Of Lions And Lambs - Part Two | By : Marblez Category: Harry Potter Crossovers > Slash - Male/Male Views: 4234 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 1 |
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(U)Chapter Eleven(U)
"Bella!" Draco gasped, spinning round to the face the shocked girl.
"No, Draco!" Harry yelled. He'd already fired off his next spell…it was travelling too fast towards Draco for Harry to fire his own counter spell… "Look out!"
The hex stuck Draco between the shoulder blades, throwing him off his feet as blood spurted out of the long wound to his back. Bella wasn't the only one who screamed in shock as Draco hit the ground. Harry was running towards his friend before anyone else even thought to do say.
"Lie still!" he ordered, falling to his knees and aiming his wand at the wound now oozing blood. Thankfully he'd been taught by the brightest witch of their time one of the quickest way to heal nasty wounds. She'd been worried about him, what with his track record for injuries and the whole war thing. "Why did you turn your back? You know the rule, never let your guard down during a duel!"
"Bella," Draco said weakly, looking up at the girl staring at them in shock as a yellow light began to heal the nasty cut to Draco's back. The pack, Emily holding Teddy safely in her arms, rushed down to stand a few paces behind Harry and Draco. "Bella…what are you doing here…?"
"I came to see Jacob but that's not important. What are you?" Bella demanded, coming back to life in front of them. "What (B)are(B) you?"
"I'm a wizard…we're wizards…" Draco said from the ground, "Are you done yet?" this was asked of Harry.
"Well I've stopped the bleeding but I'm not finished healing it yet…"
"Finish it later," Draco said quickly as he pushed Harry away and got back onto his feet, stepping towards Bella so they were face to face. "We are wizards."
"Wizards?" Bella asked softly, "They're…real?"
"Bella you're boyfriend was a vampire and most of the people behind me are werewolves of a sort. And you think wizards aren't real?" Draco asked softly and slowly, pain lacing his voice. The back of his shirt and jacket had been sliced open by the curse and now rippled in the breeze, showing everyone the painful looking but partially healed wound.
"How long have you been a…wizard?" she asked softly.
"I'm from a pureblood family which basically means I was one before I was born," Draco said softly. Bella's cheeks flushed with anger and she snapped angrily,
"Why didn't you tell me?"
"I…" Draco hesitated, biting his lip softly, "I didn't think you were ready."
"You didn't think I was ready," Bella repeated.
"No."
"Draco, you said it yourself. Vampires and werewolves. I think that qualifies me as pretty much ready for anything," Bella snapped.
"No, no it doesn't," Draco said softly, almost sadly.
"Really? And why is that?" Bella asked, folding her arms in a very not impressed manner.
"Vampires and werewolves, everything they do is instinct. The killing, the hunting… it's a basic instinct. Occasionally there are those that go against the mould, the…the Cullens for example and there was a werewolf, a real controlled by the moon werewolf that Harry knew back in England who hated his wolf side unless he could control it. But mostly it's instinct. Natural," Draco explained softly, "Wizards and witches, everything they do…everything we do is by choice. So the good witches and wizards chose to be good and the bad witches and wizards chose to be bad. There is nothing instinctual about it."
"Oh," Bella (and the others) was little overwhelmed by the passionate speech given by the blond. "So basically you didn't think I was ready to know about you because you make your own choices?" she asked slowly.
"…Yeah…"
"Why?" Bella asked.
"Huh?" Draco asked.
"Why does that matter?" Bella asked.
"Because…because I didn't…um…always…um…" Draco stuttered.
"What Draco's trying to say is that the line between good and evil is blurred enough on a good day. On a bad day in a war so unbelievable that I can't in good conscience tell you anything about…well the line just isn't there," Harry said softly. "We're not proud of it, we never will be proud of it but…he was just worried…for you. He's told me about the Cullens and what happened and James and…well yeah but…this is really hard." Harry looked at Draco who nodded in agreement.
"What?" Bella explained.
"Explaining why we didn't tell you, why I didn't tell you," Draco said quickly, "Simply put I did it because you're my friend."
"Were you ever going to tell me?" Bella asked softly.
"Yes," Draco nodded, "I had planned to tell you…at you're birthday party."
"Wait! The ceiling!" Bella gasped in realisation.
