In Your Eyes

Chapter 4

Harry stared at the blond for a moment surely he had misheard or the blond had been thinking of someone else, right? There was no way that said blond could hold anything but animosity towards him. No way at all. Shaking his head Harry returned to eating without another word. Malfoy looked a little confused and perhaps a bit hurt but he shrugged with a wave to Deryn and slowly returned to the Slytherin

"Welcome one and all to another year at Hogwarts!" he began grinning at them all, blue eyes boring holes in the back of Harry's head, "We would like to welcome an addition to our staff. Professor Horace Slughorn! Professor Slughorn will be teaching Potions this year and Professor Snape will be teaching Defense against the Dark arts!" many angry and frightened shouts followed this announcement, mostly from the Gryffindor table.

"Can you believe this Harry?" Ron demanded angrily glaring at the head table; Harry looked up catching a strange look on Hermione's face. She looked oddly happy or satisfied with the situation, how weird. Ron however interrupted his contemplation of his other 'friend',

"Why would Dumbledore let Snape be the defense teacher?!" Ron demanded looking scandalized; Harry shrugged looking up at the table through his bangs. It was harder to fully catch someone's eyes looking through his hair. Snape looked pleased with himself and Slughorn was well himself.

"I don't know Ron." he replied softly, "Maybe he thought the change of scenery would be good for us." he muttered much to his friends’ amazement. They all complained about it but quieted down in general, as they walked back to the dorms. Harry was exhausted he hated catching little snatches of everyone's souls; it hurt to hear all of their true thoughts and feelings; even harder to keep his own emotion's in check, causing his temper to become rather volatile. He sighed sinking into one of the armchairs in the common room and massaged his head. Ron sat in the couch beside him this time really looking at him in concern,

"Are you really alright Harry? You aren't sick or anythin' are you?" he asked, Hermione scoffed and immersed herself in a conversation with some seventh years about classes and such like. Harry opened one eye and looked over at Ron,

"Yeah...I'm alright just tired." he replied with a soft smile.


[He really doesn't look too good...I hope he's alright. Mum would kill me if those muggles hurt him because I invited him over too late...] Ron's spirit whispered and he could feel the red-head watching him and couldn't help the grin at the mention of Ms Weasley. Deryn made her way over giving Harry a critical look,

"Ry you look like crap." she informed him with a grin, Ron looked startled and began to tell the mouthy little first year off but Harry chuckled.

"Thanks so much Der." he muttered cracking open one eye again, looking hopefully at her, "I don't suppose you have a headache potion on you?" he continued as she grinned at him. She reached into the sleeve of her robe where she generally kept a spelled bottomless bag, and pulled out a small vile of silver and ivory liquid.

"One mouthful only mind you." she said with a grin, Ron looked confused, worried and hurt.

"Harry are you sure I mean...She's..." He said trying to be tactful but failing. Deryn smiled at him,

"I'm Professor Snape's niece is what your trying to say right?" she said coolly. Harry rolled his eyes at both of them,

"It's alright Ron, I promise." He said with a grin. Hermione watched cautiously as harry popped the cork on the potion vial the smell of caramel wafted out and he took just a mouthful. Re-corking it he handed it back with a relieved sigh his headache ebbing away rapidly.

"You are a lifesaver Der." he said. She rolled her eye this time,

"If you learned to brew it yourself you wouldn't get caught without." She replied with mock sternness. He grinned and shrugged listening to everyone talk about their summers and what they expected for this year. Later when they were all going to bed Ron confronted him curiously,

"How do you know Snape's niece so well Harry? The way you to act you would thin you have know her for a long time." he said looking a bit put out. Harry sighed; he couldn't tell his friend that Deryn was his cousin that would raise way too many questions.

"For now lets say I met her over the summer, I'll tell you how and why later. Promise." he said with a guilty grin. Ron glared at him for a moment then grinned,

"Fine." he muttered, "But I'm holding you to it!" he finished climbing into his own bed and asleep within seconds. Harry sat on his bed but couldn't get to sleep, he should've asked Der is she had a dreamless sleep potion too, no matter what if he slept in here he would have nightmares. He sighed looking out the window, waving his wand to open it all the way.

'Probably just big enough.' he thought looking out then back to his sleeping dorm mates. 'I can get back before they wake up...I hope.' he thought. Making up his mind he Stood in front of the window and dropped the glamour he had been wearing since he got back to London. His raven colored hair now fell about to his mid-back, Green eyes were so bright that they seemed to glow in the dark his face would be thinner and more defined without the glamour, he knew that from hours spent in front of a mirror trying to get used to his new but original look. He as also closer to Ron in height with long limbs and long fingered delicate hands, it was safe to say that he no longer resembled James Potter in anyway.

Although the most obvious change were probably the huge feathery protrusions coming from his back, go figure he would be one of the one in twenty Ellexi still born with wings. The huge wings were a dark blue with white inner feathers which gave him an odd glowing look in the moonlight. Not that he cared much, taking a quick look at his dorm mates again before diving out the window; soaring over the grounds delighting in the fresh air and the cold breeze hinting of the winter to come. How he missed his uncle's house with its open large open windows and absurd amount of space, it essentially felt like being outside while inside. He felt so terribly trapped inside, like there was no escape, there was never any escape. He soared over the lake landing in the shallows soaking the jeans he had thrown on, not bothering with a shirt to hinder his wings anyway. There was a gasp to his right that made the feathers stand up in his wings, had he been caught already? Looking around he spotted familiar blond hair glowing a pale white due to the moon, Draco Malfoy was sitting by the lakes shore tears glittering in his stunned gray eyes.

'Well shit.' Harry thought as they stared at each other.


AN: IM SO SORRY!!!!! T.T
I haven't updated in so long. :C I swear I tried to start this chapter so many times the last few months and I never got more than the first paragraph out it just didn't want to happen. And then today I sat down and wrote a chapter for a story I haven't even looked at in 6 months and this chapter! I haven't stopped writing since I got up 7 hours ago. SO! Hopefully I'll try and become semi-regular with updating again aye? I hope not too many people gave up on me. T.T I promise I never abandon stories although I might need to re-write Next Gen because it's just not cooperating but that’s totally different.
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