Third POV

"Harry." A grumble. "Harry, love, wake up." A bigger grumble and a turn of the body. A sigh and whispered words. A jet of water and a scream.

"What the hell Draco?" Harry yelled from his spot on the now damp floor. Draco laughed and helped Harry stand up.

"I was trying to wake you up," Harry just glared at Draco. Draco frowned and placed his forehead against Harry's, wrapping his arms around his waist. "I'm sorry love." Draco lightly kissed Harry and went to pull back before he saw the twitch of the ravenettes lips. Draco repeated his action and watched as Harry looked away and his lips pursed together. Draco smiled widely and kissed Harry soundly on the lips, exaggerating his action to the max. Harry let out a suppressed giggle and struggled to separate himself from Draco. Draco tightened an arm around Harry's waist and raised the other to grasp the back of Harrys neck. Draco smirked at Harrys wary, though slightly red from with holding his laughter, features and leaned in to give Harry a proper kiss before letting him go and stepping back. Harry was full out smiling now, and apparently held no more animosity, no matter how temporary it would have been anyway, toward the blonde who had given him a rather rude awakening.

"What was so important for a wake up like that?" Draco blinked in confusion then made a sound a understanding before walking towards the door

"The others are here with their apologies and gifts." Harry gasped and ran up right behind Draco, stepping on his tippy-toes to peer over the blondes shoulder.

"What did they get me?" Harry whispered. Draco turned his head to look at Harry.

"Why don't we open the door to find out?" He whispered rhetorically. Harry, not catching the tone Draco used, nodded his head. Draco rolled his eyes and opened the door. Pansy was there with a kind smile on her face. "Pansy."

"If you would be so kind as to follow me." Pansy started to walk down the hallway only to stop.

"Wait, wait, wait!" Draco and Pansy both turned to see Harry rush back into the room and grab one of the fluffy, green blankets they had on the bed. He wrapped it loosely around his shoulders and turned back to meet Pansy and Draco's raised eyebrow. "What? I am wet and cold."

Pansy shook her head and continued to walk, not bothering to check if the other two were following her. Draco smiled and reached an arm out for Harry to scurry under and burrow into Draco's side, smiling happily. The pair walked out and followed Pansy to the common room.

Most of the house was there, as well as Severus, and all had their heads bowed down in shame of yesterdays events. Harry and Draco stopped at the archway to the boys dorm and watched as two sixth years walked up to them With large, holed boxes in their arms.

"We are sorry for scaring you yesterday and making you uncomfortable." A girl with waist length black hair and blue eyes held out the box in her arms carefully. "Please accept our apology, we all pitched in." Harry tried to keep a blank face, but he couldn't help the smile that broke out onto his face as he moved from his spot by Draco's side to grab the box and sit on the floor with it. Everyone took a small step closer, Draco and Severus even closer since their relationship with Harry, and watched as the ravenette opened the box. A gasp and an excited squeal left Harry as he completely opened the box to see what was inside.

"Oh my god, I don't know what is in the other box" Harry said as he reached inside the box, "but not much can top this." Harry pulled his hand out of the box and revealed ball of grey fur. Draco furrowed his and kneeled down next Harry to look at the ball properly. The ball moved and large amber eyes opened to blink at Harry and Draco innocently. The animal yawned, showing off its' pearly white canines, and a pitiful whine escaped from it. Harry cooed and brought it closer to cradle it to his chest wile Draco looked around the room in disbelief.

"Did you get him a wolf?" The room glanced at each other sheepishly before the girl who presented the box nodded her head.

"We couldn't get the dragon in time, nor where there any baby ones that weren't dependent on their mothers anymore." Draco shook his head, but leaned closer to Harry, placing a hand on his back, to look closer at the new pet. The cub looked around the room in slight awe and wagged his tail slowly, not sure of the situation.

"What are you going to name him, Har?" Harry looked at Draco and raised his brows in thought.

"I could name him Lupus and stick to my apparent Latin theme, or," Harry drawled, lifting the wolf up from his chest a little, "I could just pick a different, completely random name." Draco settled, Indian-style, next to Harry and hesitantly reached to pet the cubs' ears.

