Draco Malfoy (lordlyheir) wrote in notanother,
@ 2012-09-19 20:55:00

Draco still couldn't get over the fact that animals liked him. It made him want to go up to cats in the Slytherin common room just to see if it was really true. The thestrals had all been affectionate enough though, and they were thestrals. And apparently he'd survived a summer in Romania with dragons. Draco had looked himself over for scars, but couldn't find any. He also couldn't believe his mother had let him go.

Draco walked towards the hut Weasley apparently lived in, feeling inexplicably nervous. He was hot and there had been... tension and all that stuff about how much Weasley hoped Draco hadn't forgotten him. It wasn't like he would have shared something like that with Tom Riddle, right? Then again, he'd let him know about kissing his son. Draco walked up and knocked on the hut door, feeling nervous about the memories.

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lordlyheir
2012-09-22 11:38 pm UTC (link)

Draco hadn't ever had anyone have feelings for him. Not unless you counted Pansy, and Draco wasn't sure he did. They were like siblings, more than anything else. He wasn't sure what to do.

"The Dark Lord says my memories will come back," Draco said. It felt like an excuse, like putting Charlie off because Draco wasn't sure it was true. He'd come back to the time he left and everything had changed. He wasn't even sure he recognized the person he was replacing. Draco stared at Charlie for a moment and then ran a hand through his hair. "Look, I -- if you want the truth, maybe you should have it," he said. "Everyone else isn't... they're not losing things, really." No one else had looked like they'd cry because of this.

"I remember... it's not that I lost my memory, it's just that everything I remember is... a different world. I'm different. Everything is. The Dark Lord never won. He lost for a while and he disappeared until just recently. I'm... He had my mother and father captive. He took my father's wand. I was supposed to let the Death Eaters into Hogwarts and kill Dumbledore or he'd kill them and me. Pansy was there, but Merlin Riddle never existed. Neither did Valentine, my brother. Pyxis Nott, Rider Macnair -- they're new. You didn't teach at Hogwarts. A half-giant who was terrible at the job and let a Hippogryff attack me in third-year did. It's... It's complicated."

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charlieboy
2012-09-23 12:39 am UTC (link)

Charlie stared blankly at Draco for a moment, tears still stinging at his eyes. What was Draco trying to say? Was he lying to him? Just to get him to go away or something like that? He didn't know what to do or what to say. He stared at his hands for a long moment, then sighed.

"Well. That's not what happened." Charlie told him. "None of that happened. "This is where we are now. You and I are..." He shook his head. "You don't remember me. I won't bother you. Just leave." He told him, then looked away and started to cry.

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lordlyheir
2012-09-23 12:45 am UTC (link)

"I didn't --" Draco knew none of that had happened. That was the point. "I time traveled," he said. "I said things I shouldn't have said and when I got back the world was... this."

He stood, although he wasn't really sure he should leave. "Look, if you... if we liked each other once..." Maybe that was stupid. Draco was different. Animals didn't like him the way he was now, and that would come out sooner or later. "I didn't do it to hurt you."

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charlieboy
2012-09-23 12:48 am UTC (link)

Charlie closed his eyes, tears spilling down his cheeks. He didn't want to hear anymore of it. He turned his head to look at Draco, wiping at his eyes. "We loved each other once. We were in love. Age difference or not. And maybe that doesn't mean anything to you. Whomever you are. But, it meant everything to me."

He shook his head. "How am I supposed to even believe that you time traveled? How am I supposed to believe you."

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lordlyheir
2012-09-23 12:59 am UTC (link)

"Why would I make up something like that?" Draco asked, frowning at Charlie. "The amnesia thing has been working well with everyone else. I just thought -- we cared about each other, obviously. You're the first person who's seemed sad about the memory loss. I thought you deserved the truth."

He sat again, across the room from Charlie. "I'm Draco Malfoy. I'm not a different person. It's not that it doesn't mean anything to me. I just don't have the memories you do."

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	charlieboy 2012-09-23 03:23 am UTC (link)
	Those words hit Charlie pretty hard. About believing him. But it was just so far-fetched that it scared him. He bit his bottom lip for a moment, then looked to where Draco was sitting, his eyes sad. "What are you like?" Charlie asked quietly as he conjured his whiskey. "Tell me everything about you." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

lordlyheir
2012-09-23 03:40 am UTC (link)

Everything about him? Draco paused. He wasn't sure how to do that. Where to begin. But now Charlie was drinking and he definitely couldn't leave him alone. "I don't know," he said, eyes on the bottle. "I... I'm used to liking Potions. It was my favourite subject. I'm used to animals hating me, but I had a pet horse when I was little, Coconut, that loved me. I named it after coconut creme chocolates because they're my favourites. I hate peacocks. And ferrets."

He racked his brain. "I'm scared of werewolves. The Dark Lord and my aunt used to threaten me with Fenrir Greyback. I'm a Slytherin. My favourite colour is green. I thought Ravenclaw wouldn't have been so bad, if I couldn't be sorted into Slytherin, although I knew my father would have a fit. I like apples. I'm -- I'm good with mechanical charms. Enchanting objects. I spent six months trying to fix a cupboard I thought transported people from place to place and then I found out it really transported people through time. I'm good at Occlumency because I needed to be. I like Firewhiskey and I hate scotch. Pansy's my best friend. I don't --" He looked up at Charlie and shook his head. "I don't know how to tell you everything."

