A/N: hey, this chapter's out 2 days early. Wow.
Dedication: Sparks,
for the idea about the Points, and things that I can't even begin to explain.
Coffee addiction put aside (no, Harry, you can't have another cup! You'll wet
the bed, and we know Drac won't like that... *g*), your emails have given me the
motivation to not put this on hold just yet.
Everything Changes
by
T.K. Yuy
Chapter 10- Questions of Love
Harry stormed back into his
room, Draco trailing after him, trying to get him to stop for a second. Since
Nathalie had left them, Harry hadn't said a word, and everytime Draco tried to
touch him, he either sped up of brushed him off. He wasn't liking that. His
lover's moods were changing far too quickly for it to be natural.
"Harry,
please, would you just slow down and-"
"How dare you threaten her! You don't
even know her."
"You didn't do much to stop me! For Merlin's sake, I've been
having dreams with these fucking Dragons for months, what the hell amd I
supposed to do? Ignore it? Ignore the fact that the man I'm sleeping with and
falling in love with has been my arch-nemesis for almost 7 years? Am I supposed
to ignore the fact that I have this God damned feeling that everything is going
to end once we get inside the Hall? You tell me, Potter, what am I supposed to
do?! You own me, damnit, and you fucking know it! Once you don't need me to be
your grounding, everything is going to change. End. I'll be tossed out of your
life faster than your parents were, and you won't give me the priviledge of
being remembered as you remember them."
"You really think that I would ignore
you, just because I don't need a mortal as my grounding? You're more than just
my grounding, you're-"
"Bull. Fucking. Shit! Since 4th year, I've doubted my
own feelings. Denied my father. Denied myself. I came to terms with the fact
that I'm gay when I was 12, and I finally let myself accept that I was attracted
to you in 5th year. Do you have any idea what it feels like to try and insult
the one you know you're destined to protect? To love?"
"Yes, I do. Summer of
4th year, I told Ron and Hermione that I was gay. Beginning of 5th year, I tried
to deny the fact that I was falling for you. By the end of 5th year, I had
fallen hard, and it was then that I met the Council of Change. I had been
inducted to the Order of the Phoenix the year before, and Dumbledore had no idea
that I was more than the Heir of Gryffindor. Ormand helped me finish my Dragon
Change, and once the final battle happened, I finished my Change as the Heir, my
Power finally becoming active. I was completely Changed by the time 6th year
ended, and once I completed yours, I was sure that what I was feeling wasn't
just my Change. When I talked to Severus, he confirmed it. He said that he'd had
strange 'attractions' to some of his fellow students during his Change. Well,
his Change was completed before he graduated Hogwarts, and he found that it
wasn't just an 'attraction', he was in love with my father."
Draco was
shocked, to say the least. Severus Snape, was in love with James Potter? No way.
Why would he have hated Harry so much if he was in love with
his...
"Bloody hell!" he shouted, running both hands through his hair as
Harry pulled Voldemort's wand from its place in the wall. "How did Snape meet
Ormand?"
"Where did that come from?"
"Just answer the damn question,
Potter."
"When he was Marked, his Watcher alerted the Council. Ormand was
sent to take care of him, as he is the Slytherin representative."
"You know,
even as Council member, I don't understand the whole 'representative' thing.
Care to explain it?"
"When Hogwarts was built,the Powers thought it would be
a good idea if they appointed someone to watch the students. The Powers found
that teaching magic in a school like environment increases the speed at which a
persons Change occurs, so they thought it best to have someone to watch over the
Houses. The first students to complete their Changes at Hogwarts became their
House representative. Liona is the Gryffindor Lion, Ormand, although his name
means 'serpent', is the Slytherin Dragon, Fala is the Ravenclaw Crow, or Raven
as it may be, and Brock is the Hufflepuff Badger. It was only an added bonus
that they take those forms as their animagi."
"Ah, well, that explains it. So
Snape and Ormand have been a 'thing' for all these years, huh?"
"They've only
been 'together' since the Triwizard, but they saw eachother on a regular basis,
more or less to discuss the Changes within the Slytherin House. Any other
questions, or can we go into Hogsmeade now?"
"Potter..."
