In Love and War

The first draft of this chapter, I had Harry and Draco having sex, but I changed it. Please don\'t hate me. This chapter has a rape scene.


CHAPTER NINE : REUNITED LOVERS

A year and a half. That\'s how long it\'s been since the war has been over. Since he defeated Voldemort. Since he saw Draco last. It\'s only been five months since his trial was over, but Draco was held in Azkaban until his trial did start. Minister Cornelius Fudge had been wanting to find the rapist of Harry Potter for a long time. Harry, being in the hospital since Remus and Moody took him, wasn\'t able to set things right. Draco was captured during a battle, and held until a trial could start. The Aurors that were with Remus and Moody had the Healers at St. Mungo\'s do a test for rape, and it was confirmed. Harry was given Sleeping Draught to sleep off the concussion. When he came to, Hermione and Ron were there telling him that they captured Draco, and the final battle was to begin soon. After defeating Voldemort, Harry testified at Draco\'s trial, saying that the sex was consensual, and that they were in a relationship for nearly two years. Draco Malfoy was acquitted of the rape, but was sentenced to six months for taking the Dark Mark, which was painfully removed from his arm. Fudge was later voted out of office because he tried to put an innocent man in prison.

Since Dementors no longer patrol the prison, Aurors have been assigned to watch the prisoners. The Aurors assigned to watch Draco had it in for his father, and decided to take it out on the son. They gave him a beating every chance they got. Last month they went too far. Those Aurors believed that Draco had raped Harry, and decided to do the same thing to him. Draco was beaten and raped by three Aurors, and spent a good month in the prison infirmary. The Aurors were arrested, thanks to the new Minister, and they are currently standing trial. Draco had already testified, and was being released in exchanged for his testimony. Harry was just glad that Draco didn\'t have to stay for another two months.

Harry stated his business with the Ministry at the entrance, and was given a pass. He was taken to the entrance where he had his wand checked out, and took the elevator to the \"Office for Azkaban Parolees\". Harry was signing in when he heard a familiar voice. \"Good evening, Harry.\" He turned around after checking in his wand to see the new Minister, Arthur Weasley.\"

\"Good evening, Minister,\" he said. He gave the Auror at the desk the bag he carried. It was a change of clothes for Draco.

\"Please, Harry, call me Arthur.\"

\"Of course.\"

\"You\'ll be happy to know that the three Aurors who raped Draco are going to rot in prison.\"

\"I\'d be more happy if they get the Dementor\'s Kiss,\" Harry said. Arthur chuckled. \"How is Draco since the rape?\"

\"Some are saying he\'s having nightmares about it,\" Arthur said. He led his fellow colleague down the hall. \"His being released early is a godsend for him,\" he said, \"I don\'t think he could\'ve lasted another two months in there.\" He opened a door for Harry, and let him in first. \"Draco is restricted to your house, Harry,\" he explained, \"He is not to go the Malfoy Manor unless an Auror is present.\"

\"We\'ll probably just go there to get some of his clothing,\" Harry said, \"Oh, a change of clothes for him.\" Harry handed the bag to Arthur, who gladly took it. \"They\'re my clothes, but they should fit him.\" Arthur nodded. There was a moment of silence before two Aurors Apparated in with Draco. Harry nearly gasped at the sight of his lover\'s appearance. Draco was thin enough that you could see his ribs, and he was paler than usual. His once blonde hair was now black from all the dirt and mud, and it was long. At least down to his shoulders. There were still some bruises from last month\'s rape on his body as well.

\"Welcome back, Mr. Malfoy,\" Arthur said.

\"It\'s good to be back, Minister Weasley,\" Draco said, \"Hello, love,\" he said to Harry.

\"Hello, Dray,\" Harry said. Draco smiled.

\"You have no idea how much I yearned to hear that name.\" Harry and Arthur chuckled. Arthur handed the bag to Draco.

\"A change of clothes, compliments of Mr. Potter,\" he said. He gestured to the two Aurors. \"We\'ll leave you two alone.\" They left the room leaving Harry and Draco to themselves.

\"So, how ya been, Harry?\" Draco asked getting rid of the prison smock. Harry had to refrain from crying when he saw just how skinny Draco was.

