Chapter 5: War

"Is it just me or is Dumbledore staring at Hulk again?" Draco asked as they sat down to eat.

"Again?" Blaise asked raising his eyebrow.

"He's stared at him every time they've been in the room together," Draco nodded.

Neville blinked.

"Why the hell would he look at me? Did you do something and involve me without me knowing?" he asked Hadrian.

Harry sat there and stared at him blankly thinking about the things he'd done before shaking his head.

"Nope, you're safe, it isn't my fault,"

"Great," Neville drawled rolling his eyes.

"I'm going to detention, tell me if you think of anything," Harry snickered leaving.

Neville looked at Draco.

"He really hasn't done anything?"

Draco shook his head.

"We potioned the chicken but that was us not you," he grinned.

"Tut tut, you're a prefect," Blaise teased.

Draco flipped him the bird with a smirk.

"When's Hades doing the Quidditch tryouts?" Neville quizzed changing the subject.

"No idea, why?" Draco asked furrowing his brow.

Neville shrugged.

"He's got detention all this week and usually tryouts are the first week back. It's going to be a chaotic year,"

"We'll handle it, we always do," Blaise sniggered.

After dinner the three of them stood and as they exited the hall the Gryffindors surrounded them.

"It's a shame your not dead, Malfoy, we were really hoping that who ever had you last year had offed you," Ron sneered his red hair even more shaggier than usual.

Draco smirked.

"Tsk, tsk, Weasley, I wonder what the professors would say if they knew their Gryffindor prefect was trying to cause uproar,"

"Watch your back, Malfoy," Seamus spat.

"Why would I need to watch my back, especially if it's you muppets that are threatening me. I'd be more scared if you were threatening the person next to me with the way you lot aim," Draco sniggered before brushing past them and leading the way up to the sparring room.

Harry sat scowling as he wrote lines in his own blood.

"You understand why I'm doing this don't you dear. We can't have you lying and causing problems," Umbridge giggled slightly.

"I'd have thought you'd have been more concentrated on how all the professors are going behind your back, Professor. I overheard McGonagall and Flitwick talking before dinner about how they can't wait for Dumbledore to get rid of you," Harry smirked.

The agitation and protest rose in Umbridge's mind as she declared war on the professors of Hogwarts.

Hadrian sniggered to himself, it was far too easy.

He knew, while she would most probably give him a few more detentions before he finally managed to make her a puppet of his manipulations, that things were already well on their way.

"Between me and you though professor, the easiest way to get to McGonagall is through her Quidditch team,"

He had to get her going with the decrees for it to work. The more she took over the more she would see the things he was making her believe for herself.

While he didn't like the thought of having to slice his hand open to get close to her he knew he needed the time the detentions offered to him to monitor her mind.

It was a week later that he stood in his green and silver Quidditch robes with Draco, Warrington, Pucey and Montague on the Quidditch field.

They had to find two new beaters.

"I'm telling you all now, anyone here that isn't seriously interested in doing gruelling practices to be the very best can leave now. I am not interested in having part time Quidditch players on my team," Harry said coldly looking at the Slytherins gathered, ready to try out.

A few left.

"Also anyone who will put other clubs first, can leave as well,"

Again a few more people left and Harry was satisfied that he had people that were willing to do anything to be on the team left.

"Hades, look," Draco whispered looking up at the stands.

Harry was surprised to see Indigo and Granger sat a few seats up from where Daphne and Pansy were sat.

"What are they doing here?"

"Didn't you hear, Vixen made it onto the Ravenclaw team as their new Keeper," Pucey stated sneering. "The filthy blood traitor is actually rather good,"

Harry gritted his teeth.

"They're scouting us out,"

Draco and Warrington nodded.

"Then lets give them a show they'll never forget," Harry smirked with a feral grin.

Indigo watched her heart aching as the calculating Malfoy easily rallied the Slytherins and made work of them.

He was by far a superb captain and she had no doubt that he was an even better seeker.

