The Kit and the Incubus

03

Harry and Draco’s friendship only grew over the last week before school.  The house-elves had taken to calling them ‘the twins’ and were happy that the normally prim and proper Master Draco had loosened up and was actually acting as a child.  Even in such a short time Harry had really blossomed.  Still shy and timid, but after reassuring him –multiple times- that it was Ok for him to do what he wanted Harry had finally accepted it and had taken to running wild with Draco.  With the exercise, sleep, and affection from everyone he’d lost the sallow skin and dark circles, even gaining a few much needed pounds.

Currently Harry and Draco were hiding around the corner, waiting for someone to cross the threshold and become their victim.  Well, Draco was anyways, Harry was still not so sure about the bucket of water they’d rigged up with their nifty new wands and was silently praying that this didn’t get them in trouble.  Still when he saw Tom come around the corner he started to giggle with Draco and the pair could hardly contain their mirth.

Soon Tom found himself covered in freezing water and tackled by a giggling Harry.  Tom chuckled, scratching Harry behind his ears, “Are you having fun, my little kitten?”

“Uh huh!” Harry blushed, ducking his head shyly as Tom stood with Harry still in his arms, and with a flick of his wand dried them, “See you later, Draco,”

“Ok,” Draco managed to gasp out as he laughed.

They settled down in Tom’s sitting room as they had every night, with Harry curled up into Tom’s heart and Tom gently brushing any kinks from Harry’s tail while he hummed.  As Harry got comfortable he found himself clinging harder than usual to Tom, a sudden fear striking through him of leaving, terrified that at any moment he’d wake up and be back in his cramped cupboard at #4 Privet Drive, beaten and starved.  He didn’t want to go back, he like it here with Tom and Draco and even Draco’s daddies, Lucius and Severus, here everyone was nice to him and he never went hungry.  He had a friend and he didn’t hurt anymore, from beatings or the terrible throbbing pain and shivering, which had long since disappeared here. No, he didn’t ever want to leave!

But you have to, a small voice in the back of Harry’s mind reminded him, you have to go to Hogwarts with Draco to keep the man who put you with your aunt and uncle from ever taking you away again. This only made him cling to Tom harder, while he’d have his best friend he would miss curling up with Tom and getting his hair brushed and not having nightmares – those of which had disappeared since he took to curling up with Tom in his bed.  

Harry didn’t realize he was crying until Tom wrapped him in a tight hug, wiping away the tears with gentle fingertips, murmuring, “What’s gotten you so upset, little one?”

“I-I Want to g-go to H-hogw-warts but I don’t wa-want to leave,” Harry managed to choke out between sobs.

“ohhh, Harry, shhh, it’ll be ok,” Tom started to rock the crying youth, “It’ll be ok, I promise, you’ll have Draco right besides you and both Severus and Lucius will be your teachers, and I’ll visit as often as I can, little one, I promise,”

That managed to quiet Harry some but he still fell asleep in Toms arms, silent tears staining his cheeks.

The next day Draco jumped on the bed, rudely waking up Tom and Harry.

“Come on, come on, come on! We’re going to be late for the train!” He pushed a yawning and sleeping Harry off the bed and dragged him off to dress – Harry having been borrowing Draco’s clothes until his own could arrive. Tom chuckled as they went off, Draco was so good for timid little mate.

When they were dressed and ready, after having to find where they’d left their wands after their prank the day before, they met the adults in the floo hall. Harry watched in awe and horror as Draco disappeared into green flames.  He shook his head backing up into a chuckling Tom.

“It’s alright, kit. It doesn’t hurt, see?” He stuck his hand in the still green flames, “I promise,”

Harry gulped, and nodded, stepping into the flames with eyes squeezed shut.

Harry stared in wide eyed wonder at the huge red train billowing steam onto the platform. He’d been shown pictures of it at the manor but that didn’t prepare him for how big it was. Draco couldn’t help but giggle at his friends awe as he pulled him along, only to be stopped by a cleared throat behind them.

“Forgetting something, Draconius?” Severus asked.

“Oh, sorry Dad,” Draco said sticking out his tongue, “I mean, it’s not like you’re going to be seeing me in a few hours,”

As Draco said “Bye” to his dads, Harry clung to Tom who was currently transfigured shorter, honey blond, and with sharper features. It boggled Harry’s mind but the arms around him gave him the same sense of calm and safety, so he figured that the change of shape didn’t really change Tom.

“I’ll see you soon Little one, till then stay close to Draco and his friends, they’ll keep you safe in my stead,” he placed a quick and chaste kiss to Harry’s forehead  as Draco pulled his friend away and onto the train just moments before it rolled out of Kings Cross.

“Draco!”  A short girl with a water fall of straight black hair called out, waving frantically for Draco and Harry to join her called, “It’s about time you showed up! What kept you?”

“My dads, who else Pansy?” Draco said as he half dragged Harry into the nearly full compartment, “Now everyone this is Harry Potter, as in the Harry Potter, Now Harry this is Blaise, Crabbe, Goyle, and you’ve already met Pansy,”

“Hi,” Harry said, half hiding behind Draco and giving the others a shy wave.

“You’re Harry Potter?” Pansy squealed, “Oh! You’re just so adorable! Come here now and tell me all about living with muggles,”

She pulled him next to her and crowded into him, dark Hazel eyes oddly reminding him of Tom as they hungrily took in everything about him from ears to tail, “Oh my! You’re so skinny, what did those horrid muggles do to you?!”

“Pansy, give him room to breathe,” Draco and Blaise said in union, pulling her off of a half terrified Harry.

“Sorry ‘bout Pans, she’s just a tad easily excitable,” Blaise said, holding out a hand for Harry to shake that Harry just stared at confusedly, “You… you know… you shake it,”

“Oh,” Harry said, gently shaking it with a few fingers.

Blaise gave Draco a ‘what-the-hells’ look and Draco sighed, sitting down next to Harry and gesturing for everyone to sit down, “Alright you guys, listen and listen good cause I’m not repeating this and not a word leaves this room,”

After Draco finished explaining everything no one could talk. They just sat, open mouthed and slowly blinking. Finally Pansy found her voice.

“Oh! You poor poor thing,” She suddenly said, hugging Harry to her and making everyone else laugh at how uncomfortable Harry looked as Pansy fell over herself to make Harry smile and laughed.

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I know, I know, TBWA is the one due for a chapter but it’s being difficult… Anyways, I’ve been sick so I apologize for the lateness of this chapter!

Hotflower: He’s DRACO what did you expect? XD

Sammi_bear: OH yes he is so cute.

Unneeded: Oh, then IDK what one you’re talking about… 0.o

Djaddict: you’ll just have to wait and see.

Jujukitty: *face palms* opps, my bad! 

Bugtree: Here ya go! I know! Neko Harry is just so ADORABLE :DD

CamoBuni: J

Penn: Yes, It was fluffy wasn’t it?

Cullengal101: Don’t worry, I don’t abandon my stories!