Harry Potter and the Goblin King | By : GeminiFaerie Category: Harry Potter > Slash - Male/Male > Harry/Draco Views: 29139 -:- Recommendations : 5 -:- Currently Reading : 14 |
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““You!?” Draco cried, jumping up from the bed and ignoring the pain from his ribs, “What the hell are you doing here?! Did Dumbledore send you?”
“Really, Mr. Malfoy! That is no way to speak to a teacher,” Minerva McGonagall stood in the doorway, looking even more imposing than she normally did when standing at the front of her class, “If we were in school I would certainly be taking away points.”
“But we aren’t in school,” Draco sneered, “And it’s all because of your precious Dumbledore. Did you know he sent me here so that the Muggles could beat me?” Well, Draco didn’t know that for sure because the Muggles never said anything about why he was here, but it wasn’t that difficult to guess.
“Yes, I am aware of that,” Draco was shocked by her admission, “I had nearly forgotten that he had mentioned this as part of the plan, and once I did remember, none of the healers would believe me, so I had to slip out of St. Mungo’s and come after you myself. Now, we need to hurry and leave, Mr. Malfoy; I don’t know how long it will be before the Muggles return.”
“They said they would be gone all day,” Draco frowned as he followed her out into the hallway, “But…the way they acted I think someone else is supposed to be coming here; they had me change into nicer clothes and they didn’t have me do chores today either.”
“Then we should leave at once,” McGonagall reiterated, “Is there anything you need to bring?”
“No,” Draco shook his head, “All I had with me was my wand, but I don’t want to leave yet; I want to see who shows up; now that you’re here we can find out who has been working with the Muggles-”
“And if it is Albus and he has somehow managed to escape Azkaban then we will likely be killed,” McGonagall interrupted, “I can set up a surveillance spell, and if a witch or wizard comes here alarms will go off, alerting the ministry. Besides; I spoke to Kingsley and he said Harry is still missing-don’t you want to go look for him?” Draco glared at the professor; how dare she insinuate that he didn’t care about Harry?! Of course he wanted to make sure his fiancé was safe!
“Do the spell,” Draco said, “And then we can leave.” He debated a moment before asking, “Can you tell me what happened after I was captured?” McGonagall didn’t answer right away, needing all her concentration to cast the spells. Once she was done she headed downstairs with Draco following behind.
“After you vanished everyone began working on a plan to locate both you and Harry,” McGonagall said briskly, “I am not aware of all the details, but I know they had intended to use the Familial Locator potion to find both you and Harry; for some reason they were not given permission to use the potion though, and so they have been trying other, less powerful potions, as well as locator spells. I, along with Mr. Nott, was taken to St Mungos; they have managed to sever the link between Mr. Nott and Albus, and they have begun to remove the actual tattoo now. I was set to be released tomorrow, but once I remembered Albus’ plan I signed myself out and immediately came here to free you. Do you wish to open a portal back to the school, or would you like to side-along with me?” They were standing by the front door now, and McGonagall had her hand on the knob.
“I’ll open a portal to mine and Harry’s rooms,” Draco replied, “It will be faster. Thank you, Professor. If you will step back, I can open the portal right here.” McGonagall stepped aside and watched as Draco used the front door to create a portal; “Will you be returning to the school with me, Professor?”
“Yes,” McGonagall nodded, “The minister will begin looking for me soon, but perhaps I can evade him a little while longer; there are still things to be done.” Draco bowed and opened the door, motioning for McGonagall to go through first. A few moments later, they were in Harry and Draco’s private rooms. Draco didn’t even pause to look around, but immediately called for his house elves.
“Dobby! Winky!” The two elves appeared simultaneously and began crying out their joy at Draco’s return.
“Where are Mother and Severus?” Draco demanded, cutting the elves off.
“They is being in Master Snape’s rooms,” Winky replied, “They is being trying to find Master Draco and Master Harry. They is being sad and worrying.”
“I am going to find Poppy,” McGonagall said, “Please let me know once you find Harry.”
