[Fic:] To meet you again 6
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smirkingcatTitle: To meet you again 6/25
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smirkingcat
Word Count:1.602
Rating: PG (for now)
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slythindor100's sixth prompt: 
Warning: unbetaed, angst
Disclaimer: Harry Potter characters are the property of J.K. Rowling and Bloomsbury/Scholastic. No profit is being made, and no copyright infringement is intended.
Author's Notes: Find Part 1 here.
The story goes on, and background is _finally_ told.
To meet you again 6
"I see you haven't changed, Potter. Let's go, now that you are finally here," Nott barked at him, and stepped away from the wall next to Draco's door.
"Sorry I overslept," Harry answered meekly, trying to offer what was clearly an unsuccessful apology. If his dream hadn't felt so real, it would have been a lot easier to wake up, but he had no desire to share that with Nott.
Harry opened the door and entered with a "Good morning, Draco."
Draco was already sitting on the edge of his bed, feet dangling in the air, before he looked up.
"Harry," he jumped from the bed, "look- I'm all healed now! Nothing hurts!" he grinned hopefully up to Harry, grabbing Harry's arm.
"You really seem to do a lot better," he conceded, trying to hide a sigh in his words. But they haven't really been concerned about his body, and the pain Draco felt was more of a repercussion of stress, after an attack or when something simply was wrong.
"Who is that?" Draco suddenly asked, hiding a little behind Harry, while eyeing the imposing figure of Nott. At six feet two inches, fully covered in his black robe, his sheer expressionless face and the uncaring way he moved, Nott undoubtedly made an impression on everyone. Never to mention the fact, that no one like Nott could stand so still, like an object. One did not even see him breath. It crept Harry out.
"Young Mr Malfoy," Nott greeted, before Harry was able to answer Draco's question.
However the reaction he got was remarkable: Draco would step out from behind Harry, his spine straight, his chin raised and his eyes hard. It was the closest Harry had ever seen this Draco act like the real one did.
"Yes, and you are?" Draco asked in a lower pitch than he had spoken for so long.
Harry had trouble to breath. He wanted to say something, to point out that this alone was a sign that something was happening.
But then Nott had his wand in his hand, did a complicated pattern too fast for Harry to really see, and Draco's body seemed to freeze, while his eyes gone empty.
"What-" Harry started to scream.
"Don't disturb me Potter, I have to concentrate, this is not a simple imperius. So be quiet," Nott cut him off, which quickly shot Harry up.
Then something happened that took Harry's breath away for a different reason: The room became illuminated with strands of magic. Each strand had different colours and it was fascinating to watch them. They moved around each other or floated a little in the room. It seemed as if they were dancing, and the colours where fascinating.
And then there appeared a knot, where it all started in front of Draco. It was a tangled ball, wound so tight that it was hard to see anything
Nott released a deep breath.
"That is his core" he stated calmly.
"It looks beautiful," Harry whispered, having never seen such a thing before.
"No, Potter, the knot is wrong, it's the cage holding him back. An healthy unhurt wizard core would never show, because your magic is in you, every cell, every breath. This is the ipse inclusum curse. It cuts Draco off from his magic, with the time shifting curse, which threw him back in his childhood, and the obliviation he simply is gone too much," Nott explained calmly, but Harry just starred.
"Don't you just have to break that? Isn't that all you need to do? You can't stand there know all that and be unable to save him. Give him back to me," Harry shouted in anger, hurt and defeat.
"I can break all the curses, and undo all the damage, but what would remain would not be Draco Malfoy. What would remain would be an empty vessel. If I break the cage here, his magic would simply flow while he would be unable to stop it, most likely draining him, before he has a chance to stop it," Nott answered, not even flinching or looking at Harry, but staring at the caged core.
"If I undo the memory charm, I would break his personality, as a child is not able to comprehend the life Draco had lived. So he would die too. And if I force him to shift again, and I miss the right moment, meaning to put him into a future he is not yet, or in a past he already had, he would not be himself, but just an illusion of himself. This was intended to kill Draco and drive him mad. It failed at that, but the way it is set up, he is the only one who really can reverse it," Theo explained neutrally.
Harry hugged himself. He would not cry in front of Nott. He wouldn't! Never!
"So I just imagined it?" he asked, his voice hoarse.
