"Lucius, come take a seat please."
"Yes mother," the five year old Malfoy heir replied, taking a seat between his mother, Elaine, and father, Abraxas Malfoy, and waiting quietly and patiently to discover where they were and why.
The small family had arrived at a well-kept manor and been shown to a sitting room to wait for their host to arrive.
After a few moments one of the room's sets of double doors opened for a tall man with dark hair carrying a boy of about two years, who was obviously his son judging by his looks, and followed by a lovely young woman carrying what Lucius guessed to be an infant, no more than a month old.
The man set the boy on his feet on the floor and looked to the Malfoys as he guided the woman to sit. "I apologize for keeping you waiting Dorea has only just been given leave to come off of bed rest a couple of days ago and it is still a bit touch and go with her health," he explained apologetically.
Lord Abraxas Malfoy stood with a surprisingly pleasant and honest smile on his face as he moved to shake the man's hand. "It is no problem at all Charlus," he said. "Elaine had problems herself when Lucius was born. Unfortunately, the difficulties that resulted from his birth have left her unable to carry another child," he added sadly, looking at Lucius' mother who smiled bravely back at him. "But enough of such topics, we should get to more important, and more joyous topics, such as the reason we are all here."
"Of course Abraxas," Charlus agreed, motioning for Abraxas to retake his seat beside Lucius as he sat beside his wife – Dorea Lucius assumed. Charlus' eyes fell to Lucius after a moment, with a look of contemplation. He looked back to Abraxas and asked, "Have you explained what is happening to him yet?"
Abraxas shook his head negatively. "No," he said. "We planned to explain while here so that he could get a better understanding."
"Ah." Charlus nodded. "Would you like to do that now?"
"Of course," Abraxas said. He turned to his son, gaining his attention before speaking. "Lucius you may not fully understand what is happening right now, but even the smallest amount of understanding will help in the end. We would like for you to know, first and foremost, that your mother and I want what is going to be best for you, which is why we are doing this. The Potter family and Malfoy family have not yet been joined, at least not in any records I have been able to uncover, and a union is what we believe to be best." He paused. "We have been speaking with Lord Charlus Potter and his wife Dorea for a few months now about the prospect of arranging a betrothal between yourself and one of their children, although we have not yet made the decision of which of their children which is why we are here today, to decide which child and to make it legal and binding by signing a marriage contract."
Lucius frowned at his father, seemingly deep in thought. Finally he asked, "How will you decide which of their children, father?"
"If you were all just a bit older we would have allowed you to decide, however with Harrison being just under a month of age yet, and James only two and half years, yourself being five we will be leaving the decision up to Charlus and Dorea," he finished, looking over at the other couple.
Charlus cleared his throat. "We had a bit of a difficult time deciding, with both of our boys being so young," he began. "However, while we give full support to this union, we know going in that our son will be the submissive and will take the name Malfoy as his own. Yet having observed Harrison and James, we know that James will never be submissive in any way yet from Harrison's small amounts of behavior we believe he will. Also, when both boys were born, the usual checks were done to be sure that they were healthy and all, and it was discovered that Harrison carries the trait for naturally becoming pregnant, a rare trait indeed. Therefore, we believe that Harrison would be the best choice for the betrothal, and James the best choice to carry on the Potter name and line."
Abraxas nodded. "Thank you," he said. He pulled a roll of parchment from his robes and laid it out on the table between the two families. "Shall we sign?" he asked.
Charlus sat forward with a nod, reaching for the quill that Abraxas had placed in a pot of ink after signing the contract himself. Charlus quickly read through the contract and signed beneath Abraxas.
"There we are," Abraxas said, with a smile as he wandlessly used a charm to dry the ink before rolling the parchment up and replacing it in is robe pocket.
After another moment Dorea sat forward with a smile on her face as she shifted Harrison in her arms. "Lucius, would you like to meet your betrothed?" she asked, her voice soft and a bit melodic.
Lucius looked wide-eyed from Dorea to his mother and father.
Elaine gently nudged Lucius forward. "Go ahead," she murmured.
Carefully Lucius approached the other family, stopping just beside Dorea who asked, "Would you like to hold him?" before gently arranging Lucius and laying the baby in his arms.
Lucius looked down at the blanket wrapped bundle in his arms with a sense of awe. Harrison looked up at him with bright, emerald green eyes that were just the slightest bit unfocused and waved his tiny fists that had escaped the blanket.
"Hello Harrison," Lucius whispered.
* H * L *
Potter Family Attacked By Unknowns – Possible Dark Lord Or No?
Late yesterday evening the family of Lord Charlus and Lady Dorea Potter was attacked on their way back to their home at Potter Manor from the annual Yule Ball thrown at the Ministry by an unknown group of assailants, their two young sons James (4) and Harrison (2) were with Lord and Lady Potter at the time of the attack.
The conditions of the family members is unconfirmed at the present time, however it is known that the youngest son, Harrison, was the target of a curse, what curse is yet unknown.
Is this the work of a new, and as yet unknown, Dark Lord? We at the Daily Prophet will keep you up to date on the Potter family's condition, including that of two year old Harrison, and news on their attackers.
Until more news is confirmed, our hearts and thoughts go out to the Potter family as well as Harrison Potter's betrothed Lucius Malfoy and the Malfoy family.
* H * L *
"Mother! Father!"
A/N: I should be working on Courting Life, I know. However, while I'm nearly finished with the next chapter, I had this idea and I couldn't seem to let it go.
Please note, that it will be slash obviously, Harry/Lucius, and eventually mpreg so just as a warning.
Thank you for reading and hopefully you liked it and will stick around for more?
- Lady Knight