AN/: I welcome thee to the sequel to "Unbreakable Bonds", welcome to Unbreakable Ties! I hope you're ready for a second turn at the rollercoaster! Don't throw up!
Unbreakable Ties
By So Yun
Chapter one
(I'm giving my beta a holiday)
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Harry's mouth dropped in awe at the little cottage. It was absolutely perfect! It stood on the other side of the Forbidden forest, just an hour's flying time to get to Hogwarts over it.
He stood in the hallway facing the living room where a large couch sat, with a television! He dropped his trunk and turned to Sirius who was beaming.
"Upstairs on your left is your room, yes Harry, your room. Next to it is a bathroom and next to that is my room. Across the hallway to that, on the balcony over the living room is Moony's room. Kitchen is here-"Sirius gestured to the door on his right,
"-And downstairs bathroom down through the living room in that little alcove" He pointed ahead then turned his head to bend to the right.
Harry beamed and said, "Its perfect Sirius. When's Remus arriving?"
Sirius smiled back and hovered his Godson's trunk up the stairs, "He won't be here for another week sadly"
Harry nodded, still smiling vaguely although sad that Remus would not be joining them until later. He followed his godfather up the stairs and beamed again when he saw his room.
It was perfect, everything Gryffindor and there was a spare bed that could be pulled out from under the bed for when Draco or Ron came round. He laughed out loud when he noticed the plush black toy dog he had gotten for Christmas already on his bed.
He then blushed at the memory of Christmas day and said in a near whisper, "Sirius…about Christmas day I'm so sorry….I was awful and…-"
"Harry" Sirius gently interrupted him then pulled him into a tight embrace, "It's doesn't matter ok? I don't care about Christmas day, just as long as I have you"
Harry nodded against Sirius shoulder and they pulled apart when they heard the floo in the kitchen. They both jumped up and rushed downstairs to come face to face with Snape and Draco.
"Nice house Black, Harry" Severus nodded at the each of them and the four stood awkwardly in the kitchen. Harry twitched his lips into a smile before exclaiming, "Draco, come with me!" And both wanting to escape the situation, they fled to Harry's room.
"Well that was effing awkward with that…um yeah" Draco said sharply but it died down to a mumble.
Harry nodded and an idea came to him, "Hey! Let's ask if we can floo back to Hogwarts with Severus on your way to Raven manor, we could play on the quidditch field!"
Draco nodded; the only way to get to Black Cottage was to floo through Hogwarts, or fly over the forbidden forest. He liked the sound of flying on the Hogwarts quidditch pitch.
"But first I want to show you my room; I've never had my own room before!" Harry exclaimed and jumped onto the bed. Draco merely looked around in distaste and replied, "Got enough red and gold Potter?" with a fazed expression.
"Yeah, why, don't you like it?" Harry said with amusement tinting his voice. Draco just rolled his eyes and they sat in awkward silence.
House rivalries still seemed to be reminiscent.
So the boy's grabbed Harry's new broom and his old Firebolt and raced downstairs.
"Does Harry like your house so far, Black?" Severus was stating stiffly. Sirius nodded and replied, "I'll drop him at your house in two days"
"Good" Severus said curtly, finishing the conversation quite quickly.
Harry's two guardians had decided that neither of the two would be able to put up with each other, so they decided Harry would live with each one for two days before going back to the other for two days.
Harry and Draco entered the kitchen as quietly as possible then turned to their guardians. "Can we go to Hogwarts with you Sev?" Draco asked boldly and held Harry's Firebolt tightly.
The two elder men turned to them and Severus nodded then turned to Harry, "Only if Black is happy with it".
Harry turned to Sirius with a pleading look on his face, Sirius caved and nodded. He smiled at his Godson as they got into the fire, "Have fun! I'll come visit you at lunch time. I'm sure Albus will want to talk to us"
Harry waved and in a whoosh he and Draco were gone and landed in the Great hall. Snape was not long behind them.
Before the man could speak the two boys were off in a run out through the oak doors. Snape sighed behind them with a vague smile.
Like boys do, the two chased away birds on the path, we loud and shouting until they came to the Hogwart's quidditch pitch.
