Drapple - part four
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herumtreiberAuthor:
Characters: Draco/Harry, Ron
Word count: ~980
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: None
Disclaimer: JK Rowling owns them, not me. This is for mischief's sake, not profit.
Summary: Drapple's sinuous adventures continue. Draco receives a visitor, and Ron is puzzled.
Table of contents
Part three
Someone opened the door with a loud bang, and a rolled parchment hit Draco's left eye; the sharp edge cutting his cheek below his eyebrow. He looked up and noticed the chiselled features he knew so well, twisted in a grimace.
"Bloody Muggle theatre; who the hell knows what they're talking about!" drawled the newcomer. "Finished your homework just in time, prat!"
Draco sneered and bent down to pick up the stiff sheepskin. "It's your homework too, you know." He wiggled his eyebrows at the flushed face of the blond boy who stood on the threshold. "While you're at it, why don't you comb your hair? You're giving me a bad name!"
"I should hex you right now!"
"You'd only hurt yourself," said Draco reasonably. "After all, you are me."
oOoOo
The Draco at the door stomped into the room. "Believe me, that's the only thing that keeps me from hexing you!" He tried to smooth his dishevelled hair, in vain. "If I could find a way to cast the Weaselette's spell on you so I wouldn't get saddled with the pain, I'd do it."
The seated blond looked up from his perusal of the homework; holding the parchment at arm's length, he measured it with his eyes. "How long is it?"
The Time-Travelling blond sneered. "The required inches, of course."
"McGonagall insists on more; she said it had to be the length of my body."
Older Draco spluttered and roared at himself, "ARE YOU BARMY OR WHAT? DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA HOW LONG I SPENT…?"
The other blond smirked infuriatingly and put the parchment on McGonagall's neat and tidy desk. "Keep it down, will you? All right, I'll finish it; it's a sad day when I can't even trust myself to properly do my homework." Draco pointed at the yellowed sheepskin. "Which book did you use?"
"THEATER BLOOD, BY JULIUS ARPENT!"
Draco winced because he found the sound of his other self shouting quite unbecoming for a Malfoy. Older Draco hastily yanked the golden chain from around his neck and, with a stabbing motion of his wand, he sent it flying towards the chair. With his Seeker's reflexes, the younger one caught the Time-Turner McGonagall had lent him.
"Malfoy, open up! You're hurting Drapple!" yelled Harry from outside. After returning from Quidditch practice, Harry had seen Malfoy slink into the office. Thinking that he was visiting McGonagall, he'd gone to the bathroom to wash off the mud that had stuck to the sleeves of his robes. When he heard Malfoy shouting, Harry ran to rescue Drapple.
It was obvious there was bad blood between the two, a fact that was confirmed by Malfoy shouting that Drapple was a 'bloody theatrical serpent'. It was true, Harry would readily admit; but he would be damned if he'd let Malfoy, handsome bloke though he was, malign Drapple.
Inside the office, the two Dracos glanced at the door. The loud thumping continued until Harry pushed open the door, which swung fast whilst the brunet walked into the room.
Glaring at the perfectly coiffed version of himself, the other Draco stalked towards the chair. His body became slimmer, and Draco's smooth skin turned green and scaly as he assumed his Animagus form. Draco had found that he could coexist with himself in the same time interval, in the presence of outside observers, if a version of himself wasn't human.
oOoOo
Harry watched his snake slithering menacingly towards Malfoy, the curves formed by his reptilian body more pronounced than usual. The blond was bleeding; Harry fumed, not only had he called Drapple names, he had tried to hurt his poor snake. "Did he hurt you, Drapple?" hissed Harry.
"Bloody sssimpering fool," hissed the snake as he slithered on the floor towards his older or younger self; Drapple was so angry, he wasn't sure. "I won't bite you becausssse I'd only hurt myssssself!"
Whilst Harry was watching the snake, Draco tucked the Time-Turner inside the pocket of his robes.
Harry beamed at the considerate reptile. "You're ssssso loving and selflesssssss, Drapple!" In fact, he was sure the kind-hearted serpent and Hagrid would strike an easy friendship, if only Hagrid could speak Parseltongue.
"What did he say?" asked Draco. It was a chore that he couldn't understand the snake language whilst human. He didn't want to wait until he had used the Time-Turner to know what snarky put-down he'd used.
"Drapple said..." Harry started to say, but at that moment Ron walked into the room.
"Finally found you, mate." The redhead scowled at Malfoy and noticed the green S of Drapple on the floor. He took out an apple slice from the pocket of his robes, and bent down to feed the snake. However, Drapple darted away.
"Oi, what's the matter?" said Ron in a low voice, his face twisted in a grimace of rejection. Draco felt a painful tug in his heart knowing the redhead liked his serpent version.
"Weasley is a fine fellow!" Draco waved a finger at the snake, scolding himself.
"What?" Harry looked at him with a dazed expression; he couldn't imagine that Malfoy would ever defend Ron.
"What?" said Ron; he grinned fleetingly at Draco before he realised what he was doing.
"Wot?" hissed Drapple, rearing up his head and coiling his body in a reptilian expression of utter puzzlement.
"What did he say?" Draco pointed at his serpent version, and Harry shrugged. "Drapple hissed 'wot'"
The blond scowled and walked towards the door. "He can't even speak Parseltongue with a refined accent!"
As Malfoy stomped out of the office, Harry bent down to pick Drapple to wrap him around his torso.
Meanwhile Ron pursed his eyebrows in thought; he was struck by the strange demeanour of Drapple, Harry and Draco. He decided to delve deeper into the matter.
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