Harry had
been changing his clothes as he and Draco spoke, and now leaned against the door
frame, his wild hair wet looking and shimmering with something. Kaki pants and a
blood red, ribbed, wide-necked turtleneck sweater, a black cloak hanging over
one arm. Draco's eyes flashed, and he turned away before he could see Harry's do
the same. He put a hand on the back of the couch, trying not to rip it apart,
when arms wrapped around him from behind. He shuddered and an involuntary tear
rolled down his cheek.
"I hate this." he said, his throat tight. "I hate
not having any control over what I feel when I'm around you. I hate not being
able to stop this over whelming fear that you're going to wake up one morning
and hate me more than you ever have. For fuck's sake, I hate not being able to
hate you any more!"
"Draco, I told you, as my grounding, things are going to
be a little difficult."
"Difficult?! Difficult is not the word I would use,
Potter! Do you have any idea how close I came to hitting Parkinson last night?
Any idea what it took for me to not blow Zambini's insides up at dinner? Forget
trying to have a normal life again, I'm stuck-"
"Do you love me,
Draco?"
"What?"
"You said before that you loved me. Is it real, or is it
just what you think is love? I can tell you right now, I've been in love with
you since the day I first saw you, in Madam Malkin's. Thought you were
unbelievable. Of course it wasn't until later that that feeling let itself be
known as love, but I've always respected you, and looked up to you. Believe it
or not, after I denied your friendship back in 1st year, I had to convince the
Sorting Hat not to put me in Slytherin just because I was afraid of saying
something, or doing something, that would make you hate me. Obviously, I
shouldn't have."
They were quiet for a bit, before Draco threw himself
into Harry's arms and kissed him, apparating them to his room so he could change
his clothes and grab some money. Harry smiled as he then apparated them directly
into Hogsmeade. To the Quidditch supply store there to be exact.
"What,
may I ask, are we doing here?"
"I ordered something awhile back, and it came
in yesterday. Good enough explaination for you,
Potter?"
"Quite."
!*~*!
Dinner was just ending when they
returned to Hogwarts, having apparated to Diagon Alley to go to Madam Malkin's
and then to journey into Muggle London. They'd spent quite a bit of money, but
were pleased with their purchases. In 2 weeks time, the whole of Hogwarts would
see something they'd never forget. Their children's children's children would be
talking about it, and even long after that.
"Harry, mate, where the hell
have you been?!" Seamus asked, not noticing the blonde that walked by and up to
Snape, "We've been worried sick man."
"Sorry 'bout that. I had a few last
minute things to pick up for the Halloween Ball. You all have your costumes
ready, don't you?"
Everyone started chattering about the ball, a much
more appealing subject than where Harry Potter had been all day, and for a good
portion of the evening, but he noticed that Ron and Hermione hadn't started to
take part in it. He smiled and leaned over to Ron.
"You and 'Mione, come
down to my room tomorrow. Draco and I have something for you." he said, eyes
darting up to the afformentioned Slytherin as he started back towards him. "And
watch out, he's sitting with me."
Draco ignored the silence that fell
over the Hall as he sat himself right in his lap. Dumbledore smiled, and looked
down at his 'House Point Calculator'. The red and green sands that represented
Gryffindor and Slytherin were going up. As they started eating, it started
filling faster. It seemed as if it was going to add Points to the Houses until
something happened.
"Well, are you all just going to stare at us, or are
you going to finish your meal?" Harry said, kissing Draco with a
smirk.
That was all it took. The Hall erupted in a roar of talk, and
McGonagall tapped Dumbledore on the shoulder.
"Albus, what's happening
with the House Points?"
"It seems, Minerva, that Gryffindor and Slytherin
have been awarded nearly 100 points each."
"I can see that, Albus, but
why?"
"I don't know, but I intend to find out. Nothing like this has happened
since the Point System was set into motion."
At the end of the Gryffindor
table, ice blue eyes danced, and Nathalie smiled, dipping her quill as she went
to finish her letter.
'... questions about love have been raised
throughout Hogwarts, but they've figured it out. For the first time in many
years, there's gonna be a tie for the House Cup. I wonder how they'll do with
the upcoming quidditch match. Well, tell Teek I said 'hi'.
Later!'
~TBC~
I have nothing to say about this chapter, other than
I'm not overly happy with their argument. And yes, I am getting somewhere with
this. Next chapter... I'm not sure when it'll be out. I've got it planned, I
just have to find the time to write it. Should be out by next weekend, at the
earliest. As always, send your questions and comments my way. I love getting
them, and love even more to reply to them.
TK