HEART OF A DRAGON
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I want to apologize for taking so long with updating, but second semester in school started, and my Dad had stupidly sent my to a bloody boarding school, thinking I need some bloody dicipline. Thank god for labtops eh? Anyway its all been really hectic, with all these new course that I'v never even taken like ancient languages, really indepth History, and not just the boaring old Candian History, but interesting stuff. Math is really hard as well. And I sadly have already gotten 4 detentions, 4! It's not my fault I didn't know we had a bloody 9pm curfew! Anway enough of my ranting, your probably not even reading this. Anway, enjoy the story!
Jadlyn
Last Time In; Heart of A Dragon; Part 2
Harry Ron and Hermione came out of the vision quite suddenly; Hermione and Ron had tears coming down their face. Harry was shaking, he had already seen what had happen, and had shed his own tears. " You know, you guys got it easy-as a Draconian I felt every emotion that was there." He said shaking still from the side effects.
" Did any one notice how much Draco Deus looked like Draco Malfoy?" Harry asked as he passed out, with Hermione and Ron later that night.
Heart Of a Dragon; Part 3
The next morning a sweaty Harry waked Hermione and Ron up. " Get up guys, breakfast starts in a half hour. I'll show you to the common room, but I then need to go and get showered and dressed." Harry said, leading his tired friends to the common room. " I'll see you guys in the great hall ok" Harry told them, and jogged back up to his rooms.
Jogging to his shower, he stripped out of the black tracks. Stepping into the hot water, he groaned, letting the water cascade down his body, massaging out all his hurts. Massaging the shampoo into his hair, he leaned back against the wall, letting the aroma of evergreens surround him. After washing the soap out of his hair and cleaning his body he raced out of the shower. Casting a wandless spell to dry him right away, quickly he ran to his closet.
Dressing quickly he looked in the mirror, he was wearing a semi-tight white wife-beater, revealing a nicely toned rock hard stomach, chest, and arms. Black pants covered his long legs, which had chains down the side of his left leg. Around his neck was a beautiful pendent of a old Celtic symbol for protection, he cast a spell on his hair, to style it.
Smirking he grabbed his sword, and wand, and jogged down to his common room. Blurring to the great hall, he grabbed a seat next to Hermione and Ron. " Harry, where are your school robes! Class starts in 15minutes! McGongall handed out the time tables first thing, she gave me yours, here." Hermione said, taking a bite of her food, she swallowed, " Harry you have time to go change if you hurry up." Frowning at him when he didn't move. " Fine, get in trouble!"
" Hermione, worst that will happen is we'll get points taken away, but I bet nobody except Snape." Harry said reasoning with the annoyed young women.
" Fine, do what you want." She said getting up and walking out of the hall.
" Have you noticed that new professor hasn't shown up for breakfast?" Ron asked, " And neither has Malfoy, and what do you suppose Ezio means? I mean I heard her call Malfoy that." Ron enquired, a frown marring his usual happy face.
" Ezio means friend or in intimate relationships lover. It's ancient Elvin, comes from the air clan I believe. And did you see how spiteful De La Vaga was toward Dumbledore; I bet she doesn't want to be any nearer to him then she has to, Malfoy depending on their relationship spent the night, or went straight to her rooms when he woke." Harry said thoughtfully, eating the last bit of his muffin.
" Harry mate, are you not going to eat anymore, you only ate a muffin. Lunch isn't going to be on for another four hours!" Ron exclaimed, seemingly trying to shove more food into his mouth for the both of them.
" Ron, when I was training with Dumbledore, I didn't eat anything for breakfast just had something to drink, and then trained, ate lunch, trained, ate dinner, trained, went to sleep." Harry said as if that would explain everything, not noticing his friend's angry faces. Looking down at his schedule he groaned, him and Snape might have called a truce for the summer, but he wasn't sure it was still on for school. " We have potion first things, then transfiguration, and Double DADA. I also dropped Divination Ron for Ancient Ruins." Harry said off handily.
" But Har, you know nothing of Ancient Ruins." Ron said confused.