"That was me," Draco admitted, "It was so I could show you what I was and what I could do but then…well you know what happened and I thought…well that's when I decided it would be better to wait a while. And then a while turned into a month…two…and then …"
"Here we are," Bella sighed.
"Yeah."
"I get it," Bella said softly, "And I both forgive and believe you. But…no more secrets. Fairies move into Forks, I wanna know about it. Unicorns in the woods, I wanna know about it."
"Deal but unicorns wouldn't come here," Draco said seriously, "They wouldn't like the climate or the type of woods."
"Wait…unicorns are real?"
"Draco! You're going to be late!" Harry shouted, shaking the sleeping boy roughly until he let out a groan and aimed a pathetic swipe at Harry's head. "Draco, it's time to get up or…"
"Harry, it's Spring Break," Draco grumbled.
"What?" Harry asked, confused.
"It's a school holiday for the next two weeks, that's why I didn't set my alarm to go off and why Bella isn't coming and why I had planned on sleeping until noon!" Draco snapped.
"Oops," Harry muttered, "Well you should have said something."
"I told my parents," Draco grumbled, "Didn't feel the need to tell you seeing as how most friends don't do the whole waking up for school thing."
"You didn't sleep in a dorm with Ron Weasley, famous for over-sleeping," Harry chuckled, "And I am sorry Draco."
"What time is it?" Draco yawned, rubbing at his eyes as he sat up in his bed, facing the black haired teen perched on the edge of the bed.
"Er…6:30," Harry admitted.
"Ugh…" Draco let out a groan before flopping back on his bed, "Too early…"
"You normally get up at 6:00," Harry pointed out.
"Not during a holiday," Draco groaned into his warm pillow, "Why are you up anyway?" Lifting his head briefly he flipped it so he rested on the cool side.
"Why am I always up? Teddy," Harry shrugged, "He's my own personal alarm clock, waking up at 5:30 every morning, even weekends. Why do you think I put a silencing spell on our room?" He chuckled softly to himself. "He's always been like that, ever since I took him in as a baby. I had hoped he would grown out of it but he…well he hasn't."
"Strange child," Draco muttered.
"Duh," Harry chuckled.
"I'm going back to sleep," Draco said, rolling over and hiding his face in the pillow, "And if you feel the uncontrollable need to wake me up again wait until at least mid-day. It's a holiday."
"Sorry Draco," Harry said apologetically, getting up as the other teen pulled the covers up around himself tighter. "See you later." He left the room and within moments Draco was snoring away quite loudly, something that Harry found highly amusing. A Malfoy snoring…how undignified.
Draco emerged from his room at 12:45, still in his pyjama bottoms. He had however brushed his hair, not even during a holiday would Draco Malfoy walk around with bed hair. Rubbing the sleep from his eyes as he entered the kitchen he focused his entire attention on getting a spectacularly unhealthy brunch together and he was so focused that he didn't notice the extra voice coming from the other room. He was heading back up to his room when he finally noticed the person chatting to his parents in the front room.
"Jacob?" he asked with a small frown as he stepped into the room.
"Hey Draco," Jacob greeted. He had a very happy Teddy in his arms.
"What are you doing here?" Draco asked in sleepy confusion.
"Visiting Harry," Jacob grinned at him, "And Teddy."
"Jacob is Harry's boyfriend dear," Narcissa said cheerfully.
"Yeah, I know," Draco smiled across at his mother, "Aren't you cold?" this was asked of Jacob who as ever was wearing only a pair of shorts and a vest top.
"Look who's talking," Jacob snorted.
"Hey I only just got out of bed," Draco protested with a smile, "You've obviously gone out like that."
"Fair point," Jacob chuckled, "We run at a higher temperature than normal people, we don't feel the cold. And before you panic me and Harry have already told you're parents everything." Draco's gaze went to his parents.
"And you're ok with werewolves?" Draco asked slowly, half expecting his father to react loudly and possible violently. After all the only Werewolf they ever met was Fenrir Greyback and he had been evil in more ways than one.
"Not all werewolves," Narcissa said, "Only the good ones."
"Oh," Draco murmured, confused.
