AN: Rion is pronounced how it sounds...Rian, Ryan...I really like this story... please read it and review...I got a headache so I dont want to actually check grammer and stuff. So you know just remind me that i spelt everything wrong but I wont actually care.
-Ryuu Oni-
by Cee
-Chapter 1-
Draco stumbled with his baby sister through the streets and up a driveway, he knocked a few times but nobody answered. He screamed and smashed his free hand against the door, the door opened. There was obviously no one home, but Draco wasn't about to refuse the warmth, it wasn't so much him, but his sister Rian was still to little to be out in the dark this late. She was still only three, in fact she hadn't woken up yet, as far as he'd run. He didn't know how far he'd run, but he still didn't feel safe. He walked into the house slowly, looking around the corners to double check there was no one home. It was pretty late after all, maybe the owners of the house were just sleeping and hadn't remembered to lock, or even shut for that matter, their door.
He found the living room and curled up on chair. As soon as he sat down Rion curled further into his lap and tightened her little fists around my shirt. She woke up a little and smiled up at me before closing her eyes and falling back to sleep. Draco waited for her breathing to slow, feeling and pulled her into a hug. He closed his eyes' and put his cheek on the top of Rion's head, falling asleep almost instantly.
Harry yawned walking into up the path to number four Private Drive. He'd been home alone at the Dursley's place for a week now, they'd gone to the America's for a vacation, and he'd been left to house sit. Not that he cared. It was nice actually. They left him some money for food, but he had his job too. In a way it felt like he was out of the house, free. But in another week they would be back, and things would go back to the way they were until school started up again.
He only had one year of school left too, then he could get a good job, out of the muggle world. Get his own little flat somewhere and pretend that he never met the Dursley's. Voldemort, of course, was dead but the deatheaters were still around, without their master for the second time they were still deciding what to do.
Hit, he'd forgotten to lock the door again, o well-at least he hadn't left it wide open like last time. He shut the door behind him, yawning again, and started to walk towards the kitchen. Something caught his eye as he walked past the living room and he turned to see a little girl staring at him.
She was tiny, still a toddler, her blond locks were in pig tails. She smiled up at him and said, "Hi." She laughed and Harry noticed the black head of hair as she began to pet it affectionately.
"What's your name?" Harry asked smiling down at her, hoping that the black haired person wouldn't wake up before he got the story from the little blond.
She shrunk a little behind the shoulder of her holder and giggled, "R.I.O.N, Rion."
"How old are you Rion?" Harry smiled, this little girl was obviously very smart for her age.
"This many." She said holding out three of little slim fingers.
"Wow…" Harry said cheerfully, "Who you got there with you?"
The little girl kissed the top of the persons head, "My brother. Shh he's sleeping." She put her finger to her lips shushing him.
Harry did the same thing and asked in a whisper. "What's your brother's name?"
She looked worried at the question and started to run her finger around the ear of the man. "His name Draco" she said sounding the 'c' carefully.
Harry arched his eyebrow. It wasn't possible for it to be the same Draco. He had black hair for one. "Draco?" Harry asked, straying from his whisper as he began to walk around the couch.
"Shh, quiet I said." Little Rion screamed from the couch, making Harry stop in his tracks as Draco started to wake on the couch.
He woke to Rion crawling up his arm and screaming in his ear. He sighed and tried to pull her off as her finger cut his nose. She had such sharp finger nails, he would have to cut them when he got the chance. She slipped off his shoulder, her little foot landing in his groin. He hissed and picked her up, he threw her over his shoulder and stood up in pain.
"Draco?" someone said behind him. He squeezed his eyes shut. He didn't recognize the voice. His father wouldn't bring anyone else into this. The order would have a fit if they knew what was going on and the death eaters would have a fit if they knew Lucius had let them get away. Rion, who was still looking over his shoulder, laughed. He pulled his little sister in front of him and turned around slowly. Potter starred at him awkwardly, before asking, "What are you doing here?"
Both men looked different to each other since the last time they'd seen each other at the end of their sixth year. Harry was a little taller, his hair a little longer, he seemed to be growing a little fuzz on his face. Draco had changed a little more drastically. He also looked much taller, but he looked like he had lost a lot of weight. Obviously the biggest change was his hair, which he had dyed black.
