Title: My Own Demise

Author: Kyra

Disclaimer: Nothing but the plot is mine, so please don't sue! All you'd get is some pocket lint anyway.

Summary: Harry's tired of everyone expecting him and him alone to save the world, or die trying.

Spoilers: Through book 5, starts the following summer.

Warnings: Slight slash, nothing hardcore though, just hints of it for now.

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Chapter 10: On The Hogwarts Express

Grimmauld Place was absolute chaos. It was September first and Ron and Hermione were running all over the house trying to finish their last minute packing while Mrs. Weasley bustled around trying to make sure everyone had eaten and trying to hurry the returning students up. Harry, Draco and Ginny just sat on the couch watching on in amusement. Nyx was laying in Ginny's lap content to be petted by the three teens.

Mrs. Weasley came into the room, looking frazzled. "Oh!" She exclaimed when she caught sight of the three on the couch, "What are you three doing just sitting there? We have to leave in twenty minutes or we'll be late! Now go finish packing!"

Draco simply raised an eyebrow at the redheaded matriarch and motioned to the end of the couch where three trunks were sitting. "We're done," He stated, "We finished last night."

Mrs. Weasley blinked at the trio before spinning and leaving the room once more, bellowing for Ron to hurry up as she went.

Twenty minutes later and everyone was loading into a Ministry car for the ride to King's Cross Station. The car that they were using appeared to be a regular four-door car on the outside while the inside was that of a van. Ginny, Draco, Harry and Tonks were all squished together on the back row of seats with Ron, Hermione and Mr. and Mrs. Weasley in front of them and Moody sitting shotgun while Remus drove.

As soon as they pulled up to the station Mrs. Weasley hustled everyone out of the car and pushed them toward Platform Nine and Three-Quarters as Mr. Weasley opened the trunk and started pulling their luggage out and loading it onto carts. The five students took their carts and quickly made their way to the platform. Once on the platform, Ron and Hermione stopped to say goodbye to Mr. and Mrs. Weasley while the other three quickly boarded the train, Harry and Draco sending brief waves back toward the adults and Ginny tossing a quick "Bye, Mum; bye, Dad" over her shoulder.

Draco, Ginny and Harry snickered as the final whistle blew and Hermione had to scramble to board the train in time. They headed down the train looking for a compartment, Harry in the front, none of them really paying attention to Hermione and Ron trailing behind them.

Harry paused outside a compartment, staring thoughtfully at the lone occupant before nodding to himself and opening the compartment door and making his way inside, followed by Ginny then Draco.

The boy in the compartment looked up as the door opened, his eyebrows shooting up in surprise as Harry entered the compartment and his eyes widening slightly in shock when Draco followed the two Gryffindors into the compartment. He quickly turned his attention back to Harry. "Potter," He greeted, "Can I ask why you're in my compartment?"

Harry nodded back at the other boy as he stowed his trunk away and reached for Ginny's. "Zabini. We just needed somewhere to sit," He replied motioning to himself, Ginny and Draco as he finished stowing Ginny's trunk. "You don't mind do you? We can find somewhere else if it's a problem."

Blaise opened his mouth to reply but was cut off as Ron and Hermione appeared in the door.

"Harry, why are we sitting here? With another Slytherin?" Ron whined. "Can't we just leave Malfoy here and sit somewhere else?"

Harry glared at Ron. "No one ever said you had to sit here, Ron. Draco, Gin and I are; if you two don't want to sit with Slytherins find somewhere else to sit."

Blaise glanced back and forth between the two groups in interest, wondering why Harry was siding with Draco over his two best friends.

"Why don't you go find Neville or Seamus or Dean?" Ginny suggested, "I'm sure they'll be more than happy to let you sit with them. Because, honestly, if you can't be nice then you aren't really welcome in here. And seeing as to how you couldn't even be nice to Draco for a month, I really can't see you being able to play nice with two Slytherins."

