Chapter 23

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A/N
It's finally here!
I'm sorry it took so long, I was busy and my motivation was like 📉
I actually didn't expect this chapter to get finished this soon. It's quite long tho.
Anyways, enjoy!

~ few months in sixth year~

Draco POV
It's been a while since we returned to Hogwarts. Harry had grown a little closer to Dumbledore, as they went to get a new Potions teacher, Horace Slughorn. Snape is DADA teacher now. Harry also found this weird Potions handbook, with This book is the property of the Half-Blood Prince written in it. There are a lot of tips and spells in there, Harry even won a bottle of Liquid Luck because he got a Potion correct for the first time in his life, but no one knows about the Half-Blood Prince. Harry also keeps disappearing every once in a while, and he's been meeting with Dumbledore. Hermione keeps trying to convince Harry in getting rid of the book, though. There are also weird things happening. A Gryffindor girl, Katie Bell, has been cursed, and just yesterday, I stole Harry's chocolate, only to find it made with Amortentia, a love potion, which caused me to fall madly in love with a random girl. Harry took me to see Slughorn after that, to cure me. Slughorn gave us some mead, and I drank it, to find it poisoned. Slughorn was in shock and didn't do anything, Harry managed to save me by shoving a Bezoar down my throat. I felt perfectly well after that, and I'm looking for Harry right now, because that idiot ran off somewhere, and he isn't with Dumbledore.

Harry POV
"I know what you did, Ron!" He spun around. We were in a bathroom, and I was pretty sure Ron cursed Katie Bell, and poisoned the mead. "Leave, Potter."he hissed. "On last names now, are we, Weasley?" He took his wand. "I said, leave." I didn't move. He raised his wand. "Cruc-" Before he could finish, I had my wand in hand. "Sectumsempra!" He flew back across the room, blood spilling from his chest. I ran up to him. "No, no, no, I didn't- I didn't want to-" "Out of the way, Potter." Snape. I ran out of the bathroom.

Draco POV
"Harry!" He ran straight past me, tears streaming down his face. I ran after him, up the marble staircase, straight to the Fat Lady. "Caput Draconis!" The portrait swung forward, and he ran in. I followed. Hermione was sitting in the common room, looking up when we entered. Harry ran towards her and hugged her. "What happened?"she asked me. "I have no idea, I just followed him here." Harry spoke up. "I- I hexed him. I didn't mean to, I didn't know-" "Calm down, Harry." He took a few deep breaths. "Weasley and I-" "Since when do you call him Weasley?" "Since he called me Potter. Anyways, Weasley and I were in a bathroom. He tried to Crucio me, and I used the spell I found in the book. He lost so much blood Hermione, what if he dies?" Her eyes were wide with shock. "He won't die. I'm sure you didn't ran before getting help, did you?" He shook his head. "Snape was there. He told me to leave." I hugged him. "You okay?"  "Yeah, I was just shocked." I released him. "Well, Blaise asked me to practice Quidditch with him, so I'm off. Wanna come along?" He shook his head. "I'll see you later. I need to go see Dumbledore."

Harry POV
I stayed at the Gryffindor common room for a while, to calm down. I saw Draco and Blaise practicing Quidditch, and I started to draw Draco. I stood up, said bye to Hermione and walked to Dumbledore's office.

I snapped my head up out of Dumbledore's Pensieve. "So what do you think, Harry?" "Horcruxes... And we need to destroy them all? How many are there?" "I have absolutely no idea. That's where I need you. You need to get the right memory out of Slughorn. Do you think you can manage?" I nodded. "Perfect. Off you go, then." I walked out of the office and I already knew how to get the memory. Liquid Luck.

