Hello! First it would seem that i have an apology to many of you out there... Um... Harry's a sub because it is so damned hilarious. I also quite like Sub!Harry, but actually Draco was going to be the sub in this, then when i got to the rescue scene, i thought Harry's reaction if he was a sub (which Flees will never let him live down by the way) was fantastic and made me chuckle. So yeah, I also thought it would have been far to obvious to make the poor abused, unloved and insecure Draco the sub. If i made him the dom then he would have had to become secure in order to make Harry like him... it was just my lazy way of making Draco get over what happened to him very quickly... of course, you can't have closure without blood (which is possibly something Flees would say) ... Also, can i leave off the warning in the summary? It would kind of ruin the surprise when it comes out tat Harry is the sub...
Seecond, the chapter titles are indeed titles of CSI episodes! Who Are You, though the main song, is also the title of one of the episodes... i can't remember which one though... So yeah, i'm glad some of you noticed, though shame on you if you have never watched CSI (You know who you are!!!)
Harry and Draco playing strip poker? Well read this chapter and tell e if you still want that... Also on the subject of other pairings... well the jury is still out, if there are certain pairings that you all love, then plase tell me and i will see if i can fit them in, though they obviously won;t be central to the story, probably just mentioned... Though if any of you have read my other stories, then you will know who i like to pair Seamus with...
And finally, also added with an aopology for making this so long and keeping you from reading the next chapter... Dumbledore capturing Harry and Draco... i never said he would manage it... but i never said he wouldn't... you will just have to wait sn see... but yes, if he does succeed then things would get very messy... And Lucifer would be pretty pissed off as well...Hmmm maybe shouldn't have wrote that.. Lucifer will not be coming into this story... at least he isn't planned to be yet... but plans do change so... On with the chapter anyways and as ever, please feed my review habit!!
u Chapter Six – Fur and Loathing /u
On the morning of the fifth, Harry woke up and looked around his room. He could have sworn that he had something to do today, but he couldn't for the life of hi remember what. He tickled Flees under his chin as he thought about what is was that he had to do. He knew it was pretty important. But what?
"You've forgotten about Seamus, Neville and Dean, haven't you?" Flees said, changing form and stretching.
"Are you sure you do not wish to be human? You have been spending an awful lot of time as one recently." Harry commented, quickly pulling his hand away from the now human chin as if burnt. "And I wish you wouldn't do that whilst I am fussing you."
"I do hope I heard you correctly and you said fussing." Draco said sleepily, walkling into Harry's room, scratching the back of his neck as he yawned.
"You heard correctly. I said fussing."
"Oh now, don't lie. You said fuc-"
"I i said /i fussing! You twisted minded cat! If you have thoughts like that, then I am not too sure I like the idea of you sleeping in my bed." Harry said, glaring at a smug Flees and slowly removing his hand from where he had placed it to shut the Cat up.
"I don't think I like the idea of a cat sleeping in your bed anyway. I'd much rather like it if you had i me /i in your bed." Draco said with a leer at Harry, making him blush.
"Yes well. You have to hide from my friends for a couple of days before I can introduce you to them and gauge what their response will be to you. So you should probably hide out in here anyway." Harry mumbled, refusing to look at Draco in the eyes and blushing furiously.
"Really? So you want me to i sleep /i with you. Hmm. Well I'm not about to say no, am I? Plus, I can keep an eye on that blasted cat." Draco added, eyeing an innocent looking Flees suspiciously.
"What have I done?" Flees asked, looking at Draco affronted.
"Hmm.. I don't trust you." Draco answered simply, getting a snigger from Harry and making Flees huff.
"Right well as exciting as this conversation is, I have to meet up with Seamus and the others in about two hours, so I'm going to get dressed." Harry said, ignoring the fact that Draco hadn't left the room and was now watching him with avid eyes.
Harry walked over to his wardrobe and pulled out a set of clothes that he would be wearing then began to get changed. Still ignoring the now blatantly leering Draco and quickly changing into a pair of black leather trousers (making Draco drool) and a black silk shirt with silver stitching. On top of that, he threw on a black cloak, with a large hood and then waved his wand and hid his features under a glamour.
