The Founders

Title: The Founders


Author: Liadyn Malfoy


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Summary:The Founders...The ones who poured their magic into the creation of a school where magical education would be taught to all those who seek it. Thousands of years latter their true heirs are born. What will happen when Voldermort learns of them!


Rating: NC-17


Pairings: Harry/Draco, Ron/Hermione...may be others!!


Beta: FireAngel


Disclaimer: Hey Guys!! You already know this but I have to tell you again. I don\'t own Harry Potter or anything related to him. I am making no money from my stories. I just do this for fun!!!




Chapter Six


Trees, Leaves, and Creepy Looking Vines




\"I can\'t believe you guys!\" Hermione scolded, storming down the steps of Hogwarts, leading them towards their Herbology class. \"Ron is upstairs with a bloody fever of 245 degrees and you\'re showing off your relationship!\"

\"We were just having fun, Herm\'!\" Harry whined, trying to keep pace with the angry brunette. \"And besides, we were doing Ron a favour.\"

\"Yeah!\" Draco nodded, backing his boyfriend up, even though he had no idea where Harry was going with this.

\"Oh really?\" She stopped, spinning around to face them. \"How exactly is making out in front of the entire school doing Ron a favour?\"

\"You know the Hogwarts grape-vine.\" Harry said, rolling his eyes. \"Gossip flies around this school faster than Snape stalking the halls.\"

\"So, what\'s your point?\"

\"After yesterday, Ron would have been the centre of gossip for the entire population of Hogwarts. We just turned their attention from Ron to us. That way Ron can deal with it without nosey students poking around looking for the facts.\"

Hermione stared at them, distrust clearly written on her face. \"Mark my words Harry James Potter, if I find out that that was just some excuse to get you out of trouble you are going to be in a lot of pain. HELL HATH NO WRATH LIKE A WOMAN\'S SCORN!\"

Draco and Harry took a step back as Hermione hovered over them. All Harry could do was nod.

Hermione sent them one last scowl before storming the rest of the way to the greenhouses.

\"You know what?\"

\"What?\"

\"She\'s kinda scary when she\'s mad.\" Draco said, staring after her.

Harry chuckled and dragged the blonde into the appropriate greenhouse.



\"Alright children, get into pairs!\" Madame Sprout called, as the rest of the students entered the class. \"Professor Snape has asked me to collect the sap from the Empora flowers. Does anyone know what the sap is used for?\"

Hermione\'s hand instantly went into the air.

\"Yes, Miss Granger?\"

\"The sap from an Empora flower is one of the most important ingredients in the anticontractionis potion. It is given to patients who are suffering from extreme emotional depression. It is also used in most blood restoration potions.\"

\"Excellent, Miss Granger. 5 points to Gryffindor.\"

\"Now if you will, you and your partner are to take one of the plants to your workstation and collect enough sap to fill one of the glass jars that have been set out on the tables.\" Professor Sprout instructed, pointing to where the plants were sitting. \"When you collect the sap, make sure that you are not too forceful. Empora flowers are sensitive to touch and will lash out at anyone who does not treat it tenderly.\"

Harry and Draco shared a nervous glance before they went to get their plant. The flowers were sitting on the far side of the greenhouse. Strong, thick stems protruded from the soil in the pots leading up to a dark purple blossom. The blossom itself was roughly the width of Hagrid\'s hand. Most of the blossoms were in full bloom, giving off a pleasant smell. Draco carefully took one of the plants and headed back to their workstation, while Harry grabbed two of the glass jars.

\"So...do you want to get the sap?\" Draco asked, gulping nervously.

\"I\'ll do it if you don\'t want to.\" Harry smiled at Draco\'s nervousness.

Draco nodded, taking a step back in relief.

\"Draco, if you don\'t like working with plants, then why did you take Herbology?\"

\"It\'s not that I don\'t like plants.\" Draco protested. \"I just don\'t like the fact that some of them could bite my arms off!\"

Harry raised his eyebrow and made a small slit in thick skin of the stem, just below the blossom. The plant quivered before settling. The sap slowly flowed out of the cut. It took about 15 minutes before Harry\'s jar was full. Once he had capped the jar, he sealed up the cut he had made.

\"It\'s really not that hard, Dray.\" Harry smiled, motioning for the blonde to move closer. \"You just have to be gentle. Why don\'t you give it a try?\"

\"That\'s not a good idea, Harry.\" Draco replied, nervously. \"I mean, I\'m not all that good with plants.\"

\"Don\'t worry, Dray. I\'ll help you.\" Harry smiled, handing the blonde the scalpel used to make the incision in the stem.

