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Of Shield and Sheath	By : KusanoSaku Category: Harry Potter > Slash - Male/Male > Harry/Draco Views: 17446 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 4
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Title: Of Shield and sheath

Pairing: future DracoxHarry

Summary: A foolhardy Dumbledore attempts to change fate, he gains more and less then he bargained for. Creature fic. Future Mpreg.

Author's Note: For Jannafrancine who has guessed a small portion of this story's plot. Sequel to Cadmus and the Phoenix.

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Chapter 11- Duels and traitors

Since the Troll Incident on Halloween Ron had taken to joining their group but he couldn’t keep his mouth shut around Draco.

He was always insulting him and it got on Harry’s nerves.

Especially, since they were in the library trying to study…

“Why can’t you two just be quiet? You don’t have like each other. Just ignore them. Draco is my friend. If you want to be the same Ron I expect you to at least be capable of that.”

“Malfoys are all Dark Wizards with agendas. You can’t trust them.”

“Unlike the twins you live up to the Weasley name; backstabbing bloodtraitor.”

“Seriously? All this over some stupid girl?” Harry shook his head, “I don’t get it.”

“She wasn’t a stupid girl!” Ron protested, “She was a lady of high standing and great wealth! It’s the Malfoys’ fault! If they had been honourable she would have lived! They always have underhanded, dishonourable tactics.”

Draco snorted, “As if your ancestor wasn’t guilt of the same. Wasn’t he the one who was caught at a ball with in a compromising position?”

Ron hissed back, “That was your ancestor and everyone knows it.”

Harry groaned, “This is ridiculous. Obviously you’ve been told two different stories, what makes you think either is true? Tales can be altered with time. Either you’re both right or both wrong you can’t have both.”

“I’ll have satisfaction for your insult Malfoy!” Ron snarled. “I challenge you to a wizard’s duel in the classroom beside the Charms Classroom at midnight.”

Draco snickered, “You haven’t the skills for it.”

“Are you a coward Malfoy?” Ron sneered.

Draco scowled, “Of course not.”

“Then I dare you to accept or be branded a coward.” Ron smirked.

“Name your second.” Draco drawled.

“Harry.”

Harry glared, “No way! I won’t have any part in this nonsense.”

“Come on you have to…” Ron whinged.

“A named Second by the rules of duelling can refuse.” Draco snickered.

“Who’s your second?” Ron tossed

“Blaise if he’ll agree.”

Blaise groaned, “Oh come on…Harry’s right this is silly.”

“You’re my best friend…” Draco pouted.

Harry went cold, even if he already knew it from the first it was starting to upset him. It was silly; Draco and Blaise knew one another longer…

“I need a second, come on Harry….” Ron whinged

“I’m not fighting Draco or Blaise. They are my friends and this rivalry you have is idiotic. I won’t do it.” Harry rolled his eyes.

“Neville?” Ron frowned.

Neville shook his head, “No way. I’m useless in a duel.”

“Seamus?” Ron pouted.

“Give me one good reason.” Seamus drawled.

“We’re Housemates?” Ron frowned.

Seamus snorted, “Not good enough.”

Ron turned to Hermione who was on his right, “Then you’ll do it…won’t you?” his eyes flashed with warning.

Hermione shuddered, “At midnight it will be past curfew. We’ll get in trouble…”

“What is life without some adventure?” Ron sniffed.

Hermione swallowed and then agreed to accompany him but she seemed very reluctant.

“Duelling someone whose skills surpass your own isn’t an adventure, Weasley it’s folly.” Draco warned.

Harry groaned, “Hermione what is the saying about pride?”

The wizards blinked at him in confusion.

“It goes before a fall?” Hermione squeaked.

Harry nodded, “Exactly. Which one do you think will fall first?” He actually admired Draco’s confidence, he knew who he was and was learning what he wanted to be.

Something Ron had yet to learn…

Hermione glanced at the two rivals and turned back to her books. “I don’t know.”

