!The Consequences of Boredom!
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888 Northern Territory (Australia) 888
"Harry, what are we doing here?"
"Well, you wanted to go some where secluded and I knew we wouldn't be interrupted where we are going." Harry said with a cheeky grin played on his lips and his eyes sparkling mischievously.
Draco looked around and smiled, Harry was right, there was no way that some one could interrupt them out here, but didn't Harry just say that they were going some where. "Harry what do you mean, 'where we are going'?" but when he turned around he did not see Harry, but a large black wolf. Draco smile, "Okay, I get the point."
And soon there was only a black wolf and a white panther streaking across the red soil of the Australian desert towards a ridge of mountains off in the distance.
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"Harry, where are we going?" Draco asked tiredly. They had been running for an hour straight, even though it had become a game of tag in ways, although Draco couldn't get too far ahead because he still had no idea where they were going.
"As I said before, you'll see when we get there, it's a surprise, and don't worry it is worth the suspense." Harry said grinning at the impatient Slytherin beside him. "At least we're having a break; it would be a lot worse if we didn't." It was true; they were both a little tired and had become very hot under the persistent blaze of the Australian desert sun. They had found a large boulder that gave them shade from the sun and a comfortable place to sit, talk and have a summoned drink. They had been sitting and talking for about ten minutes so far, and were about to get going again.
"Why don't you just teleport us there?" Draco continued in a whiny voice of a spoilt kid.
"Because, there are wards around where we are going and it is impossible to teleport there, you have to travel with out magical assistance, animagus forms don't count, and any way, you're cute when you pout." Harry said as he leaned over and kissed Draco's temple. "And I thought you wanted to go for a run, don't worry we are almost there."
"Well let's get going." Draco said impatiently jumping up. "And don't call me cute!"
"Fine" Harry smirked and got up, transforming again. Draco soon followed suite and they were soon running again.
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"Wow"
"Yep"
"Wow"
"Yep"
"Wow."
"Who knew some thing I did would leave you speechless." Harry said with a grin.
"Harry, this place is beautiful, brilliant and every other word that along those lines, what do you expect! And I'm sure there are plenty of things that would leave me speechless" Draco said glancing at Harry with an eyebrow quirked suggestively. "How could some where so beautiful stay so secluded and free of muggles and wizards?" He said quietly not really wanting to disturb the peacefulness of the land before them.
"Well that would be because no-one else knows of this place, or if they did they couldn't find it again or couldn't remember." Harry answered simply.
"What do you mean they wouldn't be able to find or remember it again?" Draco inquired further.
"Well, have you heard of the magic veins under the earth's surface?" Harry asked to figure out how much he would have to explain.
"All I know is that they are like a network of streams throughout the earth, and that is where we get our magic from if we over use it, but that's all, no-one really knows much about them, but I guess you do?" Draco said with confusion evident in his voice as he tried to figure out what this had to do with the valley he was looking at.
"Well yeah, what you just said just then are the very basics of the veins, but there is so much more to them. But the reason I brought them up is because this place is a result of the veins over lapping. There are places all over the world where this happens and as a result, places of excess life are made, it is pure magic, times two. The reason that they have been kept a secret for so long is because wards are put up around them, but not by wizards, those kinds of spells can fail, no these wards are instinct and are done automatically by the veins." Harry took a break to take a breath and a mouth full of water from the bottle of water he summoned.
"Because of these wards, people who are searching for it for the power it holds, will never find it, how ever, if some one finds it who is in need or is looking for some cover will be able to find it. I was able to find it because I wanted to get away from my life, away from the stress put onto me by the world, away from the training, away from people and away from myself, here I was able to be Harry, not Harry Potter the Boy Who Lived, and I was able to, that was one of the things that kept me going last year, well that and wiping the quidditch pitch with you." Harry said with a grin. Draco punched him in the arm playfully.
Harry pulled emerald from silver to collect his thoughts about where to continue and to let this new information sink in. Standing on the edge of the valley was proving to be very hot, the fiery sun blazing overhead, and the continuous glare and heat from the ground was very fatiguing for the pair, so Harry took Draco's hand in his own and led him down the slope into the shade.
The valley was magnificent, it was about fifteen meters deep, and there were large green leaved trees and a lot of vibrant green shrubs scattered across the ground of the oasis. Going through the middle of the valley was a stream about two meters wide, the beginning of the stream was coming out from between two boulders, and at the end it went back down under the ground. There were boulders and rocks spread across the red clay ground.
Birds could be heard calling to each other high in the gum trees. The stream could be heard gurgling happily along. With only these calming sounds in the background of the beautiful landscape, the feeling it gave off was peaceful and undisturbed, it left the viewer feeling like they had not a care in the world.
Harry sat on a boulder next to the stream and Draco sat on one across from him. Once the pair was comfortable they began talking once again. "But why are you showing this place to me and why are we able to come here now, we don't need any help, shouldn't the wards keep us out and how are you able to remember the place?"
"I'm continuously in need of release from the burdens of my life, and for some reason the wards listen to me and I can listen to them, that's how I know so much about the wards and such." Harry said but soon continued, "and don't start about how powerful I must be for it to listen to me, it's just I have come here so often I have adjusted to listen, and learn, any one could, they are just all too impatient and only see and hear what they know and are unwilling to learn more, unless profitable to themselves."
"I guess that's why I was able to come here, because you told it to?" Draco said sadly.
"Actually, no I can only ask it to do things, not command, it let you in on its own" Harry said reassuringly. Draco was evidently heartened by this, it was apparent by the smile that broke out on his face as he looked with shining silver eyes at the glistening stream.
"So where does this leave us?" Draco asked, looking up after a moment of thought.
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As the sun began to reach its peak over the top of them, they began to realise how long they had been out, but neither was in a rush to get up and go back to England and back to their complicated lives, whether the complication was because of them being famous or infamous, they were quite content just laying next to each other under the large ancient gum trees, with the birds and possums scurrying around in the trees and along the ground.
Draco rolled onto his side and curled in closer to the warmth of the body beside him. "We really should be going back, it would be like four in the morning now, don't you think it would be a little suspicious to Lupin if we are he finds a note saying, you are going out for dinner with Draco Malfoy. He would probably flip, now that I think about it maybe we should wait a bit more." He added with a devilish smirk.
"Dray, don't be mean, or I might leave you here." Harry said in a threatening voice, but the effect was ruined by his smile. He wrapped his arm around Draco and pulled him closer. "But you are right…"
"Do you know how wonderful it sounds coming from you, strange yes, but wonderful." Draco said, interrupting Harry in mid-sentence.
"Any way, you are right, for once, we do need to be getting back, wouldn't want people getting worried, and if we get back too late, rumours will spread, especially after the 'show' before." Harry said with a smile and kissed the top of Draco's head before standing up while pulling his protesting boyfriend up with him.
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