Ok, this does introduce a character of my own, and he will play a good part in this later, I promise.
Chapter 2:
The next day, a Thursday, Potions was their first class. Draco ate a quick breakfast, and headed down to the dungeons early. When the other students walked in, he had had his head on the desk and was thinking. A hand fell upon his shoulder, but unfortunately it was that of Pansy's.
"Hey Drackie, are you all right?" she said to him kindly, before taking her seat next to him.
"I would be if you weren't touching me," he growled at her angrily. She looked back abashed. Most of the class had heard it, and the eyes he caught were Harry's.
"What Gryffindorks? Never seen an argument before?" he snarled at them, as Harry looked quickly away.
"Why don't you just shut up, Malfoy?" Harry said, looking over at him exactly when professor Snape walked in.
"Not arguing are we, boys? Ten points from Gryffindor, and be glad it isn't more." Snape said, turning to the board and beginning class.
Afterwards, Draco had meant to catch Harry and explain to him, but had never gotten the chance.
He went the rest of the day looking, worrying, and finally he just hope that weather would permit.
When he left that night, he had another blanket over his shoulders, and he headed quietly up to the Astronomy tower.
Setting himself down, he noticed no one was up there. A tear slipped down one of his cheeks, and he just looked to the far-away ground.
"Draco, I wasn't expecting you so early." Harry said, coming up through the hatch. Draco's eyes grew a little brighter, and he walked over to Harry, throwing the blanket around themselves.
"I wanted to apologize, for earlier today." Draco said a little later. He had his head on Harry's shoulder, and Harry had an arm around him.
"What do you mean?" Harry replied, looking down at the pale boy's face, shining in the moonlight.
"Well, I started ragging on you and the other Gryffindors, just because of the Slytherins around me. I should be nicer to you guys…" Draco said, the sadness he had felt earlier returning.
"Well, the way I figure it, we need to keep up the charade. If we don't people might get suspicious. The only people that actually know are Ron and Hermione." Harry said, trying to cheer Draco up.
"I suppose you're right." Draco said, snuggling a little closer to Harry and smiling.
No one noticed the boy's over the next couple of months. Draco did notice that Harry was starting to get nervous about something, and whenever he asked, Harry just ignored him. They were getting less and less time together, due to their OWLS. When the tests finally started, Draco realized that he hadn't needed to study much at all.
He went through the tests one after another with absurd ease. Sure, he dropped the cup he was levitating, but that was ok.
Their last test was History of Magic. Draco worked, wanting to just finish it, when he noticed Harry start to spaz out, falling to the floor. Gripping the desk tightly, he saw one of the people handing out the quiz walk with him out of the room.
Draco finished sloppily, not caring about his work. When they were excused, he bolted, attempting to find Harry.
A couple of hours later, he could hear the part coming from his common room. Not being in the mood to celebrate, he headed towards the Owlery, knowing it would be empty.
He sat down and waited, hoping that he would come to find him. Once it past midnight, he went and headed towards the Astronomy tower. Harry wasn't here either. Draco just sat up there, hoping, praying that he would come. His prayers were never answered.
When he returned to the common room the next morning, he saw quite a few people passed out. Disgusted, he ran upstairs to change and walked right back out.
Draco decided to walk the empty halls. He tried the library, the owlery, everywhere, trying to find him. No matter what he tried, he could not find Harry. He just sat in the library until Madame Pince kicked him out.
Grumbling angrily, he went back to the astronomy tower, to find Harry there. He looked awful, as if he had spent the day crying, or something. Spinning around when he heard the hatch open, he nearly knocked Draco off the tower, Draco let the boy cry, feeling his shirt get wetter and wetter against his chest.
"Harry, what's the matter?" Draco said, finally sitting up.
"Draco, I killed him. I killed Sirius Black because of my stupidity…" Harry said, his head still against Draco's chest.
"You killed your godfather? How Harry?" he replied, stroking the black-haired boys head.
Harry explained what had happened to him last night. He talked to Draco about everything, including his father.
"That bastard! I'd completely forgotten he was even a deatheater. He didn't hurt you or anyone else, did he?" Draco said, concern in his voice.
"Well, he didn't kill anyone at any rate. No Bellatrix Lestrange killed Sirius." Harry said, not mentioning the prophecy.
Draco swore loudly, out of anger for his family. They had made his love sad, and he wouldn't stand for that.
"I'm glad you told me." Draco said, leaning back, with Harry's head still on his chest.
They stayed like that until morning broke, when they both woke up. Draco looked up and stretched, realizing that they were going to leave in a couple of days.