It was majestically suited to them both, and they both breathed sighs of awe as they came upon it absolutely empty. The grasses were green and the tower stands stood high above them, almost watching.
Everyone else was in class, they had it to themselves.
The three hoops at either end shined white under the sun, and the house banners drifted with the sudden breeze. The two boys turned to each other, grinning ear to ear before launching themselves into the sky. A race was on.
"You're going down Potter! You may have a better broom, but I have better skill!" Draco yelled and corkscrewed around Harry as he sped off, only a little ahead. Harry smirked and yelled back over the breeze, "I don't think so!"
With that and a burst of power in flight Harry breezed ahead of Draco easily. Draco pounded his fists and Harry laughed as he pouted with a, "Nooo!"
Finally Harry came to a lazy swirl around the posts and easily glided back until Draco finally caught up with him. "You let me catch up half-b-….I mean scar-head!" Harry frowned at what he thought he heard Draco start to say, but got caught up in staying ahead of him.
"I'm a Gryffindor, what do you expect!" He shouted back and didn't wait for the reply as he circled the hoops. Once Draco had finished he hovered mid air next to him and rolled his eyes snidely, "Whatever…"
Harry frowned again then said with a smirk, "Someone's a sore loser today, Dray!"
Draco furrowed his eyebrows and spat back, "Don't call me that Potter!" as if something else had overcome him. He then stopped himself and mumbled, "Sorry"
Harry then soared across the field like a bullet and then, dove into the Wronski feint. Draco watched with narrow eyes as Harry spiralled down, diving for an invisible snitch. Then he uttered a sharp intake of breath as Harry plummeted to the ground before landing with a crash.
Before he realized he was doing it, Draco just stared. Harry did not lift himself up off the ground. He stayed there like a crumpled heap. This made Draco fly down towards him.
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Once Draco landed he cautiously approached Harry then kneeled down to shake him, "Pot-Harry! Harry!" He said loudly, but Harry did not open his eyes.
His glasses had landed a fair way away and his eyes were limply closed. Draco leaned forward towards Harry, he wasn't breathing! He started looking around wildly and was about to bellow for Severus, when Harry let out a breath of air and burst into giggles.
"Got you!"
Draco clenched his eyes tightly and turned around and mounted his broom and was about to fly off, "You're an effing shit head Potter" He exhaled and didn't look around.
Harry stood up and wiped grass off him and frowned, "You clearly needed a joke Draco" He said with seriousness. Draco huffed and Harry just continued, "How about some lunch?" He was worried.
Draco landed beside him again and they looked in awe at the basket of food sitting in the stand. They eyed each other then raced up towards it and sat down, "Thankyou Dobby!" Harry exclaimed into the air before pulling out a sandwich.
Draco nodded and got one himself, and the two boys ate lavishly after their flight.
Afterwards they traded Chocolate frogs that Draco had frozen in his pocket. "Eh….I got Dumbledore" Draco nearly spat and threw the card down. Harry frowned, he had gotten Merlin but he didn't really care as he chewed on his frog.
Draco watched him as he ate because he had finished awhile ago, "God you're a slow eater, Potter" He said with distaste. Harry looked up with a smile, "God you're a fast eater Draco"
Draco huffed and looked away, Harry dropped the empty wrapper into the basket and said, concerned, "What's eating you today Draco? Since when are we back to last names?"
Draco rubbed his temples and looked up, "Sorry-"He mumbled quietly, "Just not in a good mood, sorry for being rude…Harry"
Harry grinned and replied exuberantly, "Its fine, I have off days too. I think we all do, apart from the fact that Sev has one almost everyday" The two teens laughed at that, because it was adamantly true.
They sat and talked about quidditch for awhile until Sirius was standing over them. "Hey Harry, Draco, Dumbledore wants to speak to you" Harry jumped up and banished the basket and bounded after Sirius.
Draco stood awhile longer until he was snapped out of his reverie until Sirius yelled for him to come. "Yes Black" Draco spat to himself and followed Harry back into the castle.
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Inside the office all four men sat in front of Dumbledore who sat behind his desk. "So how are your little holidays faring so far?" He said to them all.