It made her angry at herself that even after everything she still craved to be around him and have his attention.

A few times in the past week she'd felt his gaze on her but when she'd looked up to see he'd been occupied with other things.

Seeing him all loved up with Greengrass killed her but she saw the flashes of distaste he'd have now and again around her and she knew that despite it looking otherwise he was still very against the girl.

"I can't believe you're making me watch this, Indi, I don't even like Quidditch," Hermione huffed.

"Davis wanted me to scout them out and I wasn't doing it alone, Hermione, and don't even tell me you're completely against this all anyway. I've seen you ogling Draco Malfoy for the past half an hour," Indigo said shaking her head.

Hermione blushed a fantastic red.

"You're insane, I wouldn't look at him if you paid me a million pounds,"

"Don't be stupid Hermione, everyone knows both Malfoys are sex on legs, it's just a shame they're complete twats as well or they'd be desirable," Indigo said shaking her head.

It was as if the girls knew they were talking about their future husbands, both Pansy and Daphne stood and walked up to them.

Indigo raised her eyebrow but Hermione seemed to be muted.

It was well known neither of the Slytherin girls played fair.

"I'm warning you now, Vixen, stay the hell away from Hadrian," Daphne said sneering coldly. "I've seen how you look at him and if you even dare to look at him again after this I'm going to make your life a living hell. He's mine and no matter how much you wish it to be different it will never change,"

"Like I'd want that pig, Greengrass, you can have him. You both deserve each other you're so bloody up yourselves that you'd both be spoilt for anyone else," Indigo snarled.

"The same goes to you Granger, not that my Draco would even look twice at you, but stay away from him," Pansy sniffed glowering.

"Why don't you pathetic pair of plastics go fuck yourselves. If you were really sure of yourselves and the faithfulness of your future husbands then you wouldn't feel the need to threaten us. We want nothing to do with those two pigs and as much as you could make our lives hell we could make yours just as bad," Indigo snarled.

The girls glared at each other and there was no doubt that there and then war had been declared between them.

Harry looked up at the stands and felt anger bubble in him as he watched Daphne and Pansy try to intimidate the two Ravenclaws.

He didn't give a rats arse about the Mudblood but seeing his future wife trying to get one over on the love of his life made him angrier than ever before.

He forced himself to ignore it though, he couldn't afford to let himself slip.

Instead of blowing up at Daphne and making a scene he channelled his anger into tryouts pushing the potentials further and further weeding out those that weren't up to it.

He knew as the cravings for her got worse it would be harder to stay away but he knew he was going to have to suck it up.

He would not put her in danger.

That night Harry put himself through his paces in the sparring room.

The quicker he improved the quicker the lies and danger could stop.

Draco entered the room but didn't say anything, just throwing himself into the work out as much as Harry was.

There was a silent agreement between the pair of them.

They would be the best and they would get there quicker than anyone anticipated them to.

Been under someone elses control wasn't something they liked and they would only put up with it for as long as they needed to.

Draco hated to admit it but he couldn't sleep at night without knowing Hadrian was safe and so lately he'd been seeking him out more and more at a night time just to make sure he was still alive.

He knew Hadrian had noticed but he was thankful that he hadn't said anything.

The graveyard and traumatic summer had changed them more than they wanted to admit.

AN: Sorry it's late again guys. Things have been hetic and I have a feeling they're going to continue to get hectic over the coming weeks.

cocobyrd87 - As much as i would love to write Umbridge in as a Squib she isn't actually one just very magically impared ;) The boys do indeed to give her hell or at least Hadrian does :)

Dragons-Twilight1992 - More here :)

Guest - Updates are usually weekly but things have been hetic so I try to update as soon as i can :) Glad you're liking the story! :D

LianaRamsay - Lucius is a very complex character but his reasonings to his behaviour are shown more towards the end of this Book and in the next one :) Narcissa will be shown briefly during this book but she'll be a more active character during the next book :) Glad you're enjoying the series :D