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'blah' means thoughts
They slid into a booth, facing each other. At that time, Draco and the other Slytherins he was with earlier walked in, all with at least one bag. Draco spotted his family and told his friends, "I'll be back in a moment."
Before anyone could ask any questions, Draco walked toward his family. Severus and Narcissa noticed the Slytherin boy walking toward them.
"Little Dragon?"
"Draco?"
Noticing his Head of House twitch every so often, Draco asked, "Severus, what happened?"
"I was hit with the Cruciatus Curse."
Draco winced. "What led up to that?"
"Sit down, Draco. It may come as a surprise." Narcissa motioned for Draco to sit next to her. After he did, she continued, "Lucius knows everything, Draco."
"So, instead of going back to Malfoy Manor, you can come live with me, Draco. If you want to, that is," Severus offered. At Draco's nod, he continued, "I'll get your mother away from Lucius as soon as I can."
"Sounds good to me." Draco took a quick glance at the group of Slytherins he had left only moments ago. "I better get back to my friends. I think they might get suspicious if I stay any longer."
"All right, but if you want to, come by my office later."
Draco nodded and rejoined his friends.
"What did you and Professor Snape talk about?" Pansy asked.
"Nothing," Draco told her, his tone leaving no room for arguments.
After a moment of silence, Blaise spoke up, "Well, what's the next stop? We've been to Zonko's, Honeydukes…"
Draco tuned out his dorm mate and looked over at his parents, who were talking about something over their butterbeer.
"We could go back to Honeydukes and pick up some more sweets." Pansy's voice broke Draco's train of thought for a second, but Severus and Narcissa apparating out of the Three Broomsticks caught his attention.
'Probably going back to his office,' Draco thought as the group of Slytherins left the inn. Out loud, he said, "You guys, go on ahead to Honeydukes. I'm going to go to the Quidditch shop and catch up with you later."
Before the group said anything, Draco started walking in the opposite direction. However, his thoughts were not on Quidditch. They were on Severus. Being hit with the Cruciatus Curse was a horrible experience. Draco had never been hit with the curse before and never wished to, but he knew of the effects from his DADA lessons, especially from his fourth-year.
His thoughts weren't on where he was going, so his feet led him to the Quidditch shop. True to his word, Draco entered the shop, but not two seconds later, he exited the shop. There wasn't anything that caught his attention. It wasn't for lack of trying either. His thoughts were stuck on his Elvin family, and not even the latest and fastest broom could keep his attention.
'I have to check on Severus!' Draco thought. Determined, the silvery-blonde Slytherin started making his way towards the castle. However, before Draco could leave Hogsmeade, he was stopped by Professor McGonagall.
"Where are you going, Mr. Malfoy?"
"I have to talk to Se-Professor Snape."
"Why would you want to cut your Hogsmeade trip short to talk to your Head of House?"
"Because it's really important!"
"Oh?" McGonagall raised an eyebrow, her tone curious.
"Please?" Draco was practically begging.
"All right. Go ahead." McGonagall waved her hand in the direction of the castle.
"Thank you, Professor!' Draco exclaimed before running towards the Hogwarts Castle.
Narcissa had ordered Severus to stay in bed for the rest of the day, and, being in as much pain as he was, he didn't argue.
"Narci, there's an essay on my desk. Could you get it, my quill, and ink bottle?" Severus asked, settling back against his pillow.
"As long as it keeps you there." Narcissa left the Potions Master's secondary office to retrieve the specified items. Frantic knocking on the primary office door caught the attention of the two adult Slytherins. "Don't get up, Sev. I'll send the person away." Narcissa approached the door. "Who is it?"
"Mother! I have to see Severus!"
"Draco?" Narcissa opened the door, revealing an out of breath Draco.
"Who is it, Narci?"
"It's our little Elf."
"Oh, good. I want to talk to him."
The female Elf led her son to the secondary office, shutting the door which connected the two office rooms behind them. Draco rushed over to the bed. "Severus, are you okay?"
"Yes, Draco. I'm fine." At Draco's raised eyebrow, he added, "Your mother insisted I spend the rest of the day off my feet."
Draco nodded. "You said you wanted to talk to me?"
"Well, more precisely, I wanted to show you. So, if you bring me the blue and gold album from the shelf."
Draco did as he was instructed and handed his father the album. Severus patted a spot on the bed beside him, inviting the young Elf to sit next to him. Draco smiled and sat down next to his Head of House, who opened the album.
Draco enjoyed spending time with Severus and looking at these pictures was relaxing. Most of them were Quidditch pictures involving Severus the Seeker. However, there were three non-Quidditch pictures which caught the silvery-blonde Elf's attention.
In one of the said pictures, Severus, who was clearly annoyed judging by his expression, was kneeling behind his cauldron, a book in one hand and a test tube in the other. There was someone standing behind the young Slytherin. It was James Potter. He had his wand out and pointed at Severus's cauldron, and his free hand rested on top of Severus's head. Suddenly, the flame which was heating the potion went out. The smirk on James's face told Severus who had extinguished the flame, so Severus planned to get revenge. He leaned forward to relight the fire, and James's hand (the one resting on Severus's head) slid, causing James to fall on the floor face first, earning a snicker from Severus, who had gotten the flame to relight.
In the next one, Severus was talking with two Gryffindors near the entrance to the Great Hall. One Gryffindor was a young woman with vivid green eyes and waist length fiery red hair by the name of Lily Evans, and the other one Draco recognized as Remus Lupin with his shoulder length light-brown hair and gold eyes. The two Gryffindors and the Slytherin were chatting amicably to one another. Suddenly, Severus started laughing and was joined by Lily and Remus.
The last picture was of Severus and Narcissa dancing at the Yule Ball. Severus was dressed in a long sleeved black jacket over a long sleeved white dress shirt, which had its collar out and its ties into a very fancy knot, and a pair of black slacks. Narcissa wore a white spaghetti-strap floor-length dress. The front, which had a slightly dipped neckline, and the back, which had a transparent triangle section at the top, both had the neckline and the transparent section outlined by blue and silver small tube shaped beads. The beads trailed down the back of the dress, making a V-shaped pattern.
"Wow, Severus. These pictures are amazing," Draco commented, motioning to the three non-Quidditch pictures which caught his attention.
Narcissa had taken a seat on the other side of the Gothic-looking Elf ad was now looking at the photo album as well. Catching sight of the Yule Ball picture, the female Elf sighed. "That night I would have preferred to dance with Severus the entire time, but Lucius had other plans. I was only able to dance with Severus a few times."
One of the Quidditch pictures caught Severus's attention. Severus the Seeker had just beaten James in their race to catch the snitch and was waving the tiny golden ball around. The picture reminded Severus of the Slytherin Team's losing streak. 'Maybe they'll win tomorrow.'