Safe and Warm
Sorry for long gap between updates. The run up to Christmas has been hectic and recently lost my Grandma. Sometimes life just gets in the way. Here is a new chapter for you, it isn't brilliant and it isn't very long but it's at least an update. Enjoy and please review.
Chapter Seven
A week after the Malfoy's moved Harry into Malfoy manor and he hadn't once stepped foot outside of Draco's room. The two boys had become immensely close.
Harry was sleeping on a camp bed in Draco's room but he didn't spend a lot of time sleeping. In some respects harry was scared of sleeping for fear of what he might see when he did. Nightmares were frequent for Harry.
It wasn't surprising that Harry was revisiting his horrific childhood in his sleep. Not with everything that he had experienced throughout his life.
Severus had done as Lucius had asked and looked into Harry's family history. Apparently Lily and James had been killed in a car crash and that was how he had come to be living with his Uncle and Aunt.
Though one thing that Severus had discovered was that Harry's parents had named a man called Sirius Black as Godfather. He had also discovered that Sirius Black had been in prison at the time that the guardianship of Harry had been questioned.
He hadn't been able to find out why the man had been in prison but he was working on it. Lucius hadn't told Harry anything about the research he had been doing on his family as he hadn't wanted to upset the fragile boy.
Harry had made huge leaps in the week even though he hadn't stepped foot outside of Draco's room. He now didn't cower in the corner every time someone other than Draco entered the room. He had actually started talking to Lucius and even to Melody too.
Melody had been really taken to Harry whereas her twin Elvira had been the complete opposite and didn't know what to think. Cassius had fallen on the side of Elvira and hadn't gone into Draco's room since Harry had appeared at their home.
Melody often came in to see Harry. For some reason the two of them had really clicked. Harry liked brushing her hair, it calmed him. He spent ages plaiting her hair and styling it into really intricate styles.
Other than that Harry spent his time reading. Draco had introduced him to some classics. He was currently working his way through Alice in Wonderland.
Narcissa had the job of bringing food up for Harry to ensure that he ate and he had gained a lot of weight. Since arriving at Malfoy Manor you could no longer see the outline of his skeleton. It was a considerably vast improvement.
Draco was beginning to become fonder of Harry than ever before. He very rarely left the boy alone, partly because Harry got very nervous when Draco wasn't around and partly because he didn't want to leave Harry on his own.
Draco had tried to get Harry to open up but he just hadn't been ready to share. Draco beginning to thinking that Harry would never be ready to open up and who could blame him? Who would want to relive the horrible things that he had been though.