man's actions.
"Because he hates looking like a caring parent," said Sirius smirking. "What smells like smoke?"
"Dinner!" James jumped out of bed and ran to the kitchen.