Gift fic; AWDT
Title: Tiny Theft
Author: enchanted_jae
Characters: Harry/Draco, Ron/Hermione
Rating: PG
Warning(s): Suggestion
Word count: 560
Disclaimer: Characters are the property of JK Rowling, et al. This fic/drabble was written for fun, not for profit.
Written for:
♦ Gift for magicallioness in thanks for postcard from Viet Nam, featuring a tiny tarsier
♦ awdt prompt of "No one is looking -- do it now!"
Summary: Aurors Harry and Draco are on a rescue mission.
"Why didn't they send Weasley to do this?" Draco grumbled under his breath. His eyes darted left and right as he took note of their surroundings.
"He's too invested," Harry replied quietly. "Shacklebolt thought he might cause a scene."
"Does he think we won't cause a scene, since he forbade us to use magic?"
"We can do it," Harry said. He hoped his voice conveyed more confidence than he felt. He, too, was scanning the area, cataloging potential threats and planning possible escape routes. Harry was a good Auror, and the action was as natural to him as breathing. "There she is," he whispered, indicating the direction of his gaze with a jerk of his chin.
Harry and Draco strolled casually among the cages of animals, pretending to inspect each one there as they neared their target. When they approached the tiny tarsier, she rattled the bars of her cage. Harry held a finger up to his lips, and the frightened creature subsided.
Harry tried not to appear overly interested in the tarsier, relying on Draco to let him know when it was safe to make a move.
"No one is looking -- do it now!" hissed Draco.
Harry flicked the catch on the cage door and opened it, snatched the tarsier and shoved her into his Muggle coat. He tried not to flinch as she clung to him with her tiny paws. Harry moved away slowly, quelling the urge to make a break for it. He and Draco made it all the way to the door before there was a minor commotion behind them as someone discovered the empty cage.
Harry felt Draco and the tarsier tense. "Slowly," he cautioned, continuing to walk at a normal pace. The three of them exited the large building and maintained their casual air as they crossed the street and made their way to a secluded Apparation point.
Draco and Harry checked once more for signs of pursuit as they drew their wands. No one came rushing from the warehouse to halt them. Harry nodded at his partner and Apparated away first. He arrived outside of the Burrow, followed almost instantly by Draco.
Ron rushed from the house to greet them. "Where is she?!" he cried.
Harry opened his coat and withdrew the tarsier. He set her down and took a step back.
The tarsier blurred and became Hermione. "Oh, thank goodness!" she gasped before Ron grabbed her and enfolded her in a hug.
Harry smiled at the relieved reunion and felt the tension drain from him. He'd been frightened for Hermione, too.
Draco drew his wand again. "I'll send a Patronus to Shacklebolt to tell him Auror Granger is safe," he said.
Hermione turned in Ron's arms. "Tell him my surveillance was successful, even though I was captured in my Animagus form. I'll be ready for my debriefing in an hour." She grabbed Ron's hand, and the two of them Disapparated.
"An hour?" mused Harry once Draco had sent his Patronus away. "That will give us plenty of time for a celebration of our own."
"You sex-crazed animal," sighed Draco. His look of censure morphed into a grin, and he held his wand up. "I'll race you home!"
Author: enchanted_jae
Characters: Harry/Draco, Ron/Hermione
Rating: PG
Warning(s): Suggestion
Word count: 560
Disclaimer: Characters are the property of JK Rowling, et al. This fic/drabble was written for fun, not for profit.
Written for:
♦ Gift for magicallioness in thanks for postcard from Viet Nam, featuring a tiny tarsier
♦ awdt prompt of "No one is looking -- do it now!"
Summary: Aurors Harry and Draco are on a rescue mission.
"Why didn't they send Weasley to do this?" Draco grumbled under his breath. His eyes darted left and right as he took note of their surroundings.
"He's too invested," Harry replied quietly. "Shacklebolt thought he might cause a scene."
"Does he think we won't cause a scene, since he forbade us to use magic?"
"We can do it," Harry said. He hoped his voice conveyed more confidence than he felt. He, too, was scanning the area, cataloging potential threats and planning possible escape routes. Harry was a good Auror, and the action was as natural to him as breathing. "There she is," he whispered, indicating the direction of his gaze with a jerk of his chin.
Harry and Draco strolled casually among the cages of animals, pretending to inspect each one there as they neared their target. When they approached the tiny tarsier, she rattled the bars of her cage. Harry held a finger up to his lips, and the frightened creature subsided.
Harry tried not to appear overly interested in the tarsier, relying on Draco to let him know when it was safe to make a move.
"No one is looking -- do it now!" hissed Draco.
Harry flicked the catch on the cage door and opened it, snatched the tarsier and shoved her into his Muggle coat. He tried not to flinch as she clung to him with her tiny paws. Harry moved away slowly, quelling the urge to make a break for it. He and Draco made it all the way to the door before there was a minor commotion behind them as someone discovered the empty cage.
Harry felt Draco and the tarsier tense. "Slowly," he cautioned, continuing to walk at a normal pace. The three of them exited the large building and maintained their casual air as they crossed the street and made their way to a secluded Apparation point.
Draco and Harry checked once more for signs of pursuit as they drew their wands. No one came rushing from the warehouse to halt them. Harry nodded at his partner and Apparated away first. He arrived outside of the Burrow, followed almost instantly by Draco.
Ron rushed from the house to greet them. "Where is she?!" he cried.
Harry opened his coat and withdrew the tarsier. He set her down and took a step back.
The tarsier blurred and became Hermione. "Oh, thank goodness!" she gasped before Ron grabbed her and enfolded her in a hug.
Harry smiled at the relieved reunion and felt the tension drain from him. He'd been frightened for Hermione, too.
Draco drew his wand again. "I'll send a Patronus to Shacklebolt to tell him Auror Granger is safe," he said.
Hermione turned in Ron's arms. "Tell him my surveillance was successful, even though I was captured in my Animagus form. I'll be ready for my debriefing in an hour." She grabbed Ron's hand, and the two of them Disapparated.
"An hour?" mused Harry once Draco had sent his Patronus away. "That will give us plenty of time for a celebration of our own."
"You sex-crazed animal," sighed Draco. His look of censure morphed into a grin, and he held his wand up. "I'll race you home!"