Hello every body! Yes...you must all hate me by now because I am SO crap at updating. I do admit, that university, dancing and piano take up most of my life and writing fanfiction is not that high on the priority list, but I DO try my best =). So Thank you, for people even reading this right now haha.

I haven't updated this story in a while and I am beyond determined to finish this because I have plans for another one. So, if there are parts that aren't making sense/I'm leaving things out, please do tell me!

Disclaimer: look at the first chapter.

Alright, here we go!:-

Chapter 14

The shrill of his wand alarm sent Harry falling ungracefully from the bed to a heap on the floor. Rubbing his eyes tiredly he tapped his wand silent before shuffling to the en suite bathroom to shower.

Upon exiting the bathroom he suddenly remembered the events of last night. His face flushed with embarrassment as he dropped his towel to slip into some boxers and black trousers. He was just putting on his dark green shirt when a knock interrupted his thoughts.

"Harry...you should probably come out for breakfast soon, you might be the Potthead-Who-Lived, but Kingsley wouldn't be pleased to know that you're late." Draco's voice floated from outside.

Harry snorted at the remark. Draco will always be Draco he thought as he quickly tied a cloak around his clothes, grabbed his wand from the nightstand and swung open the door to come face to face with Draco.

"Morning." Harry said with a soft smile.

Draco's unamused expression softly melted into something not quite lovable...but not quite stoic.

"Morning Harry." He replied. But before he could turn around to lead the way to the kitchens, Harry grabbed his waist, leaned forward and pressed a soft kiss to his lips.

"You know...for someone who allegedly wants to move slow...you're failing pretty badly." Draco mumbled against his lips.

"Sorry." Harry whispered as he slowly pulled away.

"I'm not...now come on, you're going to be really late and I will to if we don't get moving." Draco said with a matter-of-fact tone as they both strode down the magnificent staircase to the living room where breakfast lay.

After eating in comfortable silence, they strode out the doors of the mansion and into the alley in preparation for apparaition. Before Draco could do anything, Harry grabbed his hand quickly before apparating both of them to the entrance of the Ministry building.

As the squeezing sensation passed, Harry quickly let go of Draco's hand. If Draco was affected by this, he didn't show it.

They strode side by side; cloaks billowing slightly behind them giving them an oddly good impression of the late Severus Snape. Together they reached the main floo corridor; walking to separate fire entrances as they disappeared with a flash of green.

As they stepped out of the fire place Harry came face to face with Ron.

"Oh, morning Ron." Harry said as he moved aside so Draco could slide out easier.

Ron eyed Draco cautiously before replying.

"Hey Harry, was just wondering; are we doing arena training this morning before heading to Custelle's?"

"Uh...yeh that's a good idea, we want to be as warmed up as possible." He replied.

"Alright." Ron said as he stood there awkwardly waiting for Harry to walk down the hallway with him.

"Coming Draco?" Harry said to him. It was only then did he realize that Draco had been standing near the corner of the floo entrance to avoid his face being seen. Although the thought saddened him slightly his spirits were uplifted knowing that it would fully heal by tonight.

Draco nodded before following a awkward Ron and a content Harry to the arena room where the rest of the training Auror's would be waiting.

As they entered; Flitwick stood with the remaining training Aurors as he gave the usual speech. Draco brushed past Harry softly as he walked into the adjoining Medi room.

"Ah Potter and Weasley, you're late." Flitwick said with a stern look.

"Sorry sir, we uh...-

"Save it you two. Let's get going shall we? Rules are the same; all spells but the Unforgivables; physical movement is encouraged to an extent and the terrain today will be open field."

Everyone gave a small groan at the sound of "open field". Open field meant exactly how it sounded; an open grass plane area...meaning that there was almost no way to hide behind anything and consequently no way to catch your breathe without getting hit by someone.

Flitwick nodded to each of them.

Harry took off his cloak and started a small jog around the room to warm himself up as the arena magically shifted into the open field.

Ron followed suit; but began with some stretches.

The others did their own starting warm-ups; a few jogging on the spot and some others reciting through some spells.

"GO!"

Spells lit up the arena and bodies flew to the ground at the instant sound of Flitwick's voice.

"How on earth did you manage to slap yourself in the face?" Draco said with slight frustration as he inspected the finger shaped bruise along Harry's right cheek.

"Ron did Expelliarmus whilst Gracelynne tripped and ran straight into me." Harry replied as he secretly enjoyed the feeling of Draco's finger fluttering across his face.

Draco was about to snap a reply but Ron beat him to it.

"Harry; you're my best mate but can we please move it along? You've got a slapped face, I've got a bleeding leg and I swear my shoulders dislocated."

Harry smiled guilty before hopping off the bed to allow Draco to levitate Ron on it. He waited as Draco inspected Ron's injuries.

