The Rose in the Dark
Summary- What happens when someone slips Harry a box of drugged chocolate on Valentines Day?
Disclaimer- I own only the plotline, not the wonderful characters. They belong only to that gorgeous goddess of ingenuity, J.K.
Warning- Kinda smutty, then it gets dark and tragic, then it might get a happy ending. Contains implied yaoi, slight lemon, mpreg, the mebbe death of a character of my own making. I was pms-ing when I wrote this. RATED M FOR A REASON, FOLKS!!! Oh, and it is a Severitus, just for my sister, Netrixie. This is evil Dumbledore bashing. I needed to write one to get the bile out of my system, so I can concentrate on my good Dumbledore stories.
Author's Note 1- in my story, the tables are arranged in the Great Hall in the following order, if you are overlooking the Hall from the staff table- Slytherin on the far left, then Hufflepuff, then Ravenclaw, with Gryffindor on the far right. Don't yell at me, this is just for this story. I think.
Author's Note 2- there's nothing going on between Remus and Sirius, other than the fact that they are really good friends. What might look like a threesome including them and Snape is just the awesome coolness of how close they get to each other.
Author's Note 3- Don't freak. I'm reposting the whole bulk of the original story in 9 parts. Chapter 10 is when the new stuff appears, for those of you who have this on Author alert.
For Derangedxandxsarcastic, Rocklife dude, sweetteetwo, Netrixie, Amber Athame and Dances With Hippogrifs- love you guys!!!
Part 7
He ran into Draco out by the lake. He nodded, standing next to the boy. "I never thought that this would happen. I mean, who would have thought you and I would be standing here, plotting the downfall of both Dumbledore and Voldemort, while being friendly about it?"
Draco slowly nodded his head, mind obviously not on what Harry was talking about. "This is amazing, don't you think? The entire school is working together, and-" he was cut off as Draco's mouth landed on his own.
Harry was surprised, but melted into the kiss. He'd been dreaming about it for weeks, to be honest. Suddenly, a shooting pain went through his head, and from the way Draco was cursing, his head must also feel like it was being torn open.
He blinked against the pain, and images flooded into his mind. Meeting Draco in the Hall, offering him chocolate, finding the Room of Requirement, stumbling in while kissing each other with bruising force, the images paraded on and on.
When they finally stopped, Harry and Draco looked at each other, shocked. "Oh my god." Harry breathed. Draco's mind wasn't on the memories of their weekend together, it was on a more immediate concern.
"That's my baby?" he asked softly. Harry looked at him, shock still evident in his eyes, and a smile lit up his face. "Yes. Yes it is."
Draco gave a soft smile and reached a trembling hand out to touch Harry's belly, which was just starting to round with the child. He closed his eyes when he touched the bump, and said, "I was prepared to court you whether or not this child was mine, you know? And now that I know it is, I'm afraid I shall have to ask you a question I'd planned on asking later."
He took a deep breathe and said, "Harry James Potter, will you marry me?"
Harry was stunned. He said the only possible answer. "Yes."
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They stumbled into the castle hours later, laughing and giddy. Fortunately, they didn't run into any teachers, and they went down to the Slytherin common rooms, where they were sure to find their friends.
The second they walked through the door, Pansy jumped up and started laughing, running up to Harry and grabbing him in a hug. Draco just stood there, with a goofy smile on his face, as Hermione got up and pulled all the details out of the poor boy.
Blaise said over Draco's shoulder, "So, finally had the balls to ask him, huh?" Draco didn't even answer. He just grinned wider.
Blaise shook his head and wandered over to Ron, who was watching in confusion. "What's everyone so happy about?" he asked plaintively. That was on thing Blaise loved about Ron- you could rub his face in something, and he wouldn't know what was going on until you told him.
"Draco proposed to Harry, Harry said yes, so we'd better get this war over with." Ron nodded, getting it, then said, "So will Harry have Groom's men, or bridesmaids?" Blaise just laughed.
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Hermione and Pansy knocked on Professor Snape's door after the impromptu 'engagement party'. They nervously looked at each other when he called "Come in.", but they opened the door and slid in. The interior of his rooms was much more comfortable than they would think, given the professors usually surly nature.
They found him sitting at a desk, and as they went over to him he sat back and looked at them. "To what do I owe this honor, Misses Parkinson and Granger?" Hermione gulped, and began. "We figured out how get out of binding vows, Professor." Though he didn't move, they felt his attention sharpen.
Pansy took over. "We'd looked through the entirety of the school library when Harry gave us an idea. We sent an owl to Mrs. Malfoy, asking permission to use and maybe borrow some of the books in her library. She agreed, and we floo'd over a couple hours ago."
