Sleeping Harry

Hello people. This took awhile to get out because I thought about stopping and/or deleting this story. I wrote CinderHarry for me but I am writing Sleeping Harry for the people. The thing with me is I\'m a procrastinator unless I am really compelled to finish something. So I\'ll try to finish this. I don\'t think this story will be very long. And I don\'t think that I will stick to fairytales or just Harry Potter. But we shall see what the future brings.



~CHAPTER TWO~



\"There you are Draco.\"



\"Hello Father.\" Draco just got back from riding and was greeted by his father. Draco couldn\'t wait till tomorrow. He was so happy that he was having a hard time not smiling. \'Maybe I\'ll just go tonight.\' Lucius could tell that his son was happy and anxious about something. They started walking towards their chambers.

\"Excited about meeting your betrothed Draco?\" Draco\'s giddy feeling dimmed when he heard what his father asked.

\"When am I meeting him?\" \'I hope it doesn\'t interfere with my plans.

\"You will meet him at breakfast and spend the whole day together.\"

\"All day?\" \'No one will let me go if I have to spend the whole day with him.\' Draco\'s mood went from happy to depressed. Lucius saw this and wanted to know why.

\"Yes, all day. What\'s wrong Draco? You were so happy when you arrived here.\" They finally came upon Draco\'s room, so Draco pulled his father in, closed the door, and made sure that no one else was there.

\"Father, I met someone.\" Lucius looked at his son. He didn\'t mind if he met someone. He knew of Draco\'s trysts in the past. Draco could tell what his father was thinking so elaborated.

\"No, Father. I mean I met someone who I want to be with, not to just bed with.\" Lucius just stared at Draco for a minute or two making Draco uncomfortable.

\"So you\'re saying you....\"

\"I\'m in love.\" \'I can\'t believe I just said that.\' Lucius furrowed his brow after hearing that. He didn\'t mind but it was Narcissa\'s wrath that he didn\'t want to unleash with this. So he had to at least try to reason with or stop this line of thought.

\"You\'re a Malfoy. Malfoys don\'t fall in love.\" Draco knew his father would say that.

\"But great grand mother Sinclair fell in love.\" Draco knew that that was his father\'s favorite grandmother.

\"Yes well, great grand mother Sinclair was insane.\" \'Great fun at parties. Always respected her though.\'

\"This isn\'t just a fling is it? Pre marital jitters?\" Draco scowled at what his father was suggesting.

\"No Father. I\'m in love and there is no way you are talking me out of this.\" Draco said with a note of finality.

\"Well, I am sorry to say but I do not wish to suffer your mother\'s wrath. I don\'t know about you but I am not partial to it. So starting from tomorrow, when you meet your betrothed, you shall never see the one you love again.\" Lucius said this while walking towards the door. Draco shot to his feet.

\"You can\'t do that!!\" He yelled.

\"I am sorry Draco. But it must be done.\" Lucius left the room. \'I\'m sorry son, I would love to see you happy but I cannot stand that woman if you did not at least marry your betrothed.\' Draco glared at the door and then started to pace. \'He can\'t make me not see my Harry. Wait. He said tomorrow when I meet my betrothed. I guess I will be seeing Harry tonight.\' Draco was a bit happy about seeing Harry. \'Nothing will keep me away from him. Not even my Mother\'s wrath that is known throughout all the kingdoms.\' Draco just went about getting prepared to see his beautiful Harry.



\"Is anyone here?\"


Harry opened the door but had to keep it open since none of the windows were open, it was very dark. Except some candles that were lit but he couldn\'t see enough so he opened the windows next to the door. When he turned back around he saw a delicious three- layer cake with seventeen candles and one for good luck, a very clean house, and a gorgeous outfit that was fit for royalty.

\"Surprise!!\" Tonks, Sirius, and Remus, well Tonks and Sirius jumped out of their hiding spots, while Remus calmly walked out. Sirius gave Harry a bear hug while Tonks took the berries and cloak away from him.

