This Life We Lead
Disclaimer: Everything belongs to J. K. Rowling
Summary: Draco and Harry are forced into working together when Draco is hired as the newest member to the Hogwarts staff as Potions master. H/D
Warning: This story will contain male pregnancies
-Prologue-
A little blonde boy watched as a Pale Blonde man was pulled across the thick plane of glass and strapped down to a chair. The blonde man spat at the guards who were tying him down to a chair.
The little four-year-old child watched as the man was punched and kicked hearing the crowd cheer. Tears streamed down his cheek as his watched the bad men do this to his daddy.
He was huddled in a corner away from the crowd that came to watch and cheer on the execution; the woman who brought him letting him hide in the corner way from it all, the killing of his daddy.
"Come here," A male voice soothed from the darkness. "Come here son, it will be alright."
The little blonde's big emerald eyes looked up, seeing a face he recognized, and jumped into his arms.
"What are they doing?" His small voice wondered, "Why are they hurting him?"
"It's alright Anthony, it will be alright, I promise."
Behind the glass the men were getting ready to feed the blonde poison.
"Don't look honey."
"What are they going to do to him Father? What are they doing to Daddy?" Tears were streaming down the little boy's face. Not quite sure what was going he on, just knew that he needed his daddy, needed him to get away form the bad men, come to him from behind the thick glass.
"I promise it will be okay." The boy's father said, running his fingers though the soft blonde locks. "I need for you to not look at what I'm about to do, okay honey? Promise?" He asked, looking down at the crying boy.
"Okay, I promise."
"Close your eyes and it will all be over. Are they closed?"
"Yes."
Someone in the crowd started counting down as he saw the signal about to be given, "Five, four, three…"
Bright lights flashed through the room: when people were able to see again, the blonde was gone out of the chair and in the corner, two figures were exiting swiftly out the side door.
People were screaming over one another, fear causing them to panic. People were rushing over each other in hopes to be the first ones to escape out of the room. More were confused and frightened about what had happened, wanting to know what was going on.
Behind the thick wall of glass, the men were staring comically at one another with faces showing confusion. The man the world was waiting with batted breath to be killed had disappeared right in front of their eyes.
Draco Malfoy had vanished.
(revised: 1/11/05)