"Harry, help." Malfoy said, falling onto the floor. Harry, even though not liking this classmate, distingushed the flames before anyone could follow Malfoy. Harry went over to Malfoy and found his skin paler than normal, with cuts and bruises all over, and worst of all, empty eyes full of pain. Selflessly, Harry picked up Malfoy and brought him upstairs to an empty room.
"Harry, thank you so much. I'm so sorry for these past years. I am truely sorry." Malfoy said with was looked like emotion in his usual cold eyes.
"Mal-Draco, what are you doing here?" Harry asked.
"My father and the Dark Lord." Draco said.
"Go on." Harry said.
"Well, I was in my room. I was actually looking in the past and stuff and realized I had to fix this Gryffindor and Slytherin thing. We have to keep our friends close but our enemies closer." Draco said.
"I'm not sure if I can believe you." Harry said.
"Go and get vertiserum." Draco said.
"First, I think I can trust you for some reason. Second you need some sleep. When my parents and Remus get home I'll tell them. I'll make sure to keep you safe." Harry said, getting up out of his chair. He went accross the hall and into his room. He grabbed some sweat pants and t-shirt.
"Thank you. You don't know how much this means to me. It may seem weird that I'm acting this way. My Father had threatened me if I had gotten anything or assoctiated with anyone outside of Slytherin he would well you know. Could you help?" Draco asked. Harry helped him take off his robes and put his other clothes on. He saw the bruises and cuts.
"I've got something that can help that, but it'll be nasty tasting." Harry said.
"Just something to get rid of the pain. I don't know how you did it." Draco said. Harry went and got some of the potions he had made just incase of anything. He grabbed Vertiserum, Healing Potion, Sleep Draught, and some tea.
"Here I've got he Truth Serum too." Harry said handing him each vial. Draco made a grossed out face to each vial and then at one point had a glazed look to him.
"What's your name?" Harry asked.
"Draco Malfoy." Draco said.
"Why did you come here?" Harry asked.
"The Dark Lord had threatened to kill me if I didn't join him so I ran." Draco said.
"How did you find this address?" Harry asked.
"Everyone knows the address from the papers." Draco said. The glazed look dissapeared.
"I thought I could trust you, just checking." Harry said.
"I don't blame you." Draco said yawning.
"Get some sleep, there's a bathroom right through the door over there and I'll get you some robes to borrow. You're about my size." Harry said with a smile and to his surprise Draco gave a good non-evil laugh.
"Thank you for being so forgiving. I panicked and wasn't sure where to go. I am in a wizard's debt to you." Draco said as sleep took over him. Harry closed the door behind him and ran to get his penseive. He later heard some people downstairs so that is where he went. Harry took a deep breath and walked into the room.
"Hey Pronglet." James said.
"Hey Dad." Harry said uneasily.
"Is there something you need to tell us?" Lily asked with a stern look. Harry shifted in his spot and sighed.
"Yes, there is. I'm not sure how to though. I know I can tell you, I'm just not sure how you'll react." Harry said. The adults exchanged looks, all saying different things.
"Harry, what are you talking about?" Remus asked.
"Err...Well, you know Draco Malfoy?" Harry asked.
"Yes, he was the one who tormented you." Remus said.
"He's here." Harry said quietly. James, who was standing closest to him, heard him.
"WHAT...A MALFOY HERE!?!?!" James yelled.
"Listen." Harry said.
"A deatheater's son is in this house and you want us to calm down?" Sirius said.
"You're a deatheater's brother, so should we throw you out?" Harry asked. Sirius was shocked that his godson was sticking up with someone who had tortured him for years.
"He has a point." Dumbledore said from the fireplace.
"Yes, sir, I know. The point is I wasn't raised by him. I don't know if we all can be so sure he is here for what ever reason besides to attack Harry." Sirius said.
"I've already found the answer to that." Harry said. "When we were in training we learned how to make many different potions, for any case. Truth Serum, Healing Potion, anything and I've kept them in my room. I gave him the truth serum and questioned him. I'm not sure if I should repeat why he is here, but I will tell you he isn't after me or any of you." Harry said holding out many bottles of empty or very little potions. "I've also found that he came here because he knew he had to ask for forgiveness from me. I gave it to him. I also found that he had been under some parts of the Imperius Curse as well. During training, I, with everyone else, became masters of Occulmency and Legimes. I use some of that on him as well. I haven't used it on anyone except him. Do you believe me?" Harry asked.