She stopped and Hermione started. "When we got there, she told us that we shouldn't worry, Draco told her that we were doing research for Professor Snape, and not to worry, we could take as many books as we could carry. We spent the hours in the room, and around dinner time, Pansy found a reference to a story of a muggle king who had been bound to the will of a witch. Using that reference, we found a book on how to severe the connection.
"The cover depicted a man getting his heart cut out, torn in two, then returned to his chest. After reading the book, we discovered that it was a reference to what happens when you use unbinding magic for unjust causes or for personal gain."
She stopped and swallowed, thankful when Pansy took over. "We brought the book with us, Professor." She reached into her bag and pulled out a worn, moth-eaten book with the afore mentioned depictions.
She handed it over to Snape, who took it with reverence. "Thank you, girls. Consider, as thanks, that you will graduate with full honors in Potions. You have, in more than one way, earned it."
They nodded their thanks, then left him alone with the book.
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Harry had finally told the school, because the whole student body was involved in the rebellion, that he was pregnant, by his fiancé, Draco Malfoy. The announcement got less reaction than they had been worried about- the entire student body had seen how the two of them revolved around each other.
They'd gotten congratulations, and gifts, but none of the outcry this announcement might have garnered even a month ago. In the grand scope of things, it wasn't even the most important.
Blaise and Ron had convinced Shacklebolt, Tonks, Remus and Sirius, as well as Mad Eye Moody, to join their cause. They, in turn, were working on the rest of the Order. Ron barely had to say anything to his family- as long as Harry was convinced of it, they were with him.
The three Gryffindor's were on their way to the Slytherin common room when the Fat Lady's portrait swung open, revealing the smiling faces of Remus and Sirius.
Harry was dumbfounded when he saw them, but got over it and ran over to them, embracing them both in bone crushing hugs. They hugged back carefully, aware of the baby growing in him.
When the re-introductions were over, Harry led them over to the couches and said, "Not that this isn't a welcome surprise, but what are you guys doing here?" They looked at each other and shared a look before Remus spoke up. "We were invited here by Dumbledore, ostentatiously to keep you safe, with the caveat that we stop whatever is going on between you and the Malfoy heir."
Harry bristled at that, but Sirius continued before he could saw any thing. "Of course, given all that you've told us, that old coot can suck my d-" he was cut off by Remus' hand slapping over his mouth.
"Sorry," he told the giggling teens, "But I just remembered why I don't let him out of the house. As I was saying," here the werewolf shot a sharp look at a sheepish Sirius "we will be keeping an eye on you, but we will also be reporting back to the Order about the Headmaster's, uh, mindset."
Hermione grinned. "You gonna tell those officious asses in the Order that Old Dumbles is off his rocker? Cool." At the looks on the adults faces, Ron sighed and said, "She and Pansy hang out way too much if you ask me."
Sirius leaned forward and said, "So its true that you hang with the Slytherins? Dumbledore told us that you did, but…" Harry nodded, then grinned and shoved his left hand in their faces. "Like my engagement ring?" he asked with a mischievous grin.
Both of their mouths dropped open. "Who are you marrying?" demanded his godfather. Smugly, Harry said, "Draco Malfoy." Remus frowned. "But what about the boy who fathered your child?"
Harry raised an eyebrow, and Sirius jumped to his feet and would have run out the room if Remus hadn't caught him. He was swearing, saying "…that little prick, laying his hands on my godson like that, I'll kill the little punk…" Remus finally put his hand over the animagus' mouth, stemming the flow of words.
"Sorry about him." the werewolf said, not even trying to hide the laughter in his voice. "You all know that he can be a little, uh, touchy about certain subjects. Malfoy's being one of them." Sirius finally got his mouth out from under Remus' hand, saying, "It's cause the whole lot of them are arrogant, evil pricks, they go through the motions and then break your heart."
Sirius shrugged off Remus' restraining arm and went to sit dejectedly on the red couch. He sighed. "I know that Draco is probably more human than his father, but please, please be careful around him." Harry looked at his godfather in astonishment.
He hadn't known that Sirius and Lucious had had a thing, but it did explain his legendary dislike of the family. "Don't worry. Even if that is what he plans on doing, everyone in this school would put out a death warrant for him. He won't hurt me."
Remus looked at the youngster he was so fond of and said, "Harry, do you love him?" Harry looked thoughtful. "Well, I've only known him as a person for a few, very few months." He paused, then went on. "No, I don't love him. But I do know that it will happen, it's happening know, and I want my baby to have two parents. So I will marry him, and by the time of the ceremony, rest assured that I will be deeply and irrevocably in love with him."
Remus shook his head. "That wasn't the answer I was looking for, but I guess you know yourself best. I wish you luck."
Harry inclined his head, accepting the sentiment. He looked at Hermione, who smiled at him and said, "We were on our way down to talk with Professor Snape. Would you care to join us?" Remus nodded, ignoring Sirius' outcries.
"Of course we would." he said firmly.
