Surprise Mate

Chapter XIII:


As Harry set among his friends and his family (Draco and Kara) he felt as though something was not right. He looked around the Leaky Cauldron, the usual people were in there and Tom was behind the counter making drinks and chatting with his regulars. He looked around his own table everyone talking and laughing. Kingsley and Tonks enjoying the conversations as well but still were constantly vigilant. But something just didn’t feel right. Almost as though a quiet before the storm, it unnerved Harry. He knew enough about himself to trust this instinct.

“We should go.” He said to them Harry said taking Kara from Tonks and standing from his seat.

“What's the rush to get to the malls Harry we still have time before they close.” Tonks told him a little put out that he abruptly took Kara from her.

“No back to Hogwarts. Something doesn’t feel right.” Harry said than there was a blast not far from behind him throwing him and causing him to flip in the air as he flew across the room.

He held Kara tightly against him and made sure when he slammed into the wall she would not be injured in anyway. But that didn’t stop her from wailing when she was so violently awakened. His head must have connected rather painfully with the wall, he could feel warm blood running through his hair and down his back. That is not even mentioning the painful throb that was coming from his head. Dark spots danced before his eyes, he was close to passing out but he fought against it. He couldn’t leave Kara defenseless. His vision was blurry more so for the pain than the fact that he lost his glasses in the blast.

The only thing he could tell about his surrounding was Kara crying in his arms. There was an ash and dust cloud covering all over the pub. Chairs and tables were blown everywhere bodies lay unconscious on the floor. It was enough to bring Harry out of his daze and get his adrenaline flowing. Silently he summoned his broken glasses and repaired them. The world came into focus again but just barely. As he stood he tried to comfort. It worked a bit, her cries had stopped but she was still whimpering and had tears falling from her eyes.

Just as he got her to quiet down he saw black clocked men come in through the wall they blasted open. The all had their wands drawn. One of them waved their wand and the dust and ash cloud dissipated. He looked around the room for his friends now that the cloud was gone. He noticed that the others were gone except Draco who lay unconscious on the floor. He had a large gash on his head where it connected with the table when the blast happened causing him to lose consciousness. His eyes flashed between the Death Eaters and Draco who was across the room from him. The Death Eaters could easily grab Draco before he could even reach him. Than he had to think about Kara and her safety. If he went after Draco he could be putting her in danger. But he couldn’t just leave Draco just yet. He hoped the disguise was enough to have some of the attention off of them.

“Come here boy?” one of the Death Eaters ordered. Harry taking the chance to get closer to Draco begun to make his way towards the Death Eater.

“You seen Harry Potter in here boy?” another one of the Death Eaters asked him.

Harry gave no response he knelt beside Draco. He was thankful the glamours were holding but it couldn’t hide the nasty gash on Draco's head.

“Did you hear the question boy?” the Death Eater that summoned him over asked. Harry's grip on Kara and Draco tighten as he noticed the Death Eater raise his wand towards him.

“I'm Harry Potter.” He could literally here the Cruciatus coming from their lips just as he said: “Blue Phoenix!” and with a pull of his navel He, Kara and Draco were gone.

When they arrived in the Great Hall they were quickly surrounded by everyone else. Harry let Hermione take Kara from him while Kingsley picked him up to take him to the Hospital wing. Harry didn’t try to fight them his adrenaline was gone and he was starting to feel how much he really hurt. Draco and Kara were safe that was his last thought be for he let the darkness consume him.

Draco started to come around before they got to the Hospital wing. His head hurt him something fierce but that he could handle. He was more worried about Harry and Kara.

“Where are they?” he croaked out he tried to move but he realized he was being levitated causing his movement to be restricted.

“Harry is the one that brought you back Draco.” Pansy told him as she dispelled her glamour.

“Is he okay? What about Kara? Did the-”

“Kara is fine.” Pansy said cutting off his string of questions. She also dispelled the levitation charm on Draco and gently placed him back on the ground. “She is just a little frighten.”

“What about Harry?” Draco asked as he followed Pansy they were a couple of paces behind everyone else.

“He past out when he finally got you guys back. He must have hit the wall pretty hard there was a lot of blood on the back of his shirt.”

“Why did you all just disappear and leave me and Harry there?”

“Tonks had taken debris to her shoulder that struck nicked an artery Kingsley was going to have Hermione and me bring her back but as soon as the pass code was said to activate the portkey we all disappeared. Kingsley was just about to come back for the three of you when you appeared.”

“I thought they were suppose to activate individually?”

“The emergency settings were activated. Since we were all close the magic thought it would be safer to get us all to a secure location and considering that Tonks was badly hurt it was a smart move. But you and Harry and Kara were to far for magic to pull you three also.”

“Well its a good thing Harry was knocked unconscious like myself, or we would have been in trouble.”

“I'm sure there was some other security put on the necklaces. But we should go in and see how Harry and Tonks are doing. And get you checked out also, that cut is still bleeding pretty bad and you are way to pale, not that you weren't already pale enough.”

Tonks was unconscious on one of the cots but her injuries appeared to be healed. Madam Pomprey was working on Harry and his numerous injuries.

“Lie down Mr. Malfoy and I will be with in a moment. Ms. Parkinson would you be a dear and apply pressure to his cut so he won't bleed out before I have finished healing Harry.” Madam Pomprey said as Kingsley warded the Hospital wing. The last thing he wanted was some students coming in and finding the two Slytherins here when they were suppose to be working with the Dark Lord.

“Will he be alright Madame Pomprey?” Draco asked as he chose the cot not to far from Harry.

“He will be fine Mr. Malfoy. His injuries were nothing serious. The only reason he passed out was because of the blow to the head, but it isn’t life threatening.”

“And Kara is fine to?” Draco asked his attention shifting to the baby in Hermione's arms.

“I checked her first. The little girl is just fine. A bit frightened but she will be fine.”

“Kingsley do you know how they found us?”

“No I do not. But I plan on finding out. Only a select few knew we were in Diagon Alley today. And even with some of the purchases needed to be owl'd Lucius gave safe address that no one else knew about. He even had special accounts set up for today.”

“When you find out how can you please keep me informed. I know father would also like to be informed of today's events.” Draco said as Madame Pomprey came over to treat him.

“I will be sending him an owl shortly. Just waking for Tonks to wake.”

“Thanks.”

“Take this Dearie. You need to get some sleep for the rest of the healing process can take affect. You have some minor internal injuries from the blast.” he downed the potion that she gave him and the effects were almost instant

“Thanks Madame.” Draco sleepily before oblivion took him.