Chapter three
The next day, he went downstairs, and luckily, his mother was nowhere in sight. He thanked merlin, and sat down next to Hermione, and began to eat. About halfway through breakfast, Draco tapped his shoulder.
"Care to do a bit of flying before class?" he asked, and harry grinned, and left with him. he "accio'd" his broom, and they flew above the pitch.
"Isnt it weird?" Draco asked, and harry looked at him.
"Is what weird?" he asked, and Draco smirked.
"Having your parents back? Getting punished, getting in trouble?" he asked, and harry smirked.
"A little bit yeah. It's nice, but I'm so used to not having parents, and now mum can tell me what to do… I don't know." he said, and Draco nodded.
"At least yours care…" he said, and harry flew over to him.
"Draco, is everything ok with you? Like, at home?" he asked, and Draco shook his head.
"I… I chose the wrong team harry. I chose the wrong side." He whispered, and harry touched his shoulder.
"We can protect you Draco. We will protect you. Let's go to Dumbledore." He said, and Draco shook his head.
"I… I have to kill him. Dumbledore" he muttered, and harry shook his head, and grabbed Draco's hand.
"You don't Draco. You don't have to do anything you don't want to do. You are your own person." He said, and Draco nodded, and looked into his green eyes.
"Let's go to Dumbledore." He said, and they quickly landed and walked all the way to the headmaster's office.
"Do you know the password?" Draco asked him, and harry shook his head.
"Usually it's candy related. Uh… lemon drop?" he said, and the eagle began to move. The climbed the stairs and knocked.
"Enter" he said, and they opened the door.
"Ah harry and Draco. What do I owe this pleasure?" he asked, and Draco took a breath.
"I chose the wrong side professor. I was assigned to kill you, and I can't do it. I want to switch sides. I want to join the light" he said, and Dumbledore smiled.
"Take a seat boy's" he said, and they did.
"Draco, I know you were assigned to kill me. Your godfather, Severus Snape is a spy for the light. Your mother and Severus made an unbreakable vow, that if you were not able to carry out the deed, that he would do it. He did this, knowing that you would not be able to. The truth is boys, is that I am dying. I am 150 years old. By the end of term, I will be begging for death. Draco, if you had killed me, you would have been doing me a favor, I assure you. Now, I am going to ask that you keep this to yourselves." He said, and they nodded. They left, and headed downstairs, when they ran into James.
"Harry, your mother-" he began, but harry cut him off.
"Dad, you know as well as I do that there was nothing I could do but join the order. I'm the one who has to defeat him, I'm the one who has to kill him. There isn't another option here." He said, and his father grinned and pulled him into a hug.
"Oh I know. Your mother on the other hand… she really hates this. The idea of you getting hurt." He said, and harry nodded. He rested his head on his fathers chest, and sighed.
"Ok Mr. melodramatic, let's get going. It's Friday!" he said, and harry grinned.
"I'm going home!" he said, and James laughed lightly, and they walked up to Gryffindor tower. He quickly packed a weekend bag, and said goodbye to his friends.
"See you Sunday night?" Hermione asked, and harry nodded.
"Yeah" he said, and James and harry left gryffindor tower together. When they arrived in the great hall, lily was waiting with her broomstick.
"Come on you two" she said, and walked onto the grounds and kicked off. they flew and flew until they reached this giant manor. With three floors, an inground pool, and a quidditch pitch, it was truly perfect.
"Dad, this is… amazing" harry said as the landed in the pathway leading to the front of the house.
"Oh, you haven't seen anything yet." He said, and they walked in the front door, and two house elves appeared.
"Master James! You have returned!" they squeeked, and harry looked surprised.
"Yeah, pureblood familes have house elves. Thank you. Would you two mind cleaning up a bit, we're moving back in" he said, and they nodded eagerly, and went to work. He put down his things and walked into the foyer, lily and harry following him.
"The potter family tree. There's your grandfather Liam, and your grandmother Gail. She was very fond of you when you were born." He said, and harry smiled.
"That's your great uncle Gerald, and your great aunt Jenna. Jenna came over every week until we had to go into hiding, and she would play with you until you fell asleep. She was a life saver." Lily said, and harry nodded.
"Were connected to the malfoy's aren't we? And the blacks?" harry asked, and James nodded.
"Yes, but we aren't close in the blood lines." He said, and harry nodded.
"Come on, let me show you around" James said, and he led harry upstairs.
"This was your room before we went into hiding." He said, and opened the door. The room was a light shade of blue, with a crib in the center. There was a changing table, and a toy box, filled with wizard children toys, along with some muggle ones. His kid broom stood in the corner, and sat next to it was a teddy bear.
"I… I remember this. His name was teddy" harry said, picking up the bear, and holding it to his chest and closing his eyes.
"We can redecorate the room, to whatever you want." James said, and harry nodded. They left the room, harry still carrying his teddy. When lily met up with them, she smiled at harry.
"You used to have him everywhere you went." She said, and harry nodded. They went through the rest of the manor, through all the rooms, the kitchen, the formal dining room.
"We hold an annual ball for christmas every year, or we did. I suppose we'll be doing it again this year." James said, and lily smirked.
"James hates these things. One time, your father and Sirius stole a bottle of wine from the party, went out into the woods, and got drunk with Remus and peter. I remember your father going crazy when he couldn't find you" lily said, and he smirked.
"Then why do it if you hate it so much?" harry asked, and someone becides his parents spoke.
"Because I'd come out of this poriat and kill him" harry spun around and saw his grandfather Liam glaring at his son.
"Hi granddad" harry said quietly, and he smiled at harry.
"Hello harry. My, how you've grown. Still carrying teddy around I see?" he asked lightly, and harry blushed. James rolled his eyes.
"Dad likes to poke fun, even beyond the grave." He said, and they went outside where the pool was. It looked like the edge of the black like, filled with green slime and frog spawn. James waved his wand, and the pool turned into a crystal clear blue, and the waterfall at the edge began to work again. They went onto the grounds, and found an old carousel, which caused lily to grin.
"This is where James took me when I met his parents. They weren't the nicest, but he showed me this. It was beautiful, the lights were glowing, and we got on, and it started to spin. In the middle of the ride, he got off of his horse, came over to me, and kissed me as lightly as he could. It was the most romantic thing." She said, and harry smiled as they headed back towards the house.
"you stay down here, we'll be right back" James said, going upstairs, and harry sat down on the couch. When they came back, they were smiling.
"Were going to go to bed. Goodnight sweetheart" lily said, kissing the top of his head. He went up to his bedroom and opened it, and saw they had kept his toys and his kid broom, but had replaced his crib with a queen sized bed, and put up a few gryffindor posters, curtesy of his father. Harry smiled, quickly changed and got into bed, with teddy next to him. when his head hit the pillow, he was out.