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Cabinet Conundrum	By : Blackkitten23 Category: Harry Potter > Slash - Male/Male Views: 22703 -:- Recommendations : 2 -:- Currently Reading : 9
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(I’m thinking)
“I’m speaking”
Pairing: Yaoi M/M, Harem – top Harry x bottoms Draco / Cedric / Theo / de-aged Severus / Tom (TMR)
“no matter … I’ll whip my weapon into shape soon. Once the NEWTS are over Harry will be a skilled wizard who will die for me” Dumbledore smirked and the poor little Harry doodle was struck down by a spell flying at him from Dumbledoodles’s wand and died with a smile on his face …
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“excuse me, where are the translation spells?” Draco asked the librarian trying not to react to the suspicious glare she sent him as usual. Like everyone else she was narrow minded and bias against any Slytherin …
“over in the back under Mind. Don’t make a mess” the librarian huffed arrogantly.
Draco smiled as he headed in that direction “thank you” (bitch) he thought as he turned away from her.
The bookshelves towered high above him. Rows and rows upon shelves filled with books. With so much to go through the Malfoy started right away. Slender pale fingers ran along the spines of the books to search for the titles he desired. One by one he collected the books that seemed the most useful for his endeavor and found a table to study at.
As time passed he realized that there was a problem … he didn’t know the name of the language. According to these simple ‘light’ spells you have to know at least, which language is being spoken. For example, you must know that German is being spoken if you want it translated in the case of basic languages. Trying these spells on Parseltongue won’t work. While Draco could recognize most languages he had absolutely no clue what the one Harry and Filch were speaking could be. Some of the other spells need to be done while the people are speaking and it’s obviously too late for that …
“this won’t work” Draco sighed and filed the books away. Ideally a spell that worked on all languages and pensieve memories is exactly what he needed, but there was nothing. Out of the corner of his eye he spotted the Restricted Section and for a moment he pondered checking out that section to see if there’s anything more helpful in there, but his thoughts were rudely interrupted by none other than the resident know-it-all witch Hermione Granger …
“can’t find what you want? It’s no surprise for you. I’m sure I can help if you say please” Hermione said with an ugly smug smirk.
“never going to happen Granger. I only ask competent people for assistance so that excludes you” Draco sneered taking note of Ron, Ginny and Harry walking up behind the witch … and to his surprise the green eyed wizard looked amused by the insult he made towards the infuriating bushy haired witch.
Ron’s temper flared making his face flush an unflattering red color as he came to his girlfriend’s defense “watch who you’re talking to you slimy snake. You shouldn’t be mouthing off to anyone when your bodyguards aren’t here” Ron smirked, but Draco didn’t need Greg and Vincent to defend him. The Malfoy was a trained duelist and if the Weasley would fond that out the hard way if he made one wrong move …
“would you guys knock it off already. We’re in a library or has that slipped your simple minds in the last ten seconds?” the snarky comment stunned Ron, Hermione and Ginny for it came from Harry. Draco was mildly surprised, but he hid it and just took the chance to slip passed them.
“fine … whatever, but he’s still an ass” Ron grumbled before the Slytherin was even out of earshot.
“yes … what an ass” there was some in the tone Harry used. It was different and it made Draco stop in his tracks before turning to face the Gryffindor who was lagging behind his friends. Silver eyes widened when he turned and saw that Harry was looking at him, but down low … at his butt? … dear merlin, Harry Potter was checking out his ass! Draco’s jaw dropped as those green eyes looked up into his with a flicker of disappointment when the Malfoy turned meaning his butt was no longer viewable confirming the blonde’s thoughts, but Draco didn’t get a chance to respond …
“Harry honey, come with us!” Ginny squealed in an overly sweet tone that she probably thought was sexy or something and she latched onto Harry’s arm. She glanced at Draco and glared “is he bothering you love?”
“of course not. We have studying to do” Harry said before allowing himself to be dragged away by the red head.
Draco had to resist the urge to smack the red head for touching Harry … not because he cared who the wizard dated, but because he saw a flicker of annoyance in those green eyes when the bitch rudely latched onto Harry and it would be rude to let any guy suffer in her grasp. Other than that selfless motive he didn’t care … at least that’s what he kept telling himself even after he left the library. This sudden interaction made his desire to translate that conversation increase ten fold …
“hey Draco! Pansy is starting a study- … errr … Draco? Are you listening?” Theo pouted and glanced at Blaise, Greg and Vincent as Draco just walked passed without even acknowledging their presence.
Vincent clapped the blonde on the shoulder to snap him out of the daze “Draco you ok?”
“yeah … fine … I just saw Potter and his minions in the library, that’s all” the Malfoy heir huffed finally noticing them. Vincent and Greg just took his word for it. The two bodyguard like Slytherins were good guys, but not the smartest … or just too laidback. It was hard to tell which sometimes. Draco suspected they were lazy not stupid. Theo seemed to wonder if that was the whole story, but let it alone. Blaise just hummed, which equated to ‘bullshit, you’re telling me everything later’, and Draco scowled knowing he couldn’t get out of this for long “so what did Pansy want?”
