Hybrid Destiny

Chapter 6

The next morning, Harry awakened to the trilling of a phoenix (Fawkes to be exact). He held in his beak a message from Dumbledore. Harry groggily took the message and Fawkes disappeared in a flash of flames. Harry dropped back down on the bed before finally opening the message.

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Harry,

Minerva will be your escort to Diagon Alley and you will be going tomorrow. I would ask Severus to take you but I have included Lucius and Draco in the outing, as well and it would look suspicious if Severus were to appear with the Malfoys. Don’t forget to search the family vaults for any information regarding your fae lineage. Enjoy the rest of the day. My door’s open if you have any questions.

Albus Dumbledore
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Harry groaned at the thought of spending a day with Professor McGonagall and Lucius Malfoy. He loved Professor McGonagall to death but she was kind of a killjoy when it came to having fun, and the thought of Lucius and the numerous times he had attempted to kill him or was present when Voldemorte tried to kill him was rather depressing. Spending the day with Draco, on the other hand, could prove interesting if he didn’t revert back to prat mode too often.

Harry reluctantly got up and took a shower. While getting dressed he saw how bright it was outside and decided that now was a good time for a swim so he put on a pair of swimming trunks under his clothes and headed for the lake. Fortunately, he didn’t run into anyone on the way and arrived at the lake in no time. He stripped down to his trunks and jumped in the water. He didn’t realize he was being watched.

Draco had a magnificent view from his room. The view was made even more amazing when he saw Harry arrive at the lake and strip down to a pair of trunks. He didn’t really get a good look at his backside because of all the hair, but when Harry stepped out of the water dripping wet and ringing out his hair, he had a hard time (pun intended) trying not to drool all over the window.

Draco decided he would meet Harry at the entrance and left the room right as Harry turned around with his back in full view. Harry hurriedly dressed and walked back to the castle only to find Draco nearing the door.

“Malfoy,” he said.

“Gone for a swim I see,” said Draco, stating the obvious.

“Well it certainly isn’t raining. It’s hot out there,” said Harry sarcastically.

“Oh, I’m not complaining. My room overlooks the lake and the view was simply breathtaking,” Draco practically purred. “It’s too bad all I could see of your backside was hair. I did get a good look of the front side when you got out of the water and I must say how have you managed to hide that perfect body for this long?”

“Well I … you see my cousin … oh never mind,” Harry stammered, blushing bright red. He couldn’t believe Draco was saying those things to him. His only experience was that disastrous kiss with Cho back in 5th year. After Sirius had died, he had been too angry and depressed to even think about dating so this conversation was a real shocker to him.

Draco, on the other hand, was delighting in this visible evidence of Harry’s innocence with relationships. He thought it was just too adorable and moved in closer to Harry. Harry was too busy blushing and staring anyplace but at Draco to notice the lack of distance. Draco then pulled his chin up and leaned in even closer, determined to kiss this delectable creature. Harry started at the first brush of lips but the gentle coaxing he received from Draco calmed him down a bit more. Draco ran his tongue lightly over his bottom lip in silent plea to enter. Harry gasped in surprise and Draco took full advantage of the opportunity by exploring his mouth from roof to tongue.

When Harry finally had to have air, he pulled away panting slightly and looking delightfully flushed. Draco just framed his face with his hands and leaned down for one more slow, lingering kiss. He then pulled back and said, “Where are you headed to now?”

“I’m kinda hungry so I’m planning on eating lunch. I was in a hurry to swim this morning and left without eating breakfast,” said Harry sill a little dazed. He just allowed Draco to lead him to the kitchens. Once there, the first house elf Harry saw was Dobby.

“Oh Mister Harry Potter, sir. It is so nice to see you,” gushed Dobby.

“Hi Dobby. I missed breakfast this morning, can I please get something to eat?” asked Harry.

Dobby glanced nervously towards Draco and gestured for Harry to lean closer. “Why is Harry Potter with former master Draco, sir? Has he tried to hurt you?” he whispered loudly.

Draco looked offended and opened his mouth to yell at the creature but Harry hold up his hand to ward of the words and said back to Dobby, “The Malfoys have cut their ties with Voldemorte and sworn their allegiance to Dumbledore. No, they haven’t hurt me. Draco here has actually been quite nice.”

“Well actually Harry, we swore our allegiance to Dumbledore and you,” said Draco from behind him.

“To me? Why would you swear your allegiance to me? Your father as well?” asked Harry incredulously.

“Yes, both of us. Why wouldn’t we swear allegiance to you as well. I hate to inform you of this but Dumbledore is a manipulative old coot and my father and I don’t particularly like him. Besides, the whole wizarding world is pinning their hopes on you to rid of that snake-faced bastard so I gave you my loyalty. After what that thing did to my family, I want to be right there beside you to see his hopefully slow and painful (very, very painful) demise,” he replied.

“What did he do to your family, Draco?” he hesitantly asked.

“He raped and murdered my mother. That’s what forced father into this decision but I think it was inevitable. Apparently the bastard thought I made good bridal material and actually thought father would just hand me over like a good little pet. Because of that monster, we can’t even bury my mother. We have to hold a memorial service because he burned her body to ashes in a fit of rage,” and with these words Draco abruptly stalked to the door before turning back and saying, “I need to go for awhile. We’ll talk later, okay?”

Harry just nodded and with that Draco was gone. Harry walked to the table to eat and just picked at his food thinking that’s just another person we can add to the list to take out of Voldemorte’s hide in the end. I will defeat that monster.

Dobby appeared at Harry’s elbow and said, “Mister Harry Potter, sir, when did you become an elf?”

“On my birthday. Apparently my family tree is riddled with descendants of royal elves. I am also part fae but I’m not sure where exactly that comes from. Maybe I’ll find out tomorrow. Dobby, do you know any unbreakable glamours? Dumbledore said that was how my dad managed to hide his heritage from everyone,” said Harry.

“No sir, but why do you want to hide it? Royal elves are special,” said Dobby.

“I already get gawked at enough for being the bloody Boy-Who-Lived (stupid name that it is). I just don’t want to give people even more excuse to stare at me,” said Harry.

“Well sir, I can only suggest strong concealing charms and temporary glamours right now. Sorry sir,” said Dobby.

“It’s alright Dobby. I’ll probably just use a simple glamour tomorrow to hide my ears and hair. I get to go to Diagon Alley to get my school supplies. Well, thanks for the food Dobby but I really need to be going now. Since I am at school I can actually get my summer work done this year. See ya Dobby,” Harry said as he headed towards the door. He turned back and waved right before he left. He managed to make it all the way to the tower without seeing anyone else. Once in his room, he got all of his homework out trying to decide which one to tackle first.

“Let’s see. I have a three foot essay on healing potions and their properties for Potions class; a two foot essay on healing charms for Professor Flitwick; and a two foot essay on magical nature based creatures for DADA. I think we will start with the potions essay because that one will be a pain to finish,” and with that said, Harry sat down and started to work.