CHAPTER – 6
Draco was having the best of his time. He was excelling in his classes particularly due to a specific professor.
His face held a constant grin very unmalfoy type. He noticed Pansy staring at him like he has sprouted horns and tail but he didn't care.
Draco came to the conclusion that he is in love with his professor. First when he recognized such feelings he was frightened and moreover confused.
He labeled it as lust as beginning but now it was far more. The way the professor taught, the way he handled his student's problems, everything attracted Draco.
He sometimes felt like a stalker, his eyes never leaving the professor. But now after pondering for two months he concluded that he is in love.
It was Wednesday again and he headed to his favorite class. He took is usual place beside his friends waiting for the professor.
He looked ever his friends and saw that Harry was much relaxed. When Harry was in his frustration, Draco noticed but didn't give it much thought.
But now he suddenly appeared calm, Draco wanted to ask the reason but was stopped as the doors opened up.
Draco leaned eagerly to see what the professor was wearing today. He always had worn muggle attire which Draco found it very appealing.
Today he wore black shirt full sleeved and dark blue jeans with a blue tie matching his eyes. He was looking very much edible in Draco's eyes.
Draco felt like grinning widely but controlled his emotions. The class went on as usual. It was two hour class.
Everyone took their notes and listened attentively.
Soon they got up to leave when Draco heard Professor calling his name. Draco was surprised and turned towards his professor.
"Mr. Malfoy, can you please stay for five minutes. I need to ask to you something." Aaron spoke.
Draco was now shocked as to why his professor wants to speak to him.
He just nodded his head, said bye to his friends and sat back in his place. The professor locked up the room and kept up the silencing charms and turned towards him.
Draco now was very curious why the man was doing so. His professor saw the curious gaze on his face and smiled
"It's nothing much but can you meet me today after the dinner at my chambers?"
Draco gaped numbly at his face not believing what he heard. "Err….." Draco was speechless for the first time in his life.
The man who he loved secretly was actually inviting him to his rooms and that too after dinner. Draco didn't know how to respond.
His professor understood his expression and laughed slowly. "Hogwarts had always fascinated me and the war which happened here only increased my curiosity. I wanted to know about the happenings but the other professors are still in the mourning. So I thought its best to ask someone who had the direct role in the battle. And I found you are the best person to consult" finished Aaron. Draco by now had come over his shock and processed the words said by the professor.
He thought for a few minutes and nodded his head "it's not a problem for me to tell but I may want to leave out some portions "concluded Draco quietly.
"I understand and I will listen to what you wish to tell me." Aaron noticed the darkening face of the boy. "Meet me outside the hall after you dinner, I will escort you to my rooms" smiled Aaron.
Draco smiled a little and agreed. The professor opened the doors and Draco walked out.
Aaron saw the pained expression forming on the beautiful face of his boy and wanted to take him in his hands and calm him.
Draco must have suffered more than he imagined, in the war. Wait! Did he just think the boy as his…?
Aaron shook his head. Just being near the boy for a few minutes has made is mind turn in that way…. He ignored the feelings for now and concentrated on his next class.
Draco walked on with his mood gloomy. The war had changed his life and he tried his best to forget it.
But now his crush is asking to tell him. He had no choice but to agree as he didn't want to disappoint him.
He went to his classes and tried to block out the horrors out of his mind for the rest of the day.
At dinner everyone sat down together talking how their day was. Harry and Hermione were arguing over some issue and as always Mione was winning.
Pansy was talking in hushed voice to parvati patil; Draco almost suspected that she has turned into her gossiping mode. Girls!... He thought…
Draco tried to eat his best but didn't succeed quite; he just kept moving the spoon.
"Hey Draco tell mione that we have to practice quidich tomorrow, or not we can't be in our best forms" Harry almost whined.
"No way Harry, we have loads of homework and think about the newts, lot of work and so much less time.
I am thinking of preparing a timetable to see if I can fit all the subjects. And don't even think of speaking a word, am including you both" concluded Mione in a single breath.
Draco felt like rolling his eyes, bloody Gryffindors was the first thing that came to his mind.
"Spending a few hours can never affect our studies Mione and we are all ahead of our syllabus. All the training we had included our core subjects. And sorry to tell but I have a schedule of my own so am out of that time table of yours" Draco spoke.
"Yeah, Draco is right, you need a break, its not even Christmas for Merlin's sake" added Harry.
"All right as your own wish, but don't come running to me in the last minute, I will not help" Mione said with her chin held high.
