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Chapter 22 The Priceless Gift Of Love
On their way up the magical, winding staircase to Dumbledore's office, Draco drew his wand and switched their robes for clean ones, casting a second charm that gently removed all forms of dirt from their skin and smoothed their ruffled hair quickly.
Harry smiled at him gratefully, about to knock on the door when Draco took his hand in his to stop him. Harry blinked his beautiful green eyes, looking at him questioningly.
"One more thing before we go in, love."
"Yes?"
Draco slipped a hand into his own robes, and when it came back into view there was a silver chained pendant dangling from his slender fingers. He smiled at the Gryffindor, gray eyes soft, lowering the necklace into his open palm, pressing his fingers closed over it gently, kissing his lips briefly before releasing his hand reluctantly. "For you, baby."
Harry opened his hand slowly, gasping at what he saw. The pendant was a large dragon made of the same silver that the chain was made of. It's large body was curled protectively around the small form of an apparently sleeping mer-boy done in silver with black hematite hair and a greenish-gold fin, the dragon's grey tinted diamond eyes looking down at the boy, a loving expression on his reptilian face. As Harry watched in awe, the miniature version of himself stirred from sleep, slowly blinking open his green eyes that were cut from tiny emeralds, yawning as he stretched, curling closer to the dragon's silver scaled body and staring up at him with undisguised yearning. The dragon drew him closer, carefully pressing his snout to his forehead tenderly, snorting softly, causing the mer-boy's dark hair to swirl about his tiny face with the wind, seeming almost to smile as the boy yawned once more, drifting back into a peaceful slumber at his gentle touch, knowing instinctively that his lover and protector would watch over him, even in this imaginary form of a mighty silver dragon.
Draco was concerned when moisture filled Harry's green eyes, but the Gryffindor just smiled at him tearfully, throwing himself into his arms and hugging him fiercely, burying his face against his neck and closing his eyes with obvious happiness.
"It's so beautiful... It must have cost a small fortune, though. I love you, Draco. Thank you."
"You're worth a small fortune, Harry. You're so much more beautiful to me then that necklace is. I love you too, my darling. I'm surprised that you didn't complain about the cost and try to give it back."
Harry pulled back to look at him, blushing as he spoke. "I could never do that. I'm far too selfish to give up something this wonderful. I'll always treasure it as I treasure you."
Now Draco turned red with pleasure, leaning down to kiss Harry briefly, wrapping his arms around him tightly. "I'm glad that you love it, precious."
"I do."
"It also has more enchantments on it then just the motion charm. It's spelled so that only we can see it unless you want them to, it has a charm that makes it so we can't be forcefully separated, though I know that our Bond will do that, and if you're ever in trouble, whether you know it or not, which the Bond would only do if you realized the danger, the necklace will bring you back to me safely."
"Wow. That's amazing. Thank you."
"You are welcome, love."
Harry smiled at him, handing the necklace to Draco. "Will you put it on for me? Please?"
Draco nodded, watching Harry turn his back to him.
He unhooked the delicate, but magically reinforced, silver clasp, looping it around his neck gently, lifting his long braid out of the way to hook it closed and lower the pendant into place so that it hung directly between the Gryffindor's nipples, but over his robes. Harry turned back to face him, one hand holding the pendant and his eyes shining with love as he rose up on his tiptoes to press his lips to Draco's, relaxing with a sigh as the blonde's arms came around him tenderly. Eventually the kiss ended, their foreheads touching as they panted together for a moment.
"Let's get this over with," Harry rasped, licking his lips. "I want you before we have to do our homework for tomorrow..."
"Okay," Draco agreed, using his wand to straighten them up again.
There wasn't anything he could do about their flushed cheeks however, so he watched Harry reach up a hand trembling with desire, and a little nervousness, to knock on Dumbledore's door quickly.