Silky Raven Blonde Hair

AN: So glad Keikokin doesn’t hate me for the stupid stunt I pulled….
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“What?” Shouted Draco

“He knows what Harry feels. Remember they are connected with the scar. He saw what Harry saw even when Harry was so incredibly blind to it all. And, initially the Dark Lord was able to see your feelings for him Draco. The Dark Lord is not stupid. He knows things that may not seem obvious to the eye.”

“So, he was helping?” Asked Harry

The potion master nodded, “Yes, he was trying to help the two of you along. Of course, it is absolutely up to the two of you as to whether you should get help from them.”

Harry looked at Draco, “I’m not sure if that’s a good idea.”

“But love, they are the people who will fight for us. They will help us.”

Harry nodded, “But it is after all the Dark Lord. We’ve been trying to get at one another for all my life.”

Severus looked Harry steadily in the eye, “I know how it may seem and it is quite scary because of all the things you hear about them. Still in the end, it’s both of your choices. I advise you greatly to not go to any of the friends you’ve had before. They may not know yet but they are fighting to bring you down. In the end they will submit, they always submit, Dumbledore has a way of making sure they do.”

“What’s been happening at school?” Asked Draco

“Dumbledore is not happy he lost Harry. He went frantic and no one stopped him because they don’t know what Dumbledore is for. There is so much going on in the wizarding world that not many people know what Dmbledore is fighting for. You all thought the Dark Lord is evil but you never really knew what he was fighting for did you? Same thing goes for Dumbledore. Well he refuses to tell anyone either than the members of the Order that your in love with a boy. He told the student body that you’ve been kidnapped by the Dark Lord. The whole of the wizarding world is looking for you. They want to bring you back to ‘safety’ but they don’t know what ‘safety’ is for the two of you. Harry, you have to be careful and Draco, there are Aurors and members of the Order everywhere. If they spot you they’ll make you drink Veritiserum and once you have, they’ll get to Harry. Can you imagine what they will do to him if Dumbledore turned Tom Riddle into the Dark Lord?”

Harry slowly stood up, “I think I need to do something. I can’t just sit here and let Dumbledore do this.”

Severus smiled at the raven-haired boy. “You’ve grown up Harry. You’ve grown up faster than anyone I have ever known. You see what a lot of other people older than you were unable to see. You truly are special just not the same special the rest of the wizarding world thinks you are.”

“And to think I almost killed the Dark Lord. The one person who is organizing a way to make my life more bearable.” Said Harry

Draco stood up and put his hand on his lovers shoulder, “Harry, it’ll be okay. Trust me. Just fight for your cause and keep faith.”

Harry turned and looked into the stormy gray eyes that he could instantly get lost in. “And you will be there with me every step of the way.” It wasn’t a question. It was a confirmation.

The blonde nodded and took the raven hair into his arms and held tight.

Severus cleared his throat and the two boys separated but still held on to one another with their hands. “Sorry but we need to get things done. What if I can tell you that you can meet with the Death Eaters right after Christmas?”

Harry smiled, “The sooner the better.”

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The three men lounged around the house since two of them were not allowed to leave anyway. They all really got to know one another. Then came Christmas Day.

“Good Morning love.” Said Draco yawning.

“MMmm… Good Morning.”

“Merry Christmas.”

“Too bad we couldn’t go out and buy anything.”

“It’s okay. Things will be different soon enough. If we can get past Dumbledore things will change. We wont always have to live like this although waking up to you every morning is not something I would complain about.”

Harry smiled and planted a kiss on this luscious pink lips.

Draco wrapped his arm around Harry and pulled them closer together.

“Mmm…” Said the raven.

“….mmmMM.” Said the blonde.

*Coughcough* Said a very embarrassed looking potions master at the door.

The two broke apart and smiled at the bright red potions professor standing at the door.

“So, Merry Christmas. Ready?”

They had been able to advance their meeting with the Death Eaters one day. It was actually Lucius’s request since he wanted to see his son during Christmas.

“Shower first. Be down in ten.” Said Harry

“I’ll be down in twenty.” Said Draco

Harry pouted, “Your not going to shower with me?”

“If I do we’ll never make it to the meeting now would we?”

Harry smiled and ran into the shower.

Draco turned to Severus, “Do you sometimes regret not being able to spend forever with my father?”

