Lost

Chapter 6

After getting back, the pair went into the living room and began to put the tree up. They worked well together, Harry putting the lights around the tree, Draco putting the decorations on.

After an hour the tree was finished. It made the house look so much less depressing and it added a sentimental feeling to the room. Harry was so happy with how it had turned out and was happy Draco had suggested going out in the first place.

Harry hadn't really had very many good Christmas's. He would never get any presents, well if a slap round the face and a bloody nose counted as a present, yeah he got one but no it didn't. After he went to hogwarts he would receive presents from all his friends and that was the best thing to happen.

He would still have to go back to this uncle and aunts and most of the time, as long as the presents weren't magical, Harry's presents would be stolen from him by Dudley. That included sweets and other foods his friends would buy for him, as they knew he hardly got fed when he was there.

He knew his friends would be worried about him, but he couldn't try to contact them because that would put them all in danger and after last year when he got Sirius killed, he wasn't about to do it again.

"Harry? Are you alright?" Draco looked at Harry who seemed to be worrying about something as he had gone very tense.

"What? Oh yeah I'm fine". Harry shook himself from his thoughts and looked at the confused blonde. "Yeah sorry, I was just lost in thought".

"I was saying, do you want to eat?" Draco was looking at Harry and noticed how thin he was, it wasn't normal to look as thin as that.

"Yeah alright, I can get kreacher to cook us something. Is there anything in particular that you want?"

Draco thought about it for a moment. "I really want pancakes and ice cream, can I get that?"

"KREACHER". The odd looking house elf appeared in the doorway grumbling about how rude people can be. "Yes Mr Potter?"

"Could you make me and Draco pancakes with ice cream please".

The elf didn't look too happy but nonetheless disappeared with a crack.

"Merlin, why is he so moody all the time? it's making me depressed". Draco joked looking at the empty doorway where the elf had just been stood.

"Fuck knows, he's like that all the time, especially when Hermione was here. He would always be grumbling about how mudbloods shouldn't be allowed into the noble house of Black. It was quite annoying really".

"Yeah sounds like something he would say, why don't you get a new house elf or something?"

Hermione had said that to him as well as Ron so it was no shock to Harry that Draco had also said it. Kreacher wasn't the nicest house elf, especially if you were not a pureblood.

"I've thought about it and I'm still not sure, I'd honestly like to have a house elf that's actually polite and nice. I might actually get a new one come to think of it. Sirius left this place to me so I might as well try to make it look nice".

Draco looked at Harry thoughtfully for a moment before saying "I know some people who can get you one, just let me know if you decide that that's what you're doing and I can get you one".

Harry thanked Draco and they walked to the kitchen to get food.

Just as they were finishing the food, they heard a loud noise coming from the living room and voices. Both boys looked at each other in fear as they knew that if it was someone from the ministry, they were fucked.