Snape nodded and replied, "Quite adequate Albus, we should all be rested after a fortnight. Thankyou for granting it to us"
Everyone else nodded along with it. They were happy to have some family time after all that had happened. The elder men would go back to work, (Sirius had gotten his job back as an auror) and the two teens back to school.
"So, my boys, sixteen for both of you this year" Dumbledore said casually turning to the two teenagers. Harry nodded and replied, "Can't wait Sir, um…..-"
"-I'm throwing a birthday party for him this year. A mega one at the cottage, billion of peoples, zillions of presents, a huge cake! And-"
"-I thought I would throw a party for him, Black" Snape said eyeing the other man through narrowed eyes.
"Oh god, please don't start a fight about who gets to throw my party. It doesn't really matter you know…I can live without a party-"
"-Harry" Snape and Sirius said together, chastising him.
Harry nodded and groaned, "It's like having an old married couple as guardians…" He mumbled, Dumbledore was the only one who heard him and he chuckled.
"Sorry" He mumbled fiddling with his hands then he turned the conversation, "Dray's birthday is a month before mine, so a party for him would be awesome too" Draco looked up sharply at this before looking down again.
Snape nodded at this but still squarely eyed Sirius with disdain. Sirius merely rolled his eyes and grinned at Harry, "If I was gay Harry, I'd surely pick Remus over Severus here" Harry burst out laughing, Sirius and Dumbledore chuckled.
Draco frowned and rolled his eyes, as did Snape.
"Can I tell Moony you said that?" Harry said cheekily, side glancing at his Godfather. Sirius just laughed and folded his arms, "if you want"
Harry started laughing again until it died down, the office was silent.
"Oh by the way, Merry belated Christmas all my boys" Dumbledore said cheerfully with a serene twinkle in his eyes. Suddenly wrapped boxes appeared in their hands.
"Thankyou" The four mumbled and they left the office.
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Down in the Great hall the four parted ways, Draco and Snape back to Raven Manor, Sirius and Harry to Black Cottage.
Once back at Black Cottage Sirius and Harry threw themselves onto the kitchen table chairs. Each of them eyeing their present eagerly, "let's open them shall we" Sirius said with as much decorum as he could handle before they both pitched forwards and ripped at the paper.
Harry gasped in awe at the beautiful pensive glinting up at him. On the outside were beautiful lilies engraved and emerald glinting from the middle of the engraved petals.
A hand written note from Dumbledore read: Only for happy memories, in a happy time.
Harry grinned and looked over at what Sirius had gotten. Sirius's mouth was agape and he clutched the Lightning Striker II to his hearts content and gaped, "I love that old coot…"
Harry giggled and showed his godfather his beautiful and in turn Sirius said Harry could have a turn at his latest model broom.
"He can read minds!" Sirius exclaimed, clearly out of his daze wanting nothing more then to jump on that broom.
"Off you go Padfoot, I know you want to" Harry egged his godfather, and in a flurry of movement Sirius was outside and riding his broom. Harry chuckled at the window before going to the living room and sitting on the couch with his pensive.
He then proceeded to copy some of his happiest times into it. After awhile he was drained and he fell asleep on the couch.
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"Harry?" Sirius looked up carefully at his godson who lay on the couch at Sirius' cottage. The teen was burning up and a fever lay on the edge grasping to pull the boy's temperature up.
A sheen of sweat painted Harry's agonised face and his mouth trembled every so often, his skin covered in goose-bumps.
Sirius narrowed his eyes and gently caressed Harry's face then exclaimed, "Oh god you're burning, I have to call Snape!" He scrambled to get to the cottage's fireplace in the kitchen, Harry moaned in his wake.
"No Siri…….no…..I'm freeezzzzingg….." He slurred and rolled onto his stomach but ended up rolling off the entire couch. Sirius paused halfway through his floo call and anxious cried out, "Harry!" as he heard the thump.
He came running back into the room with a worried Snape in tow as well as Draco. They rushed to his side and they lifted him up under the arms, "He's drenched!" Snape barked and sneered at Sirius, "Haven't you taken care of a sick child before?"