"We've been talking to Harry and Jacob for about an hour, more than enough time to figure out that Jacob and his pack are good werewolves. In fact they aren't even werewolves. They are more like shape shifters," Lucius said logically, "I'm sure you've realised that yourself, Draco."
"I had father," Draco nodded.
"What's that?" Jacob asked suddenly, nodding to Draco's arm which for the first time in a long time was bare in other people presence.
"It's nothing," Draco said quickly, pressing his arm to his side even as he held onto the can of fizzy drink. "Just an old tattoo."
"Oh," Jacob said, noticing how tense all of the people around him had got.
"I'm…er…I'm gonna go back upstairs," Draco smiled slightly at everyone before leaving the room and walking up the stairs.
"What did I say?" Jacob asked Harry worriedly.
"Nothing. Don't worry. I'll just go up and make sure that er…that he's all right," Harry said softly, getting up from his sight, "Can you watch Teddy for me?"
"Of course," Jacob smiled brightly down at the little boy.
Harry walked up the stairs slowly and knocked on Draco's closed door. He got no answer but entered anyway. Draco was sat on his bed, his plate and drink abandoned on the table. He was staring down at his tattoo angrily.
"I hate this thing," he muttered.
"I know," Harry said softly, sitting beside his friend.
"I wish I could get rid of it," Draco muttered.
"I know. I've…well I asked Hermione to see if she could find a spell powerful enough to get rid of them so that no one should have to bear the mark anymore," Harry said softly. Draco stared at him.
"Has…has she had any luck?" he asked softly.
"She's been able to make one fade," Harry answered, "But she's still working on getting rid of them entirely, it's one of her projects and you remember how much she loved having projects." He laughed deeply.
"Who's did she make fade?" Draco asked.
"Pansy's," Harry said quietly, "I got her released not long after you but she…well she wasn't very well at all. She's better now. Still a bit depressed and she volunteered to be the guinea pig when I checked up on her one day."
"Pansy," Draco murmured sadly, "Poor Pansy, she just wanted people to like her. That's why she did everything, why she acted the way she did, you know?"
"I know. She's friends with Hermione now," Harry said, "It's almost as odd as our friendship, old enemies, new friends." He chuckled once more.
"Is…Is Hermione hopeful? About getting rid of them?" Draco asked.
"Very," Harry nodded, "I'll let you know when I get word from her about it."
"Thank you," Draco said softly.
"Now. Jacob is going to take Teddy and me out. Do you want to come too?" Harry asked as he stood back up.
"No. Wouldn't want to intrude on your date," Draco said with a teasing tinkle in his eye, "Have fun but don't do anything I wouldn't do. Which by the way leaves you with plenty that you can do." Draco laughed as Harry flushed red. "Oh and Harry!" Draco called out as the other teen went to leave, "Thank…thank Hermione for me would you?"
"I will."
"What are these films about again?" Draco asked as Jacob put the first DVD in the machine under the TV. Jacob had suggested what he called a movie marathon, spending a full day watching three extremely long films one after the other.
"It's a battle between good and evil in the magical world of Middle Earth," Jacob answered calmly, putting the DVD case down and picking up the remote.
"Ok," Draco said slowly, dropping down in one of the comfortable chairs in Jacob's living room. They were holding the movie marathon at his house for practicality reasons, he had all three DVD's, he had a giant wide screen TV with surround sound and his dad would be watching a football game with Bella's dad.
"Popcorn's ready," Bella said cheerfully as she emerged from the kitchen with two giant bowls of the stuff. Harry followed her carrying a tray of pint glasses, filled with coca-cola. Jacob had wanted to add Vodka but Harry had said no, disagreeing with underage drinking.
"Have you seen these films before?" he asked as she handed the other bowl to Jacob as he sat on the sofa before settling into the chair beside Draco. Harry put the tray on the coffee table, well within reach of all four of them.
"Only the first one," Bella answered, watching with wide eyes as Harry sat beside Jacob and the larger teen pulled him against his side so that they could snuggle together, the popcorn held between them. "What-What are you doing?"
"Oops," Jacob mumbled as Draco turned to look at the couple, "I meant to tell you. Harry and me…well…we're dating." Jacob laughed awkwardly. "Sorry Bells, I did mean to tell you. Honest."
"You two are…" Bella mumbled.
"Yeah," Jacob nodded.