"What would your 'different, completely random' name be?" Draco asked. Harry looked at the wolf and stared into its' eyes. Harry sucked in a breathe as a wave of memories came flooding into his mind. A man with honey colored hair laughing next to a man with a grey eyes and black hair. The same man holding him tenderly with a soft smile on his face. The man screaming as a bright light hit Harry.

Draco looked at Harry's now slightly teary eyes with concern. "Love, are you alright? Harry?" Harry looked at Draco and sniffed, wiping his eyes harshly with his hands.

"Yeah, totally." Harry cradled the wolf close to his chest and leaned into Draco. "I'm going to name him Moony." Draco smiled uneasily, not completely understanding Harry's actions, dismissed it as Harry being... well being Harry. A sharp intake of breath was unheard by all of the room except Harry and Draco. The pair turned and saw Severus standing behind them stiffly with a pained look on his face.

"Are you alright, sir?" Severus looked a Draco and gave him a strained smile.

"Yes, but we need to talk later, all three of us," Harry and Draco shared a look but nodded anyway. It was silent for a moment Before Harry looked at the boy, with dirty blonde hair and grey eyes, who held the second box. The boy started slightly and stepped forward moving the first box to set down the one he had in his hands.

"This is you gift for cursing the hell out of Lockhart." Harry laughed and held the cub out to Draco.

"Hold Moony please, Dray." Draco smiled and took Moony out of Harry's arm and cradled the cub in his own arms. Harry looked at the box and slowly reached forward to open it. He looked inside the box made a sound of surprise. Harry pulled out another, but much smaller, ball of fur. It was black and a long tail was twitching and swinging around, wrapping ad unwrapping around Harry's wrist multiple times. Harry giggled and watched as the kitten opened its eyes to reveal a color of amethyst. Harry gasped and rubbed the kittens ears softly, laughing as the kitten sneezed. Draco watched with interest as Harry and the kitten interacted, it was adorable really.

"What are you going to name this one, Harry?" Harry bit his lip and, for some reason, thought of the black haired man in the memory. The kittens hair and his were very similar, sleek, shiny, obviously well taken care of. Harry smiled.

"Snuffles." Harry announced. "He shall be named Snuffles." A choked sob was heard and everyone turned to look at Severus, but the man had disappeared with a dramatic swish of the man's black robes. Harry looked at the now empty spot of where Severus stood, and frowned. "What did I say?" Draco placed a hand on Harrys waist and stared at the same spot.

"I don't know, but we'll talk to him later." Harry nodded uneasily, but turned back around to inspect his new kitten. Draco too looked and smiled softly at both Moony and Snuffles. "I guess we can keep them. But if either on of the gets into my clothes," Harry glanced at Draco with wide eyes, before he snatched Moony from the blonde and cradled both of the animals to his chest.

"You wouldn't," Harry whispered, aghast that Draco would even dare to threaten such adorable things. Draco raised his hands in defense and met Harry's eyes with a mischievous glint. Harry glared lightly and pulled his creatures closer to his chest. The two held a staring contest for awhile before some of the other people in the room started to giggle and draw their attention away from each other. Most of the room had large grins showing on their features, and the rest had hid their faces in their hands or the shoulders of others. Harry's lips twitched and he slowly crawled back to where Draco was. He hesitantly loosened his tight hold on Moony and Snuffles, and smiled warmly at his blonde. "They won't get into your clothes." Draco smirked and leaned back to rest on his elbows.

"Let's hope not," Harry shook his head and looked towards the apprehensive crowd of snakes. He smiled brightly and looked down at his gifts.

"Thank you," The group seemed to sag in relief and a couple even laughed. Harry smiled and was about to set his pets down to roam when he frowned. Draco noticed and sat up.

"What is it?" Harry looked at Draco with a desperate look.

"We need collars." Harry whined. Draco blinked and then, he too, frowned. Draco sat in thought for a moment or two, before he flashed an easy smile at Harry.

"Make them one." Harry blinked and furrowed his brows in confusion.

"What?" Draco laughed slightly, and with more emphasis, repeated his sentence.

