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Firework	By : KusanoSaku Category: Harry Potter > Slash - Male/Male > Harry/Draco Views: 29682 -:- Recommendations : 1 -:- Currently Reading : 12
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Title: Firework

Fandom: Harry Potter

Pairings: LuciusxSeverus, mentions of past/unrequited NarcissaxRegulus, one-sided HarryxDraco, mentions of TedxAndromeda

Summary: A little AU after the First Task for all his apparent forgiveness of Ron for abandoning him, he's incapable of forgetting. The Triwizard Tournament forced Harry to grow up and changed the way he looked and things as well as what he focused on. Complete AU from the day of the Third Task. Harry doesn't want to participate in the Tournament; he has said he has no wish to win. What happens when he refuses to search for the Triwizard Cup?

A/N: The title is in reference to the song by Katy Perry. If fit the story so well when it came on the radio after I took a dinner break while writing. Prior to that son play this fic had no name. Its just a random story idea that I couldn't shake but it seems to be shaping into a nice storyline.

Chapter 8- Closer

The moment Harry fell asleep in Draco's arm he felt a rush of a slightly unfamiliar emotion.

He looked up at his godfather, "he needs help. What can we do? I'm his friend. You were his mother's friend. Someone's got to help him. Hero of Gryffindor or not he can't go back there." He smirked, "I know I can't get away with the imperious but would you allow me to use a memory charm on them?"

XoooooX

Severus studied his godson, "I suppose it would depends on what type of memory modification it was."

Draco looked thoughtful, "I haven't decided yet. I don't know if those individuals would be capable of feeling guilt. If they could I would want them to feel it."

Severus snorted, "Petunia couldn't feel guilt if it bit her in the arse and he husband is loud, arrogant tub of rancid lard. I can't imagine their precious boy is any different." He reached out to gently ruffle Harry's hair, "I'm going to see a former schoolmate of your fathers. Your uncle as it were, he's a mind healer. I hope I can convince him to take Harry's case. He's a Hufflepuff and they're honourable in their own way. His daughter your cousin is an Auror."

"Why haven't I met them?" Draco asked quietly.

"I guess because your mother decided not to have anything to do with her family after they forced her to Bond to your father. She was in love with Regulus but was betrothed to his elder brother Sirius. That fell through when he turned his back on his family and ran away. Andromeda was betrothed to your father but she ran away and was Bonded to Ted. So your mother and father were forced to bond by their parents. Your father still has dealings with them I suspect however it was for your mother's benefit that he kept them away. He disliked Bellatrix, the woman was clearly insane from a young age." Severus shrugged, "If Ted agrees to take on Harry's case I don't see how we could keep you apart."

"The Wizarding world and my family is too small not to have relationships."

"I suppose you'd better start being nice to Lovegood. Her father is your father's cousin."

Draco's mind was whirling; relatives were coming out of the cupboard. "I've got a cousin I've never met on both sides? Why haven't I met them? The Lovegoods I mean."

"Your grandfather detested Xeno and your father thinks he's half-mad due to that ridiculous excuse for a paper he publishes, 'The Quibbler'. "

Draco blinked, "The Quibbler? My father's cousin publishes it?"

Severus nodded, "Yes. Now I'm going to track down Ted. It's lunchtime soon and I've got a free period afterwards. I've got to be back in time for my seventh years. Let Harry rest and then make sure he has something to eat before he attends Ancient Runes. I believe its at the same time as your Numerology."

Draco's face took on that determined look, "I'll see that he makes it to class on time. He needs help. He can't keep things locked inside. It isn't healthy. Especially after watching Diggory get killed, an outburst of magic here could be more serious then merely inflating a distasteful relation or blowing out windows. If his friends really don't notice he's hurt or upset what kind of friends are they?"

Severus summone3d Harry's dream orb and strode towards the fireplace. He grabbed a handful of floo powder, "rotten excuses for friends if you ask me." Severus muttered before he disappeared in a flash of green flame.

XoooooX

Severus flooed first to St. Mungos and went up to the Janus Thickey ward to see if Tonks was on duty.

The clerk at the desk outside the lift glanced at him, "Name? Patient?"

Severus snorted, "I'm not here to see a patient. I'm looking for a Healer."

"Name?"

"Professor,"

"Healer's name!" the clerk snapped.

Severus muttered rude things in French and Gaelic before replying, "Tonks."

"Andromeda works in the paediatric ward."

"Not Annie. Ted."