"No, you didn't, there is magic starting to flow. But Potter, for it to be enough to break through the curses, it could take decades," Nott said.
"There is hope, just not for him and me, that is what you are saying, right? I can stay with him, and take care of a boy who will always believe he is seven, and one day he will remember being twenty-seven and engaged to me, and I will be seventy-seven or even older," Harry spoke looking at Draco, the man he loved, the body he worshiped and the magic that took it all away.
"He might start to grow as the Draco he is now. His medical sheet shows that his memory is getting better. The last break down two days ago- you said it started with not remembering Teddy and then the only memory to green was fear. The fear of the curse might be with his memory of the avada cadava curse he had seen and escaped in his line of work way too often. That he did not remember Teddy might have been a simply laps which threw him into the panic. But he genuinely remembered last summer, so he might grow up as this Draco Malfoy, and he is very sure that he is the heir to his family," Nott explained further.
"He doesn't remember his own mother. He thinks I am a friend of his family, he wants to come home to me, live with me. How can you say he is like the real Malfoy? This is not your friend, how can you even say he is my fiancé?" Harry demanded getting furious at the rational behaviour of Nott.
"Why do you not take him home? If he gets a panic attack I am sure you can knock him out yourself, and let him sleep before his magic goes haywire?"
"You want me to take him home? In the flat I rented near the hospital to come here every day?" Harry demanded incredulous at the suggestion.
"No, I said take him home where you lived with him.
"There are pictures of us everywhere there!"
"You can charm them, so that to him they will just be landscapes. But yes I believe he would live happier with you, than staying in the hospital," Nott said.
"You don't know what you are asking me to do," Harry whispered.
"It will be hard, painful and lonesome, but wont there be any rewards for you? Nothing?" Theo asked, before he made another movement and slowly the magic disappeared.
"I'm Theodore Nott. Our families where rather close once, and I asked Harry, if I may be allowed to visit you," Nott said to Draco, as Draco stirred alive again.
"Why?" Draco asked, more curious than suspicious.
"Here", he reached into his pocket and handed Draco a wooden Box, with the Malfoy 'M' crafted into the top.
"This is beautiful," Draco said.
"It is, and it's now yours," Nott said, and for the first time something close to emotion seems to touch his voice.
"What is it?" Draco asked, as the box had no obvious way to open it.
"That young Mr Malfoy, you will have to find out for yourself," Nott said, and held his hand out to Draco, who shook it once.
"Potter", Nott nodded his way and left.
"Look Harry, I got a mystery," Draco turned to him, big grin on his face.
"Well, that means one day you have to solve it, doesn't it," Harry moved closer to Draco, stroking through the man's.
"But not now, now you said we will have another nice day out!" Draco put the box away on his nightstand and looked at Harry expectantly.
"Well you remember when you told me you liked the dragon book?"
Draco nodded heavily
"How would you like to have the author read it and then sign it?"
Draco stared.
"Come on, Dragon, get your book and we are off to the bookstore," Harry smiled and watched Draco rush to his nightstand for his dragon book, that by now he must know by heart.
"Are you sure he will sign it?" Draco asked, when Harry helped him into his coat.
"Of course he will, and if not I will make him."
"Harry you are the coolest of all," Draco said and run out the door.
Harry grinned. As Charlie was about to steel him the show for the whole day, he thought the compliment was well deserved.
All he had heard from Theo, all he couldn't understand, he pushed away. Draco deserved to have a good day, and Harry was giving him that, because that was all he could do.
Park 7
Author:
smirkingcatWord Count:1.602
Rating: PG (for now)
Prompt:
slythindor100's sixth prompt: Warning: unbetaed, angst
Disclaimer: Harry Potter characters are the property of J.K. Rowling and Bloomsbury/Scholastic. No profit is being made, and no copyright infringement is intended.
Author's Notes: Find Part 1 here.
The story goes on, and background is _finally_ told.
To meet you again 6
"I see you haven't changed, Potter. Let's go, now that you are finally here," Nott barked at him, and stepped away from the wall next to Draco's door.
"Sorry I overslept," Harry answered meekly, trying to offer what was clearly an unsuccessful apology. If his dream hadn't felt so real, it would have been a lot easier to wake up, but he had no desire to share that with Nott.
Harry opened the door and entered with a "Good morning, Draco."