Both Harry and Draco rolled their eyes this time and Draco snorted. They completed their dinner with harry and Draco talking again of their upcoming game.
"Hey guys, I will join you later. Have to go to my dorms now" Draco said "Ohh….why?" Harry wondered "well….. Its none of your business" concluded Draco with a sweet smile.
Harry raised his eyebrow and Mione stared. Pansy started walking with him saying she also wanted to go to the dorm.
Both of said bye to others and went back. As they reached the door Draco stopped and turned towards Pansy
"Look here I have to go somewhere, I will be back later so don't wait up for me" and walked away not giving her a chance to reply.
Draco went back to the hall entrance to find that his professor was waiting for him.
Aaron smiled at seeing Draco "I thought you might not come" he said. Draco shook his head "well you asked me and there is nothing wrong telling".
Aaron started walking with Draco behind. Draco purposely did not tell his friends where he was going. He knew the war held much more horrible memories to them.
And now someone is asking to tell about them, Draco didn't want to risk their reactions.
They reached the professor's quarters, Aaron said a password in a different language but Draco recognized it as Chinese but kept quite.
Being a Malfoy he always he the extra tutoring where he learned other languages well.
As they entered the rooms Draco was surprised to find them well lighted. They were cool and a small breeze was flowing.
Draco instantly realized that as some charms. He made a point to ask how the professor made the breeze to flow inside the room.
It was very fresh and relaxing. Aaron turned around to find Draco was enjoying the breeze. He kept those particular charms as he knew they help the person relax.
He asked Draco to sit in the comfortable sofa and went inside to bring back two bottles of butter beer.
He sat in the opposite plush seat and both started sipping their drinks. This went on for a few minutes then Draco spoke "So what do you want to know sir?" he looked a little skittish trying to keep on a brave face.
Aaron noticed it and was very surprised. This boy was truly not like his father or the rumors he had heard. "I know about the prophesy and the first war, I want to know what happened here in the school. And the final battle" Aaron came to the point bluntly. Draco leaned back and sighed. This is going to be a long night he thought. So he started telling about their school years first.
The first year when Harry declined his friendship, the troll accident and the stone. The way how voldemort was leeching off quirrel. How the trio had defeated the different obstacles in the way of the philosopher stone and the final showdown with quirrel.
Then came the second year when everyone discovered that Harry was a parseltounge and was shunned. The chambers were opened and almost a student was killed. Then there was a basilisk which petrified three students including Harry's best friend Mione. Harry could listen to someone whispering in the walls and tunnels. It was the basilisk on rampage. Harry and Ron opened the chambers to save Ginny Ron's sister who was inside the chambers. Harry fought with the giant snake and killed it with the Gryffindor sword. Then again he came in contact with voldemort or rather known as Tom Marvolo Riddle. Tom then started telling how he controlled Ginny through the dairy. Tom was going to kill Harry but he used the basilisk fang to stab the dairy to kill Tom.
The third year was no better. A prisoner escaped from the Azkaban who turned out to be Harry's deranged godfather Sirius Black. Everyone thought he was coming to Hogwarts to kill Harry. Ministry ordered to post the dementors around Hogwarts which turned out to be nightmare to Harry. Then there was also Remus Lupin who started teaching DADA from that year who actually turned out to be a werewolf. At the end the trio was confronted with Sirius black in the shrieking shack where they learnt the truth about Harry's parent's murders and betrayal of Peter Pettigrew.
The fourth year was a dangerous one as the Triwizard Tournament was announced. They also had a new DADA professor as everyone came to know about Remus Lupin. He was Alastair Moody a.k.a mad eye moody. Some one forced out Harry' name in the competition and he forced to participate. At the end in the maze when Harry caught the cup he was transported to a graveyard where Voldemort used Harry's blood to get his body. Harry escaped again but a student was killed Cedric Diggory.
The fifth year was slow compared to the previous years except for Umbridge. Harry started the D.A. In the end Harry had the vision of Voldemort holding his godfather as hostage and the prophesy. He and his friends stormed into the Department of mysteries only to be ambushed by the death eaters. The order of phoenix or better known as the order came to their rescue. But in that process Harry lost his godfather.
The sixth year was a hell both to Harry and Draco. Harry was still in mourning and Voldemort wanted to recruit Draco. By that time Draco had come to know about everything and went to Dumbledore. He told everything and asked if he could join the light side. Dumbledore was more than happy and in that process Draco became friends with Harry. He told Dumbledore about the mission given to him by Voldemort, the vanishing cabinet and killing of Dumbledore. They all sat together and made a plot to capture the death eaters who will come through the cabinet.
