p style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px;"strongAugust 4/strongstrongth/strongstrong 1995/strong/p
p style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px;"strongMinistry of Magic/strong/p
p style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px;"strongAtrium/strong/p
p style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px;"The room was in shock they had just witnessed the murder of harry potter at the hands of lord Voldemort. Not only had no one believed harry about the dark lords return but they had accused him of murder and thrown the, at the time, 14 year old in Azkaban prison just about the worst place on the planet. The death eaters had somehow shut of the flue network and had placed and apparition wards up./p
p style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px;"At this moment in time Albus Dumbledore looked every bit of his 153 years of age he had personally rigged Harrys trial so he would have no defence and fudge hadn't even let harry defend himself. Now to top it all off it had come out he was innocent and telling the truth about Voldemort's return. He was at this moment in time duelling said dark lord in front of the press and a large portion of the general public, there were spells flying in all directions all different colours everything from body bind to blood boiling and the unforgivable curses./p
p style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px;"Then one of the people in the press who hadn't made it out shouted out something that made Dumbledore smile and cringe at, at the same time he had shouted out that harry potter was alive. All the spell work stopped as everyone looked over and saw Harry's body convulsing on the floor until it stopped and he opened his eyes, he looked warily at the two masters who had been duelling above him. He then closed them again and with a large crack and flash of light vanished./p
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p style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px;"strongAugust 4/strongstrongth/strongstrong 1995/strong/p
p style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px;"strongGreengrass Manor/strong/p
p style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px;"strongAstoria's Bed Room/strong/p
p style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px;"Astoria green grass was fuming. She and harry had been secret friends since her first year and she could feel that there was more there but didn't know how to bring it up so she had left it. Then he had been pulled into that blasted tournament where he had had to fight a dragon and spend an hour in that freezing lake. He had shocked the entire school when he out flew the dragon. He had asked her to the yule ball but they had decided that it was a bad idea as their friendship was still a secret. Then Cedric had died at the end of the third task at first she had no idea but then when 'emdumbledork'/em had snapped Harry's wand and stunned him in front of the whole crowd and had him marched away by Auror's she was shocked. Her harry could not would not hurt anyone unless they deserved it. Everyone knew this so why were they leading him away in shackles? It was later that night she had found out./p
p style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px;"emFlashback/em/p
p style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px;"emAstoria was sitting in the common room of Slytherin house pondering her friends had just gone up to bed and she was listening to Malfoy go on about how good it was that potter had finally got what he deserved. To say she was angry was like saying Snape was a bastard. She decided to wait up and she would sneak into the room they were keeping him on the 4/ememth/emem floor using his cloak and map he had lent her the night before as they were late going back after curfew./em/p
p style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px;"emIt was now half one in the morning so she slipped out the room with the cloak and map and went up the stairs to the fourth floor. She was walking along the main corridor when she over herd Dumbledore talking to Ron./em/p
p style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px;"em"Why do you think he did it Mr Weasly?" she heard Dumbledore ask Ron/em/p
p style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px;"em"Cedric must have been winning and pot head couldn't live with loosing so he killed him." Ron said as if it was the most obvious thing in the world./em/p
p style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px;"emShe was livid if Dumbledore hadn't been there she would have hexed him until he couldn't walk anymore, Ron was meant to be his friend. She slipped past them and into the room where harry was being kept. When she entered she was shocked to find him chained to the wall. She slipped off the cloak and ran up to him and gave him a bone crushing hug which he returned once he realised who it was. He had quickly explained what had happened during the task. She was horrified and since then she had tried and tried to find a way to testify to help him out of this situation he had found himself in./em/p
p style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px;"She was brought out of her thoughts when she heard a scream come from outside her window she saw her older sister out there with what appeared to be a body her eyes widened when she recognised the body and she rushed downstairs. When she got there she heard her father asking what had happened./p
p style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px;""Where did he come from? Who is it?" she heard him ask/p
p style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px;""I don't know there was this flash of light and a large bang and he was just lying there all battered and beaten. As for who he is I'm not sure I haven't turned him over." Daphne replied shakily./p
p style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px;"Astoria walked outside to get a better look as her farther turned over the young raven haired boy. Her fears were confirmed as she saw the scar on his forehead in the shape of a lightning bolt./p
p style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px;""Harry" she whispered. She didn't think anyone had herd her but her mother was looking at her questioningly as she ran over to the body to get a better look./p
