Soulmates

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Harmony and Draco entered Riddle Manor. They had come for the weekend since Hogwarts has gotten very dull and boring without Harry Potter there.
Without knocking like usual, Harmony entered her fathers office.

A dirty and mop of hair figure stood in front of Toms office. They seemed to be talking about something important and business related.
Tom looked over when the other pointed out someone was watching them.

"Harmony I've told you to knock." "Sorry father, I didn't expect you to be in a meeting." "I'm not in such a thing, Hadrian's just dropping off what belongs to me." "I've said I haven't found all of them." Harmony took a second before asking, "I'm sorry who?" "Me."
The figure turned around.

Avada Kedarva green eyes met Harmony's own while his hair was short and a mop with dirt and old wounds all over. It seemed as if Hadrian hadn't changed his clothing in weeks by there state.

Harmony clenched her fists. "Who do you think you are to come to my families house like this?!" "Harmony-" "It's fine." Tom looked at Hadrian. "I don't really care if she yells, it's not like anything has changed."
Harry pulled a small bag out of his pocket and put it on the desk.
"Before you go, you are allowed to eat and such." Hadrian smiled. "Than I'll take you up on the offer, I haven't showered in weeks." "Yes I can smell it from here." "Haha."

Draco was frozen. He had been panicking about Harry for half the year.. but here he is, alive dirty and seeming as if nothing has changed.
"Nice bracelet Malfoy." Draco clenched his fists and looked over his shoulder. The door closed behind Hadrian and Harmony stomped to her father. "Why are you allowing him here?!" "Harmony your being irrational." "Whys he here?" The two looked at Draco.

Tom had expected Draco to be like Harmony. Yelling and pissed Harry or as he now went by, Hadrian, had suddenly came back but only came for business.

"Dumbledore sent Hadrian to find the horcruxes. He's been gone for his 7th year because of it." Draco clenched his fists. "Why didn't anyone tell me?" Tom sighed. "Harmony I need to talk to Draco." "What?!" "I'll talk to you afterwards." Harmony puffed her cheeks and stomped out of the room. "Take a seat."
Draco gladly sat in the chair in front of Tom.

"Draco why do you think Hadrian did what he did to you?" "Because he hasn't the drive for a relationship." "He does want one." Draco looked at Tom. "But you also have to think of what comes with love. Love is magnificent we all know this but it also comes with hurt and unexplainable decisions. Hadrian didn't want to get you involved with Dumbledores, his or Is' plans. Hadrian is Harry Potter to the world and to "save the wizarding world" he has to do things many would die doing." "Than why is he doing them?!" "Dumbledores dying." Draco was kinda surprised by that. "Dumbledore knows 6 out of the 7 horcruxes. Hadrian knows of all 7, if Hadrian can get them and give them to me. I myself can destroy them in a way I won't die... Hadrian is helping me and is trying to keep people out of it. Even if that means hurting you and making his own sister hate him.." Tom took a breath. "Let me ask you, what has Hadrian done for you after he hurt you?" Draco thought.

His first thought was about the 2nd years in the train and before 6th year ended it seemed as if most of the Gryffindors that bullied him had stopped.
Draco glanced down at the bracelet. No the bracelet wasn't from Hadrian.. yeah he said none of those presents were from him.

Draco shrugged. Tom answered instead, "You were bullied correct?" "Yes." "Did you know Harmony and Hadrian had talked? That she had yelled at him about what was happening and that he wasn't helping." "The bullying started because of him!" "The bullying started because you showed weakness." Draco felt shocked.
The bullying started because he.. showed he was vulnerable?
"Your a Slytherin and Gryffindors hate Slytherins... when you showed you were vulnerable the snake in those Gryffindors showed." "Gryffindors are snakes?" Tom folded his hands in front of him. "Let me tell you something about Gryffindors and Slytherins Draco. Gryffindors have the thrive to be right and prove their the best, yes they are the bravest out of the houses but their brave because they want to prove their better.. Slytherins are no different.. they just have different ways of doing it." "So your saying Gryffindors and Slytherins are almost like each other?" Tom nodded. "Slytherins are known as snakes because their venom settles slowly while a Gryffindor attacks head on. Both houses hate each other because their so similar... why do you think you and Hadrian had such conflict for the beginning of your Hogwarts experience and Harmony and Hadrian didn't?"
Draco looked at his lap.

"Hadrian's difficult. He doesn't like to show his feelings and doesn't like to let someone in." Draco looked back at Tom. "I'm sure once you've broken one wall another one is in your way, correct?" "Yes." Tom nodded. "Hadrian is formal but if you catch him at the right time, if you say something like he did to you, you'll see what Hadrian is actually like." "Do you know what he's like?" "I only know him through his art." Tom took out a sketch and handed it to Draco.

"Usually he does realistic drawing but it seems animation suited best." Draco stared at the picture.
Hadrian had actually took the time to color it in... from what he saw Hadrian never colored in his sketches.
"If you want to figure Hadrian out, now would be the time." Draco looked at Tom. "Why?" "Stress, held in feelings. Hadrian's been looking for the horcruxes alone, if you get him now.. well you'll just have to play it by ear."
Draco looked back down at the picture. "Can I take this?" "Yes, I've stolen more than one of his sketches." Draco nodded and stood. "I won't tell Hadrian we talked.. who knows how mad he'd be." Draco felt a smile tug at his lips and left.