Dumbledore told not to worry about him as he was prepared to die. Everyone was shocked by this revelation. He then told the trio, Professor Snape and himself about the horcruxes. He also showed his burnt hand and the ring. He told he was dying already and at this point of time it can be an advantage. At the end they had proceeded as planned and caught the death eaters with Draco using the killing curse on Dumbledore.
Then the actual war started with Harry and the trio hunting for the horcruxes. Draco and Snape stayed in Hogwarts with Snape becoming the headmaster. This time Draco started the D.A teaching the students how to fight in a real war. Almost all the seventh and the sixth years joined him.
He and Snape searched for the diadem of Ravenclew which was a horcrux. They destroyed it with the basilisk fang which Harry gave them earlier but almost died in the process. It was cursed by Voldemort so that it could not be destroyed easily. There was a huge blast and an ear piercing shriek. Snape hit his head badly and broke almost all his ribs. Draco was more injured and was deaf for sometime. Both of them were hospitalized with Draco for two months.
It was almost April when Voldemort decided to attack Hogwarts. He summoned all the death eaters for the attack. Snape sneaked back to inform about it. The seventh years joined in the war. All the rest of the students were taken to the chamber of secrets with the sixth years to protect them. The aurors and the order stationed themselves and waited. It was at midnight when the death eaters started appearing. They were many but the light side was prepared for this. The battle soon started and everyone was throwing curses at each other.
Harry was waited under the invisibility cloak. Voldemort apparated in the midst and the battle became more violent. Harry came to the front and fought with Voldemort. It was ruthless with Voldemort firing every dark curse. Harry also began to use the dark curses to equal the dark lord. The ending began with a sharp light emitting out of both the wands of Harry and voldemort. By the time the light faded the dark lord was nothing but ashes and Harry lying unconscious in the middle.
They have won the war but paid a huge price. Ronald Weasly went down fighting against the lastrange brothers but succeeded in killing Rodolphus. Tonks killed Rabastan but she also died while fighting. Luna was a total surprise as she fought against Avery killing him. Moody succeeded in taking down many of the death eaters but he died fighting against Lucius Malfoy. Lucius also went down in hands of Snape.
Many were injured and some horribly like Fred, Bill and Hermione. Remus killed Greyback at last thus taking the ultimate revenge. He was badly injured but the wolf in him was satisfied.
The castle was partly destroyed but the survivors gladly built it back. The good thing was all of the students were safe in the chambers. Many felt that it could have been worse. All the other death eaters were given the kiss. But it was suspected a small group escaped in the middle. The aurors were dispatched and everyone hoped they would be caught soon.
The school was cancelled for the rest of the days and a new year would commence by September. Harry was in coma for ten days and it took nearly a month before he could start walking again. He was devastated by Ron's death. It was lucky that Hermione and Remus were beside him constantly as he coped up.
This way Draco finished telling about all the seventh years and the final war to his teacher. All the time Aaron was silent listening attentively. It was nearly three hours when Draco completed the tale.
Aaron was shocked and horrified by the end. Draco was sitting on the sofa with his legs curled up to his face and his hands around them huddled. He was looking into the flames in the fireplace. His eyes were slightly watery but his face was void of any emotion.
Aaron was surprised that the boy was so strong to endure all. They sat in complete silence. Aaron was sure the boy had left out a major part in telling him. There were some gaps in his story especially in the last part. But he didn't want to risk it. He had promised he wouldn't ask any questions if Draco didn't bring it up.
Draco sat staring at the fire as he felt his own horrible memories started to unfold. Great, he thought he would start getting the nightmares again. It has been a small time since they stopped. He didn't know for how much time he sat like that.
Suddenly he felt drawn into someone's hands. Startled he turned to see who, only to find out his man of dreams giving him a huge hug.
He was lost; he didn't know what to do. So he just did nothing just sat in the hug. He could feel the professor smile on his back.
It felt good to have some one. He just prayed that it would be permanent. Both of them sat around the fire. They didn't feel the need to speak.
Soon Draco felt sleep taking over and he slept off in his professor's hands not caring about the situation. They can speak tomorrow.
Phew, another chapter done. A correction please. In the first chapter its Blaise snogging Neville not Draco. Apologies for the mistake. Enjoy and review please.