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Familiar	By : Vittani Category: Harry Potter > Slash - Male/Male > Harry/Draco Views: 65690 -:- Recommendations : 1 -:- Currently Reading : 1
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A/N�Hey guys I�m not a happy little author, I was writing this chapter, went on the internet to check something and a bloody virus wiped out the first two pages of it. I�m annoyed with myself cos if I�d have reset my comp, word would probably have reverted to the last saved version. I didn�t think about that until later, so I lost a coupla pages, coulda been worse so I�m thankful as well. So if you notice owt up with the first page of this chapter, please ignore it.

Trying to recreate what you have already written, especially when you are pleased with the exact phrasing you have used is difficult, so please ignore anything that sounds odd.

My wonderful reviewers, thank you for taking the time to make me smile�

Kelly Hilliard� Thank you, you make me blush. How can I refuse your request� So if anyone else wants me to email them when I update this let me know in your review�

Whiteraven�I love your name and don�t worry I love meddling snakes as well. So there will be a lot more meddling. I don�t think Harry minds Krai meddling but he certainly doesn�t like other people doing it. I think the reason is he knows and trusts Krai on an instinctive level because of the bond.

Angel�I think you�re my favourite. You are so enthusiastic. I wanted Draco to develop a friendship with someone where we would see the true him and �Aidan� was the best choice. But I didn�t want to go down the road where Harry is the one writing cos I�d have to find a way to resolve the relationship that didn�t involve Harry making a slip up and Draco finding out and being pissed off.
I�ve read too many stories with a situation like that, it works with their plots but it doesn�t work with mine. And I thought, Krai has his own agenda and has something to sort out with Draco, he�s understanding and sneaky (a definite snake) so he�d be the best correspondent for the young slytherin. On a final note, Angel as long as you keep reviewing I�ll definitely keep writing this story�(smiles).

And to those of you who haven�t reviewed recently, I hope you are still with this story and I would love to hear from you. But if you are no longer reading, I understand�

And now onto the chapter�

Chapter 9: Wh...what did I do?

Harry awoke the following morning with a smile on his face and no knowledge of what Krai had done in the night. He was happy and content and his body felt wonderful, he felt complete. Almost like something he had never known was missing had suddenly come back to him. He stood and stretched, took a shower and then walked with a spring in his step back into the bedroom He felt�perfect. He hadn�t told Krai but yesterday he had still felt weak and his body had ached, but today he felt fine as if something had just clicked into place. He ate his breakfast with relish and decided that today was the perfect day to go exploring around the manor. It was raining outside, he didn�t mind the rain but today he wanted to stay warm and dry.

As he was leaving the room Krai appeared at his feet.
~Where are you going~ the tone was not accusatory, nor was it demanding, he was just curious. Because of that Harry answered with his good mood intact.
~I am going for a walk around the houssse~
~Sssiince you are feeling better it would be a good idea to do so, I wasss going to assk you to take a tour of the magic roomsss with me~
~Why~
~Now that your transssition isss over we can measssure your power levelsss and essstimate the level you will reach at eighteen and try out sssome new thingsss~ that last bit was a bit too tempting for Harry to resist but he had to at least appear to be thinking it over.
~What new thingsss~ he asked.
~Ssssss sss sss, wait and sssee~. The snake was laughing at him, but it didn�t matter, he was interested.

***

Krai was a hitchhiker for the rest of the morning. He sat on Harry�s shoulder, the middle of his long body was wrapped around Harry�s neck and his tail curled around the shoulder and midway down the arm. His �neck� was arched and he was using his head to point out things of interest. By that point Harry thought he was more like a back seat driver than a hitchhiker. Their first mission was to find the entrance hall as neither of them had paid attention on their first night and Krai had been too busy monitoring Harry�s magic to slither about before. He hadn�t yet told his Master that his magic levels had not stabilized until last night. That was why he had finally been able to leave Harry�s side to write the letter to the Malfoy boy.

They found the entrance hall after a while. Upon leaving the Master bedroom they had entered the small corridor that Harry remembered from his first night. There were several other bedrooms all along the corridor, not as grand as the Master bedroom but still beautiful. There were four rooms that were done up in the colours of the Hogwarts houses. Krai couldn�t explain this to him. But said they were obviously for people of importance with a strong link to each house. There were several other bedrooms all in different colours, none so obviously colour divided as the founders rooms, more a mixture of similar shades. They all had motif�s one made him think of fire, another water, earth, air, ice/snow, lightning and other things. In each room there was a real window and an illusion window, usually on the walls leading to the en-suites bathrooms. Each illusion was unique and seemed to be the main focal point of the room even though they were some times less obvious than other things.

