Christmas With Harry
Chapter 2
Harry was woken by Hermione shaking him, "it can't possibly be morning already" he complained groggily
"Come on, get up" she was now over shaking Ron to wake him
Harry and Ron got dressed and dragged themselves down to the common room, where Hermione was standing leaning against a table waiting on them, "come on or we'll miss him again"
"'Mione, what's to say he isn't just going for a run" Ron looked at her pleadingly looking for an excuse to go back to his bed
"Ron, even I know that he isn't away for a run" Harry pointed out, "you really need to work on the excuses"
"Hey, it's the best I can do when I'm still asleep"
"Argh…come on lets go" Hermione was clearly getting agitated, she was obviously starting to feel the sleep deprivation also
They headed out through the portrait and towards the dungeons. However, as they were creeping along the corridor, they heard someone coming towards them and so hid in a dark alcove, at least the dungeons had plenty of places to hide.
As they watched, Draco walked passed them, they sneaked along behind him making sure that they were out of sight and ear shot. "Finally" Harry whispered as they crept through the castle.
However, as they turned the corner into a corridor, that they had lost him in before due to the crowds that were normally in this part of the castle, he wasn't there. They ran to along to the end of the corridor looking down the other corridors off this main one, but still, there was no sign of him, he had completely disappeared.
"How does he just disappear" Ron was getting agitated, they had lost him so many times before, "so close and then nothing"
"There must be some sort of secret corridor that he is using, Harry do you know of any in this area of the castle" Hermione knew that Harry knew a lot more of the secret passages than she did, mainly because he had a tendency to use them.
"Nope, not around here"
"Hmph" Hermione deflated herself; she was so sure that they would get him this time, but no…even with no one else around, they had still lost him
They started walking back to the common room, it was still to early to head to the Great Hall for breakfast yet
"So, since we haven't found out what he is up to, what happens now?" Ron asked as he looked from Hermione to Harry and then back again
"Well, we leave in the morning and so will Draco, so unless we can find out something on the train, we have to hpe that he isn't putting his plan into action over the holidays"
When they headed down for breakfast, again Malfoy was already sitting eating as usual, they sat down and before they could pick what they were having, Seamus came running over flustered…
"Have you heard the gossip?" He panted
"No, what's happened now" Harry was not really interested in what Rita Skeeter had written in the prophet, which was usually where the gossip came from
"Apparently the ferret is staying at Hogwarts for the holidays"
"What?" the three friends panicked in unison
"Yeah, apparently he has fallen out with his parents and isn't going home"
"That doesn't sound good" Hermione pointed out
"What if he is intending on doing something while everyone is away" Ron looked worried as he glanced over to the Slytherin table
"Well…I'll just have to keep a closer eye on him, which technically should be easier while there is nearly nobody here"
"Good luck mate" Ron leant back thinking about how many times they had lost him
"Maybe I should stay as well" Hermione looked down from the roof to Harry
"What…no, don't be stupid, spend Christmas with your mum and dad"
"But, if he does something while you are here alone"
"I've taken on Voldermort one-on-one, I'm sure if Malfoy is going to attack, I'll cope"
"Hmm….." Hermione looked deep in thought
"We don't even know for sure that he is up to something" Harry wasn't sure where he got the feeling from, but he had a feeling that everything would be ok
"Well…if you suspect anything, anything at all, send me an owl straight away and I'll come back"
"I'm sure it will be fine"
Ron had been quiet while he was deep in thought, "what is 'Mione's right Harry, you sure you don't want to come to mine for chirstmas, you know mum sent you an invite"
"I know, but its definitely better if I stay here now, just in case that he is up to something"
"Well, like Hermione, I'll be back as soon as you tell me something is up"
"Thanks, but I'm sure everything thing will be fine"
They collected up their things and headed off for the last of their classes before finishing for Christmas
Draco was again sitting in his secret cupboard as he did every morning to say good morning to the boy of his dreams when he heard people talking outside "theres never anyone here at this time of the morning" he said to himself in a whisper. He looked out of his peak hole that was in the door and could see none other than the love of his life standing on the other side of the door
"There must be some sort of secret corridor that he knows about…" he could hear Hermione from the side, had they been following him? he asked himself, but why would they do that, what have I done this time to arouse suspicion?
When he looked back out they had disappeared, he opened the door slightly so that he could just see along the corridor, the trio were a bit up the corridor walking away from him, looking up and down the other corridors as they passed, now that is a fine looking arse Draco thought to himself staring at Harrys's back, he was imagining running up behind him and cuddling him, wrapping his arms around his waist and pulling tight against himself, their bodies fitting perfectly together, as they had done so many times before in his fantasies
Draco closed the door again and looked at the envelope that had been delivered that morning by owl, he knew what it was….a reply to the letter he had sent to his mother the previous morning:
Draco,
We are sorry that you won't be home for Christmas, but glad that you are taking it upon yourself to do the work of the Dark Lord
WatchYourself
Love
Mum xx
He knew the letter that he had sent would work, his father would sacrifice anything to get the lords work done, even his own son
Draco had his usual morning conversation with a photo about what he was doing that day and updated him on his thoughts.
Now that he was staying for the holidays, he realised that he had no idea what normally happened and what those staying normally did, he would have to find out so that he could plan when he would speak to Harry
Draco left his cupboard and headed up for breakfast where he met Pansy, Nott, Crabbe and Goyle
"I'm staying for the holidays this year" he announced to his small group of friends
"What, why would you want to stay in this dump when you could go anywhere you want" Pansy asked looking more than confused
"Well. I'm telling people that I have fallen out with my parents, but I am actually doing some reconnaissance for the Dark Lord" Drace lied, he had to make sure that all his lies matched up to each other in case it got back to his parents
"Really, he asked you to do that" Nott, suddenly became interested, he couldn't wait to get his dark mark
"I'm doing it myself to prove my allegiance to the lord" Draco tried to explain his well-rehearsed excuse, he knew exactly what they were going to ask him
"This is awesome" Pansy looked thoughtful as she picked up her things to head to class