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Sorry it has taken so long to get anything done, but it is now. I hope this chapter is alright. Don't forget to read and review.
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Oh and this is an AU, HBP and DH don't happen lol.
On with the fic!
Chapter Eleven
"I still wish Dumbledore would let you have a room out of Slytherin, I don't think it is safe where you are at the moment." Harry moaned once again, as he embraced Draco.
Draco sighed, the two had been having the same conversation since they returned to school, now nearing the end of October, Halloween in four days. "Harry I have my own room. It is warded, password protected. I'm safe Harry, and don't forget that dear old dad did teach me a few things before I told him to take a run and jump."
Harry gave a little smile, "I know Dray, remember I have a saving people thing."
"I know, I've teased you about it Mr Hero." Draco smirked as he planted a chaste kiss on Harry's lips. "Anyway, if I don't move it, I will be breaking curfew and so will you."
Harry gave a lopsided grin and said playfully, "Wouldn't be the first time."
Draco laughed and shook his head. His blond hair falling into his eyes, "Good night Harry." He said giving the Gryffindor another kiss.
"Goodnight Draco, love you." He said as he wrapped his arms around his blond haired boyfriend.
"Love you as well." They kissed and then turned, leaving each other to make their way back to their own common room.
Harry made his way back, no meeting anyone, no late stragglers rushing to their common rooms. Ron and Hermione were sitting in the common room doing homework. Harry could hear Ron grumbling about having to do the work. It wasn't due until after Halloween. Harry smile, neither Ron nor Harry got away with leaving homework to the last minute. Draco was as bad as Hermione, though Harry didn't complain as he somewhat enjoyed doing his homework, it had started in the holidays. He smiled again and went over to join them, wishing that Draco could join them.
Draco walked quietly and swiftly, his wand in his hand, hidden in his robes, throughout the walk through the Dungeon. He hadn't told anyone of the verbal abuse he had been getting from the Voldemort supporters in Slytherin. He had one or two ignore him, Blaise Zambini, who was neutral in the war, as he lived mainly in Italy with his family. Then there was Theodore Nott, his family were Dark, and in the service of Voldemort. Theo was of a gentler nature than the others in his family, he was looking for a way out. Draco thought that Theo would have done better in Ravenclaw, as the brown haired young man has a brilliant mind.
Draco made his way through the Slytherin Common Room. He noticed a few Slytherins, all from his won year, sitting around the fire. He kept an eye on them as he made his way to the portrait where his room was hidden behind. The hairs pricked up at the back of his neck. He quickly brought up a shield as two of the five Slytherins attacked him, using simple stunning spells. The other three joined in the attack quickly, and all five were shooting spells at the lone blond. He dodged and countered as many as he could, a few hit him, but he was able to ignore them.
A cutting hex got past his shield hitting him on his right arm, his wand arm, making him drop his wand to the floor. Draco continued to dodge as many of the incoming spells as he possibly could, but it was a losing battle. He lay on the thick Slytherin green carpet, pain radiating from the cuts and slashes he had received from the hexes and curses that he was unable to dodge. Some bruises were already beginning to form from a blasting curse that one of them had used on bust next to him, shards had hit him in numerous places.
"You knew it would only be a matter of time before you died, The Dark Lord is angry at your betrayal blood traitor. We have the privilege of killing you but out Lord wants that pathetic traitor Snape." Pansy Parkinson sneered, her nose in the air as though she smelled something bad underneath, the look reminded Draco of his mother.
"Rather… be a blood traitor than a… slave of a pathetic upstart of a half blood." Draco sneered back. He could see his wand in front of him, he needed to stall as much as possible, because he knew that the next spell uttered from Pansy Parkinson would be 'Avada Kedavra'.
"Lies!" she screeched, "Our Lord is not a half blood. He is a prestigious pureblood that will lead us in our superior ways."
"Half blood. He was a Slytherin here around 55 years ago, called Tom Riddle. He opened the Chamber of Secrets. You all follow a hypocrite."
"Lies!" Pansy Parkinson screeched again. Crabbe and Goyle winched at the sound while Daphne Greengrass and Millicent Bulstrode ignored it, the two girls spent a lot of time with Parkinson, and were now used to her usual screech as they spent a lot of time with the high pitched witch.
"Have a look at the records and you'll see the truth." Draco smirked through the pain.
No one noticed the tall, thin young man come out from the Seventh year Slytherin's Boys Dormitory. Wand in hand he quickly bound Greengrass and Bulstrode, he missed restraining Parkinson as she shot out of the way of the Full Body Bind. The distraction was enough for the injured Draco to grab his wand and helped Theodore Nott with binding the other three attackers. It didn't take long for their combined efforts to bound the other three. Theo levitated them into the middle of the Common Room.
Draco tried to stand up, but ended up falling back down onto the lush carpet.
Theo went over to him. "Draco, stay still, I'm going to message Snape."
Draco gave a slight nod and said softly "Thank you Theo."
