So Far Away
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Adult ++
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22,259
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Chapter 2
So Far Away
By: Gwen
Rating: NC17 overall
Pairing: Harry/Draco
Warning: AU/Slash/Drama/Angst/Romance
Betas: Tracy & Dorothy
Disclaimer: The \"boys\" belong to JKR. I just borrow them on occasion. No money is being made from this little adventure.
Summary: Interesting things can happen when you\'re away from everyone and everything you know.
Part 2 - School Starts
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
\"Welcome! Welcome to a new year at Hogwarts! Before we begin our banquet, I would like to say a few things,\" Dumbledore stated as his eyes roamed the Great Hall. \"First of all, you may see a few changes around the school. We have attempted to make it a bit easier on everyone by placing the majority of the classrooms in the same area. The exceptions to this would be the Astronomy, Potions, and Herbology classes. They will remain in their current areas. The next point of order is the Forbidden Forest. Even with the demise of Lord Voldemort, thea isa is still unsafe for children. Precautions have been taken and the boundaries marked for your safety.\"
At this point, the first years became afraid. Dumbledore allowed a few minutes for the upper years to assure their housemates that as long as the rules were followed, no harm would come to them. Once the hall quieted down again, he continued.
\"And on to the last, and I\'m sure, most interesting announcement of the evening. I mentioned earlier that changes have been made here at the school. To go along with that, I am pleased to announce that Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry will be participating in a student exchange program this year. This is a joint venture between the five wizarding schools, and we have high hopes that this will be the first of many such exchanges.
\"We have chosen two students from each house to rsentsent Hogwarts and we will be receiving eight students from the other schools in their stead. When your name is called, please stand. From Ravenclaw, Mandy Brocklehurst and Michael Corner; from Hufflepuff, Susan Bones and Justin Finch-Fletchley; from Slytherin, Draco Malfoy and Tracy Davis; and from Gryffindor, Harry Potter and Lavender Brown. Once the feast has concluded, I ask that you please adjourn to the Charms classroom on the second floor so that we may further discuss your upcoming endeavor. And now, let the feast begin,\" the Headmaster proclaimed as the tables magically filled with food.
Harry knew that he was in for it. He hadn\'t told his two best friends that they would not get to spend their last year of school together.
Hermione glared at Ron, who was oblivious to everything except the food in front of him. \"Did you know about this, Ron?\" she asked as he was filling his plate.
\"Huh?\" he asked as he was ripping a leg off of the cooked turkey that was in front of Harry.
\"Honestly, Ron. When will you learn some manners?\" she chided.
\"Probably about the same time that you decide to stop lecturing me about not having them,\" he threw at her. \"Honestly Mione, if I knew, don\'t you think I would have told you?\"
She seemed to have accepted that answer and turned on Harry. \"So why didn\'t you tell us?\"
Harry shrugged. \"Because Dumbledore asked that we not say anything.\"
\"Hmph,\" she said as she picked at her plate, pushing her food around and not really eating.
After a few minutes of silence, Harry turned to her. \"I\'m sorry that you weren\'t chosen. Merlin knows that you\'d do better than I would with something like this. You know how I am with meeting new people.\"
\"I know Harry,\" she said, sadness tinting her voice. \"It\'s not your fault. Just give me a bit to get over the shock and I\'ll be okay,\" she said as she continued to stare at her plate, trying to come to terms that she had not been chosen for this project. She had the highest marks in their house, which should have assured her a place, but apparently good grades did not count for this. Not that Harry was a bad student. He passed all of his classes, but he could have made better grades if he applied himself, like she did.
\"So when are you leaving?\" Ron asked, not realizing that something was amiss.
\"Not sure. I guess I\'ll find out at the meeting in a little while,\" Harry said as he poured himself moumpkumpkin juice.
\"How in the hell did Malfoy end up in this program?\" Ron asked as he looked across the room to the heriherin table.
Harry shrugged. \"I don\'t know how we were all chosen. I guess that was Dumbledore\'s doing.\"
\"I\'d be willing to bet that he\'s going to Durmstrang. Even though You-Know-Who is gone, I\'m sure they\'re still teaching some kind of Dark Arts classes over there. It\'d be the perfect place for him. I\'m sure that everyone there would welcome him with open arms, being the son of a Death Eater,\" Ron offered.