"Make them a collar, Harry. Use your magic, like you did on the train. Or, do it with a wand. Your amazing at transfiguration, love." Harry blushed darkly and looked down. Draco chuckled and reached out to take Moony and Snuffles out of Harry's arms, then sat back, looking at Harry expectantly. Harry pursed his lips and looked toward the curious spectating snakes. He sighed and put his hands flat in front of him, palms facing the high ceiling. He closed his eyes and took a few deep breaths.

Everyone watched as the pale skin, dusted with a blue-green light shining from the windows, seemed to give of a golden glow. Emanating from from the raven chest, the soft glow grew bigger before separating itself and flowing into each of Harry's hands. Harry opened his eyes and watched, with fierce determination shining in his eyes, as the light left his hands and floated just above. The light began to mold, solidify and color before the room's eyes.

Many gasped in awe and shock. Some stepped closer and others seemed content to stay where they were, watching as beautiful collars were formed. In Harrys right hand, his magic created a solid black dragonhide collar with a silver buckle, and a small silver nametag. In his left, a collar of white dragonhide with a rose gold buckle and nametag. Harry smiled and turned the newly made collars over in his hands, making sure the words were correct on the tags. Harry switched with Draco, him taking the pets and Draco the collars, and allowed Snuffles to climb and sit precariously on his shoulder. Moony curled up into Harry's lap, head lolling lazily over one of Harry's knee while his tail wagged slowly over the other.

" 'Moony the wolf, belonging to one Harry Potter. If found please return to Draco Malfoy' and 'Snuffles the cat, belonging to one Harry Potter. If found please return to Draco Malfoy'." Draco read from the tags while frowning. "Why do they get brought to me?" Harry gave Draco a sad smile.

"You really think the Dursley's are going to let me keep two animals of the size? They barely feed me, they would never allow me to get food for them. Anguis and Nigrum feed on their own and can move around without being seen. They are easier to hide and communicate with. I can't do that with Moony or Snuffles, as much as I want to." Harry sniffed and looked down, careful of the feline on his shoulder, carding his fingers through Moony's fur. Draco took on a pained look that the rest of the room saw clearly. The blond put both collars in one hand and moved closer to grab Snuffles, place the feline in his own lap, and put a reassuring arm tight around Harrys' shoulder.

"We'll get you out of there," Draco whispered. "I promise." Harry nodded and leaned into Draco. He grabbed Moonys' collar and carefully lifted the wolfs neck to clasp the collar around his neck. He smiled softly as he adjusted it so the nametag was at the front. He saw Draco do the same to Snuffles and distantly watched as people trickled out of the common room. Draco stood and Harry looked up at him with sad eyes. Draco shuffled Snuffles to hold him in one arm and held his other arm for Harry to grab. Harry smiled and grabbed it, Moony carefully clutched to his side. Draco immediately pulled Harry close to him with an arm around his thin waist, and the two walked back into their dorm room with an air of melancholy. Th two spent the day inside their room, playing with Moony and Snuffles.

Dinner time came around and the two made their way to the Great Hall, absolutely ravished since they didn't have any food other than Blood Pops all day. They sat at the table, Moony and Snuffles in their arms, and began to eat, occasionally sliding food to the animals that were behaving surprisingly very well. Many people from the other houses were watching them, with curiosity and envy alike.

Luna ran into the Great Hall midway through their meal, with Estrella wrapped around her torso, and sat across Harry and Draco with a wide grin in her face. Harry set down his cutlery and looked at her with a soft smile.

"Hello Luna," Harry watched as Luna just smiled wider. Harry narrowed his eyes suspiciously and just looked at the odd blonde girl. Luna just waved her hand wispily at his plate, and Harry slowly continued to eat. When the curiosity was killing him, he, again, set down his cutlery and waited for his blond to finish. The three, well technically five, stood up and walked towards the door before anybody spoke.

"Where are we going Luna?" Blonde looked at blond for a moment before Luna took. Harry groaned and ran after her. Draco stood there and shook his head. He looked down at Moony and Snuffles, who were both looking up at him curiously, and sighed. "Well come on. Don't want to lose them." And with that, Draco took off to follow the pair.

