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Like a Moth to a Flame	By : Drarry-Lisa Category: Harry Potter > Slash - Male/Male > Harry/Draco Views: 966 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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Chapter List
- 1-A Soaked Glimpse
- 2-A Little Reunion
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Chapter-2
A Little Reunion
"Harry, is everything okay?" Hermione's concerned eyes regard him. Harry nods. It's been a long time since Riddle's reign ended and Harry still doesn't want to come out of his recluse. The way the wizarding world still works often boils his blood and makes it difficult to exist without voicing his opinions. If he returned, he will want to change things and people probably won't like that. They won't even accept that.
He looks silently at his best friend. Ron and Hermione are his oldest friends. He trusts them. He always has and he is confident that it's Scorpia's illusion that they detest her for something she can't change and shouldn't be expected to change.
"Mate. what's the matter?" Ron's brown eyes study him silently. It's been a while since they met. Harry takes a minute to think about what he is doing. Ron and Hermione bring memories with them, memories that he would rather not relive.
The wizarding world was horrible to slytherins after the final battle. Harry had only just graduated and he attended the trials and forced the wizengamot to pardon everyone who was less then twenty. They did. He stayed until Lily was born and then he left. Ginny wasn't happy with him and he wasn't happy to see the world return to their old hypocritical ways.
He could've become an auror but that won't have helped him achieve what he wanted to. Ministry would still run the way it used to. He didn't have the patience or the energy to even attempt to change things.
If Ron and Hermione really despise Scorpia and Malfoy, then he would just have to give them an earful. He would loose his oldest friends but he refuses to go against his principals. Albus loves Scorpia and loving someone isn't a crime.
"Harry what's the matter?" Hermione repeats and Harry backs off after a muttered, "Come over. We need to talk."
"Okay mate." Ron replies and a moment later, they are standing in front of him.
He directs them towards the fireplace. They take a complete minute to notice Scorpia and when they do, they freeze but it lasts only for a minute.
They turn to look at him. Harry studies them.
"She said that you hate her, that the entire Weasley family hates her and her mother." Harry gets straight to the point.
"See Hermione I told you. You should have spoken to her." Ron snaps at Hermione. Harry stares at him. His brown eyes are irritated as he regards an equally annoyed Hermione Granger.
"Rose and Hugo ordered us to stay away. They said that Scorpia was too nervous and already had a very difficult life and didn't need us complicating it any further." Hermione answers.
"What's going on?" Harry asks, attempting to interrupt them.
But they don't pay any attention. It's like old times.
"They are kids-"
"They are not kids and we have to respect their wishes. Did you see how terrified she was? Your people and their senseless prejudice. Why they would insult her for her eye color is beyond me."
"My people, Hermione. My people!" Ron is gaping at her and Harry is really at a loss.
Meanwhile, Ron continues, "I will have you know that none of the Weasleys or our extended family hate Scorpia or even Malfoy. We forgave her when Harry spoke to us about his reasons for speaking in her favor at the trials."
Hermione glares at him and he glares right back and Harry knows that they will keep on bickering if Harry doesn't speak out.
"Stop bickering. Christ! You haven't changed at all." Harry looks incredulously at both of them.
"Of course we don't hate her Harry. She is Hugo's and Rose's friend. They asked us to stay away and so we did." Ron answers. Hermione, however looks at Scorpia's head. She is staring at the table silently. Albus is talking to James and Lily.
Hermione has always been the most perceptive one and Harry is sure that she has made the connection.
"Did you make the connection?" He asks.
"Yes. They are Voldemort's eyes." Hermione whispers and Ron nods too.
They look at Harry.
"How is it possible Hermione?" He says.
"That's anyone's guess." She says.
Thoughtfully and slowly, she adds, "There is something wrong with the girl though and I always found Malfoy's abandoning her education odd too. She was ambitious and excellent at potions."
"I thought she would end up as a potions mistress Harry. I was totally stunned when she just left and married and that was that. We barely see her you know. She is there at the ministry balls with Nott and she smiles and all but it seems fake. She won't mock me, no matter how much I insult her and believe me, I tried."
That catches Harry's attention. His eyebrows rise in surprise before he asks, "Why would you do that?"
"She is so unlike the Draco Malfoy we studied with. Something doesn't seem right. I tried to provoke her on multiple occasions but she won't break and then she simply started avoiding us. She started behaving as if we didn't exist at all. So we backed off. Nott is a powerful man and we didn't want to mess with him. Hermione was still studying and I had just opened my academy. We couldn't risk it and you were already so depressed that you won't talk to anyone." Ron finishes. He is frowning.