"I do." Dumbledore said. Everyone else nodded their heads.
"Good now I have to owl a few people, and I'm sure Albus does as well." Harry said and went upstairs to his room to write a few letters. He wrote to Hermione, Ron, Nevielle, Tori, Chris, Kate, Luna, and Ginny. Then he sent them off with Hedwig and went into Draco's room. He carefully peered inside and found no one in the bed. Then he heard a toilet flush and out came a pale sixteen year old.
"You alright?" Harry asked. Draco jumped and looked up with a small smile.
"I'm feeling much better, thank you." Draco said sitting down on his bed.
"I have a small question." Harry said.
"Go on." Draco said.
"Is your Mum a deatheater?" Harry asked.
"No, she fled too. She told me go to someone's house they would never expect me to go." Draco said. "I know she went to Hogwarts." He added.
"Good, they won't try getting into there. Why didn't you go with her?" Harry asked.
"I knew my father wouldn't be able to find us both easily if we spilt up." Draco said.
"I've got an idea." Harry said grabbing some parchment out of the drawer and some ink with a quill. He began to write a contract.
POTTER AND MALFOY PEACE TREATY
August 9th, 1995
Harry James Potter and Draco Lucius Malfoy hereby proclaim peace between Harry James Potter and Draco Lucius Malfoy, Gryffindor and Slytherin, from this day forth. This treaty will be hung at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry on September 1st, 1995 until removed for any purpose more important. This Treaty will make Slytherin House and Gryffindor House united from this day forth. We hope that many other Generations will give this Peace Treaty its justice, in conjunction with the other two houses as well.
Harry James Potter Draco Lucius Malfoy
"From now on we have the our house's unity." Harry said shaking Draco's hand.
"Some may not like this, but I am fully in. If I have to I'll ask Dumbledore for a house transfer." Draco said with a small laugh but started to cough.
"Where's err... Ron and Hermione?" Draco said.
"They are both at their houses." Harry said with a sigh.
"Surprised they aren't over here." Draco said.
"Well, they will be coming back in a day or two." Harry said. "Long story. I may tell you later, I'm not sure. Years have gone by and trust you will really have to earn here."
"I totally understand." Draco said. "If I were to go downstairs would I be ambushed?" Harry laughed and shook his head.
"I don't think so, just scorns and other looks for now." Hary said. Draco sighed and nodded his head.
"Can I have a tour of the house?" Draco asked.
"Sure, Draco." Harry said standing and walking to the door. "Don't worry. You don't have to get dressed." Harry said with a smile. Draco stood and followed Harry throughout the thrid floor, then onto the second. Last was the first floor. That is where they met the adults.
"Mum, Dad, Sirius, and Remus?" Harry asked.
"Yes?" Lily said being rather nice to him.
"This is Draco Malfoy." Harry said scratching the back of his head.
"Hello, Draco, I'm Lily Potter and this is my husband James Potter." Lily said shaking his hand. James also shook his hand.
"You already know me." Remus said and shook his hand.
"I'm and famous Sirius Black." Sirius said also shaking his hand.
"It's nice to meet you. I would also like to say I'm sorry for the way I've acted in the past." Draco started. "I know it will take time to trust me, but I'm am willing to gain the trust."
"That's true but so far you're doing a good job." James said. "Let's skip all this mombo jumbo and eat some food." James said with the marauder's laugh following.
"I'll cook." Harry said.
"No, Pronglet, we're cooking." James said.
"Oh, we're having pizza then?" Harry asked.
"Remember, paybacks are hell." Sirius said with a short bark-like laugh.
"Well, you all were worried when I cooked. Why can't I return the favour?" Harry asked. Lily and Draco were watching and were enthralled by the small clip of entertainment.
"Fine, but if you need us, we will be in the other room." Harry said walking out of the door. Draco followed and Lily did too.
"What's that?" Draco asked pointing to the televison.
"That's a T.V. it plays moving pictures. Kind of like plays." Harry said turning on the t.v.. He had turned on a cartoon.
