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Chapter 4 The midnight 'duel'

Harry was having a brilliant day, not only had he been made seeker, but he also had told Draco about it before he heard from anyone else.

"That's amazing Harry," Said Draco when he found out, "I was worried for a second that McGonagall would expel you for that, I felt really bad"

"No, she was very happy with me," Said Harry, pleased with his friends concern. "I'm just warning you that Ron will boast about it to you, don't let him provoke you too much."
"No don't worry," said Draco, "I'll pretend I don't know, I'll act jealous."

"Ok, bye, got to go and have dinner with Ron." Said Harry

"Bye!" Called Draco.

Neither of them noticed a figure standing behind a Tapestry in the corridor, it was Albus Dumbledore, he was smiling, happy about the friendship of these two 'enemies' and glad that their houses did not matter. He just was worried, Slytherin and Gryffindor friendships always went wrong, their houses would influence their views and then they turn bitter, he realised then that he would have to keep a close eye on these young boys, he wanted them to have the best possibility of happiness, he didn't want to have another Severus to deal with, and both of the boys will be crucial in the future, just to what side?

Harry was right, Ron did boast about it. Harry and Draco had to pretend to hate each other, and it was all going fine until. Draco declared a wizarding duel, why would he do that? Harry was annoyed at him; he could have left it at words not actually fighting, and at midnight at that. Ron then also butted in declaring himself Harry's second (what was that?!) Draco's face froze for a second then he announced that Crabbe was his. Harry just sat there confused. When Draco had left Ron explained the process of a wizarding duel to Harry, but all he could think was why would Draco want to duel me? I thought we were friends. Hermione Granger also overheard the talk with Draco and try to tell them not to, but Ron was insistent that they would, secretly he agreed with Hermione, however he voiced Ron's opinion to not raise suspicion.

As he was walking back to the common room with Ron, Harry saw Draco walking alone down a corridor, he quickly made an excuse for Ron to go on and he ran after Draco.

"Hey, Draco wait up!" He called, Draco turned around, looking really sad.

"I'm sorry," He said, "If you don't want to be my friend anymore I understand."

Harry looked confused. "Why wouldn't I want to be friends with you?"

"Because, we are going to have to duel each other." Said Draco "I was planning to make it just us two, and so no-one would know if we duelled and we could spend the rest of the night talking behind the Tapestry."

"Don't worry," said Harry, "we just can't duel tonight."

"So shall I not turn up?" Asked Draco.

"Yep, I wouldn't either, but Ron can't be persuaded."

"Oh, yeah" Muttered Draco "Stupid Weasley" Before Harry had time to scold Draco an amazing idea popped into his head.

"We could go and tell Filch!" He cried
"What?!" Asked Draco in shock.

"We could give him an anonymous tip off that Ron and I will be there."

"Are you mad?" Cried Draco "If you get caught.."
"But we won't, we'll run away, it'll look like a close call, and then it will seem that we hate each other without having to duel!"
"I guess so.." said Draco reluctantly.

"Yes." Said Harry firmly "Now lets go and tell Filch."

Harry's plan went perfectly-ish. Ron believed that Draco had told on Filch, and they managed to escape his grasp. But there was not just he and Ron, there was he, Ron, Hermione Granger and Neville... and they saw what was in the third floor corridor. A three headed dog!

Harry still hadn't been to the Tapestry since doing homework with Draco; he really wanted to talk to Draco about the three-headed dog, but they never had enough time. However he and Ron decided that the dog must have been guarding something that was either really Valuable, Dangerous, or both. That morning he had received his broom, Ron showed it off to Draco, who was pretending to be really jealous, before giving Harry a list on all the seekers who have died in a game of Quidditch and saying good luck. He also had a training session with Oliver Wood to later that night to learn more about Quidditch. But that wasn't really necessary as both Ron and Draco were fanatical about it, and so by the time he met Oliver Wood he knew all about how to play the game, and all the players in the Chudley Cannons (courtesy of Ron) and how many times a seeker has died in a game (thanks for that Draco), and he was now panicking. It turned out that Quidditch was fine; Ron and Draco made it sound a lot more dangerous than it actually was, and so that night when he filled Ron in on it he was looking forward to practising with the rest of the Gryffindor Quidditch team.

Harry met Draco in the evening; they both sneaked out and were now sitting in the Tapestry talking about Quidditch and the three-headed dog.

"If you ask me," said Draco, "I think you and Weasley are right, the dog is guarding whatever Hagrid took from Gringotts. I could ask my father who owns Vault 713."

"That's a brilliant idea!" Said Harry, "However, I've got a feeling it will probably be Hogwarts, but it would be useful to confirm it."
"But father will probably know why we are asking, he's a governor you know, so he probably knows, and he's not likely to tell me, but it wouldn't hurt to ask."

"Yep, I'll try and think of other stuff and discover more evidence with Ron, and if you try and find out from your father." Said Harry excitedly.

"Yeah sure, it's like a detective story!" Draco exclaimed.

"I'll keep you up to date, how about we meet here once every week?" Said Harry

"Sure, on Fridays." Added Draco

"Fine by me, but now –unfortunately I have to go."

"Bye!" Called Draco hugging Harry.

"Bye," Harry replied hugging his friend tighter.

Harry walked away back to the Gryffindor common room determined to find what the three-headed dog is guarding.