I walked in the common room. Blaise was there, with Hermione. Draco was nowhere to be seen. I took my Liquid Luck and Hermione asked what I was doing. I told them about needing to get something from Slughorn, on Dumbledore's orders. I didn't tell them what though. I swallowed some. Blaise and Hermione eyed me with curiosity. Hermione asked:"How do you feel?" "Excellent. Well, I'm going down to Hagrid's." "Harry, no. You need to go see Slughorn."said Blaise. "But it's like Hagrid is the place to be. Do you know what I mean?" They both looked at me as if I had gone mad. "No." "Well, trust me, I know what I'm doing. Or, Felix does." I turned around to the portrait, not able to stop smiling. Draco walked in as I walked out. I greeted him happily:"Hi!" I could hear Draco asking Hermione:"What's up with him?" "Liquid Luck."she answered.

I walked in Dumbledore's office with the memory. He smiled at me and putted it in his Pensieve. He dived in there, and after a while snapped his head up again. "Take a look, Harry." I dived in and pulled out again. "So there are seven Horcruxes?" "Yes. We already destroyed one, Tom Riddle's diary. Then we have this ring, which I managed to destroy yesterday. I know where another one might be, so get a good night rest, Harry. Tomorrow after dinner in my office. We're going to get it. And just to let you know, it might be dangerous." I nodded. "It seems like all of my years here have somthing dangerous. Good night, Professor."

Draco POV
Harry entered the common room. Blaise asked:"How did it go?" He nodded and waved. "Pretty well. I got it." He walked into the dormitories. I followed him. "You missed dinner." "I ate in the kitchens." "How was it with Dumbledore?" "Good." He went for his nightstand and took a piece of Muggle paper and pencils. I saw a new drawing inside of it. "Mind if I take that drawing in your nightstand for my collection?" "Sure." I took it out of his nightstand, and sat down beside him. It was a drawing of me, when I was practicing Quidditch with Blaise.

I looked over at Harry

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I looked over at Harry. He seemed to not pay attention to what he was drawing. I watched. An arm appeared on the paper, the hand just slightly visible. "Harry?" I snapped my fingers in front of him. "Hmm?" "Why are you drawing an arm?" He looked at the paper as if he saw it for the first time. "Well, I've been thinking about getting a tattoo." "Don't you dare, you're only sixteen!" He laughed. After he calmed down, he said:"I'm going to sleep." "It's only 10 PM." "Don't care, I need to sleep."

"Okay, what are you on about?" Silence. "Harry!" I snapped my fingers. "Hmm? Oh, sorry, what were you saying?" I sighed. "What's going on Harry? You've been so distracted." He rubbed his temples. "I've a meeting with Dumbledore." "Again?" "Yes. Well, I better go now. Later." He stood up and left.

Harry. I need to find Harry. Death Eaters had entered the castle, and Harry was still with Dumbledore. I ran up to the Astronomy Tower. I got stopped half on the ways by the Weasley's, Bellatrix and... Snape. I stood there in shock watching them walking outside. Harry ran past me. "Harry! Wait!" He didn't listen. I ran after him. I saw him and Snape facing each other. Harry shot a spell at him, and I stood on to much distant to do something. Snape only blocked his spells, though. "Fight back, you coward, fight back!" "Harry, no!" He didn't listen. "Sectumsempra!" Snape shot Harry's own spell back at him, and he ducked just in time. "You dare use my own spell against me? That's right, Potter, I am the Half Blood Prince." He turned around and Disapparated. I ran towards Harry, helped him up, and got him to the common room, where he told everything to Blaise, Hermione and me. He changed looks with Hermione, who nodded, and Blaise, who looked at Hermione and then shook his head. He stood up and left. "What's with those looks? Did I miss something?" Harry explained everything about Horcruxes, his meetings with Dumbledore, Dumbledore's death, and the fact that he already had two of the Horcruxes, and a fake one. We decided to leave this summer, to go look for Horcruxes. We would spend two months with our family's, and then leave at the first of August, since Harry was the youngest of us, and he turned 17 on the 31st of July. We would meet at the Black Manor, I said I wouldn't be able to find it on my own and Harry said he would come pick me up at Malfoy Manor.

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