Of Lions And Lambs - Part Three | By : Marblez Category: Harry Potter Crossovers > Slash - Male/Male Views: 5221 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 2 |
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Chapter Nineteen
If Jasper had still been human his heart would have been pounding like a hummingbirds wings – Draco was hurt! He roared in anger as he tore the last newborn apart flinging its remains away as he turned and sprinted to his fallen mate.
"Draco!"
He arrived in a blur of movement just as Blaise began muttering what sounded like complete gobble-de-gook under his breath as he moved his wand back and forth over Draco's body.
"Oh fuck…" the wizard gasped as Carlisle dropped into a crouch beside Jasper, gripping his sons shoulder tightly in an attempt to comfort him. "Oh fuck – oh fuck – oh fuck – oh fuck!"
"What is it?" Carlisle asked worriedly.
Jasper couldn't speak at all.
"His back is broken in three places," Blaise answered, his voice shaking. "If we don't get him to St Mungo's within the hour the damage will be irreversible."
"Wait – you can heal a broken back?" Carlisle gasped.
"Magic is a wonderful thing," Blaise muttered, almost bitterly, "but it's also very complex and extremely time sensitive."
"Can you take him to…to…"
"St Mungo's," Blaise supplied the name automatically, "and yes, I can."
"Go. We can deal with…Esme? Who is that?" Carlisle asked as his wife approached, bringing with her a young newborn who looked absolutely terrified, her eyes darting fearfully from face to face.
"She surrendered," Esme answered softly.
"The Volturi are coming!" Alice cried out from where she was knelt trying to help Charlie as he suffered through the first and most painful stages of his change.
"Go, take Draco to the hospital–"
"No!" Alice gasped, her eyes wide with fear as she interrupted her father. "He needs to stay…for her…" she explained, her voice trailing off as he golden eyes moved across to the newborn.
"What? Alice…"
"Victoria's dead."
Edwards announcement brought a halt to the serious conversation as everyone turned to see the couple entering the battle tarnished clearing, both of them looking a little worse for wear. His expression was deadly serious proving that he, at least, knew exactly what they were interrupting.
"Oh My God – Draco!" Bella gasped, jumping down from Edwards back so that she could run across the clearing to her injured friend. "What happened?"
"He saved my life…" Harry murmured softly from where he was now sat on the tree trunk looking a little bit ashen. "Fuck…I'm meant to be the one with the hero complex, Draco. You're meant to be the one that stays safe…" he growled, leaning forwards to rest his head in his hands.
With his head buried in his hands Harry was completely unaware of the danger he suddenly found himself in until Alice screamed his name. Head snapping up he found himself practically face to face with a rather ferocious looking newborn. Harry gasped, flinching back as his hands fumbled for his wand…
Where in Merlin's name did he come from?
"Leah – don't!"
One of the smaller grey wolves smashed in the newborn, knocking him away from Harry. Unfortunately the newborn quickly got the upper hand though, its strong arms squeezing around her neck…and then all of a sudden Jacob was there in all his russet glory, tearing the newborn off of the female wolf.
Harry's heart left into his throat as his mate wrestled with the snarling newborn. Nothing in the world, not even Voldemort, could have frightened him more than seeing the newborn gaining the upper hand in the fight…
"No!" he screamed, empowered with rage as he heard his mate give a pained scream. He wasn't really aware of what he was ding as he raised his wand, all he was aware of was his Jacob…
He didn't cast a spell – he didn't need to.
His magic flared so powerfully that his thoughts were enough to rip the newborn off f his mate, sending him flying up into the air before causing him to explode like a firework, glittering shards raining down over the entire clearing.
"Whoa…"
Jacob collapsed to the ground, phasing back to his human form as he began to scream, a scream filled with so much pain it rivalled the continuing screams from Charlie. Harry scrambled to his mates side, tears streaming down his face as he brushed Jacob's sweat soaked hair back from his forehead.
