Surprise Mate

Chapter V


“Sit.” Draco said pointing to a chair farther away from him.

Draco had barely said a word to him when they were at the library. He only spoke to do the assignment than to remind him that he was to meet up with that night shortly after curfew. He was still clearly mad at Harry. Harry hated when Draco was angry with him it was like his whole world just turned upside down and inside out. He silently sat down and let Draco pull himself together before he laid it into him.

“Harry this is getting to the point where it is ridiculous. I am here for you I don’t care what time of night it is come and get me, find some way to sneak into Slytherin Housing. Do you know what it does to me to see you do this to yourself Harry?” Draco asked him turning around to look at him.

“I just needed an escape.”

“That is no excuse, none. Before we leave here tonight you are going to tell me why you continuously do this to yourself, and make my efforts look like they were for nothing.”

“Can we not talk about this here. These walls have ears.”

“Where do you want to go Harry?”

“The Room of Requirements. I will be more comfortable telling you this there where I know we can't be overheard.”

“Fine lets go.” Draco said as he moved to the door and opened it for the both of them.

Neither bothered concealing themselves as they made their way up to the seventh floor. When they reached the corridor Harry paced up and down three times before a door appeared. He silently went in Draco following close behind him. The room looked like a sitting area with a two chairs sitting by a lit fire. Harry took the first one he came to and set and stared at the fire.

“Tell me Harry.” Draco said sitting across from him in the other seat.

It was a long while before Harry spoke, for a moment Draco didn’t think he was going to speak.

“You know most people have the wrong idea of why I was so angry and sad the night of Cedric's...death.” he said choking around the last two words. “You know I was the one to convince him to put his name in the goblet.” Harry smiled at the memory as he looked into the fire. “He didn’t think he was going to get in. But I knew different. For a Hufflepuff Cedric was extremely brave he could have made a good Gryffindor, but was always to much of a romantic.” Harry said laughing to himself.

“When I heard Dumbledore call his name I was planning a night to show him how proud of him I was. And I was very proud. But then the cup called my name. I didn’t know what to think, so for a while I set there dumbstruck. It took Hermione to get me moving towards Dumbledore. On my way to the room with the others I was thinking maybe Cedric put my name in the cup with him just to be funny, but when I got there he was as surprised as I was. Instead of celebrating with him that night we talked. To enter this was the last thing I wanted to do. It was time for Cedric to shine.” Harry said with a smile on his face then it disappeared. “I wanted to back out of it but he told me that I couldn't, that it was binding that I would have to see it through or die. I knew this Tournament would mean more media attention that was the last thing I wanted especially with the relationship I had with Cedric, I didn’t want him to get him in trouble. So we decided that for a cover he would get a girlfriend. At first he didn’t want to. But I knew had to be done to keep things hidden certain sacrifice had to be made. Near the end of the Tournament I desperately tried to pull out, but I couldn’t. I was scared, you can't imagine the fear I was going through. The night of the last round of the Tournament I had a bad feeling about it, something just wasn’t right. I tried to tell Cedric but there wasn’t time. And then when we met up again in the maze was when I went to save him. We both approached the Goblet he told me to take it but I wanted us both to have it to get it over with than I could tell him the secret I was keeping from him. But that was never to be he was killed, Voldemort came back full force and I was left alone with my secret, our secret.”

“What secret Harry?” Draco asked gently

“I was going to have our baby. A little girl.” Harry said tears coming down his face. “I was scared shitless, I didn’t know wizards could get pregnant. And when I read up on it the book told me it usually took potions or spells for wizards to get pregnant unless they were Magical Beings like Veela, Werewolves, Vampires, Draaks. I don’t know how it happened and I really didn’t care. I was going to have a family a real family and I was going to have it with Cedric. But the night he died that dream died with him. I was two months pregnant and alone. But she was forever my reminder of Cedric, I was going to love her with all my heart enough for the both of us. But the night she was born they took her from me.” tears were blurring his vision as they rapidly escaped his eyes. “A week later was the night you stop me from jumping.”

“Who took her Harry?”

“Dumbledore. I didn’t even get to hold her. I don’t know if she looks like me or Cedric he never gave me the chance.”

“Where did he take her?”

“To live with the Diggorys but I don’t care. I want my baby back Draco, but I don’t want her around my uncle Vernon.”

“When you are free of them Harry I promise You will get your daughter back.”

“Do you think you can get a picture of her for me? I asked Dumbledore but he won't do it. I know your father has connections can he do that for me?”

“I can do one better. I will give you a chance to see and hold her this Christmas. I'll have the lawyers take care of it. Dumbledore had no right to take her from you. I'll make sure your daughter knows you and you know her. I just need you to promise me something?”

“Anything” Harry breath out.

“Never ever, cut yourself again.”

“I promise, oh god I promise just get me my little girl.” Harry said jumping from his seat and hugging Draco crying into hos shoulder.