“I will,” Draco assured her, and McGonagall crossed the room, leaving without a backwards glance, “Dobby-find all the New Marauder’s and tell them to meet in the Room of Requirement in half an hour. Winky-take me to Severus’ rooms.”
“Yes, Master Draco!” both elves chorused; Dobby popped out, and Winky took Draco by the hand, apparating them to Severus’ rooms. They landed in the sitting room, where Severus, Sirius, Narcissa and Remus were in the middle of a heated argument…
******Ten minutes prior
“I can’t believe the minister,” Narcissa frowned, “How dare he refuse to lift the ban on the Familial Locator potion? You would think that he would at least care about Harry being missing, even if he does not care about Draco.” She had just come back from a meeting with Kingsley, who had told her that McGonagall had left St Mungos, and that Scrimegeour was still refusing to allow them to use the potion. Amelia Bones had originally granted them permission, but the minister overrode her decision.
“Scrimegeour is an idiot,” Severus replied, not looking up from his notebook, “I had thought he was promising at first, but now I see he is no better than Fudge. I have been working to alter the locator potion to use a lock of hair instead of blood, but so far it is not strong enough. I am tempted to brew the regular potion and say to Hell with the ministry, but I know Scrimegeour is just looking for an excuse to throw us in Azkaban; Kingsley said that the minister feels we cause too much trouble and he wishes for us to be out of the way so that he can take control of Harry until the Dark Lord has been defeated.”
“The twins and I have been trying to strengthen the spells on the map too,” Sirius spoke up from where he and Remus were sitting on the couch and looking at the map, “But we still can’t find a way to get around a building that has wards. The map shows that Harry and Draco are both in regular pain, but nothing life-threatening.” He scowled at the map in front of him, then; “I’m sick of this, dammit! What the fuck is wrong with Scrimegeour? Why won’t anyone help us find our boys?!”
“Calm down, Siri,” Remus said soothingly, “You said yourself the boys are fine-”
“No,” Sirius interrupted, “I said they are in regular pain-that means someone is hurting them! We have to find them!”
“And we will,” Severus said, “You are not the only one worried, Mutt; we just don’t have enough information to go on.”
“I don’t care!” Sirius yelled, “Harry and Draco have been gone for a week! I’m not sitting around waiting anymore; I might not be able to find Harry, but I can find Bellatrix and-” The sound of house elf apparition caught his attention, and Sirius looked behind him to see Draco and Winky.
“Draco!” Narcissa cried, for once not caring about maintaining Pureblood behavior as she ran to embrace her son. Draco returned the hug, and they were silent for a moment as Narcissa pulled herself back together.
“I am glad you have returned,” Severus said once mother and son had parted, “You have numerous bruises, and a black eye; what other injuries do you have?”
“A couple cracked ribs, I think,” Draco replied, even as Severus started a diagnostic scan, “They don’t hurt as much anymore. You can go, Winky.” The house elf bowed and vanished with a soft pop.
“What happened?” Narcissa asked, her expression once more calm as she sat down in a nearby chair.
“Well, when I picked up the fake wand it took me to a room I’d never seen before,” Draco said as he took his own seat, “I was locked in, there were bars on the windows, and there were wards stopping me from using magic. After looking around the room, I realized that I was in the home of Harry’s Muggle relative’s.” Sirius opened his mouth, but Remus’ hand on his shoulder stopped him from saying anything and Draco continued, “The Muggles yelled at me, hit me and starved me, all the while forcing me to do chores. My second day there was the worst, because I tried to escape and that is when the largest Muggle broke my ribs. For the past week I was trying to think of a way to escape, then today the Muggles left me in the house alone and Professor McGonagall showed up and set me free. She came back to the school with me, and then said she was going to find Madam Pomfrey.” Draco took the two vials of healing potion from Severus and quickly downed them; “Thank you, Uncle. Once we locate Harry, I plan to make those Muggles pay for their treatment of me-and for everything they did to Harry.”
“Don’t worry,” Sirius flashed an evil grin, “I’ll be glad to help.”