"Jacob. Hold on," Edward ordered softly as he, Bella and Carlisle hurried over to kneel beside the wounded shifter. Blaise was torn – he wanted to help Harry's boyfriend but he couldn't stop the treatment he'd begun on Draco's back. He needed to get him stabilised if there was going to be a delay in getting him to a hospital. "Carlisle's gonna take care of you…"
"The bones of the right half f his body are shattered…" Carlisle murmured his diagnosis softly as he carefully examined Jacob's body.
"Harry…" Jacob groaned, his pain filled eyes searching for his mate.
"I'm here…I'm here…" Harry hurried to reassure his mate, pressing soft kisses to his boyfriends face before leaning back to give him room to breath, making sure to stay within his line of sight. "I told you not to do anything stupid!"
"M'sorry…" Jacob mumbled, his handsome face contorted with pain.
"Jacob, you idiot, I had it!" Leah snapped as she and the other shape-shifters emerged from behind the tree-trunk, still buttoning up their shorts or in her case pulling down her vest top.
"Leah!" Sam snapped, ordering her silence.
For once Leah obeyed him without question.
"I need to set the bones before his accelerated healing kicks in. It's already starting," Carlisle murmured softly as he finished his assessment of Jacob's injuries. Harry choked back a sob.
"We need to get him out of here," Edward reminded everyone. "We're not gonna win a fight with the Volturi."
Sam nodded, meeting Harry's tearful gaze as he answered softly, "We'll take him back to Billy's." Carlisle nodded in agreement,
"I'll be there as soon as I can."
"I'm not leaving him," Harry mumbled, shaking his head as his hands continued to smooth back Jacob's hair. "I'm sorry…I want to stay and help with…with the Volturi but I can't…"
"Stay with your mate, Harry," Carlisle ordered softly, reaching out to squeeze the young wizards shoulder reassuringly. "He'll need you. He will be in a great deal of pain until his bones are reset."
Harry bit his lip, trying to hold back his tears as he nodded in understanding.
"I'll be there as soon as I can," Carlisle promised, moving out of the way as the wolves bent to lift their wounded friend.
Harry nodded, his tears spilling down his cheeks as he pulled off his jacket, laying the dirty garment over his boyfriends middle in an attempt to keep his dignity intact while he was carried back to La Push.
"Hang in there, Jake," Bella mumbled as the others easily lifted him up onto their shoulders, forming a human stretcher with their strong arms.
"Paul, you need to go with them," Edward said softly, drawing everyone's attention to the now human man cradling Pansy's unconscious form in his arms. "The Volturi don't like your kind and will not honour our truce."
"We can take care of her now," Esme offered, leaving the newborn prisoner with Rosalie as she moved to take the witch from him. Paul growled loudly, the veins standing out on his neck as he snapped,
"I'm not leaving my mate!"
"Mate?"
"He's imprinted on her," Edward confirmed as he heard the shifters thoughts.
"And what, exactly, does that mean?" Blaise demanded as he rose from his position beside Draco – he'd done all he could for now. He just hoped it was enough. "Because I'll have you know that I think of Pansy as my little sister and I will not hesitate to kill you if you try and take advantage of her."
"I would never–"
"No, it's not like that," Bella interrupted quickly and almost everyone was grateful – the last thing they needed was for Paul to get angry…"She's his soul mate."
"Uh-huh…" Blaise muttered disbelievingly. "Look, as I much as I'd love to be able to I don't believe in soul mates and all that love at first sight rubbish. I've seen too much and lived through too much to believe that. "
"It's true," Edward insisted softly. "He loves her and he will do anything to make her happy and there isn't anything he would sacrifice to keep her safe."
"Is that right?" Blaise asked, directing his question toward Paul.
"Yes," the shape-shifter answered shortly.
"I want to believe you…" Blaise sighed sadly, "…but I can't. I can't risk Pansy getting hurt again – she's been through too much already."
