The Boy Without a Soul

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The Boy Without A Soul
By Angelwings Sorrow


Chapter 4 “ I am a weapon”

‘Well Potter back again? Why do you fight me? You don’t know the power of the dark side.’

‘I’m not here by choice and stop spouting off bad lines from muggle movies.’

‘Still the insolent brat I see. Curio!’

‘Ahhhh!’ Harry felt the pain rip through his body. Then it stopped and he could just barely hear Voldemort laughing over the blood pounding in his ears. ‘This is getting old Tom. I’m not fighting you, but I’m not going to give in to you either. I’m tired and I just want to be left alone.’

‘You’re never alone Potter I will always be here. I see that you’re tired of living. The life of a weapon is rough; nothing to live for but death. Death has being following you since birth hasn’t it? First were your mother and father they were your first victims. Then there were those poor animals that you would save only to die at your hand.’

‘I didn’t kill them Vernon did. He poisoned them.’

“He killed them because they meant so much to you. They were your only friends and weapons don’t need friends. You are a weapon and weapons are soulless machines. Stop fighting me Potter it’s fruitless. Everything is falling down around you. Tthere is nothing left for you and no one left to care.’

‘And there is no way to shut you up.’

‘Curior! You show respect your future master!’

‘’Pant’ You are not and never will be my master! I maybe a weapon but I don‘t have to listen to your shite. I know all your speeches by heart all the mudblood and the muggles must die crap. You preach out the pureblood way of life but you nothing but a half-blood hypocrite and I will kill you. I may not live to see a free world without you in it, but I will see you dead! For now I settle for seeing you in pain. CURIOR!’

“AHHHHHHHHHH!


“Harry, please wake up! Please open you pretty eyes.” Draco held the small teen close as he thrashed about. He was going out of his mind with worry as Harry went deathly still. Professor Lupin had been gone 20 minutes when Harry started to seizure. There was no mistaking the screaming and the shaking as if you were trying to put out the fire that was coursing through your veins. Harry was under a curse. He had seen his father under the same curse when the dark lord paid an unexpected call to the manor.

Luckily Draco was a favored student and had the passwords to Snape’s potions’ cupboard other wise he would be going out of his mind with worry it took only a second to find the right potions and he also found special ones marked just for Harry. After pushing the potions down Harry’s throat he held the elfin close and whisper soft words of comfort.

“I’m awake! ‘cough’.” Harry wheezed as he floated back to consciousness.

“Thank Merlin!” Draco let out a breath he didn’t know he was holding. “Harry, are you in any pain? Do you need a drink of water?”

“I’m alright Malfoy. What are you still doing here?” The smaller teen glared as he tried to squirm his way out of the Slytherin’s arms. “I thought I told you that don’t need anyone!”

“Well you’re wrong. Professors Snape and Lupin were very worried over you and agreed that I should look after you.” Draco set the elfin down on the seat beside him, but kept a firm hold with an arm around the teen’s waist.

“I don’t believe you.” Harry glared and once again tried to remove himself from Draco’s arms.

“Well they did.” ‘Well for the first class while they were teaching, but that won’t stop me from taking care of Harry.’

“Well I refuse your help. I have no need for you care.” just to prove his point he yanked his body away from the warm caring arms took two steps towards the office door before collapsing in to back into those warm caring arms.

“Potter you’re not well I’m helping you and that’s final.”

“Why? Why do you even care?”

“I care Harry because your eyes are so beautiful that they should never be sad.”

“They’re just eyes, nothing special.” The elfin tried to be stern but his voice came out just a bear whisper and a blush rose to his cheek as the Slytherin brushed the hair from his eyes with a long graceful finger.

“No they are a window to how you feel and I never want you to be sad again.” Harry closed his eyes to fight back the tears that were threatening to fall. He wanted to believe Draco, he wanted to believe the promise those soft words held. He leaned his head into the Slytherin’s touch as cupped Harry’s cheek in his hand.

“Will you kindly refrain from groping my nephew, in my office?”

“Uncle Severus I was just leaving.” Harry was the first to come out of shock and pushed Draco ways as he stalked toward his elfin elder. “Malfoy here was manhandling me and refusing to let me leave!”

“HARRY!” Draco shouted in pure shock. Not only had the elfin manage to escape his grasp but he just flat out lied to his own uncle. ‘How very Slytherin of you Harry.’

“I see, well in that case 50 points to Slytherin for preventing my nephew from doing something foolish. Come here Harry I need to run a few scans on you before Mr. Malfoy
can escort you to your rooms. Remus will be by later to check on you as will I.”

‘Uncle...’ Harry glared at the potion master. ‘You were supposed to give him detention not award him house points’

‘That’s why I’m the professor and you are the student. Besides you lie as well as your father. If I came in five minutes later than you would both snogging each others face off.’