"What's wrong? Why is she here?" Hermione asks.
"She is Albus's girlfriend. They were dating in secret."
Harry shuts his mouth and Ron rolls his eyes.
"What?" Harry asks with narrowed eyes.
"You have the perfect excuse to stalk her now, don't you?" Ron grumbles.
Harry stares at him.
"Yes Harry. You are going to start obsessing over Malfoy again, aren't you?" Hermione continues where her husband stops. She is irritated as well.
Harry stammers out a reply, "I wasn't obsessed-"
"Oh no. Let me rephrase it. It was a crush, not an obsession." Ron mutters, her eyes knowing and Harry shoots up, his cheeks warm.
"It wasn't. It-"
"Sit down Harry. You are scaring the kid." Hermione snaps, "You are going to obsess over her and we are going to help. It's okay. We understand. It must have been such a pain to stay away from her for complete seventeen years."
Harry stares at both of them while sitting back. He is truly at a loss. What are they on about. Okay, maybe he asks his elf and Albus about her sometimes. But he is certainly not obsessed. He didn't have any crush on her.
"I didn't have a crush on her." He says.
"I remember how you used to rant about her eyes and hair all the time." Ron points out and Harry opens his mouth to protest but Hermione doesn't let him speak.
"And then there was a time when you complimented her way of eating and walking." She says.
"She is married." He blurts out and looks at the fireplace. Okay maybe, he has had a tiny crush over her ever since Hogwarts and maybe he didn't pursue it because by the time everything settled, she was already engaged to Nott.
"You know what's odd?" Hermione asks absently, her eyes distant the way they got when she was trying to figure a puzzle out.
"Scorpia's age as recorded in the ministry records is sixteen but I don't think that's right. She must be James age. I am fairly certain that she was pregnant when she married. No-one remembers though. No-one cared much about that small detail." Hermione finishes.
Harry nods.
"And she hated Nott." Asks Ron. Harry nods again.
"Yes. I am confused too. It doesn't make sense." Harry says, "Albus said that she is in trouble and she doesn't want to talk about it. She is afraid of something."
"Okay. We'll leave then and we'll take James and Lily with us tonight. Talk to her and then tell us. We will figure something out." She says and Harry lets himself smile a little.
"You do realize that you'll have to return if you decide to help Malfoy get out of whatever trouble she has landed herself in again." Ron teases him, his eyes sparkling mischievously, "Harry people are still terrified of you. But they like you and respect you as well. You should run for minister, you know."
"I won't. Now please leave so that I can talk to Scorpia."
"Think about it Harry." Hermione says and she is completely serious. Her thoughtful eyes are gazing at him and he can't help but wonder if he can do that. He shakes his head to get the thought out and averts his eyes. This is not the first time they are asking this of him.
"You are powerful and influential. You-"
Harry cuts Ron off with a forced, "Please leave me be. As far as I am concerned, your world can go to hell. I have had enough of it.
Hermione hugs him and Ron squeezes his shoulder before turning towards James and Lily. Harry's throat feels tight. He misses them as much.
A moment later they bid him goodbye and leave. He noticed them talking to Scorpia too. When Hermione hugged her, the kid's shoulders relaxed and her lips twitched in a very small smile.
Harry wonders what the matter really is. There is no dark lord and Lucius is anyway not dark now. He is running many orphanages and hospitals. He burned the manor down and built it from scratch. Harry has never been inside but it's rumored to be the most beautiful house in Britain. It's rumored to have innumerable windows and paid house elves. Harry doesn't understand why Scorpia and Malfoy are not happy. Nott was a git but he wasn't evil.
When Albus brings Scorpia over, she is calm and her eyes are blank. She is wearing a polite mask.
"Scorpia sit down." Harry murmurs and she obliges. He decides to leave the 'trouble' she is in for later. She is not ready to share anything yet. He decides to stick to mundane topics for now and smiles at them.
Albus smiles back. Scorpia doesn't.
"So how do you prefer your tea." He asks sweetly. She gapes at him. Albus grins. His fingers are still wrapped around Scorpia's.
Harry can't help but wonder if he would have had Malfoy as his partner too is the war hadn't thrown them on opposite sides. However, it's futile to even ponder over it. Malfoy is married and from what Ron said, she doesn't socialize. He will just help Scorpia and continue staying away from the wizarding world. It was that simple and there was no need to complicate it.
How could he have forgotten that nothing was simple with Malfoy.
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