Turning around, he nearly jumped out of his skin when he walked into Draco, who was now standing right behind him.
"What in gods name do you think you are doing? You nearly scared the crap out of me." Harry said, shoving Draco playfully and scowling unsuccessfully.
"Well I just couldn't help it! How come you are leaving the house dressed like that? People won't be able to keep their hands off of you and I won't be there to stop them!" Draco said, pouting at him and stepping closer, running his hand up Harry's arm. Harry shivered and leaned into the touch.
"Well you are going to have to deal with it, aren't you? I need to leave soon. Sorry." Harry said cheerfully, kissing Draco on the cheek and then walking over to the bed to make it, ignoring a chuckling Flees.
"What?"
"I have to go soon Draco. You can get your things and bring them into here, then you can set out this room so that it will be comfortable for you, but I really do have to go."
"That's it?"
"Yup."
"No, 'I love you Draco, mate with me now.'?" Draco asked pathetically.
"Nope. I do love you, but maybe later okay? Thanks honey bunch! Bye!" Harry said, quickly pecking a stunned Draco on the lips and then leaving in a cloud of smoke. Flees took one look at Draco's face and then promptly burst into laughter.
"That was hilarious! We know who wears the trousers in this relationship!" Flees said, chuckling to himself and ignoring the growl coming from Draco.
"Shut up if you don't want to find yourself turned into a pair of slippers." Draco growled, before storming out of the room and into his own. Ignoring the loud laughter coming from Harry's room and growling softly.
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Harry walked into Diagon Alley, hood hiding his face from anyone who would probably want an autograph or to point and scream. Actually that happened a lot last year. People just loved to point behind him and scream. It was just plain ridiculous.
He made his way towards Fred and George's shop and walked in, smiling at the customer's and making his way over to the counter.
"Harry!" Fred and George ran over to him and hugged him, before moving away and looking at him.
"Hey guys. How have you been since I last saw you? This shop is thriving!" Harry exclaimed, looking around him at the bustling shop.
"Well, that's"
"Because we"
"Have such"
"A great"
"Financial Backer." Fred and George said, making Harry shake his head in amusement and wish he and Draco could do that. It would be amazing.
"Well that's great. Have Seamus or any of the others arrived yet?" Harry asked, looking around for one of the afore mentioned Gryffindors.
"I haven't seen"
"Them yet."
"Are you expecting"
"Them here?"
"Yeah, we arranged to meet up earlier in the summer. So then how have things been?" Harry asked, picking up some random sweets and looking at what they did (grow extra appendages. Hmm… That could be fun for him and Draco…)
"They've been pretty"
"Good actually."
"Great! Oh hey! Neville!" Harry shouted, waving Neville over and watching as a discreet (yeah right) Order member snuck in after him and watched the two avidly.
"Harry! How has your summer been? Am I the first one here?"
"Yep,"
"And so"
"As a special"
"Gift. We are"
"Going to give"
"You some free"
"Candy. Here." Fred held out a tray of candy to Neville, who looked tempted but highly wary.
"I wouldn't if I were you." Harry warned, making Neville jump and move away.
"Aw Harry!"
"You ruined our fun!"
"Sorry guys. Oh Seamus!"
"Hey guys. Dean not here yet? He said he should be there pretty early, but meh." Seamus said, walking over to them through the crowds.
"So who is your secret keeper then?"
"Oh, well I contacted him not long ago and he said he couldn't meet here, but he will meet us somewhere else. He told me where and gave me a portkey, so I'll take you there." Harry said, watching as the Order member cursed, out of the corner of his eye and chuckling internally.
"Dean! Hey! Over here!" Seamus yelled suddenly, making everyone around them jump.
"Oh hey guys. So what are we going to be doing?" Dean asked, looking at them all, and then all three of them turning as one to look at Harry questioningly.
"Erm… well we can go shopping, or we can head off straight away to my Secret Keeper. It is completely up to you guys." Harry stated, still keeping half an eye on the Order member still watching them.
"Well if you wouldn't mind, I still need to get my school books and maybe a few new robes."