And alas, those days passed. They were heading home on the train, and Draco was by himself. He hadn't wanted to sit with the annoying Slytherins, so he just took over another compartment. He had been sleeping when he felt something on his forehead. Opening his eyes, he saw a pair of green eyes looking right into his.
"Harry? What's going on?" Draco said, sitting up. Harry embraced the boy, before running out of the compartment, leaving Draco feeling comfused, until he fell asleep again.
Many things happened over the summer, and when Draco came back, he looked different. He was stronger, colder, and all around, he just had the look of evil going. He had been made a deatheater, according to his father's wishes. He had been given a mission, but he didn't want it. He didn't want to kill Dumbledore.
He had sat with the Slytherins on the ride there, with his head in Pansy's lap. She was stroking his head, and started laughing when Blaise fell into Crabbe's lap. He had just come back from lunch with one of the new teachers.
As the train slowed down, everyone began to change. They all left before he did, and Draco turned to the luggage rack.
"Harry, you may be invisible, but I can tell you're up there." He called out, closing the door behind the other Slytherins.
Harry jumped down, looking at Draco. He embraced him tightly, and rested his head on Draco's shoulder. Draco pushed him away, clutching his left arm painfully.
"What's the matter, Draco?" Harry said, holding a hand out to him, his eyes full of concern.
"I don't want you to see it. You'll want to never see me again." Draco said, turning around. Harry grabbed his arm, and pulled up the sleeve, and looked up at Draco.
"Why did you do this?" Harry said, looking at the dark mark engraved on Draco's arm.
"I didn't have a choice! He wanted to kill my mother, and I couldn't have that!" Draco said, collapsing to his knees.
Harry understood. Kneeling down, he wrapped the shaking boy in his arms again. If he could have, he would have done anything to save his parents either. Neither of them had noticed that the train had started to move. The door opened, and a woman with mousy brown hair peered at them.
"I'm sorry to interrupt, but would you boys like to get off the train before we get to London?" She asked them, a glimmer in her eyes.
They both looked up in shock, and stood up, releasing each other. Following Tonks, they jumped onto the landing and headed towards the school. Tonks kept shooting them weird looked, when Draco stopped Harry.
"How are we going to explain why we're late? It might look suspicious…" he said.
Tonks looked at them ludicrously. "You mean this is a secret?" she said, slightly amused.
"Yes, we've been together for almost a year now, and the only people that know are Hermione and Ron." Harry explained, blushing slightly. Tonks smirked.
Draco turned Harry around, muttered the words, "I'm sorry", and punched him hard in the face. Harry stumbled backwards, as Draco grabbed his wand and healed it. Then taking out a knife, he drew it across his own face before Harry could say anything.
Tonks smiled. "You're a smart one, aren't you? Now it looks like you were dueling. Well, I'll go get someone to come get you, hold on." She said, walking to the gate.
"I'm sorry I had to do that, Harry." Draco said, embracing him quickly and smiling. When he saw someone coming, he threw on his usual sneer and looked at Snape.
"Have we been dueling? Well then, Potter, Draco, I'm afraid I'm going to have to take some points away from the both of you. 30 points for dueling and 20 for showing up in muggle attire. Now get inside before I make it more." He said, threateningly, tipping his head to Tonks before going inside.
They both walked inside, looking downright awful, and sitting at their respective tables.
"Harry! What on earth happened to you?" Hermione said, starting to siphon off the blood.
"Dra-Malfoy punched me. We were dueling." Harry said, loudly enough that people would quit giving him weird looks.
After awhile, they headed back to the Gryffindor common room, where they sat quietly for a little while. Harry was sad, and they tried to cheer him up. Nothing was working, so he told them he was going to take a walk, even though it was well past curfew.
Heading through the portrait hole, he only had to go a few steps before hearing footsteps behind him. Ron caught up to him, and smiled. Harry turned around, and was caught by surprise when Ron knocked him to the ground.
Ron was holding him tightly, and Harry's eyes were huge. He had no idea what was going on. In his ear he heard Ron mutter, "I love you, Harry."
Braking free from Ron's grasp, Harry stood up, slightly shaken. Backing away from him, he was scared.
"What are you saying Ron?" Harry said, looking nervous. Ron stood up, smiling brightly.
"I love you, Harry. When you and Draco got in that fight, it gave me an open chance." Ron said.
"Ron, Draco and I just needed an excuse. I still lo- I'm still with him." Harry said, watching his friend. Ron eyes grew huge, and he hung his head hung as he walked back to the portrait hole, but not before saying, "Harry, piss off." and slamming the portrait shut.