"But I thought…" Bella sounded confused and Draco realised she was probably thinking of the way Jacob had always flirted with her. Even though she'd always turned him down Draco suspected she had been flattered that the handsome teen had fancied her.
"I imprinted on Harry, Bells," Jacob explained softly as the trailers began to play on the screen. His hand squeezed the dark haired wizards.
"Oh," Bella mumbled, "Ok."
"You don't mind, do you?" Jacob asked, sounding a little nervous, "You remember what I told you about imprinting right?"
"Yes," Bella nodded, "I remember. And, no, I don't mind. Harry is who you're meant to be with." She smiled at the pair of them. "Anyway you look…perfect together. Now, let's start this movie."
"Ok then," Jacob nodded, "Someone get the lights."
Draco got up and turned the lights off and thanks to the closed blinds the room was instantly darker, the only light coming from the TV screen. He dropped back into his seat as Jacob hit the play button and the movie began.
It was a good movie and as Jacob had warned a very long movie, it was after all the extended edition. Mostly the four teens watched in silence, Harry and Jacob murmuring silly couple things every now and then and holding hands the entire time. Draco would make a loud comment every now and then about 'how unrealistic that wizard is' or 'Wizards use wands, not staffs'. Each comment got a chuckle out of his friends. Especially when he commented that it would be nicer if dwarves really were like that and not the scheming, underhanded people they really were. Harry defended the dwarves though, arguing that it wasn't their fault, they'd been taken advantage of too much. Bella and Jacob listened to them, once again stunned. Another magical creature from stories was real…
The first movie ended and during the credits they had a ridiculously serious conversation about which character was the best looking. Harry chose Aragorn - "Tall, dark and handsome. What's not to like?" Jacob chose Frodo - "Short, dark and handsome. What's not to like?" They'd shared a rather cute look after that; they'd pretty much just described each other in their choices. Bella chose Legolas - "He's just so…perfect." Draco resisted the urge to point out that he was also immortal like the person who still had a firm hold on her heart. And Draco himself chose Boromir - "Two words, Sean Bean. Those two words could also have been, Sex God. Either applies." Their discussion over they had a ten-minute break to re-stock their drinks and visit the bathroom before beginning to second one.
This one was just as good as the first but Draco still had his little comments to say. But he shut up for the battle of Helm's Deep, that held his entire attention and not one comment left his lips. They all laughed at Pippin's jokes and Jacob changed his mind about which character he liked best, "I like Pippin best. Short, dark, handsome and very funny. Everything I like." The film ended and the four of them had to get up to stretch, they had been sat down for a very long time already and there was still the final movie to go.
"So what do you think of them so far?" Jacob asked as they all migrated to the kitchen with the empty popcorn bowls and glasses.
"They're good," Harry said with a smile.
"They're some of my favourite films but the next one is the best, in my personal opinion," Jacob said as he opened another two litre bottle of coca-cola.
"Who plays Legolas?" Draco asked, "I recognise him. I've been trying to figure out where from for that entire second movie."
"Orlando Bloom," Bella answered, "He was in Pirates of the Caribbean."
"Of course he was! He was Will Turner," Draco said, "I'm an idiot."
"No you're not, I do that all the time," Bella chuckled.
They took their re-filled glasses back in with them and settled down for the third movie. This time Harry and Jacob snuggled even closer on the sofa, lying down with their heads on the comfortable armrest, Jacob behind Harry and holding him close. Bella tried not to look and tried even harder not to feel jealous.
The army of the dead made Harry and Draco shudder without realising it, the green glow of their ghost like bodies and the way they killed people instantly reminding both of them of the Killing Curse. Neither said anything thought, jut let out a sigh of relief when the army were released and were gone from the screen.
"I'd hate a wedding like that," Harry said during the wedding scene, "All pomp and ceremony and with so many people. It would be horrible."
"I'd love it," Draco said honestly.
"Of course you would, you're a Malfoy," Harry chuckled, "I want a quiet wedding with only my closest family and friends there."
"But..." Bella said softly, "If you two do want to get married…well you can't. You're both men…" she flushed as she realised how that could be taken, "Not that I don't approve of two men having a relationship but you can't marry, can you?"