\"Happy birthday Harry.\" Sirius couldn\'t believe it had been seventeen years since they adopted Harry and didn\'t want to give him back.

\"You can let go now Sirius.\" Harry liked being hugged but he wanted to eat the delicious looking cake and try on his new clothes. But right after Sirius let go Tonks hugged him but her hug was shorter. While walking towards the cake, Remus hugged him also but let him go. They all sang Happy birthday and Harry knew from prior birthday\'s to cover his ears because Tonks and Sirius liked to compete by trying to out sing each other. But Tonks was very tone deaf. Remus knew this as well since he had his ears covered and an exasperated look on his face.

\"Don\'t forget to make a wish. Make it a good one too.\" Tonks said bouncing a bit. Harry just grinned, closed his eyes, thought of a good wish, and blew out the candles.

\"So.... what you wish for?\" Sirius asked while staring hungrily at the cake Remus was slicing and putting on plates.

\"He\'s not supposed to tell otherwise it won\'t come true. And stop asking him that every year.\" Tonks took the plate offered to Sirius before he could grab it and started eating it right away. Sirius just scowled and accepted the next plate that had a larger slice on it. Tonks glared at Remus, who ignored her and gave a plate to Harry and himself.

\"Who made the cake?\"

\"Remus.\"

\"Really? I didn\'t know you could bake.\"

\"Neither did I.\" After everyone ate their slice of cake, with some seconds for some people.

\"Its time.\" Remus said after a few minutes. Tonks and Sirius looked a little upset, hoping that they didn\'t have to tell him.

\"Time for what?\" Harry looked at all three of them confused. Sirius and Tonks looked at Remus not wanting to explain. Remus took a deep breath and beckoned Harry to sit down. Once Harry sat he began to explain.

\"Harry. I\'m going to tell you a story.\" Harry just raised an eyebrow and nodded for Remus to go on.

\"Once there was a King and a Queen. They desperately wanted a baby. That day came and they had a beautiful baby boy. To celebrate they invited all the other royalty, townspeople of their kingdom, and the three fairies. But they did not invite the evil wizard. So during the celebration, the baby was given gifts from the other royalty and from the three fairies. The first fairy gave him the gift of courage, the second fairy gave the gift of knowledge, but before the third fairy could give her gift, the evil wizard came. He demanded to know why he didn\'t get an invitation. The King and Queen said that they thought he wouldn\'t want to come since he wasn\'t very sociable. The wizard just said that for being so thoughtful, he would bestow his own gift on the baby. He said \'On his 17th birthday, he would prick his finger on a distaff and die.\' After he said that he just laughed and vanished. This devastated everyone. The Queen wanted the curse taken away, but only the wizard would be able to take it away. The third fairy said that she still had her gift to give so instead of dying on his 17th birthday, he would sleep when he pricked his finger. When he fell asleep, then the whole kingdom would sleep. The only way to break the spell was to awaken the boy with true loves kiss. So, after the celebration, to make it harder for the evil wizard to find the boy, the three fairies stole away in the night with the baby boy. And promised to come back to the palace on the night of his 17th birthday.\" Once he finished the story he looked at Harry. Harry seemed to be thinking about the story. His thoughts summed up to: \'A prince given gifts and a cursed gift, hidden away with three fairies to return home, to his kingdom, on his 17th birthday and not prick his finger on a distaff...whatever that is. So why did Remus tell me this on my birthd-...\' Harry\'s head shot up.

\"What was the princes name?\" Remus looked at Sirius, Sirius looked at Tonks, Tonks looked at both of them and when they didn\'t back down from staring at her she just sighed at looked at Harry.

\"I\'m sure you\'ve figured it out Harry.\" Harry just stared at her. He wanted conformation about what he thought. Sirius sighed.

