Hi everyone this is a new story of mine that I thought I'd post. I've been working on it for a while and I've finally finished it so I will be posting a chapter every few days. It won't be a very long story but I hope you enjoy it anyway.

THIS STORY CONTAINS SOME SLASH…MALE/MALE RELATIONSHIP. THE PAIRINGS ARE HARRY/DRACO AND REMUS/SEVERUS. WILL ALSO HAVE MENTION OF MPREG. This is also a very short story of only 3 chapters so things will go quickly. Please no flames because I already know that I'm not the best but I do try. And I love stories with happy endings so you won't find that my stories have too much hardship in them. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED. THANKS

I don't own Harry Potter and Co.

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RETURN OF THE HEARTS DESIRE-

CHAPTER ONE

Draco was at the train station saying goodbye to his three children. His triplets; two girls and a boy were starting their first year at Hogwarts. He was sad that they were already old enough to leave home. For eleven years he had kept the secret of their birth to himself. Only two other people knew about the children. One was his godfather Severus Snape and the other was his godfather's husband Remus Lupin. Sometimes Draco wondered if he would have survived their birth without their support. Over the years Draco had learned to live with the pain of loosing the one he loved to another.

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In seventh year Draco had be in a relationship with Harry Potter. He had fallen in love with the dark haired wizard and he had thrown himself body and soul into their relationship. After five months Harry had broken up with him without explaining why it was over. Draco had been devastated. He had tried to talk to Harry but he had refused to talk to Draco; he even went as far as threatening to hex him. By then Draco had already found out that he was pregnant; so for the safety of the baby he had decided to stay away from Harry. Draco had been very sad that Harry wouldn't even give him a few minutes to talk to him. A few weeks after the breakup Draco had seen Harry kissing the youngest Weasley; he had known that the Weaselette had a crush on Harry. She had finally gotten what she wanted.

Desperate and alone Draco had gone to Severus for help. Since the war had ended in their sixth year Severus had announced his long term relationship with Remus to the school. Harry who had never liked Severus had a major row with Remus, in his arrogance he had given Remus an ultimatum; it was either him or Severus. The werewolf had chosen his mate. Harry had been hurt but Remus had been devastated that Harry would try and force him to leave Severus. Since then Remus had not spoken with Harry and sometimes Draco could see some sadness in Remus' eyes.

The two older wizards had been shocked at first at the news of his pregnancy but they immediately offered their full support. Severus had helped Draco by casting a strong glamour charm to hide his growing belly. Draco quit the Quidich team and when the news spread through the school Harry had given Draco a funny look from across the hall and the Weasley girl had smirked at him. Draco had just looked back with tears in his eyes then he had left the hall.

A few months later they noticed that Draco was getting extremely big for someone only five month pregnant so Severus took him to a healer during a Hogsmead weekend. The healer announced that he was expecting triplets; two girls and a boy. He had also warned Draco that for men, pregnancies of multiples always resulted in pre-mature birth.

Draco spent the next months nervously hoping that he would be able to finish school and graduate before the birth of his children. He wouldn't be able to keep his secret if he went into labor during school time. As time went by it became more difficult to hide his condition. He noticed that Granger was giving him calculating looks sometimes.

Finally graduation day came and Draco decided not to go to the ceremony. He spent the day in his room resting and packing his things. He finalized his plans to move his family to a house that the Malfoys owned in the Bermuda triangle in a small wizarding community. It was a beautiful beach house and he would be able to raise his children in peace. Remus would come and live with him while Severus would come and see them on weekends and holidays thanks to a special floo connection from the house to his quarters in Hogwarts.

On the train ride back to London Draco had hidden in a compartment to the back of the train. He had cast a notice me not charm on the door then he sat down to relax. He had seen Harry pass by the compartment with the Weasley girl in tow. Draco had spent the rest of the trip with tears slowly coming down his cheeks. He rubbed his swollen belly and told himself that at least he had gotten the better part of the deal. He would have children to love. Once in London Severus picked him up and drove him by car to Malfoy Manor. Since Draco was so far along in his pregnancy he couldn't apparate, floo or use a portkey.