"What are you doing here?" Draco countered, refusing to believe that all the houses he could have ended up in, it had been Potter's.
"Well it's my house, sort of." Harry said smiling as Rion waved at him, and waving back.
Draco looked down at his little sister and bounced her up further on his hip. "Right." He said shivering a little. This was starting to freak him out. All he wanted to do now was get out of here. He had the urge to just hex Harry and run out, but he was wandless.
"What are you going here?" Harry asked again after they sat in the quiet a few second longer.
"Sleeping," Rion said trying to wriggle out of Draco's arms.
"Thanks Ri, I can handle this though." He said as she laid back making it extremely hard to hold her up. "We were sleeping." He said glancing at Harry and then setting Rian on the ground-not letting go of her hand.
As much as he hated Potter, he knew he wasn't gong to attack them or something. Last year had been the last of their feud and they both new it. He hadn't wanted anything to happen to Dumbledore, but Dumbledore had ordered his own death. At the same time he still had the scar from the time Harry had attacked him in the bathroom.
Harry starred at Draco as Rion jumped at his side. "You want something to eat?" Harry asked just as Draco was about to get the courage to grab Rion and run.
Draco blinked caught off guard, did he want something to eat? Yes, he wanted something to eat, he was starving. "No, I don't think so, we should be going."
"Draco," Rion whined from his side, "I'm hungry."
Draco's stomach flipped and he flinched a little. "I'm sorry sweetie." He said picking her up again. What the hell kind of brother was he, he hadn't even thought about the thought of her being hungry. Actually he was more like her father, he'd pretty much been her only guardian since she was borne. Except during school, he was never told where she went then.
"What are you hungry for Rion?" Harry asked walking into the hallway.
Rion started to wriggle in his arms again and Draco let her down walking after her as she ran after Harry. "Juice!" she screeched.
"She likes juice." Draco said leaning on the wall and yawning as Harry opened the fridge and Rion disappeared on the other side of it. "She doesn't get it much, but when she does she turns into the happy-"
"DRACO!" Rion screeched cutting him off, "There are two." She ran to him and as he stretched his arms ready to pick her up she giggled and turned to run around him. It was adorable when she did that.
"Strawberry-Kiwi or Grape?" Harry asked digging in the back of one of the bottom cupboards.
He came out with a sippy cup as Rion screamed, "Grape!"
Harry rinsed out the cup and poured the juice in, shutting the cover carefully. He'd left to many things open today. First the front door, then his fly at work. He pulled our the kitchen chair for Rion to crawl up into and pushed it in handing her her cup.
"Want some?" Harry asked opening another higher cupboard.
"Sure." Draco said walking over to the island and grabbing the cup Harry handed him. Harry grabbed himself a cup as Draco poured himself some Strawberry-Kiwi. Harry poured himself some Strawberry as well and took a seat next to Rion motioning for Draco to sit too.
Draco was slow as he did, his feet hurt from walking and all he really wanted to do was sleep. But at the same time all he wanted to do was run. There had to be somewhere where he and Rian could stay. Draco stared at his little sister as she chugged down her juice.
"So, are you going to tell me?" Harry asked breaking the silence as he stood up and grabbed some crackers out of another cupboard and refilled Rion's cup.
Draco looked away from his sister and out the window and out the patio window trying to think of the best way to say this. He knew that Harry just wanted a reasonable explanation for what he was doing there. "I'm just trying to get us away." Draco started. "I didn't know this was your house, I knocked and stuff, but you weren't here. So I just figured that, you know, we'd leave when whoever lived here, got home… okay I was tired, I didn't realize that was stupid that idea was…" he said watching Rian shove a cracker in her mouth, and grabbed one for himself.
"It's okay, it's not my house, and it's my fault for leaving the door open. I'm just lucky that it was a burglar or something." Draco nodded and the both looked away from each other.
They both smiled watching Rion eat. "You guys want something bigger to eat." I'm a little hungry for Spaghetti.
Rion looked at Draco as Draco bit his lip. "You want Spaghetti, Ri?" He asked quietly.
"Can we big brother." She said laughing.
He sighed, "Whatever."
His little sister loved Harry Potter more then he'd like to admit. He was good with little kids, and seemed to know what she wanted even before she did. She was having an awesome time too, which only meant that she was going to have to be sleeping when they left again.