‘You must be thinking of you and uncle Remmy. Malfoy and I will never be like that ever.’

“I don’t need a babysitter.” growled the angry elfin as he waited for scanning to be over.

“You need more then a sitter you need a keeper. You’re still underweight and have a low blood count from your recent injury, but you’re well enough to return to your quarters and resume classes tomorrow. Mr. Malfoy please take him back to his rooms. They are located on the third floor down the corridor the password is ‘Elfin child’.”

“Actually that is your password to my rooms. My password is none of this git’s business.”

“Draco will escort you to your quarters and you will behave and you will the password just like a good elfin prince. Right?”

“Fine, uncle Sevvy!” Harry snarled through clenched teeth gathering his energy to storm out the door.

“If he faints again bring him here. I don’t care about who sees or about my cover you bring him here.”

“Yes sir.” Draco raced after the disgruntled elfin and Severus sat back in his chair and prayed.

“I pray to the gods you are right Remus. I pray you are right about Draco and I am wrong.”

*~*~*~*

Draco had to run to keep up with the smaller boy. Harry had replaced the glamours to hide his Elfin heritage and was walking at a fast pace in hopes of ditching the annoying Slytherin. Unfortunately the gods did not favor him as the Blonde quickly caught up to him.

“Potter! Slow down you’re going to faint again and I’ll have to carry you all the way back to your uncle’s again.”

“Why can’t you take a hint and leave me alone!”

“ I thought about it, but then I realized you intrigue my curiosity. I want to know the Harry behind the Potter Mask. But in order to do that I have to be at your side at all times. This also means I’ll be taking care of you since you refuse to do so yourself. I can’t get to know you if you waste away to nothing.”

“And I can’t believe how much you talk! Do you ever shut up?” Harry stormed up to the statue guarding the 3rd floor hall. “Harry Potter, The Weapon, and Draco Malfoy, The Ferret.” The Statue moved to the side allowing the two teens access. A Gryffindor of one of the lower years tried to follow them but the statue slid shut and demanded the password.

“That was close Potter he almost got in.” Draco hasten his step to keep up with Harry as the former Gryffindor refused to slow down.

“They can’t get in without a password and identification. Like you password is now ‘The Ferret’ they can’t use that without your Id which is ‘Draco Malfoy’ one can not be used with out the other so I’m perfectly protected.”

Draco glared at the smaller teen. He still hated to be reminded of that four year incident which got him turned into a ferret. Then he stopped as he thought of Harry’s password ‘The Weapon’. That’s when he realized that’s how the young elfin thought of himself and nothing more. ‘But you’re not a soulless weapon. How can I make you see that you are so much more then you believe and not world weapon?’

Harry led the way to his chambers hoping to pass his blushing shyness off as flushing anger. ‘Malfoy is being so nice to me and I can’t believe I’m showing him to my rooms and I gave him a password to said rooms. I must be desperate.’ Harry kept his head down as they reached the paint of a stag. “prongs” the paint opened and he quickly entered hoping the Slytherin would take the hint and leave.

“This place looks like an apothecary!”

‘Well so much for hope. When will I ever learn?’

“Don’t touch anything Malfoy! This is my uncle’s attempt at keeping me out of trouble. If I refuse to attend classes then he sends up a list of potions to do by the end of the day. I can safely say that the hospital wing will not need potions for the next two years.”

“Two years? We’ve only been in school three weeks! Even if you were brewing all day that still wouldn’t make enough for two years worth of potions.” It was hard to believe that this is what Harry did all day. He was impressed by the skills it took to male these potions but he was sadden by the fact that this was all he did all day and the fact he did this all alone.

“I know it seems impossible but I’ve got nothing better to do. I don’t like sleeping and there is no point in going to class. Uncle Severus is determined to turn me in to a Potion Master.” Harry sighed matter how he much he tried to harden his heart he could freeze out his uncles.

“Look Potter you had a rough morning. You need you rest I’ll come by after dinner and I’ll help you with today’s potion’s list.” The Slytherin guided the elfin from the common room to the bed chamber.

“I don’t need your help Malfoy.” Harry tried hard to protest but Draco could hear the tiredness in his voice. In his weaken state he couldn’t fight off the strong gentle that helped him in to bed.

“I know you don’t need my help but I want to help you.” Draco removed Harry’s robes and shoes and transfigured the boy’s clothes to soft silk pajamas be fore he tucked him in. “Professor Lupin is coming to check on you during lunch and then Professor Snape will come see you before dinner. So do not go wandering off and I’ll see you after dinner.” Before he could stop himself Draco kissed Harry’s forehead and quickly left.

“I am a weapon.” Harry whispered in to the darkness of his room.

“I have no soul.” He could feel the tears gather in his eyes.

“I have no hope.” He curled into the fetal position.

“But Do I.” for the first time in months he cried himself to sleep.