Severus smiled at the blonde before him, “You know Draco, life has a way of giving you something special after you feel everything is lost.”

“And so are you saying that even though your not with my father now that something good happened?”

“Yes.”

“What?”

“Life gave me a beautiful godson to look after.” Replied the potion master as he slowly retreated down the stairs and back to get ready for the meeting later that day.

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Harry was nervous. His palms were sweating and he could hiccup butterflies.

Draco grasped the raven’s hand and squeezed, “It’ll be okay.”

The raven smiled, “I know, its just, I never thought I would be anticipating a meeting with the Death Eaters. What if they, what if they don’t like me? Then what do I do?”

The blonde smiled at his love, “They’ll love you. How can they not? Your so lovable.” And the blonde reached out and gave his love a little pinch on the cheek.

“Hey!” said Harry rubbing his cheek but no one could say anything else for the Death Eaters had arrived and they were all laughing at the sight of the couple in love.

Voldemort stepped up to them and took off his hood. He still had the ruby coloured eyes and a face that looked like it had been through a lot but this time Harry knew that his definition of ‘a lot’ had changed drastically.

“Harry, I’m so glad.”

Harry stuck out his hand and smiled, “I’m glad too. Thank you.”

The Dark Lord took the hand offered to him and smiled. Harry instantly realized that his hand wasn’t cold.

“So Harry, I’m sure Severus has told you about our real cause.”

Harry nodded, “I’m sorry. I didn’t know. All those years, I didn’t know.”

Voldemort smiled, “It’s alright Harry. Things turned out this way for a reason and I see you are happy now which is worth every bit of pain in the past.”

Harry realized that Voldemorts eyes were not scary, not anymore. They were red out of anger yes, but in the depts. Of those ruby eyes shown a glimmer of love. There was love in the depts. Of those eyes.

“Um, if I may ask, who was the man you fell in love with?” Asked Harry

The entire room went silent and Harry realized that he shouldn’t have asked that.

“It’s okay.” Assured the Dark Lord, “It shouldn’t be a secret any longer.”

There was a faint release of breath from those who had been holding it. “It was actually Albus himself.”

Harry’s eyes shot wide, “Dumbledore?”

“Yes, I fell in love with him but he didn’t believe in this kind of unnatural emotion. I have always wanted to be with him but he broke my heart. He called me unnatural and he cast me away.”

Harry thought he saw a glimmer of a tear fall down the Dark Lord’s cheek.

“I’m sorry.” Said Harry

“Oh, don’t be. Never be sorry Harry. You have done nothing wrong. You didn’t know and you can’t be blames for something you never knew.”

Severus handed the Dark Lord a cup of tea and they all took a seat in the potion masters living room.

“So.” Said Voldemort

“So.” Said Harry

“So, what would you like to do now?”

“I would like to go back to school and finish off my last year.”

“But we can’t do that. The entire wizarding community is looking for you.”

Harry looked down into his cup of tea and let out a sigh, “I know.”

“Is there something else you want?”

“I want to help. I want to fight and help people understand.”

Voldemort smiled, “I’m glad you want to help.”

“How though?”

“Well, we can always make you a Death Eater and you could help us battle but I don’t think it would be wise. To have you out in public will mean that there is a chance Dumbledore would get his hands on you.”

Harry sighed again, “Yeah, I know.”

“There’s something else Harry. The ministry has put a price on your return. Not only would people want to bring you back to them so your ‘safe’ but they will get gold for it. People are greedy Harry. There’s only benefit for them now.”

“But I can still help right?” Asked Draco who was sitting on the side listening to the conversation between his lover and a misunderstood wizard.

“No, I’m afraid not. The ministry has put a price on your head. They don’t care if you’re a live or not. They just want your head.”

Draco looked horrified and one of the Death Eaters came forward. Draco immediately recognized him as his father and the Death Eater wrapped his arms around his son.

“It’s okay son. It’ll all be okay.”

“No it won’t. The world wants me dead.”

“Then they’ll have to kill me to get to you.” Said Harry who was desperately trying to do something to sooth his lover.

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AN: Ugh, I dunno what’s wrong with me… I swear I have some better ideas lined up for other stories… sorry. I know whatever your reading from this is weird. Major AU but I kinda wanted to make Voldemort a better person. Everyone puts him as evil or just a nonsense character. *shrugs* sorry…