As Harry cooked, Rion and Draco watched t/v and drank their juice. As she finished off another cup of juice, Rion shouted, "Dray, I have to go potty."
"It's right there." Harry said pointing through the hall at the door.
"Okay lets go." He said as they disappeared in the bathroom. The door opened after a few minuets and Draco's hand pushed Rion out of the bathroom. The little girl looked confused and turned, opening the door again, "Orion Oni get your little butt out of here now." Draco's voice commanded and seconds latter the little girl came running out, leaving the door open behind her, and crawling back up into her chair. "Orion!" The little girl flinched not know what she'd done.
Harry set her plate of Spaghetti on the table in front of her. He walked over to the bathroom door and grabbed the doorknob, beginning to shut the door. He paused dancing Draco in the mirror as lounged on the toilet. He looked exhausted, his eyes closed. His eyes opened and he yawned. Harry shut the door the rest of the way. He turned around and started to walk back. Poor Draco, he didn't know what was going on with him, but- "Hey you, can you cut my noodles?"
Rion, jeeze he'd almost ran her over. Harry heard the toilet flush, "Your noodles?" The sink running, "Oh your noodles, uh sure."
"I'll do it." Came Draco's voice from behind him, making him jump. Draco looked so weird with black hair.
As Draco cut up his sisters food, Harry made plates for him and Draco. Pilling the meatballs and sauce thick on his own plate. He poured himself some milk in his empty juice cup and sat down handing Draco his plate.
Rion hummed to herself the first half of the meal, she had a very pretty voice for being so young, but Harry couldn't take anymore silence. "So Draco, did you get all your summer homework done?" He asked shoving a huge bite of food in his mouth.
Draco looked confused, "Homework?" then he realized what Harry was talking about and looked annoyed. "Uh, did you forget or something that I wasn't there at the end of last year?" He took a small bite and looked like he was forcing himself to swallow just that little piece. " 'Sides they aren't even sure if they're going to let me back into school next year. The Stup- I mean, the mean old Ministry peoples… are slow on things they don't want to be worrying about." He said taking another small bite.
Harry took a huge bite of his own food and took the chewing time to think. Why had he even said that? "Uh, well then did you have a good summer so far?"
"Not really, you know we don't need to talk, it's not like we really have anything in common to talk about."
"I've been home alone for about a week now, the most I've talked to is the people at my work, and they aren't really my age. You're the first person I've talked to my age since school let out." Harry said taking another huge bite to clean off his plate.
"Yea, well same here, but that doesn't mean we have anything to talk about."
"Hey you." Rion said from her chair pointing at Harry. "Can I have some more of this?" She said pointing at her plate.
Draco slapped his hand to his forehead, "Rion this is Harry. Do you remember about him? And it isn't can its may."
"Oh, May I have some more of this." She said pointing at her plate again. She looked at her brother who mouthed the words 'please.' "Oh, Please."
"Of course." Harry said taking her plate and putting some more of the food on her plate. "But before I give you it, you have to tell me what your brother says about me." Harry smiled putting the plate on the island and cutting up the noodles.
Draco grunted and said, "If you tell him, you won't be my favorite little sister anymore. She looked so hurt that Draco had to get up and kiss her on the forehead to calm her down, "I was joking Ri."
She took a big breath, "He said that you have black hair cause your dad did, and that you had green eyes cause your mom did, and that you smelt bad a'cause of flying, and that you had a really mean friend that was always yelling at him, but he said that you were pretty okay a'cause you knew that he wasn't naughty… and-" Draco put his hand over her mouth.
"That's enough to earn her her food isn't it?" Draco asked alarmed and mad.
"I would have given her it anyway."
"You have good food." Rion said filling her mouth and talking through it to say, "Draco is a bad food maker."
"Orion, don't talk with your mouth full… and don't insult your big bro, I do my best."
"Mom makes icky food too, daddy made good food."
"How would you know? You were still a baby."
"Mommy said so, she said 'Draco will never be like his father, he can't even doil water.' Mommy would like this food." She said taking another bite.
Draco sighed and looked at his plate making sure he couldn't make eye contact with Harry, "It's boil, not doil."