Hermione and Ron stared at Ginny in shock while Harry and Draco merely smirked and Blaise tried to hide his snickers at the expressions on Ron and Hermione's faces.

Ron's face was rapidly turning an interesting shade of red and Hermione was blinking furiously.

"I think you should leave now," Harry said calmly, not taking his eyes off his former best friends.

Ron opened his mouth to start ranting but Hermione placed a restraining hand on his arm, "Come on, Ron. Now isn't the time for this," She told him before turning to Harry and Ginny, "But I can assure you that we will talk about this."

With that she pulled Ron from the compartment, Ron slamming the door behind them, and they headed off down the train.

Ginny let out a frustrated sigh and flopped down next to Blaise. He turned and looked at her with amusement, a small smile playing around the corners of his mouth.

Harry cleared his throat, "So, um, is it okay if we sit here?" He asked.

The dark haired Slytherin glanced back up at him and nodded, "Sure." He turned his attention to Draco as the boys sat down across form him and Ginny. "So, I hear you refused the Dark Mark."

Draco slowly nodded his head, remembering the conversation that he had overheard in Diagon Alley two weeks ago and hoping that Blaise hadn't changed his views since then. "Yeah, I did. Is that going to be a problem?"

"Nope. Really can't blame you, to be honest. But Pansy is pretty damn pissed," Blaise replied.

Draco snorted softly, "Good, maybe she'll leave me the hell alone now. I was beginning to run out of was to reject her."

"I also heard that your Mum had disappeared. Do you know where she is?" Blaise asked.

The blonde shook his head, "No clue. All I know is that she's safe."

"That's good. So what's with the hair and the new clothes?"

Draco grinned and ran a hand through his black-streaked blonde locks. "Like it?" He asked. "I thought it was time for a change. It's not like my father can do anything about it now. Oh and I even got a couple Muggle tattoos!" Draco quickly pushed up his sleeves to show Blaise his new tattoos.

"I think the new look works for you," Blaise said as he leaned forward to get a better look at the tattoo on Draco's left forearm, "My Life And My Fate Are My Own?" He glanced up to see if he had gotten the translation right.

Draco nodded, "Yeah, we thought it fit. Harry has the same one."

Blaise raised an eyebrow at the Gryffindor and got a nod in return. "Cool," He then turned to Ginny with a mischievous grin on his face, "And what about you? Any tattoos you wanna share? Maybe a new piercing?"

Ginny shook her head, "Nope sorry. Harry and Draco didn't tell me they were getting the tattoos until a week later or I might have gotten one as well. Or maybe a belly ring," She stood up and turned to Blaise, pulling her shirt up to just below her breasts which combined with her low rise jeans bared the entirety of her abdomen. "What do you think? Would a belly ring look good on me?" She asked, her eyes positively dancing.

Blaise's mind blanked as he took in the expanse of bare skin before him. He was brought back to reality as he heard Draco and Harry start snickering. He shot a glare at the other two boys, "Oh shut up!"

Ginny giggled and let her shirt fall back into place before retaking her seat next to Blaise. Though neither Harry nor Draco missed the fact that she sat down closer to him than she had before

Blaise leered playfully at the redhead next to him, "I think a belly ring would look great. Though, I don't think I'd want anyone else to see it."

Ginny giggled again before turning to glare as Harry and Draco started making retching noises. Both boys quickly stopped and gave her their most innocent looks.

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Ginny and Blaise stopped talking as they noticed the train slowing down. They had been talking quietly between themselves for the past hour, ever since Harry and Draco had dozed off.

Blaise turned to wake the other boys up but stopped short when he saw them. Draco was propped up in the corner of the seat while Harry was nestled into his side, his head resting on the blonde's shoulder, Draco's head resting on top of Harry's. Blaise blinked a couple times before turning back to Ginny who was looking at the boys with a small smile on her face.

"Are they…?" He trailed off as he looked back at the sleeping boys.

