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The whole story	By : Riahana Category: Harry Potter > Slash - Male/Male > Harry/Draco Views: 42620 -:- Recommendations : 2 -:- Currently Reading : 15
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Authors Note~ Thank you for all the reviews, I love reading them. One cliff hanger resolved but plot becomes more tangled. Take care and enjoy :)

Disclaimer~ The Prologue has the full disclaimer. Also any readers that are lost, read the Authors Note at the beginning of the Prologue; it will help make things clear.

Chapter 47

Severus ran through the halls taking the short cuts that he knew about, to reach his destination quicker. He didn’t even stop at the doors to the lab pushing through them, looking for the witch. Hoping that he would run in there; seeing her working at the desk, or bent over more test results. Instead he found her lying on the floor one hand holding a piece of parchment, the other still clutching an empty vial.

He didn’t know what was wrong, other than the fact the foolish witch tested the potion on herself. Her breathing was labored and her eyes open; sightless as her body twitched, she needed more help than he would be able to provide. From the looks of the situation, he didn’t have time to take her to the infirmary and then retrieve Bellatrix. Instead he sent out his Patronus with a message to have the healer meet him at the infirmary. Scooping up the witch in his arms, holding her close to his chest, he began running; each second that passed, her breathing grew shallower; making him run faster, hoping that Bellatrix would be waiting for them.

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After Severus left, the rest of the introductions that Harry endured went by in a blur. He couldn’t concentrate on the task at hand, his mind still running back to what Hermione could be up too. The constant worry had him constantly looking at the door waiting for Severus to walk back in, sneering something about stupid children over stepping their bounds. But the longer that he waited for the doors to open the more worried he became.

A voice had him focusing his attention on the two Elves in front of him, both reminded him of Lucius and Draco, but whereas he had seen them without their cold masks, these two could have been chiseled from ice. He gave a tight smile, before asking, “I am a little tired after tonight could you repeat yourself?”

The older of the two spoke, his voice making him shiver, “It must be tiresome to live under the Malfoy thumb, if you are so distracted you cannot meet my son properly.” The younger Elf stepped forward giving a slight bow but kept his eyes and a sneer trained on his face. Straightening his spine, he spoke, “I’m…”

Tom stepped forward, blocking Harry’s line of sight and cutting off the Elf that was about to introduce himself, “You cannot break tradition, you may introduce yourself tomorrow night when every other Dominant has their chance.”

The older Elf pulled his son back before speaking, “I hope the Malfoy heir has not broken tradition, we do want everything to be fair…” Both Elves walked away, their cloaks billowing behind them.

He stepped around Tom to ask, “Who were they?”

Tom spoke still looking at the retreating backs of the two Elves, “That is the Mitore family, second tier under the Malfoy’s, the father is Vonlian and the son’s name is Firerl. They have been vying for the position of first family of the Moon Elves for centuries.”

Being slightly confused and it showed when he spoke, “I thought eye color determined who had those positions?”

Tom looked down at him, “Eye color shows who has the power to rule in those positions, but it doesn’t determine who gets the spot. Before the fallen Enrai, those positions where fought over by every Elf that could hold them, since the spell; everything has been in stasis waiting for you. That will all end once you come into your inheritance and take your rightful place as Enrai.”

Nodding his head already loosing focus to the current conversation, he watched a doe Patronus come through the closed doors making a stop in front of Bellatrix. Who quickly left the festivities. Turning back to Tom, “Something happened, have I met all the families? Can I leave?” He said already taking steps towards the same door Bellatrix left through.

Tom looked over the room before answering, “Yes you can leave…”

He didn’t give Tom a chance to finish as he raced after Bellatrix to whatever destination she was headed too. Ariving moments behind the healer stepping into the infirmary; what he saw had him standing there eyes wide open in shock, and his fists closing, nails digging into his palms. Hermione’s back was arched off the bed, as Severus tried to hold her onto it. Her mouth open in a wordless scream, with her limbs twitching. Bellatrix casted spell after spell working quickly, when Severus turned around, “Harry you don’t need to be here for this I will come and get you when it’s done.

Stumbleing backwards out of the room and into Draco’s arms; turning around burying his face into Draco’s chest. A silent cry exscaped his mouth, as Draco picked him up, carrying him to one of the chairs to wait for news.

Through the whole time Draco hadn’t said anything, just holding him and waited. It could have been minutes or hours till the doors opened again and Severus walked out; looking tired he walked over and sat in a chair next to them.

Severus waited several minutes before speaking, “The foolish witch took the potion, writing down her idiotic reasons. As of right now she is stable, but sleeping; Bellatrix is going to run more tests to find out what happened, but has narrowed it down that the potion affected her magical core.”

Draco spoke his voice chilly, “If this is the same potion, the one you were to give Harry, what would have happened if he had taken it?”

Severus looked up before speaking, “I don’t know, but here in a few days after the tests are done, I will know those answers.” The potions master stood up placing his hand on Draco’s shoulder, “I will destroy everything if I cannot find a safe way for Harry to take the potion.”

Severus walked off when Harry ran after him, his voice dry and cracking from disuse, “Can I see her?”

Severus turned around giving him a kind smile, “yes but don’t wake her she needs to sleep for now.” Nodding his head and went to grab Draco so he could see how Hermione was doing.

With the last time he went through those doors on his mind he walked through the doors, fearful that he would come across the same sight. Instead he saw his friend, who looked small under the covers of her bed. Nearly blending into the sheets with how pale she was; her breaths barely moving the blanket that covered her chest. He stood there for several minutes before he went and placed a kiss on Hermione’s forehead; Draco coming up behind him, placed his arm around him and said, “Come let’s get you to bed and let Hermione sleep, you can come and yell at her in the morning.”

