Away From the Sun
Disclaimer: Don't own 'em, I'm just a spoony Bard.
Warning!!!! Spoilers for books 1-5. I am going to pretend that anything that happens Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince , witch comes out on July 16 (YEA!!!!!) , hasn't happened, so don't kick me if something really cool happens in the book and I make no mention of it.
Warning 2!! This is gonna be yaoi, that's boys loving boys, so if you don't like the idea of Draco Malfoy and Harry Potter snogging senseless, don't read, and piss off if ya feel the need to flame me for such.
Chapter Eleven
Running Out of Days
Harry's POV
The first night back at Hogwarts I took out the invisibility cloak and headed for the tiny tower. I hadn't seen him on the train and during dinner he'd kept looking at me. I knew he'd be there.
"Hello Harry." He was staring out the window, illuminated by the full moon that hung in the sky.
"I've missed you." I told him as I pulled the cloak off me. He turned, smiling.
"I missed you too." He looked tired.
"You okay?" I stepped towards him. He shot off the bench and wrapped in his arms, enveloping me in a bruising kiss.
"I am now."
"Tomorrow Severus is going to meet with the DA and discuss-"
"Not tonight Harry. Let's pretend, just for tonight that this war isn't happening, that there's no Voldemort, no raids, and that we're just two normal seventeen year old boys meeting in a forgotten tower because where else are we supposed to make love without being caught." His fingertips brushed over my face, almost as if he were trying to commit my features to memory.
I smirked at him, "Where else are we supposed to make love? The Room of Requirement of course. It can even give us an actual bed instead of this hard floor.
"Then what are we waiting for? Let's go find that bed."
We raced through the hallways, wrapped haphazardly in my invisibility cloak up to the seventh floor. We got the door to appear and before even looking at what the room had given us, Draco's mouth was on mine again, pushing the door open, kicking it shut behind us as we tumbled onto a soft bed.
We laughed at each other when we got tangled in the bed hangings. I found myself pinned beneath the comfortable weight of Draco's body as he pressed me into the bed, mouth trailing heat down my neck. His hands already had the clasp of my robed undone and his deft fingers were undoing the buttons on my shirt.
"Merlin Harry, you could help me." He cursed as a button eluded him.
"Help you? I think your doing fine on your own." I breathed. "But I could help you with this." I bit down on his neck, my own hands finding clasps and buttons and releasing them. Shirtless, our bodies pressed together, I kicked off my shoes, and Draco stopped for a long moment to follow.
"Don't stop." I grabbed his hair, pulling him into me, kissing him with everything I had.
"Wasn't planning on it." He muttered.
When the zipper of my pants stuck he let out an explosive curse. "Fuck! Get these fucking things off of you so I can touch you."
I laughed at him, helping him with the zipper before I tackled his own pants.
Hot skin against hot skin. I wrapped my legs around him, silently begging him to take me. He seemed more intent on driving me insane for the moment. His lips, hands, tongue tracing over the muscles of my body.
"Damnit Draco, you-" He cut me off with a kiss. I wrapped my arms around him tighter, lifting my hips to rub my hardness against his. That was the final straw; he hoisted my legs higher and presses into me so slowly I thought I'd explode before he was even completely inside me.
Unlike our first time together, this was slow, almost torture to my senses, each stroke bringing me higher, until we both burst.
We lay there afterwards, still wrapped up in each other, his face pressed against my shoulder until our breathing returned to normal. Only then did he pull away from me, glancing around the room.
"Wow, Harry, look at this place." He whispered. I followed his gaze over the huge four post bed clad in red satin across the candlelight room to the huge glass window where the moon shone in as brightly as the sun.
"Wow." I whispered in echo. I turned back to him and wrapped my arms around him. "We should take advantage of this. Stay with me?" I pulled him back down to the bed so he was lying half across me.
"With a request like that, how could I not?" He smiled down at me, pulling the covers over us.
There's too much work and I'm spent
Too much pressure and I'm bent
We were late to breakfast the next morning, my fault really. He was getting out of bed when I pulled him back in for another session of lovemaking. By the time I got to the Great Hall breakfast was half over. I simply went wearing yesterday's robes. Draco on the other hand decided-
"It simply won't do for a man of my stature to enter the Great Hall in such a state of dishevelment."
So Draco didn't even make it to breakfast.