Harry ran up to the Astronomy tower, in hopes that he would be there, but he wasn't. So Harry sat there, tears dripping down his face.
Feeling something warm envelop him, Harry looked up. Draco had walked behind him, and had his head resting on Harry's shoulder.
"What's wrong, Harry?" Draco said, wiping Harry's tears from his eyes
gently.
"I'm confused. I'm just confused. Ron just told me he loved me." Harry explained.
Draco sat up, looking shocked. Walking in front of Harry, he took both of his hands in his own and looked kindly into Harry's eyes.
"How do you feel for him, Harry?" Draco asked, looking into his eyes. Harry's eyes welled with tears again, as he looked at the boy that was so kind to him.
"I don't like him like that. I love you." He said, telling Draco that for the first time.
Draco blushed, before embracing Harry tightly. "I love you too, Harry James Potter." Draco said, smiling at him. Fumbling in his pocket, he pulled out a small bag and handed it to Harry.
Harry took it, questions clogging his eyes. He opened it gently, turned it upside down, and two solid silver rings fell out, each with a different design to represent their houses. Harry looked up at him.
"I had them made this summer, before the incident. I wanted something to represent our love, but I didn't want it too obvious. If anyone asks, just claim that you have a girlfriend from outside the school." Draco explained, taking the rings and placing Harry's on his hand and his ring on his own.
Harry looked at it in the moonlight, and smiled thankfully. He was speechless.
Nothing really happened until they had potions together the next day. Sure, Harry had Snape and before that had been a free period, but that was not exciting in the least.
There had been about ten students that had made it from their original class, four Slytherins, three Gryffindors, one Huffelpuff, and two Ravenclaws. Harry smiled slightly at Malfoy, and could have sworn he had gotten a wink in return.
Ron was sitting over by Ernie Macmillan resolutely not looking at Harry. Hermione was sighing again, she hated being in the middle of them so much.
When they saw Slughorn's stomach protrude from the other side of the door, they grew silent. Behind him was a tall, young man with startling blue eyes and short black hair. He was fairly thin, and was smiling happily.
"Hello everybody! Before we begin today's lesson. I'm excited to tell you we have another teacher in the makings at this school. This is Hatsuharu Takihashi, and he's doing his final year of teaching assistance here, before he can get hired!" Slughorn said, shoving the young man in front of the class.
"Hello! Like he said, I'm Takihashi Hatsuharu, but please don't call me that. I'm Haru. I decided to follow around Slughorn, even thought I should be following around Snape. I want to teach defense, but not that I don't enjoy potions!" Haru said, making a gagging noise as Slughorn began pulling out random potions.
"Hrmm, lets see. I graduated at the top of my class from Ravenclaw, with Defense and Transfiguration at the top of my skills. What else? Well, I've trained at Durmstrang for one year, and at Kanu for another. I suppose that's it…. Oh, and I'm only 19, that's it! Anyways, I smell something truly yummy coming from one of these…" he said, walking behind the desk, and leaning over one of them enthusiastically.
So Slughorn stood back up, and started teaching, as Haru took notes on him. Everyone watched the student interestingly, and got to work when they needed to. Once they got to work, Haru took to wandering around the room, looking at the students' work.
He lingered by Harry for a moment, before smiling and clapping at him. Drawing Slughorn's attention, they both smiled.
"Harry, just like your mother! She was adept to potions-making too!" Slughorn exclaimed, before they both walked away.
When class ended, everybody left to go to lunch, Haru followed them, and Slughorn returned to his chambers to eat. A little lost for the moments, he walked up to Professor Dumbledore and asked him where he was supposed to go. Dumbledore pointed to any of the house tables, so Haru settled himself at the Slytherin table. All of the Slytherins were eyeing him warily, as he looked at the food in front of him with a slight disgust. Everyone was giving him weird looks as he pulled out a book and read, instead of eating. Standing up, he started to walk out of the hall, but not before running headlong into a door, knocking himself out.
When he woke up, he saw a few of the potions students around him. He recognized one of them as Hermione Granger, and the other one he knew was a Weasley, but that was it.
"Whoa, that was fun…" Haru muttered, sitting up in the hospital wing. Harry had been talking to Madame Pomfrey. He walked over and smiled.
"Awake, Hatsuharu?" Pomfrey said, walking over to him, smirking. "Just like when you were back here as a student. I should have figured you would be down here soon."
"Were you in here a lot, Haru?" Hermione asked, looking at him. Ron smirked, along with Harry, after throwing Harry a dirty look.
