Finally something that can be used to fight Lucius.

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Hermione POV

Ron and I are having our weekly Friday night study date. And as usual Ron is procrastinating with a comic book, while I am almost finished both of my essays for Professor Snape. One on the dangers of possessive spirits and the other on why bogarts use our fears against us and how to counteract them. I highly doubt Ron has even finished the first essay.

"I love these muggle comic books." Ron laughs. "This fat, ginger cat is so funny."

"Oh you're reading Garfield?" I ask, sounding interested.

"Yeah. It's so funny."

I give him a stern look. "How is your homework coming along? I assume it's finished as you have time to read a Garfield comic book."

"Fine. I'll finish it now." He moans.

I find myself giving out a satisfied grin. I feel so empowered when I manage to get him to listen to me. It really is because I care about how he does in his school work.

Poor Harry though. He has been moping around the common room all day. He's convinced him and Draco are over. No matter how much Ron and I tell him he is over thinking it, he doesn't listen. I really do wonder why Malfoy is so annoyed and cold all of a sudden. Maybe Harry did something or said something that upset him. Who knows?

"I have an idea." I state.

"When do you ever not have an idea." Ron says sarcastically.

I glare at him and then continue. "I have and idea to get Harry and Draco to talk to each other."

Ron sits us up and furrows his brows at me. "Mione, you know I love you. And you are bloody brilliant but... maybe you should stay out of it. Let Harry and Ferret Face work it out themselves."

"My plan is..." I begin, earning myself an eye roll. "We take Harry to The Three Broomsticks in Hogsmeade tomorrow. I'll talk to Pansy and get her to bring Draco. Then you, me and Pansy will leave forcing Draco and Harry to talk to each other."

"And what if Malfoy buggers off?" Ron points out.

"He won't and if he does Harry will run after him."

"And then what? Harry will take Malfoy right there in the street. How romantic."

"It will work." I say, punching Ron's arm.

"If you say so love."

Pansy POV

Blaise and Draco are stuck in detention, and I am bored out of my mind. I am so bored that I have completed both my essays for Snape and my homework for potions. With all that done I decide to go to the library, to see if I can find away to deal with Lucius. I love Draco to the moon and back, and I hate seeing him in so much pain.

I flip open an ancient looking book called "Undead, ghosts and what to watch out for." Seems like a fitting title, to what we are up against. Just as I am about to begin reading it, Hermione Granger approaches me. "Hello?"

"Hello, I have a plan I want to run by you." She says, taking a seat beside me.

"Okay... I'll bite." I answer.

"It's no secret that there is something wrong with Draco. And Harry is convinced he's done something. As a result he has been moping around all day and now he is refusing to leave his room."

I give her an understanding nod. "You're right. There is something else wrong with Draco. Blaise and I tried to get it out of him earlier, but he wouldn't tell. I thought maybe your Potter said something or pushed him into something he wasn't ready for."

"Harry would never do that!" Granger snaps.

"I know. Draco said that he didn't, that he has been nothing but amazing with him. Potter really is a good guy and I like him. I think he's good for Draco. I've seen how happy he makes him, when Harry visited him in the hospital wing."

"So you agree we need to do something?"

"Yeah, absolutely." I agree. "What is your plan? I am up for anything that will get them talking."

"I was thinking." The Gryffindor girl begins. "That Ron and I can take Harry into Hogsmeade to The Three Broomsticks tomorrow. Then you and Blaise, if he wants to help, can take Draco in..."

"Then we leave so that it's just Potter and Draco. If it's just them, then they have to talk to each other." I finish.

"Precisely."

"But hold on. If I know Draco, he will run off." I point out.

"And if I know Harry, he will run after Draco. They will talk, trust me."

"Okay. We will make it happen." I say.

The Gryffindor then turns to the book I have out. She gives me a curious look, so I show her the cover and I think she understands. "I'm trying to find a way to get rid of Lucius." I explain.

"Truth is, I have been searching every book in here for that." She admits. "I thought this was supposed to be a drama free year at Hogwarts."

I furrow my brows at her. "When has that ever happened?" I ask rhetorically. I turn a few pages of the book, but I nearly fall of my seat when Granger slaps her hand on the book. "What the hell Granger?" I snap.

"Sorry, but look." She replies, pointing to a paragraph in the book. "It's a spell. 'Enora'."

"What does it say it does?" I ask, hoping we are on to something.

"Enora, is a spell that drains the energy of a possessive spirit, benevolent or malevolent." The Gryffindor reads.

"What's the difference?" I ask, dumbly.

"Malevolent is bad, benevolent is good."

"Well Lucius is definitely bad. What else does it say?"

"This spell forces the spirit away. However it is only temporary so that the spirit can regain it's energy. It can last from a minimum of two days, to a maximum of two weeks."

I sigh. "I suppose that's something. It can buy us a few weeks to find a more permanent solution."