\"The princes name is Harry. You are the prince Harry.\" Harry sat back and thought about it. \'So I\'m royalty and I get to see my parents tonight. Nothing wrong with that. Wait. Can I come back tomorrow? I have to meet Draco.\'

\"So I am going home to see my parents tonight-\"

\"Actually tomorrow morning. We have to leave after nightfall.\"

\"Okay, so I see them tomorrow. Can I come back here tomorrow?\"

\"Harry. We\'ll be going with you so you don\'t have to come back here.\" Tonks said putting her arm around Harry.

\"That\'s not why I want to come back. Its just...\"

\"Just what Harry? You can come back here anytime but not tomorrow. But I don\'t think your parents would want you to leave for a while. Maybe after you\'re married then you can.\" Sirius mumbled the last sentence but Harry still heard.

\"Married? What do you mean married?!\" Tonks scowled at Sirius. Remus just sat across from Harry and looked him straight in the eye.

\"Harry. Remember how in the story I said that the baby was given gifts from the other royal families?\" Harry nodded.

\"Well, the Slytherins gift to the prince was a betrothal to their prince and heir of the Slytherin throne. I think to connect the two kingdoms. Plus the Queen of Slytherin loves power.\"

\"I\'m betrothed?\" All three of them nodded.

\"I can\'t get married! I don\'t even know the guy.\"

\"Yes that is why tomorrow you are going to meet him and you will get to know each other.\"

\"But I don\'t want to meet him. I don\'t want to marry him!\" By now Harry was standing and by the end he was almost yelling.

\"I know you feel like this now but wait until you\'ve met him.\" Remus, ever the rational one, said.

\"No!\"

\"Why not?\" Tonks said exasperatedly.

\"Because I\'m in love with someone else!!!\" That time he yelled. Everyone in the room just blinked trying to digest what they heard. Remus was trying to figure out whom he could have fallen in love with.

\"You didn\'t fall in love with one of us did you?\" Tonks asked hesitantly. Harry stared at her and for some reason felt like messing with her mind.

\"Yes Tonks. I\'ve fallen in love with Sirius.\" He said this with a straight face. Remus knew that he was being sarcastic. The other two didn\'t. Tonks looked like she was going to fall over while Sirius looked gob-smacked. Harry looked at Remus, then back at the other two and couldn\'t help but try to stop smiling. Remus was doing the exact same thing until they both burst out laughing at the way the other two looked. This took the other two by surprise and when they finally worked out what was going on Tonks burst into laughter while Sirius scowled.

\"You were joking?\" Once Harry got his laughter under control he answered.

\"Sirius I do love you but not in that way. Just like I love Tonks and Remus and I\'m sure my parents once I meet them.\"

\"So you were kidding about being in love with someone?\" Tonks asked.

\"No. That is true. I fell in love. That is why I don\'t want to get married and that is why I want to come back tomorrow.\"

\"I\'m sorry Harry. But you can\'t.\" Remus wanted to make Harry happy but he had to stay home tomorrow to meet his betrothed and catch up with his parents. Harry looked down sadly.

\"Who is this person anyway?\" Sirius said sounding suspicious.

\"Does it matter? I won\'t be seeing him ever again.\" He said brokenly. After saying that he ran to his room, shut the door, flung himself on his bed and started crying into his pillow. Downstairs, the three were saddened when they heard Harry crying.




\"So that\'s where he is.\"

Tom Riddle was sitting in his mountainous castle with a smile on his face. Which was much better than before. He was so angry that he couldn\'t find that Gryffindor whelp. His minions were incompetent fools, some looking for a baby after 17 years. Today was the boy\'s birthday and his gift would never come to fruition. He was smiling now because his familiar, his beloved Nagini, was out in the Gryffindor forest looking for something to eat, when she tasted a high amount of magic being used. She told him that the prince was staying in a cottage in the middle of the forest with the three fairies. He had a plan but he had to do it after dark so he would be harder to see. The fairies would put up a fight but he was more powerful then them. Now he just had to wait till nightfall. He couldn\'t wait.






I\'m going to end it here. I was thinking about making it longer but I think I\'ll just write the rest in the next chapter. So hope you like it. I\'ll try to get the next one out soon. ::waves:: bye