Something had changed with Hermione since the Troll incident.

The Gryffindor boys minus Ron as the two Slytherins frowned at the change. She was less confident and more easily flustered.

Ron was blissfully unaware it seemed and smug. “So we’re agreed. Midnight and we’ll settle this.”

“If you insist.” Draco shrugged.

They returned to studying…

XoooooX

After dinner Ron disappeared.

Neville, Harry and Seamus paced their dormitory as it passed curfew.

“You…you don’t think he’s already in the room do you?” Neville stammered.

Seamus frowned, “I don’t know. I hope he doesn’t have Hermione with him. She’s been jumpy since the Troll Incident.”

Harry scowled. “We can’t let her wander the corridors alone. It wouldn’t be right.”

The three nodded.

Thomas had already passed out so they tip-toed down to the common room to find Hermione wringing her hands.

“I can’t not go. I don’t want to. I don’t know where he is…” she stammered.

Harry took one of her hands and squeezed it, “While I won’t be a second for his idiotic duel with Draco I’ll come along with you for moral support.”

“You…can’t!” she gasped, “You already got in trouble for helping me.”

“I’m not about to let you walk the corridors at night alone.” Harry shrugged.

Neville swallowed, “I’ll…come to.”

Seamus nodded, “I don’t like Ron but I’ll come too.”

The four snuck out of the Tower.

Harry paused to cast notice-me-not charms that Lily taught him in a dream. She probably wouldn’t exactly approve of this. He was sure that Uncle Sev wouldn’t either…he would have to hope he didn’t find out.

The last thing he wanted was to disappoint him or to have Draco in trouble.

They tiptoed through the darkened corridors to the third floor heading towards the Charms’ classroom.

They came upon Draco and Blaise in dark cloaks as well.

Harry scowled, “You idiots! Why didn’t you use some sort of invisibility?”

Draco glared, “I haven’t learned any yet.”

“Merlin!” Harry rolled his eyes and cast the notice-me-not charm on them both. “That’s better.”

They were about to open the door to the appointed classroom when they heard sounds from up the corridor.

“You sure you heard right Professor?”

The four boys paled and Hermione shook.

Filch…

“A prefect told me that a handle of First Years planned a wizard’s duel at midnight. A matter of family honour I believe was the point of contention.” Came professor Snape’s voice.

Draco, Blaise and Harry panicked.

They grabbed a Gryffindor a piece and ran.

Draco spotted a nearby door when the footsteps and voices neared.

He ran dragging Seamus having left Neville to Blaise and Hermione to Harry. He jiggled that handle, “Its locked.” He whispered.

Harry groaned, “Do I have to do everything? Alohomora.”

The door opened and they slipped into a dark corridor.

They heard the sound of their pursuers passing.

“Where could they have gone?”

“You don’t think?”

“I doubt it. They can’t have learned the unlocking charm and I wouldn’t think they would brave that.”

“Perhaps our informant was lying.”

The voices trailed off.

Slowly, a growl came from behind them.”

Blaise had the better night vision but still cast a lumos.

What greeted them was monstrous dog that had three heads each with a drooling mouth and sharp teeth.

“Oh no! We’re in the Forbidden Corridor! It’s going to eat us!” Hermione cried out and then fainted.

Harry groaned casting a lightening charm on her before picking up in a pale imitation of Fred’s dramatic sweep.

“It’s Cerberus.” Blaise said sharply.

“A what?” Seamus grumbled.

“A large three headed dog. It has a weakness.”

“What its appetite?” Draco scowled.

Blaise snorted, “No. Music.” He cast a birdsong charm. “We better hurry before the charm runs out. Come on.”

They slipped out of the corridor and were taking in breaths of less confined air.

“You think you can get back to the Tower safely?” Draco frowned. “You shouldn’t have come down…”

“Then you would have been caught by Uncle Sev.” Harry retorted. “You would have been visible, plus you wouldn’t have had anywhere to hide because you don’t know the unlocking charm.