" Actually I'm quite good at it. But that's enough of that, it's not really important, lets just go to potions." Harry said getting up, " Malfoys here." Harry nodded his head in the direction of the tall blonde.
" Shame, I was desperately hoping he feel and snapped his neck." Ron said seriously. Grinning at Harry, he stalked out of the Great Hall, with Harry walking slowly behind him.
' Man he looks good. Wow… where the hell did that thought come from.' Harry thought eyes glued to the lean form of Draco Malfoy. Shaking his head at Ron who was yelling for him to pick up his feet.
Walking peacefully through the halls, without curses or knights' attacking him was strange, and he kept glancing over his shoulder. " Mate, why do you look like something will jump out of the wall at any giving chance." Ron asked after Harry jumped quickly at a mice running underneath his feet.
"Because this summer things did, I guess when you're attacked every time you walk, it becomes second nature to feel- I don't know, umm suspicious of your surroundings." Harry explained as the walked into the full potion room.
"Weasely, Potter your late! 10 points from Gryffindore, each" Snape growled out. Motioning to the only two empty seats.
Swirling in his robes, Ron hurried over to the seat beside Harry, giving him a sympathetic look. " Mr. Potter, we don't have all day, take a seat next to Mr. Malfoy, maybe some of his potion skills will rub off on you? Well what are you waiting for! Take a seat" Snape snapped, indicating to the only chair left, right next to Draco Malfoy.
Grumbling about 'stupid prats' Harry walked to his seat, then remembering Thorondor's last word 'you are better then every single person down there, you are a High One, and can destroy them at will." Straightening out, he walked confidently to his seat; his head held high, giving Malfoy a superior look he sat down.
" Now the potion you will be making is a highly strong healing drought called Heilungsstern, which is German for Healing Star. When drunk, the user will gain a star on his/her forehead for a day or two tops. Now since we had many accidents this summer that had forced Madame Pomfrey to use the last of her stores, we will be making the potion. Now, this is a highly complicated potion, you will be working in partners, which will be the person sitting next to you." Snape said glaring at Harry, making sure to let Harry know it was his fault. Continuing he glared a Neville, " Now many of you won't be able to make the potion, I won't be at all surprised if none of you do, so I will award the students who complete the potion properly each 100 points. The list is on the board, directions in your textbook, page 150-154" Snape said flicking his wand towards the black board.
" Potter, go get the ingredients." Malfoy ordered, Harry seeing that it would only start a fight walked up to the cabinet to gather the ingredient.
" Chop this," Malfoy said once Harry had sat down, and spread the ingredients out.
" Malfoy, I know what to do. I have made this potion more time then you would care to know. Now will you please refrain from commanding me what to do?" Harry asked, irritated at Malfoy.
" You Potter, have made the most complex potion ever known to the magical world?" Draco asked, he looked like he was trying to hold back laughing.
" Who do you think used up all the schools stores?" Harry asked, not noticing Draco's shocked face.
"Merlin, Potter, what did you do to have to use Heilungsstern. It's the strongest healing potion, supposed to be able to bring somebody back from the dead!" Draco said, his blonde brow forming in a frown.
" That's not the topic Malfoy. Lets get to work." Harry said finishing what he was chopping.
The two boys went into a trance like state, add two drops of dragon blood, stir clockwise 10 times, wait 30 seconds add the salamander nails, and so on, until they finished the ingredients and the potion was a light gold colour.
Snape came around checking everyone's potion, stopping at Harry's and Draco's he raised an eyebrow. " Good job, Potter, Malfoy, 100 point to each. I'm actually quite surprised you two actually cooperated enough to make the correct version. Unless you Potter skipped the last ten steps and added something a little more effective without Draco knowing" Snape said glaring down at the smirking teen.
"Professor! Would I Harry Potter cheat in such an undignified way?" Harry said dramatically, raising a hand to his chest, " That hurts Professor! You've seen me make it many times with out skipping any steps!" Harry said faking a sob.
