Song of the Sea

chapter twelve

Harry grinned when the water started to ripple. Ron's face went pale and he tried to move away but stumbled and fell on the shore. Harry spun around to the other three and his grin grew impossibly wider when he saw that Dean had spun around on seamus, fully transformed. He had freed Blaise who was now at Neville's side, unbinding him and cradling his head. Dean was growling at a terrified seamus, his claws out and ready to defend. He turned his head to catch Harry's eye and winked at him. The bastard had been playing along this whole time! Probably wanted a piece of the action when it came time to tear Ronald down. Harry turned back to the lake just in time to see the giant squid emerge from the surface. It turned its massive face to Harry and he opened his mouth once again and sang to it. He was explaining to the beast, called Gerald apparently, what was happening. The beast made a rumbling noise in anger and a giant tentacle rose out of the water and wrapped around the weasles waist, but Harry stopped him with a few words. That one's mine. The squid let him drop and changed direction going for pansy instead, lifting the screaming girl off the ground and throwing her into the middle of the lake, where the merpeople had been watching and waiting. There was a chorus of screeching, which would've been melodic under water as they dragged her down. One down three to go.

"This one is mine, Harry." Dean growled. Harry nodded at him in acknowledgement and moved to kneel next to Draco. He turned his lover over to make sure he was breathing and then cast a stasis spell on him until he could be looked after. Only then did he go after his prey. Ron looked petrified when he looked at him. Harry waded into the lake and wasn't even surprised when he transformed as he touched the water. He grabbed ronalds ankle and dove into the lake, dragging the struggling boy with him. He swam past the grindylows and laughed when they swiped out and stung ron. He swam up to the weeds and tied rons legs with a few of them. He cast a bubble head charm at him so that he could breath and backed up to watch as the grindylows and merpeople converged on the boy, jabbing with scepter and stinging with tentacles. He saluted the lead mer and signaled that he would send someone to fetch the boy after they had had their fun. The mer grinned a toothy grin and turned back to the terrified Ron.

Harry made his way back up to the surface, passing pansy's lifeless body as she floated in the water. He flicked his tale and sent her floating farther from him and broke the surface of the water. Waiting for him on shore were Severus, Hermione, a bound and bleeding seamus and the lifeless body of Cormac mclaggen. Harry glanced at Hermione who shrugged and looked at her nails. Interesting. Neville and Blaise were being transported to the hospital wing and Dean was licking his bloody claws, his eyes gleaming in pleasure when he looked at the damage he had caused to seamus' bleeding form. Harry nodded to them all, but he was moving toward his lover. He changed back to his human form and picked Draco up into his arms, the stasis keeping him from changing back, or the damage, he wasn't sure. He calmly walked past everyone and carried his lover towards the hospital wing, praying that he would be ok.

HPDM

Draco woke up with a strong sense of deja vu. He was once again in a bathtub, surrounded by his friends and mate, but this time the water appeared to be from the lake and his tail was wrapped in bleeding bandages. He winced as he tried to move around and only managed to spill some water on the floor. He looked around himself and found Neville in a bed next to his, blaise sleeping with his head on the bed next to the hand he was holding. He smiled softly before he looked further and froze when he made eye contact with Dean Thomas. He glared at the boy and tried to find his wand to curse him, but something in the calmness of his gaze stopped him. Had Dean double crossed the stupid red-head? The boy grinned at him as if he had guessed his thoughts and draco visibly relaxed, suddenly relieved that the necko was unharmed, for the most part. Draco's eyes wandered over the rest of the room and stopped when he saw Hermione. She was laying on another bed close by and seemed to be having a nightmare. He remembered how mclaggen had been touching her and he growled. He hoped the boy was dead, and if he wasn't, he would be soon. Finally, his eyes rested on his mate. Harry was slumped in a chair next to his bed, mouth wide open as he snored. Dracos expression turned fond and he smiled. Harry looked a little different. He could only assume he had gone through the change during all the commotion and that made draco smile. He knew it would be awhile before he was healed, but he couldn't wait to swim with his mate.