Five days after they had arrived at Malfoy Manor Draco went into labor. Fourteen hours later the first baby was born. Mathew Harold Malfoy was born with a shock of messy black hair. Draco had a feeling that he would also have Harry's eyes. The next to be born was a cute little blond girl. Draco named her Iris Narcissa Malfoy. She had been the tiniest of the three but the most vocal at birth; Draco laughed and joked that she would probably put his own mother to shame with her ability to talk up a storm. A few minutes later another girl was born; this one had a little bit of bright red hair. Draco had looked at his daughter puzzled as to where she could have gotten that particular color of hair. Remus took one look at the child and said; "Oh Merlin, she going to look like Lily." Draco then decided to name her Jasmine Lily Malfoy. A few hours later Remus had showed a picture of Lily Potter to Draco, she had been a very beautiful red head.

The family lived happily in Bermuda for eleven years; Draco gave his children the one thing that he had never received from his own father or mother. He gave them his love.

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Now Draco looked at them as they boarded the train. He would see them tonight since he was now going to be one of the potion teachers at Hogwarts. Severus was now deputy headmaster and would only teach the NEWT level students so he could have time for research. Severus had invented a new potion that made the wolfbane obsolete. This new potion not only let the werewolf keep his mind but it also took out the pain of transforming and it stopped the virus from spreading to a bitten victim. The ministry had acquired the potion master's services to try and improve on other potions.

Draco was happy to teach at school where he would be near his children. After making sure that the kids were well settled on the train he apparated to Hogsmead from where he walked to the school taking his time to remember his own years at Hogwarts. Severus met him at the front doors.

"Welcome Draco, let's go to the meeting, I think that most of the other teachers have already arrived and are waiting for us." The two men started talking about the classroom that Draco had requested. He wanted a room with lots of light and windows to help with the fumes from the potions. When they got to the meeting room Draco looked around to see if he knew some of the teachers. He recognized the professors Flitwick, Vector, Sprout, Hooch, McGonagall and Trelawney. He saw Harry and his friend Granger standing amongst them. Something told him that there was something wrong with Harry's friendship with the mudblood. Every time she looked at Harry he would frown and turn around to speak to someone else.

Draco hid his surprise behind his usual cold mask. He leaned over to his godfather and whispered. "Dammit Severus, you could have warned me that he would be here. Does Remus know?"

Severus let out a frustrated sigh. "Yes Remus knows he's here, and Draco isn't it time that you put the past behind you and learn to live again. Potter isn't stupid, one look at Mathew and he'll know that he is his son."

Draco closed his eyes in defeat a let out a sigh. "I know Sev, but I'm not going to volunteer information about them. I tried to tell him eleven years ago and he never gave me a chance to talk." Draco turned away from Severus and sat down in a chair that Minerva indicated for him.

The headmistress started the meeting by introducing all the teachers to Draco just incase he didn't know some of them. When she got to Harry, Draco wasn't surprised to find out that he taught DADA and that Granger was the new history of magic professor.

"Now I would like to hear our new potions professor Draco Malfoy tell us a bit about himself and his credentials." The old witch sat back in her chair waiting for Draco to start talking.

Draco nodded to Minerva and started telling the others about his education. "Most of you know that I graduated from this school eleven years ago as a Slytherin. Afterwards I attended the Bermudan Wizarding University where I attained my potions mastery three years ago. I've taught potions on a part time basis for two years at Raydell's School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in Bermuda and I've helped Severus in some of his research."

Hermione snorted. "So it took you eight years to finish a three year course."

Draco gave her a cold glare. "The reason it took me eight years to get my master's degree was that I only attended the university on a part time basis. It is very hard being a single dad of three children while going to school. I had to juggle my time so that I could raise my children properly without having to rely on nannies and babysitters."

Draco noticed the look that Harry had given him. If he didn't know better he would have thought that he saw sadness in his eyes.

After the meeting Minerva showed Draco to his quarters. "I apologize for Miss Granger putting you on the spot like that in the meeting Mr. Malfoy she hasn't been herself for a while now."

Draco smiled at his new boss. "Its ok professor, you can't control what other people will say. And please call me Draco."

"All right then please call me Minerva since we're now coworkers."

After the headmistress left Draco unpacked his things and got ready for the opening feast. Four hours later he was sitting next to Severus and Harry at the head table while waiting for the children to arrive. A few minutes later the students from second to seventh year came in and sat down at their house tables.

Severus got up to go and greet the first years. Draco chuckled as he thought about how the children would react when they saw his godfather. The dark wizard still was quite a formidable sight.

Severus came in looking his usual cold self. He was carrying the stool with the sorting hat while the little ones followed him. Draco saw that the first three in line were his children. They loved their uncle Sev and they knew that his dark appearance was just for show.

Severus started calling out the names of the first years. Draco tensed up when the first of his children was called up.