Draco took the instrument with a gulp. Harry positioned himself behind the blonde, gently guiding his movements. Together, they moved towards the plant. The flower seemed to sense them approaching, as it immediately turned it\'s blossom towards them. Draco stiffened, but Harry put a reassuring hand on the small of his back, whispering encouragement to him.

Slowly he reached out and placed the tip of the blade on the stem. Draco waited with bated breath for the flower’s reaction. After a second he sighed in relief and began making the incision.

\"AHHH! NO, GET OFF ME!\"

Draco\'s arm jerked at the sound of the scream, accidentally running the blade forcefully along the plants stem, leaving a large gash. Draco paled as the plant reared up, creating a sound that was something between a hiss and a moan. The leaves that lined the plant’s stem rolled themselves out of the cocoon shape that they had been in, showing the startled blonde the rows of tiny sharp teeth that lined them.

Before either of them could do anything, the plant lurched forward, wrapping itself around Draco\'s arm. Draco cried out in pain as the teeth that he had just been shown pierced his skin.


\"Draco!\" Harry shouted, rushing to the Slytherin. \"Madame Sprout!\"

Harry moved forward and grabbed onto the plant, trying to get it off of his startled boyfriend.

\"Harry, it hurts.\" Draco whimpered, clutching his arm.

Harry tried harder to pull the plant of Draco, but there was no way he could get it off. The risk of hitting Draco pushed magic from being an option. Harry glanced around quickly trying to locate Madame Sprout.

What he saw when he found her made him stop and stare, past problems fleeing his mind. Hermione was standing by one of the work stations with vines wrapped around her body and leaves resting in her hair. The floor beneath her was no longer the stone that he remembered but a lush patch of grass. The desk was covered in strong vines, with the odd blossom that had managed to break through.



A cry of pain behind him brought him crashing back to reality. Hermione wasn\'t the only one that needed help. He glanced back at Madame Pomfrey. She was trying her hardest to get the situation with Hermione under control. There was no way that she would be able to deal with both Hermione and Draco. Unfortunately for them, there was no other professor close by.



When his eyes fell on the person beside Professor Sprout, it was as though a light bulb had been turned on. There was only one person who knew as much about Herbology as the Professor did.

\"NEVILLE!\"

Neville spun around at the sound of his name being called.

\"Draco needs your help.\" Harry cried, pointing out his struggling boyfriend.

Neville\'s eyes widened as his eyes landed on the Slytherin. The Empora flower not only had his teeth sunk into the Slytherins arm but it had now managed to get its teeth sunk into the boy\'s shoulder and chest. Without even casting a glance at the situation behind him, Neville ran over to where the blonde was struggling with the flower.

\"I can\'t get it off him.\" Harry said, dropping down beside Draco.

\"Harry, get me the large garden shears from the back shed.\" Neville instructed, trying to calm the blonde Slytherin.

Nodding, Harry ran as fast as he could to the shed located at the back of the greenhouse. It only took him a moment to find the gardening shears that Neville had asked for. Grabbing them, he ran back to where Neville was dealing with Draco.

Neville grabbed the shears as soon as Harry was within reaching distance and stood up.

\"What are you doing?\"

\"The only thing that I can.\" Neville responded, quickly removing the blossom of the Empora plant from the stem with a snip of the shears. Once the blade passed through the stem, the plant relaxed its grip.

\"Harry, you have to remove the teeth from his skin or it will heal over it.\" Neville instructed. \"Find one of the first-aid kits and use the tweezers to remove them. Any spells you use will increase the chance of the teeth burrowing deeper into his skin.\"

Harry nodded, watching his room mate return to assist Professor Sprout calm Hermione down. By the looks of it, the strange vines and plants had stopped spreading. Hermione was covered in vines, leaves, and soft moss. Somewhere in the back of his startled mind, Harry thought she looked somewhat like a wood nymph.

Harry returned his attention to Draco when he heard him speak.

\"I\'m never taking this damn class again.\"

Harry chuckled lightly, helping him into a sitting position.

\"Are you alright?\"

\"I will be as soon as you get these teeth out of me.\"

Harry glanced up when a hand was placed on his shoulder. Dumbledore stood behind him, a worried expression on his face.

\"Are the two of you alright?\" he asked, glancing over them.

Harry nodded. \"Draco was bitten by an Empora Flower. I just have to remove the teeth.\"

\"Bring him up to the hospital wing.\" Dumbledore responded. \"Ms. Granger is being taken there as we speak.\"

Harry nodded and helped Draco to his feet. It looked like Ron was about to get some company.


* * *



\"OW!\"

\"I\'m sorry Dray, but I have to get them out.\"

\"Only the teeth need to be removed, Harry. The skin can stay!\"

\"I said I was sorry.\"

Dumbledore chuckled as the boys bickered. Madame Pomfrey, on the other hand, didn\'t find the disruption at all appropriate.

