≈o be an ephasis on the word everyo harry deided it was iagiill, the word held weight
≈ h the life they had allowed hi by losg theirs he g he kneg a part of it all art of his i he ould jtify it he kneant hi to wallow his parents wouldn’t want hi to, nor would fred, nor would tonks or p and shouldn’t that be enough? but then aga, what would drao alfoy want? would he like t beae of hi? perhaps he would sirk and say “ah, potter, i never knew you ared,” that furiatg but so atronizg tone of his and thehought of ovg on, he ould only iagihe wounded look on alfoy’s fae, the oed you to thi was really ore lose to the truth thao adit and a ft voie, ays w fro alfoy (his aidity was ), he would say “so soon, potter? careful, or people will thk you’re happy about it”
harry was tryiryg to onvi alfoy would all and it wasn’t so soon it had nearly been four years everyone, even alfoy’s own other, seed t better than harry
“if you ould tell ,” gonagall ihought, “before the end of this ter, i reiate it jt so i an fi should you refe, or so you ould start your studies should you aept i believe there are still so lessohe ssroo fro previo teahers should you hough i would beg you to refra fro g too any of lokhart’s i know pi a fehih i thk i would ene”
harry nodded, feelg a bit overwheld
“i was alsed by hagrid to red you that he would be happy to see you aga eveo bake you a birthday ake this year should you be on the grounds,” gonagall added, and with this there was a glea of ishief her eye
it ast ohe harry had fallen to a terrible sleep pattern, spendg ost of his ti alone, whih he fouo do when no one else was awake to bother hi to like he would rather like to sleep, but it had beo an ipossibility hogwarts had always been ore of a ho to hi than any other pe he had lived, even now, havi griauld pe for several years but the age old phrase “you an never go ho aga” rang through his head at the pr and truth, he ouldn’t he would return this ti as a teaher, not a student ost of the people that ade it hone, as well dubledore would side of his portrait her would any of the weasleys, or herione, or—his tra of thought sputtered to a s or drao he was ildly ard that alfoy was ihe list of people that ade the astle a ho, as for ost of his life he had regarded hi with the sa distaste as he had dudley, but even ore so, he was startled by the word itself he had thought “or drao” full s period he knew forality didn’t atter his own d, but he had o harry harry had hought to refer to hi by his firstentirely sure he had ever even said it aloud on its own
“drao,” he whispered, barely a oo loud i hoe the word felt odd his outh his hest tightened expliably ahe urge to ry he shook his head, tryihe feelg
≈o a deisio be sat at ho, alone, whisperg a dead boy’s na his kithen surely, a few ohis and he would be opletely ad
≈ed down a note and whistled for bo?tes , who he heard ruffle his feathers iher roo and thehrough the doorway
≈he es’s leg, theh the of his owl’s head
≈o, gonagall, would you? aybe take a look the owlery while you’re there you’ll be spendi of ti there i iage,” he urured, slippi
≈rue aybe he o ho, but hell, if he wasn’t gog to try
chapter 3
“did i tell you r potter will be returng tonagall asked asually, sippi her desk
drao hoked ohful of tea he had been swallog
“exe ?” he said, tryg not to sound too shoked
“i asked hi to fill the defeion,” gonagall ontued, seegly oblivio to drao’s shok
“right,” drao he feelio leah fro his hands, whih seed to be his body’s go to reation to anythi down his ug
“i only warn you beae, as you know, potter has an affity f and sneakg about, and i a nrown out of it you t be areful at night disilsioil you are out on the grounds, and aybe even while y about, unless you’ve haued
drao nodded
“you’ll likely have to s your work iheo take his als there oasionally, if ory serves right,” she added
“jt tell hi ween five ahe ,” drao asked, hopg it didn’t soue he liked the kithehe elves they were, afterall, the losest thio friends
“i an hardly ake a rule that speifi, r alfoy, espeially sier sees to thk rules are ade tonagall replied
drao snorted
≈ been well, alfoy,” she added
“how do you an?”
not sik surely, he would have read it sowhere if he was sik eveed to keep it under s, ohe less reliable gossip agazes would have gotten a hold of it an