"Off today. Probably at home."

Severus sighed, "They still live at Lavender Vale?"

"Wouldn't know. Ask for Healer Miriam Strout. She's the healer in charge of the ward."

Severus nodded, "Thanks." He said shortly, he had clearance to enter just about any ward to speak to healers. As one of the Hospital's many brewers he was awards some 'clearance'. He reached the wards to the Janus Thickey ward and with a whispered spell set off a chime in Healer Strout's office. He settled down to wait….

Within five minutes a motherly looking witch appeared, walking through the wards.

"Severus! How good to see you! Have you come to see poor Gilderoy?"

Severus coughed, "No. I'm afraid not. We're having a rush of nightmares and sleep disturbance at Hogwarts due to the unfortunate murder of poor Diggory. I have a student who is in desperate need of a competent and trust worthy mind healer. I attended school with Andromeda; she was prefect when I started my first year. I know her husband is a mind healer who sometime works with your patents and I was hoping to catch him on the floor. The witch at the lift informed me that he's not here today."

"Oh those poor kids. I've worried about them. Did he not receive any care from a mind healer over summer?"

Severus glanced around, "His guardians don't believe in mind healers. Poor thing has to take ten drops of a mild sleeping potion just to nap and still has dreadful nightmares. I've convinced at least one member of the board of governors to require the students to attend a few sessions. I was hoping that I could convince Ted not only to take the case but to also supervise the other healers and perhaps recommend those who might be able to deal with that kid of trauma. I know there was a rush of normal persons seeing mind healer following the riot at the World Cup. It's not shameful to ask for help, when one needs it."

"Oh of course it isn't weak or shameful to ask for help sometimes. I think its wonderful that you're seeing that those poor students get help."

Severus smiled at her, "Healer Strout, I wanted to ask,"

"Yes?"

"Do you know if Healers Tonks still live at Lavender Vale in Godric's Hollow?"

Healer Strout nodded, "Yes. Seeing that they only had one child. Poor Annie. She wanted kids so badly. Her pregnancy was hard on her. She barely survived it and her Nymphadora was an only child. Had they not been so terribly blacklisted by her aunt Ted and Annie might have had a chance at adopting war orphans but it was all against them. If it wasn't for Young Lord Malfoy's generous donation to the Healer Training programs I doubt they would have been able to study here. He almost had to threaten to fund St. Vidius in Paris." She said in a low whisper.

St. Vidius and St. Mungos were rivals in a way for both funding and research. Both hospitals liked to pride themselves on being the 'best'.

Severus thanked her politely and promised that the potions order should be ready in a few days before returning to the floos to make his way to Lavender Vale.

XoooooX

It was half way through lunch when Draco decided it was time to wake Harry. Only to heard shouting outside Uncle Sev's office.

"Malfoy! I know you're in there! Come out! You can't keep Harry locked up! Get out here ferret!"

Draco sighed, weasel sounded drunk. Drunk around lunch? On a school day? He gently let go of Harry and settled him comfortably in the armchair.

Harry moaned and looked distressed, reaching out as if searching blindly for him.

Draco sighed, "Hush now. I'll be back. I'm still here." He brushed the tear threatening away with the pad of his thumb. He walked over to the door and opened it a little, hissing, "Harry's sleeping. Don't be so loud. I'm not hurting him. "

Weasel smelled like firewhiskey. "Give Harry to me! I won't let you try to make him a Dark Lord."

Draco shook his head; "He had a nightmare during class. He was upset. I took him to the professor's office to get himself under control. He cried himself to sleep. Do you get that weasel? Your purported best friend cried himself to sleep after a nightmare! He was upset and you didn't lift a finger or seem to notice."

Granger was standing just behind him.

Draco unleashed his cold fury on her, "You're the smart one. You're a woman. You're supposed to have good instinct. He was sitting next to you and having a nightmare. Shouldn't you have noticed? I was across the room! We've only been friends a few day and I noticed!"

"Because you're a right nasty git! Always following us around!" Ron snarled.

Draco shrugged, "If he has a nightmare because of your drunken rage, I'll find a way to make you suffer weasel without breaking any laws. Now I'll count to five and if you're not out of my sight I'll send a house elf after Deputy Headmistress McGonagall. I'm sure she'd love to know that one of her Lions is drunk."

Harry thrashed in his sleep, crying out, "NO!"

Draco moved to shut the door, "You heard me, go!"