"Malfoy, Iris"

His look-alike daughter bounced up to the stool. She flashed her father one of her pretty smiles that reminded him so much of his own mother. His daughter had the mannerism of the Lady Malfoy but she had a heart of gold which is something Narcissa never had. Iris placed the hat on her head; the hat seemed to be thinking for a few seconds then it yelled out. "RAVENCLAW!"

Draco laughed and applauded his little bookworm of a daughter. Her uncle Remus had been a big influence on her. His daughter would certainly cause a stir in Ravenclaw house. She was every bit the trouble maker like her brother and sister.

Next to get sorted was "Malfoy, Jasmine."

Draco nodded to his pretty red haired girl. She was the quiet one but her angelic looks hid the mind of a cunning Slytherin. As he expected the sorting hat called out "SLYTHERIN!" within a few seconds of being on her head. Draco smiled and winked at his daughter when she passed in front of him. Jasmine waved shyly at her dad and uncle then sat down next to her new house mates. Slytherin house wouldn't know what hit them. It wasn't everyday that a brave and cunning student was sorted into that house.

Now finally it was time for the last of his children to be sorted. Severus quickly glanced at Potter to see his reaction.

"Malfoy, Mathew." Draco heard Harry gasp next to him. (Oh oh, here we go.) Thought Draco as he watched Harry's carbon copy walked up to the sorting hat. Mathew didn't only look like Harry but he also wore the same kind of glasses and spoke parceltongue. His two sister also spoke it, it was one of the things they had inherited form Harry's side. Right now Mathew had his pet snake Kiwi wrapped around his neck and Draco could hear it hissing at Mathew who softly hissed back. Severus noticed that Harry had paled at hearing the child speak the snake language.

After the hat placed Mathew in "GRYFFINDOR!" Draco turned to look at Harry who seemed frozen in place while watching the young boy sit at the Gryffindor table. Mathew turned and waved at Draco. Draco waved back and said loud enough for a few teachers to hear. "That's my boy!"

A few minutes later Severus sat back down and placed his hand in front of Draco. "I do believe you owe me twenty Galleons, I told you they would all be sorted in different houses."

Draco shook his head and gave his godfather his winnings. "I really thought that Iris would be a Gryffindor like Matt."

"No she takes too much after Remus in her love of knowledge to be a Gryffindor; to this day I'm still surprised that Remus was sorted in the lion's house because of his own thirst for knowledge."

The two men kept on discussing the triplet's houses during the feast. Draco could feel Harry's confusion and questioning look on him. After the feast the three children came up to their dad to speak to him.

Draco hugged and kissed all three of them. He didn't notice Harry hiding in the shadows watching them. Mathew was the first to ask. "So dad, are you proud of us?"

"Am I ever, you three are exactly in the houses that uncle Sev had guessed. I would have been proud of any house you got. Just remember that you three are family and it doesn't matter that you're not in the same house. Each house has its own strength and weaknesses. I love all of you and I want you to be happy here. Now you have to go, I see that your prefects are waiting for you."

The first to leave was Mathew, the independent one. Draco watched as his son made his way to a red headed prefect. (Probably a Weasley.) He thought. He was taken back to his memories of the Weasley girl that had stolen Harry from him. He didn't notice that his face reflected his sadness. He was brought out of his thoughts by two little pair of arms hugging him from both sides. He looked down to see a red and blond head of hair leaning on to his sides. Jasmine that was always the one most attuned to her father's feelings asked him what was wrong.

Draco closed his eyes and shook his head. "Nothing is wrong love, now go before your Uncle Severus comes and gets you. He is now your head of house."

"All right, see ya dad." The little red head made her way to an impatient looking prefect who seemed to be holding back a biting retort when he noticed that Draco was watching. The Draco looked down at his little Ravenclaw. "Now love, I'll see you in potions tomorrow morning."

"Ok daddy," Iris kissed his cheek and left to join her group. The prefect started telling her off with a speech about punctuality. Iris just rolled her eyes and told him to put a sock in it; she had just said goodbye to her dad. The prefect gasped but then seeing the smirk on her face turned around in a huff and led them to the common room.

Draco laughed softly and shook his head. His kids sure knew how to cause a ruckus. Draco turned around to leave and almost ran into Harry who was now standing next to him.

"Draco, I think that you and I need to talk."

Draco turned cold uncaring eyes towards Harry; He hid his pain deep within him.