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	charlieboy 2012-09-23 09:57 pm UTC (link)
	Charlie looked back at Draco for a moment, then laughed. "A lot of that is still true. Except for the hating animals thing. You do hate peacocks, though. I didn't know about the ferrets." He smiled and held the bottle out to Draco. "Coconut is still alive." Charlie pointed out. "I didn't think to add him to my memories. Perhaps Pansy will." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

lordlyheir
2012-09-23 10:04 pm UTC (link)

Draco accepted the bottle from Charlie and took a swig of the whiskey. "The ferret thing probably didn't happen here," he said. He wasn't going to say when had happened if it hadn't. Life would be better if less people knew about that.

He smiled a little when Charlie said Coconut was still alive. "I think my father is different here," Draco said. "I haven't talked to him, but he didn't teach where I'm from, and..." Draco hesitated for a moment. "Is he... Are he and Evan Rosier together? Evan Rosier had been dead for years where I'm from. That would explain a lot about my father, actually."

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charlieboy
2012-09-23 11:52 pm UTC (link)

Charlie wasn't sure he wanted to answer that question. He looked at Draco and thought about his answer, then nodded. "Yes. They're together. They're not public about it, but I've seen them together more than a few times. It's pretty obvious that they're dating."

He ran a hand over his face. "God. I didn't want to thing about that again. Other than my brother Bill, Evan is my best mate." He paused. "What am I like. From your time?"

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lordlyheir
2012-09-24 12:27 am UTC (link)

Draco snorted. "I don't really want to think about that either. It's my father. Bad enough my mother has been cuddled up to Augustus Rookwood both times I've seen her. Although that could be worse. I'm used to Rookwood's face being covered in pockmarks from... I don't know. Some sort of accident or attack, I assume."

What was Charlie Weasley like. Draco shrugged. "I never met you," he said. "You didn't teach at Hogwarts, so I assume you were in Romania with your dragons all the time. I..." He paused. "There was a Weasley who was a star seeker for Gryffindor when he was in school. He graduated the year before I started, so that would be you, wouldn't it?"

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	charlieboy 2012-09-24 12:56 am UTC (link)
	Charlie thought about that for a moment. "There was a mean outbreak of dragon pox here a while ago. I know that I ended up getting them. I was really sick, but luckily my father is a healer and was able to fix me up. I was a teen at the time." He smiled at that. "Well. Maybe that was me. I would have graduated a year before you started." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

lordlyheir
2012-09-24 01:01 am UTC (link)

"Arthur Weasley is a healer?" Draco gave Charlie a surprised look. "That... I suppose the Ministry doesn't have a Misuse of Muggle Artifacts Department under the Dark Lord. He did something for them in my time. I had dragon pox when I was younger. Where I'm from, my grandfather died from them. The Dark Lord kept him alive here." For reasons Draco really didn't want to think about.

Draco nodded. "I know," he said. "It probably was you. Malfoys and Weasleys aren't on the best terms in my time. Our fathers hate each other. And we're on opposite sides. I was a Death Eater. Your family practically adopted Harry Potter. Who... never existed here."

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charlieboy
2012-09-24 04:18 am UTC (link)

"Everyone knows why your grandfather is still alive. Tom likes to boast about it." Charlie told Draco with a careless shrug. "We all know how he feels about the Minister. But, no one has ever said anything to him about it."

"The last Potter died out with James in the seventies." Charlie agreed and then looked at Draco for a moment before he leaned in and kissed him. "I don't care who you are. I still love you."

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lordlyheir
2012-09-24 04:26 am UTC (link)

Draco blinked in surprise at the kiss. "I -- thank you," he said, because he wasn't sure what else to say. But it wasn't like Charlie was unattractive, and now he was the only person who knew the truth about Draco's lost memories.

He tapped a finger against the bottle of whiskey in his hand and then took another swig from it. "We could get to know each other again," he suggested. "Since everyone will, I assume, be expecting me to spend a lot of time here anyway. It's nice, someone knowing the truth."

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	charlieboy 2012-09-24 05:14 am UTC (link)
	"The world you came from seems to have been a nightmare compared to this one." Charlie pointed out as he looked back at Draco. "My parents were against Tom for a while, but everyone eventually gave in. And it seems to have been for the better. If fighting him in your world caused so much chaos. Everything is... kind of peaceful here." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	lordlyheir 2012-09-24 05:20 am UTC (link)
	"I've noticed that," Draco said. It was weird to hear a Weasley say they thought the Dark Lord being in charge was for the better. "Not everyone agrees, though. There was that time Merlin, Pansy, and I got kidnapped. You know, Lupin was a professor in my time. Briefly. Before he got outed as a werewolf. Moody was a professor too, actually. The year after Lupin." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	charlieboy 2012-09-24 08:46 pm UTC (link)
	"Tom is planning on having werewolves patrol the school." Charlie looked Draco over carefully. "Instead of the dementors. I'm not sure how I feel about it. No one is sure how they feel about it. I've met Remus. He's a puppy compared to some of Greyback's pack. They reside in this huge mansion in Scotland and no one dares go near it." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	lordlyheir 2012-09-24 08:54 pm UTC (link)
	Werewolves. Draco frowned. "I know how I feel about it," he said. "Especially if Greyback is involved. I wouldn't go near their mansion unless I had a death wish." He looked at Charlie for a moment. "I don't know if I'm ever going to get used to this world." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	charlieboy 2012-09-24 09:08 pm UTC (link)
	Charlie reached over and took Draco's hand into his own. He brushed his thumb over the back of his hand and then sighed softly. "I'll keep you safe." He told him quietly. "Even if you have to stay here with me. There's an extra bed." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	lordlyheir 2012-09-24 09:19 pm UTC (link)
	Draco laughed softly. "Thank you," he said, smiling at Charlie. Charlie had it bad, didn't he? It was... Draco wasn't sure what it was. New, maybe. And kind of nice. "I might end up taking you up on that." (Reply to this)(Parent)

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