Draco was already sitting on the edge of his bed, feet dangling in the air, before he looked up.
"Harry," he jumped from the bed, "look- I'm all healed now! Nothing hurts!" he grinned hopefully up to Harry, grabbing Harry's arm.
"You really seem to do a lot better," he conceded, trying to hide a sigh in his words. But they haven't really been concerned about his body, and the pain Draco felt was more of a repercussion of stress, after an attack or when something simply was wrong.
"Who is that?" Draco suddenly asked, hiding a little behind Harry, while eyeing the imposing figure of Nott. At six feet two inches, fully covered in his black robe, his sheer expressionless face and the uncaring way he moved, Nott undoubtedly made an impression on everyone. Never to mention the fact, that no one like Nott could stand so still, like an object. One did not even see him breath. It crept Harry out.
"Young Mr Malfoy," Nott greeted, before Harry was able to answer Draco's question.
However the reaction he got was remarkable: Draco would step out from behind Harry, his spine straight, his chin raised and his eyes hard. It was the closest Harry had ever seen this Draco act like the real one did.
"Yes, and you are?" Draco asked in a lower pitch than he had spoken for so long.
Harry had trouble to breath. He wanted to say something, to point out that this alone was a sign that something was happening.
But then Nott had his wand in his hand, did a complicated pattern too fast for Harry to really see, and Draco's body seemed to freeze, while his eyes gone empty.
"What-" Harry started to scream.
"Don't disturb me Potter, I have to concentrate, this is not a simple imperius. So be quiet," Nott cut him off, which quickly shot Harry up.
Then something happened that took Harry's breath away for a different reason: The room became illuminated with strands of magic. Each strand had different colours and it was fascinating to watch them. They moved around each other or floated a little in the room. It seemed as if they were dancing, and the colours where fascinating.
And then there appeared a knot, where it all started in front of Draco. It was a tangled ball, wound so tight that it was hard to see anything
Nott released a deep breath.
"That is his core" he stated calmly.
"It looks beautiful," Harry whispered, having never seen such a thing before.
"No, Potter, the knot is wrong, it's the cage holding him back. An healthy unhurt wizard core would never show, because your magic is in you, every cell, every breath. This is the ipse inclusum curse. It cuts Draco off from his magic, with the time shifting curse, which threw him back in his childhood, and the obliviation he simply is gone too much," Nott explained calmly, but Harry just starred.
"Don't you just have to break that? Isn't that all you need to do? You can't stand there know all that and be unable to save him. Give him back to me," Harry shouted in anger, hurt and defeat.
"I can break all the curses, and undo all the damage, but what would remain would not be Draco Malfoy. What would remain would be an empty vessel. If I break the cage here, his magic would simply flow while he would be unable to stop it, most likely draining him, before he has a chance to stop it," Nott answered, not even flinching or looking at Harry, but staring at the caged core.
"If I undo the memory charm, I would break his personality, as a child is not able to comprehend the life Draco had lived. So he would die too. And if I force him to shift again, and I miss the right moment, meaning to put him into a future he is not yet, or in a past he already had, he would not be himself, but just an illusion of himself. This was intended to kill Draco and drive him mad. It failed at that, but the way it is set up, he is the only one who really can reverse it," Theo explained neutrally.
Harry hugged himself. He would not cry in front of Nott. He wouldn't! Never!
"So I just imagined it?" he asked, his voice hoarse.
"No, you didn't, there is magic starting to flow. But Potter, for it to be enough to break through the curses, it could take decades," Nott said.
"There is hope, just not for him and me, that is what you are saying, right? I can stay with him, and take care of a boy who will always believe he is seven, and one day he will remember being twenty-seven and engaged to me, and I will be seventy-seven or even older," Harry spoke looking at Draco, the man he loved, the body he worshiped and the magic that took it all away.
"He might start to grow as the Draco he is now. His medical sheet shows that his memory is getting better. The last break down two days ago- you said it started with not remembering Teddy and then the only memory to green was fear. The fear of the curse might be with his memory of the avada cadava curse he had seen and escaped in his line of work way too often. That he did not remember Teddy might have been a simply laps which threw him into the panic. But he genuinely remembered last summer, so he might grow up as this Draco Malfoy, and he is very sure that he is the heir to his family," Nott explained further.
