Usual Disclaimer: Unfortunately this world and its wonderful inhabitants do not belong to me, they belong to J. K. Rowling, I'm just borrowing them. I am making no money from this it is purely for the enjoyment of those few who choose to read it. Thanks J. K. for lending me your ready made world of magic.

A/N: Thanks to all my reviewers, namely; tamachan444, unmei3, Fallen Angel, Siriusly Black2, Leaky Cauldron anno1985, Snuffles, moondork, Laura, moonstardust (S/R scene in the pensieve coming up in the future but not just yet:-).)

Also - Readers and reviewers of my one-shot 'We're so Alike. You and Me.' please see Extra A/N at the end of the chapter:-)

Extra A/N: Song lyrics below belong to Bryan Adams. i.e. not me!

"There's something here I can't explain I feel I'm diving into driving rain, it gets my senses running wild. I cant resist your sweet, sweet smile so take this feeling an let it grow, never let it, no never let it go... I've been waiting all my life to make this moment feel so right, the feel of you just fills the night, so come on lets just hold on tight. You give me something that I can believe in so don't let go of this moment in time... I can't explain all the things that I'm feeling... No I won't let go."

Chapter 14 - Symbols and Strange Tattoos

Several hours later, Harry and Draco returned from the pensieve, their sides aching from laughing so much. At first Harry had been mesmerised by seeing his dad and Sirius and he hadn't been able to do anything but stare at them. He had soon relaxed though, as he and Draco watched some of the Marauders greatest tricks. Neither Harry nor Draco had had this much fun in their lives and yet they had barely scraped the surface of the vast amounts of memories contained in the pensieve. Harry couldn't wait to share the discovery with Ron and Hermione but felt he wouldn't have changed the way things were for anything. He felt it had been far more special to share it with Draco and he felt unending gratitude to Draco for just being there to support him and hold his hand in time of need. Harry loved his Draco, the Draco who gave limitlessly and never asked for anything in return, the Draco who showed his true self to Harry and Harry alone.

Draco flopped down into and armchair and Harry made himself at home in his lap. Harry sighed deeply and contentedly as he turned to look into Draco's eyes. They kissed deeply and Harry's heart began to beat faster. The kissed again and again, quickly becoming breathless as their bodies responded to every slight touch. Draco's hands began to roam...

"Not in here." Harry murmured and respecting his wishes, Draco led them out of the den.

They made their way awkwardly down the hall to Harry's room, their lips hardly parting.

They fell onto the bed together kissing passionately. Draco ran his hand down Harry's chest and even through his t-shirt Harry shuddered pleasurably at the touch. They slowly began to undress each other and it became painfully obvious what they both wanted to happen. Their senses were running wild, their bodies were more responsive to touch than ever and soon they were both emitting low moans of pleasure.

Harry stroked the inside of Draco's now naked thigh and Draco moaned and lightly bit Harry's shoulder in response. Harry closed his eyes and shuddered as Draco moved down between his legs with his tongue.

"No." Harry murmured and Draco moved back up to eye level, rubbing their erections together and making Harry moan deeply as he did so. "I want us to..." Harry trailed off, Draco seemed to be looking straight into his soul. "If you want to that is..." Draco nodded and reached down onto the floor where his wand lay amongst his pile of clothes. He muttered a spell and then massaged a lubricated hand over both himself and Harry.

Draco's eyes bored deep into Harry's and he seen the nervous longing and anticipation behind the startling green orbs. Harry bit his lip and gasped slightly in both pain and pleasure as Draco entered him and began rocking slowly back and forth inside him. Draco leaned forward slightly, never breaking eye contact with Harry, so he was rubbing against Harry's erection as he moved back and forth. The eye contact made the experience all the more intense and Harry couldn't imagine sharing it with anyone else. Gasping in pleasure, Draco leaned forward and kissed Harry deeply as they simultaneously shared the moment of pure ecstasy.

At that same moment, both experienced the strangest and strongest burst of emotions that they had ever felt. It seemed like their hearts were erupting and they gasped at force of the feelings. They shifted and lay side by side, clinging to one another as bright pearly light shone from both boys' chests, meeting directly above them and gathering into an orb of shimmering particles of light. As suddenly as it had started, it stopped but the orb of light remained hovering midway between the bed and the ceiling. Harry and Draco watched, mesmerised by the beauty of the scene unfolding before them as the particles began forming shapes. Holding on tight to each other, they gazed as a large heart shape was formed, with other images appearing around it.

To the top right of the heart, formed the shape of a magnificent stag which seemed to be made from wisps of smoke and to the top left was a sparkling cluster, of what looked like tiny stars, which formed itself into the shape of a beautiful dragon. Then, at the bottom came a fierce looking lion to the right and a large snake to the left.

Harry and Draco watched as the dragon and the stag circled each other, the dragon ruffling its wings and the stag rearing on its hind legs every so often before they eventually came together and bowed to each other. As they became still, the lion and the snake began to move slowly towards each other. When they met, the snake wound itself around one of the lion's paws and up its leg until its head came to rest at the lion's mane.

Harry and Draco were entranced as they watched this strange yet heart-warming display before them.