"The last time we talked you threatened to hex me. And since being hexed while you're pregnant is dangerous I stayed away from you. Now I'm sure that you have things to ask me; well eleven years ago I had things to tell you and you never wanted to listen. You've lost your chance when you threatened me; no I want you to stay away from MY children and me." Draco walked away from Harry trying to make it to his quarters before he broke down. On his way out he saw the bushy haired ex-Gryffindor walked up to Harry and what Harry said puzzled Draco for a few seconds. Harry almost growled when he said.

"Stay away from me Granger, remember your oath."

While walking in the hallways Draco kept on thinking about his lost love even after eleven years Draco still loved his ex-lover. (Oh Merlin, how the hell am I supposed to survive this year?) Once in his room Draco warded the door with locking and silencing charms. After he was done he fell to the floor sobbing. He had thought that the years had helped him get over Harry, but it had just been a delusion.

After he cried himself out Draco changed into his night clothes and went to bed. He set his wand to wake him up like an alarm then he fell into a nightmare filled sleep where he relived the day that Harry had broken up with him over and over again. Then Draco dreamed that he saw Harry holding Weaselette's hand while telling Draco that he was sorry but that it was over between them. The red headed girl had smirked at him and drawn Harry into a kiss. Draco saw himself run back to his room to cry himself asleep.

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The next morning it was a haggard looking Draco that made his way to the teacher's table for breakfast. Two green eyes watched as he made his way to sit next to Severus.

Harry watched as the potion master looked at his godson with concern. Harry fiddled with his wedding ring that he was still wearing. He was in the middle of a messy divorce; he had learned too late that Ginny had only married him because he was rich and he was the boy-who-lived. She had tricked him into taking a mind control potion and then with the help of Ron and Hermione had taken control of his life. He had only been able to get away from them recently. After they had married Ginny had told him that she didn't want kids and that she had taken measures to make sure that she would never have some. She had tricked Harry in believing that she would give him a family and everything he had ever wanted.

Harry made his way to his first class of the day. It was a Ravenclaw/Huffelpuff fist year class. He would get to meet his daughter Iris. He remembered that she was the blond one that looked like Draco. He went into his class at sat at his desk while looking over the list of students that would be in the class.

A few minutes later the students started to arrive. Two girls came into the room chatting about 'Hogwarts a History'. Harry smiled when he heard Iris debating the contents of the book with the other girl. Once everyone was sitting down he got up and started talking to the class. Standing up he waved his wand to close the door. He cleared his throat to get the student's attention.

"All right class, I'm Professor Harry Potter and I'll do a different kind of roll call today. Whey I say your name I want you to stand up and tell me a bit about yourself." Harry said as he sat back down at his desk. He listened to all his students and when Iris's turn came up he sat up strait in his chair to take in all that she would say.

The little blond girl got up and smiled at her teacher. He seemed very familiar to her for some reason. She shook her head and started speaking. "My name is Iris Narcissa Malfoy, I'm the second born of the Malfoy triplets. I was born on the third of July. I love books and playing pranks with my godfather Remus. My uncle Remus is Uncle Severus' husband. I have a pet owl name Kira and a pet snake named Coral. I like being here in this school although it's the fist time my brother, sister and I are separated. My favorite school subject was history so I think I'll like it here too." Iris sat back down and waited while the others finished introducing themselves. She like DADA and from what professor Potter told them what they would learn it should be a pretty interesting class.

After the class had left Harry sat down and placed his head in his hands. He was shocked that she knew Remus. He hadn't seen the werewolf since the fight they had after the final battle. This had been another thing that Ginny had manipulated she had controlled him and made him act like a jerk towards Remus pushing him away.

Harry had paid dearly for his mistakes he made during his youth by trusting the ones he had considered his best friends. Not only had he lost the love of his life when Ginny tricked him but he had also lost his second godfather. Harry let out a sigh and sat back to wait for his next class which was a Slytherin/Gryffindor first year class. Now he would get to meet his other two children.

Harry watched as the Gryffindors talked loudly as they came into the room. Harry saw his son come in a few seconds later; the boy quietly sat at the front of the class. Soon his sister joined him and the two started chatting about how their first evening apart went.

Mathew seemed to be thinking about what he was going to say to his sister. "Well…there are four other boys in my dorm and they seem ok. But this morning they kind of told me not to go near you because you're a Slytherin. I told them that my dad was a Slytherin and that if I wanted to talk to my sister then I would. I also told them that I didn't care what houses you guys were in. I told them that since were triplets that we are very close and that this is the first time that we're separated and that if I had a chance to see you during the day that I would take that chance." Mathew winced at the last part, he really missed his sisters.