"He doesn't remember his own mother. He thinks I am a friend of his family, he wants to come home to me, live with me. How can you say he is like the real Malfoy? This is not your friend, how can you even say he is my fiancé?" Harry demanded getting furious at the rational behaviour of Nott.
"Why do you not take him home? If he gets a panic attack I am sure you can knock him out yourself, and let him sleep before his magic goes haywire?"
"You want me to take him home? In the flat I rented near the hospital to come here every day?" Harry demanded incredulous at the suggestion.
"No, I said take him home where you lived with him.
"There are pictures of us everywhere there!"
"You can charm them, so that to him they will just be landscapes. But yes I believe he would live happier with you, than staying in the hospital," Nott said.
"You don't know what you are asking me to do," Harry whispered.
"It will be hard, painful and lonesome, but wont there be any rewards for you? Nothing?" Theo asked, before he made another movement and slowly the magic disappeared.
"I'm Theodore Nott. Our families where rather close once, and I asked Harry, if I may be allowed to visit you," Nott said to Draco, as Draco stirred alive again.
"Why?" Draco asked, more curious than suspicious.
"Here", he reached into his pocket and handed Draco a wooden Box, with the Malfoy 'M' crafted into the top.
"This is beautiful," Draco said.
"It is, and it's now yours," Nott said, and for the first time something close to emotion seems to touch his voice.
"What is it?" Draco asked, as the box had no obvious way to open it.
"That young Mr Malfoy, you will have to find out for yourself," Nott said, and held his hand out to Draco, who shook it once.
"Potter", Nott nodded his way and left.
"Look Harry, I got a mystery," Draco turned to him, big grin on his face.
"Well, that means one day you have to solve it, doesn't it," Harry moved closer to Draco, stroking through the man's.
"But not now, now you said we will have another nice day out!" Draco put the box away on his nightstand and looked at Harry expectantly.
"Well you remember when you told me you liked the dragon book?"
Draco nodded heavily
"How would you like to have the author read it and then sign it?"
Draco stared.
"Come on, Dragon, get your book and we are off to the bookstore," Harry smiled and watched Draco rush to his nightstand for his dragon book, that by now he must know by heart.
"Are you sure he will sign it?" Draco asked, when Harry helped him into his coat.
"Of course he will, and if not I will make him."
"Harry you are the coolest of all," Draco said and run out the door.
Harry grinned. As Charlie was about to steel him the show for the whole day, he thought the compliment was well deserved.
All he had heard from Theo, all he couldn't understand, he pushed away. Draco deserved to have a good day, and Harry was giving him that, because that was all he could do.
Park 7
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Date: 2016-12-06 10:28 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2016-12-07 05:55 am (UTC)thanks for the read and the comment <3
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Date: 2016-12-06 10:30 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2016-12-07 05:56 am (UTC)*puts plaster all around your heart*
i promise it will be worth it! i will give my utter best to make it so!
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Date: 2016-12-07 12:14 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2016-12-07 05:57 am (UTC)and yes to all the angst, right?
and well we will see how it will go on i am so excited too - and todays prompt looks fabulous!
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Date: 2016-12-07 01:51 am (UTC)Looking forward to reading more!
♥
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Date: 2016-12-07 05:58 am (UTC)and there will be more!
and i am so glad you enjoy the angst too!
<3
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Date: 2016-12-07 04:05 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2016-12-07 05:59 am (UTC)*hugs*
angst happens but it ensures fluff in the long run right? right!
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Date: 2016-12-07 06:24 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2016-12-07 08:44 am (UTC)i know it is horrible but as a writer reading that you want more just made my day!
and more is on it's way!
just thank you so much
and thanks for the read!
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Date: 2016-12-07 10:32 am (UTC)Another brilliant chapter! I love your Theo!
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Date: 2016-12-07 11:01 pm (UTC)and i'm so glad you like something, even through i know this is really angsty i'm happy that you are reading it thank you <3
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Date: 2016-12-07 11:03 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2016-12-07 11:04 pm (UTC)i hope i will not let you down! (happy end is very much on my agenda)
thanks so much for the read and the comment
<3
and thanks for sticking with my story
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Date: 2016-12-07 11:54 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2016-12-07 11:05 pm (UTC)*has plaster by her side to put your heart together if it gets too much*
thank you so much for reading and commenting <3