\"Mr. Malfoy, you will quit complaining or I will be the one removing those teeth and I can assure you I will not take as much care as Mr. Potter has.\"

Draco paled at the prospect of the medi-witch removing the teeth from his skin.

With a glare, Madame Pomfrey returned her attention to Hermione, who was still resembling the wood nymph from Harry\'s mind. The bed that she was sitting on now resembled the part of the greenhouse where she stood. Soft moss was covering the bed as strong vines wrapped themselves around the bedposts. Large purple blossoms could be seen twined within the vines.

\"I\'ve done a complete scan Albus, but I can\'t find anything wrong with her.\" Pomfrey said, moving to stand beside the Headmaster. \"It is the same thing as Mr. Weasley. There are no traces of any magic or potions.\"

Dumbledore\'s brow wrinkled in confusion. \"Until we have discovered what is going on, Ms. Granger will have to remain in quarantine with Mr. Weasley. Although her status is not endangering any students, it will definitely disrupt the school. We have yet to be able to remove the vegetation that she has unwittingly created.\"

Madame Pomfrey nodded her agreement. It wouldn\'t do to have the school covered in irremovable plants. \"Where shall we put her?\"

\"I\'ve already had Professor Flitwick add another room onto the suite that Mr. Weasley is occupying.\"

\"This could be a problem, Albus. Combining Mr. Weasley\'s ability to create fire and Ms. Granger\'s ability to create plants, we could have a serious situation on our hands.\"

\"I will be setting up wards so that Ms. Granger will not be able to pass into Mr. Weasley\'s space and vise versa. The common room has been split in order for them to be able to interact at a certain level.\" Dumbledore explained. \"Mr. Potter, have you finished?\"

\"Yes, sir.\"

\"Will you help Ms. Granger into her new quarters? Madame Pomfrey will finish with Mr. Malfoy\'s wounds.\"

\"Yes, sir.\" Harry replied, making his way over to Hermione. She had sat and listened to the whole thing without saying a word. She didn\'t move once. She simply sat there and stared at the opposite wall.

\"Is she going to be okay, Professor?\" Harry asked, eyeing the blank look on her face.

\"She\'ll be fine, Harry. She\'s just in a state of shock.\" Dumbledore smiled, the twinkle back in his eye. \"After a good rest and something to eat, she will be fine.\"

Harry nodded and led her into the rooms that had been prepared. Once through the door, he was bombarded with questions from a certain red-headed Gryffindor.

\"What\'s going on, Harry? What happened to \'Mione?\"

\"Ron, calm down. I have to get Hermione to her room and then we will talk.\" Harry said, raising his voice over the constant questions that Ron was flinging at him.

Ron\'s jaw snapped shut, nodding. He began pacing at the edge of his quarters.

Harry led Hermione into the other room. This room was just as bare as Ron\'s room had been. It was obvious that they had left it for Hermione to do what she wished to it.

Harry placed Hermione onto the bed and pulled the blankets up around her. With one last worried glance, he returned to sort out his other best friend. Ron was still pacing where Harry had left him. The only difference was that Draco was watching with amusement from the couch.

Harry shook his head at the blonde and sat down beside him. \"I don\'t see how this is funny, Draco.\"

\"I don\'t think what happened to Granger is funny, but you have to admit that he is hilarious.\" Draco giggled, pointing to the pacing Gryffindor.

Ron was so lost in his ramblings that he had failed to notice that Harry had returned to room.

\"Ron?\"

When Harry didn\'t get an answer the tried again, but after the third try to get his attention, Draco jumped up and smacked him upside the head.

\"Ow, what the hell was that for?\" Ron grumbled, rubbing the back of his head.

\"We\'ve only been trying to get your attention for the last 5 minutes.\" Draco snapped, rolling his eyes. \"Do you want to know what\'s going on or what?\"

\"Yes!\"


\"Good, cause we don\'t know!\" Draco smirked, sitting back down beside Harry, who was sending him a glare.


\"What? What do you mean, you don\'t know?\" Ron demanded.

\"Ron, relax.\" Harry said, standing up. He was suddenly very glad that he had thought of fire-proofing himself before he entered the room. \"We don\'t know what is going on. The same thing that happened to you is happening to Hermione, except that instead of starting fires with a single touch, she creates plants.\"

\"You should have seen the greenhouse. She completely redecorated it.\" Draco added from his spot on the couch.

Ron sent the Slytherin a glare before focusing on Harry again.

\"Does Dumbledore know what\'s going on yet?\"

\"No. There is no sign of magic or potions. The only thing that we can do is wait.\"



Harry returned to his spot beside Draco with a sigh. \"Let\'s just say that things at Hogwarts just got a lot more interesting!\"