"Tons. I think I spent half the school year here. But, I made life fun, I suppose. The only regret I have is that I wasn't here last year. Man, that would have been fun. Fred and George are gone now, aren't they?" Haru said, standing up and stretching.
"Yeah, my brothers now own a joke shop in Diagon alley. Doing quite well, I heard." Ron replied, following Haru along with the others.
"Ah, I knew you were a Weasley. And there's one more still at the school, correct?" He said, walking in the direction of the Gryffindor Tower.
"Yeah, but why are you leading us to the Gryffindor Tower, Haru?" Hermione replied, watching him go along.
"Well, Dumbledore knows the wild parties that go on up here, so he added my room here. I think he thinks that I'll control you guys, when actually I'll just end up helping." Haru said, smirking slightly.
They talked throughout the night, getting to know each other. Everyone was getting happier, at least.
Over the next couple of weeks, everyone began to get adjusted to Haru. He was funny, kind, and a huge klutz. He also seemed to be growing a small crush on a couple of the students, and many of the girls saw him as a prize.
A lot had happened between everyone. Ron still wasn't happy with Harry. Harry and Draco's relationship had been put on hold for a moment, because of school. They met when they could, and they were going to meet in the tunnel leading to Honeydukes, so they could spend some time together that wasn't at night.
They did just that, talking and laughing in that tunnel. When they left, they snuck through the trap door and went in different directions. Harry headed towards the three Broomsticks, because he had sworn that he would meet Hermione and Ron. Before he knew it, Draco had embraced him quickly before running off.
When he walked though the oak doors, he was thrilled. He sat down and talked to them, and left not long afterwards.
Following Katie and one of her friends, they heard an argument, so they all kept quiet. Few people witnessed the events afterwards, so when they returned that night, everyone was badgering them. Life went on however, even though Katie had to be taken to St. Mungo's.
Haru had gone to the first Quidditch game, and didn't really cheer for anyone. He liked both houses, and really didn't care which one won. He had been talking with Harry on their way back, and he seemed slightly distressed. Losing Katie had been awful, and he just wanted his friends to go back to normal.
Haru left him with the words, "Harry, things will get better, they always do. Just believe that they will." and left him to think about it.
When Harry returned to the common room, he started to look for his friends. He saw Ginny first, who pointed in Ron's direction. He was wrapped so tightly around Lavender Brown it was hard to tell who was who. A large amount of bushy brown hair went running in the other direction, and Harry followed. He followed her into an empty classroom, and when he entered, she saw the canaries she had gotten so good at keeping her company.
"So, Hermione, those are nice." He said, trying to not sound too stupid.
"Did you get a chance to talk to Ron? "She asked, in a higher pitched voice, much unlike her own.
"W-Was he in there? I didn't see…" he replied, trying not to let his voice get higher.
"Oh, Harry, don't pretend that you didn't see them, it was kind of hard not to!" Hermione snapped, making Harry jump.
Just then, Ron walked in, leading Lavender along. Taking a look at the two already in there, Lavender let out a giggle, and wrapped her arms around Ron.
"Hello, Hermione, Harry." Ron said, acting as if nothing had happened. Lavender giggled behind him again.
"Good bye Ron!" Hermione said, tears running down her cheeks, as she shot her birds at him. She ran out into the hallway, and Harry tried to follow, as Ron just shrugged.
Harry lost Hermione a few minutes later, before heading to wander the halls. He settled himself against a wall, and heard footsteps walking up to him.
"Harry, what are you doing out here? You're just asking for detention." Draco said, as Harry looked up at him.
They walked around, as Harry explained what happened. To tell you the truth, Draco looked as if he almost felt bad for Granger.
"That Weasley's as dumb as a troll sometimes, I think. It was obvious even to me that Granger liked him." Draco said.
Harry nodded, and when they got back to the portrait, Harry gave Draco a swift kiss on the cheek before walking inside for the night.
Zee: Hiya! I'm the author, and I was too lazy to write last time. I know, I'm a lazy ass...But I totally rock.
Harry: You do not...
Zee: Do too!
Harry: Not.
Zee: Too.
Harry:Not.
Zee: Too!
Draco: Shut up!
Zee:...You just wait...
Draco: Wait for what?
Zee: Hehehe, wait until you find out what you do next time...
Draco...what are you going to make me do?
Zee: That's for me to know and you to find out...
Draco:...Shit...
Zee: I'll update soon ,but I do have to get it written first! Sorry this one went really fast through the year...I'm ashamed. The next one is going to be fun though, I'll give you that! No killing me if It doesn't come as soon as you want though, deal?