Draco sighed, “I know I just didn’t want you to be in danger of getting caught breaking the rules again.”

Harry shrugged. “Rules are made for a reason but sometimes there must be exceptions to following them. I couldn’t have let Hermione come down herself. It would have been wrong.”

“You are a gentleman at heart despite you’re raising.” Draco said hugging him. “Be careful.”

The two Slytherin slipped away back to the Dungeons.

Neville was less panicky now and Seamus was happy to be unhanded.

“We better go.” Harry observed looking around.

“I’m stronger; you want me to take Hermione?”

Harry let the stronger Gryffindor take their friend.

They scurried like mice back to their hole.

They gasped out the password, ‘Pig snout’ to a sleepy Fat Lady.

“Where have you been? Get in the lot of you. Four First Years out of bed? Who do you think you are? Your father?”

Harry scowled, “Not hardly.”

Once inside the common room they had a small problem…

They were boys and Hermione was a girl so they couldn’t enter the girl’s dormitory.

Harry sighed, “Last time Fred had another girl take her up.”

“I don’t know any gender changing spells.” Seamus shivered with distaste.

“I could ask my elf?” Neville whispered.

Seamus nodded.

Neville snapped his fingers.

“Master Neville be wanting Rika?” the house elf asked.

Neville nodded pointing at Hermione, “She passed out. Can you take her to bed and keep an eye on her? Make sure she sleeps well? I’m going to bed. I’m knackered.”

The other two First Years yawned and made their way back to their dormitory where they collapsed on top of their bed.

Ron’s curtains were still open and he wasn’t in bed…

They barely noticed this before falling asleep.

What do you think? Outstanding? Exceeds Expectations? Acceptable? Poor? Dreadful? Troll?

A/N: I don't believe I did any real quoting in this chapter so i should be safe...

delia cerrano - Ron and Dumbles deserve one another the gits. Harry is sick of being walked on and having Lily and Ieson in his dreams in his corner helps. His training gives him confidence. WE see more of Draco then Sev, I'll have to write Sev in again soon.

harryluvsdray - It may be Parvati in canon but for some odd reason I keep mispelling it- if that is my only real spelling error I'm actually proud of myself. I am sorry of it bothers you. She probably won't come into the story much. I just used her as a device so that Harry knew where she was. As for Ginny I do try to remember how to spell Ginevra properly and Blaise Zabini how do they spell it? Blaine?

K - You are correct, Harry did disobey and did deserve to be punished. He didn't like the way Dumbledore was treating it as if Harry felt he was above the rules and broke the rules for attention so that is really what he was protesting. Harry was told the the Troll was in the dungeons so he didn't believe he would be in danger. His plan was get Hermione and run. It was the manner in which he was punished he was mostly protesting- or at least that was my intention. Dumbledore rubs Harry the wrong way and even if he is the Headmaster he has little respect for the man. He didn't protest McGongall's punishment. Harry doesn't like the idea of danger even if he managed to combat it safely. If Harry had a parent or at least a responsible guardian they would have expected a sort of punishment and would have lectured Harry severely but even Severus would have understood his motives. He would have done the same if it were Lily. I had a larger group combat the troll because I figured one or even two 1st years was illogical even with luck. Harry maybe pretty Slytherin at heart but he is loyal to people he is friends with.

reggie - I am glad you liked my rendition of the troll incident. Lily said she died and Sev said she died in his arms- or at least went cold. So that would put a damper on your idea. I wish I could make it work. Her spirit is present currently, well her soul at least I'll grant you that. I have two ideas for possibly bringing her back. It won't happen for a while though...the Shakespeare mangled quote she told Harry implies death. Dead lilies smell fouler then corpses is the real line I believe. She is dreaming after a fashion when she is in Harry's dreams so you partially guessed correctly.
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