"Well, Jacob hasn't asked," Harry chuckled, "And I don't know about America but in England it's now legal for two men to marry. And the Wizarding world agrees with the muggle world on that. So…if he ever does ask…we can."
"Oh," Bella said softly, "Cool."
"But he hasn't asked," Harry chuckled, looking over his shoulder at his boyfriend, "So don't bring it up again. Wouldn't want to pressure him and make him embarrassed." They all laughed softly.
"One day," Jacob whispered in Harry's ear, "One day."
"Really?" Harry whispered back.
"Yes," Jacob kissed him on the lips softly, "But let me ask when I think we're ready. Ok?" Harry nodded and earned another kiss.
"How many endings does this film have?" Draco asked in annoyance as the black screen was filled once again with yet more action.
"This is the last one," Jacob chuckled, agreeing that the film did have a lot of endings. "See?" he asked as the credits began, this time with pictures behind. "So did you all enjoy them?"
"Yes," Draco nodded, "But they were long."
"Very," Bella groaned, stretching on her chair.
"What time is it?" Harry asked. Draco pulled out his phone and checked.
"Wow! It's half past six!" he laughed loudly, "We need to get home!"
"Half six?" Harry laughed, "Really long films!"
"No wonder I'm starving," Bella chuckled, rubbing at her stomach, "And Charlie will be needing his dinner soon." She got up and turned the lights on, making them all cringe slightly. "Thanks for today Jacob, it's been fun."
"You're welcome Bells, thanks for coming," Jacob smiled at her.
"You two need a lift?" she asked Harry and Draco.
"We'll Apparate," Draco answered.
"…ok that's still weird," Bella chuckled, referring to how open they were about their magic now. "I'll see you all later then."
"Bye!" they called out to her asked left.
"We'd best get home. Poor Teddy will be wondering where we've got to. And I can't believe you're parents had to look after him for so long," Harry said to Draco as he extracted himself from Jacob's arms and stood up, his joints clicking in protest.
"They won't have minded," Draco reminded him, "I'll see you round Jacob. Don't be too long Harry or I'll come back and get you." With a light laugh he disappeared with a pop leaving Harry and Jacob smiling at each other before beginning their rather long kiss goodbye.
"I'd best go now, he meant it," Harry said breathlessly when they parted, still held in Jacob's arms once more.
"One more kiss?" Jacob asked, "Please?"
"Ok, but just one more."
It was a long one more.
Draco woke slowly, his eyes blinking a few times before he registered the fact that his room was still in darkness. Lifting his head up off the pillow he looked at the glowing numbers on his clock. 2:15. What had woken him up so ridiculously early?
His room and the world outside his open window was silent so it hadn't been a noise that woke him. And he didn't remember having a nightmare. In fact from what little he could remember the dream he had been having was one of the nicest he'd had in a long time. He'd felt safe…happy…he still felt safe…but he couldn't remember exactly what the dream had been about. He was sure it hadn't been about the three films they'd watched that day…
Sitting up he pushed his hair back from his face a few times as he tried to remember his dream. He could remember no sounds at all, like his dream had been completely silent. A fuzzy image of a stretch of woods flashed briefly before his eyes…then a flash of beautiful blue sky…then a sparkling hand reaching for his own…in his dream he'd looked up from the hand into a beautiful face sparkling just as much in the sun light…Jasper…
"Oh," he gasped softly, freezing on his bed, almost forgetting to breath.
He'd been dreaming of Jasper.
All at once the dream came back to him, walking through a silent wood, hand in hand. Jasper had stopped, had pulled Draco into his strong arms. He'd kissed him softly, gently and then the vampire had leaned in, whispering in Draco's ear, the only sound in the dream at all,
(I)"I love you. I will always love you. And I will never leave you."(I)
And as Draco had gone to respond, to say the same things to the man he loved, to lean in and kiss him…he'd woken up.
"How wrong can a dream be?" he asked himself softly, "Jasper doesn't love me and he did leave me so stop being so pathetic Draco Malfoy."
"That's not true," the soft voice startled Draco so much that he tumbled off his bed, scrambling to his feet and snatching his wand from the bedside cabinet. He was about to mutter the lighting spell when the intruder switched on the lamp that lived on his table. "Draco…"
A/N Guess who's back in town?
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