Okay everyone. Please reread my first three chapters. I did redo them and they are much longer and more detailed. Sorry it took so long to get this chapter out. I have been really busy. Please review ! And I hope you enjoy this chapter ! Also, these chapters are short because it is going to be a long story.

Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter. J.K. Rowling does.

Warning: HP/DM slash

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Chapter 5

Harry was rooted to the spot. He knew that voice. But what is Ron doing? Harry thought. He is probably just messing with me. Yeah, that's it. He thought hopefully. He knew that his friend was a little worked up over what had happened earlier.. Okay, a lot upset, he thought. But still.

"Hey Ron," Harry said shakilly as he turned around to face his friend. "Shouldn't you be asleep by now?" he asked. Looking around he noticed that all of his other friends were still sleeping so he knew that he had to keep his voice down.

"Nice try fag." Ron said back to his former friend in a quiet tone. Ron knew to keep it down too. "I could ask you the same question. In fact, why aren't you asleep by now Harry?" He said this with a slight sneer in his voice.

The boy who lived looked at his friend. He realized that this was no joke. The look in his friend's eyes confirmed that. The usually comfort and light heartedness that was once there was now no where to be seen. There was no emotion except for hate and disgust.

"I was just out for a walk. Nothing more." Harry said, hoping that his friend would buy it. He went out for walks plenty of times.

"Yeah right." he said, advancing on his friend. "I'm am not going to fall for that one. I am not that dimwitted."

Yeah. Sure. Harry thought sarcastically, but as he saw his advancing friend he quickly started to walk away from him.

Ron wouldn't do this. He wouldn't hurt me. Harry tried to tell himself. But after what had happened earlier, Harry wasn't so sure that he knew his friend as well as he thought he did. Ron was no longer the person that he once knew, and Harry knew that things would never be sthe same between them no matter how hard they tried. Harry kept on backing away from his oncoming friend until soon he felt himself pressed up against the cold stone door that he wanted desperately to leave from.

"You will finally get what you deserve." Ron said heatedly. "After all of these years of being a pervert, all of these years sleeping in the same room with me and not telling me. All this time you have been one of them, and now you will finally get what you have had coming to you."

Harry coward away in fear. Ron was really going to do this. He was really going to punish his friend for being different. A friend that he had known his whole Hogwarts life and he is going to hurt him over nothing. Please. Please someone help me. But Harry knew that no one would come. No one ever came. Not here or at the Dursley's. He needed an idea. He could just yell and awake his friends. That was sure to stop Ron. Yeah, that might work! He thought. But as soon as he opened his mouth, a fist came flying through the air and connected with the right side of his face. The force of the impact caused him to tumble to the ground in a heap, his head spinning. Before he even had time to collect himself he felt a foot connect with his ribs and let out a moan of pain. That's sure to leave a bruise. The kicking and punching continued to rain down on his body. It seemed to Harry like it would never end. He could hear Ron spitting out words but had no time to try to decipher what they were. He was too busy trying to numb out the pain from his mind.

"This is what you get you freak. And no one is going to come for you! No one cares about perverts." Ron said quietly as to not awaken everyone else. "But I can't just leave you here can I? When everyone wakes up and you are laying here pathetically they will wonder what happened. But where to put you?" He stopped his beatings on Harry for a moment to give himself time to think. Harry though, was grateful for the stop. He was barely clinging on to consciousness. Draco. he thought longingly. "I am not going to beat myself up over this." Ron said. He then picked Harry up roughly by the scruf of his neck and opened the door. He then threw him out and watched as the boy rolled down the stairs and landed in a heap at the bottom. "You will have to find somewhere to go. And you better not be here in the morning." He started to walk away when he apparently rembered something he needed to say."Oh, and if you tell anyone about this.." he made a motion with his hand sliding across his throat, then walked back into the room.

Harry knew that Ron would do as he said. No doubting it. He picked himself up slowly and carefully and made his way to Severus' rooms stumbling over few steps. He knew that they would take care of him when they got there. He didn't want to put the burden on his boyfriend and his new friend, but he knew that he needed attention and didn't feel like going to the Hospital Wing. Madam Promfrey would kill me. He slowly made his way down all of the stairs and walked towards the dungeon. He didn't even realise that he had forgotton his trunk.

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"Severus, what do you think is taking Harry so long?" Draco asked his godfather worrily. He had been pacing about for the last 10 minutes worried where his boyfriend might be. "For all we know he could be locked away somewhere or knocked out or-"

"He his probably just saying bye to all of his snotty Gryffindor friends." Severus said in a light-hearted way interrupting his godson. "You shouldn't be thinking those things Draco. I am sure Harry can look after himself."

"Yeah, you are probably right. I shouldn't be worrying this much." Draco said as he calmed himself down and sat on the couch that just a while ago held himself and Harry. "If he isn't back in 10 minutes though, I am going to go and find him."

"You will do no such thing." his godfather said with care. "You will wait here until the golden boy comes back. And that's final."

"Severus, will you please stop making fun of my boyfriend! I thought you said that you would try and be friends with him and that you would care for him."