Snape rolled his onyx eyes at the black haired young man in front of him. "Mr. Potter, please refrain from talking to me like were- mates." Snape said glaring at Harry, his thin lip quirked enough to let Harry know he was amused.
The bell rang as Snape yelled out an assignment. " Bye Sevvy!" Harry sings-songed his way out leaving a shocked student body in his and his friends wake.
Harry finished Transfiguration quickly and walked with Ron and Hermione to the great hall for lunch.
" Merlin did you see Snape's face when Harry said bye Sevvy? God it was hilarious." Ron said laughing while he shovelled half a sandwich in his mouth.
" Yeah, I did, I thought it was highly inappropriate. And you should really think about learning to respect Professor Snape some more boys." Hermione said to the laughing boys.
"I know Hermione, but it was so hard to not to. He was just begging for it." Harry said, looking over to the staff table, spotting Snape who was currently sulking and glaring at Harry, he grinned, waved and started to eat a sandwich. Frowning he looked back up to the staff, " That new Professor still hasn't come down. Not for breakfast or lunch." Harry said to his two friends.
Ron nodded, swallowed his food and looked back and forth the rows of Gryffindore's. Spotting what he wanted " Ginny!" He called his little sister, they waited as a small redhead walked over to they're seats.
"What Ronald?" Ginny said irritably, glancing back down to the with a board looking strawberry blonde young man was sitting, watching her with blue eyes
" You had Defence right? With that new Professor, was she alright?" Hermione asked nicely.
" Yeah, I had her, she's really intense, you couldn't really see her face, it was somewhat shady. I mean she stood in the shadows a lot. Is that all you guys wanted?" Ginny said glancing back at the blue-eyed boy.
"Yeah, thanks Gin." Harry said, eating the last bit of his sandwich. " We have ten minutes till class starts, why don't you guys go and get us seats, I have to run back to my common room to get my books. I shouldn't be to long." Harry said, getting up and walking out of the great halls.
Blurring to his common room he looked at his watch ' Shit- I'm going to be late' Harry muttered angrily.
Running quickly down a few halls, he stopped at a large door, with large Aztec designs. Frowning he read the inscriptions.
'THY PATH IS LONG SO TREAD WITH CAREBEWARE THE WULF AND PASS HIS LAIR
DANGER THREATENS ALL AROUND
SO TAKE YE FROM THIS HIDDEN MOUND
TO FREE THEE FROM THIS SUNKEN GATE
BY WAY OF CAVE OR MEET THY FATE
AN AMULET TO SEEK THY WILL
TWAS SPLIT BY QUAD AND HIDDEN STILL
PASS THE KEEPER WROUGHT WITH HATE
TO GAIN AN ENTRANCE TO THE GATE
THE PIECES LOST MUST THEE AMAS
FOR IF NO CHARM THEN NON SHALL PASS'
Pushing the door open he was met with the class's eyes. Walking silently over to his chair by Ron, he took his seat. Nobody talked, all just stayed silent until Draco Malfoy strutted into the class. Smirking he took a seat right in front of the Professors desk. Turning around he frowned, noticing everyone fearful faces.
"You lot look like your meeting Voldemort today." Draco exclaimed, grinning when almost everyone flinched. " My god- it's a bloody name, and yet you all flinch-"
"That's enough Draco, let the fear what they will." A strong voice washed over them as someone stepped out of the shadows. " I'm Professor De La Vaga, you may call me Merlin not Professor. If you feel uncomfortable calling me by my given name, you may call be my last, De La Vaga." She paused, flicking her wrist at the board, beautiful writing appeared, " Theses are the courses aims, Dumbledore wants me to teach you," flicking her wrist again, " These are the one I'm going to teach you. Please copy these down quickly, I wish to start the lesson." Merlin said, sitting down behind her desk in the shadows.
Hermione raised her hand, " Professor- sorry Merlin, why are you changing Dumbledore's course aims? I mean he's the headmaster after all, and them most powerful wizard in the world, since theirs going to be a war, don't you believe we should follow his?" Hermione said, frowning in misunderstanding, as why Malfoy, Merlin and her best friend were laughing at her. " Professor, I would appreciate it if you would respond my question rather then laughing at me." Hermione said crossly, glaring at Harry, Malfoy and the Professor.
