The Words That Define Me ~{Drarry Soulmate Au}~

Chapter~34

Draco watched the black dog a little more closely as they walked toward his dorm. How could the dog understand them? Did someone cast a spell on it? Why was all the weird and mildly worrying stuff happening to Harry and him? Keeping a close eye on the dog Draco began his descent down to the dungeons. Harry followed close behind. Draco looked towards Harry's bag, what sort of twisted things had Dumbledore done? How much pain had been a cause of his action? Draco wished to find out what the purpose of the blue folder was, so he could keep Harry safe.

As they finally neared the Slytherin dorms Draco looked up. He hadn't really paid attention to his surroundings, people were staring at them. It was probably because the Slytherin prince was hanging out with Harry Potter, the golden boy of Gryffindor. It could also be the massive dog that was following them. The painting swung open and they headed towards Draco's room. Draco's room was adorned with the Slytherin colors green and silver. There was a four poster bed in against the far right wall and a mahogany desk to the left with a black leather office chair. In the middle was a small couch and coffee table currently decorated with a vase of marigolds.

Draco grinned as Harry did a double take. "You have to yourself!" He exclaimed. "Why of course, everyone does," he put it simply. "Lucky." The dog barked happily and started wagging its tail. "I am glad you like it here doggy" Harry cooed petting it's head. Draco smiled, he was so lucky. Draco opened Harry's bag and grabbed the folder. "Now let's look at this, for it was the whole reason we came here in the first place." Harry nodded sitting with Draco on the couch. Draco handed Harry a small pile of papers, giving himself the rest. It was time to figure out what information these documents held.

The black dog cocked its head to the side before sauntering over and laying by Draco's feet. They looked through each paper one at a time. Till Harry shook Draco's shoulder, "look at this" he gestured toward his paper. Draco peered down to see the faces of a man and woman. Alice and Frank Longbottom, they were crossed out as well in the same red ink as the Potters. "Neville told me his parents were in saint mungos because of severe crucio torture," Harry said. "So the red X must only mean that they are out of the picture, not necessarily dead."

"Yeah I guess." After a couple more minutes of looking Draco found something. "Harry check this out" he pointed to a crossed out photo on his paper. "Tom Riddle" Harry read aloud, "wait but Tom Riddle is Voldemort, so why is his name crossed off."

"Harry check to see if there is anything on Voldemort in your files."

"Found something similar, a picture, name and Birthday" Harry stated Draco compared the two files. "Harry the birthdays are different."

"Really, that might be important,"

"I agree, we can set it to the side, wait, wait a second I just remembered something I saw." Draco got up and went over to his desk, opening drawers and rifling through them. "Ah found it, look here Harry," Draco said holding up the collector card you get from a chocolate frog. "What about it?" Harry asked, confused. "Dumbledore's birthday, it's the same as Voldemort's, that can't be a coincidence. "What is the reason behind this you think" Harry asked. "I think there is a much deeper darkness within our school that we don't even realize.

Thank you so much for reading this chapter! As I have said before, I apologize for my lack of posting. School has been harder due to COVID and there don't seem to be enough hours in the day. I love you all! And encourage you to stay safe and wear your mask 😷. Have a great day y'all!

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