"You'll be fine; the stinging hex on your leg is fairly strong but with a potion you'll be ok." He said as he waved his wand over Ron's shoulder popping it back in place and handing him a potion.

"Yeh sorry about that Ron." Harry said apologetically as Ron gulped down the potion and jumped off the table.

"No harm done mate. Are we going down to Custelle's now?"

"Yeh we should; let's round up the others, there's a few things I want to say." Harry replied.

Ron nodded before exiting the room. Harry was about to follow when he turned back around to Draco.

"Hey I'll see you later?"

"Sure." Draco nodded as he slowly tidied up the room.

Before Harry left the room he softly said "I've been thinking about us and I know exactly what I want."

He bolted the room before Draco could say anything; he wasn't entirely sure he was ready for his response yet.

The training Aurors were in the arena [now no longer in the form of the open field] softly talking and laughing. They quietened down on Harry's approach.

"Hey guys, I was thinking now would be a good time to check out Custelle's. I also think it's best if we try and look as casual as possible; there's no need to go charging down there in pyramid formation with wands raised or anything." Harry said lightly.

They laughed lightly at that before nodding in agreement.

"How do you want us to do this Harry? We all gonna go in; or some of us watch the perimeter?" Seamus inquired.

"Good point Seamus. I was thinking I and someone else should head in and the rest can monitor the perimeter. We know better than anyone that we always need a surrounding team." Harry said.

"I'd volunteer to come with you Harry, but I think it's a bit iffy if I go in since Custelle's was the last thing I remember before blacking out." Gracelynne said with a hint of annoyance.

"Completely understandable, don't blame yourself." Harry replied with a nod.

"I'll come with you mate." Ron said.

Before they headed out they ran through their planned procedure several times. Danny did the honours of casting the hearing charm upon each Auror; it simply allowed for the others to be able to hear what was going on inside as Harry and Ron questioned.

As a group; the headed out.

They all tried to look as non-chalant as possible as they headed into Diagon Alley and towards Custelle's. As they approached Harry saw with a resigned relief that the shop was open.

Within 10 metres of the shop the Aurors subtly separated into their designated positions as Ron and Harry stalked forward slowly towards the entrance. The door chimed as they opened it.

The shop had a mystic quality to it. It smelt of herbs and scented candles. Jars and vials stood elegantly placed on brown shelves that lined the walls. Cauldrons of all sizes floated in various places around the store. Harry personally thought that if a person was just a little bit careless they would probably knock themselves out within 2 seconds of entering the shop.

Before they could even reach the counter a person emerged from the back curtain.

"How may I help you?"

The man had short brown spiky hair that hung around his face, his eyes were a strange piercing hazel and he stood at a fairly impressive height that even rivalled Ron.

"Yes, I'm Auror Potter and this here's Auror Weasley, we'd like to ask you a few questions." Harry replied professionally.

If the owner was scared or surprised he did a good job of not showing it.

"Go ahead, anything for the Ministry."

"Right, firstly what's your name Sir?." Ron said as he flicked his wand and a Quick Notes Quill flew out.

"Camillus Bloys." He replied.

"How long have you been working here?" Harry continued.

"About 2 and half years now." Camillus said.

"That's about the end of the war. Any particular reason?" Ron said.

"Well yeah, after all that destruction I just wanted to immerse myself in something that I enjoyed. Luckily my family was pure-blood and consequently fairly well off and my dad was also a potions master so I was able to further my studies and then open this up. Been here ever since."

Harry and Ron nodded; the only noise being the Quick Notes Quill scratching in the background.

"So we have news that someone came by this shop and the person claims being here was all they remember before being placed under the Imperius." Harry said solemnly. "Do you know anything about that?"

"What? Imperius? Here? I'm not sure where you're sources are, but I assure you no-one here was placed under the Imperius." Camillus replied, his eyes wide with surprise.

Harry and Ron were so far trained to not be fooled by "genuine" surprise so they kept on pressing.

"This person came by to pick up medicine for her father." Ron said. "Does this bring back any memories?"

"Well yes, I know exactly who you're talking about. Gracelynne right? She's also an Auror." Camillus said.

Harry raised an eyebrow.

"Yes...you're exactly right; you picked that up very quickly." He said.

"Well, I figured that's what you were down here for. She came in here pretty drunk in the afternoon mumbling about peppers and a whole bunch of things that just didn't make sense. Then someone random came in, apologized on her behalf and told me they had to get her sober for work. That's what happened a few days ago; which is why I'm really surprised you mentioned anything about the Imperius." Camillus said as he walked around to the front of the counter.

In his peripheral vision he could see Seamus and Danny clench their wands in their hands. It was very common knowledge that when a person being interrogated moved from a secure spot; it was mostly a bad sign.

