Somewhere

How lame is that title?! *sigh*
I still haven't got those pictures done but they should be ready by the time I update with the next chapter.
I should be doing my log book entry on the sheep poo covered lumps and bumps that we walked around yesterday... fun fun XD
This is a lot LOT more important though because this chapter explain exactly why Draco did what he did.
Yeah I know its pretty harsh for him but hey what can I say, I like to torture my characters heh heh heh
I will say that things seem to happen a little quickly over the next few chapters, not timeline wise as it all happens over a day or two but I mean between the characters but I couldn't think of anyother way of doing it so please forgive me now *begs*
Ok on with the show


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He didn’t know how long he’d been asleep when the first scream woke him. Waking with a start, he jumped up from the couch, disorientated for a second, going for his wand only to come up empty handed. It was then that he remembered what had happened and where he was.

“Dobby!” he shouted, running towards the bedroom.

“Yes Mr Harry Potter Sir,” the house elf said as he appeared with a pop.

“I need my wand Dobby,” he said, bursting through the door as the little creature disappeared again.

On the bed Malfoy lay twisting and turning, trying to fight off some invisible foe.

“Sev where are you?”

“I just found the Headmaster, why?” came the reply a few seconds later.

“Malfoy woke up.”

“I can’t come back just yet. On the table I left a calming draught. Give him that and I’ll be back as soon as I can.”

“Ok. Hurry.”

“I will.”

Suddenly Dobby reappeared with his wand and Harry thanked him before he disappeared again. Moving to the side of the bed he felt a twinge of jealousy at seeing anyone other than himself or Severus laid on those sheets, but he pushed it down, grabbing the bottle from the table and uncorking it. Malfoy was still trying to fight of the unseen enemy so he put the bottle down and sat on the edge of the bed.

“Malfoy, listen to me,” he said quietly.

“No, not again, please,” came a sobbed reply.

“Draco,” he said firmly but calmly.

Something must have gotten through, because the next moment, eyelids snapped open and pale eyes met his. A split second later, when he realised who he was looking at, he scramble to the far side of the bed, putting as much distance between them as possible.

“Where am I?” he said hoarsely.

“Severus’ quarters. Here, he told me to give you this,” Harry said, picking the bottle up and putting it on the bed, where Malfoy eyed it warily. Realising he was still in his bathrobe he went over to the wardrobe and pulled out a pair of combat trousers and a t-shirt that he’d left there once before.

“What is it and why are you taking Severus’ clothes?”

“It’s a calming draught and they’re my clothes,” he said as he pulled the trousers on under the robe.

“Why are your clothes in Severus’ wardrobe?” he asked, finally drinking the potion, feeling it start to calm him immediately.

“I think it’d be better to wait until he gets back to explain everything,” Harry said over his shoulder, letting the robe drop to the floor so that he could put the t-shirt on.

“What the hell is go… Merlin,” he said, stopping with a gasp as he saw the scar that stretched across Harry’s lower back.

“What?” he asked as he pulled the t-shirt into place and turned to face the other wizard.

“Where did you get that scar?” he asked.

“My uncle,” he said quietly, sitting down on the end of the bed.

“I’m on my way back,” came a voice.

“Ok. I think we’ve got a lot of explaining to do,” he said with a slight smile.

“Your uncle?”

“Yeah. Why did you do it Malfoy?”

“Why not?”

“But you’ve got so much left to live for.”

“No I don’t. I’m nothing but a tool,” he mumbled angrily, refusing to look up.

“You think you’re a tool? Try living my life. I know what it’s like to feel alone, pressured, used. I’ve never known any different. From the moment I was born I’ve been a tool for one reason or another, bred to fight and save the world. I’ve been beaten, abused, starved and raped by the one person that was supposed to protect me. If anyone knows what you’re going through, it’s me,” he said quietly, showing the blonde the scars on his arms.

“I never knew,” he said, seeing the scars that criss-crossed over the tawny skin.

“There’s a lot about me that you don’t know.”

“I really did want to be your friend you know, from that first time we met in ‘Madame Malkins’.”

“Well how about a truce now? We’ll see how it goes from there shall we?” he said with a smile.

“I think that sounds good. I… I want to help you as well. I never wanted to kneel to that crazy bastard. My father was going to give me to him at the end of the year though. I’d be marked and made to obey his every command. Over the summer I was taught how to be the perfect submissive ‘pet’ by my father. He never actually violated me, but that was only because I was to be saved for the pleasure of my new ‘master’,” he whispered, hugging his knees to him.

“Oh god Draco,” he said, moving to sit next to the other boy.

“I don’t want to be someone’s pet. I thought that anything would be better than that, but it took me till now to find the courage,” he said, tears finally breaking free to roll down his face.

He couldn’t imagine having the threat of something like that hanging over his head. Reaching out he wrapped and arm around Draco, pulling him up against his side, running a hand over his back soothingly in the same way that Severus had done countless times for him in the past, just being there to offer his support.

“I’ll help you, I won’t let you go back to that, ok?”

He felt Draco nod and a few seconds later he stopped crying.

“Does Severus know about this?” he asked, gently pushing him back so that he could look at him, summoning a tissue at the same time so that Draco could wipe his eyes.

“No. They’re starting to question his loyalty and since he’s my godfather they weren’t going to tell him until after it happened.”

“Crap. Right we need to tell him as soon as he gets back. For now though get into the bathroom and get cleaned up while I find you some clothes,” he said, getting up and moving to root around in the wardrobe once more.