"Can we see him to be sure he's alright?" Granger asked.

Draco glared, "No. Now I've got to wake Harry before his magic thinks he's got to defend himself."

"Poncy ferret! You can't threaten me Malfoy!"

"Ron! Shut up!"

Draco threw up a silencing ward and knelt in front of Harry, "It's alright. I'm here." He took Harry's hands in his own, "See? You're safe."

Harry's eyes fluttered open, "You're alright….I thought…"

Draco reached up to wipe away the tears, "Thought what?"

" Someone took you away and was hurting you." Harry said looking embarrassed, he sighed, "I don't usually cry. It's a sign of weakness."

"Sometimes you need a good cry. You can't keep everything in all the time. It's not healthy." He snapped his fingers and requested some soup and light sandwiches as well as tea. Then he summoned a light calming draught and a cheering potion from his godfather's private potion store. Draco held them out.

Harry closed his eyes and chugged the potions. He looked at the food when it arrived and then sighed.

Draco attempted a reassuring smile, "You need to eat properly. You said sometimes you needed to be reminded or bullied into eating. This is my way of bullying. I'm sure the house elves can dig out some treacle tart."

Harry stared, "How…do you know I like that?"

Draco laughed, "Same way you probably know what my favourite dessert would be."

"Something with chocolate and blackberries." Harry said and then his hand jumped to cover his mouth.

Draco snickered, "Now who watches whom too much? You don't have to eat a lot. It's so close to the beginning of the semester you probably don't have a decent appetite. Just have a bit. It looks like cheesy broccoli soup and chicken salad sandwiches without the crusts." Draco ladled a third of a bowl's worth of soup into the dish and placed two triangles of sandwich on a small plate. He conjured a tray for Harry's lap, setting the dishes on it, "start with that and if you're still hungry you can have more."

Harry leaned over to sniff the soup and then looked at him curiously, "why are you doing this?"

Draco smiled, "I'm your friend. You need help and a shoulder to cry on. It's the least I can do. I've got to earn your trust. Maybe when you believe I won't be foolish you'll come fly with me."

Harry mumbled something undecipherable and slowly began to eat.

XoooooX

Severus didn't take long to find his way to Lavender Vale and noticed immediately a man of average height kneeling in a flowerbed.

He called out, "Ted? Ted Tonks?"

The guy didn't even looked up, "It's my day off. Who's asking?"

Severus laughed to himself, "Head of Slytherin Severus Snape. I need to discuss some things with you."

Tonks stood, dusting off the dirt on his knees, "I suppose I can listen."

Severus waited until the gate opened.

Ted heading into the house, calling out, "Annie! We've got company!" pausing to glance over his shoulder, "You eat yet?"

Severus shook his head.

"Make that three for lunch."

"Go wash Edward Tonks. Don't go bringing your garden into my clean house."

Severus watched as Ted used a scorgify on his boot and hung his apron on a hook in the entry.

"My Annie is mighty peculiar about having a spotless house."

Severus snorted, "I can imagine how having a tomboy like your daughter might have given her a few headaches."

"Dora's a sweet girl. Very driven. Excellent Auror."

And a hoydenish creature, who was pure trouble, was how Severus remembered her but was polite enough to refrain from mentioning as he joined Ted in washing up before joining Andromeda in their kitchen.

He called out with a smirk, "Andromeda!"

The eldest Black sister nearly dropped a basket containing hot rolls.

Severus stopped the basket from going anywhere.

Andromeda turned, "Severus Snape? What are you doing here?"

"I came to ask for Ted's opinion as a mind Healer on how to properly deal with a school full of student who are suffering due to witnessing the murder of Cedric Diggory a former schoolmate of your daughter's."

"That was dreadful business. Amos' wife Sarah is still practically prostrate with grief. Amos is angry, he blames Dumbledore for hiring moody in the first place." Ted said taking his place at the table. "Smell's delicious Annie."

"I'm always making extra in case Nymphadora stops buy. She works too hard. Never takes a vacation unless they force her if she gets injured in the field." Andromeda muttered placing a pitcher of tea on the table before sitting to serve, "we've got no secrets in this family so you can talk in front of me. I'm a healer myself so I know what's confidential."