"And where were you all last night?" Hermione asked, a mischievous glint in her eyes. I responded with a grin and began to eat so I'd at least have some food in me before class.
When classes were over, I called the DA and we met as usual in the Room of Requirement. This time Severus met with us. As promised he was there to inform us of what he knew about the Order of the Phoenix. We learned that as of this moment, we were probably more informed of what Voldemort was planning. That was confirmed when Draco reported to us what he learned now being part of Voldemort's inner circle.
Apparently, he was already in the planning stages of the attack on Hogwarts. He'd found a crack in the wards that protected the school and in a matter of weeks he would be setting his plan in motion.
I got no time to move ahead
Have you heard one thing that I've said?
I was shocked. Did we have time to prepare for the attack? Were we ready to plunge headlong into battle, knowing that not all of us might make it?
"Harry, are you listing to me?" Hermione sounded slightly annoyed.
"I'm sorry 'Mione, it's just that this is all rather unsettling." I shook my head. "Things are getting real serious, real fast."
"I know, that's why I asked you what you thought we should do." She leaned against Ron, looking hopefully at me.
I sighed. "I think it's time we declared ourselves to the Order of the Phoenix." I turned to Severus. "Severus Snape, will you be The DA's liaison to the Order?"
He blinked twice. "Yes."
"Where do they meet?" Ginny asked him.
"Dumbledore's office."
"When?" Ron continued.
"We have a meeting tomorrow evening after dinner." He sighed. "But I have a feeling this isn't going to go over very well with some of the members."
"I don't care." I shot. "Dumbledore has spent too much time treating us as if we are still children. None of us have had that luxury since fifth year when we watched Sirius die."
"I agree with Harry." Neville stood up. "Ever since the incident at the Ministry none of us have been children. That was the day we were forced to grow up."
"It's time." Luna interjected. "It's time for us to take the part that we've been preparing for."
"Sev, will you meet us outside the Great Hall after dinner tomorrow and take us with you to the meeting?" Draco asked. "I don't think Dumbledore can refuse us entrance if we come with you rather than just showing up ion our own."
"I'll be there."
After that I called the meeting to a close, thinking that the next mass DA meeting would be a strategy meeting. We needed to brush up on our dueling skills, or even better, we needed to try our hand at a mock battle. There is still so much to be done, and so little time.
And all these little things in life
They all create this haze
There's too many things to get done
And I'm running out of days
Draco's POV
It was about time Harry called Dumbledore out. The DA was ready to go. After dinner ended, Harry, Ron, Hermione, Neville, Ginny, Luna and myself met my godfather outside the Great Hall.
"Are you ready?" He asked, looking us over.
"Yes." Harry seemed sure of himself and though I had put in place a calm and collected mask, I was a mess inside. There was a good chance that Dumbledore and the rest of the Order would laugh us out of his office, not realizing what we're doing. A better chance that once I show my mark, doubts will rise and from there, nothing said will be believed. This had to go according to plan if we were going to pull this off.
"Headmaster, may I announce Mr. Harry Potter and his associates." Severus played the part of liaison rather well. Harry extended his hand to Dumbledore, and in turn each of us introduced ourselves to the Headmaster and the rest of the Order as if we were meeting for the very first time.
"Hello Harry, what can I do for you today? I hope it's nothing too serious as I have a meeting to conduct." The Headmaster sat back in his chair and looked us over. I felt like he was trying to pry into our heads to see what was ticking.
"Headmaster, Severus is here with us to act as a liaison for the DA to the Order of the Phoenix. I think you'll find we have many things to discuss." Harry sounded professional as he took a seat next to Remus Lupin. The rest of us sat close to him.
The headmaster blinked at this. "The DA? I thought you'd disbanded?"
"Not in the least Sir. We have been busier than ever with the situation at hand."
"Harry, I highly doubt that the situation at hand has much to do with children." He produced more tea cups and provided us each with a cup of steaming tea.
Before Harry could answer I interjected. "You see Headmaster, that is where you fail. We are no longer children, and have not been for quite some time, yet you insist on treating us as if we are."
Hermione, as if hitting her cue perfectly set down her cup. "We did make some mistakes in the past, yes, but we were still children then. We haven't been children since the night at the ministry, at least most of us. I don't think Harry has been a child since the end of fourth year."
"I see." Dumbledore sipped his tea, looking at us curiously. "So you come to me today as adults then?"
"Don't patronize us." I snapped. "For once in your life, listen to us before you start saying ignorant things."