“Ummm… where’s the bathroom?” Draco asked, getting up on shaky legs.

“Through there,” he said, pointing over his shoulder at the right door.

“Thanks.”

“Oh wait, hang on. Here you’ll need a clean towel. Just put your clothes in the hamper and I’ll get Dobby to send them back to you once they’re cleaned,” Harry said, throwing the blonde a towel.

Catching it, Draco walked slowly into the bathroom and closed the door. Carefully he peeled off his blood encrusted clothes and put them in the hamper, catching glimpses of leather as he opened it. Moving over to the shower he turned on the hot water and stepped inside. Something really strange was going on and it didn’t seem to all fit. No matter how he looked at it something really weird had just happened in the bedroom. Potter knew his way around Severus’ quarters, he had clothes in the man’s wardrobe and he called him by his first name, a privilege that only his peers and Draco had had up till that point. Just what on earth was going on? Washing away the dried blood he tried not to look at the new scars on his arms. Leaning back against the wall he tried to piece everything together, so it took him by surprise when there was a knock on the door.

“Yeah?”

“Here, I found you some clothes,” came a voice as the door opened just wide enough for a pile of clothes to float into the room and land next to the sink.

“Thank you.”

“You’re welcome,” Harry said as he closed the door.

He’d meant what he’d said earlier. There was no way that he was going to let Malfoy go back to that house and experience what he had.

“He’s in the shower,” he said, seemingly to himself, only for Severus to walk into the room seconds later.

“Good, you haven’t killed each other yet then?” came a low rumbled reply that he felt as well as heard as Severus came to stand behind him, pressing himself against Harry’s back, wrapping long arms around his waist.

“Mmmm… not yet,” he said, turning in the strong arms to pull him down for a heated kiss.

This was his home. When he was wrapped in the arms of this man all his fears and worries disappeared, leaving him feeling safe and loved.

“What the hell?!” came a shriek.

Breaking the kiss Harry turned to look at Malfoy stood in the bathroom door, his mouth wide open, a towel clutched around his hips. Combined with the almost girly shriek, he couldn’t help the laugh that burst free, turning to bury his head in Severus’ chest, his shoulders shaking.

“What’s so funny? Just what is going on?!” Draco ranted.

“I believe we have some explaining to do,” Severus said with a sigh.

“To right you do!”

“Come on then. Harry stop laughing.”

“Sorry. Why aren’t you dressed?” he asked Draco, trying to wipe the grin from off of his face.

“No underwear, stop changing the subject.”

“Oh, sorry. Here,” he said, going to fetch him a pair of boxers.

“How long have your things been here?” Severus asked him with a raised brow.

“Errr… I don’t know,” he said with a grin.

“Get dressed Draco and then we’ll talk,” he said, dragging Harry through into the living room.


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To the loverly reviewers who do me the pleasure of distracting me from my degree work

mis -- hell yeah i get a lot of enjoyment out of this *evil grin* yay props for me! *hugs her sevvie* look at him in all his leathery glory yummy XD

Werewolf Mistress -- nah the last couple of books never happened... honest! lol yeah poor draco *huggles her little dragon* bless him and he's going to be a nice draco

Amanda Rose -- definatly not all happy in this story don't worry! plenty of angst to come yet XD glad i didn't ruin your shirt and yeah there's some pretty serious crap going on in draco's life, not quite as bad as harry's had but still pretty naff!

Kurai -- hehe everyone loves draco really i know i do, not as much as my sevvie-poo but i still like him

ladyroo88 -- don't worry our little dragon will be ok, i promise...oh wait... *looks at list*... forgot about that

irishangel -- awwww! *hugs you* thank you! lol I haven't had a chance to read your story yet but I'll get round to it eventually and I'll try and send you some ideas and things that might help you. I'm glad you like how I write I sometimes worry about it and whether people will actually get it as I do have a kind of weird sense of humour! Thank you again and I'm glad you like it so far XD

Dragonsnurse -- *pulls your hands away before you chew your nails off* don't do it! lol nah I don't believe in the last two books they never exist and are merely a figment of peoples imaginations! i wanted something suitably nasty to happen to draco so that i could really develope his part in the story so I'm glad you liked it

kunitsu -- hehe lol yeah i enjoyed chap 51 a lot me self gave me warm fuzzy feeling sinside that kept me tied over till i finished all the angsty bits and as for dracos reaction... well what do you think? more reaction next time here on 'Somewhere'!

Mya Malfoy -- is it what you expected?

DTDY -- *hands you a tissue just in case your nose had been bleeding* wouldn't want you making a mess of your keyboard now would we? poor poor draco

BuraddoFuuhaizu -- buahahahahaha lol sorry not gonna tell you you'll have to stew over it *evil laugh* i added you to the mailing list though so you keep tabs on it while you stew it over XD

Nat -- i added you to the mailing list and aw! damn it's reviews like yours that make me smile and blush so thank you and i'm glad you're enjoying it

DefiantThrallXxX -- dropped the class! lol i did that once as well dropped my history class but that was cus the teacher was a real bitch *mumble mumble* glad you got the papers done though. what are you doing if you don't mind me asking? *muches on a smutt cookie* as for my dungeon.. loving it!! *wanders over to new addition* oo i know someone i can strap to this!

well enjoy my lovelies and i'll get you another chapter up in a couple of days... maybe friday