The Bonds That Unite Us

° Chapter Four °

Teddy's Arrival and A New Look.

"Let's go Draco, we don't have all day!"

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Harry had greeted Andromeda and Teddy at the floo. He smiled and leaned in to kiss Andromeda's cheek. "Hello, Andy."

Andromeda was wearing a plaid shirt with dark blue jeans. She had worry lines etched on her face along with bags under her eyes. Teddy was wearing a black jumper with blue shorts. He was wrapped in a thin blanket.

"Ello Harry. Here is Teddy's bag, he is getting so big!" Andromeda whispered the last part into Harry's ear. The raven-haired boy took the bag and swung it over his shoulder. The little Metamorphmagus reached out for Harry, and the raven-haired man took him. Teddy changed his hair to look like Harry's.

"You're getting a big little man." Harry chuckled. A bubbly feeling raised into his heart, Andromeda looked at the two. She knew in her heart that she needed to do what she needed to do. "Anyways, same rules as last time. I'll see you in about a week. I love you, Teddy."

"Wove." Teddy giggled and changed his eyes to pink. Andromeda went back to the floo but watched as Harry took the little boy upstairs, chatting with him. She sighed and was enveloped in the emerald flames.

Harry set the little Metamorphmagus on the bed as he placed the bag inside of the wardrobe. He knew it was full of diapers and wipes. He had a couple of bottles here along with baby food down in the kitchen. The raven-haired male sat on the rocking chair with Teddy and started reading to him. He would switch between muggle books and Wizarding books.

Later on in the day Teddy and Harry took a walk through muggle London. He stopped at a small coffee shop that he had found to grab a small snack. The two males grabbed juices and continued their walk.

Harry stopped at a bench to sit and rest. He let out a small gasp when a rose came flying out of nowhere. He picked it up, the petals held small red blotches. He tilted his head while Teddy reached out for it. He chuckled and saw the small horns, one was covered in red.

"Not this one Teddy. It's got thorns, though we'll take it home." Harry informed his godson. He then finished his juice and shrunk the flower to fit in his pocket.

The two stopped at a store as Harry had to get some groceries, he didn't want to be bothered in the Wizarding World. Once they arrived back home, Harry fed Teddy then he burped the boy, rocking him asleep. He silently watched his godson sleep. He made a vow to protect and love his godson unlike he was raised.

Harry had set a charm on the rose they had found. He had wondered where the beautiful white rose had come from, and if the red blotches were blood. He thought of it as a simple thing. Yet he didn't throw it out.

That night Teddy watched as Harry performed his Patronus. He watched the stag run around the room, then prance right up to the child. It nuzzled his nose then evaporated.

"That was a stag, Teddy. It protects you from these bad things, one day I'll teach you all about it. Just like your dad did to me." Harry promised. He held to little boy close to his chest.

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Once Luna was done with the tattoo, she had Draco close his eyes. He heard her mumble something before he gasped. There was a tickling sensation on his left forearm. He gasped and jerked his arm.

"Stop moving or else you're going to mess it up," Luna said in a voice that Draco hasn't ever heard before. He stopped moving and a couple of moments later the tickling stopped.

"Now open."

Draco opened his eyes and gasped. The Dark Mark was completely covered in flowers. The flowers weaved in and out of the skull and around the snake. On the bottom, it held his name in a beautiful font.

"Oh, Luna... it's beautiful!" Draco reached out for a hug but froze. Luna looked at him in wonder before wrapping her arms around him. Draco froze but soon relaxed into the hug. "Thank you."

"Your welcome Draco. That's what friends are for." Luna smiled at him as the two pulled away. "How much do I owe you-"

"You don't owe me anything. All my friends don't have to pay!" Luna informed him as she shrunk all of her stuff. She set it inside of her bag gently, "Or we could go shopping for school. It's our final year so let's go together."

"Sounds like a deal." Draco smiled. He noticed that the flowers were swaying, as If they were in the wind. He opened his mouth to say something but Luna beat him to it. "It's a Wizard tattoo, they move. That's what the tickling sensation was. If you want I could put some charms on it for certain things. I gave one to Ginny and it tells her about Quidditch Weather."

"How about... When there's a spell coming at me, it'll alert me by heating up?" Draco shrugged in thought. Luna smiled and mumbled another spell, the flowers glowed then stopped. "There. You shall be safe."

Draco chuckled at her words. He looked at her hair and smirked. "Would you mind doing my hair? Or do you have somewhere to be?" Luna smiled. She looked at Draco, picking out bottled colors from her bag. "What color?"

Draco looked at the bottles thoughtfully. "I want it like yours but a lighter blue. We could be twins." Luna nodded slightly as she took out a baby blue. "Here sit." She instructed as a spinning chair showed up in a blink of an eye. Draco did what he was asked and Luna stood behind him, running her hands through his hair.

The Malfoy didn't seem bothered by it. He trusted Luna enough to touch his hair, it must've been a miracle. He wondered why they hadn't been friends before. Why he hadn't given her a chance. Luna grabbed a couple of potions and put some on her hands. She massaged it into Draco's hair.

"These will help the dye stay in longer. I'll give you Potions to put into your hair every three weeks if you want to keep in the dye."

"Alright. How did you learn all of this?"

"As I said before, Ginny thought I would be amazing at doing people's hair and tattoos. I took her advice and started searching through books to get all kinds of stuff. I'm doing this stuff at people's homes until I can buy a shop in Diagon Alley." Luna stated with a sigh as she studied Draco's hair.

"Well, that sounds wonderful." Draco smiled. He could easily get used to having Luna as a friend. His other three friends were wonderful and all but they weren't like Luna. Luna was special, believing in everything, dreaming, and most of all very caring.

Luna started on his hair, putting the dye in then setting a spell on it. She did spells so it faded into the baby blue the same way she did her hair.

Draco told Luna stories about the Manor. The Lovegood girl listened to the Malfoy ramble about his times with his family. How his father taught him, to how his mother cared for him in little ways.

"Severus was different though. He was always there whenever Father wasn't. He has always acted like he didn't have emotions. He was a different person in public than in private." Draco mused. He continued talking about Severus. Luna would smile or giggle to inform him that she was listening.

The two fit together perfectly. The Ravenclaw and The Slytherin, who would have thought that they would be best friends?