"Draco!" Harry glared at me. Turning back to the headmaster he answered. "Though Draco is right, and before you start making assumptions, any of you-" here he looked at the rest of the Order that was present, "please listen to us. The DA is here to announce their cooperation with the Order of the Phoenix. Do not get yourselves confused, we are not joining you, however we have decided that since time is running short, we should be working with each other rather than separately."
This time I could see that Dumbledore was choosing his words very carefully. "Time is running short?"
"The DA has inside access to Voldemort's inner circle and from what we understand he is beginning to mobilize his attack here on Hogwarts. I'm sure you have heard brief things dealing with Voldemort's plans as of late?" Dumbledore nodded. "Severus has been working with us for quite some time now. What information he has passed on was vitally important. However, there are a great deal many other things that the students have been dealing with that you yourselves have not been."
"Inside access?? Albus, what are they talking about?" Professor McGonagall appeared worried.
"It's all right Minerva. I believe they are about to explain to us." The headmaster looked at me curiously.
I stood, faced the whole lot of them and lifted my left sleeve. "Voldemort branded me on Halloween. The only people who knew about it besides Voldemort and his inner circle are standing in this room. Severus knew, as did the leaders of the DA. Over the Christmas holidays, I was invited to join Voldemort's inner circle. Being the Leader of his junior squad here at school has given me a great advantage on knowing what that bastards' been up to. I was the one who set word of the attack on Hogsmead."
The room went silent. I lowered my sleeve and took my seat again. I heard a few whispers around the room. They were speculating on the attack in town, speculating on my mark, speculating on the DA itself.
Finally Dumbledore spoke again. "Severus, why did you keep this a secret from me?"
"The boy is my godson. He only allowed himself to be marked for the simple reason that by doing so he could pass inside information to the DA. Since at the time you believed the DA to be immaterial to our cause, I said nothing. A besides, I could not risk you outing him to the entire school. His cover would have been blown and Voldemort would have killed him." Severus looked over at me and gave me a smile no one else would catch.
"Professor Snape was kind enough to be our link to you, without your knowledge, and without interfering." Harry stood for my godfather.
And I can't last here for so long
I feel this current it's so strong
"Albus they're just kids." Lupin cut in.
"No, I believe Mr. Malfoy was correct. They have not been children for some time now." The headmaster spoke softly, looking intently at the seven of us.
"The DA is trained in defensive and offensive spells. We have studied strategy-" Ginny started.
"And right now we probably know more about what's going on at his school than you do." Her brother finished.
I felt like every single member of the Order was staring at me. I couldn't take much more of this room at the moment. I leaned over and whispered to Harry. "Let's cut this short. I think we made our point."
Dumbledore glanced at Harry, looking at him as if he'd just met someone new and was trying at read them. "So the seven of you are here to…?"
Harry stood. "The seven of us are here to inform you that the DA is a functional militia ready to assist the Order of the Phoenix when the time comes. Until that time we would appreciate it greatly if important information arises that we be informed. We will do the same for you."
The headmaster sighed. "I suppose I knew it would come to this. Harry, the DA has the full support of the Order and we will be happy to assist you."
The rest of us stood. Harry nodded and turned to us. "I believe we have imposed enough for now. We all have homework to do."
As we left, I could hear McGonagall arguing with the headmaster about our involvement. Still insisting we were 'only children'. When Dumbledore's office door snicked shut behind us I let out a breath of relief.
"Glad that's over." I loosened my tie and looked at the rest of the group. "I better get going before someone in my house sees me. I still have a junior Death Eater meeting to conduct tonight."
"Good luck." Hermione said, turning with her two best friends the other way down the hall.
"I'll see you later Draco." Harry smiled at me, grabbed my arm and pulled me in for a brief kiss. "In the tower?"
"I'll be there." I smirked.
It gets me further down the line
It gets me closer to the light
"That was so disgusting." Ron shot as soon as he thought I was out of audible range. "I so did not need to see my best mate kissing Malfoy."
"Give it up Ron." Hermione laughed as they turned the corner and out of hearing.
Harry's POV
The next few days were a flurry of meetings. DA meetings, meetings with the Order, and Draco's meetings with the Death Eaters. There was a lot of work to do.
We had informed Dumbledore of the situation in full, spent the last two meetings of the DA discussing strategy and setting up mock battles, and tension was running high.