Then he found something strange, he wanted to go back into a room but when he did he found that the room was a different one. Another that he had been in earlier but not the one he wanted. Trying other doors he found the rooms kept switching. It was almost like they weren�t really there and had no use. When asked, Krai just said that there was no one in the manor to suit them. Which was strange but it kinda made sense.

They finally found a door that didn�t lead to another room, but didn�t actually lead to the long corridor from the first night. It was a sort of�antechamber, faceted like the sideways view of a gemstone with two other doors leading from it. Opposite him and the other two doors was an open arch and looking through he glimpsed the long corridor from before. The two other doors led to two lots of guests rooms, one grander than the other.

Walking down the long corridor they tried every door. The first opened onto stairs that led up to the attic rooms which were dusty and full of old trunks and boxes and other things. He promised himself he�d look through them all another day.
Opposite was another staircase that led to the receiving room from the first night which was next to the entrance hall. There were three doors leading out of the receiving room, the first led into the dining room, the second led into the entrance hall and the third into a hallway.

The dining room was very light and airy, the walls were different shades of creams with cherry wood panelling, burnished until gleaming. There were no figures carved into the wood, but what host wanted to be throwing a dinner party and have his guests constantly staring at the walls. Every so often there was a painting, all relaxing images like seascapes and sunsets, all beautifully rendered. There were no portraits, this was so that the guests did not become uncomfortable or intimidated by long dead ancestors. Impressive chandeliers with non drip candles graced the ceiling. And a magnificent table with high backed chairs and old fashioned candelabras spanned almost the whole length of the room, which was quite considerable. There was a door leading from the dining room and the receiving room that led to a cosy conservatory.

Across the hallway from the dining room was the library. A large grand fireplace stood at the far end bordered by two latticed windows. There were several other long windows around the room, the rest of the walls were actually floor to ceiling bookshelves. All filled with a wide assortment, all filed with the muggle dewey decimal system, he remembered it from school. Several comfy chairs and couches, as well as study tables dominated the middle of the room. There was also a staircase heading downwards in one corner of the library. Off the library was an oak panelled study, obviously for the Master of the house. Next to the study was a muggle gym, with a rather large swimming pool. Opposite it was the lady�s solar and gentlemen�s smoking room.

In the library near the staircase was a concealed door that only Krai spotted. After opening it (which required some of Harry�s blood) they found the private family areas. A cosy sitting room with a private conservatory, there was a music room and a small private dining room.

They then headed down to the basement level where they found a potions lab and store room that would have made Snape drool. There was a warded training area for magic use, a private study and library with books and artefacts that put the Hogwarts restricted section to shame. They found the kitchen by smell, but found no door into it. And one final room that he couldn�t seem to get into, a sign on the door proclaimed �Vaults�. He didn�t know what was in there but Krai seemed to, he said to leave it alone for now and Harry agreed with him. Somehow he knew not to go in their, yet.

They returned to their room and had an early lunch, Krai then directed him back to the warded room.

***

~Now Massster, activate the wardsss. You do thisss by pricking your finger and painting over the rune on the door in blood~ Harry walked back to the door and sure enough there was a white rune over the door, he vaguely recognised it as being �protection�. How he knew that he had no idea, probably Hermione had shown him once and he just happened to remember.
~How do you know all thisss~ he asked.
~I think asss I am your familiar, I know everything you need, ssssomehow. It�sss deep magic, old magic, the familiar bond. Datesss from the time of the foundersss you know~
~The foundersss~
~Yesssss, Gryffindorsss wasss a lion, Hufflepuffsss a badger, Ravenclawsss an eagle and Ssslytherinsss a sssnake, itsss no coincidence they choossse them asss their sssymbolsss~
Nodding Harry pricked his finger with the dagger he had brought and painted over the rune with his blood. The moment he completed it, the rune flashed and a wave of static electricity seemed to flow all along the walls, ceiling and floors.
~That isss a very ssstrong ward~ Krai stated, his shock evident.

~Now Massster, I wisssh you to only ssspeak to me now with your mind. We mussst make sssure the link isss asss sssstrong asss it can be~

Can you hear me Master? Harry struggled for a moment to calm his mind.

I hear you.

Good.

