Harry Potter and expecting the unexpected ending

Madame Pomfrey for once in her life felt completely helpless. She couldn't help the pain wrecked boy on the bed before her, but neither could she leave him alone to fetch Dumbledore. She was sure the headmaster knew what was happened, but she had absolutely no idea.

A few more circles Poppy suddenly stopped and smacked herself in the head. How dim could she get. Of course she could send a message to the headmaster, in fact she could send one to Sirius and Remus too.

With a snap of her fingers one house elf appeared. The creature was slightly sweaty and white powder covered the right sight of its face. Apparently breakfast was being made.

"Mistress nurse lady called for Piffle?" a high girly voice squeaked. For some reason it felt strange and warped coming from the brown prune like face. But Poppy shook herself and addressed the elf before her.

"Yes, in fact I need you to deliver two very urgent messages. The first is to the Headmaster, tell him to come to the hospital wing immediately. The second is for Mister Black and Lupin. Tell them also to come here as soon as possible. Now hurry!" the elf left without its usual affirming of the task or a bow. Poppy was pleased, it seemed that Piffle was a fast working little thing, albeit a somewhat messy one.

Just then another scream seemed to rip the very air apart and Poppy turned on her heels and rushed to Harry. The boy seemed in a great deal of pain ad Poppy did the only thing she could do at this point.

Singing an old lullaby she had learned from her grandmother she produced a bowl with cool fresh water and a cloth. She then started to wipe his forehead in soothing circles. She thanked the high heavens when the boy seemed to clam down, but that only lasted a few seconds before he began to wriggle and twist in almost inhuman ways. Soon after his skin seemed to bubble like heated wax and Poppy took a step back.

Never before had she seen something like this. By now the skin was not only bubbling but rippling like the ocean. It was a disturbing sight especially with they way the light kept reflecting in different ways from the scales.

X

Dumbledore stopped before a Chinese vase and motioned for Snape to do the same. The both of them laid Draco down with some difficulty, the boy in his Dragonseeker form was quite hard to handle. Those wings certainly didn't make things any easier.

When all was done Dumbledore walked towards the vase and knocked on it three times. He then waited for a few second before repeating the process, this time a bit harder. Behind him Snape tapped his foot and kept one eye on his Godson. He hoped Suna's scent would work a bit longer, he had no particular care to deal with Draco while he was half crazed. Not to mention that the drawbacks of the scent would set in soon. Poor boy. Snape repressed a dark chuckle at that thought.

Just when Albus reached out to knock once more a hidden door opened where the Chinese vase had been. A dishevelled Remus stormed out wearing a half open shirt and pants that seemed to barely hang onto his rear. Golden eyes looked around and landed first on Snape and the mess of black wings and limps on the ground.

Pupils dilated at this and his gaze moved to Dumbledore. "Albus?" uncertainty laced Remus voice as his eyes returned to what he now recognized as another Dragonseeker. Albus had followed the whole process and pushed Remus back into the room when he wanted to open his mouth again.

"Inside Remus. This place, however remote it is located, can still be found by unwanted ears." Behind him Snape sighed and scowled. Sure let him deal with the boy alone. After some more scowling at Draco he picked up both arms and started to drag. By the time he was inside he was sweaty, grumpy and ten times more snarkier then usual.

Once inside he dumped his godson's body like a rag doll and wobbled off to Dumbledore, Remus and the now also present Black. The convict looked even worse then the werewolf and for some reason Severus had the feeling he had a bad, bad night. A shallow smile surfaced and somewhat more happier he took place in one of the chairs by the hearth.

"Good, now let's begin with what Severus can tell us." Dumbledore opened the talk. Beside him Snape didn't look al that glad. He then rolled up the sleeve of his right arm and pressed it under the aged wizards nose.

Blinking Albus wrinkled his nose and refocused his gaze. After a few seconds a red dot with a miniature crest became visible. "Ah, a vow I see. That makes things a bit harder but I guess we'll have to do." Opposite them Remus and Sirius could only look confused.

Dumbledore murmured under his breath before suddenly fixing his gaze at Sirius. "I must say that I think we have located Harry's mate." He pointed at the pitiful puddle on the ground by the door.