"Harry, do you think the Headmaster's told my mum what we've been up to?" Ron asked me. We were taking a few moments to relax and catch up on some of our homework in the common room.
"Well she hasn't sent you a howler yet." I answered. "Hey, have you finished your Charms homework yet?"
"Here." He handed me his essay.
"Do the two of you really think Ron's mother would be as stupid to send a howler to him knowing that there are junior Death Eaters in the school that would instantly inform their master of what we're doing? Honestly. And when are the two of you ever going to do your own homework instead of copying off each other?" Hermione sighed loudly.
"Hey, we at least do half!" Ron stated indignantly. "We just do different halves and then trade!"
"Yeah Hermione, we can't all be geniuses like you." I joked. "Besides, what will it matter who did who's work after we take the N.E.W.T.S.? Those scores are ours and ours alone. Besides, it's not like we don't have to read each other's work to copy it. So we are learning."
She rolled her eyes at us. "I cannot even begin to tell you how wrong that logic is."
"Then don't. Harry, I think you screwed this up. I don't think the Disillusionment charm has anything to do with Malfoy's arse."
Hermione looked disgusted as I reached for the parchment. "What? I don't remember writing about Draco's arse."
"Boys." Was all she said.
All these little things in life
They all create this haze
There's too many things to get done
And I'm running out of days
Later that night I sat in my bed, watching the Marauder's Map, a habit I'd gotten into over the past year. Mostly due to what I'd dubbed 'Draco Watching', but tonight he was nowhere on the map. That meant only one thing. Voldemort had called. I scoured the map again. The dot labeled Severus Snape was also missing. I slid out of my bed, slipping my feet into my shoes and making my way over to Ron's bed.
"Ron." I opened the curtains and shook the lump. "Ron get up."
The lump moaned and half of it moved. A hand snaked out of the covers and pulled them down past a bushy head and sleepy brown eyes,
"Hermione?" I stepped back as she sat up, blankets falling around her wait, displaying her naked breasts and announcing to me that they were probably both that way.
"Harry?" She answered sleepily. "What are you doing in the-" she dropped off, realizing where she was and instantly yanked the covers back over her chest. "Ron!! Ronald Weasley wake up!!" She pushed the rest of the lump in the bed next to her.
"Wha?"
I spotted their robes on the floor just inside the curtains and threw them at the two of them. "I'll have to tease you later about this. Right now I think I'm gonna need your help. Get up and get dressed."
Hermione snapped the curtains shut and I heard the sounds of cloth being moved around hurriedly. When they opened, my two best friends, albeit a little disheveled, quickly followed me out to the common room.
"What's going on?" Ron rubbed his eyes and yawned.
I shot a glance around he common room just to make sure it was empty. "I think there's a Death Eater meeting gong on right now."
Hermione frowned. "Harry honestly, how can you be sure?"
"Because both Draco and Snape are-" Blinding pain shot through my scar and I hissed.
"Harry?" As Ron started to reach towards me my vision blurred and for a second everything went black.
With all these little things in life
They all create this haze
And now I'm running out of time
I can't see through this haze
My servants stood before me. I was pleased. Mcnair had found the weakness in Hogwarts defenses.
"Malfoy." My voice a rasp, I called forth my favored servant. "Come tell me again what it is you told me yesterday. I wish for all of them to hear it."
Lucius Malfoy stepped out of the sea of black robes, pulling his hood and mask as he came forward.
"My Lord." He bowed at my feet. "We have a traitor among us."
I sneered, and for a second nothing seemed right. I shouldn't be here.
"A traitor? How interesting." Almost parseltounge now, I wasn't saying this was I? "Tell me Malfoy. Tell me who the traitor is and I shall reward you."
Malfoy drew himself up to full height. "Snape. Snape is a traitor. He has been working with that fool Dumbledore." He turned to the rest of the Death Eaters. "Isn't that so, Severus?"
I gasped for breath as the common room came back into focus around me. "Voldemort knows about Snape."
My friend tell me why
It has to be this way
There's too many things to get done
And I'm running out of days
AN: OMFG I am so incredibly sorry that I have taken SO FUCKING LONG to post this chapter. Unfortunately this was my senior year of college and I got sidetracked with my senior thesis, I am also in the middle of trying to plan my wedding so please please please forgive me. And I will love you forever if my old readers continue and my new readers review. Make my day… click the little purple button….. I know you want to