IT'S ALIVE! If a bit short, but hey, take what you can get.

Insomnia hit and I decided I missed this fic, consider this an interlude to the overall arch that is fourth year, also blending in references to several of my other fics near the end. You do not have to have read my other stories to get the references but if you did read them you'll get the references.

An aside, yes this is me trying to get back into writing Harry Potter fics rather than just focusing on the Worm fandom, hope you all enjoy.

Dany's eyes snapped open and as she took in the stark white vista surrounding her she could not help huffing out, "Fucking hell…seriously, again!?"

There was some weak laughter and a moment later Draco's Harry appeared in the near distance while approaching her with a lazy gait and a sheepish grin marring his visage while scratching the back of his head lightly.

She instinctively noticed her old friend's tell, he was on the defensive.

"Hey Drake...err…Rather, Dany."

Dancia's glacial blue eyes narrowed as her lips curled into a sneer, "What. Did. You. Do."

Harry froze mid step, then sighed as he collapsed onto an instantaneously appearing lounge chair behind him, "I…didn't do anything, rather something has been happening in the background that I was unaware of until recently and well…Long story or short?"

Dancia sifted through a dozen good one liners to offend the man before her but pushed them aside as she decided to be the adult in the room, letting out a huff she crossed her arms and grated out "I need details Harry, details…"

Sighing he shook his head then shrugged, "Alright, look as it stands you've been abusing Tommy boy's Horcruxes like a rental Kia and well... Look, things are…different this time around in your new home universe. You've destroyed most of his soul containers and those fragments had to go somewhere and they…went to him…and it kinda, sorta, maybe, made him…sane'ish and less reliant on ridiculously elaborate circumstantial idiotic super villain plans…."

Dany stared at Harry for roughly thirty seconds before screaming out, "MOTHER FUCKER!"

Grimacing Harry nodded slowly while shooting her a commiserating smile, "Yeah pretty much, on this end I hadn't been let in on that little caveat until the world cup fiasco. On the optimistic side while he is saner then the Tommy boy we dealt with he's still a narcissistic sociopathic psychopathic jackass so he is still predictable, he'll just be taking a few hints from the Evil Overlord List."

Dany sighed as she pinched the bridge of her nose and shook her head slowly, "I'm going out on a limb here and guessing going after the catspaw that put my Harry's name in the cup is next to pointless, correct?"

Harry nodded quickly at that, "Yup, Durmstrung student under an Imperio, like I said, sane'ish and less reliant on ridiculously elaborate plans…"

She huffed, fell backwards, and landed on a comfy sofa that appeared behind her and soon threw her arms around the seats back while letting her head fall and stared up at the ceiling. She remained silent for a time as she gathered her thoughts, and then eventually raised her head to meet her old friend's sad gaze.

"War is inevitable, isn't it?"

Harry shrugged lightly, "I honestly don't know, I really, really don't know. Paraphrasing one of our favorite pirate movies, we're off the map, and there be monsters here. Hell, the only reason I'm able to even be telling you any of this is because it's Samhain and we've already done this song and dance a few times, well-treaded path so to speak."

More silence, and eventually Dany let out a bone weary sigh as she finally responded, "What do I do Harry? I'm…I'm just so so so tired of it all, I thought I had finally found happiness and now I'm-"

She was cut off as Draco's Harry was suddenly looming over her and she couldn't help letting out a startled squeak as he lowered a hand down to her mouth and placed a finger across her lips silencing her.

She glanced up and met his eyes and froze as she took in the tender look of fondness in her old friend's expression, "Shush, none of that. You are not condemned to any sort of fate, or destiny for that matter since they both agreed to back the fuck off and just let things unfold as they will. What I can tell you is this, unlike Draco? Dancia can trust her family, you know what the last horcruxes are, you just have no idea where one is and how to remove the other from your Harry safely. Don't do what I did and obstinately keep the details to yourself. You have Dora, you have your mum and the aunts, you have Hermione and Luna and your less dashingly handsome yet adequate enough version of me, so use your resources and remember that you aren't alone in this."

Harry was suddenly back in his chair and Dancia had to do her best to refrain from crying as she glanced to the side while muttering out, "You're far more helpful then you've been in the past, kinder too…it's almost disquieting…"

Harry smiled sadly and shrugged one shoulder lightly, "Can I be honest with you Dany? Without it sounding creepy or condescending?"

Dancia let out a tired sigh at that, "All you can really do is try Harry."

Harry tilted his head to the side as he tapped his fingertips together and eventually nodded as if coming to a decisive decision as he met her gaze evenly, "You aren't Draco anymore, Dancia. Oh sure you have my best mates memories and several personality traits but that proud, insecure, snarky as hell Slytherin you are not. Whatever has happened to you over your rather short life has shaped you into something better, something happier, more along the lines of Draco's goddaughter rather than the tired burnt out old man who was just sick and tired of…everything…"

Dancia scoffed, and wiped away a tear, "Comparing me to little Lily Luna…low blow Harry…"

Harry smirked at that, "Hey, my baby girl considered Draco a second dad, for fucks sake you learned to play guitar just so you could sing her to sleep."

Dancia blushed and turned her gaze away from Harry muttering, "she had dragonpox and was restless…I…"

Harry was full on grinning now, "And she idolized you to the point that she followed in your footsteps rather than mine and did us both proud when she took your job in the ICW. The point I'm trying to make here Dany is you are not alone, taking Dora under your wing was a perfect first step, but you have to keep moving forward and accept the fact that those surrounding you that matter care about you. I wasn't being facetious when I said don't follow my path, once again quoting our favorite pirate movie, take what you can, and give nothing back."

Dany was silent for a time, then nodded slowly, "So…family meeting?"

Harry smirked, then shrugged, "They won't judge you Dany, they love you and you aren't alone anymore, take advantage of that."

Dany was silent for a time, then eventually asked, "The first task is still a dragon, isn't it?"

"Yuuuup!" Harry stated flatly with absolutely no emotional inflection while popping the 'p'.

"Goddess damn it all…." With that Dancia faded away back to the land of the living, and Harry's smile quickly blanked out as he stared down at his open hands with a tinge of regret as a light touch wrapped around his shoulder.

"I…hope I did the right thing by her…" He muttered quietly.

Destiny smiled lightly as she gave his shoulder a reassuring squeeze, "You worry too much, she'll be fine."

Harry was silent for a few moments then perked up as he spun to meet Destiny's gaze evenly, "So! Next project, what about the me Death sent back into the thirties to inhabit the body of a recently deceased Black to befriend little Tom and completely derail history? Any fun developments on that front?

Destiny smirked at that, "Well apparently Iris is a fire elemental and Tom is an ice elemental and they are now receiving specialized training to properly teach them to destroy things in an orderly manner. Think they'll be hunting Nazis within the next couple of years."

Harry grinned, "Brilliant! Well…Anything else you want me to meddle along with?"

"Well…There is this kid, Lelouch, who keeps falling through the cracks and I think you might find it amusing to help him along with his resurrections…"