"That's a cartoon. There is different forms of t.v. like, reality shows, game shows, cartoons, movies, and much more. I had to explain this to the marauders all the time when we were young." Lily said.
"You know that Marauders?" Draco asked.
"Yes, and you do too. James, Sirius, and Remus were all Marauders. Oh and that filth Peter Pettigrew." Harry said the name with the utmost coldness in his voice that made anyone, possibly even Voldemort, shiver.
"I know him." Draco said. "He is pathetic like my father. They'd do anything for a small reward. Actually I have to tell you something. They are planning to attack on the school in-"
"May?" Harry asked.
"Yes, how'd you know?" Draco said.
"All part of the long story. See my summer has been very bus-" Harry started.
"HARRY POTTER!" A boy with flaming red hair said apparating into the room.
"Yes, Ron?" Harry asked calmly.
"How could you let this-this SON OF A GIT stay at your house!" Ron shouted.
"First Ron I'll explain it all later. You just go home and relax with Luna. I promise to explain it all later don't worry he's on our side now." Harry said steering him over to the fire place.
"I guess I should trust you. Just becareful." Ron said apparating.
"He's with Looney Lovegood?" Draco asked.
"Yes, is there anything wrong with that?" Harry asked in a non-rough tone.
"Nope. Just wondering when they were going to see it." Draco said leaning back into the chair.
"Yeah, and knowing Hermione she'll be here too. Just not in that manner." Harry said, as a girl with brown hair appeared into the room with a very tiny 'pop'.
"Good call. Hello, Hermione. It's me Draco Malfoy, the new Draco Malfoy. I would just like to say I'm sorry for all the things I've done to you. Believe me it took long enough to realize just because you're muggle born doesn't make you less than a brilliant witch." Draco said before she could get out a word.
"If Harry trusts you then I do too. Thank you for the apology as well. I am glad you realized how much of a-" Hermione said.
"Git, jerk, moron, prat, idiot, pig head, or any others?" Draco asked.
"I was going to say Pureblood Maniac but those work too." Hermione said with a smile and sat down next to Harry. Then Draco noticed something move in her arms. He wouldn't have noticed if it had not been the fact the movement or sound caught him.
"HARWEE!" The bundle shouted.
"When did she learn to say my name?" Harry asked picking up the small baby girl.
"I taught her today. Ron stopped by and said he was on his way to the Joke Shop. She learned his name too." Hermione said smiling at him.
"What's her name?" Draco asked being polite.
"Her name is Faith. She's my little sister." Hermione said giving Draco a true smile.
"That's a pretty name." Draco said looking at the baby in Harry's arms.
"Would you like to hold her?" Harry asked.
"Is that alright with you Hermione?" Draco asked.
"Sure." Hermione said as Harry handed Faith to Draco.
"My mother just had a baby. His name is Brendon." Draco said.
"Really is he still here?" Hermione asked uneasily.
"Yes, he is with my mother. They're at Hogwarts with Dumbledore." Draco said looking into the baby's chocolate brown eyes.
"I'm glad to hear that." Hermione and Harry both said.
"Whoa, how'd you do that?" Draco asked.
"That is another part of the long story." Lily said. Harry slightly raised his hand and a fire lit in the fire place. Draco looked at it astonished.
"Who did that?" Draco asked.
"I did." Harry said.
"How? Your wand isn't even out?" Draco asked.
"Another story best saved for later." Harry said. Draco nodded and bounced the baby on his hip.
"When do you have to leave?" Harry asked.
"Soon, I left as soon as my parents got home. I couldn't leave the stove on." Hermione said.
"Awe, when are you coming back?" Harry asked.
"A couple days, two or three." Hermione replied. "I knew you had your reasons for trusting Draco, I was just coming either way. I wanted to see you." Hermione said as a scream came from the kitchen. They all ran into the kitchen and found the stove on fire. Harry quickly waved his hand and it was extingushed.
"We had that under control." Sirius said.
"No, we didn't." James said. "You don't put water on hot olive oil you dummy."
"Well, sorry James Crocker." Sirius said back.
"Alright children break it up." Harry said going in between Sirius and James.
"Children?" Sirius and James asked.