\"When was the last time you ate, Draco?\"

\"This morning,\" Draco said, \"Only I didn\'t eat much.\" He opened the bag of clothes, and went through them. \"You never answered my question.\"

\"I\'m fine,\" Harry said, \"I\'m helping the Aurors round up the last of the Deatheaters before I start teaching at Hogwarts.\"

\"You\'re going to teach?\"

\"McGonagall asked me,\" Harry said, \"They haven\'t been able to find a DADA teacher to stay past a year yet. The position is mine when I want it.\" Draco dropped his pants causing Harry to turn around to give him privacy. \"What?\" Harry asked hearing Draco\'s chuckle.

\"It\'s not like you haven\'t seen me naked before, love.\"

\"Just get dressed, Draco.\" Draco pulled on the pants, and shirt quickly.

\"You can turn around now.\" Harry turned around to see Draco pulling on the shoes. \"These are your clothes,\" Draco said.

\"I know,\" Harry said, \"You\'re restricted to No. 12 Grimmauld Place,\" he explained, \"You\'re not allowed at Malfoy Manor without supervision.\"

\"Whatever. I\'m not going back to that place.\" Draco finished tying the shoes, and walked over to where Harry stood, and cupped his face. \"I\'ve waited a year and a half to do this,\" he said before placed a soft kiss onto Harry\'s lips. There was nothing passionate about it. It was just a simple \'I love you\' kiss. He pulled away too soon for Harry\'s liking, and they walked out of the room.

Arthur and Harry walked in front of Draco while the two Aurors flanked behind him. Technically he was still a prisoner until Harry signed him out. At the desk, Harry signed for Draco and his wand. He was given his own back, and box containing Draco\'s. He signed another form after reading it through, and Arthur shook hands with Draco. \"You\'re a free man, Mr. Malfoy,\" he said before the Aurors behind Draco disappeared with a pop, \"Within reason.\" Draco chuckled as Harry put his wand in his robe.

Ready to go?\" he asked him.

\"You bet,\" Draco said. Harry smiled as he took Draco\'s hand, and led him out of the Ministry.

Hours later ..................

Draco sighed as he soaked in the huge bathtub in Harry\'s bathroom. It felt really good to get all the gunk and grim off himself. He had cut his hair back to the length he wanted it, and washed it thoroughly. He hadn\'t had a chance to scrub those three Aurors smell off him. He scrubbed and scrubbed until his skin turned red. He scrubbed really hard at where his Dark Mark used to be. There was still a scar, and the imprint of the Mark was still visible. He was bleeding out of the wound now, so Draco covered it with a washcloth. He never noticed he was crying. \"Hey, Draco, dinner\'s almost ........ \" Harry stopped speaking seeing Draco in the tub. He was completely red from scrubbing, and he was also bleeding. \"Draco, I think you\'re clean,\" he said pulling the plug to let out the water.

\"I\'ll never be clean,\" Draco said, \"Not after what those three Aurors did to me.\" Harry kneeled next to the tub, and cupped Draco\'s face. \"You still want me after what happened?\"

\"I love you, Draco,\" Harry said, \"Nothing is going to change that.\"

\"I\'m used goods.\"

\"No, you\'re not, love,\" Harry said, \"What happened a month ago wasn\'t your fault.\" Draco let out a small cry. \"You are not weak, Draco Malfoy.\"

\"But ......\"

\"No \'buts\',\" Harry said, \"You stood up to your rapists in court, and they\'re going to go away for a long time.\" Draco sniffled as Harry held his head. \"Come on, let\'s get you out of the tub. I need to bandage that arm of yours, and we\'ll get you in some clothes, and than we\'ll get you fed.\" Harry got Draco out of the tub, and dried him off. He bandaged the wound on his arms, and dressed him. He led him downstairs by the hand.

\"Hey, I\'ve been meaning to ask,\" Draco said, \"Where\'d Mrs. Black go?\" he asked.

