Title: Christmas Wishes
Author: Larkin
Rating: R for future chapters - contains slash, if you don't like slash, that is male/male relationships do not read. Do not flame me because it is slash, you were warned.
Disclaimer: I don't own anything. Harry and all his friends and enemies belong to J.K.Rowling I'm just borrowing.
Chapter six - Christmas Morning
Professor McGonagall was hurrying through the halls of Hogwart's with an extremely worried look on her face. As she turned the corner she collided with Professor Snape.
One look at his face and she knew she was not the only person with a problem that morning. "Is there anything wrong?" she asked. "I'm missing a student" was the terse reply.
"Oh really" said McGonagall, "As it happens so am I, could they be together do you think? Who are you missing?"
"Draco Malfoy" Snape snarled, hating having to reveal that his favourite student had gone and done something illegal and possibly dangerous by being missing from the dorm overnight.
"No then, it's not likely they're together" sighed McGonagall, "I'm missing Harry Potter. I was on my way to inform Headmaster Dumbledore will you be coming with me. "I've looked high and low and haven't found Draco so I don't see that I have much choice" Snape replied.
With a nod McGonagall lead the way to the gargoyle that concealed the doorway to Dumbledore's office. The password for the day was "lemon drops" and with that the door opened. Dumbledore looked up as the two Professors entered his office. "Merry Christmas" he said, "glad you dropped in".
"This isn't a social call" Snape muttered, "we seem to have lost two students, Malfoy and Potter weren't in the dorms last night and Professor McGonagall and I haven't been able to find them this morning"
"Hmm, that is a problem" Dumbledore signed, he looked serious "None of the alarms went off so I don't think anyone managed to kidnap them and remove them from the school, although I can think of reasons why both of them could be at risk. When and where were they last seen?"
Professor McGonagall cocked her head to one side and gave it some thought. "As a matter of fact, neither one of them showed up for dinner last night" she said.
Dumbledore looked at her "Then it's possible that one or both of them went to the kitchens last night looking for something to eat. Perhaps the house elves have seen them. I'll just ask Dobby to step up here and see us" The words had barely left his mouth when Dobby came rolling through the door, "Headmaster wants to see Dobby?" he said "Is there something you need that Dobby can get for you?"
"What I'm looking for is information" Dumbledore said kindly. "Did you see either Harry Potter or Draco Malfoy last evening?"
Dobby nodded "They came looking for something to eat after dinner. Is Headmaster upset because Dobby used the private dining room for them?" Dumbledore gave Dobby a funny look. "You gave them their dinner in the private dining room that I use for visiting parents? You put them both in there together?"
Dobby nodded "I wanted them to have a nice dinner not just a sandwich in their common rooms."
"Have you been back to the private dining room since you took them there?" Dumbledore asked "No sir, Dobby replied, the table clears magically and I thought that it being Christmas and no other visitors expected that I could leave cleaning the room until tomorrow"
"Yes, yes, that's all right" Dumbledore said in a soothing voice, for Dobby was starting to look very nervous. "Just one more question. Did you tell them the password to let them leave the dining room after their meal?"
Dobby looked at Dumbledore with a shocked look, "What password to leave? There is password to open door to go in, door opens automatically when leaving?"
Dumbledore smiled, "It does for you Dobby, it is programmed to open for any member of the Hogwart's staff and that includes house elves, but for anyone else they need a password" He smiled at Dobby and his Professors. "Sometimes when parent's arrive it is best to keep them contained until I have had a chance to talk to our student's and figure out what has upset their parents" That is why the door is password protected from the inside.
Turning to Dobby he said, "Thank you Dobby, that will be all, I'm not angry with you, go and have a good Christmas day" Dobby bowed and nodded as he scurried from the office.
Dumbledore turned to his teachers and smiled. "That solves the problem of where out missing students are. Of course it does not say anything about what state we'll find them in. You two go on to the great hall, I'll just slip along and let them out."
Dumbledore had a smile on his face as he stopped before the painting of the Shepherdess. He noticed that she had tied red bows around the necks of her sheep to make them more festive for the holidays. "Tranquillity" he murmured and the painting swung open.
The room was quiet as he slipped in. Looking around there was at first no sign of the boys then he heard a little snore from the sofa. Walking over he looked down. Harry and Draco were fast asleep, wrapped tightly in each other's arms. Harry's head pillowed on Draco's bare shoulder. At some time the Hogwart's blanket must have covered them but now it had slipped to waist level. A quick glance at the clothes strewn on the floor told its own story.
Smiling Dumbledore crept over to the table. A whispered word and parchment and ink appeared on the table in front of him.
He wrote on the parchment, the Password is "Goodwill" and then waved his wand. The piece of parchment landed on the table beside the sleeping lovers. Tiptoeing out of the room he shut the painting behind him. Time enough for them to rejoin the rest of the school when they woke up.
Dumbledore headed back to his office with a smile on his face. He had gotten his Christmas wish. The two students he had been most worried about would be all right now. Harry had someone to love and Draco had a reason to turn away from the world of Dark Wizardry. He would have to make sure that Dobby's Christmas bonus was doubled for this night's work.
Author's note: I thought about writing another chapter about what happened when they woke up but I decided to leave that for you imaginations.
Sorry this did not get out before Christmas day but I worked extra long shifts the last four days before Christmas and it left me a bit short of time for writing. To those of you who reviewed, thank you very much.
