A/N: Wow, I can't believe it's been three years since my first post O_O That was one hell of a writers block let me tell you, granted going to art school might have been a factor to that, as hard as it is to believe you get ALOT of homework from that! Anyway i won't bore you anymore so without further ado, here is the long awaited second chapter!
Disclaimer: I own nothing, JKR is rich, i'm not blah blah blah we all know this by now =)
Chapter Two:
Draco slipped beneath the silk covers of his bed some time after leaving his parents' room, a smile prominent on his face as he lay his head against the soft pillows. Thoughts of his mate continued to run through his mind, despite not knowing a thing about them, in his minds eye he could picture a shadowy figure with beautiful ebony hair calling his name. He could only wonder what they'd be like, the most important question was are they a boy or a girl? To Draco it did not matter because he was, in fact, bisexual.
All the same he would much rather have a male mate over a female any day but since he knew his father would want a grandchild the only option was a woman, men couldn't bear children after all...unless his mate was a certain rare magical creature. The odds of that were impossible, as they had all been killed off many years ago. Images of children with blond and black hair began to fill his mind as he thought back to his raven haired beauty. With those images embedded so clearly in his mind, the malfoy heir soon drifted off into a peaceful sleep and soon, if the fates permitted, he would be united with his beloved at long last.
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Harry Potter was trapped. All around him was black emptiness with no end and no beginning, just darkness as far as his green eyes could see. He stood there, cold and alone, wrapped only in a black hooded cloak that horribly reminded him of the ones worn by the death eaters. Despite the morbid thought he wrapped the clothing tighter around himself, it being the only thing between him and the bitter cold swirling around him. Not entirely sure where he was he took a deep breath and began walking, though to where he had no idea but any place must be better then where he was now. He walked for what seemed like hours, the darkness was everywhere he looked making him wonder if he was even moving forward at all as his feet never seemed to hit any ground.
Suddenly a bright, green light appeared up ahead and was growing larger by the second, as if the light were speeding towards him. Harry stopped dead in his tracks but the light continued towards him like a speeding train while he searched desperately for his wand. Unable to find it as the light threatened to engulf him, he threw up his arms, covering his face as he closed his eyes waiting for the impact. He felt rather then heard the light pass around him and, as the distant sound of birds chirping surrounded him, he warily opened his eyes and let his arms fall back to his sides as he looked around once more. The eternal darkness had been replaced by a beautiful clearing surrounded by deep green forest which Harry could only describe as an Eden, making him wonder if he was dreaming or worse, dead.
"Who are you?"
Harry whirled around to find a figure standing a few feet away from him, dressed in the same black robe that covered the person's face from view and the voice seemed to be an echoed whisper, making it impossible to tell who this was. Harry opened his mouth to ask what was going on but no sound came out and he found himself clutching his throat in panic.
"What's wrong? Are you hurt?" The person stepped forward, their pale hand reaching for Harry, causing the boy to back away quickly and take on a defensive position, not trusting this person at all. The strange figure stopped, their hand falling limply to their side, "...I'm sorry...I was just excited to finally be meeting you...after all these years of waiting, wondering...you're here at last!" Harry felt panic begin to well up inside him: Where was he? Who was this person? Why had they been waiting? Why could he not speak? And how on earth did he get here? Around them a strange wind began to blow, causing their cloaks to billow in the sudden gust and Harry to wrap his arms around himself in an attempt to ward off the sudden cold.
The other person began breathing deeply as if smelling the most amazing scent as the wind blew passed Harry to him. Said person was watching him now and, despite being unable to see their face, he could tell they were smiling, "You smell heavenly," they whispered, "river water and sakura blossoms". Harry tried once more to ask the person what was going on only to whisper, "Seek me out at Privet Drive, Surrey" he clasped his hands over his mouth, horrified by what he'd inadvertently done. He had just let his location, a secret that was meant to keep him safe, to a potential death eater stranger in a dream. For the first time in his life he allowed his fear to take control of him and found himself backing away, the need to get far away from this person was all that drove his movements.
"Wait!", the mystery person cried, reaching out a hand to grab hold of his arm and prevent him from leaving but, to their surprise, the person's hand went right through Harry's arm. They both watched in horror as Harry began to slowly fade from sight, "No! Don't leave me! Not now!" the person cried, the anguish in their voice caused Harry's heart to clench, making him want nothing more then to comfort this individual. Though he had momentarily forgotten that he was vanishing, nothing else had and soon he had disappeared entirely. The person stared at the place where their heart's desire recently stood, "...I will find you...and we can be together at last, my love..." They lifted up their hand to see that they too, were vanishing, "...soon...". With their last word hanging in the wind, they disappeared.