The Lion along with the snake, the dragon and the stag all made their way to the centre of the heart where the snake detached from the lions led and they bowed to one another. The snake bowed to the stag while the lion bowed to the dragon. Once this was done, the heart began to flicker before it began to blur. It began whirling around as if caught in a cyclone. A whirl of shimmering particles, there were no distinct shapes any more just a confusion of sparkles spinning faster and faster.

Then it exploded.

Shimmering fairy like dust rained down on Harry and Draco who, by this point were unsure if this was a blissful dream or not. Harry reached tentatively out to touch the falling particles but they melted into his skin as he touched them.

Neither were sure when it happened, but sleepily watching the descending sparkling mist, both soon fell fast asleep, wrapped tightly in each other's arms.

Harry's brain felt fuzzy when he woke, like it was full of fluff and nothing else. The first thing he thought, when his brain cleared long enough for him to do so, was 'I can't feel my arm', the next was 'bloody hell we're naked!'

"Urgh." He groaned as he pulled his arm, from underneath Draco and waited to regain feeling in it before putting on his glasses. The events of the previous night gradually filtered to the forefront of his mind a he lay, taking in every detail of the sleeping blonde beauty lying next to him.

He studied the calm, peaceful features of Draco's sleeping face as he tried to figure out if the display he had witnessed the night before had been a dream or not. He let his eyes wander down to Draco's chest, resting them on something he had not noticed before. On the smooth skin, about an inch above Draco's left nipple was a tattoo. Or at least what looked like a tattoo. It portrayed a majestic lion, lying lazily, with its face turned towards Harry. It took Harry slightly by surprise when it yawned but then, Harry reasoned, why shouldn't it. There were plenty of things in the wizarding world which were not what they seemed. Harry tore his eyes away from the lion to look back at Draco's face and into his eyes, which were now fluttering open.

"Hey you." Harry greeted him softly.

"Hey you." Draco returned, smiling as he too remembered the previous night. "Did that really happen?"

"Which part?" Harry smiled teasingly.

"The floating thingy part."

"I think so." Harry searched Draco's eyes, reading his emotions like his favourite book and leaning in to kiss him deeply. "By the way," Harry said as the broke apart, "did you know you have a tattoo?" He delicately ran a finger over the lion on Draco's chest.

"Not before now, did you?" He said running his on finger over the same spot on Harry's chest. Harry's tattoo depicted a snake, coiled and sleeping peacefully.

"Strange." Harry said, but it seemed silly to dwell on it. Strange things happened to him all the time and he just accepted it.

"Strange." Draco agreed, feeling similarly to Harry and going back to thinking about the symbol they had created the night before. "It was beautiful, wasn't it?" He asked, not needing to explain further as Harry was following his line of thought and nodded.

Their eyes locked and never left each other as they drank in every fibre of each other's beings. They lay like this contentedly for a while before Harry moved in closer to Draco so their bodes fit snugly together. They began kissing, lightly at first but getting deeper and more passionate as time went on. Their hormonal teenage bodies responding to the situation nicely. Hands caressed now familiar bodies and any embarrassment they had previously felt swiftly evaporated to be replaced with anticipation. Harry murmured the same spell Draco had used the night before and rolled over so he was on top of the blonde pressing a little weight down on him as he massaged himself and Draco with his oiled hand. Harry looked deep into the pools of willing silver beneath him and recognised the same look of nervous anticipation and excitement he himself had held the night before.

Draco arched his body towards Harry as he slowly entered him. He bit his lip at the pain but he wanted Harry to continue. Harry, attuned to Draco's feelings began rocking ever so slowly into him. The pain soon subsided and Draco began moaning and squirming in pleasure. Harry was being so delicate and careful that it was almost killing Draco as every fibre of his body screamed for Harry deep inside of him.

"Harry," he moaned breathily, "harder."

Harry obliged, gradually speeding up as Draco writhed beneath him, moaning his name over and over. He pushed into Draco, harder and quicker as their breaths quickened and Harry brought them both to climax.

"Dray," he moaned loudly as he collapsed next to the panting and slightly sweating blonde. They kissed as passionately as if their life depended on it, then lay together until their ragged breaths returned to normal.

"Dray?" Draco whispered questioningly and Harry blushed. "I like it, but no fair."

"What's not fair?" Harry asked propping himself up on one elbow to look at Draco's face more closely.

"You can't shorten Harry." He smiled.

"You'll just have to use your imagination then." Harry pulled the blonde to them and they kissed again.

"I will, but not right now. Right now, we need to shower." He said wrinkling his nose at the sticky mixture of sweat and semen that coated various parts of their bodies as they peeled apart. Both feeling incredibly happy (and slightly sore) as they made their way to the bathroom.

Extra A/N: These responses are to those who read and reviewed my one-shot - 'We're so Alike. You and Me.' I am posting the response here so as to avoid breaking the rule of posting A/N's as chapters. Thank you to ALL those who read and reviewed and gave me such nice comments about the story. I am considering a sequel or a continuation but not right now, maybe sometime in the future. Thank you thank you thank you once again. I hope you get to read this!