Ron seemed to stand his ground however.

"You're sure she was drunk and someone came in to take her?" Ron repeated with a hint of doubt.

"100% sure, no doubt." Camillus replied with a nod as he stood in front of them.

It looked like Ron was about to say something sarcastic; Harry interrupted him.

"Thank you Sir for your co-operation. I advise you not leave anywhere anytime soon; the Ministry will be in touch with you if anything arises." Harry said.

Camillus agreed and they left the shop.

No-one said anything until they travelled back into the Auror department.

The second they all landed in the Auror hallway, Ron spoke.

"That guy was hiding something; I just know it."

"For one thing; I wasn't drinking that day." Gracelynne said with some surprise evident in her voice.

"Not to be rude; but why didn't you pursue that line of thought Harry?" Seamus asked.

"I was considering it but there was something else that he said that made me think for a bit. And if I had pursued it I was afraid he would close up." Harry replied.

"What did he say that was so important? I don't remember picking anything up." Junae said with a thoughtful look.

"Well he said he was pureblood didn't he?" Ron suddenly said with wide eyes.

"Exactly." Harry said with a small grin.

Everyone almost smacked their foreheads with shame.

After the war the number of pureblood families that were convicted of being involved with Voldermort was such a large amount that there weren't many innocent. Even before the war, the number of pureblood families was small. And after the war a list of the families could be found in the constant updating archive section of the Ministry.

"We can just look up this guy's family and see if we can pull any information right? No wonder why you didn't want to question him further; you wanted to get more background information on the guy first. Brilliant Harry!" Danny said with enthusiasm.

"I don't want to burst the bubble here; but you do remember that the people allowed access into those archives are only pureblood families...otherwise EVERYONE would be going through them." Gracelynne said with a small sigh.

Harry frowned with dissatisfaction. He had forgotten about that.

The frustrated silence was disrupted by Ron.

"Ugh, my shoulder's still throbbing from todays arena practice. Is Malfoy still in the Medi room over there." He said gesturing towards the Healing room.

Suddenly something clicked for Harry.

"YES! That's it! Oh Ron you're brilliant!"

And before anyone could say anything; he had bolted off out of the arena and down the Auror hallway back to the floo entrance.

He heard the sounds of the other training Aurors behind him. Before he flooed he spun and around and said, "Draco's a pureblood! We could ask a favour of him from the Auror department to check out the Archives for us!"

"Awesome Harry, but don't forget we're a team." Junae said with a small smile.

"Sorry; I don't mean to be-

"It's fine Harry, we understand your hero complex." Ron interrupted.

"Shall we call it a day for now? There's not much we can do now until we pull someone information from Camillus; he didn't give us very much to work on." Danny said.

Everyone nodded in agreement. "In the meantime; we can get back to doing research again; I feel it'll be important." Gracelynne suggested.

"I'll let Shacklebolt know of our progress so far." Ron said as he inspected what the Quick Notes Quill had written.

"Alright agreed; good work guys, have a good weekend and if we have to call an emergency meeting I'll alert everybody." Harry said with a tone of finality.

Everyone nodded and went their separate ways to continue the case.

Harry requested permission to enter the Healing Department; at Draco's agreement he flooed through and landed rather ungracefully in a heap outside their offices.

"For such a talented Auror; you are so ridiculously clumsy Potter."

Harry looked up at the remark and saw Draco with a raised eyebrow and a smirk.

He smiled in return as Draco helped him off the floor. "What are you doing on this side of the building?"

Harry sent him a soft smile before taking a seat on one of the guest couches.

"I won't be here for long, I was actually just wondering if you knew anyone by the name of Camillus Bloys."

Draco frowned for a minute before replying.

"It sounds awfully familiar...pureblood I assume?" Harry nodded.

"I was actually hoping you would look through the archives as a favour to the Auror department; as you know we don't have clearance." Harry said.

"And why should I do that Potter?" Draco said with a smirk.

"Because I know deep down you want to help out?" Harry said with hope.

"I'm only doing it for the good of the case; not for any of you Aurors." Draco said with a sniff.

Harry laughed and before Draco could do anything he leaned forward and pressed his lips softly to his. He pulled back almost as soon as he initiated it.

Draco stared at him with surprise in his bright silver eyes.

"What if someone saw that?"

"Who cares." Harry replied.

Alright I'm going to end it here tonight cos it's getting very late and I'm very tired. I'm sorry if nothing happened much but I have a lot planned out and if I wasn't so zombie-like I would write all of it up. I promise I will try and get the next chapter up in 3 days time! I really really really hope you enjoy this.

As you can see Harry is beginning to get a bit more confident...you'll see him take his next step very soo =D.

Please review; I'll be very appreciative =)!