"I thought you had house elves?" Harry asked setting his plate in the sink and grabbing the milk jug to put away.
"We used too, about a year before my father went to jail, we had to let them go because they were telling lies about us to some of the other house elves, and they told their masters. I'm a picky eater, and it was hard to make the elves understand the things I wanted and didn't want."
"Are you okay Dracy, your tummy doesn't hurt again does it?" Rion said pointing her fork at him.
"I'm fine Rion, don't worry about me." He said and they all sat there in silence a while starring at their plates. After a few minuets Draco stood quickly and walked quickly into the bathroom, shutting it forcefully behind him. Harry and Rion looked at each other worried.
Harry stood and grabbed Draco's and Rion's plates setting them in the sink before walking over to the bathroom door. "You okay Draco?" He asked leaning his arm against the wall, listening close an answer didn't come. "Draco?"
"I'm fine." Draco growled out from inside the door. Harry started to turn around, deciding to go start some dishes, but then he heard the sound of choking from inside and the unmistakable sound of something splashing in the toilet. Dimmit, the git was sick.
He considered opening the door but thought better of it, "Draco, can I come in?" Harry shouted through the door. He didn't answer and Harry was tempted to go in anyway. The splashing and choking sounded again. Harry couldn't just sit there and do nothing. He opened the door and walked in.
Draco was sitting on the carpet, his eyes closed, back against the tub. "Go away Potter, I'll be fine in a second." He said opening his eyes for second, only to be taken over by nausea again and sent flying into the toilet again. Rion came wondering in and walked over to Draco, realizing he was in pain, she started to rub his back. Draco flushed the toilet and crossed his arm on the toilet, laying his head on his arms, facing into the toilet. Harry grabbed a paper cup from the little dispenser and filled it with cold water.
"Take a drink." He said squatting down to be at the same height as the kneeling Draco and standing Rion. Draco sat still for a while before lifting his head and taking the water. He swished it in his mouth and spit it in the toilet as his Rion continued to rub his back. She pushed back his hair with her little fingers and continued to rub his back. Harry was amazed at how mature this little girl was.
Draco moved to sit down against the tub again, and looked up at Harry. "Sorry, I thought if I didn't eat a lot then they wouldn't affect me.'
"What are you talking about?"
"I'm a little allergic to tomatoes."
"He's 'lergic to everything." Rion said sitting in his lap.
"Why'd you eat it then?"
"I was hungry, I normally just sweat a little." He said sighing and pulling Rion up into a hug. He kissed her on the top of her head and closed his eyes.
"I could have made you something else though." Harry mumbled sitting on the floor too, his back against the wall his feet on the cupboards across from him.
"Harry, please…" Draco said his eyes still closed his head against the glass shower door. Draco looked ten times as exhausted as he had earlier and Harry wasn't about to start anything.
"Why don't you guy's stay here tonight, get some sleep, you know…"
Draco didn't open his eyes to say, "No, we have to go."
Rion looked up at her brother and back at Harry. Harry could tell she was worried. He also knew how he could make sure Draco stayed. "Aren't you tired Rion?" he asked nodding his head and then bobbing it in Draco's direction.
She smiled, "Yes, I'm very tired. Can we please stay here tonight Dracy?"
His eyes still closed, Draco began to rub his head. "Fine." Was all he said before he opened his eyes a little and picked her up off of him, standing up himself. He pushed past them and turned into the living room, falling onto the couch.
"No, you two can sleep in a bed, it's upstairs but it's a lot more comfy then the couch." Harry said walking over to Draco and grabbing his shoulder to get him up. The Dursley's had locked their rooms so giving up his room did mean that he either had to sleep on the couch the floor or in his old bed under the stairs. But he didn't care. Draco got under the covers fully clothed, and held up the covers on the other side for Rion to slip under. The second she was under Draco closed his eyes.
Harry started to clean up all the things Draco had tripped over on the way in when he heard Rion singing to Harry. He didn't know the song, but she her childish voice had a soothing quality about it. He kicked some clothes under his bed and watched Rion trough her little around Draco's neck. She looked up at Harry and smiled, "Night Harry." She said cuddling up with her brother and closing her eyes.
Man he wished he had a family.
Please review, I dont normally write chapter this long, but I totally will if people actually like it...