"Then why don't you go with them?" Bella suggested. "That way you can keep an eye on him and maybe you'll see that we're telling you the truth."
"I can't leave Draco…"
"Is he stable?" Carlisle asked.
"Yes…well, he's as stable as I can make him. He needs to get to hospital as soon as possible," Blaise answered. "And I've numbed his back as well which will hopefully help with the pain if he wakes up."
"Then I think that you should go to La Push with the others," Carlisle said firmly. "The Volturi are only expecting my family plus Bella and Draco. I do not know how they will react to your presence here."
"But I need to get him to St Mungo's when they've gone…"
"Well, after the meeting I will be going out to La Push to treat Jacob," Carlisle explained. "When I arrive there you can come back and take Draco and Jasper to the hospital. That way you can protect both of your friends."
"All right," Blaise agreed reluctantly, going over to Paul and placing his hand on his bare shoulder. "Wow, you're hot…in both senses of the word," he muttered, sounding a little more like his normal self. "Hope you don't get motion sickness."
And then with a 'pop' the three of them were gone from the clearing.
"Draco?" Jasper gasped as he felt his boyfriend begin to stir beneath his hands only seconds after the other wizard disappeared. "Draco?"
"Yeah, 'm awake…" Draco mumbled sleepily, his eyes slowly fluttering open. It took a while for his eyes to focus on his concerned boyfriend and even then there was a dazed look in his grey eyes – whatever spell Blaise had used to numb the pain was definitely strong. "Did we win?"
"Yeah, we won," Jasper answered.
Draco smiled sleepily.
"The Volturi will be here in five minutes!" Alice announced, her voice filled with panic as she stared down at her now silent and unconscious mate. The pain of his transformation had finally been too much for him.
"We cannot let them see Charlie," Carlisle murmured worriedly. "Aro is already concerned about our numbers…"
"I can take him back to the house if you want," Rosalie offered. Everyone looked at her in surprise. "What? I have no desire to confront the Volturi, I have more self-preservation than the rest of you and Charlie needs to go home."
"Thank you, Rosalie," Carlisle spoke to her softly. "Emmett, can you please gather up the remains of the newborns and burn them?"
Emmett nodded, kissing his wife softly before moving to obey his father.
"I'll help," Edward said, leaving Bella with Draco and Jasper.
Rosalie picked up Charlie like he was a baby and, after softly reassuring Alice that she would look after him, sped off into the woods. Edward and Emmett worked quickly and soon there were three large bonfires burning fiercely around the clearing.
"Ew…something stinks…" Draco grumbled.
"They're here," Alice announced, gazing through the closest fire into the trees.
"Help me up," Draco ordered, pushing himself up with his arms as the Cullens assembled around Alice. "Jasper, M'not lying on the floor for my first meetin' with the Vol-Vol-Volturi," he said firmly, struggling with the foreign Covens name. Eventually he cried out in frustration, "Why won't my legs work?"
"Draco, you shouldn't move…" Jasper began.
"Why won't my legs work?" Draco demanded, his voice raising as he began to panic. Jasper soothed him with his gift as he answered softly,
"You've broken your back, Draco, but Blaise says that you'll be fine once we get you to a magical hospital. We'll be going as soon as we've dealt with the Volturi."
"…ok," Draco breathed, trusting both his boyfriend and his best friend…who seemed to be missing. "Hey, where is Blaise? And Pansy? And…and Harry? They weren't hurt were they?"
"Pansy was knocked unconscious but she'll be all right," Jasper reassured him. "They've gone to La Push with the pack – I'll explain properly later on."
"You'd better," Draco muttered. After a moment he sighed deeply, "Help me up. I really don't want to look weak in front of the nasty vampires."
"Ok but let me know if you need to lie down," Jasper agreed.
"Will do."