Nodding his head letting Draco steer him out of the room and towards his bedroom. Looking at Draco when they reached his chamber doors Harry said, “Stay with me tonight…Please.”

Draco smiled and whispered back, “I wasn’t planning on going anywhere.”

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Severus came back from watching the events that happened in the laboratory; it recorded everything including her stating her reasons why she did the test. Her clear voice reciting that they still did not know how the potion would affect magic; and the tests conducted on rats and muggles would not give them those answers. He watched her take the potion, then double over in pain as it started to affect her body. Not five minutes later the witch fell to the ground seizing for thirty minutes before Severus found her; as her magic went wild, at times spiking off the charts that recorded the process.

He brought the reports back to Bellatrix so she could add them to her tests in hopes that the healer could find the answers sooner. For a minute he thought about heading to bed, but the anger he felt had him sitting up all night in the same room as Ms. Granger, waiting for her to wake. He told her to stay out of the lab, that they could run more tests tomorrow, but instead the idiot had gotten it in her head that it couldn’t wait. Now she was lying in a bed, if he was even a minute later she would have died with how out of control her magic was.

A groan from the bed had him sitting up straighter, tapping his fingers on the arms of the chair waiting for the witch to open her eyes. Once her eyes opened, he spoke his voice condescending, and sweet, making it sound low, “You are an idiot Ms. Granger…”

Once the witch heard his voice she sat up straighter in the bed, wincing at her overly abused body she caused herself speaking, “I didn’t think…”

He shot up from his chair and started pacing, is voice dangerously low as he drawled, “Your right you didn’t think. Your Gryffindor bravery lowers you intelligence to that of a flubberworm. You didn’t think what this would have done to Harry if you had died. You didn’t think beyond acquiring answers; what the ramifications your actions would cause.”

He stopped pacing to stare at the witch, who instead of shrinking back from him she was sitting up straighter her eyes narrowed she yelled back, “I couldn’t count on you giving Harry a potion that wasn’t safe…You hate Harry…”

He drew closer to the witch making sure she saw nothing but him before answering, “I do not hate Harry, my problems with him are that he is a reminder of everything I have lost. Even so, I still would not have given him the potion if it was unsafe.”

Still not deterred the witch answered back, her voice dripping in sarcasm, “Apparently the potion is not safe…”

“You know nothing…That potion was brewed for an Elf to take not a know-it-all witch.” He turned and left the room, too disgusted to hear anything else Ms. Granger had to say.

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Aubrey walked back to the infirmary for the fifth time that night, checking up on Harry’s friend. The last four times she had went by there she saw the same thing, Hermione sleeping and Severus sitting in a chair brooding. This time it was different, coming close to the door she could hear the angry words spoken back and forth between the two occupants.

Hearing the footsteps that could only be Severus had her jumping back from the door, afraid he wouldn’t see her in time to stop. And from the look on his face he wouldn’t even have noticed if he had walked right over her, so lost in thoughts. But hearing the sob that came from the bed had her heart torn in two.

She made her way to the crying witch sitting on the bed so she could hold her in her arms. It took a long time for Hermione to calm down but when she did she started speaking, “I’m sorry I didn’t think this would happen…I didn’t mean to make everyone mad… I was only…”

Aubrey cut her off, speaking calmly, “You were only trying to protect Harry.” The witch in her arms nodded in agreement tears still falling down her cheeks. She set Hermione up so she could look at her before speaking, “Can I tell you a story?”

Hermione looked confused but still nodded her head, still in her calm voice she spoke, “I knew Severus when he was very young, when I thought we were all human; him and my Lily grew up as the greatest of friends. One day I heard yelling so I rushed outside to see what was going on, Lily was lying on the ground crying, and Severus was standing over her yelling at the top of his lungs. Saying how stupid she was for climbing that tree, that a kitten was not worth her getting hurt over, how she should have listened to him. Even through her tears Lily yelled back saying that Severus didn’t care enough, that the kitten only had her to save it. Severus walked away after that, but he didn’t yell at Lily because he was angry he yelled at her because he was that worried. She scared him that badly; do you understand?”

She watched Harry’s friend nod covering her mouth as she yawned her eyes nearly dropping. Tucking Hermione back into bed, kissing her forehead and whispered, “You remind me of my Lily.”

As she was leaving she heard the whispered words of Harry’s friend, “Thank you.” Aubrey smiled to herself; thinking about how similar Hermione was to Lily, no they didn’t look the same, but their loyalty, and drive to care for the ones they love were of the same intensity. She was sure even Severus was noticing it too, which probably was the cause of this latest outburst.

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Draco woke up next to his mate for the second time in a row, thinking he could get used to this. But unlike yesterday, it wasn’t time for the playfulness, not with Hermione in the infirmary. Knowing that Harry would want to see her as early as possible; slowly woke his mate up, remembering how Harry swung first and asked questions later. Wrapping his arms around Harry’s to hold them down Draco whispered in his mate’s ear, “Harry wake up.”

That’s all it took for Harry to jump from being asleep to awake; turning he gave Draco a sleepy stare before his eyes widened and whispered, “Hermione…” Letting him go so Harry could rush through and get ready.

It didn’t take the two of them long to be ready for another trip to the infirmary with Harry pulling him through the halls as he raced to get to his friend. Even he was anxious to see if there was any improvement in the witch, hating to see her die for a stupid mistake.

Luckily for Harry, Hermione was already sitting up, and his mate rushed to her side to give a hug. He could hear the same word that Harry repeated over and over in a desperate tone, “Why?”

Hermione looked up at Draco, while still hugging Harry, “It was to protect you…” He knew then that the pact he had made with the witch to protect Harry went far deeper than he ever thought possible.

Nodding his head, knowing she deserved the world for what she did last night, smiled and silently mouthed, “Thank you.”
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