Theo smiled “she wanted to start a study for the NEWTs and she wondered if you wanted to join”
“yeah sure” Draco said absentmindedly. Truthfully he wanted to dive into the Restricted Section and find out more of this Harry Potter hiding behind the mask of the golden boy push over. It would prove difficult in the middle of the day so he has no choice, but to wait to sneak out under the cover of night. This stupid study group will at least serve to distract him until then.
For some reason the fact that he was planning on breaking several rules didn’t even register in the Malfoy’s mind …
After returning to the Slytherin dorms several of the seventh years got into a group and started working together to prepare for the first exams, which was tomorrow for Charms, Potions and Transfiguration. Really Draco was only there to help other Slytherins since he had no trouble with academics. Granger would not be at the top of the class if Draco liked showing off, which is a fact that Draco realized as he helped Greg with a spell …
“I’m going to put Granger in her place this time” Draco commented absentmindedly.
Pansy grinned “it’s about time!”
“would this have anything to do with what happened in the library?” Blaise asked knowing damn well that something was up with his blonde friend.
Draco scoffed “no, but she is far too high and mighty. I’m sick of it” he said sternly trying to sound convincing, but there was this little part of him that wondered if Harry valued brains in a partner and if this was a good chance to show his smarts.
“so Potter has nothing to do with this?” Blaise asked and smirked when the blonde very subtly stiffened momentarily “I don’t know what your deal is. Theo has no problem admitting that he likes the Golden boy”
Theo blushed lightly “it’s not that I like the ‘Golden Boy’ … I mean, yes, I like Harry, but the other Harry … no one else seems to notice, but he’s different at times. Almost like a different person. A kind person …”
“in what way?” Draco asked a bit more eagerly than he intended, but that didn’t matter right now. Someone else was aware of something off about the green eyed wizard and he had to know why.
“Ron Weasley was trying to pull a prank on me in our fifth year … or that’s what he called it. Personally I don’t think trapping someone in a empty classroom, stunning them and stripping them was even close to a prank” Theo said as he cringed at the memory.
“WHAT?” Blaise snapped in outrage as he sprang out of his seat “why didn’t you tell us this before?”
The small Slytherin chuckled surprising all his furious friends “you guys know very well my father is having trouble staying safe so I couldn’t have him worried about me too and my family was never as influential as most of your families. Besides, who would take the word of a Death Eater’s brat over one of the ‘light’ family that is trusted by Dumbledore. I’d be made out to be a slut who was trying to hurt the ‘Boy Who Lived’s reputation even though Harry was the one who helped me … Harry stopped Weasley before anything beyond stripping happened … no, I should say he tricked Weasley into thinking Granger was coming and got him to leave”
“the weasel left you with Potter that easily?” Pansy questioned curiously.
“yes, but only because he claimed that he would force me to make a vow to remain quiet … obviously Harry never did. He only got me dressed and waited for the stunning spell to wear off. I started panicking and I guess I gave him the wrong idea because he just told me to calm down, that I had nothing to be ashamed of and that he won’t force me to make a vow. I was shocked, but then pleaded for him not to say anything since I didn’t want my father to worry … he never did, but as far as I could tell he never let Weasley out of his sight after that and as a lucky coincidence Filch was lurking nearby during those rare moments Harry couldn’t be there overseeing the Weasley” Theo said with a smile.
Draco blinked “yeah … lucky” (Filch? … I bet that it’s no coincidence) he thought as his thoughts wen back to that conversation he witnessed just last night.
After Theo was scolded by Pansy and a few others for not telling them sooner the studying continued. It went on like this until dinnertime rolled around and everyone made their way to the Great Hall, but things were a little different now. After Theo’s story everyone paid a little more attention to the savior of the Light. At first nothing seemed weird, but then Ron caught a glimpse of poor Theo. The red head leered giving the Slytherins the creeps, but that’s when Harry did something way out of character. Harry took his fork and pretended to go stab a chicken wing to eat as he talked to Hermione … instead of stabbing a chicken wing he got Ron’s hand! The red haired yelped in pain and Harry looked apologetic to most, but he didn’t even bother checking his ‘friend’s’ hand … nor did he clean off the bloody fork before eating again …
“see what I mean?” Theo whispered to his closest friends. Not one person could deny tat something was going on, but Draco felt a sting of jealousy. He thought he was the first one to know of the presence of a mask, but that’s not the case. Resisting the urge to pout he focused his thoughts on finding answers and be the first to see passed that ‘Golden Boy’ mask …
“Draco … a word in my office” Severus said as dinner ended.