Jasper hooked his arms under his fiancées knees and shoulders and stood easily, walking over to join the others before he let Draco's legs down. The wizard clung to his boyfriends shoulders as Jasper held him tightly about his slim waist – his numb legs really were useless.
Everyone was silent as the four members of the Volturi arrived, practically gliding over the ground…well, almost everyone;
"Oooh, I like their coats…" Draco mumbled as he rested his head don Jaspers shoulder, his words even more slurred than before. Obviously the spell was working harder against the pain now that he was "stood" up.
The Volturi cam to a halt on the other side of the roaring fire, obviously choosing to ignore Draco's comment. Following their leader, the only girl amongst the small group who Draco was amazed to see was smaller than Alice, the four removed their hoods…
"Oh, that one on the end is so gay," Draco snorted before he could stop himself as he saw the vampire in question flick the hood of his elegant coat down. This time his comment was not ignored and four pairs of blood red eyes glared in his direction. "Whoops. Sorry…"
"Impressive," the female vampire murmured as she looked away from him, her critical eyes scanning the clearing with its burning fires before finally resting on the Cullens. "I've never seen a coven escape an assault of this magnitude intact."
"We were lucky," Carlisle murmured.
"I doubt that," she scoffed softly before returning her attention to Draco, frowning at him as she looked him up and down. "So, you must be the Wizard."
"The Wizard has a name, you know?" Draco muttered.
"I didn't realise he was a cripple," she commented.
"I didn't realise that you, whoever you are, were a bi–"
Edwards hand shot out and covered Draco's mouth, cutting the wizard off before he could finish insulting the leader of the Volturi guard.
"I apologise for anything inappropriate that Draco might say, Jane," Carlisle said quickly. "Unfortunately he was injured in the fight with the newborns and is currently a little…high on painkillers."
"It appears we missed an entertaining fight," the shortest male commented.
"Yes. It's not often we're rendered unnecessary," Jane agreed with him.
"If you'd arrived a half hour ago you would have fulfilled your purpose," Edward pointed out as he removed his hand from Draco's mouth, replacing it on Bella's should as he held her close to him.
"You missed one," Jane said suddenly, her eyes trained on the newborn that had been hiding behind Emmett. Beside her the three men shifted, their eyes instantly going to the young girl trembling with fright.
"We offered her asylum in exchange for her surrender," Carlisle explained.
"That wasn't yours you offer," Jane told him before focusing her attention on the girl. Raising her voice she demanded, "Why did you come?"
Draco gasped as the newborn began to scream, falling to the ground and writhing in agony as Jane just looked at her. He began to tremble against his boyfriend, his breathing coming in sharp gasps and hitches as he suffered his first attack in weeks. It was the painkilling spell, he thought frantically as other screams appeared in his mind – it must be the painkilling spell.
"Who created you?" Jane demanded.
"You don't need to do that," Esme protested, her voice shaking. "She'll tell you anything you want to know…"
"I know," Jane answered smugly.
Draco sagged against his boyfriend when the poor newborn stopped screaming, pressing his face into Jaspers shoulder, uncaring of the looks he was surely getting from the Volturi. He needed to calm down…he needed to get the rest of the screams out of his head…
"Let me in, Draco…" Jasper whispered softly in his boyfriend's ear.
"I can't…" Draco stuttered. "Not with them here…"
"Draco…"
"I'll be ok…just give me a second and…and the screams will stop…" Draco mumbled shakily as the newborn supplied what answers she could,
"I don't know! Riley wouldn't tell us. He said dour thoughts weren't safe."
"Her name was Victoria. Perhaps you knew her," Edward suggested.
Jane looked at him emotionlessly.
"Edward, if the Volturi had knowledge of Victoria they would have stopped her." Carlisle pointed out. "Isn't that right, Jane?"
"Of course," Jane murmured, not sounding at all sincere. "Felix."
