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Title: To meet you again 23/25
Author: [livejournal.com profile] smirkingcat
Word Count: 640
Rating: PG
Prompt: [livejournal.com profile] slythindor100's 23th 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.



To meet you again 23

As Harry opened the door to the new cafeteria, that found its place in the ministry atrium, the intense smell of Christmas hit him and made him smile. He liked this season in general very much: the sweets, the food, the company and even the weather, which made the people cuddle together and enjoy the warmth. He hadn't always liked it, but his friends and the change that had come with them, and then the time at Hogwarts and later on Draco had influenced his opinion greatly.

"A pot of your best Christmas-themed tea and a plate of your best cookies, please," Harry ordered from the small elf that had appeared by his side as soon as they had taken their seats.

"Cookies?" Nott asked staring at Harry.

"It's the season of indulgement, and really no one ever died due to cookies," Harry rolled his eyes.

"That is not true. Statistically at least a part of the population must have choked to death on cookie-pieces, then there are those who ate too many cookies, and last but not least there is poison in or on the cookie . If you think about that, you just ordered a plate full of death- sweet death maybe but most likely death," Nott answered.

Harry's jaw dropped: "Do you always overcomplicate simple statements like that? Wait is that one of this Slytherin- things? The self-preservation?" he asked.

"I just like to point out when people get things wrong," Nott shrugged, "and I like to do it with style."

"Well then. That's ok, but I still plan on eating these cookies, and if you want to, I would share?" Harry just smiled. Slytherins: always making things complicated while at the same time dreaming of world domination. Maybe that was why they were so fun to hang around?

"Very kind of you, I'll try them then," Nott said and took the first cookie from the plate, eating it without obvious fear.

"And?" Harry asked, as Nott took another one not commenting on them.

"They are tasty, sweet and spicy, and good," Nott answered.

"Glad to hear it," Harry grinned and ate some cookies for himself.

Half of the tea was gone by the time they have eaten the last cookie. The silence felt awkward and heavy for Harry, but he also had no clue on how to break it. Before he could even find the right words to say, a blue smoke rose from Nott's cuff link.
Nott simply eyed the smoke suspiciously before he looked at Harry.

"What? What does it mean?" Harry asked, feeling his heartbeat speeding up without any real reason.

"He just woke up," Nott said and both of them made a ran for the door- in which the nice small elf that had served them earlier stood and stared down it's nose angrily: "Masters have to pay for what the consumed."

"Yes, er right, here, keep the change," Harry said and gave the elf a galleon so they could leave.

"We will floo, as I have no intention of facing the snowstorm that is going on outside," Nott said and Harry rolled his eyes.

"We are flooing because it is faster," he disagreed and they ran through the atrium to the fireplaces.

Draco was awake.
Things were going to change for one way or another.
Harry came to an abrupt halt in front of the fireplace, the floo powder already in hand. What if all just was going to be the same?
His hands started to shake and he felt frozen to the floor. He could barely breath.

"Come now Harry, don't lose your courage on me now," Nott said and put his hand on Harry's shoulder to push him forwards.

"Might be too late for that," Harry mumbled before he called out: "St Mungos." and let the magic take him away.



Part 24

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Date: 2016-12-23 10:12 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] naarna.livejournal.com
*gaaaaaaah* why are you stopping there?

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Date: 2016-12-27 10:27 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] smirkingcat.livejournal.com
honestly because i was too beat for more and my brain would not function and drool was dripping down my jaw as i fell asleep in front of screen... sorry
the official reason of course is because i am a mean writer with the worst ever cliff hangers

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Date: 2016-12-23 10:18 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] orlando-switch.livejournal.com
Yes, yes, just as I hoped: Draco wakes up while they are having tea. Since it's almost Christmas, I really hope it's a good wake up.

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Date: 2016-12-27 10:28 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] smirkingcat.livejournal.com
then i'm happy that it went as you hoped for!
thanks so much for reading and leaving a comment <3

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Date: 2016-12-23 11:04 pm (UTC)
nia_kantorka: (festive season)
From: [personal profile] nia_kantorka
Ohhh, so much suspense. Looking forward to the next chapter. :D

It's after midnight: Merry Christmas to you! ♥

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Date: 2016-12-27 10:28 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] smirkingcat.livejournal.com
and a merry (late) christmas to you too!
hope you had a nice day!
and yes suspense! (at least that was what it was in the past)

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Date: 2016-12-24 04:54 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] enchanted-jae.livejournal.com
*holds breath*

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Date: 2016-12-27 10:31 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] smirkingcat.livejournal.com
*worries about your lungs*

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Date: 2016-12-24 11:30 am (UTC)
themightyflynn: (Default)
From: [personal profile] themightyflynn
Holy crap, now I'm nervous! Hope this goes well!

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Date: 2016-12-27 10:31 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] smirkingcat.livejournal.com
sometime it's the wait that makes it good right XD

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