"I will care for him Draco. I will try and be his friend. I promise. But every now and then don't be surprised if a comment slips out. I just can't help it."

Draco sighed then smiled at his godfather. "Thank you Severus. And I understand. Just don't make it too often."

Severus gave a light chuckle then the two sat in silence for a while listening to the fire in the fireplace crackling and keeping them warm. The room was quiet and nothing but the fire made any noise. Draco was still worried over Harry but knew that he wouldn't be allowed to go and look for him. Severus was thinking about how having two boys snogging all the time in his rooms was going to be nasty. But he knew that he would learn to live with it. After all, he did promise Draco.

"Severus please let me go and look for Harry!" Draco asked pleadingly.

"Draco no! I am sure Harry is-"

Suddenly a soft and quiet knock came at the door. So quiet that the two could barely pick it out from the soft crackiling sounds of the fire. Draco, upon hearing it, jumped up from the couch and ran to answer it.

"I told you he would be fine, and calm down Draco. You don't want to scare the boy before he even steps foot in here."

Draco nodded and slowed down to a walk. He stood in front of the door and composed himself. He didn't want to seem as though he had worried every moment over the boy and that he couldn't take care of himself. He then calmly turned the doorknob and opened the door.

He gasped at what he saw. Harry was half standing and half leaning on the wall next to the door with blood coming from every part of his body. Draco could tell that he was barely staying awake and knew that he needed help. Not knowing what to do he called his godfather over.

"Severus!" Draco yelled.

Snape stood up. The two can't do anything alone can they? He walked over and when he layed eyes on the boy who lived he quickly went to him and helped steady him.

"Harry," he asked, "what happened?" The boy was leaning heavily on his professor.

If Harry was paying attention he would of been surprised at the note of worry in the professors voice. But he didn't care. He just wanted the pain to stop.

"Please help me." he choked out softly. The other two almost didn't hear it but didn't have any time to think about it. Harry passed out and started falling to the ground. Severus was fast enough though and caught him easily in his arms. He gently picked him up and rested his head on his sholder.

"The boy weighs nearly nothing Draco." The older man said looking down at his godson. He sighed sadly. Draco was pale and staring at his boyfriend laying in his godfathers arms.

"I should have been there for him Severus. This is my fault."

Severus looked sadly at his godson and said,"Look at me Draco. This is not your fault. You had no idea that this was happening. Okay?" Draco just looked at the floor then said,

"But if I would have went with him then-"

"We will talk about this later okay?" Severus said then quickly went into the chambers and Draco followed behind him and silently closed the door. Severus led the boy to his room and there he gently laid his new friend on his bed. "We are going to have to treat all of his wounds. Go and grab any potions that you think we will need and bring them here. Quickly"

Draco nodded and hurried off to another room while Severus started to carefully take off Harry's clothes. Severus never really cared for the boy until that afternoon, but after he saw the boy in this state, he knew that he would care for him from then on. Just like he was his own son. I will take care of you Harry.

Draco then entered the room and set the many potion vials onto the night stand and helped his godfather with taking off Harry's clothes. It took longer than expected with both men trying not to aggravate Harry's wounds. "Harry wears too many layers." Draco said.

Snape did nothing but nod and continue to take everything off of the boy laying in front of him.

Draco gasped when he saw all of the bruises and cuts that littered his boyfriends body. He could feel tears welling up in his eyes and hastily wiped them away. Malfoys don't cry. he reminded himself.

"Poor boy." Severus said as he started to heal the wounds. "I wonder who did this to him."

"I think I have a pretty good idea, but we will just have to wait until he wakes up to find out." Draco said in response and sat next to Harry on the bed. He smoothed away the boys bangs from his head gently and in a comforting way then took the boy who lived hand in his.

"I love him so much Severus. You don't know. You never will. I don't know what I would do if anything ever happened to him. What I would do with myself." Draco said as he stared down at his boyfriends body.

Severus stared at the two boys in wonder. They really did care for each other. He knew that he would have to protect the two as much as he could to make sure that they both stayed together. "I don't know what I would do without you two either."

Draco smiled up at his father figure. Severus smiled sadly at him and left the room to leave the two alone.

He quietly closed the door behind him knowing that as long as they had each other, they would be fine. Back in the room, Draco looked at Harry and truly cried for the first time in his life.

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A/N : Okay, what do you think ? I know it is short but I will be working on it. Please review. It would mean a lot to me. I know it took a while to update but the next one will hopefully be quicker. In the next chapter we will find out what all happened to Harry and find out another really important fact about him. Please just stay with the story ! Oh, and just so you know.. this is this longest chapter yet and that means that they are getting longer. So please bear with me !

SwordMasterk14 : Yeah, I am trying to make them longer. Maybe is I got some reviews it would make me write more. :) Thanks for reviewing !

Kyogera 1 : Yeah, I am planning for this to be a long story. That's one reason why the chapters are shorter. And yeah, I am now using something that corrects my spelling and grammer mistakes so there should be less of those. Thanks !

Kyogera 2 : Thanks for reading the note and reviewing. That is what I am planning.