Severus buttered a fresh roll and took a bit, "excellent by the way. I'm here primarily on behalf of Harry, Lily and James' son. Although I need a mind healer to supervise a contingent of mind healers to help the students deal with the communal trauma of Diggory's murder. Three quarters of the returning students received little to no treatment following the incident. Many of them suffer from nightmares that are disrupting their studies. I'm not a healer yet I've insisted that something must be done. I've being teaching all of my students with the exception of the first years how to brew different sleeping potions. I've had them test them and gave them each dream orbs to see if even during short naps they suffer from debilitating nightmares."

"Didn't some of those students attend the Quidditch World Cup?" Ted asked as he ate some of his Bondmate's soup.

Severus nodded as he reached for his tea, "even those who were attending Hogwarts when the Chamber of Secrets was opened failed to receive adequate treatment. The two I worry about most who suffered dreadfully were Ginevra Weasley and Harry Potter. Potter was trapped in the Triwizard Tournament as well as other dangerous experiences. Dumbledore saw fit to reward him rather then see that he received help. Sadly, I wasn't anymore supportive. I saw him, wrongfully mind you, as a glory seeking twit. I was an arse, pardon my language Annie but it's true. I saw his dream orb and how much he's suffered affects him deeply. He desperately needs to see a mind healer; his Muggle relations starve and mistreat him both physically and mentally. He lost control of his magic and inflated his Aunt."

Andromeda's hand shook, "You mean Sirius' godson don't you? I still can hardly believe what Sirius did."

Severus snorted, "I'm not sure how guilty he is or was anymore. Harry is vehement that he's innocent. He and Lupin claimed that it was actually Pettigrew."

Andromeda scoffed, "Sirius was always up to mischief and blaming others for his misdeeds. Besides, Pettigrew is dead."

Severus set his glass down, "Actually, he's not. When Lucius and I went to find Harry after the portkey Triwizard cup removed Harry and Diggory from Hogwarts we discovered Pettigrew alive and well with the Da…" He swallowed and amended, "He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named. The ministry doesn't know what to do with them as of yet. I'm surprised that your daughter didn't tell you."

Andromeda's face assumed the mask that most Slytherins were known for.

Ted shrugged, "She has to keep something from us due to her job. I'm surprised she didn't at least mention the possibility of her mother's cousin being innocent."

Severus began to eat his soup, pulling out the dream orb, "I'd like you to watch this and them contact me. Potter needs help, his Muggle relations are unfit to raise him despite what Albus says. He needs a new guardian. If Sirius is proved innocent as much as I detest the man he would be preferable to Petunia and her ox of a husband."

Andromeda's brow furrowed, "You want to trust my cousin with Harry? Are you mad? If he needs mind healing I doubt that man would allow it. He doesn't believe in it. He has no concept of dealing with children; I let him watch Nymphadora for an hour when she was two. I had been called in to St. Mungos and Ted wasn't due home yet. Ted came home to my daughter screaming bloody murder. He'd left his broom where she could get it and she tried to ride it. She had a broken arm, shattered actually and a concussion. I wouldn't trust Sirius with my pet dog. You'd be smarter to ask for custody yourself or have it given to Remus?"

Severus stared at her, "Lupin? You think I should let him have custody of Lily's son?"

Andromeda's eyes narrowed, "Why not? You're not still holding that dangerous prank Sirius played against him are you? Remus had nothing to do with that. If you believe that you're a fool."

Severus shifted nervously in his chair, "He probably hates me."

Andromeda glared, "What did you do?"

Severus winced, you can take the Queen out of Slytherin House but you couldn't the Queen out of the Slytherin. Andromeda maybe have Bonded beneath her but she was still very much the authority figure he remembered from as Prefect Black and Queen of Slytherin House then as her first and only term as Head Girl. "I might have accused him of conspiring with Sirius to hurt Harry, of hiding his presence at Hogwarts from Magical Law Enforcement and threatened to have him arrested. In retaliation, Harry and his friends stunned me. When Sirius escaped I threatened to expose him as a werewolf if he didn't leave immediately. I threatened to inform the entire Board of Governors and then the parents. Hogwarts would have been flooded with Howlers about letting a diseased and dangerous creature teach."

Andromeda was clearly aghast, "You…swine! And you call my cousin worthless?"

Severus held up his hands in surrender, "I was wrong, about a lot of things, I'll admit it. However, I'm trying to make things right."

Andromeda muttered under her breath.

Ted patted her arm, "He sees the folly of his actions and admits it. Some of us take try to grow and mature." He gave Severus a penetrating look, "or take longer to put the past behind them"

Severus sighed, "I know I made a lot of mistakes. What matters I hope is that I'm trying to fix this. I'm trying to help Harry. I'm trying to help all of my students."