Jasmine listened to her brother then she placed a soothing hand on his arm. "I miss you guys too. It was kind of strange no waking up to hear Iris's chatter. This morning in the common room the kids were acting kind of weird. I think some of them are scared because I'm a Malfoy. But dad isn't an evil wizard; that was Lucius fault that they think of the Malfoys like this."

Mathew nodded to say that he agreed. "Yeah I'm glad we didn't meet with that one. I'm sure he wouldn't be happy with me being in Gryffindor."

"Uncle Remus was a Gryffindor too you know, so there is nothing wrong with that." Said Jasmine. The two kids stopped talking when Harry got up and cleared his throat.

"Good morning class, welcome to your first defense against the dark arts class. I am Professor Potter. Now as I call your name I want you to get up and tell me a bit about yourself and after we're done I'll explain what the course curriculum will be for the year."

Jasmine watched her teacher closely. She couldn't understand why he looked so much like Mathew. Same messy hair, same green eyes and same round glasses. She knew that they had two fathers but their dad never talked about their other father. And when they did ask their dad questions about their other father their dad Draco would always become sad so all three of them had decided to stop asking questions since they loved their dad and didn't want him to be sad. The only thing they knew was that Mathew looked exactly like him. So now Jasmine observed her DADA teacher closely. He and Matt could be twins. When her name came up she saw something shinning in her professor's eyes.

"My name is Jasmine Lily Malfoy. I'm the youngest of the Malfoy triplets. Our birthday is the third of July. I love gardening and pranks. I have a pet owl name Norami and a pet snake named Mr. Slithers." Jasmine showed the class a small silver garden snake that had been wrapped around her neck. She hissed something at it making Harry's eyes go wide with surprise.

Another Gryffindor student yelled out. "You're a parceltongue and that means your evil."

Harry turned around and looked at the boy who had yelled at his daughter. "She is not evil." He got up and walked to the young Gryffindor. He stopped in front of the boy and looked at him in the eyes. "Do you think that I'm evil?"

The young boy gulped. "No sir, you're Harry Potter the leader of the light, you saved us from you know who."

"But you just said that being a parceltongue makes you evil."

The class looked up puzzled at their teacher. Harry raised an eyebrow and shook his head. He started hissing and a large snake came out of an aquarium that was in the back of the class. The large snake was about nine feet long; it slithered between the desks and made its way to Harry. When the snake reached Harry it lifted its head to look at her master.

$You called me Harry….$

$Yes, I just wanted to show the children that speaking to snakes is not an evil trait.$

$Oh, ok…can I go back to my home now? It is quite cold out here.$

$Yes my beautiful friend, please enjoy your nap.$

$I will…thanks.$

The students looked on in shock as their defense teacher talked with the snake for a few seconds. They watched the snake return to its aquarium and then they turned back to see Harry smiling at them.

"I can talk to snakes, I can also talk with phoenixes. I'm not evil. If I were to use my gifts to hurt someone then yes I would be evil…Tell me Miss. Malfoy what kind of things do you talk to your snake about?"

Jasmine looked at the man she was now sure was her other father. "Well professor Potter, me and Mr. Slithers talk mostly about gardening and he tells me what to put in my garden to make it grow better and what make it more comfortable for him and his family."

"Thank you Miss Malfoy, you may sit down now" Jasmine sat down and waited for Mathew's name to be called. When her brother got up she watched her teacher's reaction. Harry had paled a bit at seeing that his son resembled him physically.

"My name is Mathew Harold Malfoy. I'm the oldest of the Malfoy triplets. I can also speak to snakes just like my two sisters. In fact this is the first time I've heard someone else talk to snakes apart from us. I like defense against the dark arts and potions. My godfather Remus is a defense against the dark arts master and he has taught me how to defend myself. My uncle Severus is the potions Master at this school. I have a pet owl name Kiren and a pet snake named Kiwi." Mathew showed off his little green garden snake. "Don't be scared of her she's not poisonous. None of our snakes are. They're all a kind of Bermudan garden snakes. They live in our gardens at our house in Bermuda."

Matthew sat back down and waited for the other children to finish introducing themselves. He saw that Jasmine was acting funny and he tried to get her to tell him what was wrong. She signaled him that they would meet later and she would tell him then. After class the two said goodbye to each other and left to go to lunch where they would have to sit with their own houses. Jasmine saw Iris and told her to meet them in front of the great hall after diner that night. She had something important to tell them.

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