Sirius narrowed his eyes and went to retort but found Harry's glazed stare on him, "Please….don't fight….ergh…I'm gunna throw up!" He managed to moan before he pitched forth emptying his lunch all over Sirius and Snape, even a little on Draco.
"Sorry…" He mumbled as they cleaned it away in a flick with their wands. They smiled at him to reassure him as they hauled him up the stairs.
Harry moaned again as they entered the bathroom and they began to pull his clothes off. Draco followed behind idly, his face etched with worry. The two elder men gently sat Harry down against the shower wall and sat on either side of him.
"Is he going to be ok, Sev?" Draco asked timidly and took in his guardian's expression.
"He's very, very sick Draco. I don't understand what it is though….this isn't a normal fever…" He mumbled to himself and turned the cold tap on to a gentle patter as in rained in on them.
Harry shivered violently and tried to pull away, "No….too…cold" He managed to choke out. Sirius pulled him closer to warm him, but also keep him under the water to get his fever down.
Snape continued frowning at himself and surveyed Harry very carefully then shot up, "I can't believe I didn't see it! He's been poisoned!" Snape and Sirius gazed at each other sharply then were stopped as Harry had stilled.
His eyes were closed gently as the cold drips rained down on them, "His lips are going blue! Snape, he's not breathing! Do something!"
Snape hurried with his wand, nearly fumbling. Fear etched on either man's face, if they were looking carefully at Draco they would have noticed a smirk on the young man's face.
Snape hurried to cast breathing spells but none seemed to work, Sirius clutched the teen closer, "What the fuck is going on? Why is my godson dying?!"
Snape roughly pushed him aside and snarled, "He's already not breathing as it is, he doesn't need you suffocating him!!"
He kept casting diagnostic charms and breathing spells until Draco said loudly, "Sev he's just messing with us. He did that before on the quidditch pitch, held his breath to trick me!"
Snape looked blind with anger and he glared at Draco, "He is not faking Draco, now get out if you're not going to help!" He snarled then went back to resuscitate Harry.
Steadily Harry fingertips were going blue too and his lips were going purple. Sirius had tugged him back into his arms again; his godson was so very, very cold now. He was also starting to go limp.
"Imobilous!" Snape suddenly bellowed and pointed his wand straight at Harry's body. Suddenly Harry's body went stiff but Sirius could feel warmth creeping into Harry's body.
"What did you do?" Sirius asked in disbelief, Harry was now breathing shallowly.
Snape pushed his wet hair which curtained his face and replied, "I froze the poison, and it was carousing through his veins and to his organs. It was creeping into his lungs and heart. Until we can get him to St. Mungoes or Pomfrey he will have to stay immobilized"
Together the two men brushed past Draco with Harry's immobilized body and rushed to the floo, "Hogwarts Infirmary!" They chorused and in a whoosh they were gone, Draco followed behind.
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When they arrived in the infirmary, Sirius yelled for Madam Pomfrey whilst they carried Harry carefully to the infirmary.
The head school nurse came rushing out her office, "What happened?" She asked worriedly checked over Harry carefully. Again his lips were going blue and he was not breathing.
"Oh god! Imobilous!" Sirius said in quick succession and Harry's body froze again, but somehow the teen's lips were still going dark purple.
"It's not working! Do something! Anything!" Sirius was becoming near frantic until a sharp back-hand from Snape stilled him, "Get a grip of yourself Black!" He spat before turning back to Harry.
Harry skin was freezing to the touch until all of a sudden time froze. Harry began breathing again and the pendant on his neck glowed.
Everyone turned to Draco to find him kneeling on the ground clasping the pendant chanting over and over, "Harry, Harry, Harry..."
Soon Harry's proper body temperature came back and Madam Pomfrey cast another diagnostic charm, "The poison, it's gone!"
Sirius let out a ragged breath, as did Snape. They all turned to Draco again, "Their friendship saved him-"
"-Again"
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Well, the first instalment! I hope you've enjoyed this immensely and I'd enjoy it if you please reviewed! Thankyou.
Next update will be: Hopefully within the next two-three days.
Next Chapter:
Draco's faithful pendant has saved his best friend again, but why is he acting so strangely? He also visits his father, in Azkaban.