" Ms. Granger is it? Do you mind if I call you Hermione, I didn't think so, I apologize for laughing at you. I have changed the courses aims, because your right there is a war, and you should all be well prepared for it. Thus why I changed the aims, Dumbledore wished for me to teach you simple, defence spells. Something even a newly recruited Death Eater would simply laugh at. So I had a long horrid talk with the old man, and changed the aims to something you could and most likely will use." Merlin said this like it had been the most apparent thing.
" Now I'm sure you all read and copied the aims, down. If you didn't well it doesn't really matter, now up" She said before she waved her hand, forcing all the desks the disappear, leaving only Harry and Draco standing and everyone else moaning at their hurt behinds. "Good, five points to Mr. Potter and Draco." Merlin said, " Now what I want every one to do right now, is separate into to groups, Pure Bloods on one side, Half Bloods in the middle, and Muggle born on the other. Well what are you waiting for?" She yelled as everyone scrambled to do what was ordered.
Ron stood firmly in the middle, and spoke harshly to the teacher, " De La Vaga, I simply see no point in this. If you are simply are going to discriminate against the half bloods and muggle born, I simply have to disagree." He said glaring at the teacher.
" Ron, go to the left side of the room," Harry ordered quietly. " She is not going to discriminate against neither, did you even read the course aims? She will be teaching us how to duel with swords and magic at the same time. I assume she is categorizing us. Most Pure Bloods have learned how to spar with both weapons and magic, and wishes to see how many Half Bloods, and Muggle born know how." Harry said, seeing Ron glaring at him, he lowered his voice and whispered a command " Ron go to the left side of the room, now" a growl started up at the back of his throat, Ron's eyes widened, and he scrambled to the other side of the room.
" Mr. Potter is actually correct, many pure blood family's have educated their children and the arts of magical and non-magical sparing. Now will everyone who knows how to spar step forward, please stay in front of your group." Merlin said, lifting her feet up on to the desk.
Harry and Dean were the only to step out of the half blood group. Most of the Pure Bloods stepped away from their group leaving only Ron and a few less prestigious Pure Bloods, standing behind them, Malfoy stood confidently in the middle. Of the muggle born ones, only one Ravenclaw stood away from the group.
" You" Merlin said pointing to the small Ravenclaw, " Where'd you learn?" She demanded, still sitting in the same position.
" M-My mother taught me how to spar with weapons, and I just added a few spells here and there, ma'am" She stuttered out quietly.
"That's good. Now, Ronald Weasely you are somewhat correct when you said I was splitting everyone up, as you see most Muggle Born don't know how to use a sword. So I will have the Pure Bloods, and Harry, and Dean help teach the one's who don't know how to spar with magic and weapons." She said, pausing she motioned for Draco to join her, " Draco and I will be doing a demonstration, and after that I will have Mr. Weasely be the first on I test, and so on till I have tested all the students." She said, the only warning Draco got was the almost silent hiss of her sword.
Up the sword went in a beautiful arc, Draco's sword appeared in his hand as he raised it to parry the blow, and went to one knee, trying to kick out her legs, she skilfully jumped over the extended leg, and slashed at his head, they exchanged blow for blow occasionally sent a curse to each other, raised a shield, or side stepped, but they were always lunging with their sword. Finally Merlin disarmed Draco, who quickly jumped out of her sword. Rolling out of her front kick, and side kick, he flipped into a handstand, twirling his feet he caught her in the chest, flipping back up he kicked her sword out of her arms, the two went at each other, flinging a left hook at Merlin, she stepped out, and sent a roundhouse kick to his neck, he ducked, and was about to lung in, when he was pinned to the ground, a dagger at his throat. "I give" He chocked out.