\"I really don\'t care where the git ends up as long as it\'s not where I am. But look at it like this - you won\'t have to put up with him this year. So enjoy the peace and quiet.\"
\"I would love to, except that you won\'t be here. For fuck\'s sake, Harry, it\'s our last year together. We were supposed to rule the school. I have this entire list of pranks we were going to pull, and now it won\'t happen. I\'ll be stuck here and you\'ll be, well, somewhere,\" Ron said with a grimace.
Harry patted Ron on the back. \"You\'ll be fine, Ron. You never know, you might like whoever is taking my place even better than me,\" he joked.
Ron shook his head. \"Not bloody likely,\" he said as he tucked back into his dinner.
Across at the Slytherin table, the seventh years were in an uproar over the fact that their leader would be leaving them.
\"Once I\'ve finished with my meeting, we\'ll all meet in the Common Room and decide how things will be handled in by absence,\" Draco stated.
\"I can\'t believe that I wasn\'t chosen,\" Pansy said as she tossed her hair over her shoulder for the third time in a fit of anger.
\"Pansy, if you do that once more, I\'m going to cut it off,\" Crabbe informed her.
\"You would not,\" she said with an air of superiority.
\"Try me,\" he said with a malicious grin.
She scooted closer to the body on her right and linked her arm with his. \"Draco, love, please tell Crabbe that he will do no such thing,\" shoed.oed.
\"Get off of me you bloody leech,\" Draco said as he pushed the annoying witch away from him. \"If you touch me again, I\'ll be the one to cut it off,\" he said with menace.
Pansy pursed her lips together in a perfected pout. \"What is wrong with you?\" she asked.
Draco shook his head and looked across the hall. \"It figures that he\'d be included in the program. Dumbledore just had to go and show off his pride and joy, didn\'t he? It\'s not like there weren\'t other candidates from the Gryffindorks. Hell, Dean Thomas would have been better suited for this than Potter.\"
Goyle paused with loading his plate. \"Look at it this way, at least you won\'t have to put up with him and his bloody arse-kissing-friends this year,\" he said.
Draco smirked. \"This is true. I\'m sure that I\'ll end up at Durmstrang, and he\'ll be on the other side of the planet from me. Ahhh, my last year is starting to look even better than I had imagined,\" he said as he resumed his eating.
By: Gwen
Rating: NC17 overall
Pairing: Harry/Draco
Warning: AU/Slash/Drama/Angst/Romance
Betas: Tracy & Dorothy
Disclaimer: The \"boys\" belong to JKR. I just borrow them on occasion. No money is being made from this little adventure.
Summary: Interesting things can happen when you\'re away from everyone and everything you know.
Part 2 - School Starts
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
\"Welcome! Welcome to a new year at Hogwarts! Before we begin our banquet, I would like to say a few things,\" Dumbledore stated as his eyes roamed the Great Hall. \"First of all, you may see a few changes around the school. We have attempted to make it a bit easier on everyone by placing the majority of the classrooms in the same area. The exceptions to this would be the Astronomy, Potions, and Herbology classes. They will remain in their current areas. The next point of order is the Forbidden Forest. Even with the demise of Lord Voldemort, thea isa is still unsafe for children. Precautions have been taken and the boundaries marked for your safety.\"
At this point, the first years became afraid. Dumbledore allowed a few minutes for the upper years to assure their housemates that as long as the rules were followed, no harm would come to them. Once the hall quieted down again, he continued.
\"And on to the last, and I\'m sure, most interesting announcement of the evening. I mentioned earlier that changes have been made here at the school. To go along with that, I am pleased to announce that Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry will be participating in a student exchange program this year. This is a joint venture between the five wizarding schools, and we have high hopes that this will be the first of many such exchanges.
\"We have chosen two students from each house to rsentsent Hogwarts and we will be receiving eight students from the other schools in their stead. When your name is called, please stand. From Ravenclaw, Mandy Brocklehurst and Michael Corner; from Hufflepuff, Susan Bones and Justin Finch-Fletchley; from Slytherin, Draco Malfoy and Tracy Davis; and from Gryffindor, Harry Potter and Lavender Brown. Once the feast has concluded, I ask that you please adjourn to the Charms classroom on the second floor so that we may further discuss your upcoming endeavor. And now, let the feast begin,\" the Headmaster proclaimed as the tables magically filled with food.
Harry knew that he was in for it. He hadn\'t told his two best friends that they would not get to spend their last year of school together.