\"I got her down.\"

\"You finally got her down?\"

\"It took me and Dobby 12 hours, but she and several other portraits I didn\'t like are upstairs collecting dust in the attic.\" Draco chuckled. \"An before you ask, Kreacher is up there was well, gagged, bound and magically chained.\"

\"So, Dobby is your house elf?\"

\"Yes, and I pay him,\" Harry said, \"Hermione made me pay him.\" Harry led Draco into the kitchen where Dobby was finishing setting the table.

\"Everything is done, Master Harry,\" he said, \"Will there be anything else?\"

\"No, take the rest of the week off Dobby, with pay.\"

\"Oh, thank you, sir.\" And with a snap of his fingers, Dobby disappeared. Harry seated Draco at the table, and went over to the oven. He pulled out a pan of lasagna, and set it on the table. Draco stomach growled at the sight of it.

\"Someone\'s hungry,\" Harry said in a sing song voice. He poured Draco and him tall glasses of milk, and sat down. He dished some out onto Draco\'s plate before dishing some out on his own. \"Okay, dig in, and as your parole officer, I command that you eat.\"

\"Fine,\" Draco said before filling his fork up with food, and putting it in his mouth. \"Hmm, this is good.\"

\"My own recipe,\" Harry said with his mouth full. They ate in light conversation, and cleaned the dishes the Muggle way; Harry washing and Draco drying. After finishing up the dishes, the two of them went upstairs to the bedroom. They changed into their pajamas, got into bed and went to sleep, Harry holding Draco close.
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Draco was laying in his cell on the muddy floor when he heard the door open. He was still too tired from the last beating to move, and he didn\'t think this time would be any different. He was wrong. \"Good evening, Mr. Malfoy,\" one of his guards said.

\"Miss us?\" the second one asked and the third on chuckled.

\"I think he did,\" the third said. The cell door closed, and Draco was trapped with the three of them.

\"Gains, watch the door.\"

\"But Teeter .....\" Gains whined.

\"Don\'t have a cow, Gains, you\'ll get your turn.\"

\"Oh, shove off O\'Grady,\" Gains said.

\'Get his turn?\' Draco thought, \'What did he mean by that?\' The Auror called Teeter bent down beside Draco, and picked him up by his head.

\"So, the great Draco Malfoy is a rapist,\" he said, \"Too bad the court didn\'t get you for that. All because the Boy Who Lived testified that it was consensual.\" O\'Grady chuckled. \"Probably under the Imperius Curse.\" He dropped Draco to the ground, and he and O\'Grady roughly flipped him over onto his stomach. His hands were shackled onto a pike. \"We have a punishment for rapists who get away with it.\" Teeter nodded to O\'Grady who taped Draco\'s mouth shut. Draco started to struggled when he felt his ankles being unshackled and his pants ripped off.

\"I\'ll hold him,\" O\'Grady said. He held Draco down as Teeter undid his pants. Draco barely had time to adjust after the violation of his body. He screamed as best he could with two broken ribs, and his mouth being taped shut. He screamed out for Harry, but the guards just laughed.
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Draco ahot awake at the laughter ringing through his head. He checked his surroundings to see he was in a warm, dry place. Harry\'s bed to be exact. \"Draco?\" He looked down to see Harry\'s emerald eyes looking at him with concern. \"Are you all right?\" he asked.

\"I\'m fine,\" Draco said. Harry looked over his lover to see he was sweating.

\"You\'re sweating, love.\" Draco sighed out as he pulled his legs up to chest.

\"How can you call me that?\" he asked. \"After what happened to me?\"

\"What? Call you \'love\'?\" Draco nodded. \"Cause I love you, Dray.\"

\"But I\'m used goods now,\" Draco said on the verge of tears, \"I\'m so worthless that I couldn\'t even defend myself from being raped.\"

\"No, no, no, Draco,\" Harry said pulling a now crying Draco into his arms. \"You are not worthless. You are not helpless.\" Draco sobbed as Harry tried to calm him down.

\"They\'re in my head, every night.\"

\"It\'s okay,\" Harry said. He softly kissed Draco\'s forehead. \"They can\'t hurt you anymore.\" He gently rocked the blonde back and forth, calming him down. \"You\'re okay. It\'s okay.\" He wasn\'t sure if Draco was ever going to get through this.


Like I said, please don\'t hate me.