The Burning Malfoy manor | By : Drarry-Lisa Category: Harry Potter > Slash - Male/Male > Harry/Draco Views: 4472 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0 |
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Chapter-9
The end
Malfoy is not speaking to him. The couple of meals that they have taken on the dining were totally silent, not for the lack of trying on Harry's part though. Harry tried his best to speak to the blonde.
Dad had told him that it was not good for Malfoy to stay sad. Harry just didn't like seeing him like this.
"Malfoy." Harry mutters for the thousandth time today. He is standing outside the door that has not been opened for the past four hours now. A day has passed since they came back and four hours have passed since they had dinner. It's twelve at night and Harry has not been able to sleep. Something is nagging him at the back of his mind.
His mind is restless and though he is tired, his mind is just not ready to sleep.
"Malfoy." Harry repeats and knocks the door. No-one replies and perturbed, Harry pounds on it. That's when Harry stills. It's not that no-one is answering the door. It's just that it's too quiet. It's like Malfoy is not even inside the room. He presses his ear against the door and strains to hear but no footsteps or grumbling or ranting or even sobbing can be heard.
That's when Harry starts panicking.
He points his fingers towards the door and unlocks the door wordlessly. His eyes almost bulge out at the sight that greets him.
Malfoy is unconscious. He is sitting on the floor, his back against the wall. His eyes are closed and his hands are on his belly. His face is white.
"MALFOY." Harry yells frantically and mumbles the name of one of the elves residing in this manor.
"Yes Master Harry."
"Call dad immediately." His voice frantic, panicked as he orders the little creature. The instant POP relives him immensely and he rubs Malfoy's forehead. It is too hot and he licks his lips before rubbing Malfoy's cold hands between his.
Unlike his forehead, they are too cold.
A moment later when he hears dad's hurried footsteps, his pounding heart starts calming down.
"What happened to him?" Dad asks, knelt down in front of Malfoy. Harry backs off to make space for him.
"I don't know. He has not spoken to me since morning. I came here because I just had a bad feeling. I-"
"His body is not accepting the child. We will have to operate immediately if we want to save them." Dad mutters in a alarmed voice and carries Malfoy towards the bed.
"But- but who-"
"Think Harry. Think. Who is the only witch powerful enough to carry this child?"
Harry thinks. He stares at Malfoy's pale form lying on the bedsheets which are dark blue and thinks hard.
"Hermione. She is the only one- but she won't agree. She despises him Severus and she is an ambitious woman. She won't carry the child."
"No-one else is powerful enough. The child will die if I don't operate immediately." Dad murmurs and removes Malfoy's shirt to reveal pale skin.
"Shall I go to ask her then?" Harry says and dad nods silently, his attention on Malfoy.
Harry sighs before closing his eyes. He apparates straight in front of the large entrance of Hogwarts.
Sighing for one last time, he covers himself with his cloak and starts walking inside. He doesn't want anyone to witness. He can't handle their questions right now.
His footsteps are frantic as he passes familiar corridors. At last, he reaches his destination, the only place where Hermione is at this time.
There she is. As expected, she is sitting on a chair, her head bent on a large over a weighty tome. To his surprise, Ron is sitting beside her tonight, his attention on his own textbook.
He wonders if Hermione has coerced Ron into studying with her tonight.
He clears his throat once he reaches their table. Hermione stares at him and so does Ron or rather they stare at the place his voice is coming from. He is still invisible.
"Harry." The murmur is soft and the voice is trembling. Harry is not surprised.
"Mate, remove the cloak." Ron's voice is harder as his warm eyes gaze straight at Harry's face. Harry removes the cloak and stares at his best friends wondering if this is the last time they are talking to each other. For a few moments, he just stares, storing their concerned faces in his heart for the time when they will abandon him for bearing a child with Malfoy.
"Where have you been Harry? We were so worried." Hermione murmurs, her eyes welling with tears. Now that harry is looking properly at her, he can see dark circles underneath her eyes and the permanent crease between Ron's eyebrows as he stares at him.
"You could atleast have owled us mate. We were worried about you." He says and Harry sighs before sitting across them.
The next couple of minutes are spent in silence.
"I need your help Hermione. I know you won't agree but this is the only chance I have. I don't have time to explain. You can just come with me and dad will explain everything to you." He says and looks at her, his voice defeated.
Expecting an argument, he braces himself but when she simply pulls her chair back and stands up, he is shocked. More so when Ron follows her example.
Wordlessly, they walk out of the castle and apparate inside Malfoy's room.
"Harry don't tell me you knocked him out " Ron mutters snidely and Harry stares at his best friend. Why doesn't he seem surprised. Harry had expected a temper tantrum from Ron.
"I mean mate, I had thought you would first want to date him atleast. Moreover male pregnancies lead to the death of the child or father. You ought to know. I knew you wanted a child so badly. You are still in school mate." He continues and Hermione admonishes him, "Honestly, Harry, didn't you read History of Magic. Till date, there has not been even one surviving wizard who has successfully conceived. Male body is simply not made for it. Magic can not make everything possible."
"If you are quite finished, we will have to start the operation immediately. Have you spoken to her about it Harry?" He asks Harry who flushes and looks at his best friend.
"This wasn't planned and is a long story. Can you please bear the child for us. It would die otherwise."
Hermione stares at him for a few seconds, her eyes blown wide with disbelief. Ron slumps on the couch in utter shock.
"We don't have time. The timing couldn't be worst. We had decided to set the manor on fire today. Draco was supposed to help. I am afraid that the dark Lord has a spy and if he comes to know of our plan, he will disappear and we won't get this opportunity again. The ruse has already been created to trap his most loyal and crazy death eaters in the manor." Dad hisses, settling Draco on the bed.