“Unfortunately, we haven’t had any luck in locating Harry,” Remus said quietly, “We know the port key was supposed to send him to Voldemort, but we don’t know where he is.”
“Hermione and Pansy have been working together to create a ritual using runes and arithmancy,” Narcissa said, “They believe they are close to finishing it, and it should be ready in two days’ time.”
“That reminds me, I told Dobby to have everyone meet in the Room of Requirement,” Draco said, “I should probably head up there; is anyone else coming?”
“We will all go,” Severus said, putting his notes in his pocket, “We usually meet after supper to discuss plans, so we shall just have the meeting a little bit early.” The group of five left Severus’ quarters and made their way to the seventh floor corridor where they found a door already awaiting them.
“Draco!” as soon as he stepped in the room, Pansy launched herself at Draco; the next several minutes were a confusion of noise as everyone spoke at once. Once things had calmed down, Draco looked around to see who was there; in addition to the adults and Pansy, Draco saw Hermione, Ron, Ginny, Blaise, Luna, Neville and the twins. Draco, of course, had to tell his story again to his friends, and he saw that the twins immediately began whispering-no doubt plotting ways to help get revenge on the Dursley’s; he saw Sirius start to join the twins, but Severus grabbed the back of his shirt and made the pouting animagus sit down.
Once Draco told his story again, the group began to discuss plans for finding Harry. Draco discovered that Hermione and Pansy had actually finished creating the ritual, and that they simply had to wait for the new moon which was two nights away. Out of all the plans theirs seemed the most feasible, but Draco didn’t want to spend any more time waiting; Severus’ potions had healed him completely, and now he wanted to find his fiancé. Sirius, of course, agreed with Draco, as did Ron and the twins. Ron suggested finding Riddle Manor, as it was Voldemort’s Muggle Father’s home, and Draco thought that the Dark Lord might even be at Malfoy Manor. An argument broke out between those that wanted to go out and search and those that wanted to rely on the ritual, with only Narcissa, Luna and Neville staying out of it.
Narcissa was conflicted because she wanted to find Harry, but also wanted to keep Draco safe. Neville was willing to go search for Harry, but didn’t see the point in arguing; he would just go along with Draco when he finally left. Luna-well, Luna was humming to herself as she passed out cinnamon candy to everyone, lecturing about the dangers associated with cinnadoms.
“I refuse to argue about this any longer,” Draco finally said, standing up and looking haughtily at the others in the room, “I am going to look for Harry tonight. I will be leaving in two hours, so anyone who wishes to accompany me should be at mine and Harry’s rooms before then.”
“You can’t just-” Hermione began a new protest, but a bright flash of flames interrupted her, and Fawkes appeared in the center of the room, directly in front of Draco.
“Do you know where Harry is?” Draco demanded, remembering that the phoenix had taken him to his fiancé once before, “I need you to take me to him.” Fawkes just looked at him solemnly for a moment, and then the phoenix became engulfed in flames so bright that Draco had to look away. When the glow faded, Draco turned back to see a man standing where Fawkes had previously been, and he immediately drew his wand. “Who are you?”
“Do you not recognize me?” the man’s voice was musical, reminiscent of bird song, and he smiled gently at Draco, “I am here to help you once more.”
“Fawkes has taken to his human form!” Hermione gasped, rushing up to stand beside Draco, “I thought that was only a legend! The books say a phoenix will take to their human form in times of great need, but they normally only appear to the one they bonded to.” Draco tilted his head, only vaguely listening to Hermione, as he examined the man before him. Yes, now he could see the resemblance; the man had golden eyes, his nose was somewhat long and beak-like, and his hair-which reached the backs of his knees-was a mixture of blue, red and orange. In addition, he had a large pair of wings which Draco had originally taken to be a cape.
“How can you help me?” Draco asked, “Will you take me to Harry?”