"That was a brilliant find, Pansy." Granger compliments me.

"I know." I answer, arrogantly. "And who said you can call me Pansy?"

"Oh... sorry, Parkinson." She apologizes, shyly.

"I am only joking, Hermione. We're friends now, so we may as well be on a first name basis."

"I suppose we are friends as we have Draco and Harry in common."

"Drarry."

Hermione bursts into a fit of laughter, earning us a telling off from the librarian. "Drarry... I like that." She tells. "That's what I am going to call them two from now on."

Harry POV

I've spent all day trying to confine myself to my room, but it's not exactly entertaining in here. I go into my trunk and pull out the Marauder's Map. "I solemnly swear that I am up to no good." I say as the map reveals itself. Naturally, I search for Draco on the map. I find him in Professor Lupin's office with Blaise Zabini. Feeling a twinge of jealousy, I storm out of Gryffindor towards where the two dots are located.

Apparently jealousy is blinding, because I don't see a thing until I run smack into Professor Snape. I quickly place the map in my robes, before he can confiscate it.

"Watch where you are going, Mr Potter." Snape tells me in his usual sharp tone. That indicates that he is in fact Severus Snape, for now anyway.

"Sorry, Professor. I'll be more careful."

"Make sure you do. Now follow me to my office... we need to talk." He orders me, leading the way to his office. I do as he says and follow him.

I sit myself down in the chair opposite the Professor. "I am sure you are wondering why I want to speak with you." He states, matter-of-factly. "I have noticed how my Godson looks at you, and how you return that same look."

"It's nothing... we're nothing... I swear." I stutter.

Snape motions for me to calm down, and so I do. "Mr Potter you can't lie to me. I gave your mother that same look. I would have given my life for her. I always did, and I always will love her. Always."

I feel my cheeks going red at the thought of Draco, so in hopes that Snape doesn't notice I look down at my hands. Of course it doesn't work. "Now don't tell me that you the boy-who-lived twice, is going shy all of a sudden. For goodness sake boy, you kissed Draco's forehead right in front of me in the hospital wing."

"I was the one who found him." I say, feeling defensive.

"Yes, that reminds me I must take 20 points off Gryffindor for sneaking into another house."

"But that's not fair." I retort. "If I hadn't, Draco would have died." The thought of him dying makes my eyes burn with tears.

"My word is final Potter." I go to say something back, but Snape glares at me so I hold my tongue, for fear of it being ripped out. "Thank you, Potter... for saving him."

"No problem." I reply, surprised. Somehow I know there is something else the Professor wants to speak to me about. So feeling bold, I ask, "What else did you want to speak to me about?"

"I know Draco is gay." Snape says calmly.

"You know... I mean... What?" I mumble, choking on my words.

"Of course I know. I raised the boy. I have known since he was small, that's why I spent so much time protecting him, and trying to keep as much distance between him and his father. It's something that Lucius would not approve of."

I find myself speechless.

"What I want to know is, if you and my Godson are an item?" The Professor asks me simply.

"I think so... no... I don't know." Snape brows furrow, showing his confusion."Before I found him, I asked him to be my boyfriend, and he said yes. But this morning when he was released from the hospital, he was really cold with me. I've been wondering if I did anything wrong." I sigh.

"Did you?" Snape asks accusingly.

"I don't think so, but he has been having nightmares lately. Well... more like night terrors." I answer, shifting my gaze a lot. Finally my eyes rest on the eyes of the dark man in front of me. "If you know Draco is gay... then do you know about what Lucius did to him?"

"If you mean the beatings of course. I was unfortunate enough to be present several times, I tried my best to stop it, but with Voldemort also present most times it was difficult. I was the one to heal him physically and comfort him emotionally. However something else happened at those meetings between Draco, Lucius and Voldemort. Although Draco would never tell me what it was, it was obvious as he was always much more distraught after those meetings."

"I think I know why Draco tried to kill himself. I think it might actually be my fault, I know what happened at those meetings." I say fearfully.

"Explain, Mr Potter."

"I don't think Lucius would be so disapproving of Draco liking guys." I pause, afraid to continue. I don't want to give Draco another reason to hate me, but if I don't his Godfather will never understand. "In the meetings with his father and the dark lord... Voldemort would have Lucius do things to Draco... bad things. He said it was a means of punishment and that it would make him stronger. I think it was just a bastardly evil thing. The reason he was much more distraught after those particular meetings is because he was raped." Once again, I feel the burn of tears in my eyes. This time I allow them to fall.

Snape looks as though he's been slapped in the face, clearly he didn't know. "I want you to leave." He whispers.

"Pardon, sir?"

"Get out!" He yells. I don't dare argue with him and leave. As I step outside, the door shutting behind me. I hear what sounds like breaking glass, followed by screams and finally sobbing. I've never heard Professor Snape cry before, so it is a very strange sound to hear.

Off to Hogsmead in the next chapter.

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