"What can I do dad? What-"
"You were supposed to take care of him." Dad hisses furiously and Harry turns red, "I tried. He won't listen to me and he won't tell me what's wrong. I told him that we will investigate the truth about his father."
"Bellatrix is in the manor. You don't have time if you want her to tell you the truth. Weasley!" Dad snarled and Ron shot up.
"Yes professor."
"Call Poppy. I must take Harry inside the manor if he wants to interrogate Bellatrix. We will have to trap her. Granger fetch polyjuice potion while you decide if you want to accept Harry's request."
The last few lines are spoken softly and Hermione leaves the room without any question. Harry stays quiet. Dad is angry and when he is angry, it's best to leave him alone.
After very painful and long twelve minutes, Hermione and Ron come back.
"I'll do it." Hermione murmurs, "But I don't want it to create any problems with my career and I want it to be published in all the newspapers that the child belongs to Harry and Draco, not me and Ron. I don't want us to become the laughing stock of the entire wizarding world."
"Hermione, it's okay." Ron mutters quietly but Hermione shakes her head, "No. Those are my conditions."
"It's understandable Ms. Granger." Dad starts. Pomphrey has taken over and is preparing Draco quickly for the operation.
"Thank you Hermione." Harry whispers in relief.
"And you need not have stated these conditions. I already had these things in my mind. I am thankful to you. Now we must go. Poppy will know what to do. Weasley are you coming with us?" Dad asks Ron who nods.
Harry walks out of the room and dad looks at them.
"I have a vial of Veritaserum with me. I will polyjuice into her husband and will lure her inside a secret tunnelas. Your job is to ask her the right questions and take the memories in a vial and you will stay covered with your cloak until I arrive. Understood." He asks, his eyes sharp and Harry nods with Ron summoning his cloak.
Together they apparate outside the manor.
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"Is he here yet?" Ron whispers and Harry shakes his head, feeling extremely nervous. Ten minutes have passed and only twenty minutes are left now. He has already cast the self-burning spell. Being the Lord of the manor, he has a right to do so. Maybe that's why Lucius transferred the Lordship to both of them.
"Don't worry. Everything will be fine. Hermione is a powerful witch." Ron whispers out of the blue and Harry breathes hard. He is terrified of the outcome of the operation. He is also terrified for his father. They don't have much time. If he is not back soon, Harry will have to go inside to search him. That won't leave them with much time to interrogate that crazy woman.
"I-"
"Shhhh Harry. He is here." Ron murmurs urgently and just then Harry hears voices.
"You- you traitor. You killed my husband and you are planning to kill my lord too. You-"
"Shut up Bella before I kill you as well."
"Unbind me immediately." She snarls and dad pushes her towards Harry. Harry comes out of the cloak and stands in front of the woman with Ron at his side. She is squirming and glaring daggers at him, her hair all over her and her eyes gleaming with madness as she rolls pathetically on the dirty floor.
"Did you imperio Lucius?" He gets straight to the point.
"Yes." She blurts out and her eyes widen.
"You - I will destroy all of you." She hisses and attempts to get up.
"Why did you do so?" Harry asks her.
"He refused to follow the cause. He refused to give over the manor to the dark lord and we needed his assistance. Cissa had poisoned his mind and he claimed to only want to live with his family. He didn't want to be a death eater any longer. So I imperiored him and my lord helped me to keep him under it for a longer period of time." She spat and Harry slapped her hard.
"Well good luck with getting burned your crazy woman." Ron snarled and placed a vial in front of her lips, "Give us the memories and we might show mercy on you."
"No." She snarled and dad pulled hair back, "Give the memories to us or I will make your death brutal and slow."
"You-" She started.
"Do it." Harry growled and reluctantly she provided the memories. Ron covered the vial and they left her there. Her mouth was bound and her hands and legs were bound too. She would burn to death and that was what she deserved.
Harry ran outside, only wishing that Draco was there with him. He wonders what Draco would feel about burning The Malfoy Manor down.
They reached outside the complicated and long tunnel in record time. Just when they landed on the cool grass, the manor started burning. The windows were shut and so were the doors. They could hear the screams and wails and groans from inside. Not many were inside. The surviving Lestrange brother, Bellatrix, Riddle, Carrows, Dolohov and Barty crouch jr. They were the crazy and hopeless ones.
Harry stood there, watching the huge and once magnificent manor burn. This was Draco's childhood home. it was also the place Harry was humiliated and tortured and although Harry was delighted and satisfied to watch it get destroyed, he was sure that Draco would mourn its loss. Harry did not want to fight with Draco anymore and hoped that they would reconcile once Lucius is out of Azkaban.
Malfoy is a good man and now that Riddle is finally gone, maybe they can work something out. They can start afresh.
Harry sighs and apparates with dad and Ron outside the room where they had left Draco.
The moment he opens it, a solid punch lands on his cheeks and a very furious Draco Malfoy greets him.
"You- what did I do now? We got the memories to release your father. Are you fine? is the baby fine?" Harry whines and rubs his cheeks.
Draco glares at him before snapping, "Yes everyone is fine. What if something had happened to you?"
Harry stares and stammers, "I- I don't understand."
"Of course you don't. you are a right twat." While dad looks heavenward, his eyes exasperated, Ron bursts into hysterical laughter and Hermione murmurs sleepily, "Oh! Harry."
It's strange that all Harry can think about is that Draco cares for him.
"Draco wait." He calls.
"Go away. I hate you." Comes the petulant reply.
Harry calls, "I am sorry."
Ron's chuckles and dad's grumbles echoing in his ears, Harry runs towards Draco.
The End.
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