"We're being broken up by your son." Sirius said.
"We will have to do something about that then." James said picking up Harry's legs as Sirius grabbed his arms. Harry squirmed and couldn't get out of it. He was taken outside by the lake.
"ONE!" Sirius counted.
"TWO!" James counted.
"THREE!" Both counted and threw Harry in the lake. Harry had a plan though. He went into the lake and didn't come up. About a minute passed before James and Sirius started to get worried.
"PRONGLET COME OUT NOW!" James shouted. Still no answer...he called again. Then he and Sirius took one glance at each other and jumped into the lake and Harry flew out. He was suspended in mid-air with his hand facing down.
"HARRY!" Hermione whispered/yelled.
"What?" Harry asked landing next to her.
"Don't do that again." Hermione said. "If you do that again I'll-" She was cut off by a kiss.
"Shaddup." Harry said jokingly.
"Harwee." Faith said holding out her arms to Harry. He took her in his arms.
"What sweetie?" Harry asked but all she did was snuggle into his chest.
"What is with you two doing that?" Harry asked.
"I told you already. You make a nice comfortable pillow." Hermione said poking him. Sirius and James surfaced and looked at Harry with a mock mad face.
"HARRY JAMES POTTER!" James yelled.
"YES?" Harry yelled back.
"YOU'RE GROUNDED!" James yelled.
"WHY? WHAT'D I DO NOW?" Harry asked.
"YOU SCARED THE HELL OUT OF US!" Sirius yelled.
"OH, YOU KNOW WHAT THEY SAY! PAYBACKS ARE HELL!" Harry said laughing. James and Sirius sloched out of the lake and went over to Harry.
"This kid is good. You've taught him well." James said.
"Thank you." Sirius said.
"What's for dinner?" Harry asked.
"Pizza?" James said. Everyone laughed at him.
"Oh, Harry, I've got to get home. Bye." Hermione said kissing Harry.
"Bye, Draco." Hermione said giving him a small hug, which he was shocked by.
"Bye, James, Sirius, Remus, and Lily." Hermione said giving each a hug. Then she apparated out of Godric's Hollow with Faith.
"I'm calling the pizza delivery!" Sirius said.
"No, I'm calling." Lily said as they all made their way inside.
"You feeling better?" Harry asked Draco.
"Much better, thank you very much." Draco said.
"No problem." Harry said. They all stepped inside and sat down at the kitchen table.
"Hello, My name is Lily Potter. I would like 3 large pizzas, plain, pepperoni, and sasauge." Lily said into the phone. "Delivery. 20 minutes alright." Lily said.
"About 20 minutes until it gets here." Lily said after hanging up.
"So what to do for 20 minutes?" Sirius said, clapping his hands together.
"I dunno." Harry said.
"What's another muggle thing?" Malfoy asked.
"There's a lot of things around here that are muggle things. Like those are muggle sweat pants and t-shirt. Our microwave, toaster, dishwasher, and a few other things that are just in here." Harry said.
"Really, what do they do?" Draco asked.
"You should take muggle studies. A microwave heats or cooks some foods like stoves do. Toasters toast things like bread, bagels, waffles, and other frozen foods. A dishwashers cleans dishes and you don't have to hand wash them." Harry explained.
"Maybe I should take muggle studies." Draco said.
"Sounds good. I don't take it, but I also grew up in the muggle world. I didn't know I was a wizard until my 11th birthday." Harry said.
"Interesting. I never knew that." Draco said.
"Now you do, and now I live in the wizarding world with my parents. I am no longer lonely Harry Potter the-boy-who-lived. I am now Harry Potter." Harry said.
"Good thing." Sirius said.
Later...Next Morning...
"Harry...Harry..." James said rubbing Harry's back trying to get him up.
"What?" Harry asked, while he snuggled into his pillow more.
"You've got to get up." James said.
"Why?" Harry asked.
"Ask your mother." James said. "She got me up too." He added.
"You ask first." Harry said.
"You are usually first up, why not today?" James asked, sitting on the side of the bed.
"I don't feel like getting up right now." Harry said.
"Me too. So get up." James said, rolling Harry over.
"Gerroff." Harry mumbled.
"No, get up." James said.