Hermione glared at Ron, who was oblivious to everything except the food in front of him. \"Did you know about this, Ron?\" she asked as he was filling his plate.
\"Huh?\" he asked as he was ripping a leg off of the cooked turkey that was in front of Harry.
\"Honestly, Ron. When will you learn some manners?\" she chided.
\"Probably about the same time that you decide to stop lecturing me about not having them,\" he threw at her. \"Honestly Mione, if I knew, don\'t you think I would have told you?\"
She seemed to have accepted that answer and turned on Harry. \"So why didn\'t you tell us?\"
Harry shrugged. \"Because Dumbledore asked that we not say anything.\"
\"Hmph,\" she said as she picked at her plate, pushing her food around and not really eating.
After a few minutes of silence, Harry turned to her. \"I\'m sorry that you weren\'t chosen. Merlin knows that you\'d do better than I would with something like this. You know how I am with meeting new people.\"
\"I know Harry,\" she said, sadness tinting her voice. \"It\'s not your fault. Just give me a bit to get over the shock and I\'ll be okay,\" she said as she continued to stare at her plate, trying to come to terms that she had not been chosen for this project. She had the highest marks in their house, which should have assured her a place, but apparently good grades did not count for this. Not that Harry was a bad student. He passed all of his classes, but he could have made better grades if he applied himself, like she did.
\"So when are you leaving?\" Ron asked, not realizing that something was amiss.
\"Not sure. I guess I\'ll find out at the meeting in a little while,\" Harry said as he poured himself moumpkumpkin juice.
\"How in the hell did Malfoy end up in this program?\" Ron asked as he looked across the room to the heriherin table.
Harry shrugged. \"I don\'t know how we were all chosen. I guess that was Dumbledore\'s doing.\"
\"I\'d be willing to bet that he\'s going to Durmstrang. Even though You-Know-Who is gone, I\'m sure they\'re still teaching some kind of Dark Arts classes over there. It\'d be the perfect place for him. I\'m sure that everyone there would welcome him with open arms, being the son of a Death Eater,\" Ron offered.
\"I really don\'t care where the git ends up as long as it\'s not where I am. But look at it like this - you won\'t have to put up with him this year. So enjoy the peace and quiet.\"
\"I would love to, except that you won\'t be here. For fuck\'s sake, Harry, it\'s our last year together. We were supposed to rule the school. I have this entire list of pranks we were going to pull, and now it won\'t happen. I\'ll be stuck here and you\'ll be, well, somewhere,\" Ron said with a grimace.
Harry patted Ron on the back. \"You\'ll be fine, Ron. You never know, you might like whoever is taking my place even better than me,\" he joked.
Ron shook his head. \"Not bloody likely,\" he said as he tucked back into his dinner.
Across at the Slytherin table, the seventh years were in an uproar over the fact that their leader would be leaving them.
\"Once I\'ve finished with my meeting, we\'ll all meet in the Common Room and decide how things will be handled in by absence,\" Draco stated.
\"I can\'t believe that I wasn\'t chosen,\" Pansy said as she tossed her hair over her shoulder for the third time in a fit of anger.
\"Pansy, if you do that once more, I\'m going to cut it off,\" Crabbe informed her.
\"You would not,\" she said with an air of superiority.
\"Try me,\" he said with a malicious grin.
She scooted closer to the body on her right and linked her arm with his. \"Draco, love, please tell Crabbe that he will do no such thing,\" shoed.oed.
\"Get off of me you bloody leech,\" Draco said as he pushed the annoying witch away from him. \"If you touch me again, I\'ll be the one to cut it off,\" he said with menace.
Pansy pursed her lips together in a perfected pout. \"What is wrong with you?\" she asked.
Draco shook his head and looked across the hall. \"It figures that he\'d be included in the program. Dumbledore just had to go and show off his pride and joy, didn\'t he? It\'s not like there weren\'t other candidates from the Gryffindorks. Hell, Dean Thomas would have been better suited for this than Potter.\"
Goyle paused with loading his plate. \"Look at it this way, at least you won\'t have to put up with him and his bloody arse-kissing-friends this year,\" he said.
Draco smirked. \"This is true. I\'m sure that I\'ll end up at Durmstrang, and he\'ll be on the other side of the planet from me. Ahhh, my last year is starting to look even better than I had imagined,\" he said as he resumed his eating.