"Quite unexpected it has come to my attention that Mr Malfoy is a Dragonseeker himself and of the dominant kind. I would be grateful if you were to prepare Harry for this Sirius." His usual soft blue eyes fixated at Sirius with painful intensity and didn't let go until the man nodded his consent.

"Splendid." Albus said with a brilliant smile. Snape winced at this and went to cover his arm.

"Is there anything else to tell Albus." Remus finally voiced when it looked like the ancient wizard had fallen into a stupor.

With a sudden start the wizard looked up and then smiled, for some reason Remus felt like he had poked a dragon in the eye. "Of course there is more. There is always more. Just yesterday Griffin Thornbush, who had prank the third floor toilets to spout demeaning curses( people had quite a shock when they sat down only to be insulted by the toilet itself), told me about this wonderful kind of candy that is good for you. Muggles really come up with the most wonderful ideas. But I don't think you meant that." He said cheerfully. Remus gave the distinct impression of someone who felt like he opened the wrong door and seen something disturbing. Sirius snickered and Snape just glowered at the werewolf.

"But I do indeed have something more. Now that we know who Harry's mate is and with Sirius preparing him and Remus training him, we'll be able to progress more smoothly. I also read in one of the books about Dragonseekers an the stages in the transition week." At this both Remus and Sirius perked up and paid focussed attention. Snape continued to glare.

"See, first he is the body change. A Dragonseeker obtains his unique appearance. Then there are the first wave and the second wave. As my calculations have shown me Harry will have this first wave today or tomorrow. It involves the changing on the inside and is according to the scrolls quite painful. This wave prepares the body for the coming powers." He looked at the man to see if they understood.

"Okay, now after this first wave Harry will need to adjust and soon after there will be a second wave. This one is not painful and usually happened at night while the Dragonseeker sleeps. Harry will not notice a thing. Anyway, the second wave will bring his powers. Among those powers, which plainly said are just huge boosters for the powers he already possesses, will be one power that is unique to only Harry. The scrolls however don't elaborate and I can't tell what to expect." Dumbledore finished.

Sirius was doing an impression of a kid being told he could get a Christmas present and open it. Remus was looking blankly and oddly worried. He soon voiced his thoughts though and managed to dampen Sirius spirit. To Snapes delight.

"But Albus, will his mind be able to process this. I mean even with wizards and witches getting there full power when 17, some of them go insane. And what your telling me this is worse, much worse." Golden eyes looked pleading at Dumbledore, begging to be told everything would be just fine.

Dumbledore bowed his head and that might have been an answer more in itself. "I know. The scrolls say nothing about this, but I expect that a great deal of Dragonseekers met their end in this way. There really is no evidence, but logically speaking the chances are against Harry this time. Though on the brighter side mister Malfoy made it, so his presence should form a kind of anchor to Harry." By now he was purely speculating and everybody knew it. In the end it just come down to the fact that nobody knew. And if Snape knew it was clear that he couldn't talk with the unbreakable vow placed on him.

"The fact is, I don't know. The books don't elaborate on the transition week or Dragonseekers in general. We're lucky to have gotten as much as we did. Sorry Remus, but I can't console you in this, we'll just have to wait and see." Albus looked drained and pale, Remus was doing an mirror version of it. Sirius was fidgeting in his chair his blue eyes showing slivers of pure fear.

After his everybody seemed to sink into a stupor rolling the information around in their thoughts. It even went so far that Albus Dumbledore jump started when a loud crack was heard and a house elf appeared next to him.

For a moment everyone in the room looked strangely at the house elf before snapping back into polite interest. The elf bowed before Dumbledore and then a short bow to Remus and Sirius. "Master Headmaster Dumbledore, Mistress Madam Pomfrey is asking for your presence. The young master Potter is pain. She is wishing to see master now please." She then made a weird little motion and also pointed at Sirius and Remus.

This however had not been needed as the former two had shot up the moment Poppy had been mentioned. Still in sleeping attire the two left the room Sirius completely forgetting to change into his Animagus form. Albus Dumbledore, though looking strained, took the time to thank the elf and send her off before following.

"Young Severus let us go. Also please divulge to me any kind of information you can reveal. It would be most appreciated." The elder wizard said while walking out the room. As he passed he lifted his wand and murmured a modivicated levitation spell.