"Last chance." Harry said.
"No, Har-" James was interrupted by the silencing charm, and then he found himself stuck to the ceiling. Harry laughed and rolled back over. Sirius walked in followed by Remus. They both started laughing and fell onto the floor. James's wand lay right next to them. Sirius threw James his wand and James immedatly came crashing down onto the floor. He started to laugh but no sound came out of him. Harry eventually got dressed and went downstairs with the others. Draco was trying to help Lily in the kitchen.
"I love pushing the buttons." You could hear Draco's voice say followed by the hum of the microwave. Lily would smile and try to help him work the appliance properly.
"Morning." Harry said, walking into the kitchen.
"Morning sweetie." Lily said, flipping bacon.
"Morning." Draco said, carefully taking a dish out of the microwave.
"Having fun?" Sirius asked.
"Much." Draco said enthusicasticly.
"Leave him alone, he and Harry are the only men in this house that actually help in the kitchen. Well, Remus helps sometimes too. So it is only you Sirius, and you, James, that don't really help." Lily said.
"She's got a point." Sirius said.
"Yeah, I know." James said. They all sat down for breakfast.
"This is great Mum." Harry said, swallowing his bite of food.
"Yes, Flower it's very good." Sirius said.
"I third that." Remus said.
"Teriffic Lils." James said, leaning over the side of his chair and kissing her cheek.
"Yes, Mrs. Potter, I agree with them." Draco said.
"Thank you." Lily said.
"You're welcome." The men chimed. After breakfast the boys all went out to the quidditch pitch and Lily came out with a book to read. Everyone heard Harry mutter something like "Just like Hermione..." They had a small game and showed each other moves. Harry didn't dare show Draco his new move he already used at the other game.
Afternoon...
Harry felt that this was going quicker than his other days had. He was enjoying himself and he even had the thought that he was having fun with his former worst enemy. Now he and Draco were sitting on the deck cooling off after a very intense game of quidditch.
"So you and Hermione?" Draco asked, drinking some of his water.
"Yep. Why?" Harry asked.
"Nothing just wondering when you all were going to notice it?" Draco said with a small laugh.
"Well, funny thing is that the ones that are the center of the thought are always the last to know." Harry said, taking a sip of his drink.
"Another funny thing is that if we told our first year selfs that we'd end up like this, we'd jump off a cliff or something." Draco said.
"Cheers." Harry said. "What do you think people are going to say when we go back to school?" Harry asked.
"I honestly don't know. I mean a Slytherin and a Gryffindor hanging around together? They will think hell froze over or something." Draco said with a laugh. Harry joined him in laughing.
"True, or either one of us were being possed." Harry said.
"That's another possiblity." Draco said.
"I've got a question...why did you make the desicion that you had to apoligize?" Harry asked.
"Well, after I met the Dark Lord-" Draco said.
"Voldemort. His name is Voldemort or Tom Riddle." Harry said.
"Vold-Voldemort came to my house and told my father to bring me to the next meeting to join his ring of men. So my father came and told me. I told him I didn't want to and he well you know. Then I sat alone in my room thinking if I ever got out of there I would apoligize to those I've harmed in some way. So I decided first thing I needed to do was to apoligize. Then I thought I'm going to die. Everyone who has refused to join his ring of deatheaters he is going to kill me. That is when my mother came and told me to go somewhere where they wouldn't expect and she was going to Hogwarts with Brendon. He's a great kid too. I think he is the one who made me realize that there's so much innocence in the world that is being thrown away towards evil." Draco said.
"Wow, now we all thought you were only keeping empty space up there. I'm going to tell you something that you'll never believe Voldemort told me and I use this advice today. There is no good and evil there is only power. Now the power I speak of is love. I have won every time because I have love. That is how I lived through the Avada Kedavra Curse when I was a baby. I survived with love." Harry said.
"Many thought I only stored space, but I never knew that about you. I believe that we will find out more things about each other during summer than we would have found out by any papers or anything of that sort." Draco said.
"Firstly, most of those papers were bogous." Harry said. He began to tell Draco about his first year.
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Hello, I hired a new beta and he is one of my friends and I will post as soon as he emails me back my posts and reread them and make sure I'm completly happy with them.