A flash of irritation for yet another distraction hit Draco, but he stamped it out “yes Professor Snape”
The blonde was sulking on the inside as he followed his godfather down to the dungeons. It was nearly curfew, which meant everyone will be retiring for the night. In an hour or so would be the perfect time to slip into the library. Yes, that was still a ways away, but Draco was having trouble keeping his excitement in check. He wanted to translate this language now!
Severus watched his godson carefully as they entered “you seem a bit lost in thought lately. Is something bothering you? The exams perhaps? The war? Potter?” Severus probed for any sort of reaction, but to his surprise he only spotted impatience. Where would the boy rather be? Was he doing something? He knew Draco was working on a project for most of the year so could it be that?
“nothing is wrong Uncle Sev … I ran into a puzzle I want solved” Draco said not wanting to delve any deeper into this subject with his godfather knowing the man’s opinion of the Golden Boy. When he translated it or at least had a spell that could do the job then he will tell his godfather about Potter.
“would you care for any help?” Severus offered wanting to help his godson if he wants it.
“no, I want to solve this on my own” Draco said firmly making his godfather nod in understanding “I’m not planning on letting Granger take the honor of being the top student”
“good, she needs to be put in her place” Severus smirked as he imagined the tantrum the muggle-born would throw. She always claimed to be the mature one of the Golden Trio, but honestly he thought Potter was the more reasonable member and considering his opinion of the spoiled brat that’s saying something.
Draco nodded in agreement “how has it been with two classes to worry about?”
The potion master sighed “it’s not easy … Tom had to help me grade some papers so I could keep up when the NEWTs get going. I don’t know what Dumbledore is trying to do by overdoing the workload. With Poppy’s potion list and everything else is too much for four people to handle. Maybe he’s trying to kill me through the subtle art of overworking someone to death. Merlin that man needs to be stopped, but that time will come soon … if you need help with this puzzle don’t hesitate to ask”
“I know Uncle Sev” Draco was about to leave, but then paused as he thought of an old name “John Doe … I know no one could find anything on him, but do you think he was a Gryffindor?”
Severus’s face softened “you admire him”
“considering how far he went to help Tom and Granny Ellen is it strange?” Draco asked.
“not at all” Severus said with an amused smile albeit he seemed a little sad as well “Tom refuses to think he was a Gryffindor, but for me … for my mother … he was brave especially in those last moments. The guy didn’t even show any pain or fear when he died … there is nothing on who John Doe was or who his boss was, but Gryffindor would fit him perfectly”
(like Harry) Draco thought. He wasn’t sure why but Harry made him think of the man he heard about. There was something about the Harry that was speaking with Filch that screamed smart, calculating, sadistic, but there was also a kindness. All traits he thought Doe would have “yeah … goodnight Uncle Sev”
“goodnight Draco” Severus said as he sat at his desk.
Draco left the potion master’s living quarters and went to the Slytherin dorm just before the curfew was about to start. Of course the professors usually patrol the castle so the Malfoy went to his room as if getting ready to retire for the night and waited “hopefully Ms. Norris is busy catching mice” Draco muttered as time passed far too slowly for his liking. Finally he thought enough time has passed and he slipped out of his room, but as he tried to get passed the common room he heard something like a book closing behind him and turned to see Blaise laying on the couch …
“you didn’t think I was going to let you get away without some sort of answer for your behavior, did you?” Blaise said as he sat up and looked Draco in the eyes basically ordering the blonde to sit.
Somewhere inside Draco there was a child throwing a tantrum for yet another interruption, but he simply groaned in annoyance and flopped on the couch (why not? Uncle Sev did!) he thought grouchily “I saw something I probably shouldn’t have. I don’t think it’s a problem, but I need to do a little research, ok? Happy now?”
“depends on what you saw” Blaise said clearly waiting for a little more detail. Blaise was one of those people who were very protective of his friends. How Theo managed to hide the incident with the Weasley bastard from him was a mystery actually, but it made Blaise a little more motivated to find out if Draco was at least in danger “I’m not joking around, but keep in mind I don’t want to butt in either. I only want to make sure you’re not going head long into something dangerous so tell me”
(I don’t want to) Draco mentally snapped in a very childish way. This was his link to Harry and he refused to give that up, but he knew he had to give Blaise something or he wouldn’t let this go “I saw two people talking in a friendly way, but they were the last two people I expected to be near each other and not kill each other. I just want to figure out if some of the things that were said could be true. They don’t know I heard anything and it didn’t sound like anything dangerous” Draco said though as far as he knew it could’ve been dangerous. He had no clue what was said after all …
“really …” Blaise hummed meaning he wasn’t falling for the half truth “I’ll drop this for now, but tell me the second things get dangerous … oh and it is an exam night so I suggest you either let me come with or we both get a good nights sleep”
Draco huffed at the obvious attempt to find out everything and stubbornly went back to his room while trying to ignore the smirk he felt coming from the Slytherin behind him (jerk … I’ll find a way to get passed him)
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