Theo smiled and sent off the message spell all Slytherin's were required to learn in their first year at Hogwarts. It sent a coloured light out to wherever this Head of House is. It would float around until Severus Snape entered the area in which it originated from, the colour depicted where it was from, this one was a green colour, saying it was from the Slytherin Common Room. "You can thank me by helping me to get away from my family and the Dark Lord, he and they want me Marked at Christmas. I can't just stay here either, I need a way to be protected from them."
"Professor Snape would help you, talk with him." Draco suggested. He was lying down in a more relaxed position thanks to Theo's help.
Professor Snape walked in as Draco finished talking. "What happened?" he snapped, though the Potions Master could probably guess with five of his Slytherins trussed up and bound together in the middle of the common room, and with Draco lying to one side, blood seen clearly on the side of his face and little on his white shirt.
"They all attacked Draco. I think they would have killed him if they had the chance too. I came out when I heard Pansy screech and helped as best as I could." Theo reported to his Head of House.
"Right, can you go to the Hospital Wing and get Madam Pomfrey and then make you way to Dumbledore's office and tell him what has happened, the password is 'Blood Pops'" Severus began to instruct the young seventeen year old.
"And Harry!" Draco called out, though you could tell that the blond would not be awake much longer as his eyes were beginning to droop. "Tell Lady Bomine that Draco needs Harry to come to the hospital wing as soon as he can."
"Lady Bomine?" Theo questioned.
Draco smiled tiredly, he could feel his body losing energy. "She is the Portrait that protects Gryffindor. Harry and I were talking out side and we then got talking to her and we asked her name. She didn't remember at first, said that it was a long time since she had used it. But she told us a few days later, said she had remembered. All of Gryffindor call her Lady Bomine now so she would not forget her name again. Though I think Hermione wants everyone to show their protector a little courtesy."
"Right." Theo nodded and then ran from the room leaving Professor Snape to care for Draco.
Theo ran down to the Hospital Wing. He called out to the Medi-Witch and told her what had happened in Slytherin. She quickly gathered her things and before Theo could blink she was out the door rushing towards the Slytherin common room. He then ran towards the Gargoyle that protected Dumbledore's office. He stopped in front of it and called out 'Blood Pops'. The Gargoyle moved and he ran up the moving stairs and knocked on the large oak door.
"Come in Mr Nott, and what can I do for you this evening?" Dumbledore asked the young man as he walked into the office.
"Professor, sir we need you in the Slytherin Common Room. Draco has been attacked by some of the other Slytherins." Theo informed the headmaster.
"Thank you Mr Nott, I will be on my way now." He said as he got up from behind his desk and quickly went out of the room, Theo following him.
They reached the place where less than an hour before, Draco and Harry were saying goodnight to one another. Dumbledore went towards the Slytherin Dorms, like Draco had, while Theo took the route towards Gryffindor Tower, like Harry. Theo decided it would be better if he ran to the portrait of Lady Bomine.
"Lady Bomine. My name is Theo Nott and I have a message for Harry Potter from Draco Malfoy. Could you please ask him to come here." Theo asked politely.
"I will young man." She smiled as him as she then disappeared from her gilded frame. A moment later she was back and opening the doorway to the Gryffindor Common Room, and Harry.
Harry was standing in the doorway a little curious as to why Nott was at the portrait. "Hello." He smiled.
"Harry, Draco was attacked in the common room. He told me to tell you that he will be in the Hospital wing." Theo told the brunette.
Harry paled at what he heard. "Is he okay?"
"He was pale when I last saw him which was about fifteen minutes ago. I am going down to the Hospital Wing to see if I can find out how he is."
Harry nodded, "I'm going with you alright Theo." Harry said as he called into the common room yelling to Hermione and Ron what had happened and that he was going to go and find out how Draco was doing.
Harry came out of Gryffindor and both he and Theo ran down to the Hospital Wing, just in time to see the Pomfrey, Snape and Draco, who was lying on a stretcher going through the large double doors. The two young men ran through the doors and came to a stop when they saw that Draco was now unconscious on one of the beds with Pomfrey pouring potions down his throat.
"Dad?" Harry called, not wanting to disturb the medi-with too much.
"Harry, he is going to be fine. He will need to rest for a while and then he will be back with you in no time. It is mainly blood loss that we are worried about." Severus explained to his son.
"Who?"
"Don't get any ideas of revenge Harry. The headmaster is taking care of them now. They are being expelled and the Auror's have been sent for." He cautioned his son.
"I won't dad, I want to be here with Draco." Harry said as he went over to where Madam Pomfrey had finished treating the young blond. "Is it alright if I sit with him Madam Pomfrey?" he asked with a little lost puppy look on his face.
Madam Pomfrey just smiled at him and answered softly, "Yes you can as long as you let him rest."
Harry thanked her and went and sat down in the lone chair next to the bed.
"Mr Nott why don't you return to you dorm and get some sleep. The Auror's will be wanting a statement from you in the morning." Severus told his young student.
"Yes sir." Theo nodded and then walked out of the Hospital Wing.
Severus went over to the bed with his some and sat down on a conjured chair and settled down to watch over his son and godson for the night.
Well I hope you like that chapter, I don't think there is much more to go on this maybe a few more chapters and that is it I think. But don't hold me to it.