Ginny shook her head, "No. But they both want to be." She quickly moved over to the other boys and knelt down in front of them, reaching out and gently shaking Harry awake.

"Hmm?" Harry slowly blinked awake, his green eyes unfocused from sleep.

Ginny smiled, "We're almost there, time to wake up."

Harry nodded, causing Draco to sigh in his sleep and move his head so that it was now leaning against the wall next to them. Harry turned to look at the still sleeping boy, not really realizing that he was still leaning on him.

Ginny glanced between them for a moment before deciding to let Harry wake Draco up and moving back to Blaise's side.

Blaise watched with interest as Harry simply watched the blonde sleep for a few minutes, seemingly forgetting that Ginny and Blaise were in the compartment as well, before reaching out and gently tracing the other boy's features, a small smile on his face. Draco let out another small sigh and leaned into Harry's fingers. Harry smiled again as he moved his hand from Draco's face down to his shoulder, gently shaking him awake.

"Draco," He whispered softly, "Draco, time to wake up, we're here."

Draco slowly blinked his eyes open, looking slightly confused before his eyes focused and connected with Harry's emerald gaze a few inches in front of him. A soft smile spread over his face, "Hey," He said softly s he reached up to move a lock of hair out of Harry's eyes.

Harry's eyes widened in surprise as Draco leaned in and gently brushed his lips over Harry's. Moments later, Harry let his eyes drift closed as he returned the blonde's kiss, his hand drifting over to rest on the Slytherin's chest. He tilted his head slightly, deepening the kiss. Draco's arms wrapped around Harry and moments later the dark haired boy let out a soft moan as Draco gently traced his tongue over Harry's lower lip, silently asking permission to enter. Harry let out another soft moan as he opened his mouth, Draco's tongue slipping inside to explore. Moments later, Harry was chasing Draco's tongue back into the blonde's mouth with his own, gently exploring and mapping out each crevice in the other boy's mouth. After a few minutes, the two slowly pulled back, brushing soft lingering kisses over each other's lips for a moment before pulling back a few inches and letting their eyes flutter open and smiling softly at each other, emerald orbs locked with mercury.

Ginny and Blaise sat across the compartment, their jaws dropped in shock and their eyes wide.

Ginny was the first to snap out of her shock, "It's about damn time," She muttered, causing Harry and Draco to jump, Harry nearly falling off the seat, Draco's arms still wrapped around him the only thing keeping him from tumbling to the floor.

Harry and Draco both blushed and ducked their heads as Harry slowly sat up fully, pulling away from Draco in the process.

Ginny glanced at Blaise out of the corner of her eye. "Is it just me or was that seriously hott?" She asked.

Blaise just nodded, his violet eyes still locked on the two boys across the compartment. "It's not just you," He muttered.

The four students snapped out of their haze as the train came to a complete stop. All four quickly pulled a robe on over their clothes before getting off the train and heading for the carriages.

Ginny smiled and nudged Blaise as she noticed that Harry and Draco were discretely holding hands, their hands almost completely hidden by their robes, and that they were walking close enough to each other that their shoulders were brushing.

Blaise smirked as he caught sight of what Ginny had already seen.

"They look good together, don't they?" Ginny asked in a whisper, her eyes still locked on the boys walking just in front of her.

Blaise just nodded as he slipped his hand into hers, grinning down at her when she glanced up at him, "Yeah, they do."

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Well, what did you think? They finally kissed!! YAY!! I almost had it be an almost-kiss again, they were gonna remember that they weren't alone and end up not kissing, but just the thought of doing that was frustrating. And I was kind of afraid of what would happen if I did that to ya'll again! LOL!

Anywho, review? Please? I really wanna know what you thought. Especially about the kiss, I'm kinda nervous about how that turned out, it's the first time I've really written a slash kiss. Or even detailed a kiss that much.

I can't wait to see what you all thought of this chapter!!

Kyra