Dragon's Promise

Chapter 7

EDITED

Harry's P.O.V

"No. No, please don't kill him! DRACO! No... Please don't be dead, You can't be dead!" I tossed and turned, trying to wake from my nightmare. 

"Harry? Harry wake up, it's just a dream. Shhh.' Draco whispered, stroking my hair, his arms around my waist. I sat upright, slick with sweat and tears trickling down my face. I turned to Draco. He smiled weakly and pulled me back down so my head rested on his chest. 

We were in the Slytherin common rooms on Draco's bed. "What happened?" I muttered. "Ron shot a cutting spell at me and you saved me... but-" He looked at me with a pained expression before continuing, "You got really mad, I mean so mad you grew wings, roared, and nearly burnt Ron to a crisp with fire that you shot from your hands..." My eyes grew wide as I remembered what happened. 

I watched as Ron shot Draco with a cutting spell right across his throat and exploded with rage. My fists clenched and I roared with fury, my body becoming encased in white light as gigantic leathery wings tore through my back. Searing heat rose in my stomach and spread through my body, blasting through my hands and onto Ron. He yelled and fell to the ground, his face red from burns. 

"He hurt you." I growled, my fists clenching at the thought. 

"I know but you can't go around burning people who hurt me, you have to get it under control." Draco whispered. Harry started to cry again. "I h-hurt my b-best friend, I-I hurt Ron. He t-tried to k-kill you... b-but why would he d-do that?" I sobbed, looking to Draco for an answer. 

"You won't like this, but I- I think Ron was under the imperius curse." I gasped and fresh tears began to spill down my face. "We've got to go see him Draco! I have to see if he's alright!" He nodded and pulled him up with me. Draco grasped my hand and we started towards the hospital wing.

Draco's P.O.V

"Ron?" Harry asked slowly as he looked at the swollen red face that rested on a pillow. Ron stirred and looked up at Harry. "I- I'm so sorry, I didn't want to. It was like I had no say in what I did." He croaked. 

"We think you were put under the imperius curse to get back at me." I said. 

"Draco, I'm fine with you and Harry, but if you ever hurt him, I will find you and that time I will hurt you of my own free will." He held out his bandaged hand for me to shake and I took it, being careful not to squeeze it to hard. 

"Wait. Why would they need to get back at you? What did you do?" He asked slowly. 

"Turns out me and Draco have a special bond that helps us heal each other. I caught him trying to cut out his dark mark and I guess the bond healed both the cuts and the mark. It's gone." To prove it I held out my fore arm and rolled up the sleeve.

"Wicked." Ron said, staring in amazement at the now bare skin. Harry started to laugh at his remark and soon Ron and I joined in. 

"What else can you do? You know, other than grow wings, shoot fire and glow like the sun..." Ron asked once he got his breath back. "Well me and Draco's patronus changed." He nodded to me and we both called our patronus. Our two dragons twisted around each other, swooping and diving. "Bloody brilliant that is." Ron spoke, awe in his voice.

"Have you tried your wings yet Draco?" Hermione's voice floated in from the door. I turned around a bit startled. "Um... no... I didn't really think I had them." I uttered quietly.  

"Why not Dragon?" Harry asked, reaching for my hand. 

"I- I don't know. I just assumed you had them because you were an extra powerful wizard." He chuckled. Ron joined in and tried to sit up to involve himself more in the conversation, but was pushed down by an invisible force. 

"Who did that?" He asked, confused. 

"Well I saw you trying to sit up and used my wand to lay you back down." I replied. 

"Um, Dragon, honey you didn't take your wand out." Harry said simply. I looked down at my hands and saw that one was holding Harry's and the other was empty. 

I concentrated and slowly levitated Harry off the ground. 

"Woah, Draco how are you doing that?" He sputtered. 

"I have no idea... Harry you try." I let him down and he muttered a spell under his breath. Once agin his white dragon appeared  in the air in front of him. Hermione stared at us with pure fascination. 

"You two are very powerful wizards,  and I mean very, very powerful." She whispered. 

Harry's P.O.V

"How come we only see this now?" I asked. "Probably because when the bond was discovered it enhanced your magical powers." Hermione replied. 

"All right. Every one out, visiting hours are over. Mr. Weasley needs to sleep." Madame Pomfrey said and hurried everyone out of the room. She did a bit of a double take when she noticed Draco and I holding hands and I smirked.  "We still have a couple of hours before dinner, do you want to test out your new wings?" I asked. 

"Sure, I can't wait to see if we can actually fly with them!" He spouted excitedly. I laughed and we ran the rest of the way to the Black Lake where no one would see us. "Ok, just focus on your wings." I explained. 

Draco's face scrunched up, making him look adorable, then it turned into a look of extreme pain as his wings tore through his back and slowly unfolded. I pulled out my wings and jumped into the sky. 

I looked down and saw Draco staring up at me. "C'mon! Don't think about it, just will it to happen!" He took a deep breath and pushed up of the ground his silvery blue wings pumping slowly up and down as he rose towards me. 

"See? Doesn't it feel amazing?" 

Draco nodded and flipped in the air, letting out a whoop before grabbing my hand. 

"Follow me!" 

He flapped his wings harder and we sped forward towards the middle of the lake. We dove down, pulling up just in time as our wing tips skimmed the water. When we were almost to the other side of the lake he turned right and landed in a small clearing overlooking the lake and Hogwarts. 

"Nice hey? I found it on my broom while flying one day." I nodded and yanked him towards me. Smirking I pressed my lips against his. When I let go he was smiling. "You have no idea how long I've been waiting to do that." He said. "Me too." 

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