"She didn't know what she was doing," Esme protested loudly as the tallest of the Volturi stepped towards the newborn. Jane held out her hand, silently ordering him to stop. "We'll take responsibility for her."
"Give her a chance," Carlisle pleaded softly.
"The Volturi don't give second chances. Keep that in mind," Jane warned them, "Caius will be interested to know that they're still human."
"The date is set," Bella answered before anyone else could.
"You're date is set," Draco corrected her, "Mine's still a little bit fuzzy…"
Jane seemed to consider this for a moment before giving a tiny little shrug and returning to the problem at hand – the newborn.
"Take care of that, Felix," she ordered, her voice distant and uncaring. Felix nodded, his expression grim as he stepped forward. "I'd like to go home."
"No! This isn't right…" Draco protested.
"Are you challenging the Volturi's authority?" Jane demanded, her gaze snapping to him once more. There was something in her eyes, an eagerness, as she silently dared him to do just that so that she could punish him.
"Draco…" Edward murmured warningly.
"Yeah, I guess you could say that…" Draco mumbled, responding to Jane's question before holding out his hand and crying out, "Accio wand!"
It sounded like someone had fired an arrow and then suddenly his wand land in his outstretched hand. Smirking in Jane's direction he pointed the small piece of wood at the newborn, muttered a simple spell he'd learned in his fourth year and then with a flash of light and a startled yelp the newborn was just…gone.
"What did you do?" Jane demanded, her voice finally showing some emotion as she shrieked at him, anger blazing in her eyes. Draco snorted, finding the whole situation rather amusing.
"What does it look like I did?" he laughed. "I banished her. She's gone."
"Where? Where did you send her?"
"I'd tell you but it wouldn't do you any good," Draco told her with a cocky smirk, "I'm almost 100% certain that you will have never heard of it…"
"Tell me!"
"Hogsmeade."
Draco laughed loudly as silence followed his answer, silence and puzzled expressions. Oh, it was so hard not to be incredibly childish and tell her 'I told you so!'
"Bring her back!" Jane finally ordered.
Draco snorted.
"What, so you can kill her?" he asked incredulously. "I think not."
"I'm warning you, wizard–"
"My name is Draco!" he snapped loudly, interrupting her. "Is your memory really that bad? Seriously, it's only five letters long! D-R-A-C-O. Pronounced Dray-co. See? Nice and simple."
"Draco…" Jasper muttered softly in his ear as the four members of the Volturi growled at him. "Stop. You do not want to push them too far…"
"But it's fun…" Draco whined sounding incredibly childish.
"Your actions will be reported on, wizard," she sneered at him, making it very clear that she chose not to use his name. "I am sure my Master will be able to decide what is to be done about the newborn…and your actions…"
"Ew, she calls him Master…" Draco shuddered. "Is that like a BDS–"
Once again Edwards hand shot out and covered his mouth, silencing his latest inappropriate comment. The look Jane gave Draco was one of pure hatred, filled with the promise of pain as soon as her master allowed it. However she had a horrible suspicion that Aro would find this wizard and his unusual powers fascinating and would therefore become a much desired asset to the Volturi.
Wonderful.
"Well…" Jane hummed, her expression becoming emotionless once more as she turned to face Carlisle. "Until we meet again."
Carlisle nodded, his expression slightly pained.
"Come," Jane commanded and as one the four members of the Volturi replaced their hoods, turned and all but floated out of the clearing, disappearing into the thick mist that was starting to build up around the clearing.
"Wow…" Draco murmured as Edward released his mouth, "…what a bitch!"
"Draco! They can still hear you!" Jasper gasped, fighting a smile.
"Oh…whoops…"
Emmett's booming laughter echoed around the clearing, "That has to be the quickest anyone's ever gotten on Jane's bad side!"
"Wait, are you trying to say she has a good side?"
A/N Well, I hope you enjoyed Draco's first meeting with the Volturi…I certainly did! Comments are always welcome and greatly appreciated.
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