"That's cool. We can set off to those two shops now then and then go anywhere else when we think of something. We can just spend a couple of hours shopping and wandering around Diagon. My Secret Keeper is meeting us in his house, so that is fine."
"Okey choke then. Lets be off!" Seamus said cheerfully, leading the small group out of WWW's, waving to the Twins as they left and Harry getting a nod from Fred before he walked out with the other three.
"Okay so where to first then?"
"Flourish and Blotts?" Harry suggested, looking at the shop in question.
"How about Madam Malkin's first? Then we can get that delivered to the post office near your house. Then we have that out of the way." Neville suggested timidly.
"Great idea Nev! See this is why we listen to Neville over you Harry!" Dean joked, throwing his arm over Nevilles shoulder.
"Yes well, I never asked anyone to listen to me in the first place! They just kind of follow like sheep!" Harry said back, grinning widely, and nudging Seamus in the ribs when he burst into laughter.
"Ah you crack me up Harry! You really do! So shall we head off then?"
"Aye! To Madam Malkin's!" Harry yelled, pointing his arms in the air in the general direction of the clothing shop.
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The port key lead them an empty field in the middle of nowhere. Well to Neville, Dean and Seamus it was the middle of nowhere. To Harry, he was staring at his wonderful house and smiling widely.
"Okay then, where the hell are we?" Seamus asked, looking around him.
"Check you pockets everyone." Harry said, digging into his own as he said it and not finding anything.
"Er… are you looking for this?" Neville asked, holding up a piece of paper with an address scrawled on it.
"Yep! My glorious Secret Keeper gave you that, so each of you read it quickly and then repeat it in your heads and we can get into my house before the Order finally manages to trace the port key I used and see where I live." Harry said cheerfully, getting a couple of weird looks from the others before they read the piece of parchment and then gasped as the house, obviously became clear to them.
"You live here?" Dean gasped, looking at the large white house which had three floors, and about five rooms on the front, on each floor. The porch was huge and grandiose, stretching out welcomingly to them.
"Yep! Welcome guys, to Marauder Lodge." Harry said, making a sweeping gesture with his hands and then leading them into the hall.
"So I'll take you to your rooms first and then let you get settled, before I show you around the rest of the house. I have something to discuss with you but it can wait until later. Dinner should be whenever. I will ask the head house elf and please please please, can we not mention the house elves to Hermione? Thank you." Harry said, pretty much in one breath before leading them up the staircase on the right of the hallway and into the east wing.
"Okay so you will all be on the same floor and wing as me. My room is just there, if you need me just knock, but I would appreciate it if you did knock first and then wait for me to come to you. I have portraits in there that I have discussions with, so yeah." Harry said sheepishly, shrugging his shoulders and not noticing the awed and slightly horrified looks he was being sent by Seamus and Neville. Dean was looking between them in confusion.
"Right, Neville, this will be your room. It has an on suite, which I am afraid you will have to share with Seamus. Sorry about that. Pipes burst in his room the other night and I haven't gotten round to fixing them yet." Harry said, opening the door opposite of Harry's and letting Neville enter the pale blue room.
"Seamus, take a guess as to where you are. Yep your room is next to Neville's." Harry told them. Leading the remaining two to the door next Neville's and opening it to reveal a cream room.
"And Dean yours is the last one on this corridor, on the other side of Seamus'. Here you are." Harry opened the last door in the corridor to a pale yellow and orange room. "Right then everyone. I'll give you a couple of hours to settle in and then I'll take you and show you the rest of the house!" Harry said, making the others, who were standing just outside of their own rooms, look at him and then nod and watch as he opened the door and walked into his own room (which, I might add, was the size of all three of their rooms put together.)
"Well that was different." Neville said, looking at the other two.
"I'll say. I never knew Harry respected us quite so much." Seamus added, walking over to Neville and following him into his room. Dean followed the two and looked at them questioningly.
"What do you mean?"
"In the wizarding world and especially with a house this large, you generally put your houseguest on the second floor, or the floor below your own, depending on which you have. The top floor is for people you respect and trust completely. Family members for example. And the ground floor or first floor is for human servants and people you dislike but had to invite and the Kitchen rooms are for house elves." Neville explained, making Dean gulp and then look at the closed door and in Harry's direction.