Malfoy's body for a moment stayed as it was before slowly going up. Then it hovered towards one of the open doors and disappeared inside. All the while Snape didn't blink an eye but merely waited by the door for the Headmaster.

This done Albus left the room which closed behind him. Both man slowly made there way up to hospital wing as to not arise suspicion.

X

Madam Pomfrey sighed in relieve when she saw four people enter. Wringing her hands an rumpled hair she hurriedly walked over to them and latched onto the headmaster. "Albus, the boy been like this for some time now, everything I tried just won't work. It's like he absorbs the spells." She explained.

Albus nodded his head and followed Poppy to the end of the room that was now Harry's corner. On the bed they would see the wriggling boy and when coming closer they could see the rippling skin as well. Remus went ash white and sunk in the nearest chair, one hand hanging on too Sirius's pants.

"O Merlin what's going on?" Remus chocked golden eyes looking worried. Sirius took Remus hand in his own and awkwardly petted it.

"I think this might be that first wave the Headmaster told us about." He finally said.

"Quite correct mister Black. Though I never thought it would look anything like this." Albus responded.

The headmaster bowed over Harry and his hand hovered over the boys face, the others waiting unsure what to do. With a sigh he pulled his hand back and shook his head. "He seems to be in a coma, as far as I can tell he isn't feeling anything anymore." He rubbed his white beard in thought before going on. "I think it's a kind of protection. Remus I think we don't need to worry as much about young mister Potter, these Dragonseekers have more up their sleeve than a scaly arm."

The poor attempt at a joke was not appreciated although Sirius produced a weird little cough until Remus stared at him hard. Trying to stop Sirius chocked and went into another coughing fit.

"All we can do is wait it out. It takes about eight hours." Snape's cold crisp voice said. Four heads turned to Snape who had been forgotten for the moment. Snape scowled superiorly at them before turning around.

"If you excuse me Headmaster, I have a drugged godson to attend to. It would be most tiring to let him wake up alone." With this last puzzling comments he left on his heel robes billowing around him in a way only he managed.

"You know, I have always wondered how he does that." Sirius whispered blue eyes trailing Snape out the Hospital wing before returning to Harry. "Anyway I guess it will be a long wait."

Remus nodded and wriggled in his chair. The werewolf felt caged and wanted to move, at the same time he didn't want to move from this place which caused him to wriggle in his chair instead.

For the longest time Remus wriggling and Sirius's of tune humming were the only sounds aside form Harry to break the monotonies. After a while Dumbledore joined in with the humming, what bugged Remus though that he now had to listen to two different songs he didn't recognize. With his worries about Harry and his curious nature trying to figure out which songs it were he was rapidly gaining a monstrous headache. Thank Merlin he was in the infirmary, headache potion was only about eight steps away.

Then just when he almost figured Sirius song out Dumbledore humming raised into a soft singing. "Yohoo yohoo a pirates life for me." And then it was back to humming again. Next to Remus Sirius looked shocked, eyes wide mouth slightly open. Remus was in much the same state and the only thing he could think of was WTF.

This was how Madam Pomfrey found them five minutes later. "Remus? Sirius? Is there something wrong, is Harry still okay. Did I miss something?" she never god an answer but two identical looks from blue and golden eyes stating, you have know idea and please help us in some way.

X

Severus Snape was a careful man. It was in his very nature to move about shrouded by shadows and watch the world around him from a distance. He had been surprised therefore when Narcissa had insisted on him being Draco's godfather. She knew him well, too well in many ways. But he had allowed her, her wish, and from there on his life had been more difficult.

He had shortly after told the dark lord about the prophesy he had overheard and thereafter taken the job as Potions Master. He had gone from the dark side to the light side because of that blasted ash haired woman and her son. He had even turned spy for her for Dumbledore. Narcissa had managed to work her way into his life and she had never left that place. She was like a decease with spreading tentacles throughout his body.

He was still his own man though. He considered everything she asked of him and turned her down more times than he complied. But in the end it all came down to one thing. A first love he had never gotten over and the feeling as though Draco was in some way his own child.