“The wards will not permit you entrance,” Fawkes replied, “They are currently too strong. No, I will tell you the location where Harry is located, and you will travel there this evening. I will make sure he is ready for your arrival. I need you to gather some items that will help protect Harry; Severus Snape-some of your battle potions will help greatly. Also, the horcrux potion.”
“I will bring them immediately,” Severus promised.
“What about Harry’s invisibility cloak?” Ron asked.
“Yes,” Fawkes agreed, “That will also be useful. Anything you wish for me to bring to Harry, leave it on top of the astronomy tower. I will be leaving in one hour.” He plucked a feather from one of his wings and turned it into a piece of paper, which he handed to Draco; “When the time is right, the apparition coordinates will appear on this paper. I cannot say how long it will take, but it will happen tonight, so make sure you prepare.” Fawkes wrapped his wings around him and resumed his natural form before anyone could respond; he let out a great cry and then vanished with a flash of fire.
***************Two hours later
“We can’t all go,” Hermione said, “This is a rescue mission, and the more people who go, the more likely it is we will get caught!” She glared at the group of teens who had once more gathered in the Room of Requirement; they had been waiting for over an hour, and most of that time was spent arguing.
“That is incorrect,” Severus said as he entered the room with Sirius and Narcissa, “This is not a rescue mission; Fawkes suggested bringing along battle potions, which indicates that there will be fighting. I believe that tonight is the night-we will be going up against the Dark Lord and his followers.”
“Yeah,” Sirius nodded, “Remus went off to warn the rest of the Order; if we get overwhelmed they’ll be standing by to help us.”
“Of course, that does not mean you all have to come with us,” Narcissa said, “It will be dangerous, and it would perhaps be best if some of you stayed behind. Luna-”
“The whiffle hammers are rampaging tonight,” Luna said serenely, “and the blibbering humdingers have agreed to help confuse our enemies. I gave Neville some snufflefly powder too.” Narcissa sighed, realizing that she could offer no argument to her niece’s odd statements.
“I’ll stay close to her, Mrs. Malfoy,” Neville promised, “We all want to help Harry; we know it’s dangerous, but sometimes the danger is worth it.”
“We’ve stuck by Harry since first year, Hermione and me,” Ron added, “and we’re not going to sit out now.”
“Each of you take a bag,” Severus instructed, passing them around the room, “There are battle potions as well as healing potions in here; the bags are charmed to know what you need, so you will not have to search for them.”
“Here,” Hermione stood up next, passing around the disks that they had used on the cruise; she had made some extras for the Slytherins, “If you need to locate another member of the group, these will help. They are charmed so that no one else can use them.” Narcissa was the next to stand, handing everyone a bracelet.
“These portkeys will return you to the infirmary,” she said, “the activation word is “home”. If you are injured return here immediately. Everyone needs to pick a partner and stay with them-do not go off on your own. If you come across the Dark-if you come across Voldemort, use the portkey immediately; you will not fight him, understand?”
There was a chorus of “Yes, Ma’am” and Narcissa nodded, then looked over at Draco, who was sitting by himself on the other side of the room. Draco had been quiet, and she knew her son was thinking about Harry; Narcissa wanted to comfort him, but she knew it would not be possible. The only thing that would comfort Draco would be holding Harry in his arms again. Suddenly, Draco got to his feet; his eyes were narrowed in determination as he said; “It’s time.”
AN: The chapter is choppy, I know! I tried to smooth it out, but I just had a lot of trouble with it. Seems the closer I get to the end of the story, the harder it is to write. This is another short chapter; I was going to have a scene with Harry in it, but I decided to put that in the next chapter-which should be up by the next week since I have a good portion of it written. Hope you enjoyed it, and thank you to everyone who reviewed!While AFF and its agents attempt to remove all illegal works from the site as quickly and thoroughly as possible, there is always the possibility that some submissions may be overlooked or dismissed in error. The AFF system includes a rigorous and complex abuse control system in order to prevent improper use of the AFF service, and we hope that its deployment indicates a good-faith effort to eliminate any illegal material on the site in a fair and unbiased manner. This abuse control system is run in accordance with the strict guidelines specified above.
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