Ugly Truth

Chapter 7

Harry POV

"Dray?" I whispered, I hadn't had a nightmare! I was so happy. "Hm?" He answered tiredly. "What did you wanna talk about?" He woke up fully, sitting up in my bed. "Yeah.. We need to find out who told everyone about your past." He spoke quickly, little emotion in his voice. "Oh.. Well its gotta be a Slytherin, no offence." I murmured, looking at him. "Not necessarily. Slytherins have a tendency to.. Well play people, they'll get them to trust us, find out secrets and spread them. Its sick, I know." And my face paled.

He noticed. "Harry, I promise I didn't tell, I swear on my life!" He exclaimed. I let out a breath I didn't know I was holding. "Okay... Well who else knows the Slytherin password?" I asked, relaxing. "Weaslette." He answered simply, "You think it was Ginny?" I gasped, he nodded, "It makes sense, she's mad because you helped Dean, remember? You basically turned all Gryffindors against her, Harry." He said, still emotionless. "I guess... Padfoot?" I whispered, and the dog came trotting towards me, and Draco tensed. "Dray what's wrong?" I asked, Padfoot jumping on our bed, "I don't like dogs..." And I gigged at that. "Its Sirius; he won't hurt you, he protects me." I pet the dogs head. "I know, I just dislike dogs. I'm not supposed to talk to werewolves anyway." I looked up at him, "Why not?" He pondered for a second, "Your father, Pettigrew, Black and Lupin bullied Sev, so I've been brought up to hate them; which is one of the main reasons I hated you." He spoke truthfully. Sirius looked guilty. "Oh right.. They're friends now though, right?" I tilted my head, "Not really Harry, more like they tolerate each other for our sake." And I nodded to that.

Dracos POV

I felt bad for telling him of their past, but didn't mind a lot in all honesty. "Now, back to the task at hand, what do we do about Ginny?" Harry asked, snapping me out my thoughts. "Tell Snape or Lupin, Black can't really do anything..." I answered, hoping it was okay. "Why Snape?" He asked, "One because he's my godfather and this affects me as well and two because your mother and Snape were close, he cares for you, he just can't show nor admit it because of your father." I reply simply, that seems to do it. "Okay.. Well, Snapes more in charge, so should we tell him?" He asked, tilting his head in a way that made my heart flutter. "If you wish." I smiled, to which he blushed. "However he's in class now. So we will see him after he finishes." And he nodded. "What shall we do?" I asked, and his eyes twinkled, "Paddy, take us around the castle and show us things?" He asked the wolf excitedly, to which nodded back. I smiled, I'd always wanted this. Looking around the castle I mean.

We all get up, readying ourselves.  "Ready?" I ask Harry, to which he nods frantically, and we begin exploring the castle, much to our delight. First off we ran off to Slytherin tower. "Why are we here?" I ask, the dog just nodded towards the portrait. "Malfoy" It spoke, "Salazar, may we enter?" I ask, bowing slightly, "Hm password?" He asked in his posh fashion, "Squibbleruts" I said, and the portrait swung open. "Thank you." And I lead them inside, Blaise and Pansy doing homework in the common room. They just gave Harry sad looks, before returning to their work. "Where to Pad?" He asks. The dog walked to our fireplace, and he stuck his head behind it. Not even I knew there was space behind there!

"What are you doing?" But suddenly the bookshelf next to the fireplace disappeared, revealing and Gryffindor-Slytherin cross room, and we gasped, to say we were surprised says the least. We quickly entered, without Blaise or Pansy noticing. The door closed behind us.

"Paddy, what's this?" Harry asked, as he transformed. "Severus's old dorm. He was the only half blood, so he got his own, it was closed off in second year though. It has Gryffindor because of Lily." I smiled at him, "Cool... We could hang out here Lion. Since you keep complaining over my dorm room." He giggled at me, "Yeah, we'd have to clean it though." Sirius was looking at us fondly, "Obviously." I spoke calmly.

Third person POV

"Okay boys, let's go." Sirius spoke cheerfully, transforming once again. "Okay." Harry murmured. And the boys left.

The three of them explored the castle, Sirius showing them places that didn't even show up on the map, like the room of requirement. Harry had never seen anyone smile so big, let alone Draco. It was extraordinary. They explored for hours; blatantly ignoring the bell, as they didn't have to worry about being seen as they were using all the corridors.

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"Draco Malfoy!" Snape bellowed as he spotted the familiar blonde sneaking thorough the portrait, "Uhm... Y-yes sir?" Draco stuttered under Snapes hard gaze. "Where were you?" The professor questioned, "With Harry Potter sir..." And too that Snape smiled slightly. Snape knew the boy had feelings for the other, even if he hadn't a clue himself yet.

"Go to bed Draco." Snape whispered, turning to leave. Draco nodded and ran to bed, not bothering to put pyjamas on, and slept in his boxers, which he hasn't done in awhile. He felt settled that night, having a peaceful sleep.

____________________________________Finished! Please leave comments? Thank you! This is probably my shortest chapter, I'll try to make them longer. Bye friends!

Also the chapters are real messed up I apologize. I'll try fix it.