With a sigh he sat down beside the bed the teen was resting on. He looked harmless in his drugged induced state. Black wings were spread on each side of him and his horns grazed the headboard.

"You better be prepared for the coming few days Draco Malfoy. For your going to have a wonderful ride waiting for you." He spoke sarcastically as he knew all to well how his godson thought about Potter.

He then resumed his quiet mussing wondering why he had not told Draco who his mate was. But then he knew why, a Dragonseeker, in this case the dominant, had to find his mate on his own. Help was not appreciated, it could even get you killed. No he Severus was no fool and he found that he wanted to life a while longer still.

When Draco groaned Severus set back and waited for him to waken. He was unsure which drawback Draco would experience, but he was sure that whatever it was Draco was not going to be pleased with him.

Draco slowly opened his eyes and found that the world around him was painted with so many colours it made him slightly sick. The world also seemed to have acquired a slight rocking motion. But something was calling out to him from his unconscious mind and then Draco remembered. He had to move, his mate was hurting he needed to get to him. His mate.

Without much thought Draco threw the blanket back and stepped out of bed and set of to the door. At least that was what he was doing according to himself. Snape watched his godson wobble around the room like a drunk. For some reason he knew this was supposed to be funny, but the fact that Draco was going to be hell for the coming few hours sucked the pleasure right out of the situation.

"Draco please return to your bed at once. I have given you Suna's scent, you won't be fit to go around." He drawled watching Draco miss the door by two feet and ploughed right into the wall. It looked painful.

Draco hissed viciously and clawed at the wall producing deep gashing in the grey stone. He then turned his head in the general direction of his godfather and bared his fangs. Blood red eyes seemed to search for something before he started to move again.

"Now listened here Draco your mate is fine. He is only experiencing the first wave. You know it will prepare him for you. He is getting ready for you." Severus made sure to put great emphasis on this. He was unsure if it would work but it was better then nothing. Surely the dominant would calm somewhat if he heard that his mate was preparing himself for him.

Draco hissed some more and wondered to the door once more knocking over a fragile antique looking table. When he finally did reach the door he fumbled with the doorknob for a few seconds before roaring and smashing through the wood. The door splintered outwards and Draco left his room. Snape sighed rubbed his forehead and reluctantly followed his godson.

"Draco you will cease this behaviour. It is unnecessary, your mate will be with you soon enough." Severus almost yelled the last part as Draco ripped through a couch. The boy was now on all fours trying to move around more steady. It didn't seem to work.

At Severus harsh tone Draco turned his head around and stared at his godfather for a long time. Severus felt himself sweating a lot. Those red and silver eyes were unnerving. Then the black wings wrapped themselves around Draco and his eyes turned to their normal state.

"I will have him soon?" Draco spoke slowly and his head swayed form side to side. Apparently Suna's scent was upsetting his balance and vision. Suddenly Draco's face grew vicious again, lips curled back to show gleaming white fangs "You will not have him, you will not go near him. MINE, MINE MATE." Severus bowed his head and took several steps back, showing submission. Apparently his godson was somewhat back to normal but his reasoning was still on a vacation.

A soft growl of satisfaction reached his ears and Severus relaxed somewhat. The biggest danger was over now. The rest of the day would be probably spend trying to keep Draco in these rooms. Speaking of trying, his godson had just tried to get to the door that lead out of these chambers.

A shriek and another crack later Severus sighed as he watched Draco pull himself away from yet another wall. Draco then turned to throw him the evil eye, but instead looked at the bookshelves to Severus right instead. It was going to be one long day and he didn't even get to spend one minute of it in his potions lab. Bloody ha ha.

X

Outside the castle professor McGonagall and professor Flitwick were calling people to form groups according to house and year. It took a while to delay the massage to everyone but in the end they managed.

"Now that I have your attention I would like to tell everyone what actually happened this morning." Professor McGonagall's magically enhanced voice boomed over the courtyard. All students looked at her some even going so far as to glare.

"What I am about to tell is not something any of you can understand, I don't want any questions for I'm only allowed to tell this and not more." The students moaned and rolled there eyes or in some cases snorted and wrinkled there brows. It was clear they were not happy at all, shivering in their nightgowns a nearby group of girls muttered rather strong curses.

