Song of the Sea

chapter thirteen

The next time Draco woke up, it was to the sound of people arguing. He could pick out the voices of his mother and father, Snape and Dumbledore, but there were at least three others he had no clue about. Given the circumstances, he imagined they were aurors. He tried to pretend that he was still asleep, so he could eavesdrop, but as soon as his breathing had changed, he heard old Dumbles announce that he was awake. his eyes shot open moments before there was a splash and his arms were full of his anxious mate. Harry finished his transformation and their fins tangled together. He tightened his grip on his mate and rested his chin on the top of his head, returning his attention to the adults.

"What's going on?" he asks, looking to his godfather for answers. Snape looks way to grave, even for him. Draco glances around the room, looking for his friends. He could see Blaise and Neville, sitting as close together as possible and holding hands, Neville covered almost head to toe in bandages, Dean was sitting on a bed near them, an auror sitting on either side of him. Draco c****d an eyebrow at him and was rewarded with a toothy grin. He rolled his eyes and continued to look around the room, his eyes now resting on Hermione, also surrounded by Aurors. She had tear stained cheeks, and the Aurors had their wands pointed at her. This seemed to be the main topic of conversation and he could feel his blood boiling. "WHAT THE f**k IS GOING ON!" he shouts.

Everyone stops and turns to look at him. He tries to get up to go to the witch, but the movement makes him gasp in pain and he falls back against the tub.

"The Ministry wants to send Miss Granger, Mr Thomas and your Mate to Azkaban, for the murders of Pansy Parkinson and Cormac Mclaggen, and the admittance of Ronald Weasley to St Mungos ward for the insane. Mcgonagall, dumbledore and i are trying to convince them that it is unnecessary as what they were doing was self defence. You and Mr Thomas being unregistered creatures is just a misdemeanor, especially for minors. What Miss Granger suffered at the hands of Mr Mclaggen was traumatizing, and everyone had suffered at the hands of Finnigan, Weasley and Parkinson. So, as the Minister knows, what has occurred here, was nothing more than self defense, and a creature transformation caused by these traumatic events. But, that's up to the Aurors to decide." Snape Turned to the lead Auror with his eyebrow quirked and the man cleared his throat and shuffled his feet. Snape smirked and turned to wink at both Harry and Draco. Draco let out a growl that rippled the water in his tub.

"OVER MY DEAD BODY" he shouted, making most people in the room shrink away from him. His grip tightened around Harry and his mate snuggled further into his side. "No one is going to azkaban." Narcissa was nodding at him and she gave him the kind of smile that told him had something under her sleeve.

"Quite right, Draco. in fact, as part of the peace treaty with the sirens, any siren prosecuted for something done in self defence of themselves, and especially their mates, is inadmissible. no one here has commited any crime that can be prosecuted. if you would like, i can have one of the siren lawyers here in just a few minutes, but i will warn you, it will not be pleasant for anyone, except maybe Draco and his mate.'' The Head Auror looked around at his men, and gave the order to stand down.

"That won't be necessary, Mrs Malfoy." the man turned to Draco's friends,"you are all free to go '' Narcissa gave a single smug nod and sent a wink Draco's way. He pierced his lips to keep from grinning at his mother and instead inclined his head in thanks, taking the opportunity to also kiss the top of Harry's head. Harry looked up at him his eyes shining and it struck him that he hadn't even actually kissed his mate. He felt he needed to remedy that, even with all these people in the room. He leaned forward a bit more, never removing his eyes from Harry's, and waited. Harry smiled sweetly and leaned in the rest of the way, sighing in contentment when their lips met.