"Do you think he knows the significance of that?" Dean eventually whispered.
"We don't know. But I think so. He said he has portraits that he talks to. They will have told him." Neville said, looking at the other two uncertainly.
"Where do you reckon Ron and Hermione would have stayed had they been invited?"
"Either the same floors but in the West Wing, or the floor below. I really don't know anymore. There were two rooms that we passed on this floor, one on the other side of this room and the door opposite it." Seamus pointed out suddenly.
"Well one was for Remus Lupin definitely. He is Harry's Godfather after all. I am betting that his was the room next to Harry's and the greatest honour to have. The room opposite though, I have no idea." Neville said, shrugging.
"Well we should be getting settled into our own rooms. Do you think maybe we could unpack all of our things?"
"Ask Harry later."
"Okay sure." With that, Dean and Seamus left Neville's rooms to settle into their own rooms. Neville looked around him at the huge room he had been given and smiled slightly. He wouldn't let Harry down.
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Harry walked into his bedroom after leading his friends to their rooms and was immediately pounced on by Draco.
"You missed me then?" Harry asked, chuckling and nuzzling into Draco's neck.
"Very. And I can smell other people on you. Flees was quite put out that you left him behind by the way." Draco commented, running his hands over Harry's back.
"Well he couldn't have come with me, incase he caused too many questions. It's bad enough that I am going to have to slightly glamour him and give him a different name when we go to Hogwarts." Harry whispered, wrapping his arms around Draco's neck and then gasping as Draco nipped at his neck.
"What are we going to do? We will have to share a room and quarters and technically, once we have um… mated, we will be married." Draco told him, moving away from his slightly to look at Harry in the eyes.
"I have an idea with that, but we will need several people's help. I will ask around and tell some people my idea and if it looks like it will work I will talk you through it. First on my list is my friends though. Neville, Dean and Seamus will be able to help us on this one." Harry told him, leaning forward and kissing him slowly on the lips.
"What's the plan?" Draco asked, lips still touching those of his mate.
"I told you that I wouldn't tell you yet. I'm going to run it by Flees first and then the others. I will tell you soon though." Harry assured him, kissing him again and then deepening the kiss and leaning against Draco and groaning into his mouth.
Draco wrapped his arms around tighter around Harry's waist and pulled him even closer, tentatively running his tongue along Harry's lips, asking for entrance, which he was given.
Harry shuffled backwards slightly, until he was pressed against the door, making a slight thump in the process, and then ran his hands through Draco's soft and still long hair. Well that was until there was a knocking on his door.
"Harry? Are you okay? We heard a thump?" Dean's voice floated through the door, making Draco groan silently and rest his head down on Harry's shoulder.
"Er… yeah I'm fine. I was just moving things around at the suggestion of my… Grandfather." Harry said, thinking fast and getting a slight look of admiration from Draco in the process.
"Oh okay then. Do you need any help?" Seamus called through the door, making Harry narrow his eyes at the tone of the voice.
"What do you mean?"
"Well the thump was against the door. What are you moving against a door?" Seamus asked, Draco and Harry being able to hear the laughter in his voice.
"Oh shut up Seamus." Harry said in exasperation, and getting a laugh from both Dean and Seamus.
"So who have you got in there?" Dean asked cheekily.
"No one! For gods sake! What is going through your twos minds I don't know but it sounds highly disturbing!" Harry said, prodding Draco to try and stop him from laughing.
"Can I hear someone other than you laughing Harry? A male?" Seamus said, you could hear the leer in his voice.
"For gods sake. Will you just stop! And you shut up." Harry muttered, sliding down to the floor and putting his head on his knees.
"I think you should tell them. The jig seems to be up." Draco said quietly, kneeling down in front of Harry.
"But I was going to lead them into it gently."
"Harry!! We can hear you talking to someone and someone replying!" Seamus called in a sing song voice, making Draco give in and start to snicker.
"Oh that is it! You have someone in there! Who?!" Seamus called, banging on the door.