p style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px;"He opened his eyes and smiled and whispered 'tori' before falling unconscious once again./p
p style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px;""What did he say? Did he just say what I think he said?" Daphne asked/p
p style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px;""Now is not the time. Just help me get him inside he needs help and fast" Astoria replied in a tone that left no room for argument./p
p style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px;"Once they had him on a bed in one of the guest rooms her father had given her a look that said 'explain' her mother then asked/p
p style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px;""So how do you know the boy?"/p
p style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px;""I've been friends with harry since first year." Astoria replied while tending to some of the wounds on harry/p
p style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px;""WHAT?" Daphne shrieked "I mean how everyone would have been talking about a griffin and a snake being friends" she said after a look from her mother/p
p style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px;""We met in the hospital wing when granger was petrified I had gone for a headache potion and madam Pomfrey wasn't there we got talking and have been secret friends ever since." She said as she finished bandaging a particularly nasty cut on his leg./p
p style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px;""How did you keep your friendship with him a secret?" her mother asked as she pulled out her wand to assist her daughter in healing him./p
p style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px;""By using his invisibility cloak and map of the school both of which are in my school trunk. We would meet up twice three times a week and exchange letters using dobby his house elf or a school owl"/p
p style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px;""It's more than just a friendship isn't it?" her mother asked with a knowing look. Astoria noticed her farther stiffen and her sister's eyes go wide with shock./p
p style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px;"Astoria let her shoulders slump and looked at the topic of convocation "I don't know sometimes it feels like it but I just don't know and I don't want to bring it up and make things awkward."/p
p style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px;""But you like him don't you?" her mother pushed./p
p style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px;"Astoria pushed his hair out of his eyes while nodding slightly still not looking up./p
p style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px;""So that's why you've been out of sorts since we got home"/p
p style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px;"She didn't need to say anything everyone already knew the answer./p
p style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px;"Astoria's farther had listened but kept out of the convocation while keeping out the way and unnoticed mostly but he decided he was going to need to talk to this boy at some point./p
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p style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px;"strongAugust 5/strongstrongth/strongstrong 1995 (06:00)/strong/p
p style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px;"strongGreengrass Manor/strong/p
p style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px;"strongSpare Bed Room/strong/p
p style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px;"Harry woke up in a strange room that he didn't recognise. The last thing he could remember was the fight between Dumbledore and Voldemort happening over his head and traveling by lightning to Astoria's house, a nice trick he had learned from death it was the way his angels travelled. He realised that someone had healed him and he wasn't in Auror custody so he decided to just lie there until someone came to check on him as he didn't know what time it was./p
p style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px;"He wasn't there very long before the door opened and a familiar blonde waked into the room carrying a book. He saw her smile widen when she realised he was awake and that made him smile even more. He had done an awful lot of thinking when in Azkaban and regretted the fact that he had never been more than friends with the wonderful girl in front of him. He had thought he was never going to see her brilliant smile again and that thought alone was worse than anything the dementors could do to him./p
p style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px;""Your awake" she said stupidly with a grin/p
p style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px;"Harry laughed and replied "only a few minutes"/p
p style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px;"She dropped the book as she pulled him into a bone crushing hug. Before either one of them knew it they were locked at the lips in a searing kiss. If asked neither knew nor cared which initiated the kiss only that it happened. They pulled apart for air both blushing with huge grins./p
p style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px;""Wow"/p
p style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px;""Yup that about sums it up"/p
p style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px;"Astoria laughed as he pulled her under the covers and held her to him. A few seconds later he was crying when she asked what was wrong he replied./p
p style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px;""I thought I would never see you again"/p
p style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px;""Well we're here now so let's make the most of it. We still need to work out what to do about you. I mean you're on the run after your escape from Azkaban what happened?"/p
p style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px;"After explaining to her his capture, torture, public murder and the afterlife she was crying into the crook of his neck pulling him as close as she could to reassure herself he was still there, alive and kicking. They fell asleep five minutes later holding onto each other as if afraid someone would come and take the other away at any minute. That was how her parents found them that morning./p