Author: Larkin
Rating: R for future chapters - contains slash, if you don't like slash, that is male/male relationships do not read. Do not flame me because it is slash, you were warned.
Disclaimer: I don't own anything. Harry and all his friends and enemies belong to J.K.Rowling I'm just borrowing.
Chapter six - Christmas Morning
Professor McGonagall was hurrying through the halls of Hogwart's with an extremely worried look on her face. As she turned the corner she collided with Professor Snape.
One look at his face and she knew she was not the only person with a problem that morning. "Is there anything wrong?" she asked. "I'm missing a student" was the terse reply.
"Oh really" said McGonagall, "As it happens so am I, could they be together do you think? Who are you missing?"
"Draco Malfoy" Snape snarled, hating having to reveal that his favourite student had gone and done something illegal and possibly dangerous by being missing from the dorm overnight.
"No then, it's not likely they're together" sighed McGonagall, "I'm missing Harry Potter. I was on my way to inform Headmaster Dumbledore will you be coming with me. "I've looked high and low and haven't found Draco so I don't see that I have much choice" Snape replied.
With a nod McGonagall lead the way to the gargoyle that concealed the doorway to Dumbledore's office. The password for the day was "lemon drops" and with that the door opened. Dumbledore looked up as the two Professors entered his office. "Merry Christmas" he said, "glad you dropped in".
"This isn't a social call" Snape muttered, "we seem to have lost two students, Malfoy and Potter weren't in the dorms last night and Professor McGonagall and I haven't been able to find them this morning"
"Hmm, that is a problem" Dumbledore signed, he looked serious "None of the alarms went off so I don't think anyone managed to kidnap them and remove them from the school, although I can think of reasons why both of them could be at risk. When and where were they last seen?"
Professor McGonagall cocked her head to one side and gave it some thought. "As a matter of fact, neither one of them showed up for dinner last night" she said.
Dumbledore looked at her "Then it's possible that one or both of them went to the kitchens last night looking for something to eat. Perhaps the house elves have seen them. I'll just ask Dobby to step up here and see us" The words had barely left his mouth when Dobby came rolling through the door, "Headmaster wants to see Dobby?" he said "Is there something you need that Dobby can get for you?"
"What I'm looking for is information" Dumbledore said kindly. "Did you see either Harry Potter or Draco Malfoy last evening?"
Dobby nodded "They came looking for something to eat after dinner. Is Headmaster upset because Dobby used the private dining room for them?" Dumbledore gave Dobby a funny look. "You gave them their dinner in the private dining room that I use for visiting parents? You put them both in there together?"
Dobby nodded "I wanted them to have a nice dinner not just a sandwich in their common rooms."
"Have you been back to the private dining room since you took them there?" Dumbledore asked "No sir, Dobby replied, the table clears magically and I thought that it being Christmas and no other visitors expected that I could leave cleaning the room until tomorrow"
"Yes, yes, that's all right" Dumbledore said in a soothing voice, for Dobby was starting to look very nervous. "Just one more question. Did you tell them the password to let them leave the dining room after their meal?"
Dobby looked at Dumbledore with a shocked look, "What password to leave? There is password to open door to go in, door opens automatically when leaving?"
Dumbledore smiled, "It does for you Dobby, it is programmed to open for any member of the Hogwart's staff and that includes house elves, but for anyone else they need a password" He smiled at Dobby and his Professors. "Sometimes when parent's arrive it is best to keep them contained until I have had a chance to talk to our student's and figure out what has upset their parents" That is why the door is password protected from the inside.
Turning to Dobby he said, "Thank you Dobby, that will be all, I'm not angry with you, go and have a good Christmas day" Dobby bowed and nodded as he scurried from the office.
Dumbledore turned to his teachers and smiled. "That solves the problem of where out missing students are. Of course it does not say anything about what state we'll find them in. You two go on to the great hall, I'll just slip along and let them out."
Dumbledore had a smile on his face as he stopped before the painting of the Shepherdess. He noticed that she had tied red bows around the necks of her sheep to make them more festive for the holidays. "Tranquillity" he murmured and the painting swung open.
The room was quiet as he slipped in. Looking around there was at first no sign of the boys then he heard a little snore from the sofa. Walking over he looked down. Harry and Draco were fast asleep, wrapped tightly in each other's arms. Harry's head pillowed on Draco's bare shoulder. At some time the Hogwart's blanket must have covered them but now it had slipped to waist level. A quick glance at the clothes strewn on the floor told its own story.
Smiling Dumbledore crept over to the table. A whispered word and parchment and ink appeared on the table in front of him.
He wrote on the parchment, the Password is "Goodwill" and then waved his wand. The piece of parchment landed on the table beside the sleeping lovers. Tiptoeing out of the room he shut the painting behind him. Time enough for them to rejoin the rest of the school when they woke up.
Dumbledore headed back to his office with a smile on his face. He had gotten his Christmas wish. The two students he had been most worried about would be all right now. Harry had someone to love and Draco had a reason to turn away from the world of Dark Wizardry. He would have to make sure that Dobby's Christmas bonus was doubled for this night's work.
Author's note: I thought about writing another chapter about what happened when they woke up but I decided to leave that for you imaginations.
Sorry this did not get out before Christmas day but I worked extra long shifts the last four days before Christmas and it left me a bit short of time for writing. To those of you who reviewed, thank you very much.