Old-Friends-Reunited (I) [Chapter 192]

The moment Draco noticed Harry beside his mother, he forgot everything else… “What are you doing here?!” The boy snarled in anger as he shot up from his seat. Then Draco turned toward his mother. “What is he doing here?!” He pointed at Harry and asked his mother, looking outraged. It was pretty obvious that he didn’t like Harry, at all, since all of his problems began after the boy came into his life.

At first, all of his friends walked away from him, not wanting to get involved with him for whatever reason, but then the harassment started for real. As usual, he tried to use the name of his father to get his way, but he was simply laughed at by his tormentors before they revealed that his father was nothing but a traitor. It was a really humiliating experience for him and he almost ended up attacking them, but he knew that he wasn't strong enough to deal with them, so held back.

Immediately afterwards, he reached out to his father and mother as he expected them to solve the problem, but instead of getting anything solved, both of them simply told him to keep his head low and weather the storm without giving him a concrete reason… With no other option, he decided to do what his parents asked him to do and he hated it. He hated every moment of it… He was a Malfoy and he hated being trampled by the others.

Unfortunately for him, that wasn't the end of his miseries. On the day of the First Task, his mother came to Hogwarts with the Half-blood filth and the barbarian whore and then his mother told him to be respectful to the filthy half-breed!! He had no idea why his parents were acting like that, but there was no way he was going to lower himself in front of a filthy half-breed.

Then there was the final nail in the coffin… His Godfather went to visit his parents as he was certain that there was something wrong with them. Draco agreed with him on that or why would they treat a filthy half-blood with respect, but his Godfather never returned… Instead, he was visited by a group of Aurors who told him that his Godfather was kidnapped by Harry Potter and his parents might be experiencing the same fate.

At first, he obviously didn’t believe them… He expected it to be some sort of Ministry cover-up or something like that, but everything changed when he received a letter from his mother, explaining that his Godfather was never going to return. Even though the Aurors were keeping a close eye on him, he managed to hide the letter from them. The Aurors started to keep an even closer eye on him, but he still managed to hide the fact that he was in contact with his mother through letters.

He didn’t know why she was adamant that they shouldn’t find out about their constant communication, but he still decided to follow through with her order. He had asked for answers, but every time, she avoided the topic by saying that they were in grave danger… It frustrated him to no end, but his father no longer bothered to write back anything to him, so his mother was the only source of information.

Then she finally agreed to tell him everything when he returned home during the Christmas holidays. Draco was somewhat excited about that even though he wasn’t going to admit it out loud, but all of his hopes were dashed when an Auror paid him a visit and told him that they will be arranging a place for him to stay if he wanted to leave Hogwarts during the Christmas holidays or he was free to stay at Hogwarts.

Draco wanted to lash out at the Auror as he already hated them and the people they worked for, but he could only listen as his father no longer held any sort of power… It was a bitter pill for him to swallow, but he eventually did it… He was so angry that he didn’t even notice his mother rush at him and wrap her arms around him lovingly, but as soon as he realized what was happening, he flushed a bit and his anger disappeared.

He didn’t even notice the portal disappear as right now, he was just glad that he was in his mother’s arms. School has been really stressful for him this year…

“How are you Draco?” Narcissa asked softly as she finally pulled back from him and started to run her hand over his head.

Draco opened his mouth to answer, but then all of a sudden he remembered that his mother didn’t come alone, he looked past her only to find that the portal was gone… “How-How are you even here?” Draco stuttered out as he was completely out of the loop.

“Well, it is a long story and we don’t have much time. I am here to take you back home, how about that, my little dragon?” Narcissa asked softly as she continued to pat his head lovingly.

“Yes… Yes, I would like that” Draco immediately agreed to return home as there was nothing for him at Hogwarts. He didn’t have any friends. He didn’t have anyone to talk with and then his Godfather was also gone. Instead of having fun at Hogwarts, it was starting to feel more like a prison to him. The Aurors were watching his every move and even though he was no longer getting harassed by the other Slytherins thanks to them, he still hated it.

“Alright. Gather your things” Narcissa smiled at him and Draco didn’t need to be told twice. It only took him somewhere around a minute to gather everything with the help of his mother and their new house elf Alef. When they were done, Narcissa decided to contact Harry through her Mark and only a second later, a green sparkling portal opened inside the room, leading to Draco’s room in the Malfoy Manor.

Draco had never seen anything like the portal so he was obviously surprised and taken aback by such a Magic… “Let’s go… We have a lot to talk about” Narcissa said softly as she grabbed her son’s shoulder and started to lead him toward the portal. Draco was a bit nervous just before he was about to enter the portal, it was like crossing the barrier of platform 9¾ for the first and when he finally went through, his body relaxed.

Moments later, the portal was gone, leaving the mother-son duo in the room…

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While Narcissa was having a chat with her son, Gellert was already making his way towards the lower floors with his followers taking the lead. Gellert had decided to cover his face as he didn’t want to be recognized by anyone before he could surprise his old friend. It wasn’t like he hated Albus, but he hated his ‘Holier than thou’ attitude and he also wanted to see the face Albus would make after seeing him.

It didn’t take them long to find the first group of Aurors patrolling the hall. The patrol was quickly dispatched by his followers before the Aurors were relieved of their Wands. He wondered how the Aurors were going to react after realizing that they didn’t have their Wands after waking up from their unwilling naps… Gellert believed that their reactions would be hilarious.

Since Gellert and his followers weren’t hiding, it didn’t take long for the portraits to raise the alarm, which led all the Aurors and the staff members to confront them on the 5th floor.

“You are illegally trespassing on these grounds. Please drop your Wands and surrender!” The Auror leading the group exclaimed loudly. Gellert was certain that the Aurors had contacted their HQ for reinforcements, so he knew that he couldn’t stay for long, but at the same time, this was the first time they were getting to show off… Basically, they were going to make their first appearance and it has been quite some time since he let loose and it was the same for his followers.

Gellert decided that he wasn’t going to order for a retreat anytime soon… At least, not until the reinforcements arrived, but still, that would depend on their numbers… Gellert smiled under his mask when he noticed his old friend arrive with a flash of fire with his blasted songbird sitting over his shoulder. The blasted bird flew off before it trilled… Gellert blamed his younger self for handing over such a bird to that weakling Aurelius Dumbledore.

He should have known that the boy would balk when the time came, but his younger self trusted too much in his visions… Thankfully, it has been ages since he had another vision and he wanted to stay it like that. After all, he had long realized that the visions could be misleading… Though everything aside, he would have to admit, his old friend still had the flair for dramatics.

At the arrival of Albus, the Aurors seemed to gain some confidence while his own followers turned back toward him. “I repeat again! You are illegally trespassing on these grounds. Please drop your Wands and surrender!” The lead Auror exclaimed again and Gellert realized that it was about time he stepped forward and greeted his old friend. He started to step forward and his followers started to part way for him.

He arrived at the front and Albus’ eyes grew as saucers along with everyone else’s on his side as he took off his mask. “Hello, old friend…” Gellert greeted Albus with a smile and all hell broke loose…