Merlin got up, crouching in a defensive stance she kept out of his way as he slowly got up, dipping his head in submission, knowing she wasn't in her right mind, the fight had gotten a bit out of hand, and she had gone into a certain state that was difficult to get out of. Reaching into their connection he slowly brushed his mind against hers, feeling her relax at his presence he whispered ' Merl, calm down, the class is getting worried; you need to snap out of this. I give, you won, your alright.' Draco whispered, letting his calmness seep into her. Watching her relax and look at the class he sighed, hoping that this wouldn't happen again.
"Well, as you see, these type of duels can get out of hand really easily. But in some way's that's exactly what you want. Now when I call your name please come stand in front of me so I can test out your abilities." She said completely calm.
Harry turned to his friends, frowning, " Its amazing how she still ended in the shadows at all times, I didn't even get a quick look at her face, or what she was wearing" Harry said irritably watching as another pathetic person landed hard on their behind. Watching as his friends lasted not even a minute.
"Alright, Harry Potter your up," Merlin called up. Draco jogged quickly up to her, and whispered something in her ear, that made her scowl.
" Look Draco, he's got nothing to loose, every one else did bad as well except you and a few Slytherin's, and its highly likely he'll end up on his ass just like everyone else. And why do you care Dray, you two hate each other, or are you getting a little crush on Harry Potter" Merlin whispered harshly, seeing the disgusted look on Draco's face she smirked. " Look I'll go easy on him if it makes you happier Ezio." She whispered softly, touching his hand slightly letting him know she was sorry about the crush comment.
"Look, I just don't want every one to loose faith-"
Draco was cut off as Harry walked towards them oddly glaring angrily at Draco, " Are you two done whispering nonsense to each other, I'd like to get this duel over and done with. If that's all right with the you two love birds?" Harry spat out, a low growl coming out of his throat, shaking his head he stopped growling and got into a low fighting stance. " Ready. Good" He said without warning he attacked, his anger and hate fell into each blow.
Not even realizing he wasn't using he sword, he continued, to through kicks, punches, wandless throwing spells. Finally he felt a sword wiz above his head, growling viscously he summoned his sword, swinging into an arch, he accidentally let his guards down, his senses heightened, allowing his hearing, smell, eyes, to become ten times sharper. Seeing glamour to shade her face and body, he silently cast an Aztec spell to uncover even the strongest glamour's.
He tried to block the anger to fully see her, but he kept on attacking, and couldn't stop himself. She parried all his blows, lunging in time to time. Finally he knocked her sword out of her hands and lunged in, knocking her to the ground, baring his teeth he growled and spoke in beautiful Draconian, " He is not your Ezio! I forbade you to have him any where near you! Your mine! Just give in! You're going to give up, or I'll force you!" He said possessively
Her eyes widened, as she fought for control, growling and trying to bite him.
Finally she gave and barred her neck in submitting gesture, he leaned down, ready to make his mark when an invisible force threw him off of her. The impact of the blow, finally made him start to think normally, appalled by what he had almost done.
Feeling a fist connect with his head he stumbled to the ground again. " I'll never give in- never going to give up. You can't take me I belong to no Draconian, or mortal!" She growled magic swirled around her, as she got more emotional.
Harry's eyes widened as he felt his Draconian side try to break free, claim her for his own, finally losing control, he lunged feeling her sword slice through his side, he ignored the pain barred his fangs and sunk his teeth into the side of her neck. Feeling her go limp in his arms, he released his hold, and growled low and deeply something that was almost inaudible " Your Mine! No one's else, Mine" He said and swooned down and kissed her.
An angry Draco Malfoy roughly pulled him off of her, " Your damn lucky I got everyone out before this little incident, and your two friends just went to get the bloody headmaster! You're a fool! How could you do something so stupid!" Draco exclaimed, he quickly went over to the shaking women.
Harry finally got to look at the new Professor. She was pretty short compared to most females, with dark tanned skin and fearful evergreen mercury eyes. She was wearing a black tight top with one arm, that was leather, her pants were red and black dragon hid, a long swords sheath hanged at her side, laced black dragon hide boots that went up to her thighs, held various daggers, throwing stars. She was shaking; her black and silver hair fell crookedly into her eyes.