The trio, or rather the quintet, ran up over twelve flights of moving stairs, occasionally making them have to back track in order to actually change floors. They ran and ran, until Draco and Luna were clutching their sides and Harry had placed his hands on his head. Finally, finally, they reached the seventh floor and stopped in front of the painting of Barnabas the Barmy. Moony whined and took a couple more steps before falling to the floor, with Snuffles plopping right on top of him with a yowl. Harry, already almost breathing normal again, smiled and reached down to pick them up. Harry grinned wider as they purred in unison and stretched out in pleasure.

"So what are we doing here, Moons?" Luna looked at him with a smile before she started to pace. Harry and Draco glanced at each other, frowning, before turning to look at Luna who walked back and forth three times. They features turned into those of awe when the blank expanse of stone wall suddenly morphed into a door. Harry looked at Luna. "What is this Moons?"

"Welcome," She said as pulled the door open, "The Room of Requirement, or as known to the elves, the Come and Go Room. It becomes whatever you want." Luna walked into the room and Draco and Harry followed right behind her. The room was transformed into an endless meadow. A gorgeous sunset could be seen in the distance over the lush, green hills. The moon could be seen, glowing slightly, if you looked up and various constellations could also be seen. Long grasses were seen and hundreds of wildflowers grew in the grass.

Luna walked a good ways inside and plopped down in the grass. Harry slowly set down the squirming animals and watched with barely contained awe as the ran off, jumping and playing together in the false environment. Harry slowly sat down next down to Luna and held out his hand for Draco. Draco soon joined them and they just sat there. Luna eventually started to gather nearby flowers and weaving them together.

"What are you doing?" Harry watched as Lunas nimble fingers moved the flowers gently.

"A flower crown." Luna smiled and paused in her work. "Would you like to make one?" Harry nodded and collected his own flowers, acutely aware of Draco doing the same. So, they learned and by the time the sun was completely gone and the moon shining high and bright in the sky, they had perfected their techniques. They watched, a while later, as fireflies started to appear. They rose slowly from the grasses, but soon enough everyone was running around, trying in vain to capture one in their hands or, in some cases, paws. It was a great ending to the day.

A week later

"How have you managed to gain another two additions to your party in less than four months?" Draco and Harry smiled at each other behind the back of one exasperated Narcissa Malfoy.They were currently following her to the parlor, having arrived the usual way of apparition outside of the Manors gates, and had Moony and Snuffles following curiously beside them. They pair had been waiting at the platform with two owls, two snakes and two new pets. An odd sight for sure.

"It was a gift Cissa," Harry said. He looked around and smiled. This would be the closest thing he would have to a home, while he wasn't of age at least. Cissa just sighed and opened the parlor door with a shake of her head. They walked in and saw Severus already sitting with Luc in the armchairs. Harry flinched a bit, they had been putting their talk off, both parties. He would have to do it over the break.

"Yes well lets hope that the gifts don't destroy the manor before the ball." Harry furrowed his brow, as did Draco, and sat down on the couch.

"What ball?" Cissa looked up shocked. She looked towards her son, but her eyes only widened further when she saw the confusion on his face as well.

"You don't know?" Both glanced at each other and shook their heads. Cissa made a distressed noise and threw her arms up in the air. She looked at Luc accusingly.

"I thought you sent them a letter ages ago," Luc looked away and rubbed the back of his neck with his hand. "Lucius Abraxas Malfoy. Did you or did you not send them a letter that specifically told them about the ball that would be occurring?" Luc looked at Severus with wide eyes, but the man simply looked away. Luc sat frozen and didn't dare move.

"It seems that the action slipped from my attention." Cissa just looked at him for a moment before she clenched jaw and turned her gaze to the very confused and slightly frightened boys.

"We have been chosen to host this years Yule ball. It will be taking place on the twenty-third. And in that time we will need to get you both dress robes, teach you both to dance, and set up any final details with the ball." Draco and Harry stared at her wide eyed. They had to learn to dance?!

Day of the Ball, December Twenty-Third