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Sirius Black watched his godson's fitful sleep with growing concern, no sooner did they arrived when they had attempted to revive him with no success. Harry's 'condition' had only gotten worse the more they attempted to enervate him and so they had no choice but to let him be to fight whatever this was on his own. Sirius sighed as he lay his head in his hands, he had always hated feeling helpless ever since he had first seen his secret crush struggle through his transformations in school. After that incident he had spent hours pouring through the library, desperately searching for a way to help the young Remus Lupin in whatever way he could and finally, after reading nearly every book in the transformation section, he had found his answer; Animagi. It had then taken James, Peter, and himself many months of training and practicing in secret until finally they had achieved their goal.
He could still picture Remus' face when they showed him their transformations, priding himself on how his dog form made him seem closer to his crush and giving him new resolve to win the shy boy over. Although it took a few years and Harry's birth to summon his courage, he finally asked Remus to dinner and was absolutely ecstatic when the man agreed. He smiled fondly at the memory of remus blurting out that he had a crush on sirius before the man had a chance to speak and what followed was the best snogging session Sirius had ever had. Being the shy virgin he was, remus didn't let him get passed first base and for once, sirius had no problem with that. Unfortunatly it was only the night after when Harry's parents were killed... Sirius shook his head, now was not the time to be dwelling on such things, not when the boy needed him now.
Harry had by now fallen into a deep, steady sleep, whatever nightmare that had been plaguing him seemed to have ended. Remus entered the room, carrying two steaming mugs of coffee, "how is he?" he asked, sitting on the love seat next to his exhausted lover. Sirius took the offered beverage with a tired smile, "resting now, thank god..." he sipped his coffee, sighing at the soothing warmth flowing down his throat. Remus watched the boy sleep, "...can this really be possible, Sirius? A High Elf... they've been extinct for centuries, no living decendents...how could harry have inherited this?" Sirius put an arm around his love, "I don't know, but now isn't the time to start looking, when Harry wakes up he'll need us with him to help him through this and no matter what, we'll be there for him". Remus gave the man a small half smile, "since when did you become so mature and responsible?" he asked, giving the taller man a small nudge. Sirius chuckled, "been hanging around you too long, you're a bad influence on me, love" he smirked, pulling the man closer against his body.
"...not meaning to interrupt but could someone tell me what's going on?" Sirius and Remus' heads snapped up to see a weak, bleary eyed Harry watching them from where he lay on the couch. Sirius jumped off the love seat, nearly sending Remus toppling onto the floor, "Harry!" he hurried over and hugged his godson tightly in his arms. Harry's eyes widen as his godfathers hug threatened to crush his ribs, "Sirius...glad to see you but...need to breathe!" he gasped out. Sirius let the boy go, "sorry cub! Just a happy to see you awake, you had Remmy and I scared to death earlier!" Harry blinked, "Why? What happened?" he looked around, "Wait, why am I here? I was told you guys couldn't see me at all this summer". Remus frowned, "We thought you were in danger and came to rescue you...as for visiting you, we begged Dumbledore to let you stay here this summer but he told us you wanted to stay with your relatives". Harry ran a hand through his hair, "that's ridiculous! Why would I want to stay with them? They're horrible-" he cut his sentence short as his fingers touched something in his hair that hadn't been there before. He felt the long, fleshy appendages nervously, "c-can I see a mirror?" he asked, getting more worried at the look the two older men shared.
Remus waved his wand, summoning a small hand mirror and floating it into the boy's waiting hand. Harry brought the mirror up to his face, his eyes widening as the saw his once normal ears had elongated to twice their size, now coming to an elegant point. His once short, messy hair hand grown out, smoothing the once untameable strands to flow beautifully down his back. His once deeply tanned and sunburnt skin seemed to have vanished, reveiling a soft, sun kissed skin that seemed to be so unnaturaly perfect. What caught his attention most was his eyes, once a beautiful green, like his mothers, now seemed to be made of magic itself! The swirling emerald tendrils that wove into the stunning vibrancy seemed to bring his eyes a new kind of life and it was then he realized he could see perfectly without the use of his glasses.
"What...what happened to me?" Harry whispered, lowering the mirror with shaking hands to look his godfather and his lover in the eyes. Remus sat next to the boy, "we're not sure how or why...but it seems you've inherited the blood of a magical being that was thought to be extinct centuries ago..." Sirius gently placed his hand over the boy's trembling one, "Cub...you've become a High Elf..." he looked the boy in the eyes, unsure of how this news would effect him. Harry stared blankly at them, his mind reeling as everything began to come back to him; the pain, the magical wind, the dream... He frowned, that dream hadn't seemed natural, like one of the vision dreams he sometimes had when Voldemort felt the sick urge to fuck with his head. This dream was different though, nothing about it seemed malicious or dangerous and even that person...despite his fear the person seemed to call to him, as if he should have run into their arms and be safe, protected...a feeling that had long escaped him in life. Maybe this person could tell him why this was happening to him, he had no doubt they would meet again and whether it was another dream or in reality he was certain, for better or worse, they would see each other again.
A/N: I apologize for the novel format, the first half of this has been in my files for a while and I couldn't bring myself to start messing with it, rest assured I will work on the next one in the usual FF style, hopefully it won't take me another three years, haha!
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Cahni12