"Hah! You're just sick of brewing sleeping potions." Andromeda said unkindly.

Severus winced, "My godson had to see a mind healer over the summer. He needed it. He is seeing a colleague of yours Ted, David Stanley."

Ted nodded, "David's a decent bloke but mass trauma isn't really his field."

"He couldn't resist being asked to treat the Malfoy heir." Severus admitted.

"I'll view the dream orb." Ted said as he set it down, "Lunch first."

Severus aid down to eat one of the best meals he'd had in a while. He really hoped that Ted would take the case; he swallowed a spoonful of soup, "By the way Annie. Draco is perturbed with his father at present. He disagrees with the decision to not allow him to get to know his family due to Narcissa's poor mental health. I believe he would like to meet you."

Andromeda glared, "I was against that from the start and you know it. What Cissy needed was proper mind healing and not be allowed to spend most of her time in bed feigning illness."

Severus shrugged, "What goes of between Lucius and Narcissa or doesn't isn't my business."

Andromeda muttered something that sounded a lot like catamite.

Severus' face turned crimson.

Ted was shocked, "Now Annie, that was not called for. We know that the bonding between Cissy and Lucius wasn't agreeable to either of them. Neither Malfoys nor Blacks sever Bondings, besides they aren't like us. As long as its not paraded before the Wizarding community who cares if they seek consolation elsewhere?"

Severus finished his soup, tea and roll, "I think I should be going now."

Of course whoring himself to Lucius might not be his smartest choice; Lucius hadn't helped him get a job at Hogwarts. Yet he had wanted him out of the way so he couldn't be forced to commit a crime. He wasn't keen on the idea of sleeping with a Bonded man and he would be loathed to admit it but he actually had feelings for Lucius.

Severus was heading towards the front door, when he heard hurried footsteps behind him.

"Severus. Wait!"

Severus stopped.

It was Ted, "Sorry about that. Annie is protective about Cissy. She feels guilty about breaking the betrothal contract to Lucius. If she hadn't then perhaps, Cissy might have been bonded to Regulus. It hurts her knowing that her sister still refuses to see her or have anything to do with any Blacks."

"She has a point. I am a," Severus couldn't actually speak the word.

Ted snorted, "You are not. You're too bright to believe that. Annie told me how he looked at you. She knew damn well that after she broke the betrothal contract to be Bonded to me that he took you to be. He had a soft spot for you before that. Don't listen to that comment. I know Lucius has to care about you or after all this time you wouldn't still be in his bed."

Severus swallowed; he hated thinking that Lucius cared more for him then for just his arse. "I should have broke it off before Draco was old enough to have to be told. When he found out, he had a burst of wild magic that blew out all the windows in Lucius' wing."

"What and loose out on being loved? Knowing how unhappy Narcissa is would you have cautioned Annie about choosing me? She had no idea that Sirius would run away, that Narcissa's betrothal to him would be shredded or that Narcissa would be forced to Bond to Lucius? Did you know that Regulus would die mysteriously? The only way the family knew he had died was when the family tapestry proclaimed it? No you didn't. you've been Lucius' lover before he was with Narcissa. If anything he cheated on you when he slept with her to conceive Draco and he betrayed you when he Bonded to someone else."

Severus scoffed, "Lucius never discussed children or bonding to me."

Ted snorted, "Of course he didn't. As a firstborn son he had little to no autonomy and the choice of his Bondmate was not his own."

What Ted said felt like a well-aimed arrow, every point hit true. Severus sighed, "What are you trying to say?"

"Stop feeling guilty for things that aren't your fault idiot. Now you go back to teaching your students. As a Mind Healer I think you could do with a few sessions. If Narcissa continues to refuse to see a Mind Healer something as simple as a cold could carry her off one day as much as I hate to say it. The question is, when Lucius is free are you going to refuse to listen if he finally asks you what you want to hear?"

Severus swallowed; did he want to be asked? He refused to consider it, "Ted I know you're only trying to help but what I need is someone I can trust to treat Harry."

Ted rolled his eyes, "You trust me for Harry and won't trust my advice regarding yourself. That's a pathetic double standard. Think about it Severus, sometimes your Slytherins are so repressed." He turned around to return to the kitchen.

Severus quietly let himself out; he would need a headache potion when he returned to Hogwarts. He'd probably assign the Seventh Years NEWTS revisions as opposed to assigning new work.

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