"What are you two doing? That's the head of this houses room! You should respect it not bang on the door!" They heard Neville admonish the others making both Harry and Draco snigger.
"Looks like Longbottom was taught true Pureblood etiquette. Not all that surprising." Draco commented to Harry, perhaps not quite as quiet as he should have.
"Did I just hear Malfoy? You have Malfoy in there! Oh hell no! Let us in now Harry!" Seamus yelled, suddenly sounding a slight bit more serious and making Harry and Draco look at each other in shock.
"Ah crap. Okay hang on a minute." Harry said, looking at Draco helplessly. He pointed his wand at Draco and was slightly surprised to see that he didn't even flinch. He then cast the glamour spell on him to hide his demonic features and then they both moved to the bed in the room and looked at each other.
Sighing, Harry waved his hand at the door and let it open, watching as Dean and Seamus fell in the room and Neville rolled his eyes and then walked in, stalling slightly at the sight of Draco before carrying on and sitting in the large comfy chair near the fire place.
"So they were telling the truth then? Why is he here Harry?" Neville asked, ignoring as Dean and Seamus managed to stand and then walked over to a sofa.
"Yeah! What are you doing with him?" Seamus asked, frowning at Draco.
"Listen, before I tell you that, I need to ask you for your complete confidence and that you won't tell anyone anything!" Harry whispered, shuffling closer to Draco.
"Okay Harry. You can tell us anything and I swear on my life and magic that it won't leave this room." Neville said, enacting a bright flash of light as his oath settle. Seamus and Dean both quickly agreed with the oath, creating two more flashes before Harry relaxed somewhat and looked at Draco. He then grabbed his wand and waved it over himself first and then Draco.
"We were going to wait a couple of days first before dropping this bombshell on you, but well you can see how that turned out." Harry said sheepishly to the three shell shocked boys.
"What are you two?" Dean asked, looking at them curiously.
"You're Smokey?" Neville and Seamus exclaimed at the same time.
"Yeah. And in answer to your question Dean. We are Mage Demons. Myself of Fire and Draco of Ice. We are also mates." Harry told them, waiting for the explosion, that would have been inevitable had Ron been there.
"Well that explains a lot. I wouldn't worry about it though. Your secret is safe with us. So what are you two going to do when you go to Hogwarts?" Neville asked, stunning the two demons with his acceptance.
"I agree with Nev. Have you two mated yet?" Seamus asked, winking at the two mated demons.
"Seamus! You don't ask that! That is their business and they haven't been together long anyways! You haven't have you? I mean Harry, you would have only found out at the end of July and Draco June." Neville pointed out. Harry glanced at a still quiet Dean before nodding to Neville.
"Yeah we found out about three days ago."
"Oh. So what does this mean?" Dean asked, finally speaking.
"It means that Draco and I will be officially married to the wizarding world when we mate." Harry stated, making both Seamus and Dean gasp.
"What? Are you going to admit to being Smokey then?" Dean asked in shock
"No. I have a plan for Draco and myself, but we are going to use Glamours and only you and a couple of others will know about our true images." Harry told them, holding Draco's hand in his and making Neville smile at him. "What?"
"I don't really think I have ever seen you this happy before. I really am happy for the two of you and I would be honored if I could be involved in yours and your childrens lives in the future." Neville told them, making Harry smile widely and Draco gape at him in shock.
"What children!" Draco exclaimed, making Dean frown in confusion and Seamus snort in amusement.
"How will you have children? Will you adopt them or something?" Dean asked, tilting his head to the side and frowning curiously.
"No, because of what we are, the submissive of us can have children. But only when we are mentally ready. Which we're not I might hastily add." Draco explained, looking quite horrified at the thought of children and making Seamus laugh even harder and Neville to grin at them.
"So Harry is going to be popping some sprogs?"
"Hey! What makes you think I'm the sub!"
"Popping some sprogs? What does that mean?"
"Giving birth and of course you would be the sub. You're kinda a diddy and well quite effeminate." This seemed to be the end for Seamus as he burst into hysterical laughter and fell of the sofa.