Road To Wonder
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Draco ignores Harry most of the time because he's unsure of how to act around the quiet Gryffindor. He knows Harry is still grieving, it's clear in the way he breaks off from his friends and how they watch him with worried eyes.
Harry is alone this Christmas too.
He knows he doesn't have to do anything. The Gryffindor has caused him too much misery over the years for them to ever be friends. But then Draco feels a strange urgency to approach the other boy, to say something, to do something after Harry Potter had kindly saved Draco from a life in Azkaban.
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BOY WHO LIVED DEFENDS MALFOY JR
Reported by Schiff Hobbles
Harry Potter, the Hero of the wizarding world, has attended the court hearing for one Draco Malfoy, son of Lucius Malfoy and a known Death Eater like his father. When one expected him to condemn his former schoolmate, Harry Potter did something surprising and defended him, causing an uproar in the courtroom.
"He didn't kill Dumbledore. His family had been threatened, yeah, but he'd lowered his wand. I was there. When we were brought to Malfoy Manor, he'd chosen not to reveal my identity to Voldemort. Malfoy's done a lot of awful things to a lot of people, but that was just schoolboy bullying. But he's not done anything else except to try and protect his family," Mr. Potter had said quietly before leaving just as quietly.
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Someone's humming.
Draco looks around the courtyard, shivering in the cold, and thinks that the sound is sad and lonely and familiar. Hogwarts has always played Muggle carols during the holidays, much to Draco's displeasure, but there's something oddly riveting about what he's hearing now.
He sees an owl hovering above and Draco moves closer. There's a line of tall hedges in front of him and he peers over them and isn't so very surprised to see Boy Wonder there.
Draco watches him covertly for a few moments, noticing how thin and drawn the other boy is.
Then, "Who's there?"
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I did mention that this is pre slash right? Hehehe XD