Careful What You Wish For

Careful What You Wish For

By Coco Bebo aka EternusCaries


Chapter Four:

The next morning Harry felt the first glimpse of doubt about his decision to stay here with Draco. It wasn't like the Slytherin wanted him around, Draco actually went out of his way to make sure him and Harry had almost zero communication constantly reading or writing. When Harry did try to engage him in conversation he was shushed or completely ignored. Harry groaned as he flopped down on his bed, arms splayed out melodramatically.

"What do you WANT Potter!?" Harry heard Draco slam his book shut and then a thud.

"All I WANT Malfoy is for YOU to bloody SAY something once and a while!" Harry looked over at Draco and refused to smile when he saw how frazzled the Slytherin boy looked.

"You are forgetting that we are not and never were mates Harry! I don't know the first thing about you and don't try to act like it's my fault that you are stuck here all summer because you are the one who demanded you stay."

Harry sighed and sat up, "look I know that I'm being a little annoying right now and I know that you probably would have preferred being alone to my company. But...just...look there is no reason for us not to be mates right? You aren't a follower of Voldemort so you don't really hate me like you've said all these years..."

"Ha! You think that the past 5 years of me torturing you and your friends have been about being on the Dark Lord's side? Potter we aren't friend's because you are a pompous asshole and because I'm an arrogant one."

Harry smiled and shrugged, "yea, I guess you're right. But why not try to be friends? Just for the summer? I know that you wouldn't want me destroying your bad boy demeanor at school but if we can be friends don't you think the next 3 weeks will go just a little faster?" Draco rolled his eyes and picked his book up off the floor where he had thrown it a second ago, "whatever Potter, if you want to play friends then I don't see why not."

"Alright...then the first thing I guess should be getting use to calling each other by our actual names...Draco."

"Ok, Harry." If it wasn't for Draco's sneer Harry would have thought that they might actually be able to pull it off, but he could already see that old habits were going to die hard.

"This is going to be harder than I thought. Come on Draco, we have to watch out for each other, don't we? How are we going to do that if we don't trust each other?"

"Potter, you keep going around and around in circles, this isn't about us trusting each other or being friends. This is about you not being bored out of your skull; I for one don't know how I've gotten stuck babysitting you all summer. What do you want from me?" Draco didn't even bother to hide his exasperation and the tension the room thickened slightly.

Harry had to choke off the scathing response that was working its way out and take a deep breath. "Do you really think that when I left my house that I imagined in a million years running into you? But we did and its better this way really, we can watch out for each other. It doesn't have to be miserable; we've prove to each other already that we can be civil.

Draco sighed, "fine Harry, let's be civil. What now?" "Well...why not tell me something about yourself? You mentioned wanting to go into apothecary when you get out of school...do you have any other ambitions? Do you some day want to be a potion's master like Snape?"

"I had thought about being Severus' apprentice once upon a time so I could one day be a potion's master. But under light of recent events I think I'll have to settle for my own shop in some desolate town somewhere."

Harry wondered if Draco was aware of how disappointed he sounded, "you never know, maybe Snape won't let something like this come between you and him? I know that you are one of his favorite students and it can't all be because you were supporting Voldemort. If that were the case he would love Crabbe and Goyle too."

Draco smiled softly and shrugged, "I can't be an eternal optimist like you; but I have had bigger surprises in my life I suppose. What about you? What do you want to do?"

"Well I know that everyone expects me to be an auror but I have no desire to go chasing bad guys for the rest of my life. I was kind of thrown into chasing this one to being with, it was never my choice. I think that I would like to teach though; Hogwarts has become my home so as long as I could stay there I wouldn't care if I had to teach herbology. Even though if Dumbledore is smart he won't let me anywhere near that room. DADA or flying lessons would be brilliant though."

The conversation had started to feel more relaxed and Harry thought that maybe they could pull this off after all.

***~***~***~***~***

Albus smiled as the last member of the order walked into the room. Severus had always had a think for fashionably late entrances; always on time but never the first one in. "Now, I'm sure you all have your questions about why I called you here, but first has anyone had any luck tracking down your Harry?"

He watched as each member shook their head and smiled, "I had thought as much, but now I believe we have a new lead. I have reason to believe that Harry is not alone wherever he is." He watched as each of them looked at each other.

"Ron isn't with him Albus, he's still at home and he's owling Hermione daily..."

"I know Arthur, it isn't any of his usual acquaintances. I do believe Harry is with young Draco Malfoy."

Remus Lupin was the first to stand up, panic clear on his face, "then we need to go to Malfoy Manor as as soon as possible Albus. I had been afraid that Draco would be recruited into the Death Eater's soon but I had no idea..."

"Now now Remus, please sit down, Draco is not at Malfoy Manor anymore then

Harry is. They both seem to have run away from their respective homes.

"I find this hard to believe, Lucius would have informed me if Draco was no longer at home." Severus did not look entirely sure though and Albus was sure he knew why.

"It seems Severus that Draco has turned down his invitation to join Voldemort, the reason I believe that Lucius hasn't told you is because he is doing everything he can to get Draco back before anyone is the wiser. So far I'm happy to say that he has been unsuccessful."

"So you're saying instead of just looking for Harry we need to keep an eye out for Draco? I guess I can go back to diagon alley and ask around again..."

"That wont' be necessary Nymphadora, Lucius has already turned every place he can over for Draco and we have already search everywhere we can think of for Harry. Wherever they are, they are safe and staying well hidden. I'm afraid our only option is to wait for one of them to use magic or wait for them to come back to school. We will keep the same plan of keeping watch at the train station, Hogsmead, and at the front gates of Hogwarts for them the day school starts. By this time either Lucius will have disowned Draco for making him looking bad in front of Voldemort or he will be even more desperate to find his only son."

Everyone nodded and Albus sat down and smiled, “that was all I called you here for you can all be excused now.”

The members of the Order slowly made their way out of the door besides one. Severus sat quietly in his seat looking at Dumbledore.

“Is that something I can help you with Severus?” Albus asked gently, knowing what the other man was worrying about.

“I had always hoped that Draco would turn down the opportunity to join the Death Eater's.” Severus looked over at Albus and even though he knew that Severus would never admit it, he was truly worried about what was going to happen to Draco.

“Don't worry Severus, we will find him before his father does and once he is at this school he'll be safe. Now why don't you go and ask Ms. Pomphrey if she needs any help in the medical wing?”

Severus rolled his eyes but left, assigning him busy work was never Albus' favorite way of helping the ex death eater stop worrying over things, but it always worked.

*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

Lucius Malfoy sat in his study, his hand clenched on his cane tightly as he tried to think about where he had went wrong with his son. Draco had always seemed to be an avid follower of their Lord and now this. The Dark Lord would be arriving in a couple of days and he was going to have to admit that his son was a filthy traitor.

Lucius shook his head and banged his cane into the floor. No, not if he had anything to do about it. He would find his son by then, even if it meant calling in certain favors. Lucius went to the fireplace and grabbed some powder. It was time to pay the ministry a visit.

END OF CHAPTER