Why don�t you sound snakish when you speak to my mind?

Because only the mouth creates sounds, the mind projects the words to another. The words only sound in the receivers mind. So they sound how the receiver speaks.

Doesn�t exactly make sense but I think I know what you mean.

Good now, do you know how to meditate?

No.

Sit on the floor and get comfortable you will be there for a while. Harry did as he was told.

Once you are comfortable, relax your mind. Breathe slowly, in through the nose and out through the mouth. Once he was sure Harry was calm enough he entered Harry�s mind and projected a physical image of himself for Harry to see in his head.

Now Harry form a room around me, a bare room with nothing in it bar a door�good, now behind this door is your magic. The door blocks it from the world (the door is your control). Over the years it has become instinctive to open it and close. When you were young and did all those strange and uncontrolled things�

Like turn my teachers wig blue?

Yes, those types of things happened because the door was open and never closed, so the magic could slip out whenever it wanted. Now prepare yourself and open the door.

He did as he was told and when he did�

***

He was lying on a stone floor, which was surprisingly warm (probably under floor heating). Krai was curled up on his chest, seeking warmth.

�Wh�What did I do?�

~Your power flooded your mind and had to be releasssed~ He looked around then all the walls were blackened and the protection rune was no longer going.
~Do not worry Massster, the rune held, it was dousssed in your blood. The body housssesss the magic it has to be able to withssstand the maximum power releasssed. That isss why the protection rune isss not limited, if sssomeone more powerful than the rune came along there could be ssseriouss conssequencesss. That iss why I made uss come down here~

~Did you actually learn anything by me doing that~
~Yess Massster, if everything elssse failsss, if there iss no other way to kill the dark sssnake lord, you must open up your mind like you just did. No one within at leassst a quarter of a mile would sssurvive~
~I don�t think I like that idea too many othersss could be hurt~
~They could that isss why you will learn containment wards. We will have to create one ssstrong enough to remain intact if you have to unleasssh your power but it can be done. Then only thossse inssside the ward will be dessstroyed. In a sssmaller area, the backlasssh when it hit the wardsss would be enormousss~

~And if I am inssside thisss ward, will I sssurvive~

~No, no one would. That isss why it iss a lasst resssort~

***

They went back to their room, where Krai told him to rest. But he couldn�t sleep, so he laid on the bed and watched Krai swim around in the little rock pool that was sunken into his bedroom floor. He looked over to the coffee table hoping that there was a covered tray with food. There was. So he got up and went over, on the tray was a letter�

***

A/N�I debated ending here, but I�m not that cruel�

He wasn�t expecting a letter, he wasn�t expecting a reply from anyone. In his last letter he�d told Remus not to send him a letter as letters could be traced. It couldn�t be his godfather�so who was it. Ron, Hermione�Malfoy? Okay that last one had been a joke.

Shrugging he decided the best way of finding out was to open it and when he picked it up, he relaxed. It was his Hogwarts letter, telling him term started on September the 1st and his list of books for the new year.

The standard book of spells grade 7, by Miranda Goshawk.
Advanced Potions, by Scabus Calderon.
Advanced Transfiguration, by Minerva McGonagall
Advanced Defence Against the Dark Arts: the complete guide to curses and dangerous beasties, by Grudgus McCuss.
Animagus Transformations made simple, by Vanilla Newt.
Herbology: So you wanna survive a foraging trip, by Tentaculus Belladonna.

�Animagus transformations, cool.� He looked up then when he heard a relieved sigh. Krai looked extremely relieved about something. He put it out of his mind for now he could question the snake later. He looked out the window, it had stopped raining.
�What do you think about taking a trip to London?�
~Diagon Alley~
~Yesss and Muggle London~
~Why there Massster~ Harry thought for a moment and spoke more to himself than Krai.
�I really need a new wardrobe.�

Krai laughed at that, a low hissing sound, more reserved than the laugh Harry had heard earlier.
~That you do Massster, I will accompany you, unless you wisssh to go alone~
~No that isss why I asssked you~
~Very well Massster, thisss isss the perfect opportunity to further develop our mental connection. Asss talking to a sssnake will get usss noticed~
~I�m glad you sssaid that, I have no intention of being recognisssed. I believe my appearance hasss changed enough not to be readily noticeable and I intend to cover my ssscar, I wisssh to know how many people really know me. If they know me they ssshould recognissse me without the ssscar, if not� he smiled t�is an interesssting thing to know~
~Yesss Massster~

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