He couldn't help but let out a deep scary growl when Draco went and held her to his chest. Draco glanced up and to Harry's surprise barred his own fangs that came down. " Potter, if you ever come near her again other then for class, I'll rip your fucking balls off. She doesn't need this, she's only here because that fuck wit Dumbledore basically owns her until that stupid debt is blood repaid." He said his mercury eyes glowing fierce. Merlin automatically fell asleep.
Then it hit Harry the images, he gasped the memories flooding over him, Merlin Elroy leaning over a hurt Draco Deus, his head cradled protectively to her chest. " You-Your Draco Deus, not Draco Malfoy, and she isn't Merlin De La Vaga, she's the Draconian princess." He gasped, realization dawning over him, Draco's shocked face told him all he needed to know.
"How'd you know that Potter," Draco asked still cradling the sleeping princess in his arms.
" I saw the final battle between you two and the demons. How is that possible you two died that day, Nicholas saw you. The Draconian council is still trying to fill the gaps, hold assembly in your names, or so my guardians tell me." Harry said, confusion set deeply into his eyes.
" You wouldn't Potter, it's too confusing for even the smartest people to get. Half the times I don't. But I'll summarize the basics. When we had used our life force to give the demons the one thing that they would never have as long as the lived, our spirits wandered around aimlessly. That was until Luscious Malfoy; trying to find a spirit strong enough to have as a son, found me. I was brought up with no memories of my past, not until my thirteenth Birthday. That was when I came into the first part of my inheritance. Merlin here is an all-together different story. She was found my Dumbledore, who reunited her to a family who was having a child, the De La Vaga's. The expected child had died, and when Dumbledore brought up the idea of having Merlin here be their child the jumped for it. Merlin grew up basically like any child, love by her family, but she still knew of her past." He paused, looking down at the sleeping figure in his arms, softly brushed a strand of hair out of his face.
" Dumbledore over the years had called on her for several favors. When she would say the debt was repaid, he said that what she had done for him was not nearly enough. For nearly 10 years Potter Dumbledore has called upon a child to do his dirty work. She has done everything, from-"
" That's enough Draco Deus. I never expected to have the three of the most powerful Draconian in my school. I wonder why you never told me of your past." Dumbledore said thoughtfully. " Now, I don't want to speaking to Harry about things that don't involve him, if you do I will be forced to expel you." Dumbledore warned.
Harry jumped to his feet, outraged, he let loose his power, his instincts overriding sensibility, " Not by business! Old man this is the Princess of Draconian's everything about her involves me! And now that I have claimed her, you will speak to me with anything involving herself! Is that understood?" Harry growled, he was quickly at the old man's throat when Dumbledore started to draw his wand. " Remember what I told you when you threatened my guardians, aim your wand at me or any of mine, I'll slit your bloody throat, I may not have a knife on hand, but my hands will be efficient enough. Now get out." Harry growled low, his hand tightening once around his throat, making marks with his long claws, before pushing him away roughly.
Draco sat there shocked as Harry still in his wild state walked over to Merlin and picked her up. " She sleeps behind the lion and four snakes right? Now what's the past word?" Harry demanded.
" Acer Celestica." Draco said, getting up and walking behind the enraged Draconian.
A/N
Alright! I hope you enjoy, this is the longest story I have ever written, 33 frigging pages! Anyway I hope you enjoy, this chapter I'm not to Happy with, I wasn't sure about the Harry claiming part. Partly becasue i wasn't sure if I wanted to do a Harry/Draco story, but I'm not to good with those type of stories. Okay for all you guys weirded out by that comment about how good Draco looks, its becasue it's mating season for Draconians, and Harry being one is being attracted to any Draconian. Alright! So next chapter, I'm thinking about doing when the Draconians find out about Merlin and Draco being alive, and Harry being Merlin's mate gets dragged along for a very long and gruesome ride.
Okay Hope you enjoy this! Lotz of love to me readers!
Jadlyn
