Forced Bonding

The knock came again, a little more firmly this time. Harry knew she was going to come busting in soon if he didn't stop her, so he summoned up some strength and got shakily to his feet. He wobbled to the bedroom and threw on a robe before he answered the door.

"Morning Mione. What do you need?"

"Merlin Harry! You look like hell! What happened to you?" Demanded Hermione.

"I just got done have a mind blowing shag with my husband when you knocked on the door, that's what!" snapped Harry. He didn't mean to be rude, but he would much rather be cuddling with Draco than answering Hermione's questions.

Hermione blushed crimson and apologized.

"I-I I'm so sorry Harry! I hadn't realized. I was just very anxious to tell you what I found out about your Bonding. I didn't mean to interrupt anything."

Harry felt bad for upsetting her, especially since she was doing something for his sake.

"It's okay Hermione. I didn't mean to snap at you. I'm just a bit out of sorts right now. Can you meet us in the sitting room in a few minutes? We just need to get cleaned up and dressed.

Hermione smiled at Harry and nodded before fleeing down the hallway, still red-faced with embarrassment.

Harry chuckled as he shut the door and returned to Draco, who was now lounging on the bed, still naked and looking as deliciously sexy as always. And boy did he know just how sexy he was. He looked up at Harry as he neared the bed.

"What did Granger want? I hope it was important enough to interrupt my post shag cuddling."

"It was. She wants to share the information she found on our Bond. She seemed ready to burst with the information, so she must have found something worthwhile. Lets get cleaned up so we can meet her in the sitting room."

Draco was as curious about the news as Harry, so for once he got ready in record time and they hurried down to the sitting room to find Hermione chatting with Narcissa, who addressed them immediately.

"Hello dears. Miss Granger was just telling me she had some rather important news about your Bond. Would it be all right if I stayed? I'm rather curious I must admit."

"Of course you can stay, as long as it's okay with Draco of course." Said Harry.

Draco gave his consent and they all settled down and looked at Hermione expectantly.

"Well, after some extensive research into your Bond, I found out that everything Professor Dumbledore told you was true, but he left out one extremely important part0the person that performs the ritual, in this cast the headmaster, gains a tremendous amount of power. The stronger the Bond, the more power he gains. The closer you two become the more power he gains. And he can draw on the power of your Bond at any time he wants. And he can drain the two of you completely if he wishes."

Narcissa was the first one to react to this news, as the two boys were still absorbing the terrifying news that Hermione had laid at their feet.

Narcissa stood up from her chair, looking very much a powerful Malfoy. Her movements were oddly slow and slightly jerky. It only took Hermione a few seconds to realize it was because she was trying to get control over herself and her anger.

"I trusted that man. I trusted him not only with my life, but the life of my only child and my husband! This is what the side of the "light" does with this trust? How dare he presume to use a Malfoy!"

"Mrs. Malfoy, please calm down. We don't know if that's the reason he chose this particular Bonding. Didn't Mr. Malfoy help choose the ritual? Maybe he knew it was one of the risks also." Said Hermione.

"No Miss Granger. I looked at the ritual myself, after Dumbledore showed it to Lucius. He would have told me if he knew about it. The last thing we wanted was another too powerful wizard in a position of authority. Either the headmaster didn't know himself, or he did know and intentionally left us in the dark. I do believe that he DID know, and kept it to himself, hoping we wouldn't find out about this little "side effect". I cannot believe that we actually TRUSTED that man!"

Finally the boys spoke up. They had been shocked silent by the news. Harry hadn't fully trusted Dumbledore in a long time, but he never thought the old wizard would go this far.

"Well I think it's obvious what we need to do." Said Harry.

"Yes. We need to kill him, and soon, before he can drain us of any power." Said Draco.

"WHAT?? No Draco! We cannot just kill the Headmaster! Harry, tell him!!" Shouted Hermione, jumping from her chair.

Harry just looked at Hermione with an unreadable look on his face, not saying a word. She slowly backed up and sat back down.

"Harry? Say something, please." She pleaded. She couldn't believe what she was hearing. Could Harry really be able to kill Professor Dumbledore?

A/N Please don't hurt me for this cliffie!!! I just couldn't help myself!!!
Ok, I want to resume what I was doing before I took my extremely long break from this fic….I want your input and suggestions. I am writing this fic as I go and I like to hear what the readers want to see in this story…I cannot promise that I will use them, but I will take them into account and incorporate them in my fic if I think they will work with what I have planned. I will of course credit the reviewer if I use their idea….

So, tell me what you think, and tell me what you might like to see happen…..