McGonagall ignored them all and continued her lecture. "At this moment we have two awakened magical creatures amongst our students. They are of the same species. They will likely cause some trouble in the coming months but you have nothing to worry about. There are however a few rules that the Headmaster urges you all to follow. Please go to your prefects and ask for the leaflet." She clapped in her hands. "Now everybody back inside, breakfast will be over in a hour and classes will continue as normal."

As the students marched inside Flitwick raised a brow and spoke form the corner of his mouth. "Nothing to worry about, a little ruckus. My Minerva I never thought you to be one to sucker coat the truth."

McGonagall stiffened for a moment before composing herself. "This is all I'm allowed to tell Filius, even to you." She then turned on her heal and left to prepare for her first class.

Professor Flitwick found himself happily humming. And while he made his way back to his own rooms he felt a rush of energy overtake him. A challenge, it had been so long since he had a challenge. Now were to start. A creature like McGonagall always went by the rules and always worked in the same way. She was a creature of habit. He should have this information out of her in no time at all.

Somewhere else in the castle Hermione Granger was rushing through the library. She calculated and found she had just enough time to search the magical animal section before first class. Maybe if she did some extra credit in all her classes she would win her prefect badge back. Surely a plain show of willingness would help polish up her slightly tarnished reputation. Professor McGonagall had to see that Hermione was trying her outmost best to redeem herself.

And while she wondered through the section, one hands brushing the spines of the books she murmured to herself. "And I won't be taking any problems from the boys again. They'll just have to fend for themselves from now on. I can't make any mistakes now, need to be careful."

She continued down the line until she found a book that seemed to bring some light to the words she heard professor McGonagall say. In her other hand she held the leaflet Parvati had handed her. She and Neville had taken over the duty from her and Ron. But she was going to make sure that the little twit didn't carry that pin for too long a time.

Holding up the leaflet she read some of the rules again. Number five held a clue that one of the creatures had only just awakened. And this book she was holding held a index about all creatures that needed to reach a certain age to come into their inheritance.

Satisfied she walked over to Madam Pinch and checked the book out. Of course she would have to get some more books soon, but she only had just enough time to get to class. Lunch couldn't be soon enough to continue her search. Not to mention she would need to get her hands on some theories she could research for her other classes as well.

X

Ron snorted well he stumbled up the stairs to his dorm. So Hogwarts now held none human students. That sounded like an invitation to accidents the size of Fred's last prank. A shiver made its way up his spine. Freds joke really had been a bit too much. Although Ginny found it extremely funny.

Looking at the leaflet he snorted and threw it on his bed before picking up his bag. With a sigh he went downstairs again. In the Great Hall he noticed Hermione missing and rolled his eyes. The girl probably rushed to the library as soon as she heard about magical creatures. She was so obvious sometimes. A fleeting though went too Harry and when he would be better before Ron dived into his breakfast. Bacon and toast.

Somewhere in his mind he felt like he was overlooking something huge, but soon the feeling was pressed to the background when the owls filled the Great Hall. Attention was focussed on anything red. But once more there was no answer from his parents. Maybe he should go to Dumbledore and bring up the option of something being wrong with his parents. Surely his mother would have answered sooner. Especially with how Ginny had been hurt all because of their wondering.

Just then professor Takashi walked into the Hall and settled down on his regular place. Silvery hair flew around him before settling back. Some of the girls sighed and started at the man dreamy eyed, and to Ron's horror some of the boys were in no better state. That was just sick.

Professor Takashi suddenly turned his way and he smiled. Ron felt even more sick but nodded at the man all the same. The man then rose from his seat and walked ( more like glided) over to Ron and stopped just behind him.

He then leaned forward one hand resting on Ron's shoulder. "I have found you some evidence, come to my office with miss Granger after dinner tonight." He then stepped back and left the Hall. Afterwards the only thing that Ron recalled was that he hadn't eaten any breakfast. And he had this retching feeling in the pit of his stomach. He hoped that he would never be touched by another male like professor Takashi had just done.

The man had implied a familiarity that didn't exist between them. Disgusting really. Suddenly he wasn't hungry anymore. Pushing the plate back he left the Hall himself, ignoring the whispers of a group of Hufflepuff girls near the entrance.