It Started With A Letter

5

It's been a month, and Harry hadn't shown up once since he told me about his sexuality. He wouldn't even look at me, and when our eyes accidentally met, he would quickly look away. I really missed him, I hadn't realised how much he meant to me. Until he wasn't there anymore.

I entered the library, knowing exactly that I wasn't there to study. I saw a bushy-haired girl sitting alone at a table, her nose in a book. I walked over. 'Hi Hermione.' She looked up. 'Oh. It's you. What do you want, Malfoy?' She was obviously mad at me for something, but I decided to ignore that. 'Do you know why Harry doesn't want to see me anymore?' She sighed. 'Maybe because you laughed at him for being gay? You really upset him, Malfoy.' My eyes widened with horror. 'I wasn't laughing at him for being gay! I was just surprised, that's all. I understand why he thought I was laughing at him, but I really wasn't!' Hermione smiled. 'I'll tell him. He probably won't listen to you, but he might listen to me. Just go to the Astronomy Tower at the normal time.' I sighed, relieved. 'Thank you.' 'It's really no problem, Draco. You make him happy,' she said, still smiling.

I walked upstairs. Harry was standing in front of a window, looking outside. 'I'm sorry, Draco. I should have never assumed you were laughing at me.' He turned around and hugged me. 'I'm also sorry. I shouldn't have laughed.' He smiled. 'It's fine, Hermione explained you were just surprised.' He released me. He looked terrible. He had dark circles under his eyes and he was slightly paler than usual. 'Are you alright? You seem tired,' I asked. His smile faded. 'Yeah, I'm fine.' I raised an eyebrow. 'Are you sure? You-' 'I said I'm fine Draco!' I flinched. 'Sorry, I didn't mean to snap at you,' he said, sitting down, taking off his glasses and rubbing his eyes with the back of his hand. 'I'm just really tired. I've been practicing a lot for the last task.'

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Oh, how everything is so peaceful, and then Harry Potter arrives with a corpse. Everyone started jumping to conclusions, until the word reached us: You-Know-Who was back. I just watched as Harry clutched to Cedric Diggory's body. Teachers started to shoo the students back to the castle, Dumbledore was whispering in Harry's ear and I saw him relax.

As soon as I was able to, I ran to the Hospital wing, sure Harry would be there? But he wasn't, for some reason Professor Moody was. I ran to the Astronomy Tower, Harry must be there. And he was. But he wasn't alone. He was scratching a bear-like black dog behind its ears.

The dog noticed me and jumped on top of me, growling. 'No! He doesn't want to hurt me! Get off! It's just Draco!' The dog immediately released me and walked back to Harry, who continued to scratch it. 'Thanks,' I said, getting up. 'Anytime.' I sat down opposite him. 'So, is this dog your pet or something?' The dog let out an offended little bark and Harry laughed. 'No,' he said. I raised an eyebrow. 'Then what?' Harry looked at the dog. 'You can trust him, I also do,' he looked up at me, 'promise not to tell anyone?' I nodded.

The dog stood up, walked a little bit away and transformed into human. Looks like it was an Animagus. 'Draco, this is Sirius Black. He is your mothers cousin and my godfather.' He let out a bark-like laugh. 'Nice to meet you, Draco. How's Cissy?' 'She's fine, thanks. Nice to meet you too. But why did I have to promise not to tell anyone?' Sirius sat down next to Harry, hooking his arm around his shoulder. Harry looked up at me. 'You know how I saw Voldemort coming back? Your father is a Death Eater.' 'That makes our friendship really hard.' Harry shrugged. 'Nah, we just have to keep it secret.' Sirius nudged Harry. 'Now I see what you meant when you said he was oblivious.' Harry nodded. 'What do you mean?' I asked.

Sirius laughed. 'Really oblivious. Anyway, I need to go, if they find me, everything will be going to the dogs.' 'I'll see you,' Harry responded, laughing. 'Of course you'll see me, you're spending the summer with me.' He transformed and ran down the stairs. We heard a loud bark and some girl screaming. Harry pinched the bridge of his nose. 'That idiot.' I laughed, and he started to tell me everything what had happened.